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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-16
TROUBLES OF THE FRENCH

That the French government has
troubles of its own may have been OBJ
served by the car, who evidently
counts upon carrying out whatever
plans he has in mind without French
aid.
Revolution is shaking its fist at the
military despotism which controls the
courts and councils of France. Prince
Victor, the pretender, is ready to take
advantage of the first outbuEst of dis
satisfaction which may escape the
French populace and, on account of
the Dreyfus matter and all the scandals
and exposures which have grown out of
it, the French people are pretty thor
oughly Disguised with militarism and
army corruption.
The London Spectator is inclined to
believe a revolution in France is innmi-
nent, and it asks: "Who ever knew
even Frenchmen to indulge in their
present violence Of language unless a
revolution was at hand?"
Certainly French sentiment is ripen-
ing for revolution. The people are ex-
cited, the army is sullen, and the gov
eminent filed with apprehension. Like
Spain, it is lily prepared for foreign
disputes while domestic affairs are in
such a volcanic state
Yet, at such times other powers are
apt to assert their right or insist upon
concessions which. under different cir
cumstances, might not be urged. Ger
many is disposed to act Extensively. the
United States is trying to make France
stand around in China, and England is
forcing several controversies to an
issue.
The official correspondence which
passed between france and England
regarding Madagascar has been made
public. It consists of stories of pro
tests and complaints by the British
government Of the French action, first
of securing British neutrality by prom
Using that the French protectorate
would not be overstepped and that
British rights would be guaranteed
whereas the protectorate was promptly
turned into annexation, and British
rights were annulled; second, by allow
ing the French agent to forbid native
traders to deal with foreigners: third
in increasing the duties on British
goods to absolutely prohibitive ex-
tent; fourth, by issuing official Illus
trations Of French trademarks and
urging the natives to buy no Others in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-16
EVILS OF LOBBYING.

One Of the Utah legislators intro
duced a resolution the other day the
object of which was to prohibit lobby
ing in and about the legislative cham
bers during the session.
All of the older states have been
wrestling with this evil. In divers and
sundry ways have they tried to sup
press it without success. A Georgia
newspaper is advocating a similar rule
in the legislature of that state Yet
the Georgia constitution makes lobby
ing q crime and the legislature has
backed it up with statutory provisions
and penalties. The effect is thus por-
trayed by the Atlanta Journal:
"Georgia's law does not appear to
have had effect, as there is more
lobbying in this state now than there
was when the trainers of the present
constitution aimed what they believed
to be death-blow at this vicious
practice"
Governor Stone of Missouri is quoted
as saying that the lobby cannot be
ousted by legislation. but that each in
dividual member of the legislature
should resolve himself into a committee
Of one for the purpose of kicking per-
sistent lobbyists out. But" he adds,
IF some OF them allow themselves to
be whipped into line by this or that
method, whether 1t be railroad passes
or not, why, Of course the lobby will
have great influence. The stamping out
of TIE lobby depends entirely upon the
officers who are sent there to do it,
from the governor Down
TIE achievement Of the street car
lobby in Illinois last year is believed
TO have aroused the people, not only
Of that bat of other states, more than
any thing else could have done. It's
shameful conduct and brazen methods
at Springfield were q revelation to
most people who have been watching
the Hobbies and the maneuvers of lobby
lsts with greater interest and a better
understanding ever since.
While Utah is comparatively free
from the influences which make them
selves so offensive in many states Of
the Union there is no harm in the in
auguration of crusade against an evil
which is all the more easily strangled
in its infancy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-16
CANAL CONTROVERSIES.

