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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
ODDITIES OF ALL SORTS.
Curiosities Compiled From Different
Sources
(Chicago Chronicle.O


1t is not at all uncommon to see Hol-
landers smoking in church. A similar
practice prevails to a moderate degree
in South America. In Wales smoking
in church was INDUCED in as late as
1850. In one church the communion ia
BILE stood in the aisle, and the farmers
were in the habit of putting their hats
upon il and when the service began
they lighted their pipes and smoked
the act
Trained ants are the latest novelty
in Berlin. There is a little circus in
which these performers appear daily.
They dance. turn somerSaults, draw
miniature wagons. fight sham battles
and perform other wonders.
The election Darker is peculiar to
French sod. At critical moments IN
candidates speech the barker" puts
him out by initiating a dog, and a
really good man at the business is
worth good money at such times. Half
a dozen of them in Paris earn enough
at election times to last them for a
year.
a horsepower is the force required
to lift a dead weight of 80, 900 pounds
one foot a minute To find the horse
power of an engine multiply the area
of the piston in inches by the average
steam pressure in pounds per square
inch Multiply the product by the
travel of the piston in feet per minute
and divide that product by SO. 900. If
an engine is rated at seventy-three
horsepower it will raise 80 900 pounds
one foot seventy-three times in one
minute.
Here is the verdict returned in re-
cent suit against a railroad in Penn
sylvania: IF the train had been run
as it should have been ran: if the bell
had been rung as it should have been
rang; If the whistle had been bowed
as Ii should have been blew-both of
which they did neither-the COW would
not have been injured when she was
killed -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
THE SACRED TARIFF.

Il CONGRESSMAN GRIGGS has stirred
~ up the animals in the Republican
newspaper offices from the Atlantic to
the Pacific by the demonstration to a
mathematical certainty, which he re-
Gently made, that certain of-the trusts
sell their products cheaper abroad than
at home. Judging from their frenzied
utterances, it is worse than heresy, bad
even as treason, to criticise the sacred
Dingley act.
Mr.. Griggs' tariff reform argument
has subjected him to the fiat charge of
being a free trader. and the good Lord
only knows. where the line of accusa-
ton and invective against him will end
and why? Because he showed that
the trusts upon which the Republican
party relies for continuance in power
exact the highest possible price from
the American consumer for products
which are sold at a much lower figure
abroad.
There is an amusing side to this anti
Griggs campaign. He hasn't said a
thing or demonstrated a truth which
Republicans leaders have not them
selves uttered and asserted. President
Mckinley, President Roosevelt, Senator
Allison, Speaker Henderson, have all
declared the necessity for tariff re-
vision. And still they have not been
branded with accuse lions and pursued
by the hired writer's of the Republican
press. Chairman Babcock of the Re
publican campaign committee has, for
several years, advocated the repeal OF
the duties on trust-made and trust
controlled articles-the Democratic po-
sition precisely. He has introduced
bills in congress to accomplish this re-
peal, but even Babcock is angry now
at Griggs, presumably because a cam
paign is at hand. and the necessity
which compels him to smother his real
opinions in order that he and his party
may not suffer
There is nothing sacred about the
Dingley law, and the Philadelphia
North American, a staunch Republican
paper of great influence, in full realiza-
ton Of this fact. says:
IF the Republicans refuse much
/ longer to correct the abuses of the tar
| iff and to adjust the protective system
/ to the needs of the whole people, moth
| ing is more certain than that some
! other party Will be entrusted with the
task The record of the F'ifty-eightr
congress viii come pretty near deter.
mining the result of the presidential
! election in 1904"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
A DAKOTA BLIZZARD.
A Vivid Description of the Storm by
q New Writer.

