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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28
wYoMIMe's GREAT RECORD.


I TTAH IS INTERESTED in the well
" fare of all the intermountain
states, but in none is she more in
terested than in Wyoming. Indeed. so
closely are the two states allied. that
one of wyoming's distinguished sena-
tors, Mr.. Clark. has often been referred
to as ''the third senator from Utah -
Senator Clark has been given this title
because he has always been willing
to aid with his vote and his infu-
ence any undertaking in which Utah is
interested.
This, however. is by the way. In the
New Years Herald, issued today. will
be found a description of Mornings
advancement during the year 1902 The
story is strikingly told in few fig
ures. For instance, the per capita of
bank deposits in wyoming for 1901 was
s6S. In 1902 it was sSs, a gain of $40
in a single year. When it is under
stood that there are comparatively few
very rich men in Wyoming. it will be
seen that the people generally have
been benefited by this gain in bank
deposits.
In mining. in agriculture, in manu-
features and in other lines Wyoming
shows a notable gain in the year just
ending over 1901 and all previous years.
This is properly attributable to
number of causes. but the chief one
is the spirit, the pluck and the pro-
gressiveness of Wyoming's citizens. 1t
hasn't been so very many years since
the people of the east. and even those
of some states in the west, looked upon
Wyoming as the bad mans paradise.
The state was believed to be peOpled
with bandits, with cattle rustlers and
with outlaws of every description.
That theory. though, however deeply
it was rooted, has disappeared. In
vestments in Wyoming. no matter
what their character may be, are as
safe as in any other state in the
Union. Property is as safe life is as
sacred, criminals are brought to jus
tiee as promptly in Wyoming as in
Massachusetts. This magnificent re-
suit has been accomplished only through
hard and patient work.
Wyoming is entitled to credit and
congratulations for her record of 1902.
Within a few days new year will
dawn. a year full of promise for Wy
oming. The Herald believes the
achievements of 1902. brilliant though
they are. viii pale into comparative
insignificance when placed in a column
by the side of the record of 1903.
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SHOCKING TORTURE CASE.

EVERY LITTLE WHILE newspaper
l. readers find items about cruelties
perpetrated by school teachers upon
their helpless pupils. We read that
boys and girls of tender years are
beaten with many stripes; we hear of
how they are forced to stand in one
position for hours on end. In divers
and various ways torture of the most
| shocking kind is inflicted, but The
Herald has just hit upon a case that
will make all others seem as gentle as
a summer zephyr, as tender as an in
fant's kiss.
According TO q special telegram from
Alexandria. Ind, to the Evansville
Courier, a teacher in the public schools
of the first named city Furnishes re-
fractOry pupils by compelling them to
read extracts from the last message of
President Roosevelt. In this happy
Yuletide season. when all hearts should
be merry, The Herald regrets the ne
cessity for calling attention to this I'M
paralleled inhumanity
The case is one which should move
the stoniest heart. Compared with it
the fortunes inflicted by the Apaches
and the Sioux, the Chinese executioners
and the campaign orators, are hardly
worth mentioning. Think of the fright
full sufferings those Indiana children
are compelled to undergo, then drop a
tear of pity for them.
Where. is the Indiana Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children?
Where are the humane people of whom
the Hoosiers were wont aforetime to
boast? Something must be done right
away. And to show that The Herald
is thoroughly in earnest. it hereby
moves the adoption of a resolution by
the congress of the Unitel States for
ever prohibiting the PRONUNCIATION or
circulation in any form or manner
whatsoever. of any message, either an
nual or otherwise, by the president of
the United States
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28
ACTIVITY IN NEVADA

A FTER SOME YEARS of compare
Il tive inactivity. Nevada has begun
to climb up the ladder again. During
the year 1902 the mining industry in
Nevada received an impetus that seems
likely to keep it moving for some time
20 come. To the new camp of Tono-
pah, that mas already produced so
much wealth, and that seems destined
to add a great deal more wealth to
the worlds possessions, this impetus
is largely due.
But the renewed activity has not
been confined to Tonopah alone. Other
mining camps in Nevada are showing
signs of an awakening. New discover
les have been made in various sections
of the state. Outside capital is again
being interested and the indications
are that the state is entering upon
an era of prosperity such as it has not
witnessed since the halcyon days of
Virginia City.
The Herald wishes the plucky people
of Nevada all possible success. They
deserve good fortune for they have la
bored long and earnestly The material
for the making of success is there
ard a renewal of energy will bring
it out. The day may not be so very
far distant when Nevada will once
more resume the place she formerly
held in the ranks Of the mining states.
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As TO THE cAKTEEN.

