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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01

that ha intended 10 be a great man
and do great things some day. How
many millions Of boys have said that
since the food, just as earnestly as
those who have actually prospered. but
without having the remark recorded
and heralded as a bursting of the bad
Of geniusl
Lord MacauIey certainly did give evil
denoe OF his future career and great
ness while yet a child. The same may
be said Of Nelson, of Napoleon, of many
Of the poets and ali of the great ar
lists. But in 80 per cent Of the biog-
raphies it is sentimental twaddIe. LIN
coin was a very ordinary youth: so
was Grant; so was Darwin, the natu-
ralist; 50 was the Duke Of Wellington
he appears to have been a thoroughly
dull young fellow. and, withal, possess
ed Of an exceedingly unpleasant dis
position. Not a few great men have
been considered billiards in their
youth-Goldsnith and Carlyle. for ex-
ample.
There are occasions which, If men
are capable Of rising to them, will make
them famous forever. The opportunities
are not presented to all who are capa-
Bile; but it behooves men to prepare
for fortune, whether the youthful signs
appear or not, so that when its tide
comes they viii know it, and be able
to float upon it to success.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
INDUSTRY OF AUTHORSHIP.

Rudyard Kipling is turning out a
new book every few months. enriching
the literary world and adding to his
own excheCuer at the same tine.
1t is reported that for a few Of his
recent stories he has been paid at the
rate of 25 cents word. For a novel
Of 100000 words-not a long one. if in
teresting-he would receive $4,000.
Successful authorship was never so
well treated as it is now. The world
is not only ready to approve and ap-
plaud but quite willing to pay a man
who can write real book, and nay him
handsomely, too. 1t used to be the Gus
tom to let him starye to death and
lavish all the love and means he earned
upon his grave.
As the literary business is drifting,
authorship should be classed among
the more Drosaic industries OF the
country and take a chair in the stock
exchange.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
THE NEW YEARS HERALD.

The Herald believes it has abundant
justification for a word or two concern
ing its New Years edition. It prom
ised the public the very best New
Years paper ever printed within the
state and it does not believe that there
is man or q woman in Utah who,
after comparing The Herald with all
other holiday numbers, win say that
it has not more than fulfilled its pledge.
The condition and progress Of UtahS
industries were never portrayed in
more effective style and the edition is
perhaps the best advertisement that
has ever been given the state. Every
section, every resource and every in
dusuy Of the commonwealth received
proper recognition and the paper viii
perform the mission Of an educator in
all things pertaining to Utah'S material
interests.
The Herald does not claim nor desire
the credit for the magnificent showing
ia was enabled to make in behalf of
the state. It did nothing more than to
record the achievements of the people
---AA - --N7---tiI tic wealth. MlLEa winch
nature has endowed Utah. But for all
that. The New Years Herald was a
pretty lively demonstration of this
papers resources. as well as a token
Of appreciation Of the increasing
patronage it is receiving from the
public.
Were it not that comparisons ara
odious, and that The Herald entertains
the tenderest regard for the feelings Of
its contemporaries. it might invite
comparison between its holiday num-
Der and the others that have been pub
lished; 1t might direct the particular
attention Of all who are interested in
the mines to the superior mannel. in
which this great industry was handled
by The Herald. But it has no desire to
further distress its competitors.
Notwithstanding 1000 copies Of The
New Years Herald were printed. so
great was the flood Of orders for extra.
copies that the entire edition was ax-
hausted last night Today the presses
viii be set to work again and a second
edition, sufficient TO supply all wants.
win be printed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
PLUS AND MINUS

In these fin de steele days the minus
sign has become the token Of addition.
Almost every added triumph Of inge-
nuity is denoted by the Tess"
Thus wireless biography has been
put upon the list. Ard we have horse
less earrings, chain-iess bicycles, seed
less oranges, smoke-less gunpowder,
biood-less battles and gun-less war
riors-all Of comparatively recent ac-
Quirement-
Tooth-less- babies, like money-less
men and button-Iess bachelors. we
have had with us always.
Whenever we are able to make a
meal on food-less dinners, sleep com
fortably on feather-1ess beds, drink
germ-less water, and get worthless
jobs, that VIII be the final triumph Of
Iess-ness. The millennium Will be here.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
SOME GOOD SHORT STORIES.
Bret Harte's Narrow Escape.

