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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
r1URRAYS LOVE LORN MAIDEN
RESTRAINED BY The POLICE

Tekla Josephine Swenson, a demure
and tiny maiden from the wilds of
smoky Murray, has lost the chance of
her existence. Not that. Tekla is TO
enlist in the Angelus singing society or
anything like that, but the last dim
spark OF loves confiagration has flick
cred in young cupid's coal oil stove,
and died for want of Venus gasoline.
1t is romance. lying only in sweet
Teklas tender years. She is but Il,
and her older sister Hulda, takes an
interest in her love affairs that Tekla
fails, at times, to appreciate. So does
the mother. And when, three weeks
ago, Spigoletti Costello, a handsome
type of manhood from Sicily, swooped
down upon the tender hearts of Muir
rays bellies, the harmony that long had
been, was destroyed. A reign of terror
set in. Every village favorite set her
cap for the count of Vermicelli's isle.
''Spig" worked in the smelters. Day
after day ne trod the extensive dump.
towing forevermore his gondolian
wheelbarrow. Hence a sight of him was
rare and many of his conquered hearts
ne'er ventured to the smelter. But his
name was cast abroad and read by
scores. Tekla was one of these. Capt.
waited by the mellifluous morsels as she
rolled them meath her tongue-'Spigo-
letti Costello Tekla Swenson again
and again she breathed the words and
cherished hope that some day they
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
REMEDY FOR THE TRUST EVIL

Some time ago the local Republican
organ, alarmed at the growth of the
fairfield trusts, OF which the tin plate
trust is the very plainest type, declared
in favor of a repeal of all tariff duties
on articles which are produced by
trusts.
This was virtually remuneration of
McKinleyism, which we rather expect
ed to see our neighbor take back after
the widely known editors return from
his Washington engagement. 1t was
practical reputation of the Dingley
law, which was framed at the behest
of eastern monopolies and at the ex-
pense of the rest of the country and
We knew, in reason, that our morning
contemporary would have to reverse its
position on that, as upon nearly every
other question.
Other Republican newspapers have
declared themselves in favor of the
same remedy for the trust evil, but all
that are party hacks will eat their
words, exactly as the local organ or
Republicanism has done. Next year,
if not before, when the Democrats
party goes before the people, as it will,
with a declaration against the gold
trust and every other trust, these same
newspapers will be found whooping
things up for the party and the candi-
dates of the single gold standard and
high tariff-behind which the same in
fiuence is at work.
The trusts own the Republican party
and all its newspapers, those which
honestly believe in McKinley's policies.
as we'll as those which have expressed
their dislike and opposition TO them.
They know and admit that the most
effective blow which these monsters
could be dealt would be a revision of
the tariff along the lines advocated by
the Democrats for a dozen years or
more. But that will never be done I'M
til the people throw off the grasp of
plutocracy and restore the Democratic
party to power.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
DEFENSE AND PROSECUTION.

Benbrook. the gambler who killed
Burt Morris, may congratulate himself
on the array of distinguished lawyers
engaged in his defense. They represent
a variety of experience, eloquence,
adroitness and knowledge of the law
such as could scarcely be excelled or
equaled by any other combination of
firms in the state. Their conduct of the
case on preliminary hearing is master
ly. They are paving the way for their
clients acquittal or a light sentence by
establishing everything material to his
defense and minimizing those points es-
sentially injurious to his cause. In a
word they are doing what can be done
by the combined ingenuity and ability
Of five brainy men.
And the prosecution? What is called
the prosecution is represented by one
bright young man, an assistant county
attorney. His experience, though fair,
is brief and inadequate when compared
with the years of legal battle every
one of his opponents has had. The
chief of the prosecution has gone on a
vacation while the most important case
of his term is being outlined. This, too,
after he had declared he was elected
for the purpose of conducting the bust
ness of the office-a duty he would not
share with assistant counsel outside of
his own staff.
The contrast between the energy Of
the defense and the apathy of the
county attorney does not bode well for
the states interests at the trial. The
Herald believes Mr.. Putnam should &C
cept the cooperation of additional
counsel and should be present during
every stage of the Benbrook case.
Either that or he should explain at
once why he refuses assistance and alb
sents himself from the city at an i'm
portant stage in the hearing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23

