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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
FIGHTERS FROM THE FARMS.

An inquiry from one of the curious
has developed the fact that Dewey,
Sampson. Schley and Shafter were all
farmer boys, If the subject were pur-
sued further, it would probably be
found that most Of the leaders in the
recent civil and military affairs of the
country came originally from the coun-
try.
1t is so in the great cities. where the
clean life. the vigorous physical train
ing and lessons in selt-denial learned
on the farm prove the best foundation
Of successful careers.
Whether the quiet of rural upbring-
ing tends By reaction to belligerency
in later years would be a fruitful sub
ject for discussion just now, when
cofnbativeness has its fullest flower in
the Legislature. It may be that the
skirmishes and battles OF political life
have come from the contagton of war
If there is no Santiago for Utahs
belligerents. the turmoil of senatorial
campaign viii do fairly well for a sub
stitute. The intricacies of a Manila
skirrlish are not to be had at first hand,
but the legislative session has done
fairly well in that line, with its false
alarms and wild rumors. It's desperate
attacks and clash of interests
Certainly, the coGlbaiive genius of
the mountain-bred man has shown
fighting qualities justfying the con-
clusion that he is The most belligercnt
Of men. If you don't believe it, attend
q meeting of the joint assembly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
They Take Their whippings On the
Calves of Their Legs.

The teacher is always dressed in
white, wears the hat seen in the illus
tration, generally wears spectacles, and
always has a rod, in order that the
child may not be spoiled.
He gathers his flock around him in
the most fatherly manner, and deals
out justice with an unSparing hand.
The scholars are dressed in their best,
but must study without their shoes.
These latter are kept in sight of the
teacher at all times.
The course of study is not very eX-
tensive to look at, but when it comes
to studying the Korean language
through the medium of Chinese it must
be confessed that the beginning of a
course is difficult.
The scholar is first taught the name
and meaning of Chinese characters and
then their meaning in Korean. Just
as though we were obliged to learn
English through the medium of the
Greek alphabet.
T This Book of the Thousand Charac-
ters is a curiosity in it's way. 1t con-
tains, as its name indicates, a thou
sand Chinese characters, arranged in
proper order as to meaning, and of
all that number no two are in any
marked manner alike.
The books are generally furnished
by the teacher, but the ink, ink saucers
and little water vessels and brushes
are brought by the pupils.
Students keep up a steady drCning
noise, as each one goes on repeating
his portion of the task aloud, regard
less of what is going on around him.
The use of the rod is somewhat diff
ferent in Korea from this part of the
world. The little culprit is made to
stand up in trent of the whole school.
all study being suspended for the time
being, and he is made to pull up his
loose trousers so as to expose the calf
of the leg, and the birch is applied with
Vigor equal to the offense.
These far-away boys, these youthful
members of The Hermit Nation, amuse
themselves with pretty much the same
games as their brothers in America.
Hop-scotch, prisoners base follow the
leader, games of ball, chasing cats. rob-
bing birds nest, insulting foreigners
boys seem pretty much the same wher-
ever they grow. The results attained
by these, to us, siipshod methods, are
sometimes very valuable, and it is not
unusual to meet boys and young men
with an education, for their purposes
quite as good as that gotten by more
expensive and complicated methods in
other parts of the world.
MARIN WEBSTER
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
PEEP-HOLE VIEWS.

OF course theVe is minority report
The Dlotters threatened one. in spite
of the evidence, ever since the investi-
cation began. They have threatened
IL just as they threatened to spring
n Montana sensation" An6 what
ever Tiny have threatened they have
done, trap or no trap, victim or no
victim. evidence or no evidence.
Certain interruptions tricksters, dis
gruntled Democrats, renegade Re
publicans. and had men after their
enemies. tried to work up a case on
NcCune for some time, according to
the admissions OF Representative Law.
They sought in vain for a man with
nerve enough to play deeoy, until they
ran across the cunning but boastful
Err. Law. After going to all this
trouble does any one imagine that
evidence would stand in the way of a
minority report?
II has been shown that the con-
spiracy was laid and Matched in the
Cannon headquarters. Mr. Law testi-
led that he and Representative John
son and Smith Of Weber county with
other gentlemen met in the headquar-
tiers Of Senator Cannon and laid the
celebrated peep-hole plot. Law con-
scented 10 act as t.leir decoy.
Next morning the trap was sprung,
but the selected victim refused to DO
business with Mr.. Law. However, it
was necessary 10 spring his Montana
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
FISHING WITH BOW AND ARROW.
Fishermen of AMMAN Never Use a
Rcd and Line

