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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
The Rabbits Foot Won.
Denver RenubIicanO

Two negro soldiers en- route from a
Utah post TO Louisville, KY. stopped In
Denver d few hours yesterday. While
here they made the rounds of the ticket
brokers' offices in search of cheap
rate to Louisville. When they returned
to the Union depot they applied to w.
A. Matlock. the ticket agent, and
asked him what the fare was to Louis
vile.
1T will cost s6G for the two of you"
Oats too high, boss" replied one OF
the soldiers, I'VE can get two tickets
up town for $64."
We'll. you had better get them, then,
for S66 is the rate, and L can't make
them any less"
They thought, however, that some
thing was to be gained by haggling.
After trying in vain to get rid of them
Matlock said:
You boys fought in Cuba, didn't
you?"
Bet yer life, boss"
Then you're dead game sports, amt
you?"
'All right, then. I'll flip dollar to
see whether you pay $64 or S66 for these
tickets. Heads you pay SOS, tails you
pay S64."
Oats a go, boss
Matlock tipped. and the dollar
dropped heads up. They paid their 500
like true sports. but as they left the
window one of them remarked to the
other in an undertone:
You fool niggah, didn't you see dat
rabbits foot on he's watch chain?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
GET ALL THE FACTS.

Ever since P. H. Lannan, through his
personal organ, the Salt Lake Tribune,
proclaimed the existence of a "corrup-
ton fund" in the pending senatorial
contest, ever since his first charge of
bribery, several weeks ago, The Herald
has been asking for rigid, complete
ana speedy investigation of the mat
ter.
Representative Law forced the issue
yesterday when he made, in the joint
session, a charge similar to that which
has been put forth by the Tribune for
more than month.
Now let the investigation begin at
ence. Let it be searching and thor
ough.
The honor of the state demands it.
The reputation of the legislature
makes it imperative.
The good name of one of the most
prominent Democrats and citizens of
the state requires immediate action on
these serious charges.
Since P. Il. Lannan has been circu-
lating similar stories for several weeks
,he should be summoned by the commit
tee and asked to unbosom himself on
the subject Of bribe-giving and taking.
Representative Law is a confessed
bribe-taker. If Mr.. Lannan knows of
any others, or if he believes, as the Tri-
bune stated yesterday morning, that
Republican members have been bribed
TO remain away from the joint assem-
bly,, he should be compelled to name or
to state his reasons for libeIing them by
innuendo.
Chief Pratt, who is generally under
stood TO be nothing If not the plant
tool ana faithful serf of P. Il. Lannan,
should also be asked to explain his con-
nection with this affair from beginning
to end.
The purpose of the deadlock was
never more apparent than it is now.
But the danger of no election at all
should not stand in the way Of Sc
we're Investigation.
If the Tribune and Mr.. Law have told
the truth Mr.. AIcCune should be sent
to prison for bribery.
L the charges made by Mr.. Law and
Mr.. Lannan are false, they should be
dealt with as criminal libelers and con-
s.2jrators, working with Chief Pratt and
Detective Sheets.
Neither bribery nor blackmail can
flourish here. No campaign can be sue
cessfuIly run on bribery in Utah, nor
can any police department be conduct
ed for purposes of bIackmail in Salt
Lake City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
CRIME OF The FILIPINOS,

Pacifcation should be the only policy
! in the Philippines at present. But the
only way to restore peace to an unso-
phisticated people led by INSCRIPTIONS
and treacherous leaders, is to subju-
gate their armies and punish the chief
rebels as they deserve.
The crime of the FiIipinos is too das-
tardIy to pass over lightly. 1t was not
only a mutinous revolt against the
forces they had voluntarily Joined in
our war with Spain, but from their own
statement of the case, it was a coward
ly attack upon those whom they called
their allies. Yet more than all it was a
crime. not more of blood than of in
gratitude.
True. the president was long time
in deciding upon policy. He has to
make tour of the country first, speak
ing on both sides of a question weigh
ing the applause, TO see which side he
prefers.
It takes many months and many miles
of travel for Mr.. Mckinley to make up
his mind on public questions, no mat
ter how mOmentous or urgent they
may be.
While we are convinced that the COM
mercial advantages 10 be derived from
Philippine annexation. not so much
from the trade and resources of the is
lands, as from the prestige it would
give US in the Orient, and the practi-
cal mastery Of the Pacific it would in
sure to the United States, still, as The
Herald has before remarked, no one
cares to annex a revolution or even be
responsible for the conduct of a race
which may have to be exterminated in
the effort TO make it behave.
1t is Of no use to talk about annexing
the Philippines against their will. 1t
would be folly to hold them even as CO.
lonial dependencies. so long as martial
rule under AIge- or carpet bag rule I'M
der Hanna are the alternatives pre-
scented by this administration. But the
United States government is under OBJ
legations to itself, to foreign powers and
to the natives themselves to restore or
der in the Philippines; and it is neces-
sary to suppress the present uprising in
order to discuss, with any sort of sat
isfaction, the future of the islands.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
THE PURPLE BALUSTRADE.