CORRESPONDENTS Of Salt Lake
- papers have had considerable to
say recently regarding the position
taken by both The Herald and its
morning contemporary in favor of re-
pealing the law under which the army
canteen was abolished. The Herald
is always willing to accord the most
respectful attention to those who op-
pose its ideas and opinions. We are
perfectly willing to be set right when
we are wrong, which we hope is not
often, and to acknowledge the error
when one is made.
In the canteen case, however. we
have seen no argument OF sufficient
strength to warrant change Of heart.
It seems to The Herald that the best
possible judges of the merits of the
canteen are the officers of the regular
army. With almost complete unanim-
ity they are in favor of its restora-
ton. They say. and they are able TO
prove. that the adjustment OF the
canteen has resulted in harm to the
soldiers.
The percentage of assertions is
higher, more petty offenders are ar
rested. more fines and forfeitures ex-
acted by many thousands than when
the post canteen was in operation. The
Herald is willing to take the word of
the officers for it, because they can
have no purpose other than to increase
the efficiency of their men to the high
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28

est possible standard and to maintain
it there
a most mistaken notion about the
canteen seems to prevail among some
Of those who insist that it must not
be re-estabiished. For instance. one
gentleman writes that the soldiers were
debanched with whisky through the
canteen and insinuates that the officers
want the existing law repealed because
it cuts them out of profits which they
derived from the canteen- These ideas
are so erroneous that they are almost
ludtcrous.
In the first place. whisky was never
sold at a post canteen. Beer and nght
wines were the only mtoxicants
handled. and every soldier was given
a reasonable limit of expenditure for
them No man was ever permitted to
become intoxicated more than once.
The moment he abused his privileges
and few of them ever did-he was re-
fused further opportunity TO purchase.
In the second place. no. officer has
ever had a financial interest in q post
canteen. They were managed by the
op4hlEIS. WIN DtIfl1pS ii dQNlSUEy
board consisting of officers. but every
cent of the profits was apportioned
among the companies for the special
and exclusive use and benefit of the
private soldiers.
AS matters stand today the men
spend their money in villainous dives
without profit to themselves financially,
morally, physically or in any other
way. The Herald does not concede
to any advocate of the anti-canteen or
prohibition theory any more sincere de-
sire eor the welfare Of the army than
it claims for itself. Nor does it con-
cede to those conscientious people any
more thorough belief in temperance.
even prohibition, if prohibition that
prohibits can be found.
The experiment of no canteen has
been. tried and. according to those who
are best informed, it has failed. There
fore. opposition to the repeal of the
law should cease
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The Persistence of Jacob

at home Jane opened the door to the
undesired caller and gravely announced
her message 4 know. Disraen cOOliy
answered. but take my bag TO a bed
room and prepare luncheon. I viii wait
until Mrs Lewis is ready to come down
stairs. which. of course. Mrs Lewis felt
compelled TO do a few minutes later
"Oh, dear, what can I do with such an
obstinate, thick-skinned mar - the
widow asked desperately later in the
day. when Disraen showed no sign OF
raising the siege
Marry him, / suppose. ma am was
James pEilOsOphic answer and as the
world knows the persistent wooer had
his way in the end in this as in most
other things in life
A judge, not long deceased. used to
tel diverting story of his woOing. In
those days he was a struggling and OBJ
scure lawyer without even the prospect
or an income, and the woman on whom
ne had set his affections was the
daughter of a purse-proud man with
hlgn-S0undlng name, who was strongly
opposed 70 giving his daughter to
DO you know. sir" the father thun-
aered when he was asked for his
daughters hand, do you know sir that
my daughters ancestors have all been
nOblemen. and that one of them was d
faVoTite minister of Queen Eliza beth2'
"Oh. yes, i know all that" the young
barrlster pl3cidly answered, and do you
know that Queen Elizabeth once slapped
your ancestors face; and unless you are
more civil l will do the same for vOu2--
1t IS scarcely surprising that so bold
and daring lover had his way in the
end. even in the face of such a barrier
Of GhOStly noble ancestors.
The late Prince Bismarck il is said
Won his wife in much the same way
Although he had not known the lady of
Dis love for more than few DAYS and
her parents were not even aware of his
existence, ne presented himself one dav
before them and boldly asked perrnis-
SION to marry their daughter. In vaIH
the father fumed and clustered and
threatened to have the young man forci-
bly, elected from the house for his i'm
pertnencc- Il am sorry to annoy yOu
sir, the young soldier said but / must
respectfully decline to leave until [ have
yOur consent"
Nor did he. although the consent was
given in these Ungracious words: We'll
suppose YOU must have your own wav
but / cannot compliment my daughter on
her choice of a mule for a husband
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EXERCISE FOR BUSY MEN