Did you ever see fishermen without
line or net? In AMMAN they consider
such tackle useless, and the Annamese
are successful in their own fashion.
There the fishing party takes bows
and arrows and goes down to the bank
of the Song-Kol, or Red river, and
creeping out on a log by the shore, or
pushing a native boat a short distance
out, they look down into the clear
water for passing fish. Every man
stands ready, with an arrow on the
bow-strng and as fish sWims near
he transfixes it with unerrinS aim.
The AnnameSe are strange people
living in French Cochin China, but it
is uncertain whether they come of
Chinese or of Malay stock. The men
are outwardly cold and impassive, but
are really very fond of their homes,
educate their children carefully, and
consult with their wives on all impor-
tant matters. They have one unusual
characteristic; owing to the peculiar
formation of the great toe, they are
able to pick up small objects with
their prehensile feet, a mark by which
it is said that all Annamese of pure
stock can be known. They speak Chi
nese, but through the influence of the
French are fast becoming more or less
Europeanized in language and man
ners. Perhaps they viii learn to fish
with hook and line, and then cease be-
ing nearly so picturesque as they are
in the picture.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
|l:IlIllIIII!II!!!I',iIl
||iIiI![l|:

You really don't know what COM
Portable travelling is if you havs
never travelled via the Burlington.
Holds the Worlds record for long
distance fast running 1,o25 miles,
1,047 minutes.
The Burlington Route is 1857
miles 1ong-nearly One-third the dis
t5nce 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, r. 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.
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sensation" at once so he put a Jack
and made his charges.
A special committee was selected to
investigate them Representative
Johnson, one of Mr. Laws Cocoon
spirators, according to the testimony
of both men, rose at once and nomi-
mated Senator Shurtliff, another Can
non supporter, as a member of that
committee.
From the moment of his confirma-
ton it was known IT, there would
be on the committee at least one mem
Der upon whose report the bad man"
could safely count. And the investiga-
ton developed the fact that Senator
Howell had been Laws confidant for
several days before the springing of
the Montana sensation
This may account for the announce
ment made some time ago / a joint
session by Representative Harris of
Weber, another Cannon supporter; he
intimated that there would be two
reports. 1t. may also account for the
way in which Senators Shurtliff and
Howell escaped the general slaughter
of the committee in the columns of the
peep-ho1e organ last week.
In any event minority report was
brought in by Senators Shurtliff and
Howell along the lines mapped out by
P. H. Lannan at the opening of the
senatorial campaign, when Chief Pratt
started out to look for "a case of this
kind" and Mr.. Law began to threaten
a Montana sensation"
The very fact that the Cannonites of
the committee assert their Willingness
10 convict a man on the unsupported
testimony of a single witness who
acknowledges that he is liar and
confesses that he is a conspirator,
shows that Senators Howell and
Shurtliff are unsafe men to sit as
jurors in any case Where their personal
interests are involved or their personal
preferences concerned.
Their conclusions are not justified
either by the law or by common sense.
All precedents are against their de-
cision. II is not just. it is not-right to
take the word of a confessed criminal
against an accused person. There isn't
a court in the land would do it. It
isn't a matter of politics. 1t is a mat
ter of common sense and common
Justice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
HUSBANDS GUARANTEED.
No Woman Need Remain Unmarried
In Siam Except From Choice.