(Flavian ROsser, in Golfers Weekly)
If in the spaces infinite, 10 which we fare.
There Is a purple balustrade, where
dusk meets day,
Though Illustrate IN all else, 1 shall not
care,
For TO the Love, that holds us. 1 shall
say
Let me sit here a little while.
Let me sic here IL very little while
And to the Law, that guides US, L shall
say
Let cease for me the song of spheres,
that roll below;
Let me not know the fragrant Aramanth.
l pray,
Let me forget the swinging stars, "
and so
l shall sit there a little while,
1 shall sit there Il very little while.
Then il l can forget the grave from which
i came,
And lean across the bondage of the
mists that rise,
I may remember now my Earth-lights
name
Our candle and tse Love-light in your
eyes.
And so find Paradise awhile,
AT every DUSK. a very little While.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19

time he visited the chief ofpolice. Evil
IDENTIFY this appointment with the chief
was arranged before he went out So
Letting buyers for his vote and man
hood. etc. The plot. thickens.
Mr.. Law relates how he and Chief
Pratt and Detective Sheets engaged
rooms in the Jennings block, meaning
the Jenkins block of variegated repu-
tation. The very fact that he is on
such intimate terms with Mr. Ian
mans secret service bureau shows that
$50 was an outrageously low price.
Then this young lawmaker, who says
he lies for the honor OF the state, and
claims to be an honest man" who
cannot be swerved from truth and the
line of duty" says that he slept in the
jenkins block room the night before,
ito avoid suspicion"
Now listen TO the scheme agreed
guardians of the peace: 1T was our
plan to meet him Cthe intended victim)
in these rooms, and the deal should be
made by US while the officers could
hear what should be said by us from
an adjoining ROOM"
What a cunning ploti Mr.. Law was
there. Chief Pratt was there. Sleuth
Sheets was there. All were present
but \. w. McCune. He refused TO at
tend Mr.. Laws auction of his vote.
So the lawmaker sailed forth in search
of him. He found him and told him of
the room where Chief Pratts eye was
glued &c a keyhole and Sheets was
peeping over the transom.
L sleep in ROOM" said Mr.. Law;
a piece of information that doubtless
surprised his auditor. Il have just left
it a few moments ago, and probably
it has not been disturbed" Then ne
went out, but realized that Mr.. McCune
would not follow him. There was no
way to use the brave police in their
peephole room. But he saw an old
crony, whom he likewise took into his
confidence. 1t wasn't Pratt and
Sheets, but it was the best he could do.
So he says that McCune handed him
the price of his young manhood on the
street, which price he turned over at
once to Chief Pratt, who doubtless
counted it over carefully to see if Mr..
Law had retained any of it.
Mr.. Law says this performance was
witnessed by the chief, who was evil
IDENTIFY determined to be a witness,
the alleged sale took place in
that adjoining room or in any other
part of the city. Yet, when Mr.. Law
went Immediately to the room, he
found Chief Pratt.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
Hurts His Fair Name,
louisville Times.)


