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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30

the Horn for the Next Race. He is so
Soft that sometimes even the hardened
Sheet Writers feel that it is a Shame to
take it away from him. But they need
the Vulgar Mazume. so they tighten him.
is it not Sad TO see pin-headed Rake
dissipating q Large Fortune built up by
some one who Walked TO save Car Fare?''
asked the Old Gentleman. You are sure
that he has no Business GUmptiOn
NO more than a Rabbit, was the Re
ply of the Detective He Is Il COme-On
for any BuncO Game in the List. Any one
who is three-quarters Fly can get into
him He is a Ninny- Should you give
him an interest in your Business he would
show up at his Desk about once d Month
and if YOU handed him an Assessment
- would think il was a Dividend.
Il thank you for your Report, said
the Pillar of Trade We viii admit the
Young Man to Full Partnership and
u-ea him to put in all the Coin at his
II am Surprised said the Sleuth. He
is = horrible Light Weight.
''Th@-t * why he will be q Mark Tor
cool headed Johnny Wise who lives ON
Cereal Food and into his Pajamas at $50
every Evening. said the Prominent Mer-
chat with slight Grin. why should
al this lovely Money go TO Cabmen and
straw-coIored SOubretteS when il might
as we'll be Ganered by an Honored Cit
.--e-- who would know how TO invest IL
From what YOU tell me of the Rapid
Youth [ conclude that he would be Pie
for a crafty Side Partner. ! am some
thing of an Artist on the Shake-DoWl
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BY GEORGE AIDE.

ploved him.