might be compressed. Finally the meet
ing came. and all went well until
"Spig" one evening called at the SVEN
son homestead. The mother observed
him carefully. but decided he did not
possess the classic features that must
be those of her happy Tekla's wooer.
Suddenly "Spig" was called away.
Rumor had 1t that s170,O00.0 900 had been
bequeathed to him by second cousin
afflicted with appendicitis. and that ne
was going home TO inherit the fortune.
Tekla'S rivals were maddened, but
Tekla stood aloof and bid them strike
The date for his departure was set. 1t
was to be next Tuesday and the village
store keepers swift submitted bids for
Tekla's travelling garb.
Meanwhile, the mother had resolved
that her daughters place was at home
and to further impress it upon 'Spig's"
mind, planted a 10-bore shot gun just
within the upstairs window. fastening
a string TO the trigger and making
close connections with a 12-pound fiat
iron in the pantry. Then Hulda sought
the Salt Lake chief of police and Tekla
was hastily summoned to the station.
With dire warnings of railroad acct
dents and other fearful casualties in
vited by such a journey, she was in
duced to stay at home and nurse her
feelings until her beloved "Spig" should
return with his wealth. He goes Tues
day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
The Simple Truth.
Golfers Weekly

Deeds of valor and self-sacrifice in the
face of the enemy are not always accom-
panied by rhetorical fireworks. During
the Zulu war; after an engagement in
which the British troops were defeated
by Cetewayo's black warriors. and were
compelled to fly for their lives, an English
cavalryman. whose scraggy little pony
limped from an assagai slash. detached
himself from the retreat and galloped
back upon the charging Zulus.
A glance over his shoulder had shown
him a dismounted comrade, stumbling
painfully along trying to jam some cart
ridges into his clogged revolver. When
the troopers pony trotted up the Zulus
were almost upon the two soldiers. For
tunately, however, they had discarded
their spears. and were mishandling cap
tured carbines.
Now, in a melodrama or in a realistic
novel, the language of these two gallant
soldiers. one to the other, would have been
noble, lofty and inspiring. This is what
they really said:
Get out of this, Bill, We bloomin' hit
the black beggars will skewer ye,' gasped
the wounded man.
You climb up on this orse or I'll punch
yer cad off!' was the reply of the other.
And it is delightful to be able to say
that he did climb up, and they both es-
capped from the ''black beggars," and the
trooper got the Victoria Cross.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
THE MAN WITH LA WNMOWER.
Chicago Tribune.)

Chicago Tribune)
with suitable explanations to Edward
Markham)
Bowed by the meanness of the act, he
leans
Upon the handle, gazes on the ground.
With empty stomach-'tiS but a. NJ
And on his back naught but an under
Who made him dead to other peoples
A thing that cares not how much woe he
makes,
Stolid and selfish brother to the OK?
His is the hand that shoves that thlnS
Whose loud, internal racket breaks the
sleep,
Is this Thing. made in likeness Of man.
To have dominion DER the neighbornood'
To end the tired dreamers morning nap
And shall no victim have the right TO
shoot him?
ment? 49,.
Down ali the block to its remotest house
There is no dread so terrible as this
More potent to o'erwhelm the soul with
wrath, -, go,
More fraught with emphasized profanity!
O masters. lords and Aldermen. give ear.
How will We deal out justice to this Man?
How answer when some gaunt, long
suffering wretch
Whose slumbers he has murdered Graves
the right
To punch his head off and once more
To distracted neighborhood? Ye men
Ye men who rule the town, tbs up 10
VOUt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
False Teeth a Jonah"

CToledo Blade.)
There is in Toledo young grocery clerk
who would like to meet the inventor of
the self-coiling string-holder. That man
is responsible for the grocery clerks I'M
doing.
The clerk got into the habit, years ago,
of biting off the string instead of breaking
1t. after tying bundles. Naturally his
teeth protested against the practice. AT
length they gave up and wore out.
He bought false teeth. Before he fairly
good acquainted with them, so to speak.
the patent string-holder was established
in the store. Then. as fate would have it,
a young woman whom he secretly admir-
ed came in to buy five pounds of sugar.
With the activity of an anxious lover
he made up the package and tied it. Then
according to his old custom. he bent for
ward and severed the string with his
teeth.
But he forgot the holder and he did not
realize that the end of the cord had wedg-
ed itself between two of his teeth-until
as the spring rolled up the slack. his
plate" was hoisted from his mouth and
triumphantly waved aloft at the end OF
the string.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
AUTOMOBILES IN FRANCE.