When there is any hard luck or trou-
BILE ahead, the Tennessee negro seems
to be up against it every time. Why,
is past finding out, but the colored
brethren here insist that if a negro is
arrested and taken to court, and it
leaks out that he comes from Tennes-
see, that do settle him. White and
black seem to have a prejudice against
the cullud gentmun from Bob Taylor $
state. and under all circumstances he
is given the hot end of the poker. If
one wishes to see the soul of Colonel
VIII Hays torn with rage and disgust,
he should mention the Tennessee negro.
Those from other southern states worry
the colonel, too. and he is constantly
seeing his name in the police court
records. These worthless niggers,"
eXclaims the colonel. have to light out
from their own home to dodge the pen
itentiary, and they make a Decline for
this city. What do they do when they
get here? Find out the names of the
leading and distinguished men and ap-
propriate them at once. That's The rea-
son why l find my name in the paper
so much-sometimes I have been steal
ing. sometimes slashing a fellow with
a razor, or up to pretty nearly every
kind of meanness." Some men would
regard this purloining of their name
as a compliment. but the colonel does
not see it in that particular light, and
is irate when he finds in the papers
that ''Will Hays was registered as d.
and D. at Central station yesterday"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
Colonel Mozart of Massachusetts,.


There is a young man in the govern
ment printing office who has no music
in his soul, but what he thinks he
knows of army and military matters
would bulge the walls OF the West
Point military academy six inches out
of plumb.
The other night he was helping a
job printer friend of his ON a piece of
work and came across something
which stumped him.
Here, jim" he said, taking the take
to the boss, this amt right"
What ain't?" inquired the boss,
looking over the couy.
why, that Mozart's twelfth mass
business.
What's the matter with it?'
There amt any Twelfth Massachu-
setts. that's all. l know every regiment
in the service
oh" smiled the boss, tumbling to
the situation. rs that SOP
"Os course it is. And besides, there
amt any Colonel Mozart in the army.
The chump that fixed up that copy
ought to he courtmartialed. It's a
good thing l was here tonight to catch
it in time"
Later the G. p. o. young man paid
a bill of no mean proportions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
ella Wheeler yilcOx)

ella Wheeler WilcoX.)
Whatever is a cruel wrong.
Whatever is unjust,
The honest years that speed along
VIII trample in the dust
In restless youth l rallied at fate
With ali my puny might,
But now l know il l but wait
1t al will come out right.
Though Vice may don the Judges gown
Ana play the censor ) part,
And Fact be crowned by FalsehOod s
frOWn
And Nature ruled by Art;
Though Labor tolls through binding tears
Ana Idle wealth is might.
/ know the honest, earnest years
VIII bring It all out right.
Though poor and loveless creeds may pass
For pure religions gold,
Though Ignorance may rule the mass
Whole truth meets giances cold
l know law complete, sublime,
Controls US with its might,
And in Gods own appointed time
II all will come out out right.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
Played Without Reward.


On one of the coolest days of the cold
spell an intrepid organ grinder explor-
ed the north side in search of coin.
He trundled after him an old piano
organ mounted on wheels. on the top
of which a subdued monkey sat and
shivered. Selecting a street which in
the summer time had paid him well.
he halted in front of a large fiat build
ing and, adjusting the handle. began
to grind out, ''There'll Be a Hot Time. "
Almost Immediately rows of familiar
faces appeared at the windows, and
children clapped their hands and wav-
ed ''how-dye-do's' to the monkey. who
was blowing on his paws and smiling
appreciably.
My Coal Black Lady and Shes
the Warmest Baby in the Bunch &C
cupied several minutes in execution,
and. before their completion, the mu-
sioian was glancing expectantly at the
people above. He noticed that they
were making unusual gesticulations.
Finally a woman came to the door and,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19


One of the wealthy women or the
South Side teaches a Sunday school
class composed of street urchins. She
lost an Angora kitten last week, and on
Sunday told her class she would give
a reward to any boy who could find it.
The next day a small, red-headed boy
rang the front door bell and was sush-
cred into the presence of the Sunday
school teacher. The boy carried dirty
bundle done up in a piece of burlap.
"Hereth thoo thitten,' he said, hold
mig out the parcel.
The woman did not understand the
tongue tied remark and drew back
from the untidy bundle.
My child, don't know what you are
talking about" she said, in tone of
offended dignity.
'-Hereth thoo thitten. I thaw him
thkippin' up the threet," replied the
boy.
Il don't understand you" declared
the woman. Don't try to give me that
horrid looking bundle, for 1 don't want
it"
The boy gave her one keen look. Then
he seemed to be carefully framing up
q. sentence.
"Hereth thoo tam old tat he said;
the thratched me, and I want the
money"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
SOME GOOD SHORT STORIES
The Lady or the Conductor.
Chicago Tines-Heraldl


