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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
Puzzled as to Gender.

That environment has great influence
over the minds OF children when il comes
TO the assimilation OF knowledge is ever
and anon brought to the fore An illustra-
ton OF this was given the other day by
a bright boy pupil at the Mary Disston
public school. at TaCOny, where nearly all
the residents are verSe6 in farming
y flag raising was held at the school,
house several days ago. and after the
exhibition was held OF the drawings and
work OF the pupils during the past year.
\ teacher told this story Of one of her
little boy pupils: She had recited 10 the
class the story of the landing of the Pill
grtms. and as the children had been TAX
ing up the work. she requested each
scholar 10 try and draw from the mag
tnation picture Of the Plymouth rock
Then IL was that the little fellow got -up
and raised his hand.
We'll. Willie. what IS it2~ asked the
teacher.
Please, ma'am. DO you want a hen or
. rooster drawn came the unexpected
reply.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
A CLAM STORY.
An Advantage in Being a Pearl
Rather Than a Button Clam.


CLANS OF the Mississippi river devote
4 lifetime to constructing a home which
is afterward turned into shirt buttons:
the shirt buttons are turned over to a
laundry, together with the shirt. ana
nobody knows what becomes of them
They never come back. They are lost TO
the world forever Perhaps they dissolve.
But il a clam wishes TO leave something
lasting as a monument TO his Ioll. ne
builds a pearl One has been found at
Calmar. Ia, which sold for T.40o This
is a labor worth while. As the aceumu-
lation Of q life's labor, II is respectable
Many a man has lived out has span and
not left as much The clam that creates
a pearl has not lived in vain. The clam
of course, gets no emoIument out OF his
creation Like genius, he creates be-
cause he can't help it; and. Ike genius,
the value of his work is seldom discOV-
cred until his life is ended. But he knows
how TO do one thing, and he does IL we'll
\ clam, instead of nurturing a pearl in
his bosom and devoting his best energies
to perfecting il, might go wandering
down the river with the other clans ev-
cry time there was an excursion. when
the June rise comes on, and with his
mouth always open in that vacuous
fashion Of most clans. spend mis- time in
social dissipation gratifying bfbuloas
habits, and never rise higher than the
button factory. But other CLAIMS, that
feel that there is something in them out
of the ordinary-as one has sometimes
felt who has partaken of lobster salad
and an ice-cold bottle of pale ale at mid
highland that it seems TO possess them.
something that they can't be rid Oft
may only be a grain of sand, naturaIists
say-they begin fsshioning from it. they
know not what BY aSSiduous attention
10 this. their life work. they distinguish
themselves far beyond their fellows, and
give to the world a 8. $50 pearl while the
mon about them contributes only a few
ephemeral shirt buttons that are cast
into the wash tub al the laundry and are
heard of no more
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
HIS HAIR TONIC EXPLODED.
How a Proud Buffalo Youth Was
Unmasked Before His Girl.
(Buffalo Express.)


A young man who thinks there is no
romance 10 a bald head worked over
time in a fruitless endeavor to plant
new crop of hair on one or two bare
spots on the top Of his head. He was
particularly anxious lest his best girl
should discover those spots, SO he al
ways brushed the hair alongside over
the spots. He was also fearful that
she would learn that he was using hair
tonic. The other day he had to go out
of town, and he made an engagement
to spend couple of hours at the home
OF the young woman on his way TO
the station. After he had left his own
home he recalled that ne hadn't put
any hair tonic in his satchel. Now. he
expected to be out of town a full day.
and to go without hair tonic presented
fearful possibilities. So he stepped into
a drug store bought a bottle of his
, favorite brand of the liquid, placed it
in his coat pocket and hurried to the
girls house. When he got inside he
sat down beside the fire, for it was a
cold night The young woman, her
father and mother, two brothers and a
sister We're in the room.
One of the brothers is a football
fend, and grows his hair in long, thick
locks. He is proud of this product
of his head. and often talks about it
He did so that evening, and remarked
that he'd rather suffer any other mis-
fortune than TO be bald. The caller
always grew nervous under such con-
veFsations, and whenever he got the
chance would slip in a word about
having pretty good hair himself. al
! though il wasn't as thick as when he
was a youagster.
Il know some fellows who use hair
tonic and have had great success with
it, said the sister. Did you ever
try it?''
The caller laughed at the idea. He
! use hair tonic? Well, hardly He had
lots of hair yet. and he expected to
| keep il. No need for any hair tonic in
his case.
Just then the family was startled by
a loud report. 1t seemed to eminate
! from the caller. He put his hand TO
| his pocket and tainted. A stream of
/ liquid trickled from the pocket. The
| family thought it was blood, and were
awestruck at what seemed TO be a
| mysterious and perhaps fatal accident.
I The brother put his hand into the
| pocket and drew out the fragments
| of a bottle While the others eagerly
/ watched him he read a label on a
| piece of the glass and then said, with
/ a smile:
Charles hair tonic exploded.
| guess he sat too near the fire.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
a BAS LIE MoUSTACHE!

