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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04
ANTI-ExPANsIoNlsTs

Senators Hoar and Hale of staid old
New England are strenuously Directing
to the holding of the Philippines. They
are dyed-in-the-wool protectionists, and
it is with mingled feelings of shame
and alarm that they view the weaken
ing of the Republican administration
leaders in relation to the time-honored
policy of their party.
New England has reaped the profits
Of protection until her statesmen are
loath to give it up. The west and
south have been drained Of their
wealth, through the system of protec-
ton, and the drainage has been
towards. the states of the east and mid
die east. The north Atlantic ports have
enjoyed a monopoly Of shipbuilding.
This new departure win transfer a
portion of this trade to Washington,
oregon and California. It viii give the
Pacific coast a commercial chance it
has nev had. 1t will turn the trade
of Asia this way. 1t will help San
Francisco, a Diego, Portland, Taco
ma and Seattle as nothing else could
right now. 1t viii benefit the entire
west. Nor Will it hurt the east, except
as the diffusion Of blessings injure the
monopoly. But the nation will prosper
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04
SUNDAY OBSERVATIONS.

svanity of vanities, saith the
preacher. all is vanity" And while 1t
is a rather sweeping statement for a
preacher to make, there is a whole lot
Of truth in it.
More sacrifices r laid upon the al
tar of vanity every year than people
have any idea of. It calls for the brides
portion and the widows mite. 1t takes
from the hand of toll as well as from
the Golfers of the rich. By the whims
of the wealthy and the ambitions OF
the poor vanity is nourished.
Comfort and common give way
to pride. Those who can afford to
dress and go are inclined to sneer at
those who cannot, and the multitude
seek not to enjoy themselves in wis
dom and moderation. but as others do.
People who have not the means insist
on making a show that even affiuence
would scarcely justify.
Savings are expended, toll is length
ened into the afternoon of life, n
the prospect of ease and calm content
in the closing hours of existence is
jeopardized for vanity's sake.
Women neglect their children, men
ignore their wives, boys and girls Tor
get the labor that it takes to feed and
| clothe them, all because their minds
dwell upon appearances, because of an
insane rivalry which makes people for
get the eternal fitness of things, and
the correspondence of their display to
their circumstances and prospects.
The ocean of life is strewn with the
wrecks of vanity. They drift in every
crowd. They float along the channel
of every thoroughfare. And, in full
| sail, side by side with them are others
flying to their fate.
They are happy for a time, believ-
ing that others look upon them as pos
! sessed Of superior advantages and
wealth. But, as most people are af-
hicted in the same way, the others IN
derstand it perfectly. They penetrate
the gauzy vail. 1t is no disguise. Even
were it not so transparent it is too
well understood to make it answer the
purpose.
When people begin to comprehend
that sham has lost its efficacy, that dis
play does not betoken wealth, that
I there is proper ratio between show and
+ circumstances. there will be an in
crease of real enjoyment in the world,
and more independent people, able to
rest while the shadows of existence
grow longer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04
"wHEN A MAN HAS MONEY"

It is only a step from prosperity to
poverty. The distance is a trife; the
difference is very great.
When a man has money he is ur-
rounded by a score of well-wishers.
When his money is gone people find
but little time to bestow a thought up
OF him 1t is a paradox Of fate that
men have more friends when they are
able to get along without them than
when they are in need of friendly coun-
sci and assistance.
There is a well-known mining man
in Utah who has scattered his hundreds
of thousands of dollars with a lavish
and a generous hand. He has helped
TO build up the community and has
added to its material wealth. He has
been liberal to the point of IMPROVE
dence; his intentions were always good,
if his judgment was often lacking; he
is ~enterprising, though visionary; big
hearted, o~pen-handed and sympathetic.
His income has been large for fifteen
a but his outlay has been larger.
with an annual fortune at his disposal,
he has always managed to keep in
DEBT AND now MS C-tulLOIS de CIoMu-
ing him under the bankruptcy act.
Judgment after judgment has been rem
dered against him in the various courts
of the state. It is pathetic to watch
him struggle in the net of litigation
which has fallen upon him in the last
few months. Yet he is hopeful; and be
is entitled to as much respect, as much
courtesy as when he was prosperous
But when reverses come q man is apt
to discover that it was ills pecuniary
condition and not his character or dis
position tina attracted the bulk of the
esteem and consideration he enjoyed.
He is liable to find himself, four times
out Of five,
Deserted in his utmost need
BY those his former bounty fed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04
BLUE LAWS REVIVED.