There is one country in the world
where all of the women, no matter
how plain they may be, can be certain
of securing husbands. In fact, this
is guaranteed to them by law. This
country where none need remain in
single blessedness is Siam. There
every woman who has reached a GER
attn age without finding a husband,
can, if she will only express the wish,
be registered as one of the young
daughters of the king that is, she
is placed under royal protection, and
the king must provide her with a hus-
band. This duty is discharged very SIM
ply If any male Siamese commits a
crime, on even is guilty of a nisiiemean
or, he is neither fined nor sent to prison,
but is condemned to marry one of the
women officially under the protection
of the king. If their violation of law
has not been very serious they are per-
mitted to make a selection from among
these royal daughters" but if the
crime has been a grave one the male
factor is compelled 10 marry that one
setected by the court. and, of course.
she is the ugliest or worst tempered of
them ALL Owing to this ingenious sys-
tenn no woman in Siam need go through
the world unmarried but perhaps some
of the ladies from New England-and
others-would prefer not to marry un-
der conditions such as these.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
A Gypsy Queen.
CRoston HeraIdO

A gypsy queen named Mimi Berza, was
buried at Wiener-Neustadt last week amid
great display. and many people travelled
from Vienna to see the show. She was
the wife of a wealthy horse dealer, and
died at one of the hotels of the town.
They laid her in a handsome metal coffin
incrusted with silver, and she was dressed
in rich lilac silk. with profusion of jew
els, that were buried with the body and
in order that she might not want for
anything on her long journey a purse
filed with gold coins was placed in her
hand. 1t will be seen by this that modern
civilization hasn't made much advance
in regard to providing the dead with trav-
cling expenses The funeral was conduct
ed on an imposing scale. Following the
hearse which was drawn by six black
horses came the torchlight bearers and a
number of mourning coaches filled with
the raggedest and filthiest gang of howl
ing and wailing gypsies imaginable. The
spectacle could only be likened to a night
mare with all the demons of the neither
most regions broken loose. 1t was from
this sort of a crew that the Princess Chi
may selected her Hungarian lover, only
he was musician enough to reach another
stratum of society.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
A Reminiscence.
Boston Herald.)

Fashion, like history, is always repeat
ing itself The tight-fitting, sheath-like
skirt now in vogue is a "Reminiscences of
the first of the century, earring the short.
classic waist that went with it. The fash
ionabe women of 1900 went to the incredi-
BILE length of damping their underclothing
to make it cling tighter to the form, be-
cause the poor fools had not arrived at a
knowledge of equestrian tights in those
dark days. They won't have to run the
risk OF getting their never-get-over now
in precisely this way, though they may in
others, If this craze for Il slender shape
is carried to extremes. AS yet science is
poWeriess TO remove adipose without
weakening the springs of life but some
day flesh and snow will melt under cleo
trical rays. And this reminds me to sug-
gest that the gigantic intellects of Edison
and Tesla go to work to invent a snow
antidote for cities. Is this ian age of won
derful invention" or has invention run its
course and intends to lie fallow for
tirne2 1t seems very singular that no one
wants to be the richest man in the world
Just discover the means of clearing a big
snoWstorm from the streets within TWEEN
ty-four hours. and you will have such a
bank account it will be as oyerpowering
as the snowi
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
ExTRAvAGANCE REBUKED.

Both committee reports in the legis-
lative investigation deprecate the prac-
/ tice by senatorial candidates of OPEN
ing headquarters. employing numerous
assistants and entertaining by means
| of free dinners. free theatres and other
gratuitous dispensations, persons whose
votes are desired by the candidates at
/ whose expense these things are pro-
vided.
Still, it is the practice in every state
Of the Union. 1t has been the custom
in every senatorial campaign in Utah
up TO date, and however much men
may denlore it there is every reason to
believe it win continue to be.
Senator CaDnon's headquarters in the
Knutsford are probably the most ex-
pensive and elaborate of any in the
present contest. He is surrounded by
d corps Of active hustlers, including Ed
Loose, Tom Kearns, Fred Leonard and
a score of Weber county strikers.
Mr.. Mccune's headquarters comprise
half dozen rooms at the Kenyon,
where Fisher Harris, Joseph Monson,
D. c. Dunbar, E. w. Wilson and others
have been looking after Mr. McCune's
candidacy.
Judge King has had several rooms at
the Knutsford and regular army of
hackers, including John w. Burton, Al
fales Young and W. H. Dale.
Judge Powers opened his headquar-
tiers at the Cullen with his own follow
ing, but closed the rooms when his vote
no longer justified keeping open house.
Al who remained in the race en-
ployed numerous assistants. entertain
ed their friends with free dinners, the
atre tickets and other tokens of af-
lection, just as candidates for other
offices in regular campaigns in every
state and district go about kissing the
babies and treating the boys
So long as Legislators accept free
transportation over the railroads while
railroad Legislation is pending, so long
as they accept favors and attentions
from one source they give out an i'm
preston that they expect such treat
lnent. and all who desire tc retain their
good win see no alternative but to be
sociable and hospitable.
But this is more matter of taste
than of morals. If members resent
such treatment they shouldn't accept it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
ADJUSTMENTS.