In the August number the Century
brings forward a new writer IN
Eleanor Gates" with chapters from
The Biography of a Prairie Girl,
which are to be continued in future
numbers. The scene is Dakota twenty
five years ago, and every phase OF IRON
tier life is TO be set forth in the COM
pleted volume. which is said 10 be not
less strong in its reflection Of child life
than in natural descriptions. OF the
latter we quote this picture of biz
zard. which will be welcome in these
dogdays for its very untimeliness;
An icy blizzard, carrying in its teeth
the binding sleet that neither man nor
animal could berast. was driving fierce
~ across the wide plains; and the red
frame dwelling and its near-lying
buildings of sod. which only the pre-
yious morning had stood out brayely
against the dreary white waste, were
wrapped and almost hidden in huge
banks that had been caught up from
the river heights and hurled with
piercing roars against them.
The storm had begun the day before.
blowing first in ftful gusts that
whistled under the caves, sent the hay
from the stacks flying through the
yard and lifted the ends of the roof
shingles overwhelmingly. By noon it had
gradually strengthened TO a gale, and
the steady downfall of flakes had been
turned into a biting ScOurge that
whipped uD the soft cloak from the
face of the open, treeless prairie, and
sent it flashing through the frigid air.
Long before night had BEGUN to settle
down, no eye could penetrate the scud-
ding snow a foot beyond the window
lodges, except when sudden sitting of
the tempest disclosed the Writhing cot
tonwood break TO the north. and the
double row of ash saplings leading
south to the blotted, printless high
way.
With darkness. the fury of the bliz-
zard had redoubled, and the house had
rocked fearfully as each fresh blast
struck il, so that the nails in the
sheathing had snapped from time to
time, ringing in the tense atmosphere
like pistol shots. Momentary lulls-
ominous breathing spells-had inter
rupted the blizzard; but they had
served only to intensity il when it broke
again. As it rose from threatening 81
lence to rending shrieks, the believing
of the frightened cattle. tied in their
narrow stalls. had mingled with it, and
added to it's terrors.
But, when another wild, sunless day
had come in, the drift piled home had
ceased to SILVER and creak or admit
any sounds from without Hour by
hour it had settled deeper and deeper
into the snow that weighted its roof
and shattered its windows until
shrouded and almost effaced il lay, at
last secure from the tempest that
swept over it and deaf to the calls from
the buried stables.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
THE CITY WATER PROBLEM.

z ONE VERY PROFOUND discus
- sions of the water supply question
have appeared recently, but none of
them is more amusing than one on the
per capita consumption in Salt Lake
City as compared with other cities.
The impossibility of such a compare
son seems not to have occurred to the
pundit who discourses on the subject
with the profundity of a horse doctor
discussing pathological bacteriology.
In the eastern cities cited for COM
parison, irrigation is unknown except
homeopathicaliy and in beer gardens.
The use of water is limited to external
use and culinary requirements. There
are, of course, people who drink water,
but they live in the country, most of
them. And as for irrigating trees or
hayfieIds or garden truck patches, a
man would be hailed before an in
quirendo if he practiced such heather
customs. The water supply in Chicago
or New York contemplates no such
thing as irrigation
On the other hand, Salt Lakes sup
ply would be quite sufficient for twice
its population if it were not for the
demands of irrigation. No one knows
exactly how much is used for domestic
purposes alone or for irrigation alone.
Comparison under such circumstances
is absurd and worse than useless.
Unquestionably the water problem
is a serious one, and just as unques-
tionably is the city on the wrong road
in it's attempt to solve the problem.
The mayor, city council and their ap-
pointees have control of the supply and
are expected TO overcome the diff
ficulties attending a shortage. Not one
Of them has any scientific knowledge
OF the subject Most Of them don't
know the difference between an acre
foot of water and a stump. All of them
are politicians. some of them of aver
age ability in other directions, but in
competent as children to handle large
municipal affairs.
1t is plain that under the present
system there can be no real remedy
for the water shortage. The whole
question ought to be studied by some
engineer of experience, known ability
and unquestioned integrity, who could
SSSuAe OH the udld anu report On the
best means of providing an adequate
water supply now and in the future
The report could be taken as a basis
of action, if the question were removed
from politics altogether. Then possibly
the city might be relieved of the con-
slant apprehension about it's water re-
sources and the people be given water
instead of jobs in iron pipe for theiI
MONEY!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
FLEET-FooTED DOGS.
Speed and Endurance of Wolves,
Foxes and Terriers.
Our Animal Friends.)