President John C. Shortall, of the
Illinois Humane society, read a paper
at a meeting of representatives of
charitable institutions at Chicago the
other evening, in which he advocated
the use of the whipping-post as a le-
gal instrument of corporal punishment
for certain classes of criminals.
In the treatment of women-beaters
and dangerous Migrants he considered
bodily punishment absolutely neces-
sary.
We are apparently drifting back
wards when presidents of humane So
c~ieties" champion the establishment
of the whipping-post.
It has only been two or three days
since Police Justice Potts of Jersey
City threatened Mrs. Theresa Fassore
being a common scold. She is out on
her good behavior now. The statute
is commonly looked upon as obsolete,
although it has merely fallen into dis
use.
William E. Curtis, in the Chicago
Record, tells the following:
At Fair Play, a little town across the
line in Maryland, Mrs. Jennie Mickey
was on Saturday committed to Jail for
ten days as a common scold under an
antique statute Of colonial times hat
has never been repealed. The prosecu-
ton was brought by her husband,
Charles Mickey, a respectable me-
chanic, industrious and sober, who
brought his neighbors as witnesses to
testify to her bad temper and unruly
tongue. Mrs. Mickey is said to be a
good-looking woman. thirty "a old.
and has two children, aged nine and
five years, who have suffered much
from her ungovernable passions.
If the whipping-post is to be resur-
rected for the benefit of men who use
clubs on women, it is no more than fair
that the ducking-stool should be re-
vived for the benefit of women who use
a far more dangerous weapon on men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04
IN DEFIANCE OF THE LAW.

Representatives Of all the tin-plate
manufacturing concerns in America
met at Pittsburg last week, for the pur-
pose OF arranging preliminary details
of the combination that is to unite all
the tin-plate interests on this side of
the Atlantic. The trust viii have a
capital Of $50, 600, 600. This is the an
nouncement made through h Asso-
ciated Press.
Scarcely a day has gone by since the
recent election but the formation of a
new trust is made public.
There is a federal law prohibiting
trusts. The attorney general is sworn
to destroy them. Yet they thrive as
they never thrived before. One hun
dred and sixty are now in operation.
They represent an aggregate capital Of
5000. 900, 900.
The law says: Every contract, COM
bination in the form of trust or other
wise. or conspiracy in restraint of trade
r commerce among the several states,
or with the foreign nations. is hereby
declared illegal"
This is the penalty prescribed: ANY
person who shall engage in any such
contract. or engage in any such COM
b.nation or conspiracy, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, OF con-
viction thereof, shall be punished by a
ane not exceeding $1,000, or by impris-
onment not exceeding n year, or by
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04
ON The DOWN GRADE.

Too much confidence proves too much
of a temptation for some men. In
spite Of the warnings constantly sound
ed Of the danger Of %deviating a hairs
breadth from h path of honesty, men
fall by the wayside.
They may have regulations for hon
esty; indeed, temptations are set be-
fore only such regulations; but some
time the opportunity viii be great, and
the power of resistance may be weak
at the same moment. Then the de-
nouement and the disgrace.
Men are sometimes entrusted with
funds without a proper check upon
them. They use the money in specu-
lation, under the delusion Of making a
strike eventually and paying it back.
There are such men in the Utah peni-
tertiary now.
Others get reckless or lecherous.
They throw themselves into h whirl-
pool Of dissipation. They lose their
seIt-respect. They forget their family
obligations. Their moral ens grows
dull as they are drawn into the vortex
OF desperation. 1t is not difficult for
the man who betrays one trust to be-
tray another. He deceives his wife
and deceives his friend.
Men think they can play with fire
and not get burned; but men / fool
ish who hope to win at a game where
reformation has one chance and ruin
has nine.
The case of George D. Loomis, which
is now being investigated, is one in
point. While it has not been definitely
settled beyond the question of a doubt
that he has squandered, secreted or
misappropriated S26,OOO entrusted to
his care, the circumstances are very
suspicious. Several months g he left
Salt Lake City. No word has been re-
ce.ved from him as to his whereabouts
or destination. Before leaving he with
drew from the several places Of deposit
ali the money he held as special mas
ter. He transferred trust funds to his
private account, and otherwise deported
himself as one who contemplated a
long journey.
It is morally certain, therefore, that
he has absconded with a small for
tune. If found, he will be arrested and
brought back for trial on the charge Of
embezzlement Even should he escape.
his life viii be a haunted me-; he viii
be a fugitive from justice, starting at
the sound Of a familiar voice, shrinking
from his own shadow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04

