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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26
SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS.

NEVER MIND the wet feet; don't
~ envy Che man who sells overshoes.
forget your cough and your rheuma-
tism. Proba bly, all these ills are caused
10y the snow. but the blessings we shall
rear, from the storm win be many
Present 6iscomforts should be borne
with equanimity in view of the houn-
tsous harvests the blanketed mona
tSins viii give us. The Bible character
who speaks Of the treasures Of snow
must have lived in \ country like Utah.
He must have known that without
the snow in winter he could have no
water in GUNNER. Now water, to the
cs:ael and the Kehtuckian. is an insig-
ihficant article, but TO Utah people it
is everything THE treasures Of snow"
are almost numberless. It fills our ir-
rigating bitches with the fluid so neces-
sary to plant life; il flows into our res
ervoi-s and our mains to freshen the
parched lawns of the city. to quench
the thirst in dry Threats. TO cooI fevered
bodies.
Wherever the storm Of Friday night
passed there was joy among those who
look ahead. The farmer. was happy
because he could foresee fields rich
with grain and other products of the
soil. The merchant was happy in the
prospect of exchanging his goods for
tbe plump returns from the crop sales.
The manufacturer was cheerful be-
cause he expects to sell to the merchant
the goods the farmer viii buy. So
should all other classes be happy. even
the doctor and the lawyer. Tor we can't
afford the iuSuiies Of Illness and law
suits unless we have plenty CT money.
Snow is one Of the best Illustrations
o. natures cautious proyidences. It's
benehts are not 20 be obtained all in a
lump. II they were. MAJ might waste
them in riotous fashion. Instead they
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26
SOME CARNEGIE EPIGRAMs.
Sound Advice to Railroad Men at q
Recent Eanouet.
Chicago Amer4can.)

Andrew Carnegie was the principal
speaker at the twenty-s:xth anniversary
of the New York railroad branch Of tho
y. M. c. A. the other evening. The an
niversary celebration was held in the
Railroad Mems building. 361 Madison
avenue. Edward Y. ". ROssiter presided
and George A Warburton read the an
nual report. which showed satisfactory
progress.
Carnegie's address was replete with epi-
grams, some Of which are the following-
When my salary was raised from se5
TO 50 month il was greater X-rav 10
me than ROsnIgeu ever discovered
There is nothing. absolutely nothing in
money beyond a competence
There Is nothing that success depends
so much upon as a good managing wife
Be good humOred- There is little sue
cess where there is little laughing
Success IS a"three-legged stool SUMMARIZED
by capital. labor and business ability.
Your sons viii run trains 10 miles an
hour.
Business with me has never been a
care.
10 rnle that man can adopt viii
bring greater reward than this-to an
stain absolutely from alcoholic drink
The road TO promotion is clear ana d.
rect.
''An the old railroad men. began Nj.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26

Carnegie, call me Andy. And thare 70
no name so sweet. Why, some Of rb,-'
old fellows in Pittsburg wouldn't 49,
who YOU meant If YOU referred to me-
Mr. Carnegie. All raidrOaders. from rf
president down to the hUm5lest tracln7sr
are employees. and there is q spirit ot
cOmraGship that does not obtain I'm AM,
other business
Il began as 4 telegraph operator az 81
a month. Then Mr. Scott Offered me *
10 become his secretary. Mr.. Scott w.
assistant superintendent and I rerua--
Der that in the early days Of my railros3
career 1 used to wonder what in ma
world the assistant superintendent fornf
to do with S125 month j hadn't though
then that he might give part of IL away
when ! became superintendent Of the
Pittsbisrg division / was proud and han
Nv. And in those DAYS the SUperintanf
ent didn't just stand around and look
wise. waiting for better men 10 do the
work. He visited the scene OF every
wreck and sometimes did not get back
home for q week
ole slept in freight cars and ate suackS
as he could find time in the open air.
But that was all right Ii did mo good
and I laughed while worked Iu fact
business had never been care tn me-.
BE good humored.
II wish TO say that in the railroad bus
mess more than In any other the road 10
success is direct and open. 1t was said
that every one OF NapOleOn's soldiers
carried a marshars baton in his nan
sack. so every railroad emplOye carrt lis
a managers commission IN his Ql E-t
If he develops up 10 the measure of the
commission il will be made out and duly
signed.
Don't think anybody IS trying 10 keep
YOU down On the contrary, men of af-
fairs have their eyes and ears open in
quest OF young men. If You are true.
Won will prosper. provided you have The
right kind Of d wife and are sober
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26
sLAckLIsrINe LOCALIZED.