Salt Lakers were especially interested
in the performance of said Pasha" at
the Grand last night, and many of
the home company who appeared in
the production last year were in the
audience.
The exceedingly tuneful little opera
was most thoroughly enjoyed, and may
easily be classed as one of the favor
ties in the companyS repertoire. II
there is any idea of another week in
Salt Lake, it will certainly stand re-
peating.
Mr. Frederick, although. i'll and I'M
der the care of a physician, went
through his role of the Pasha, emitting
the vocal part whenever possible. His
makeup and acting were excellent, so
that it would indeed, be interesting to
see him in the part when at his best.
Harry Davies as the Mexican was good
and looked well, as usual. Fannie
Meyers looked stunning, and is much
more of an actress than singer. Adele
Harrington was very graceful as Alti,
and won a recall for the interpolated
number Somebody Loves Me.
Dan Young and Stanley Felch liter
ally did keep the audience roaring, and
had more than usual opportunity for
their fun. They were recalled so many
times for their topical songs, dances,
etc, that one lapSed into the notion
that he was seeing a variety show with
a star team instead of an opera. But
it all went with a dash, and the audi
ence had the best time in the world.
The chorus handled the tuneful music
in good style. Carrie Ward also de-
serves mention for very neat Incl
dental dance.
Tonight, Bohemian Grip will be the
bill.
Mrs. Walcot and Miss Tyree We're
out of the cast of ''Trelawney of the
Wells" in New York, last week, owing
to colds Their roles were played by
Ethel Hornick and Rachel Ford, both
known in Salt Lake.
The Flanders amateurs will give
their monthly recital at the literary
club this evening.
At the Salt Lake theatre, Monday
evening, March 10, DR.. Prentiss will de-
liver a lecture on the philippine Is
lands" for the benefit of the hospital
fund of batteries A and 3, now on the
island of Luzon. The lecture will be
illustrated by over seventy views of
the island and it's people, together with
views of the Utah batteries. COM
mittee will be named tomorrow to have
in charge the general arrangements.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
CHARMING FRANKNESS.
Graceful Way In Which Britisher
Acknowledged His Mistake.
youths Companion.)