President McKinley's cabinet has
been subjected to many changes. It
was not constructed of the very best
timber to begin with, and it is not
plain that the changes have improved
it's general appearance. Sherman be-
gan as secretary of state, but he was
supplanted by Day, who, in turn, gave
way to Hay. The postomce department
started out with James a. Gary, and
winds up with Charles Emory Smith.
The first attorney general named by
President Mckinley was Joseph Nc
Kenna of California; the Office is now
held by J. W.. Griggs, ex-governor Of
New Jersey. Russell A. Alger, who
could well be spared, sticks closer to
he administration than any of them,
with the possible exception of Goldbug
Gage. Alger and Case seem to suit
the Republican party to a dot in their
respective lines-war and finance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04
In Love With Their Engines.

There had been a. railroad accident,
five persons killed, including the engi-
neer and fireman, of course, and there
was the usual talk about the affair. Not
much, because because such accidents
are so common, and tread on each
others heels. A little knot at a fash
ionable club was commenting on the
matter, and one of the men made the
remark so frequently made that he
wondered how the companies could get
men to risk their lives, especially when
the pay was not high.
yet there are three applicants for
every place." remarked a stout, pros
porous merchant. "At least there was
when I was on the road, and 1 suppose
it is worse now."
What road did you manager" was
asked.
'Manage!" laughed the merchant.
"At the g of IS l went into the shops,
two years later I was q fireman, and 1
had just got my first engine when my
father died and my rich uncle yanked
me out of the railroad business and
put me into his importing house. You'll
hardly believe it, but 1 fairly cried at
the change, although 1 had sense
enough to see that it was for my own
good. So you see I've had experience,
and L can tell you why men risk their
lives on the road.
you understand why a man enlists
as a soldier, and you know it isn't for
the money in it. If he back-and
every man thinks he Willie has ONE
thing to talk about for the balance of
his life. He thinks he is a hero, and SO
does everybody else. But no n looks
at engineers and fremen as heroes, al
though they are. And they feel that
they are. It is the danger that makes
Tho hrTeipaGG o+tra olive ond tho Sxyiftor
the run, the sharper the curves, the
better the run in q railroad mans eye
They despise yard work or suburban
trains or anything that isn't fast and
risky.
Some of you know what fascination
there is in a yachtsman's life, and you
know it is greatest in a storm. When
you come into port you feel that you
have been in a battle with the elements
and that you have conquered. The man
who wrote
Who can tell what joy he feels
AS meath the storm his vessel reels,
knew a sailor from the ground up.
ITO the railroad man the engine and
train is a ship, and the run is a 'voy-
age. There is danger in every turn of
the wheels, there is the feeling hat this
tremendous thing rushing along is un-
ueF tHe COilIOl VI human d5elcy, Cndl
it has to be coaxed as well as driven,
and when the engine comes to a stand
still at the station the train hands feel
as if they had conquered the monster
that might have hurled them to death.
They don't say so, but they feel it. I
feel it even now, and while 1 ride as a
passenger I can hardly restrain myself
from climbing on the footboard with
| the fireman or into the cab with the
engineer. Once a nan gets that feeling
into his veins he will stay on the road
all his life, and, I believe, haunt trains
when he is dead"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04
PoINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago News.)