youths COmpanion)
i entered The barroOm. Il was crowded
with miners and traders, and a few
SInartiy dressed professional looking men,
Here again my vanity led rae into ex-
tIEbNag ance- l could not bear to address
the important. Niate-shirt -SleeVed and
alaiilJIal- PINNED baTkeeper as mere
Doylsn suppalant for Information ] was
silly enough to demand a drink, and LAID
uoWn. alasl another quarter.
mad asked my question the bar
keeper had handed me the decanter, and
had poured out the stuff with as much
ease and grown-up confidence as could
assume, when , singular incident oc-
CURED As It had some bearing upon my
fortune l may relate it here.
The ceiling OF the saloon was support
60 Dy a half dozen wooden columns about
agnIeen inches square standing in a line
parallel with the counter Of the bar and
aoout two feet from il. The front Of the
oar was crowded with customers. when
suddenly, to my establishment they. one
and all, put down their glasses and hur-
rledly backed into the spaces between the
coluIIliis- Al the same moment a shot
was Hred from the street through the
large open door that stood at right angles
columns.
The bullet rakei and splintered the
HCuiQInSS or the counter front. but with
no other damage. The shot was returned
from the upper end of the bar and then
Tor the first time, I became aware that
wv men WITH ieNelSu reviewers were
shooting at each other through the sa-
loon.
The bystanders in range were fully
protected by the wooden columns: The
barkeeDer had ducked below the counter
az the fllSt shot SIX shots were ex-
changed by the duelists. but as far as 1
could see nobody was hurt. A mirror was
smashed. and my glass had part of its
I'm carried cleanly away by the third
SngJ. ana IT'S contents spilled.
had remained standing near the cOun-
yer. ana L presume | may have been pro-
tected by the columns; but the whole
tang passed so quickly and / was so
utterly absorbed in its dramatic novelty
that cannot recall having the slightest
sensation OF physical fear Indeed had
6een much more frightened in positions of
less peril
Ny only concern, and this was para
mount, was that 1 might betTay by any
woId or movement my yoUthfulness, as
tonlsament or unfamiliaritX with such an
experience. ] think that &ny shy, vain
scnooiboy will understand this and would
probably feel as I did So strong was this
Ieeilng that while the sting of gJmp0wder
was sui in my nOstrils I moved toward
lhe ear and taking up my broken glass,
Seld 10 the barkeeper, perhaps somewhat
slowly and diffidently:
VIII you please MI me another CLASP
II not my fault il this was broken
1le Darkeeper, rising flushed and ex-
clted from behind the bar. looked at me
Win a queer smile. and then passed the
decdnter and a fresh glass I heard a
laugh and an oath behind me. and nv
cheeks nushed as l took a single gulp OF
the hery spirit and hurried away"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
=. THE HERALD'S
Home Study Circle.
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the wild nature Of that glowing zone
which generates the most raging beasts
Of prey and the most deadly pOisons,
tanned only in appearance BY the de-
sire Of fame, by foreign laws Of honor,
and by nObler and lnilder manners. His
Jealousy is not the jealousy Of the
heart, which is compatible with the
tenderest feeling and alteration of the
beloved object; it is Of that sensual
kind" etc. No doubt difference in
blood appears to serve a purpose in
bringing on the catastrophe of the play.
as in the original tale; but is this differ
ence essential or accidental with Shake
speaTe? Commentat tors who seek to
ratioI.alize the poets methods and 20
find a cause for every effect, VIII. Of
course. MAKE this difference the main-
spring Of the tragedy. But is this the
real tTath of the matter? Nay not the
mad jealousy Of Othello be met with
under every sun? Did Shakespeare 5
audience need to so to Italy for ex-
amples Of innocence misied. betrayed,
Destroyed Was the noble, credulous,
passionate man stranger to their OBJ
servation2 Othello's African blood is =
mere accident, and must not blind US
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
YOUTH OF GREAT MEN.