youths Companion.)
Lady Camilla Gurdon, whose literary re-
mains have just been published in London,
tells many anecdotes about Mr. Lowell
interesting to Americans.
On one occasion, she says. Thackeray
asked him TO criticise Henry Esmond,"
and frankly to point out any mistake he
might detect in the English of the time
of Queen Anne
said Mr.. Lowell, with hesitation. Did
anybody then ever use the phrase differ
ent to- such a thing?'
eo. Hang ;si it 5 5Il cried Thaokeray "of
An English literary man who visited
this country year or two ago to lecture,
frankly declared that he came, not ex-
pecting to find accurate scholarship
among Americans. especially on purely
literary subjects. adding affably:
You have been too busy and useful q
nation in practical matters to give much
time to the arts and graces of learning
During the dinner at which he made
this remark he criticised Shakespeare,
sharply declaring that his metaphors Of
ten were absurd. AS for example, ne
sleave of care How ridiculous to figure
sleep as knitting up torn sleeve of a
A Young American sitting near him said
modestly. II think the word is not sleeve.
but sleave the thin fluff of a damaged
web. 1t is a technical expression among
weevers."
IN the states probably" retorted the
critic. irritably. Shakespeare never could
have heard it. He meant sleeve"
II believe" persisted the American.
gently. the word is printed sleave in all
the old editions. 1t is not an American
word, but has been used for centuries by
weavers in Scotland and the north of
England"
The visitor frowned and then. with En-
glish frankness said, laughing: THANK
you. [ was mistaken. Perhaps L am mis-
taken about other things. and l will be
corrected before leave your shores.
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drollery does; and this fits them to the
Evolutionary mood and to the needs of
the facial contortionist. Read by a
person who can at will put on the stage
look of a vacant and bashful pumpkin,
kitchen maid or tramp, some of them
are indescribably funny. Others ere
dramatic sketches of lisDing. i'll bred
children. tiny monoIogues in the brogue
OF Ditifully stunred and starved child
hood.
In the open field of genuine literature
Mr.. Riley's success has been notable
but limited. Here his poems discover a
rollicking Imagination whose freedom
affects it with skittishness that often
amounts to fantastical Derversity.
Many a sweet and tender thought,
many fresh conceit, is all but spoiled
by the carelessly gaudy dress in which
it IS sent forth. And a few of these
poems of correct literature" are gems
well nigh perfection in both substance
and style, pieces or irridescent wood
work over which Gautier would have
made happy eyes. The poet seems not
quite at home, however, and quickly
goes
back to Grigsbys Station.
Where he used to be so happy and SO pore.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
RS are to be at odds this summer If ru-

ers are to be al odds this summer. If ru-
NOR is to be credited for the same thing
is to happen to women's hands that hap
pened to their heads last season-they are
to go bare of any covering. Is it not a
frightful caprice for those whose skin in
clines to freckIes and tan2 Ii seems that
Nine. Blanche Marchesi is responsible for
bringing this gloveless state into style,
and it is she who declares that ladies in
Europe during the heat of last summer,
tore off their gloves and made a virtue of
necessity. A fall of lace deep over the
hand and the fingers becomingly ringed,
is the compromise with this long-estah-
lished custom. ! really wonder how it
will work with women who have TO ride in
public conveyances. Will they like TO
cling to electric car straps and take hold
of brass rails with their nice. well-mani-
cured hands? And how long will they look
clean and nice if submitted to such reck-
less exposure? Nothing gives more finish
to the costume than to be bien gantee.
Nine. Marchesi's defiance of rules reveal
ed a great beauty; her hands are lovely,
the hands of an artist, and she can we'll
go gloveleSS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07

Senator Evans has a precedent for his
anti-smoking bill in one European
country. Norway recently enacted a
law forbidding the sale of tobacco to
youths under 1G without signed orders
from adults. Tourists who offer cigar
cites to youths render themselves liable
to prosecution, while the police are en-
powered to contscate the pipes, cigars
and cigarettes of youths who smoke in
the public streets, a fine for the Of
Tense being likewise imposed, which
may. be anywhere between shillings
and sS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
Sir Walter Besant's Little Joke.
(The Queen.)

I
1 am happy in being able to anticipate,
an official announcement which will be
made in the London Gazatte of Jan. ], ,
1901, among the birthday honors which
will grace the beginning of the new CEN
fury Mr.. Rudyard I<ipling will be raised
to the peerage as Lord kipling of Ver-
mont. the latter part of the title by per-
mission of the president and congress and
the Universal Folks mote of the United
States of America, in recognition of the
services ne has rendered the Anglo-Saxon
race. The honor will be bestowed at the
same moment as the six sovereign ma
United States, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand and South Africa will enter upon
a federation and a perpetual alliance, Of
fensive and defensive. for the civilization
and the freedom of the world.
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of western senators, but it pays its re-
soects to the new senator from Mon
tana as follows: Mr. Clark may not
make his mark as a statesman. though
a man with the capacity to build up an
annual income of $4,000, 600 by the time
he is so ought to have some good stuff
in him for any kind of work No man
of such fabulous wealth could go to
the senate without accusations of cor
ruption being made, but Mr.. Clark
seems to have beaten off all his accus-
ers. He may make a good senator
VET