out.
Exercise 6.-Do this for the proper
upbuilding of the wrists and forearms.
With the elbows by your sides, grasp
the back of a chair, with the thumbs
away from the body. Do not move the
forearms, but keep them steady.
By power Of hands and wrists raise
the chair from the floor as high as YOU
can Also do this with the thumbs
toward the body and the knuckIes out.
and vary by moving the chair from
side TO side with the wrists.
Exercise Z This is severe exer
else for the entire upper part of the
body. When You can do It we'll FIVE
or SIX times in succession you viii
have the pleasure of knowing that Won
are getting strong, as nature intended
that you should be. The ordinary. per
son is scarcely able to do this exercise
even once.
stand correctly between two chairs
and grasp them at their highest points
Bend the knees and lift the lower part
OF the legs from the floor putting
them straight out behind the body.
Bend the arms and lower the BODY
as Tar as you can, but still keen clear
of the floor Hold for a moment, then
straighten the arms and raise the body
TO the highest possible point. all the
time keeping the feet off the floor and
straight back of the body.
As the lungs are in the upper part
Of the body it is proper that special
breathing exercises, looking toward
their healthiest development, should be
described in this article. In perform
ing these exercises it should be re-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28

which viii include salt Lake. There
are entirely too many men here who
have 20 stand out in the hail and
cuckoo nine times more. as did the
husband who told his wife it was only
midnight Just before the cuckoo clock
struck the hour of three.
However, we very much fear the or
dinance would not be enforced in salt
Lake, although. if it were enforced.
the city treasury would be consider
ably richer as a result. If the local
police department cannot work up
enough energy to take care of the
youngsters who violate the curfew Law,
1t is almost certain that they would
hopelessly fail in the execution of a
measure directed against able-bodied
and erring husbands.
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Miss Nichols, English Pleasure Gar
dens" and Miss Morse's Furniture of the
Oiden Time volumes all deiectabiy
learned. and sweet with the rose OF an
tiquity- II not. what market does the
SCOIt-Thaw company expect for its noble
new editions of the ReligiO Medicf-' anC
The Book of Job'-classics Of which.
il would appear. the more editions the
public has the more q wants.
Evidently there is a market for suct
books, or the publishers. being business
men. would not publish them, and
name these especially because they fndi
cate a demand for what one may call the
iettered lamphght. AhaI the noisy book
gets read its publishers naturally make
IL their business 10 tel Us, ard we hear
the roar Of its eCitionS-or impressions
like the sound Of maBy waters. With
these noisy books except where their
noise is significant, or with all their
cOmingS and goings. I shall not here con-
Germ myseif-and. in fact. how were it
possible. were II worth while. Criticism
: not concerned with the multitude OF
DOCKS, out with tEeir- quahty- CriticlsIn
Is not concerned with the badness. bur
with the goodness. OF books OF course.
any bad or mediocre book that the world
has gone mad about for the moment
must. Of necessity. by is lurid pre-emi-
nence. De taken some note of as a pass
ing event, but ! shall not make il my
business 10 look out for bad news of the
kind Instead Twill aim TO bring all the
GOOD news about literature can find
all the news about books that's fit TO
And. of course. I didn't mean 10 imply
that II is only bad books that are noisy
Thank heaven II is the best books. the
real books-even the quiet books-that
make them most noise in the world. after
all. the books OF imagination. of intel
lect, of laughter. Pf beauty. the books
OF the spirit and of the deeds Of man,
the sincere records of something sincere
~ felt or done; the books OF the great-
ness of God. of the joy OF life and the
wonder of the world
Such books are with US stin. and. if the
fountains of the present run occasionally
dry-as in the Clarke-Gosse period-the
Pierian Spring of the past is always
flowing What if the new books do Oc-
casionally disappoint, Perhaps it. is lust
as Weu-so that we may be thrown hack