1T is practically certain that con-
gress at this session will take no action
in reference to an interocean canal -
says the Atlanta Journal.
Things do seem to be shaping them
selves in this way. There is a contro-
versy between senators, a fight between
rival companies, a dispute between the
Central American republics concerned,
and a disagreement among engineers
as to the best route for the waterway.
The Maritime company is said to be
bankrupt, and it's offer to aid the gov
eminent is viewed with more or less
suspicion. The Grace company is be-
Iieved to be seeking to obtain some hold
upon the property Interest in the
Panama canal is being revived, and a
new company, connected in no way
with the one of il-repute, is urging its
claims with renewed vigor. And alto
gether it looks as if too many things
are attempted to accomplish one at
present.
This is deplorable. Every American
who senses the Importance of shorten
ing the distance from coast to coast,
who realizes the benefit it will be to
commerce, VINO has learned from the
recent war the significance and strate-
gic value of such an interocean connec-
ton, viii deplore any delay in the con-
struction Of an isthmian canal.
The gain in national prestige, in ma
tional advantage, in coast protection,
in commercial opportunity, must be
apparent to every member of congress.
An isthmian canal is a necessary ad-
junct to the trade expansion and ship
building already begun and still con-
templated by this republic. 1t is al
most imperative that some action be
taken at this session. It will be a.
blunder if the matter is postponed en-
tirely.
Surely the proposition has been un
der consideration long enough, and suf-
1icient money has been spent on official
investigation, for congress to be able
to arrive at some kind of an under
standing in relation to the route and
the cost
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-16
CHICAGO SCHOOL REF oRMs,

After twelve months of investigation
and meditation, the commission ap-
pointed by the mayor of Chicago to
revise the system and reorganize the
administration of city schools has made
a report.
Most of the changes proposed, as in
dicated in synopsis Of the report sent
out, are Of little interest to a city the
size OF Salt Lake, as they contemplate
an increased membership on the board
Of education, a frightening of official
terms. and so on.
But the fact that the commission has
recommended the general introduction
of kindergartens in the public school
system, a matter we have been recon-
mending for cities of the first and sec
ond class in Utah, is of general interest.
Manual training and commercial work
in the high school department are pro
posed, which is another excellent de-
partQre.
Manual training has been neglected
too long in many of the cities. The
needs of the hour are for industrial ed
ucation. This is recognized by the gov
eminent II the establishment of insti-
tutions Of this character in the several
states. It must be recognized by the
cities, where hundreds of boys and
girls do not have an opportunity to at
tend industrial colleges.
Outside of these particulars, the COM
mission discovered little of value to the
city schools of Utah, although the en-
tire report will doubtless be read with
interest in many cities. and the in
formation it contains may aid in the
perfection Of the city school system all
over the country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-16

order that they might be known. to be
true sons of France, and fifth. by for
bidding coastwise traffic to all foreign
vessels, a decree only revoked because
there were not enough French vessels
to carry it.
British diplomats of the Monson kind,
those who believe in talking right cut
in meeting. declare that these protests,
covering eleven months, did not evoke
one single answer from the French
government. They say that France
simply ignored every promise and
treaty engagement, and never even
acknowledged the repeated official pro-
tests Of Great Britain.
There is also q dispute between these
powers concerning shore rights in New
foundland, which, compared with other
difficulties confronting France, is insig-
niffcant
There is grave trouble in store for the
French nation, which will last while ar
rogant army officials are permitted to
dictate the foreign policy, intimidate
the courts, and override the rights and
wishes of the people.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-16

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 1,o25 miles,
Loaf minutes.
The Burlington Route is 1857
1uiles long-nearly one-third the dis
tance round the world.
offers 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, Il. G.
w. Ry., Dolly Block.
R. F. NEsLEN, Travelling Pass. and
Freight Agent.
w. F. M'MILLAN, Gen. Agt.
214 S. W. Temple St., Salt Lake City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-16
An Anti-breakfast Society.