/ Anecdotes Of Kruger. Of Butler. af
Joubert, Of Roberts. Of Beresford. and
all the conspicuous figures in the
] Transvaal war are being collected. em-
/ bellished manufactured and otherwise
/ prepared for the market. They show
that Kruger was Kruger when a boy,
minus the whiskers; that Joubert used
/ to cut corn with a sword CT his fathers
/ plantation; that Butler never did like
] Dutchmen from the dav that ne was
born; that Roberts told his classmates
Of the victories ne intended some day
to win for the queen; and that Beres-
ford wanted to join the navy and be
come a great admiral like Nelson.
BY tracing the careers Of famous men
back from the pinnacle of their fame
to the plain Of ordinary youth, most BIZ
ographers are inclined to stretch a
point looking fer early signs Of after
Gminonce. It would seem that icOno-
elastic reviewers have had enough fun
with such stereotyped stories Of the
early history Of successful men to cure
biographers Of this fault. The hack
neyed story Of the cherry tree cannot
be found in any Of the later editions %
the life of Washington, and a common
doubt has sprung up as to whether
little George ever had an axe or
Ratchet.
Great men, according to the profess
sional biographer, always evinced Won
deTfu3 signs Of their future attachments.
If a man turns out a great sailor he is
remembered as having a fondnass for
salt watcr-yet Dewey dislikes it very
much, and always gets sea sick on
long voyage. IL. man develops into
a firm ruler. it VIII be told that he
was always steady and persistent in
his y0uth-yet Tom Reed was idle. err
rantic and Indifferent in boyhOOd, wan
dered TO and fro in manhood, from one
ocean TO the other. wondering where
ha should settle and what he should
do.
IF a man turns out novelist. he is
described as always weaving romances
in his childhood; If a soldier, as always
engaging in puerile sham fights; If q
rich miner, as always digging holes in
the front yard: II a railroader. as al
ways pulling a train of naked sp0ois
around the hall. These stories please
the grandmothers and maiden aunts
of the great men very much, whether /
they sicken the rest Of the world or
not
Biographers seem to lack the cour-
age to break away from this antiQuated
formula It is rut into when they
have fallen. a groove along which they
run without any apparent effort 10 get !
away from it. They seem to feel that
their histories without an acknowleg-
ment Of the early tokens Of genius (
would receive no more attention or /
credence than would story In which |
DR.. Johnson did not begin with an /
aggressive Sir! or a Napoleoric an
ecdote IN which the humble private OF
was not raised TO the com /
mand Of a regiment for some sxhibi-
ton Of honesty or wit
We dread the Sir said IJr. John /
son" and the Napoleon at once ordered /
him 10 be made a colonel" almost as
much as we DO the solemn as surance
Of some ~eves'i - his doting father
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
MIRACLES OF LocomoTloN.

IN these closing years Of the nine
teenth eentury many miracles have
been performed by the marvellous in
eenaity Of man Twenty-Five years
ago It would have been deemed i'm
possible 10 iii The streets. with all the
wonders that greet the eye today. NOT
the Least of these IS the f-oycle and
every city reck0ns them by the tens of
thousands. For pleasure. for health.
for business, they are coming 20 be
looked upon as a necessity.
Then there is the electric car, a tri-
unrph Of ingenuity and necessity that
has made the suburbs far more popu-
lar and almost as convenient as the
business eenters Of the cities.
The automobile, or horseless carriage.
has become a common sight IN many
OF the larger cities. The novelty Of
this mas not worn off. People turn and
gazs after it and many even sop a
1nsusast and turn in their tracks to
watch IT after st has passed. They
used to do that with the bicycle.
Esllt the crowd pass on- indsvi1uals
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
Not the War BE Thought.

N@NSW OittullS IllQeS-D eDnOrTdtl
Speaking the Transvaal reminds. me Of
a tunny thing that occurred recently at
my nome said a visitor from Milwaukee
az one of the hotels yesterday. I was
SltJng In my Office the day before Dom
raul ultimatum when a telegram was
hdnued me from q friend who lives at
mineral Point, a town in the southwest
corner OF the state. IT read: What is
the latest news from the Boer WARP I
was greatly surprised. but on reflection I
remembered that my friends wife was an
English lady, and concluded that she
must be anxious about some relative in
the army. l wired back: War regarded
as absolutely certain Next week / was
surprised to meet my friend on the street
he looked black as thunder. Well he
SAID. your tip was no good The war
hasn come Off The dickens it HASN'T
l replied. They are lighting right now
WhereT he asked increduously In.
africa. said / 'AfTicar he exclaimed
who the mischief asked you ANYTHING
about African You did, I retorted.
Didn't you telegraph, What's the latest
news from the BOer WARP" Nor he
roared. 1 telegraphed. What's the latest
news from the beer WARP You see he
had sons brewery stock. for which he
had received an offer and wanted to as
certain whether q prospective price cut
ting row was apt to occur. He sold on
the strength of my message
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
osaTH Or MISS COPE.