(Our Animal Friends.)
Comparatively few people realize Of
what remarkable speed dogs are capa-
BILE. Some renlarkabl statistics in re-
gard to this have been gathered by NJ
Dusolier, a French scientist After
pointing out the marvellous endurance
shown by little fox teruriers, who fol-
low their masters patiently for hours
While the latter are riding on bicycles
or in carriages. he says that even
greater endurance is shown by certain
wild animals that are akin TO dogs
Thus the wolf can run between fifty
and sixty miles in one night. and an
arctic fox can do quite as well, if not
better Nansen met one of these foxes
on the ice at a point more than seventy
miles northwest of the Sanikow terri
tory, which is 4S0 miles from the Ash
attic coast.
Eskimo and Siberian dogs can travel
forty-five miles on the ice in five hours,
and there is one case on record in
which a team of Eskimo dogs Travelled
six and one-half miles in twenty eight
minutes. According to NJ. Rusolier. the
speed of the shepherd dogs and those
user in hunting ranges from ten TO fif-
teen yards a second. English settlers
and pointers hunt at the rate of eight
cen 10 nineteen miles an hour, and they
can maintain this speed for at least
two hours.
Fox hounds are extraordinarily swift
is is proved by the fact that a dog o.
this breed once beat a thoroughbred
horse. covering four miles in six and
one-half minutes. which was at the
rate of nearly eighteen yards a second
Greyhounds are the swiftest of all four
footed creatures, and their speed ma )
be regarded as equal TO that of carrier
pigeons. English greyhOunds. which are
carefully selected, and which are used
for eouFsing. are able 10 cover at full
gallop a space between eighteen and
twenty-three yards every second.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
DIXIE AT sALTAIR TODAY.

= ALTAR WILL ASSUME a southern
- air today. This is the long looked
for. much advertised day when the
southern people of the state win meet
at the lake and spend a day in getting
acquainted, telling southern stories,
listening to southern speeches and en-
joying southern music and song. An
elaborate programme has been pre-
pared and published, but many addi-
tiOns have since been made to it, so
that no one win be disappointed. 1t
should be borne in mind, however, that
while this is to be day for southern
ers. that all will be made welcome. In
fact a southerner cannot entertain I'M
less he has someone to entertain. SO
that whoever goes will get taste of
genuine southern hospitality. no mat
ter from what state or country he
halls.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
PENNsYLVANIAs COAL STRIKE

d ENNSYLVANIA'S COAL MINE
L strike has taken the old, familiar
course. with the same disheartening
result 1t began with a demand from
the men for what they considered
their right to a share in the enormous
profits of the anthracite coal combina-
ton The demand was, of course, re-
fused. The MEN quit and the mines
shut down. Gradually, as the pres
sure OF want was felt. the men became
restless and called for sympathetic
strikes among the soft coal Iaborers
who were supplying the market for
merly held by anthracite. The BIZ
luminous miners had made an agree
ment with their employers and re-
fused to abrogate it, but agreed to
contribute of their earnings to main
tain the strikers out of work.
SO far there was no difficulty. but
men in idleness who feel that they
are being wronged are not wont to be
patient. They are determined that
none but their own shall work, and to
prevent others from taking their places
they have res0rted to breaches of the
peace ne ildlloAidl SudiN II Edt1eU
out and the show of arms aggravates
the situation further. From that to
bloodsbed is only a short step From
bloodshed to a loss of public sympathy
is still shorter. The resumption Of
work by non-union men is the next
stage. and the end is in sight. with no
gains TO the strikers. tremendous losses
to the operators and still greater loss
to the public.
At this distance from the scene of
operations a fair view OF the situa-
ton is impossible. So long as the
strikers were able to restrain the tur-
bulent element and preserve order,
they had the sympathy of the public.
But unless they can keep that SYM
pathy. their cause is lost beyond hope
and their organization diseredited ir-
reparabl
To the onlooker. it seems as though
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
The Cat and the Gator.
lNcw York rim

President Hadley of Yale gave most
instructive little story at a college din
ner one night, when only a few OF his
brother educators were present The
story. as told by one Of them. ran in
this way:
We've been talking about the trusts
and their way of playing with the small
merchants, 10 finally completely de-
molish them. It puts me in mind Of
two pets of mine. 1 once had a cat,
q beautiful animal of which / was
very fond, and who was the proud pos
SCISSOR of a long ard Iuxuriant tail. \
friend of mine who was living in Flor
ida sent me a tiny alligator / imme-
diately studied all the literature on the
proper care of saurianS. and the gator
grew fat and prosperous. He and the
cat turned out TO be great friends, and
the queerly assorted couple frolicked
together. to my great amusement and
that of the Yale students Finally, on
returning from a lecture room one day.
/ found three or four patches Of fur and
the long tail. The gator had assimi-
lated the cat So, with the trusts and
their small competitors"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
Revenge in Kind.