4 NEWPORT SOCIETY LEADER,
y Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, has decreed
the fall of the mustache, and there is
mourning among the male butterflies
who have been wearing that more or
less beautiful appendage. The occa-
sion for the decree is a colonial ball
which Mrs. Fish is to give next week
at her Newport palace The prospec-
tive hostess says that in colonial days
men with mustaches were rare, and
she doesn't propose to have a single
one at her ball.
No man who appears with beard or
mustache of any kind will be admit
ted to the mansion on the night of the
great event. Naturally the young men
and the old men are sorrowful. They
say it was all right to make the wait
ers and other servants shave off their
mustaches. but they think Mrs. Fish
is drawing it little fine when she
compels them to do likewise. Still, re-
membering that Mrs. Fish is a power
in Newport society. they are going to
work their razors overtime.
Things are certainly coming to a
pretty pass when a society leader can
amend the personal tastes of her ac-
quaintances at her own sweet will.
Men have a right to wear mustaches
without the aid or consent Of any 9TH
er individual on earth. Some males
look well with a mustache, others
only think they do. but the net result
in each case is the same-the wearer
is satisfied.
If Mrs. Fish can dictate as to mus
taches, why shouldn't she be able To
make all the society men in Newport
wear boomers? Why shouldn't she
insist that they don tarletan skirts ?
Truly. the rich have their troubles as
well as the poor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
a DREAMER.
Frank L. Stanton.l


I keep a-sayin' TO myself-yhen srlno-
mers SiZzin' so:
I'D like TO be down yonder, where the
honeysuckles grow,
I'd like TO find the meadows with the
daisies. cool an deep
An have the winds an Uhippoorwills 10
sing my soul 70 sleep"
An Vet when l was with 'em-in the
shadows of the pines,
Where the hUmmin' bird was brovysir' in
the mornSu glory vines,
1 was evernore a-sayin', in the lonesome
day an ni=ht:
shines SO bright
It's still the same old feelin'-fbe rest
lesSneSs that seems
To keep the soul a-mOyin' for to realize
its Dreams
An when We realize EN-, an reach the
highest hill.
We're lOngin' for the valley. an we're
old-tirne dreamers stilI.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
ICE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
How to Store it and Provide a Con-
slant Summer Water Supply.

Denver Republican,
Mr.. Brandenburg. the chief represent
alive of the weather bureau in this part
of the country. has. upon several oeca-
sions. made a suggestion concerning a
method of storing water in the noun
tains which it would be welel TO test
during the coming winter.
1t is well known that in winter there
is, in nearly all mountain streams. a
constant flow of water beneath the ice.
l. is but seldom that a stream freezes
to the bottom. Mr. Brandeuburg's plan
is to erect small dams across such
streams and cause the imprisoned
water to flow to the surface. where il
would soon freeze and form a solid
mass of ice. This process might have
to be repeated n number of times at
each point where such a dam might be
erected. but the result should be the
accumulation OF a large amount of ice
in the aggregate.
The ice deposits thus made would
retain water that otherwise would fol-
low the course of the stream bed be-
meath the surface and ultimately reach
the calleys. A large part of all such
waters is now lost. because it is not
impounded in reservoirs situated near
the lower courses of the streams, and
hence il is Of no avail during the sub
sequent irrigating season.
Ice deposits formed in accordance
with this suggestion would yield but
slowly to the rays of the spring and
summer sun. and thus the volume Of
mountain streams would be maintained
at a more uniform flow than under
present conditions II is Of great value
to prolong the irrigating season. for
then crops may be supplied with need
ed moisture at a time when otherwise
they might suffer from scarcity This
would be achieved by the method sug-
Sested 10 the extent that the quantity
OF ice on the upper courses OF noun
tain streams would be increased
The expense of adopting this plan
would be slight. for the dams that
would have to be erected would cost
but a little in each case
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
WHY, BILL!