An anti-breakfast society is to be
organized in Elgin, ILL.,, its member
ship comprising some of the most in
telligent and cultured people of the
city-editors, clergymen, physicians
and teachers. 1t is the outcome of ex-
periments in abstaining from the morn
inG meal. Following the advice laid
down by a Pennsylvania doctor, who
for twenty years has used no drugs in
his practice, the Eighties are subsisting
on two meals q day and enjoying bet
ter health and a greater degree of eX-
hilaration than they had known for
years. The ranks of the converts are
not confined to adults, for children have
adopted the new gospel of health, -
and it is said to be a fact, capable of
demonstration, that they are making
much more rapid progress in their
studies than they did when they be-
lieved three meals q day necessary to
their existence.
The claim is that the stomach needs
a rest and does not get it when three
meals a day are the rule. Refreshing
sleep is not hunger causing process, -
is the basis of the reasoning of the
ants and with this goes the injunc-
ton, mo between meal nibbling." Al
though the originator or discoverer of
the system has written two large
books. showing the effects of the plan
on all classes of people, from office
workers to the most active out-of-door
laborers, the gist of the thing is in the
no breakfast" and mo between meal
eating"
No drugs, no dosage, nothing in
furious whatever taken into the sys-
tenn; renewed health. a better appetite
than has been known since the golden
days of childhood-these are the excel
lencies the ANTS claim for their new
departure They caused them to swear
off forever on the vulgar habit" of
partaking of an early morning meal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-16
NY BRLAR PIPE.
lHonston Daily Postl

(Iouston Daily Post)
There is no companioship
Which seems so good to me,
Nor one thro' which the mem rieS slip
So sweet and tenderiy
AS that of my old briar pipe,
In whose enchanted bowl
Fancies of the past grow ripe
And clouds of incense roll
Between me and the cares of life,
And dimS their sharp outline
AS thrO' the years with pleasures rife
1 rove escaped from Time.
Once more along old Fries shore
l hear the pillows clamor.
And mingling tones of friends of yore
Bring me a sweet nirvana.
MY boyish limbs are laved again
Where Perkins shingly beach,
Between the ciiff and murmuring main,
Extends its shining reach.
With little maids in DinafOreS
1 tread it's shifting sands.
And Ger the years with friends of yore
Again. I'm clasping hands.
And out along the Hogback road.
With Eunice, Phoebe and Linnie,
A jolly, happy careless load.
Spend hours long and sunny
Where Rocky River S dimpling stream
Echoed our peals of pleasure.
And where the walnuts foliage green
Concealed it's richest treasure.
Far from those pleasant scenes 1 rove.
Old age creepS on amain;
I've slipped the sweets of youth and love
And but the dregs remain.
But why repine. my pipe and 1
Are happy on the way.
For what avails the bitter sigh
When skies are low ring gray
The scenes thro' which we eTstwhile roved
To daughters of the maids we loved
AS their sweethearts there they're meet
ing.
But / surely could not clai mthem all
Some chose another fellow
And life was sweet and renders all
My old age rich and mellow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-16
CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS.

One would imagine that the only con-
test threatened upon the assembling of
the next congress is tina. in which
Utah is chiefly interested. Several are
threatened. Southern Republicans al
ways manage to scare up a fight when
ever the majority in congress suits
their convenience and, it is from that
section that three or four contestants
are liable to appear in March
Contests have been handled in such
a partisan way that they are gradually
falling into disfavor. Yet there are
those, so it would appear, who still
look upon a congressional seat as a
reward for any sort of disturbance
they are pleased and able to make
1t is a practice that results in no
good either TO the district or to the
nation. 1t is demoralizing to the ma
jority and invariably reactionary. Out
RACES committed on the Republican side
one year are followed by abuses on the
Democratic side another year. 1t goes
from bad to worse until every one is
overwhelmed with the shame and
scandal of the business.
Defeated and repudiated candidates
have been encouraged by this partisan
practice to seek admission to the
capitol for the purposes Of gaining
notoriety and securing the allowance
set aside for the benefit of contestants.
The folly of holding out a cash in
ducement for contests. has been demon
strated long since. 1t is like offering a
through it dishonest spectators have
been brought into existence to take ad-
vantage of the mistaken generosity OF
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-16
Vaudeville Songs.
(Chicago Recordl

The development OF the vaudeville
song from the time when vaudeville
performances were known as variety
shows" is one of the curiosities of the
stage. 1t has come rapidly and natu-
rally with the development Of vaude-
vile itself. The men who publish the
sheet music, of course have made a
special study of the song as matter
of business. So have the performers,
who are the first to know whether d
song is going to take" with the pub
lie. Most CT the thousands of persons
who go TO vaudeville Shows every week
have enjoyed the song part of the pro-
gramme without stopping to think
much about it. Up to the present no
body outside Of the profession" seems
to have made scientific or critical
study of this interesting factor in pub
lie amusement.
Yet the vaudeville song has become
a big element in amusing the modern
theatre-g oer. 1t occupies the first place
among the stable attractions of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-16
Opals.
Chicago News.)