DlOved him.
4 regret to tell you that the Young
Man who seeks Il Connection with your
Well Known House is Night Hawk and
q SDender, said the superintendent. He
is trying to dim the Record of Coal oil
Johnny. He opens Cola MagnUms for the
Merry-Merry- almost every Midnight, and
he is having Diamonds set into the Teeth
of Nine of the Peroxide Sisters. BY the
time that he lands into his Happy Clothes
of an Evening he is fairly well COrned.
and he sees the Dawn Of Morning through
a Purple Haze In the Afternoon, when
he arises he has a Hangover which IS
made the Foundation Of something very
Tidy in the way of Skate. He begins to
Push the Button and absorb tall Pick-Me-
UDs. For a o'clock Breakfast he has a
few Cigarettes and some Of the cold Zip
Dy-ZiD- Thus he cOntriVes to be the Gus
tOdian of a continuous Bun. and Stave of
the KatzenjammeT his Life resolving it
self into one long Honolulu Sunset. His
Associates are a fine Bunch of Rowdy-
Dows. who lean over when they Walk,
and wear Lilac Gloves in the Summer
Time. Their one JOY is to purchase little
Hot Birds and big johannesburg Twink
lers for the Ladies depicted on the
LithOS
MY, N.Y. said the staid Old Merchant,
as he shook his silvered Head. He must
be a Lah-Lah if he can hold 70 that Gait
1 suppose he plays the Drunken SAILOR
with his Money.
4 regret TO sag that he does, replied
the Eminent Sleuth. 'All the Tin-horn
Sports and SbOe-String Gamblers speak OF
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dawn and Philadelphia was consider
ably shocked at the erratic peregrina-
tions of her staid citizens while on
their way home. The Aurora" added
to the gayety by printing a seVen-col-
umn review Of the eighteenth century.
At Lancaster, Pa. a tremendous Gel
ebratiOn was held in the large nall of
Franklin college. All the town turned
cut. bOnfires were lighted. pistols shot
of and as much noise made as posi-
BILE A great transparency, eighty feet
high and twice as long, bearing the
legend, Liberty and the Constitution.
adorned the lower end of the hall
Speeches predicting a glorious future
for the new century were made, and
then a bullock was roasted
The Philadelphia German society also
celebrated. as did the prominent citi-
zens OF Easton, Pa, who assembled at
the house of Mr.. Hickman to watch
the old century out and the new one in.
In New York City, the people being
more cosmopolitan. there was less cele-
brating Watchnight services We're
held IN the various churches and in
some Of the clubs of the day informal
meetings were held. il was not until
evening that the small boys, aided and
abettcd by the older ones. built huge
nres. Of whatever material was near
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It was small wonder then that the
Twentieth Century folk entered upon
their charitable scheme with enormous
enthusiasm. and among the most ac-
tive members of the Young People s
league was NIr. James 3. Goodnow.
He said little to his fellow members in
the league. but TO old Mr.. Ashton, the
treasurer of the Universal Emporium
company. he coufided his determination
to win the first prize.
You're not married, are your in
quired Mr.. Ashton
No. sir Why?
What would you do with that dinner
set?"
"Oh. don't know. I could dispose of
il to advantage for cash
Look here" said Mr. Ashton, whose
love for a bargain was proverbial in the
establishment, Mr.. Bigg, as usual, has
been made treasurer Of the fair COM
mittee, but he turns all these matters
over to me. Now. III have all the re
ports Of the sales by the various young
people and I'll be able to know exactly
how you all stand. If your sales are
large enough to make your winning the
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would take no part in any subsequent
chronological iambOTee whatsoever.
However, the event passed off very
nicely without his allotment.
As for the newspapers. each ana
every one had a wealthy editorial or
two, welcoming the new century and re
GREETING the old. Washington had been
dead only two years and two weeks,
and repeated mention was made of
him in the most complimentary terms,
irrespective of party affiliations. The
Boston Independent Chronicle on the
first day of the nineteenth century
said.
This day commences the nineteenth
century. The great events which have
arisen at the close of the eighteenth
century are to he matured in the nine
tenth. Whether the rights Of men or
the despotism Of tyrants shall be eStaD-
lished on a permanent basis are sub
jects with which the womb of the pres
ent century is pregnant Monarchy has
fallen with a rapid celebrity. Hierarchy
has expired in Europe in violent con-
WILSON'S. Liberty. rational philosophy
and Christian Catholicism have as
sumed their native dignity IN Amer
lea the prospect Is peculiarly brilliant
The people begin 10 think and 10 act.
unawed b. the threats Of monaTchists
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est at hand. All the town was illumin-
ated and when midnight came the
church bells rang out the old and in the
new century. Men and women con-
graduated one another and the century
was born.
Congress was so busy with the con-
tested election between Jefferson and
Burr that no cogHizance was taken of
the change az centuries. The work of
both houses went on uninterruptedly
the treaty pending with France Occu-
plying much time.
They had the same old discussion one
hundred years ago that has been rack
ing the souls Of the latter day public.
All through the country discussion was
rife for nearly a year as to when the
new century began-just as We dis
cussed the matter during the last
twelve months. Pro Bono PublicO
Veritas, Judex. A Citizen and other
well known persOnages who still sur
vive wrote TO the papers in support
of their respective stand, and acrimoni-
Gus debates ensu6d- Finally il was de-
Cided that the new century began jan
l. 1901. Several wei intentioned though
mistaken gentlemen had already cele-
brated the occasion on Jan. I. 1900
and one of them wrote a harsh letter
to The papers, announcing that he
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at Cincinnati has been getting a good
deal of bad silver i'm lis TemiLtauecS
from the BiEgdHe banks and ] found
at one of them here more than so i'm
spurious coin III a sack deposited 10y
your establishment this morning
Then the real situation flashed upon
Ashton. He brought from the safe
several small bags of coin and passed
handful to- the officer, who. glass i'm
hand. made a carefvi scrutiny of
number Of them.
Bad" ne remarked SententiOusly.
Where did YOU get Them
The story of Young Mr. James b.
CiOodnuW was briefly told punc-uated
by a few sharp inquiries from the
treasury agent. Wueu they came To
the dummy package incident he smiled
srimly.
Angel face, blue eyes?" he asked.
That's him"
Jimmy Hardnut at if again"
Making d rapid note of GUOdHoWs
address the officer rose.
Where's the nearest telegraph Of
fee ne inquired
Right at tHa -3iIHay station You
pass there in going up TO G0cdnoWs
boarding house
Five minutes later as ne stood WRIT
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30
Fable of New Wrinkle on the New Years Vow