JOsiah Wink in Baltimore American.
Why, Bill / yelled for Henry;
I cheered with luSty force
j led in the hOoraying
And hOllered till ! was hoaTse.
Why. Bill. You've strung Red Eagles
As far IS ] can see
\ on thought OF all the others
Bill. vas is los nit me-
Why, Bill When Henry came here
We did your brother proud
I stood there on the platform
He saw me in the crowd
No cigarette box. jeweied.
Has flashed across nv view.
Nor any gold cuff buttons
Bill. vas Is los nit you2
Why, Bill, Your brother Henry
Was right here in our town
I did without my breakfast.
And went without a frOWn.
Down to the railroad station
To cheer and wave nv hat
I see no royal photo
Bill, vOs is los NIT that2
Bill. where's my golden scarfpin2
Why did [ lose my sleep?
Why did 1 hOch for Henry
What harvest do I reap2
Red Eagles. jewels photos.
You We scattered glad and free
You've thought OF all the others
Bill, vas is los nit me-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18

the end Of the winter season are col
lected now and used in the nanufac-
ture of new rubbers as well as Of rub
Der heels Cor shoes.
The pfth from corn stalks is made
into a product called cellulose. which
is used to close holes made in THE hulls
OF vessels by collisions or projectilSs
This Is the stun which I'D to a few
years ago was burned as absolutely
waste material.
Inventions calculated to further the
utilization OF wastes are being pat
ented all the time, and the day may
not be very far distant when even the
squeal of the moribund pig will be put
to use.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18

and six-shooters made especially for
the kindergarten classes, and every
child Will take a few rounds of ball
cartridges TO school with his luncheon.
Ambulance corps VIII be connected
with all the public schools and hospit-
ais will be opened in the easements
The pupil who succeeds in killing Off
the greatest number of his companions
viii be suitably rewarded
Mr.. Kipaing evidently is in deadly
earnest We must not allow a whole
population to grow up in ignorance of
shooting" he says. bitterly, as ne re-
calls the way the Beers made a target
OF Tommy Atkins in South Africa His
idea is that one cannot begin to learn
how TO shoot at too early an age.
Teach the babies how TO draw a gun
with lightning rapidity and the nurs-
ing bottle will take care of itself.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
Right in Line.
Chicago Tribune. J

This. ladies and gentlemen" the dime
museum lecturer continued. is the eeIe-
brated vampire bat. Of which all Of vou
have read II fastens itself upon its
sleeping victims and sucks the life blood
from their bodies. You viii observe its
ferociOus expression of counteuance as it
hangs suspended. head downward think
ing. doubtless. of the many bloody feasts
II has had in the past, and longing IL
vain Tor equally bloody feasts in the fu-
ture- Passing on now to the cage on the
right wish to call your attention TO our
remarkable collection OF snakes
That's right, mUmbied the red-nosed
man in the crowd, first the bat and then
the snakes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
New York MorldA

II UDYARD KIPLING, mortified at
N the fact that Englishmen are not
so expert in craftsmanship as
they ought to be, has advocated the
use of the rife in the schools of old
England
Rifle shooting says Mr.. Kipling,
should be taught the same as are the
A b Cs- Such a course would not pro-
duce barbarians. Everything must be
subordinated to shooting quickly"
The young idea, according to Mr..
kipling, must be taught to shoot and
shoot straight. 1t must be taught to
get the drop" before the other fellow
has time to reach half way TO his hip
pocket. The krag-Jorgenson must re-
place the cricket bat. and the Reming-
ton take the place of the whocple
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
What Adam Was Doing.