(Chtcago News) =
Handsome is as handsome very sell
dom does.
The motorman on an electric car is a
n-On-cOnductOr.
The man who is dissatisfied with his
work is never happy.
Speaking of fireworks, David was the
original giant cracker.
The man who starts out to meet trou-
bic never has to go half way.
There are people who actually believe
their troubles interest others.
1t isn't necessary for a woman to be-
an artist in order to draw attention.
Men take opposite sides on the money
question, but the majority are on the
outside.
The French may be tickle in every
thing else, but they are always faithful
in their love-Of change.
Were some people to talk Of only
what they really know, their silence
would Don become painfully monoto-
nous.
Under the head Of current literature
a household magazine prints instruc-
lions for making a cheap medical bat
terry.
In China a wife is seen by her
husband before marriage. In this
country some wives seldom see their
husbands after marriage
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04
When the Vassar Girls Saw Stars.
Mew York WORLDLY

The girl astronomers of Vassar col
lege saw the meteors Tuesday morn
ing. Shortly before 2 o'clock the cleo
trio dinner gongs rang through the
college buildings, announcing that the
meteOrS were there, and every girl at
Vassar got up and put her head out of
her window and into the cold, Silly
night. Professor Whitney, who has
charge of the observatory and the as
Economical students, had her graduate
class on duty at midnight. A luncheon
-of candies and crackers was provided,
and just as the clock struck u every
eye applied itself to a telescope or an
opera-glass. After the first hour the
students began to yawn. Miss Whit
ney hadn't much hope of seeing any
thing, and said so. The class entered
upon the second hour feeling fatigued.
Five of the girls were eating candy, one
was polishing a wind gauge, and an
other was taking the altitude of the
North star, when suddenly at 1:40 a. m,
Miss Whitney uttered a gratifed "Ahi'
The fireworks had begun. AS each
meteor shot across the sky it was meas
ured, described as to color and style
and thoroughly classified.
There goes a pink onel" cried a stu
dent.
"And that next ones green" another
exclaimed: '.what horrible taste in
colorsl Green and pink
still some of the shades are quite
fashionable" a pretty astronomer said.
Il can see a violet meteor that's just
the color of a Paris frock I noticed at
the Horse show"
One of the girls was assigned to run
over to the main building and wake the
nightwatchman and have him sound
the electric bells. In a few minutes
there was a patter of slippered feet
along the corridors. Students who
hadn't good windows were running to
the rooms of students who had. There
was a chorus OF "Ah'si' as the celestial
fireworks went off. And the next morn
ing they were all nursing colds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04
SEEING Bullets As They Flz.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.)
every sportsman knows" said an
enthusiastic New Orleans hunter, sit is
easy to see a rife bullet in the air, and
those fired from the new high-power guns
are very curious to look at. Stand a dozen
yards to one side of the mark and let a
friend blaze away at any range with a
small calibre weapon using smokeless
powder, and you'll see q strange, BLUSH
white streak the instant the bullet strikes
home. The streak is apparently a couple
Of inches wide and several feet long. and
is more like a flash of light than anything
else I can think of. With the o~ld-fashion-
ed Remington or Springfield carbine. the
bullet has the appearance of a long black
rod, and I don't know why there should
be such a difference in the optical illu-
sion produced by the small calibre. 1
have heard some people deny that the
bullet can be seen, but they are very
much in error. 1. all depends on getting
the right view point. A few feet either
way VIII render the missile invisible, but
the right spot is soon found By e1pe-
r.ment. and after hat the thing is as
plain as day."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04
Mother Goose.
cThe


It is generally thought that Mother
Goose was a name got up to please
the young. This is not the case. There
was a real Mrs. Goose, who s~ignaized
herself by her literature for the nur-
sery. Her maiden name was Elizabeth
Foster. She was born at CharlestOwn,
where she resided until her marriage
with Isaac Goose, when she became
stepmother to ten children. As if that
was not a sufficient family to look
after, she by-and-by added six chill
dren of her own to the number, making
sixteen ''goslings" in all. 1t was rather
a heavy handful and we do not wonder
that she poured out her feelings in the
celebrated lines:
There was an old woman who lived in a
She had so many children she didn't
know what to do.
To entertain her young flock, Mrs
Goose was in the habit Of telling little
stories in prose and verse. and singing
songs. which We're highly relished.
Though tasked, she spent, on the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04

A New Artificial Stone.
(Engineerfng News.)