Once there was a Man who rejoiced to
th-@-- that he would not be Influenced
by any such fool Custom as Swearing of
on New Years Day. IN speaking of this
Serious Topic he was almost as scOrnful
~ sarcastic as Comic Paper.
Instead of nledging himself to give up
Cigars and Late SupperS ne glOried i'm
the Dosoly-a that he would Smoke when
ever he felt like it and Eat everything
he Craved.
must ba squared on New Years Day, and
the Unfortunate who cannot Dig Up goes
out and commits HaTi-kaTi. thus passing
his Troubles along to the Probate Court.
49, Bad Man said the Chinese were
greater Heather than he had supposed.
Hg couldn't see himself Shutting ON just
because a lot of Creditors We're becoming
anxious He decided. with Eleeful Nal
ice in his Heart. that ne would not pay
any Old Debts unless Stood Up for them
and he sincerely hODed that he would be
able to Stick some one in every deal he
undertook He resolved to look out for
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something of huttcr. 1t had been
generally known that he was the
prize winner. and as ne moved modeStly
about from booth to booth making Pur-
chases here and there, he heard compi-
mentary whispers on all sides of him.
Old Mr.. Ashton was ViSibiy eIated at
the sensation che young man created
He had recently had good deal TO say
about GOOdnOW, and posed as the MS
coverer of the talented and energetic
employee He was particularly cordial
when. they met, but before they had
chatted long the young man excused
himself Ten minutes later he appeared
at the Emporium with small leather
SatcheI. and addressed MI Ashton dS-
sistant
MI. Palmer. they asked Mr.. Ashton
at the church if he would accommodate
the committee with some small blils
fol-. silver The crowd seems 10 object
TO so much coin, and Mr.. Ashton SuS-
eested I bring over $500 to be changed
The cashier made the exchange WITH
out question, and Goodnow hurried
away. Going directly to his room. ne
carefully locked the door, and then'
reaching under the wardrobe brought
to light a pink package, when ne
threw into the satchel. Again there
came into his eyes that CLEAN or satls-
faction.
I'D give 81 in pennies to see old Ash
=
the safe Then he grinned- And
when the speculative old boy finds that
seven of them won that first prize
Not so bad. Let's see here's S993 nom
I the ticket snap s22es~fFess4 rtg his 10 me
first prize and $500 in change That 3
pretty near 81, 800. Not so bad for little
Jamesy. and ] think III move The
races are on at New Orleans. and may
be I can do something with the pen
MES"
Then he stroIled down to the railway
station, bought a ticket and sleeper
and went out for d little lunch.
Things happened at the Emporium
Immediately after Mr.. GoOdnow's de
parture. Ashton arrived, looking red
and angry.
where's CfOCdnOW.'' he demanded.
Left here about twenty minutes ago
sir Said he'd be back soon
We'll, when he comes I've got some
( rhiTs to say TO him I happened TO be
talking to DR.. Trotter and find he holds
4 G0odnOw's order for that dinner ser
vice: paid $50 for it. Blame his skin l
Daid Cfooduow S35 for his chance my
! self He'll have a time explaining
/ things"
/ Well he can't be long He's just
gone up to the church for that currency
! you told him TO get?'
What currency
why. the currency for the silver
/ Ashton stared at his assistant blank
/ ~. and then, suddenly overwhelmed
/ with suspicion, jumped to the big safe.
! When he saw that the pink package
/ was there he breathed a sigh of relief,
/ and grasping it as if 10 satisfy himself
! of its reality. sat down at the desk and
/ unfastened the string Turning back
/ the wrapper he disclosed a neat pile of
/ slips of newspaper cut TO the SIZE Of
f bank notes, and staining at him in Dold
/ black letters from the white card on the
/ top of it all was this
= = = = = = : y
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hr am epoch So stTikinEly singular
... present. what sensations crowd
.- --. rejecting mind and how fOrci-
. occur the questions. What vas the
alton of this country. this day 100
..- --a- And what is IL now Where
deep silence of the woods was dis
# ay H1 sound but from the dread
...e-- eud the wolf. fields now smile
-. l- plastic hand of the cultivation
The groves reply in glad responses.
- may this happy procession con-
.. and may the commencement "a
nest century witness a greater ad-
I'D virtue. power and glory than
.. .a- last-.'-F'Tom the Baltimore
-. Gazette. Jan 1, 1901.
WAS the same then, as now. When
-.- sixteenth century was about 10
-.. as The nineteenth Is now doing, all
america prepared to usher in its sue
...~..-d, we are doing even now. The
-'a citizen OF 1901 celebrated as the
Pee .r less good citizen of 1901 is
a| 10 do. Watchuight meetings,
....--'S. gatherings of all kinds, fire
t... EXAMINATIONS and the like ush-
..t lH the new century, that is now
years old. IF we may Judge from
publications OF that time the cit
44.-s pI America "a century ago ccle-
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ing a brief message at the station. Cap
tain SeacOmD glanced through the open
door just as young man with a small
leather satcheI moved toward the sleep
er of the express that had pulled in
moment before.
This is my lucky day the captain
mutteTed.
The message was not finished. Step
pink quickly TO the platform he over
took the yOung man with the Dag Is he
entered the body Of The car.
Excuse me- He laid a OBTAINING
hand on The young mans shoulder
turning him partly around An angel
face with big blue eyes met his
Merry Christmas Jimmy Here's a
nice pair of bracelets for you. Get off
with me-"
What Jimmy said will not bear re-
peating. Now he is doing his fourth
term for cOUnterfeIIing-six years this
time and the opening of that Broadway
office has been indefinitely postponed.
Copyright, 1900, by J. Z. Wilkie)
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or the frowns Of priestly fanatics, they
come forward in manly attitude in
vindicatiOn of their constitutional
rights.
The Columbian CentineI (spelled with
a CO published in Boston, contained
a long doggereI entitled The Enlight-
ened Eighteenth Century, or the Age
of Reason" in which every public man
of note received a backhanded comph-
ment.
One of the most interesting of these
contributions to new century literature
was a letter 10 the Providence Gazette,
signed A" which ends thus
1T would be pleasing TO live 100
years hence, in order to see what
changes viii take place. If any are
with US who lived at the beginning of
the past century it must be an enter
tainment for them to see the different
state OF things in 1901 from that Of the
present time. II would, imagine, be a
much more desirable object To live IN
til the year 1901, because a greater
change in the affairs of the world
seems to be promised.
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Nrnbe- One and let the other Fellow
walk thH Floor.
To further this very human Programme
he went out and bought q Tot of Fiuery
ON Tick. hoping that he would be able
10 dodge Payment for many years TO
come. He tapped his Prosperous AC-
CUeiutauCes Tor various Amounts and
started i'm the New Year by setting at
Defiance an the Rules of Health. JIe gOr-
mandized until two a. N.
Next Day he was folded mp like a
Pocket Camera and DyspepSla Tablets
came i'm and put him on q perpetual Diet
of Hot Water and Crackers Whlie ne
was fiat on his Back his Creditors att
tached all movable Property and divided
iu up.
So all his Honest Debts were paid, ana
during the Year he lived a Regular Lie
and had no Bad Habits.
MOTdl--Mduy People VINO don't think
so now will DE Reformed durius the en-,
suing Year
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Montana was a baseball fan. He still
remembers when he played upon a nine
in opposition 10 the famous Forest City
club of Rockford, H. of which A. O.
SpaIding was the pitcher. On the same
nine were Barnes, who became the
great shortstOD of the BOstOus. and
King, who made a reputation III New
Orleans as a catcher.
Senator Clark mas not, however play
ed ball for many years Thereby hangs
a story. He was playing ball one day.
shortly after he was married, and his
wife was watching the game from the
grand stand Clark hit a foul, the ball
went spinning into the grand stand.
and, by a most remarkable coincidence.
hit Mrs Clark, not dangerously, but
enough to give her a severe bTuise-
From that day to this Senator Clark
has never had a bat in his hand.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
FROM
SANTA CLAUS.