II was midnight. Suddenly in the Adam
residence there was q cry. then a series
Of howls- and one of the neiEhDOrs. pass
ing BY. heard the head Of the house use
language that was calculated to loose
the thuneer-bOlts Of heaven on the whole
neigh borhood- She stopped ran 10 TO
the door. and. pressing the bottom, list
ened eagerly at the speaking tube What
in the world is YOUR husband doing2" she
asked as the dulcet voice OF Eve inquired
her errand
oh replied Eve. ''he is merely rails
ing Cain 1T requires strong language 70
raise a child like that
And thus an EXPRESSION was coined
which promises to outlast history Itself
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18

Remarks: Johnny must pay more
attention to hoe study. He is a bright
boy, and last Wednesday succeeded in
getting the drop on three of his little
classmates and placing them hors de
combat. but he is too inclined to triffe
with his minor studies. Please see
that he does better.
SARAH HIGGINEOTHAM, Teacher.
There will be little repeating rifles
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
Indications Of NATIVITY.
PhiladelnhIa Times

While crossing the Atlantic on the Luz
cania. bound for Europe. Henry c. FNrick
of the steel trust was accosted by q
strange man. who called to him:
Hello Pittsburg, How are yOu2
Frick looked at the man moment, and
then replied.
Very well, thank you. New York; How
DO you know I'm from. Pittsburz2''
BY the StOgie you're smoking an
sWered the stranger. And how do Won
know I'm from New York;
WI by, replied F'ricks by YOUR gall
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18

The visiting E1ks can certainly point
with pride to their record in Salt Lake.
Look at the water shortage under
which the city is laboring. II the Elks
didn't drink up the supply what be-
came of it?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18

At last the plans for new Jail are
assuming definite shape. This is a
mighty lucky city in that somebody
has not sued it for being incarcerated
in the vile hole which has been in use
for so many years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18

Senator Foraker likewise declines 70
be politically entombed. He says there
is nothing in the report that he is to be
the nominee of the Republicans for the
vice presidency.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18

Captain OberIin NJ. Carter saws he is
the American Dreyfus. Now that's
funny. Lots of US have been laboring
under the impression that he is a most
uncommon American thief.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18

Some day they'll have a motor race
at the saucer track with all the mo-
tors working nicely throughout the
contest. There will be silver streaks in
the raven locks of most of us long be-
fore that happy day. however
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
An Excention.


Ieacher-And what is that part of the
face called that extends from the bridge
OF the nose to the roots of the hair?
Iommy-I-er-Why. it's er-E dunno.
Teacher-BroE, isn't it,
To:nmy-W,st If de roots O yer hair is
at the back O. yer neck ike my Uncle
BiiFS2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18

in the recreation hours at the schools.
Teachers must hereafter make out
their weekly reports for children to
take home to their parents something
in this style:
Johnny Shocks.
Reading. S1.; writing, Z; spelling. 5;
geography, 8; punctuality. s.; deport-
ment, 4; craftsmanship, 912.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18

Why should the police make such q
row about one lone skunk in their
midst? Haven't they become accus-
toned to the odoriferousness of their
department after so many months?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18

Herbert Limberger is the name Of one
OF the attorneys in the case of Peter
Power against the Northern Securities
company. If there's anything in a name
he ought TO be a strong man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18

Now S gamer
teacher
a
principal replied:
They've
And teahin' STRIPPING all the rudnents
arippng
will be all Wearn
Glass Ballads
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
Get Sick ON Short Notice

(NeW Orleans Tines-Democrs+O
Do you know believe there are men
IN the world who can get sick on very
short notfce?" said a man who wears
glasses and a college look. And saw
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
Getting Acclimated.

tAtA@fiSa C0IlSIIIuClon-J
Fl hit is true dat de devil is in de
weather. saws a colored brother. some
OF Us VIII be purity well cEmattzec befc'
we strikes de hereafter
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
kmgSemeHtS,


For the week of Aug. IS the Salt
Palace announces a complete change
of bill. 1t will all be refined vaude-
vile and up-to-date. Mr.. Joe Adams,
the double-voiced singer, Will make
his first appearance in Salt Lake City
tonight. Mr.. Harry Baldwin, the buck
dancer, will also appear.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
MR.. fEEsE,s STATEMENT.

"Corianton" will be given at the Salt
Lake theatre for three nights.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-29
THE RELIGIOUS SECTS.