now and then on those old bOOks-that
never grow old. I said too. that I be-
heFed in-the critics. 1 didn't mean all
Of them-but. III say more about that
next week, aprODos a critic in whom 1
new book. Literary Values
Copyright, 1902. by Robert Howard
RusselL)
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literary depression there has been &C.
CURED IN the Ci2rke-GoSse period Since
then the wave has distinctly mounted
agaih II Il has not Yet mounted as high
as the great Victorian wave. 80 the trough
y WhlCn Sir Edward Clarke and Mr.
GOsse belong, it should surely be remem-
ocreo that It's tEil energy is not Yet spent
ana that its towering crest irnpearle{i
and orient has Yet 70 be attained Be-
sides II IL mounts no higher. its record
Will oe honorable and Interesting II not
great period. surely not a cCnfenDrihle
one Books need not be great 70 be good
and because we have no TennysOn or
Inaekeray, shall We affect that Stepher~
Philips and Rudyard KipHng are rot
worth reading?
On the morning after Tennyson's death
CHANGED to be in a train on my Way up
TO London. IL stopped at wavSide STA
ton and two distinguished old ladies en-
tered my c0rrta sc. They had learned of
the poets death from the newspaper pIa-
cards 50 tes1aysOn is dead said one
OF the old ladies, arranging her black silk
iounce- Yes. said the other, and add
60. after a pause There are no poets
nowadays /. sitting in a corner AT
mat moment cutting the pages of the
first copy OF {. certain new volume OF
se-caleo poems that DAY issued, MD my
diminished head and cOnS0led myself as
best / might with the old anecdote Of
Tennyson's despair at the death of By
ron Byron is dead Byron is deadl'T
There seemed no more poets left in those
days. either-even to Tennyson. So much
Tor the beiauder Of the times gone by.
1 believe. said. in readers. Yes. I be-
lleve both in their quantity and quality
Not only are there more readers than
ever, but within the multitude of the de-
Vourers of books there is. I think, an
ever increasing proportion Of readers who
care for the best books the books that
are real. the books that are exquisite II
not, how does poor Mr.. Mosher-a pub
Usher who is especially symDtomatie-
how does poor Mr.. MOsher get his living
and for whom has ne provided the
sumptuous quarto edition Of ROssetti's
poems which he has Just published, one
OF the f2iTest volumes on which the eve
OF bookman ever gloateG2 If not why
has the Macmillan company gone to such
beautiful expense this season TO produce
such Daradisal volumes as Mrs Earle
sun Dds and Roses of Yesterday
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membered that there is no special
trick about deep breathing, which is
the only satisfactory and healthy way
TO breathe.
If you don't breathe deeply many
parts of the lungs do not receive SUP
plies of fresh air. and. as a result
they deteriOrate through dfsuse and
finally, these neglected parts engender
such diseases as consumption. In these
breathing exercises you simply try to
take in all the air you possibly can.
observing. Of course, the unchanged bic
rule of standing properly, so that the
chest shall have the best possible Op-
pOrtunities for expanding
Exercise J. Take the correct stand
ing position. Stoop a little forward
and blow out all the air that you can.
Gradually inhale, throwing the head
and shoulders back as you do.
When you have taken in nearly all
the air that you are capable Of doing,
raise the arms and shoulders and give
two or three little gaSpS. in order to ill
the lungs to their utmost capacity.
Do not eXhale all the air at one puff
Let it out gradually, but a little faster
than you took il in. Do this exercise
seven or twelve times, resting between
times.
Exercise ,. Similar TO the previous
exercise, but do it much faster. Take
five deep breaths very rapidly. filing
the lungs at one quick drawing in of
air. and eXpel all the air tnat you pos
sibly can at one puff
Exercise 3. Fill the lungs as in exer-
else one. Then, holding the air, place
the hands on the hips and bend forward
once, until the body is at right angles
with the legs; then let the air out grad
ually.
Repeat about seven times. bending
the body sometimes forward, some
times to either side. but never make
more than one bend 10 a breath
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0Chicago TribnneN