~ ,
While he was gazing at the impudent
letters and fairly choking with rage
quietly dressed, stOckiIy-b man with
a smoothly shaver face and a high
bald forehead was ushered in.
Excuse me. Mr.. Ashton. for inter-
rupting you, I'm Captain Seacomb, a
government officer. The sub-treasury
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Other business houses, inspired by the
Honorable Jedediah's generous exam
pie. fairly oUtdid themselves in con-
tributions. The first prize, a somewhat
foridIy decorated set of china, was
soon attractiveIy displayed in one of
the emporium's prominent show win
dows, with the following explanatory
card:
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Observe the Explanation.

Ethel-Oh, Emily, I had such a dread
ful accident the other day. L broke TWO
of my front teeth.
Emily-How painful How did fit hap
PEN
Ethel thoughtlessly)-They fell of the
sideboard and / accidentally trod GA
thcia.
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and when 7 get through with the Chorus
Girls Friend he viii be Trimmed right
Next Day the Young Man was Taken
In. and eighteen Months later the STEADY
old P2-tncr with the Snowy Locks had
s>i--> euchred down to the Clothes on his
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Beeked over TranCcIns and Skinned up
Fire Escapes and hid behind Bill Boards
and every time the Young Man made a
Move they were Next. Al the end OF q
Week the Celebrated Detective made q re
port to the PiOus Patriarch who had en-
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him as their Meal Ticket He IS put
against a new Brace Game every Week.
If he arises in time to visit Pool Room
ne is gently COINED into putting large
Bundle on some decrepit PETER that
comes in about the time they are blowing
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Magnificent Combination
Dinner and Tea Service,
200 Pieces,

dIltU dL ? t0-IU-
Has been donated by the HON
J. BIGG as first prize in the
Twentieth Century ticket selling
contest. The winners name viii
be announced at the church Sat
urday evening, Dec "a.
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Back
in an Old and Reliable Establishment,
and he was on his Tppers for fair
tions can get in with First Glass Firm.
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Why Senator Clark Quit Baseball.
washington Post)
once upon d time Senator Clark OF
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Copyright, 1900. by J. Z WiIkie)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-04-09

PERsONAL.-A reception will be ten
dered r v. J. A. Jeffers, the new pastor
Of Trinity church, by the congregation
of that church on Thursday night next.
Mr.. and Mrs. CORTLAND Smith, of
Alexandria, are spending few weeks
10 Baltimore having come over to at
tend the marriage, on Wednesday, Of
Mrs Smiths sister. Miss Camilla Her
bert, to Mr.. William Pinkney Whyte,
L. Baltimore American.
Mss Katie Robertson returned to All
ingdon last week from an extended
visit to Alexandria, and other eastern
cities Abingdon Virginian.
Miss Fanny Garner, one of North
um erland county's fair daughters, is
visiting Mrs. N. Foliz. No. sos south
Lee street.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. F. Pirkey and
daughter, of StrasburQ, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. George II. Lehew, on upper
King st 'eet.
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