While France has had roads for a
thousand years and wide streets for
200 years, and good roads for 100 years
and macademiZed roads for fifty years
it is only a matter of a decade since
the roads of that country and the
streets of Paris reached their present
state of perfection. Rubber tires have
been in use just about that long and
automobiles and bicycles have been
travelling those roads and streets fully
q third of that time.
A near contemporary, whose PEN
chant for quarreling prompts it to
seize upon any pretext, denies that the
bicycle and the automobiles, SO COM
mon in France, have had anything to
do with the present excellence of the
roads. The Herald prefers to rely
upon the Paris correspondent of the
New York Tribune who has the adj
vantage of being on the ground. as
Well as in the employ of a reputable
newspaper. In a letter dated April q,
he wrote as follows:
Since the appearance Of the horse
less carriage a great revival has taken
place in road improvement. The
streets ard highways are scrupulously
kept in a condition never before
deemed necessary. Travellers who
praised the boulevards of Paris and the
country roads of France fifteen years
ago would hardly know them now.
That their present perfection is due to
the popularity of the bicycle and the
growing use of the automobile is a
generally accepted fact"
Recently there appeared in the
columns of the Mail and Express a
communication expressing exactly the
same view. But France has been
working on her roads a thousand
years" says our querulous neighbor.
Certainly. The people of the north
Atlantic states have been working on
their roads for two hundred years or
more. The people of the middle west
have been working on their roads for
fifty years perhaps. But there never
was such an era of road improve
ment in this country as the present and
who Will say that the. general use of
bicycles and the automobile agitation
are not largely responsible for it?
If the present perfection of highways
in France is Of a thousand years
standing, why was it necessary for the
French secretary of the INTERIOR" as
our neighbor calls him, ito write some
thirty years ago, a learned paper to
demonstrate the economy in transpor-
tation OF farm products that could be
effected by Improvement in roads?"
When our own roads require a lee
ture to teamsters from the secretary of
the interior we shall not brag about
them, until an automobile or bicycle
craze comes along to work a reform
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
WHERE TIN is OBTAINED.

An exchange wants to know if the
tin plate tariff has not developed a
great mining industry in this country
from which the raw material used by
the trust is drawn; and ventures the
assertion that tine tariff has made
this country a leading tin producer"
IF this be true it is to be regarded in
the light of news. The tin consumed
by the trust mills is not found in this
country, but comes from several sour
ces. The most desirable tin comes from
the Straits Settlements, on the Malay
peninsula, and is known as Banca tin
1t is by far the purest, and has been
sought after by manufacturers for over
a hundred years. Australia is probably
the largest producer of block tin. 1t is
also found in paying quantities in Tas-
mania. But the United States is not
regarded as a tin producing country at
all. in spite of the costly and numerous
attempts to develop prospects which
showed the presence of the metal
As early as 1910 tin was discovered in
California, but there was no tin mining
done until 1868. over a million dollars
were spent on these mines, but one
company after another gave up dis
couraged, and the total product OF the
state, for all the outlay, was 269 600
pounds of tin, valued at $4,000. The
Harvey Peak mine, situated near Gus
ter City, in the Black Hills region, re-
calls the story Of another enormous
outlay and futile attempt to obtain tin
IN commercial quantities. 1t is said
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
SOME GOOD SHORT STORIES.
Edison Gave In.
New York worId.)