A story was told AT a recent dinner OF
a New York literary club which goes back
% the time when a certain famous man
was governor of Massachusetts The tale
sounds like a revival of a newspaper yarn
contemporaneous with its hero. At any
rate, it is worth re-teIling.
Along a country road in the north Of
Maine plodded French-Canadian with a
trained bear, making his way to a county
fair. At a crossroad he met a long-whis-
kered Yankee driving mule. They nodded
to each other and were continuing on
their ways, when suddenly the French
man pricked up his ears
''G'long there. Napoleon the farmer
dra wled TO his mule
The Frenchman stopped short and list
ened again.
Cit ap, Napoleon, called the Yankee.
Il say, ma fTen." called the Canadian.
brit 21ng his bear to a halt. what for
you call re Zhsckass Napoleon2--
That's his name" replied the farmer.
indifferently.
wen. he is no name for zhackass.
Napoleon was a great general
sos my mule replied the other good
naturedly. 'Geddap. Napoleon
The trenchman lost patience. Look
| ere. ma freH," he said you call Eat
Zhackass Napoleon vance more time. I
tell You wat ] do. You see Eat black
bear? Wall l poke his one eye out an
call him Ban Butler"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04

there ought to be some method of pro-
tecting the public. the mine owners
and the miners alike from the meal
culable loss of such conflicts. If two
individuals disagree over a business
matter and fight. the courts provide
a way of 7 reserying the peace and ad-
justing thu difference. Surely. it ought
70 be possible Cor a great people to
prevent such Industrial wars as the
Pennsylvania strike and adjust the
differences which cause them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
As to Woman's Vanity.
(Philadelphia Record.)

Yes, I admit that vanity is the COM
mon weakness or my sex remarked
the attendant IN the waiting room of a
big department store This Mace i
supposed to be a haven OF rest for weary
shoppers. with its comfortable rocking
chairs. its couches. it's electric fans. and
all the other appliances designed to al
lure women. But / am afraid its mis-
sion has gone astray, for il IS merely 4
place where women come to prink up.
The mirrors are the main attraction.
and there Is always a scramble to get
in front of them II one woman takes
up too much time while others are wait
ing there IS bound 70 be trouble Some
women who use makeup carry their
materials about with them. and they
have the queereSt Places to hide them.
! have seen a powder rag pulled from
the inside of a hat from glove even
from stocking. Sometimes it's fun TO
watch them"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
Reflections of a Bachelor.


Men are children at both ends Of their
lives; women all through theirs,
II is wise woman that refuses TO know
when her husband has been taking
drink
The best way to get woman TO love
you more than some other man is 10 get
her TO love him less than YOU.
When a man brings home candy and
flowers to his wife and gives her an extra
allowance, il is a sign he has some other
like so well.
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80
Still At 1t.
CLnndon Answers.N


Father (Wh0 has gone into the pantry
Unexpectedly and finds James, aged 10
stealing biScuits)-NoW. James. what do
you mean BY this2 Do you know that the
law Furnishes people for small Offenses2
Wen, you stole once. and did not get
punished
''TT-'
Yes. father. You stole mothers hearth
Right, my son: but. remember, / got
severe punishment for that. 1 got penal
seryitude for life. and am at il stil.-
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and viii likely tuck tan' before

and viii likely tuck tail" before
Christmas.
9 g -
The Democratic party is al present
in splendid position to win great and
decisive victory in 1904 IL its leaders.
or, rather, its so-called and wouid-be
leaders, will keep their mouths shut
and go fishing A tariff for revenue
only and a strong. vigorous antitrust
platform is all that is needed 10 win a
victory. The Philippine question viii
cut but little figure. The muSwump,
independents and conservative class OF
voters win go with the Democrats
against the present money-maklng
colonial policy of the administration
We have got the issues and they Will
live and kick lively until after the next
presidential election.
As far as the man to lead the ucket
is concerned, he viii be produced by
the emergency of the conditions, and
he will be a good Democrat and all
right
All the Democrats have to do Is 10
get a tough piece of hickory. think OF
the good old Democratic days and
Whlttle the time away.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
England's Ecclesiastical Prosecutor.
(Chicago Journal.