Papyristite is a new artificial stone,
made from purified paper pulp and other
ingredients, by Father Genre, a civil en-
gineer of Zurich. 1t is an improvement
on paprolitte, invented by the'same man.
1t is especially intended for jointless roofs
or floors, and is a n~on-conductor of heat,
cold or sound. 1t is hard as stone, but
has q soft, linoleum-like feeling under
foot, and is noiseless. 1t weighs less than
stone or cement, and go pounds of the
preparation in powdered form, spread A
of an inch thick, will cover ninety square
feet. The cost is said to be exceedingly
low. and it can be laid without special
machinery. 1t is dry in twenty-four hours
and can be highly polished.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04
AssFssMFMT NOTICE

THE MORNING STAR SILVER MIN
ing OmDa- Location Of mines, k1nS-
ley mining district. Elk0 county NeEa1a-
PRINCIPAL place Of business, Salt Lake
Notice is hereby given that at a meet7
ing Of the directors Of the Morning StaT
November 18th. 1883. an assessment ~
one-haIf % cent per share was levieH
upon the capital stock OF the company,
pavable TO the secretary at MS office,
Nos zoos Main street, Salt Lake City.
Ttah. before the twenty-fourth day OF
December. 1898. Any stock upon which
the assessment may remain unpaid on
fbe fVyentv-fOurth day of December. 1888.
win be delinquent and viii be advertised
for sale by pubic auction and unless
tbs fvventv-frst day of January, 1893. at
10 O'Clock. noon. to pay the delinquent
assessment. together with. the cost OF
advertising and expenses OF sale
Secretary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04
VEGETABLE MARRIAGES.
Hindoo Custom That Solves a Social
Difficulty.

0441C44LJ~
In certain Hindoo regions, a young
woman cannot wed until after the mar
riage Of her eldest sister. But the diff
ficulty is avoided by the elder sister es-
pOusing at her viii a tree or a plant,
following, in doing so, the theories Of
metaphysics in the Brahmanic world.
The inconvenience is not great in hav-
ing for brother-in-law q poplar or a
fig tree. and Il can always select q
tree having a heart like the oak. Those
weeping willow, and those endowed
with an unsociable character, the aca-
cia.
In many places these symbolical
unions do not much constrain those
who contract them. They marry again.
having first thrown into the fire the
plant to which they had plighted their
first OWs But in those regions which
have not been affected by European in
and Importance of a solemn religious
vow. Those who try to evade them are
sure to have reason to repent Of it.
For, the Brahmans watch with jeal-
Gus care to see that the promise is
rigidly kept, and they use means of
coercion very efncaciOus against those
who would be unfaithful.
In n mountainous districts around
Delhi, the holy city. perjured women
have often been thrown TO the flames.
At Nepaul, where manners are more
rude, the customs are less barbarOus.
The unfaithful are simply chained dur
ing several weeks in some underground
place, or subjected to a severe fast.
On the contrary, those who remain
constant to the VOW TO the honey
suckle are paid great honor. For it is
that fragrant and beautiful plant which
is nearly always chosen as a spouse to
the young HindOO girls. In springtime
the appearance of the first flowers of
the h~oneysuckle is the signal for a
great feast and for imposing religious
ceremonies, in which the greatest re-
spect is shown these strange married
ones.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04

both punishments. at the discretion Of
the court"
What is the matter with Attorney
General Griggs? The daily papers an
nounce the formation of such combina-
tions days in advance; they give the
names of the officers, the place of bust
ness, the object OF the trust, and al
the information a law-enforcing attor-
ney general should ask.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-04

The supreme court holds that the
stock of a railway company is
taxable only in the county in which it
is held for use by the company, and
not in the counties through which the
property passes occasionally. The
state board of equalization will have
to reverse its position.