(New York World.)
Thomas A Edison had his offices at one
time in the Rookery building in Chicago.
One day Mr.. Edison's telephone got out
of order. He conld hear people all right,
although he is hard of hearing. But for
the life of him he couldn't make himself
heard So he sent messenger Tor an
expert 20 repair the Instrument.
The expert was a tall, broad-shouldered
Irish boy named Jim Cary. Jim went
around 10 the Edison Offices shaking in
his shoes.
1T must be a devil of a case of trou-
can't clear it,
But it wasn't Long-distance transmit
tiers, which are nothing but graduated
carbon boxes with a diaphragm in front,
sometimes pack so tight that the vibra-
tons of the diaphragm when you talk
don't move the particles al all. To remedy
this one has only TO tap the transmitter
with pair of pliers to shake the car
bon particles loose. when it talks as good
as new.
Jim did this involuntarily when he took
the receiver off the hook, then rang the
bell. whispered How dy'' to the operator.
and pronounced the machine o. X
Mr.. Edison, who had watched the scene
with intense interest. looked at Jim and
then at the telephone.
How did you do it?" he asked of Jim.
DO what?" said Jim.
Fix it, said Edison.
Go on" said Jim, there warn't Moth
ing the matter"
Gary responded Mr.. Edison. do
me the honor of having drink. You have
beaten me at my own game"
That was the proudest moment of my
life" said Jim.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
Worth the Journey.

Doctor McIlrath and wife of Chicago
who journeyed round the world on their
bicycles. consuming three years or more
in the trip, by reason of unforeseen delays
in inhospitable countries, arrived home
last winter.
As on the occasion of their departure
a large crowd had seen them off, so upon
their return the streets were thronged
with people eager to witness their home
coming.
One of group of persons who watched
the scene from an upper window as the
globe-trotters, escorted by hundreds OF
local cyclers, wheeled into view, remark
ed:
We'll. there they come And now I'd
like TO know what they have gained by
that long ride, so fnll of hardships and
privations?"
Did you see them when they rode away
from here?" asked another.
Yes
Did you notice that they had dropped
handle-bars and rode with a hump"
II think 1 did,
We'll. they're coming back with raised
handle-bars and are sitting up straight
That was worth the trip, perhaps. They
have learned how to ride a bicycle"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
CENSORSHIP IN FRANCE.

a judge before whom some matter
incident to the Dreyfus investigation
was aired has just been suspended for
two months because he gave the facts.
which were comparatively unimportant,
to newspaper reporter.
If the lawyer, witness. judge or gen.
eral who furnished La Figaro with
the secret proceedings of the court of
cessation could be discovered long
term of Imprisonment would doubtless
be his portion.
And thus the censorship of the press
is established and maintained in
France, even as imperialists would
have it in this country; as the post
master general has sought to enforce
it, and as General Otis has made it
effective in the islands of the South
seas.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
"MOLLY O'NEHL."
New York Worldl

CNew York WORLDLY
There's a girl in our neighbcrhood every
one knows;
They say she's the belle of the town.
AT picnics and parties wherever she goes
lis Mollie O'Neill gains renown.
One day in her childhood she said she'd
be mine;
With kiss then her promise did SEAL
But now she's grown old, she says, de-
cline
To change my name-Momie O'Nein
Iqe story of Charles Graham the song
writer, who has just died, has never been
told. He loved a girl in New England.
Slowed away in the archives of his mem
DRY Graham cherished the Renaissance
of his youthful days before liquor won a
fierce fought battle. OF the girl he sell
dom spoke, and only then to his friends.
think l will write a song about her,
he said one day.
Il met her in New England. She was
pretty and we fell in love. But there
were other men who loved her and she
was a coQuette. i think that explains it.
| stood 1t as long as l could. then one day
| went away. 1t has all passed now and
l shall write a song"
William Harding. a few days before the
song writer's death, found Graham in
chair in saloon. He was staring
straight ahead of him. Suddenly he
jumped to his feet.
out of my head" he said. The melody
is there and the words are there"
Graham looked about for a piece of
paper. There was none. He took off a
cuff. spread il out in front of him on the
sticky table. and was soon absorbed in
his work. He hummed the air until he
had iotted il down on the cuff. Then he
began on the verses.
He completed the song, a portion of
which appears at the beginning of this
article. Then he drank to the health of
Mollie ONeill.
Robert p. CHASER. who was associated
with Graham iii the publishing of all his
songs. came upon the copy of the song.
''Mollie ONeill." The next day he sought
the pretty vaudeville actress Kitty Mitch
ell. now singing one of Grahams songs.
She read the words. then sang them. Sud
denly she turned pale.
Who wrote that?' she demanded.
why, Graham, of course.
rs it he? Can it be-you know l have
not seen him
There are those who say that KITTY
Mitchell can put a telling personality into
the song of "Mollie O'Neill.'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
ALL SHE NEEDS TO KNOW.