1t is the tendency OF all religious
sects or denominations to divide and
often to subdivlde and sometimes 80
on ad infinitum," AXE the flea parasites
in the old rhyme. The San Francisco
Chronicle, discussing the future OF the
Salvation Army, predicts that upon
the demise of General Booth, who Is
getting we'll along in years, the organi-
4ation will go to pieces. The Chronicle
notes that while John Wesley lived
he held his followers fairly we'll to-
gether and that the British Wesleyan
Methodists, thanks largely to his
state5manlike foresight and precaution
are still great and compact bouy. But
the Chronicle says the breaking away
began soon, and that at this time there
are some fifteen or sixteen Methodist
serts in the list of the British registrar
general. From this example of fragil-
ity our San Francisco contemporary
concludes that when the aged founder
of the Salvation Army goes hence that
body will go to pieces far more rapid
ly and thoroughly"
DIR, n, X. Carroll an authority on
religious statistics, who compiled f.
cures for the last census. shows that
'her' are thirteen distinct kinds of
Bap''ats in the United States. seven
teen kinds of AIethodists. twelve kinds
OF Fres5ytcrians, twenty two kinds Of
i1'jhefans. six kinds of AdventNsts.
and so on Besides the Roman ,atbo-
li'S, there are Polish Catholics, Old
catholics, Reformed Catholics. and
perhaps other kinds.
since all the Christian churches and
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-29
nolognn'. Leaning Tower.

Bologna has two great square tow
ors. the Asinell which Is 3l5 feet high
and was erected In 100. and Its rival,
the Garisentla, which WAS built one year
later and was originally much higher
and is rendered peculiar by Its de-
ciled inclination to one side. 1t IL
now only II, feet high, the width of
one side is - feet. the wallis at the
base are 4 feet q inches thick, Will"
higher UP they are 4 feet o inches Its
origin is somewhat obscure but 1t WAS
certainly intended to outdo the Asi.
ncll, and both were for retreat in trou-
b!ous times Some say the original in
tentlon WAS TO make Ii lean. but 9th
crs contend that either the ground has
settled or there was a defect In the
engineering This unique relic was SO
little thought Of by one of Its later pos
SCISSORS that ii was sold In 1905 for 30
lire, something less than S44.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-29

The patriotic citizens who own
property that would be benefited by
the removal Of the wedge are entirely
justified in doing everything they can
is the way of the world. The city
fathers. however, are also justified and
it is their sworn duty to safeguard the
interests of the city. In laying on the
table the report of the special asses
sors until all objections on the part
OF the property owners affected were
withdrawn. the councimen were
guided by prudence. In the event of an
appeal to the Courts,-and the Courts
could be appealed to by any objector--
and the Court should decide to shave
the assessment below the figures fix
ed by the assessors. the city at large
would have to make up the difference
This would be a good thing for tne
owners of the property that would be
specially benefited by the extermina-
ton Of the old wedge. but not such a
good thing 4or the city taxpayers at
large While there@ is no doubt that
every interest in Tucson will derive
benefit from the removal of the
wedge, the adjacent property owners
will be special benefciaries. They
ought to pay for it. We nave no
doubt, that as soon as the objections
are all withdrawn, the city council
win proceed with the business in hand
promptly and effectively. But not tin
then.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-29
a7ia7i i'f7r7f1s lsa7af 90 7--i7 -
nj mana mAea.

In estimating the value of mummy
It's medicinal qualities are no longer
appraised, and thus the problem Is eas.
Ter Of solution. Its value must have
been greater when 1t formed regular
part of the materia medica. Until
pretty late IN the eighteenth century
mummies entered unto u great variety
Of drugs, balms and other medica'
mcnts,
As the genuine mummy was then ex.
rcnsive. recipes were given by many
encent writer's for converting human
flesh into mummy. Usually only GER
tain portions Of the body were used,
ana these were beaten, dried, macerat-
ed ana spiced ont of all likeness to
their natural condition; hence beaten
to Il mummy
Numerous illusions arc made to the
practice in ancient literature, and In an
old play, Bird In Cage" are the dl-
rrctlous, Make mummy Of my flesh
and sell me to the apothecares.