Tie death OF Miss Annie Cope yester-
day morning at the opening Of a bril-
liant career in journalism, is Iamented
by all who knew her, and comes like
a personal affection TO members Of the
profession.
she was a martyr, in fact. to the
exactons Of the business. for her health
was shattered in st. Paul while follow
ing the vocation Of reporter on the dali
les. responding to the calls Of duty that
took her out at. all hours, in all condi-
lions OF the weather and often at a
moments notice. In the vain hope Of
cooperating her wasted vitality she
came west: but her mental activity
was too much for her physical endur-
ance. her energy made demands upon
her strength that were supplied, if at
all. with an effort that few who knew
her accomplishing nature could begin
20 realize. She lived in salt Lake City
four years, to a day; it was a period
of suffering and Of work; 1t was enough
10 discourage an ordinary person. but
she never lost hope. Day by day she
faced. but never faltered. And only a
few hours before the end she expressed
a confidence in being able 10 return to
work on The Herald in a week or so.
Brave Annie C0pei How few have
the courage to dash aside the out
stretched arms Of death and so on with
the battle Of life. How few can rise
from the yearuing grave and resoiutely
pursue the path Of ambition.
She was me personifcation Of hope
ard energy. The grave held no terrors
Tor her. Illness brought no bTooding.
And when 'eath came to claim his own
he found her sleeping. The end was
peaceful. There was no rain at the
last. May peace be hers for evermore.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01

Route
IN The HEART
OF CHICAGO.

The Union Passenger Station in
Chicago, into which all Burlington
trains run, is located in the very
heart of the city.
The best hotels, the biggest bust
ness establishments, the largest the
aires, are only a few blocks distant.
To reach them it isn't even necessary
to take a street car.
To reach Chicago it IS necessary to
take the Burlington Route-that is, it
is if you want the best there is. Two
trains a day-the Chicago Special,
leaving Denver at ESQ p. M, and the
Vestibuled Flyer, leaving at 1890
p. m.
Tickets at Offices Of Connecting Lines
TICKET OFFICE,
GA South West Temple St.
r. F. NESLEN,
TRAY. Pass. and Freight Agent
B. R. WATSON,
General Agent, Salt Lake City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
All the Talent In the Game.


One Of the boys at the hotel put me on
TO a little poker game" said the dry goods
drummer and I went around 10 see what
Il was like. There were about thirty re-
spectacle looking people in the room. and
one Of them was trying TO teach me the
value of the cards when the police broke
IN aud made clean sweep of everybody
Next morning, when arraigned at the
police court, / wanted a lawyer. and there
was general laugh in court when his
honor replied:
4 don't know where you'H get one
There are nine in town, but all are in
the pen with vour'
1T was so" continued the drummer.
and things might have gone hard with US
had it not been for the fact that the Judge
was there. too. but had Just stepped out
as the raid was made. Nothing was said
about it. of course but he let US off with a
fine Of & each and a lot of fatheTly ad-
vice
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
She Had to Walkev-Palker.
weekly Telegraph

A carrier on his way to Hinckiey over
took q poor woman carrying a baby. She
was very tired. and asked him If he would
give her a lift.
Yes. missus, said he, IF you won't
talk rubbish to the baby.
The woman promised not to do 50. and
got in. They had not proceeded Tar when
the baby began to cry.
Hush. my little ducky-Wucky. said
the mother. You're going to Hinckley-
Pinckley to see your unciey-puneiey."
Now you can get out and waikey-
palkey." said the carrier.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
REFLECTIONS oF A BACEELoR


The day before a woman goes to stay
all night with another woman she
scratches out the number on her shoes.
A wOmans mouth, when it is in repose,
shows her character; when il isn't it is
generally showing some other WGmans
A woman begins to enjoy her Christmas
presents about New Years. She spends
the time in between wondering what they
cost.
If everybody really felt as nice and kind
to everybody they meet on Christmas as
they pretend TO, there wouldn't be any use
in having any Christmas.
A woman never fees really intimate
with another woman till she has slept
with her and they have told each other
how nice they think each others husband
is till it's most morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01

