The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-30
HOTEL GOSSIP.

I-f4ucnlly ne is not vastly impressed WITH
america IN its entirety. In speaking of
Chicago especially he said: II was very
hdch impressed with Chicago as being
representative American city. but
must must say that one thing struck me as be-
ilg very peculiar. / have visited SIAM
Doul, the hlthiest city in Europe. also sew
eral OF the anything bat clearly cities of
PALESTINE and Asia Minor, yes. and even
I Alexandria, but l must say / have never
/ seen before streets quite as filthy as some
/ were IN Chicago when l saw them four
/ Gays ago OF course the principal streets
are kent with some show of cleanliness,
out Wnen one once gets of them into by
streets. the filth. snow and sluSh Is sim
/ DIN awful. Then those rotten plank side
] walks which place mans life in leOp-
dfN every time he SallieS forth 1 can
( conceive how you Americans can stand
J such things
Or. Grave further placed himself on
record as being of undecided opinion in
/ regard 10 that distinctly American insti-
luton. the sky-scraping building. The
| glooe-trotting Hollander further gave evil
/ dence of being man of opinions. In talk
/ ing uDon the TranSVaal war he said !:
While of course the Beers have our
heartfelt SympathieS, at the same time.
4 All reports to the contrary, there are very
| lew; II any; Dutehmen going out 20 South
AFRICA. What's the use2 he queried,
| with suggestive shrug of his shoulders.
| we Dutchmen are "A peaceful people: we
| do not know how to shoot, and it would
! take months for US 10 learn. Now, the
! Beers can shoot for they have for years
been hunting lions and fighting Zulus and
kaflirs. and one Boer is as good as three
Englishmen when it comes TO fighting,
| DuU when they come on twelve TO one
what can the poor fellows dor
DR.. Grave during his SOjOurn in town
mas been endeavoring to master the in
trlcacles of American politics, with the
| result that his researches led him to at
tend the recent Republican OratOrical
SOlree in the Theatre the other night. In
speaking of the occasion ne said: While
tor, rifc.f
was greatly entertained at listening to the
speakers. From what / could gather
you have no republique but just one big
monarchy also. with the emperor gold
on the throne. This man Hammond who
spoke did not impress me as being a
great orator. and did not seem to be able
to grasp his subject like that little post
master who talked thought that man
Mr.. Schmidt-nO. Brownie vas the best
also, Why don't you people send him TO
the house OF cOmmOns?"
Isaac I. Scott of Auckland. New Zea-
land. is resting UP at the Walker House
prior 10 continuing his journey to Chi
cago. Scott is a painter and decorator by
trade; with a.: ambitions to study for the
ministry. With this object in view he has
left the land of his nativity south of the
equator, to come to this country, where
education is not such an expensive luxury
as II is in New Zealand. BY working at
his trade and studying industriously dur
ing his hours of leisure he proposes to at
tain his object and ultimately return to
his native land. The young man states
| that there Is ample scope on the islands
for missionary work among the $4,000
whites and the 10000 tattooed Maoris still
in existence in New Zealand. In the
colony as elsewhere, he says, the native
is slowly but surely diving out before the
advance of civilization. The young man
states that every missionary denOmina-
ton is represented in New Zealand, but
the Roadway made by them among the
Maoris is not exceedingly satisfactory
He saws that there is quite number of
Mormon missionaries working in the anti
podean field. but while they appear to be
making converts, the latter are not very
stable.l and soon drift back to their old
paths. Apparently journalism in New
Zealand. from newspaper standpoint, Is
yet in its infancy Owing 10 the lack of
cable facilities with the outside world
Scott saws that the telegraph editor on
the colonial press enjoys a Stnecure to
the extent that he is confined to wrestling
with an Australian press service He
states however. that this viii probably be
changed as soon as the proposed cable is
laid from San Francisco to Samoa, as
there is a decided impression that the
wire will then be extended from Samoa
10 Australia. in addition TO the projected
line from Samoa to the Philippines. In
the matter of the proposed federation of
the Australian colonies, Mr.. Scott eX-
pressed himself to the effect that the set
! tiers generally of New Zealand were not
| in favor of that step, and accordingly no
| alliance would be accomplished.
There was another New Zealander in
/ town yesterday in the person of DR.. Som
/ erville. also of Auckland. Among other
/ things the medical man related at the
| knutsford was an instance in regard to
! the Sagacity of the Keia-a species of
! parrot with cruel long beak- Some
| twenty-five years ago, said the doctor,
/ ney tat of the domestic sheep was an
/ epicurian dainty. Since that time the
/ Keia has been an ever increasing menace
! TO the woolgrower, not to speak Of the
7 sheep. The colonial legend, he said, runs
I TO the effect that one day quarter of a
! century ago. some herderS killed a sheep
and hung its pelt over q neighbOring
| fence rail About this time a brown
( parrot with green trimmings worn full in
/ front. came fiuttering along and in due
/ course proceeded TO sample the warm fat
/ upon the inverse side OF the pelt. The
parrot liked the brand so well that he
went and hunted up his relatives with
! the result that some months later the
/ sheep in the vicinity began TO die in a
| mysterious fashion Investigation re-
/ Vealed the presence of two cruel holes i'm
mediately over the kidneys of the dead
/ animal. After period the Keia were dis
! covered in the act of alighting upon the
/ backs of sheep and viciOusly pecking at
their unreSiSting bodies with the result
/ that the animal ultimately succumbed to
/ the inevitable. A war OF determination
! was then inaugurated against the birds,
] but the pest spread WIN Inc result ina
/ today thousands of sheep are annually
! DESTROYED by these ruthless fieSh-eaterS
/ despite the bounty which a fostering gov
/ eminent placed on their heads.
| According to F. H. Medbury, the we'll
/ known New York dry goods salesman,
/ cerise, violet and old rose are to be the
/ correct cOlors in dress patterns this seas
J on. When seen at the Kenyon last night,
/ the traveller expressed himself as being
/ highly pleased with his trip west this
/ spring. having placed more orders this
year than on previous visits to the inter
mountain region For q presidential
vear." he said. this beats the band
! ]. s. Reef the Leadville cattleman, is
/ in town. When seen at the Cullen yes
! terdav he said: II cannot say that the
outlook for the cattle business this year is
/ OF the most encouraging kind; prices are
{ very unsteady with a downward tendency,
! but I suppose that we must expect that
! for presidential year. Despite the pres
/ ent state of the market l have bought
/ some 5000 head OF yearlings during the
| past month and have just come up from
| Sanpete. where l purchased 1900 head.
| expect TO begin shipping 10 the ranch
! in Colorado about the 9Th of April. In
| speaking of Sanpete generally he stated
| that he had been in the habit of visiting
! that county regularly for the past five
! years. and that heretofore he had never
/ seen il so dry or in need of rain as it
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