The conductor on a Madison street
cable had taken up the fares and vas
posing on his end of the car when a
man approached him, and pointing To
woman in one OF the front seats,
asked:
See that woman"
'Yess," answered the official in the
customary surly tone. What of herr
L bet you a dollar that if you ask
her for her fare again she'll pay it,
Not much. It's hard work to get
one fare out of women passengers. let
alone two"
Bet you a dollar"
The conductor looked uneasy. I'D
get fired" he said, land lose my job.
The woman would report me-
No, she wouldn't. That woman is
my wife and 1 want to get off a joke
on her. she's so absent-minded. Go
ahead and win the bet
All right" said the conductor, and
as he passed through the car he
stopped in front of the passenger and
held out his hand.
Fare, please"
He had an apology on the tip of his
tongue, but after one glance at him
the woman said, oh" and opened her
pocketbook, produced a nickel which
she laid in his hand. He went back 10
Lie man Wiz ldO plOIHkltQ MN anu
said: "Therei I've won the bet"
I'll bet you another dollar that you
can collect fare third time" said the
man.
The blood of the conductor was up.
Il never take a dare" he said, but if
you weren't her husband I'd see you
further before I'd risk her catching me
at it"
He waited until the cars had gone on
six blocks further and some new pas
sengers boarded them. when he collect
ed their fare and held out his hand
to the absend-minded woman.
Fare, please"
She looked at him in a daZed way
Haven't paid my fare? How funny, >"
and searching in her pocketboOk she
found another nickel and gave ii to
him.
Wiping the perspiration from his
hardened brow, the conductor went
back to the man OH the platform.
Give these to your wife, he said.
II haven't any right to them" and he
laid two nickels in the mans hand,
and I'll take my So
But he didn't. The man swung him
self off the car and disappeared IN q
side street, and now the conductor
would give 81 to know whether he was
worked for the price of a drink. and If
the woman was hypnotized, or if it was
a bet between two outside parties. or
what sort of a put-up scheme it was,
anyway.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19

Already the Philippines have a popu-
lation Of 1888 to the square miles, while
the whole United States has but 21O9,
and Nevada not quite a half a man to
the square mile.
So far as growth is concerned, there
is plenty of room at home-in Nevada,
New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Utah
and Idaho. At the ratio of 1898 per
square mile-the Philippine retio-the
United States could accommodate over
30O. OOO. 600.
Daniel Webster said Jan. 10, 1920:
No nation ever had less to expect from
forcibie ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The mighty
agents which are working out our
greatness are time, industry and the
arts Our augmentation is by growth,
not by acquisition; by internal develop
ment, not by external accession"
If we can't get the Philippines in
peace, let US quietly withdraw after
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
WEN PING Is KING.

u. r. F., in Detroit News.)
Oh, won't there be d jolly row
When Ping is KING?
The crown upon his noble brow
VIII hop about, most anyhow.
And there VIII he ne er pledge nor vow
When Ping is king.
The house of lords will be non est
When Ping is king.
The milliOnaires will leave their nest
And Nat Mckays will take a rest;
None of that ilk will stand the test,
When Ping is king.
Imperialism will not do
When Ping is king.
We'll have no fields or pastures new
Tor struggling armies TO subdue.
Nor bite on more than we can chew,
When Ping is king.
Gigantic trusts will hunt their holes
When Ping is king.
Railroads will then charge trifiing tolls
And scheme no more to own the polls
Great men will all wear Pingree soles,
When Ping is king.
Sorrow and sin will rage no more
When Ping is king
Blodgett Will find his mission DER
And cuStard pie well have galore
Our feet Will touch the golden shore
When Ping is king.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
ADJUSTMENTS.