The superstition about the opal being an
unlucky gem has about worn itself away.
It is a beautiful stone and is becoming
very popular. Russell Sage has. worn
an opal for years. He once said he wore
the stone because it was the black sheep
of the jewel family and ne had always
found what was bad for the mob was
good for the chosen few.
ChauLcey Depew always wears an opal.
thinking it a sort of lucky stone. He also
admires the gem for its own sake.
Few stage people can be induced 10
wear an opal or anything else that is con-
sidered unlucky. However there are some
exceptions. Lillian Russell is fond of
opals. and Della Fox likes them so well
she buys them by the dozen. Isadore
Rush is another actress who is not afraid
to wear this gem.
During the past two years more opals
have been sold and worn than for the
previous twenty-five years. Most of the
stones now come from Australia, because
the beautiful Hungarian variety is apt
to crack. 1t improves opals TO be put in
an occasional alcohol bath. In spite of
their beauty Opals are not ranked among
the costly gems. for while occasionally as
much as 500 a carat has been paid for
them the price is usually much less.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-16
COMMERCE OF THE PACIFIC.

The development of commerce on the
Pacific ocean means the enrichment
and Improvement of the Pacific coast
of the United States. If this can be
accomplished without the Philippines,
well and good. If the retention of
these Islands is necessary to the COM
merciaI development Of the world then
the fear Of native revolutions should
not influence the action of congress in
the least
Pacific commerce is bound to help
this whole republic and especially the
western slope. Japan is our nearest
rival. Of all the nations bordering di-
rectly upon this great ocean. Other
commercial powers are thousands of
miles remote. The United States en-
braces the Pacific with 5000 miles of
coast-line, and binds the giant with a
chain OF islands from shore to shore
And while it will always be a free
highway for all the ships of all the
world, there is nothing, it seems now
can prevent this nation from becoming
and remaining the dominant CONNER
cial force of the Pacific
The trade is worth the island expert
ment. Japan imports $3.50, 900, O9O
China $500, 000 600, British Australasia
$S0OO 100000, British India and the set
Elements $500, 1000 worth of goods
every year.
The United States ought to supply
half Of this immense trade. It actually
furnishes about one-tenth. The bust
ness is worth going after already, and
it can be improved twenty-five per cent
in ten years with proper methods pur-
sued. If it can be accomplished with
out the Philippines, they may be con-
sidered apart. But the trade OF the
Pacific belongs to this country and it
ought to spare no pains in taking it in
hand.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-16
OREGON SHORT LINES
~ RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT JAN. 4. 1893