The Herald is just a bit curious to
know why its morning contemporary
reached the belated conclusion TO
change the date of its New Years edi-
ton from Monday, Jan. 1, to Sunday.
Dec. 81; why eight pages published on
Sunday Dec. 81, 1899. were dated Mon
day. Jan. /, 1900" why it destroyed an
entire edition Of eight pages after they
were printed, and why it performed
many other strange and curious things
that well regulated newspapers never
do. 1t is not surprising that cur con-
temporary is peevish and fretful these
days; the tribulations it encounters in
its efforts to follow the pace set by
The Herald are like those Of the stage
coach that undertakes to keep up with
an express train.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
The Parsons Last Words.
Cleveland Pain DeaIer.)

He was an honest lawyer" said the
P9rson grayely. and then noting the look
Of incredUlity on the listeners faces ne
hastily added; 'As lawyers go
Ihere was little shutting Of feet and
the listeners stirred uneaSily
He was an average lawyer" said the
parsOn; "a fine type Of an average law
Yer. And when I say average mean lust
this-if he had been the only lawyer on
earth he would have been both the best
and the poorest in his profession But as
there were others I viii admit that he
averaged good deal nearer the latter
than the former"
The speaker paused and wiped his
glasses.
Where is he now. dearly beloved? we
don't know, but we all can guess. And IL
he's where we think he is we can comfort
our hearts with one thOught-and that is
that ne IS putting in his everlasting best
hcks TO get stay of proceedings
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01

are bit curious to see how the thing
works. but they have no time to dis
eus5 the matter or TO gossip over mir
acies; inventors, eranks, scientists and
impractical men wear out thsir lives
to perfect such mechanical Gevices.
while the rest of the world simply
mounts when the work is finished and
rides away.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
UnintentionaI.-


A London exquisite Went into a west end
restaurant. says an exchange, and was far
from pleased with the manner in which
his order was filled.
DO you call that q veal Cutlet?" he de-
manded Of the waiter. why. such 4 cut
let as that is an insult 10 every self-re-
specting calf IN the British empire"
The waiter hung his head for moment
but recovered himself and said. IN a tone
Of respectful apology.
= really dieSt intend to insult you.
SO"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
Good Clock.
youths Companion

A LADY, visiting in the south was told a
story Of an old colored man, who came
TO q matchmaker with the two hands of
a clock,
Il want yer to fix up desc hands Dey
aiu't kept no correct time for mo- den
six munfs.'
well. where the clock?" responded the
matchmaker
"Out at my house"
but I must have the clock"
Didn't l tell yer dar's muffin de mat
ter wild de clock 'cepting &c hans? An
here deg be. You jest want de clock so
you kin tinker wild it, and charge ME a
big price Gimme back dem han 8" And
so saying. he started off TO find an honest
matchmaker.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
TX. oTHELLo.
Introductory Study.

~.SIOuuCtOIy 9Lutly,
The tragedy of 'Othello" is every
where acknowledged to be one Of the
greatest triumphs Of human genius. In
both conception and execution it stands
unsurpassed in the literature of ancient
or modern times. It fulflls all the con-
ditions Of high tragedy. Here, if any
where in art, we stand face to face
with the solemn mystery of evil, the
possibilities of human wickedness, the
heights OF human devotion. In Iago, on
the one hand, and in the Moor and his
gentle lady on the other, the extremes
of human character meet in mortal con-
flict and there is no hand to save. The
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
He Wanted the Best.
(Oklahoma. state Capita1)

IUhIG IIUIllsL DLdlU OdUIldI.J
YES" said a rich Oklahoma farmer to
G. Lowell Miller yesterday. I am proud
of my girls, and would like to see them
comfortably married, and as / have made
a little money they will not go to their
husbands penniless There's Mary .
wears. and a real good girl. I shall give
her $500 when she Is married. Then
comes Bet. who won't see IS again, and l
shall give her $1,000; and the man who
takes Eliza, who is 40, will have $1,000
with her." G. Lowell rejecting a mo-
ment or 50. then inquired: You haven
one about 50. have your