(Cassell's Saturday Journal)
She isn't very witty she isn't wise;
But when a girl has dimpeS, and glitter
ing stars for eyes
Hair like sunshine cleaning, and voice
both sweet and low,
A little bit of nothing is all she needs to
She does not talk of X-rays or internecine
OF eastern persecution, or ills that bother
OF massacres in China. inhabitants of
Mars.
And she adores light vaudeville. not oper-
attic stars
She has no aspirations: she longs for no
She has no wish for suffrage of tyrant
man no fear;
She never wrote novel. a poem or
play
She prefers a bonnet to laurel leaves-or
bay.
She's never heard of microbes. bacteria
and the like;
OF sociologic questions-why laborers have
to strike.
Why some have all the money and some
have all the work;
Or why the poor Armenian is harassed by
the Turk.
But. Oh, she smiles and dimples at every
thing that's said;
And oh. her hair is golden, and On, her
lips are red,
Her eyes are real cerulean. her voice is
sweet-and so
A little bit of nothing is all she needs to
know.
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that over $1,000, 600 has been expended.
while the total yield has been less than
ten tons of ore. In Alabama, North Car
DINA, Virginia, and in Utah, tin bearing
rock has been found, but the United
States is not in any sense tin pro-
ducing country.
For twelve centuries the mines Of
Cornwall constituted the only source
of this metal. In 1910 it was found in
Bohemia. But the tin used in the plate
mills of this country comes from the
South Pacific mines.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
CLARIBEL!
ATLANTA Constitution

ATLANTA constitutional
Claribel, Claribel!
Do YOU know adown the dell
Where Loves ministering spirits dwell
Dearest one;
Thrills the June gales welcome note;
Shines the humming bird aiioat,
Like a flashing. golden mote
In the sun.
Claribel. Claribeli
Shadows lengthen. and the swell
OF the night wind sounds the knell
OF the day;
Meath a pail of purple cloud,
Mists of amber for his shroud,
Lies in state it's monarch proud
Far away.
Claribel, Claribel!
VIII you listen while | tell
That old story conned so well.
While afar
CLOVIS the twilight with the mirth
That illumines all the earth
And the heavens Ger the birth
OF star,
Claribeli Claribel'
All, the glamour and the spell
OF rare odors and the smell
OF the musk;
Droops each dewey blossomed stalk
Just to listen to you talk,
As with dallying feet we walk
In the dusk
Claribeli Claribel.
Not for years of asphodel-
Bordered Eden would / sell
One sweet hour
OF such enjoyment as this.
With the burden and the bliss
OF my ladys tender kiss
In her boweri
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
He Uttered the Sesame.

(San Francisco Argonaut)
The late Senator Sessions of New York
was clerical looking man. always wear
ing an immaculate white cravat. but his
appearance was in some respects decept-
i've. The will of Stephen Girard provided
that no clergyman should ever be allow
ed to enter Girard college at Philadelphia
One day Mr.. Sessions approached the en-
trance.
You can't come in here" said the jan
itor.
THE - can't" said the stranger.
oh" said the janitor; excuse me.
Stem right in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
A One-eyed Fighter.
youths Companion.)

ilOutH 1OInpdIlloi-J
During the late Spanish-American war
a certain old colonel who had lost an eye
al the battle of Gettysburg was very in
dignant because he was. put aside as ply
sically incapacitated. when he applied for
admission to one of the New York volun-
teer regiments.
Filled with wrath and chagrin. the coll
onel iourneyed to Washington bent on
having a personal interview with the pres
ident He succeeded in gaining an au-
dience. and the president, after listening
TO his plea kindly. said:
one eyei"
"Just so. sir was the prompt rejoin-
der. but can't you see the great advan-
] aim my gun, shan't have to close the
other,"
He fought at Santiago.