The leading ecclesiastical prosecutor in
Great Britain during the present genera
ton Is undoubtedly the Rev. Jacob
trimmer Just now he has no fewer
tnan three law cases on. He is prose-
cutting Principal Story of Glasgow uni
verslty for sending a letter to the pope.
IN the name Of the university. fun OF
fuiEotae flattery: ne is also prosecuting
the Rev. II. N Adamson of BarnhfH near
Dundee, for rituaIistfc practices. and the
ReT- Dr.. Rankin of Muthin for teaching
ADVANCED sacerdotal doctrines in his pub
ushed writings.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
How She Made Money.
CPittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. J

y
"Oh, Dick" said Mrs. Shadyside to her
husband, Il made so today.
Glad to hear it. I'm sure. replied Mr.
Shadyside. 1t viii help with the month
expenses Hand il over. please"
GU know that penny saved is pen
ny earned?''
''oh, you made the SO by saving it, did
es- IL was this way: There was a love
of a hat down town that I wanted q
month ago, but il was So Well. l kept
my eye on il. and finally ii was reduced
10 SO. and so bought it As I saved SO.
really earned it. didn't Il And you
wont have 10 pay for the hat till the
tirst of the month. either
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
a Man of His Word.
PhiIadeIphia Press.)

D-Auber-YOu may think Artman's sin
cere but / don't. Some time ago ] gave
him one of my water-cOlor sketches and
he said he'd paste it on the wall of his
den
Jenks-Well2
D'Auber-WeII. 7 was in his den last
night and I didn't see il there.
Jenks-Wen, il is there. You see. the
paste and the paint are on the same side
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
Madern Safeguard.

washington STAR
when you think of our glorious re-
public" said the apprehensive patriot
are You not constrained to look back
upon Rome and tremble lest we meet a
similar fate?"
Not a bit said the plain citizen.
Rome did very Well. considering its OPP
pOrtuntties. But Rome didn't have the
newspa pers and telegraph lines and rail-
way companies that we have. If any
body should start up any tyranny opera =
ton here his picture would be in every
household. and the police would have him
arrested before he could get into the next
county. Cheer up. The republic is safe. "
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04

4 New Jersey justice of the police
has resigned his job because people
walked him up at night and insisted on
decisions from an upper window by
moonlight. He said it made him sick
to think at night Justices out this
way have a prescription for trouble of
that sort; they never think.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04

1t is understood the Lagoon manage
ment has arranged for an ambulance
service at the harmony meeting of the
Young Mems Republican club next Sat
urday. Gents will leave their guns at
the check room. but everything else
goes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
Personal Appearance.

IWdSnlDSLOn cldF-I
Don't you think a mans personal ap-
pearance may help or hinder him great
deaI2''
Il do answered Senator Sorghum
take my own business, for instance. \
senator isn't nearly so apt to try 70 bully
a fellow statesman Of an athletic and
pugilistic type as he is an understood
man
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Very Different Men.
ORrooklyn LifeN

BeRham--T believe a woman can love
two men at the same time
Mrs Benhan4-If she is a married wo-
man she has TO try to.
Bennam-N nat do you meanE
Mrs Benham-She has to try to love
her husband. and he isn't the same man
when they have company that he is when
they haven't any.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04

Constant Reader-No. Senator Kearns
is not the regular Paris correspondent
of The Herald. He is only an occa-
sional. involuntary correspondent. but
his letters are read with great interest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-04
Made Matters Worse.

philadelphia Reeord)
Women are hard to understand"
Think SOP
Yes; told her she carried her age
well. and she was offended,
You don't say
Yes; and then told her she didn't car
~ it WELL and she wouldn't SPEAK