Trains will arrive and depart at Salt
Lake City daily as follows:
ARRIVE.
From Ogden. Chicago. Omaha
ST. Louis. Kansas City and
From Ogden. Portland. Spokane,
Butte, Helena and San Fran
From r1anV ogden. Chicago. ST. Louis 40 m
Kansas City, Omaha and Den
From ogden. Cache Valley 90 = L.
Montpelier. Soda Springs. Po-
cateilo and San Francisco. p. m.
*From Tintic, Mercur, Provo,
Sanpete. Milford and interme-
date points ~ D. m.
s.From CARRIED Beach, Tooele.
and Terminus --;-------.. .....o:So p. m.
DEPART.
For Ogden. Park City. Omaha.
Chicago. Denver. Kansas City
F or0 Ogden 81 a0'is pocateiio Mont ~ d m
peiier and Soda Springs and
intermediate points .......-.----- DO p. N.
For Ogden: Denver. Kansas
city, Omaha, St. Louis, Chi
caSo and San Francisco .-.-....5:40 p. m.
For Ogden. Butte. Helena, Port
lard. San Francisco and Cache
|For Tiutic, Mercur. Provo, San
pete. Milford and intermediate
..kor Garfield Beach. Tooeie and 1''' -
Terminus ............ .....7:45 a. m
s<Daily except Sunday.
'Trains south of Juab do not run Sun
days
Telephone No. $50.
City Ticket Office. Masonic Block, No.
100 West Second South street:
w H. BANCROFT,
Vice President and General Manager.
S. w. ECCLES,
General Traffic Manager.
d. z. hurley,
Gen1 Passenger and Ticket Agent.
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congress and to aid in building up a
partisanship so extreme and unfair
that it cannot help but disgrace our
institutions.
Congressional contests should be
settled at home as often as possibly.
Partisans should not be encouraged to
look to party majorities to seat men
who could not be elected, or to aid
them in unseating those whom the
voters of the district were unable to
defeat. Too many contests in con-
gress are conducted on the farce plan.
They add nothing to the dignity of the
federal legislature, nothing to the
credit of the nation.
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leave SALT LAKE CITY

LEAVE SALT LAKE CITY.
No. 2-For Provo Grand juno
ton and all points east. $3.50 am.
No. For Provo, Grand juno
ton and all points east ...... 1;4O pm.
No. 6-For Bingham, Lehi, Pro-
vo. Mt. Pleasant. Manti. Bel
KNAPP and intermediate points. 500 am.
No. S-FOr Eureka. Payson, Pro-
vO and intermediate points,. 800 pm.
No. 3-For Ogden and west......l0:5O pm.
No. Flor Ogden and weSt..... 9:45 am.
No. 42-For Park City............ S:25 am.
No 9-For Ogden, intermediate
and west -....................12:S pm
ARRIVE SALT LAKE CITY.
No. From Bingham. Provo.
Grand Junction and the east. 9:3j am.
No. 3-From Provo. Grand juno
ton and the eaSt.............-..10 :4O pm.
No. 5-From Provo, Bingham.
Eureka. Belknap. Manti and
intermediate points ..-..-.....-.. 5:35 pm
No. 2-FrOm ogden and the west. $50 am
No. 4-From Ogden and the west. 1880 pm.
No. 10-From Ogden and inter-
mediate points ................ $40 pm.
No. From Eureka, Payson,
Provo and intermediate points 1890 am.
No. 41-From Park City,. 5:15 pm.
Ticket Office. 1OS West Second South.
Postoffice Corner.
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A Personal Equation.
San Francisco Wave.l

Nhodil Il ldilCloCO w elNCsJ
In an Edinburgh school, an inspector,
wishing to test the knowledge of class
in fractions, asked a boy whether he
would rather take one-SiXth or one-seV-
enth of an orange if he got his choice.
The boy promptly replied that he would
take one-seventh. At this the inspector
explained at length to the class that he
who would choose the smaller part. as
this boy had done, because it looked the
biggest fraction, was very foolish: but
the laugh was on the other side when the
chirping voice of another little urchin
broke in, Please, sir, but that chap disna
like oranges -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-16
She Had Proof.
Vic 4Att4 : JUL
Chicago Times-Herald.)

tCnicago Times-Herald.)
Mrs. kendall tells an amusing story in
connection with one of her American
tours. She brought with her from Eng
land a maid who was the cause of not a
little fun When in Washington, Mrs.
Kendall sent for. a worthy African laun-
dress who had been highly recommended
to her. AS most people know, negroes
have Iight-colored palms to their hands.
The English maid however, did not know
this. She noticed Mrs. kendall handing TO
the 1aundresS all sorts of dainty articles,
when suddenly she exclaimed: Oh, ma
dame, you are not going to let her wash
those lovely lace handkerchiefs? She Il
ruin them with her black skin" ''Non-
sense laughed Mrs. Kendall, that
doesn't come off. She is perfectly clean.''
Clean cried the maid, scornfully.
didn't 1 see the palms of her hands =?
Why, a couple of bars of soap and plenty
of soda would take the black off the rest
OF her.