ANY man can marry any woman, -
Voltaire once cynicaIly declared. ''if he
only pursCes her long enough" This. at
any rate, was the experience of Jacob
Halliday, a well known character in the
north Of England two generations ago
never did lover win a wife under
SUCH diScOuraging conditions as Jacob
Tor after his first proposal he was sound
" horsewhlpped by the young lady's
ldlner ana Qucked IN a convenient pond
i ask her again next year" jacob
splutteTed. as he emerged from his bath
the fire OF his passion not a whit
uuenched by his cold d0uche. Regularly
once year on the anniversary of his
lIrSt proposal and immersion" Nichol-
son says in his biography of Mr. HALL
cay, JACOB atured himself in his finest
ralment and presented his petition al
ways with the same negative result
When he presented himself. now mid
ole-aged man. for the twenty-fOurth
time, the lady greeted his appearance
with d peal of laughter It's no good
JACOB, see, she exclaimed. I may as
well give in now as later; but what a
raint-hearted creature the imDOrtunate
widow was compared with you
sheridan took an equally bold course
When ne sought to win the fairest OF the
oeautlfuI daughters of Linley, the com
poser or Bath. who was strongly opposed
10 the suit of the brilliant young poet
and dranatiSt. His ladv love too was
beset by an army of suitors many OF
them far more eligible than the DennI-
less law student. The circumstances
Cdieu lot DOlu ana decisive acton. After
threatening to destroy himself If the
lady refused his advances, and fighting
two duels with one of his most forTnid-
able. rivals, Sheridan took the bold step
OF running away with Miss Linley and
conducting her to French nunrerv
where she remained until succumbing 10
her lover : daring and persistence. she
consented to marry him.
An amusing and characteristic story Is
told Of Lord Beaconsfield in the days
when he was WOOing Mrs Lewis To
sef ma -isarf h.
was so touchingly devoted
one day Mrs. Lewis, who was then
living IN retirement at her seat in Gla-
mOrganshire, saw a gentleman walking
leisurely uD the drive
Jane she exclaimed to an old serv-
ant II really believe that horrid man,
please. run TO the door and say I'm not
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A LT=TERAIRY LIT TER
BY RICHARD LIE GALLTENNE.

n EMILE READER Cor it win be to
Il that gracious being and truest lover
of books that I shall address these
ietters), as il may not be amiss for US
70 understand each other ct the setting
out VIII tell you little of what you
may expect from me week by week.-Mrs.
literary policy and scope. 10 put it mag
efficiently. of this letter on books. To
begin with. 1 believe in books 1 believe
IN readers, / believe IN critics. am not
Ike that distinguished English advocate.
Sir Edward Clarke. whose recent lively
passage-at-a-ms with Mr. Edward Gosse
you viii have heard of am not a lit
erary pessimist- But many people are.
You sometimes hear people say that now
adays there are no books worth reading
and that II there were there are no read
ers 70 read them. Others growing pro-
Pnetlc after the manner of Mr. H c.
wells, propheSy that the work OF tie
book in the world has been done: thai in
future the newspaper and the bioera Dh--
Coda mercy ,-xill take its place. Proph-
cts proVerbially pay no attention TO
facts and the facts point Just the other
way. The importance of the book in the
Ire OF the world is rnanifestly greater
immediate; and the number OF people
who care TO possess books love them as
You and do. gentle reader. is immeas-
uTaDly greater than il ever was before
II may well be that lust at the mo-
ment, we are not writing such very great
books as they did in the SOS and COS. but
that is no reason for Sir Edward Clarke
telling an innocent workingrnan's club
that literature Was going TO the dogs and
that practically nothing was worth read
ing since Ten1aySon and Thackerav As
a matter of fact. the last fifteen or
twenty years, if one had time could be
made to give an excellent account of
themselves. That period mas been a very
vigorous and stimulating one far more
SO than the period to which Sir Edward
Clarke and Edward Gosse themselves
belong The living writer's under 40
or Just over the danger iinS are q more
vital breed than those of the literary gen
Grafton preceding them. They are GER
tainly strongest in poets. Any marked