The members of Martelrs South Be-
fore the War company will give a
grand sacred concert at the Grand to-
night. There viii be about fourteen
selections, aside from the Passion
Play" which will be given in full The
latter is decidedly a novelty, illustrat-
ing the life Of Christ from birth to res
direction, every scene having been
faithfully enacted by Austrian peas
ants when the pictures were taken.
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with chattering teeth, explained TO the
grinder that only the day before the
janitor had put memberships on al
the windows. And the other people in
the house explained in pantomime that
they couldn't open the windows if they
wanted to. And then he went away.
Kipling and the Girls.
Chicago Journal.)
"Oh, Alice, I'm so glad to see you
Why haven't you been over oftener?"
We'll, Grace dear. really have been
SO busy that l couldn't get anywhere.
My auntie from the east has been visit
ing us, you know. How is your literary
club getting along"
''Splendidlyl Have you read The
White Mans Burden'g'
Yes. isn't it lovely?'
Just beautiful, How grand it must
be to have such genius as kipling s.
By the way. there's something in the
first verse that bOthers me. 1 can't
quite make out what il means Those
lines
To wait in heavy harness.
On fluttered folk and wild
how ought they to be interpreted?"
Really. l don't know just what his
meaning is there. I've been puzzled by
those lines myself. And in the next
SNdiAZd lUt-e Is Sptutllllll5 clSe lAeiL 1
haven't quite grasped-
To veil the threat of terror
what does that mean?"
Il don't know. I'm sure. It's probably
some poetic symbol. There is that line.
too
BY all We will or whisper
1 can't make sense of that Do you
know what il signifies?"
No, l really don't try to understand
Kipling- He uses SO much slang, or, at
least, talk that isn't common, that q
person would have to make a regular
study of it in order to know what he
meant. What a lovely swing there is
to his poems, though. don't you Think"
Yes, isn't il sweet? oh. Tom With
erington has sent me a beautiful copy
of Lucille"
rs that so? Let me see it. Really
after all. isn't that the most splendid
poem that was ever written"
Yes, to be candid, what are White
Mems Burdens and such clap-trap in
comparison with it? Let's go into the
library and read that lovely passage
about
When my nature is purest and its
thoughts are most fair;
When my spirit Is best, beloved thou art
there,
~ eOp,atbfDr Of tbot LIND
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
Yesterdays Record at the Local
Office of the Weather Bureau.

Salt Lake City. Utah. Feb. IS, 1899.
Maximum temperature, Il degrees; mini
mum temperature. % degrees: mean tenn
perature 80 degrees. which is = degrees
above the normal; accumulated deficiency
9S derrees. acc,imfIlated eSces. Of tey-D
perature since Jan. ], s. degrees; total
precipitation from 8 p. II. 10 . p. m. 06
inch; accumulated excess of precipitation
since first Of the month, la inches; ac-
cumulated excess CT precipitation since
Jan. l, "A inch.
The following is the local forecast of
the weather for today: Fair stationary
temperature. /. II. MURDOCH,
Section Director, Weather Bureau.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
Bisbop santander of Havana ca,

Bishop Santander of Havana can see
no difference between the functions of
the church and state. The former he
regards as a religious institution whose
province is to direct the state; the lat
ter he looks upon as political institu-
ton maintained to further the interests
of the church. Furthermore, the Rev
erend Santander thinks he's it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
Mutual Astonishment.

Mother-I saw him kiss you; / am ter
ribly shocked. | Gid not for a moment
imagine he would take such a liberty
Herself-Nor did l, mamma-in fact. /
bet him he daren't,
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Mr. Smart Wins

Sophia (sentimentally)-I dearly love to
to me that a clock has language of its
own.
Mr. Smart-Yes. Sophia, the clock has
langiiage-you hight say dialect.
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Ancestral Air.


Vivian-What a .iff. austere young
man DOrsav LudingtOn is!
Vashti-Yes: he always looks like por-
trait of somebody's great-uncle. Nathan
iel.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19

New York papers are calling for a
press club composed of members of the
press. How absurd
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STOCKS AND INVESTMENTS.
Utah Bank and Commercial Stocks. ana
other High Grade investment securities
sought and sold
Loans on Stocks
Div.dend-paylng stocks bought and sold
Investment orders from Institutions,
trustees OF estates and capitalists will TO
ceiye the best OF attention
JOHN c. CUTLER. JR.
Tel III Sc Main Street