He SUPREME COURT Of Ohio can
L find no law prevent blacklist
ing. That is = it can find no law
under which an agreement between
railroad companies not to employ Ger
tain individuals can be declared Illegal.
The railroad employee whose name once
goes down on the black book might
just as well get out of the business.
for hen never be able to work at it
again, at least in Ohio. The decision
seems infamous.
An agreement TO blacklist by rail-
read corporations is equivalent 10
conspiracy to prevent men on those
lists from securing employment. a
man may be ever so good a brakeman,
a conductor, an engineer or a fireman;
he may not have done the road whose
service he seeks TO enter the smallest
degree Of harm, but its doors are closed
TO him. he must find some occupation
to which his hands have not been
trained, or he must see his family
suffer.
The Ohio court could not so behind
the law. Neither could it make a new
law, but the Ohio legislature can and
should change the statutes at once, and
make it possible to put an end to such
criminal cOnspiracies. Law never was
wider Of justice than ii is in this case.
II says to the striker or the man who
has offended the railway for which he
works: You shall not have chance
to reform; you shall not have. an op-
portunity TO make amends for your
misdeeds." And the man may not have
been guilty of anything which could
be tortured into an ofense by some
other company.
What a howl would go up from the
good people of the land if powerful
organization should be- formed for
preventing ex-criminals from leading
honest lives! The discharged raiIroader
is by no means a criminal, but he is
practically placed in that class by the
Ohio decision. The former criminal
who is trying to live decentiy is NOT
in as hopeless a condition as the black
listed railroad man.
The Herald invites the attention of
Ohio to crude and uncultured Utah.
Our statutes on the subject of black
listing are as strong as vigorous Eng
lish can make them. The officer or
agent Of a corporation who violates
them is guilty of a felony, and may be
severely punished.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26
WOMEN ARD REVoLVERS.

VIRGINIA PROMISES to become a
distinctly unpleasant state for the
innocent bystander." It isn't going
to be safe for him to Inger long or
briefly, FOR the women of Virginia nave
begun to carry pistols So many Of
them have been attacked when they
were out alone that they have adopted
the revolver as a measure of self-pro
lection. y pretty school teacher OF
Suffolk set the example, and it is be-
ing generally followed.
The Herald has no desire to say un-
kind things about the ability of women
10 shoot a pistol or to drive nail.
History teaches US, however, that the
fair daughters of Eve have ever been
very dangerous with the revolver
Right here in salt Lake once a woman
tried to shoot a dog that was fighting
her pet poodle. She succeeded in kill
ing her own dog and in wounding an
lnoffensive pedestrian who had the
misfortune to be passing by on the
other side.
It may look like an extreme measure,
but we suggest that the women prac-
tice in this way: If they want to kill
4 dog, let them begin by shooting at
1 man. Should they desire to puncture
4 tree. let them aim at a COW in the
adjoining pasture. Eventually, it is
true, they might hit the man or the
COW, but the contingency is so remote
that it is hardly worth considering. 1t
is greatly to be feared that the an
Acunced determination of the Vir-
ginianesses viii be a boomerang. In
stead of pistols proving protection,
they are much more likely to become
detriments.
1t is very easy to see that when a
woman calls for help, a poor, weak
man is considerably less likely to go
to her aid if he knows she has a
large revolver from which she is SOW
ing the atmosphere with bullets. Her
assailant isn't taking anything like the
chances her rescuer would take. For
this and for other reasons which win
occur to the mind of the reader, we
hope the women Of Virginia will recon-
slider their determination.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26
CIGARS FOR ROYALTY.
Huge Favorites Manufactured For
King of England.
Cigar and Tobacco JournaL)


Cigar and Tobacco JournaL)
Two crowned heads Of Europe have
their cigars made expressly for them
by the largest factory in Havana.
King Edward and Emperor William
are the sovereigns TO whom money IS
no object in comparison with a good
smoke.
The English king favOrs a long and
fat cigar. The actual length of mis-
cigar is eight and seven-eighths inches
and one and a quarter inches in diam
eter at the thickest part. The kaiser
prefers q much smaller cigar. one
measuring six and three quarter inches
in length by thirteen-sixteeRths Of an
inch in diameter.
These cigars are not on sale 10 the
general public. They are made UP in
lots of 1000 which is the regulation or
der received from the royal customers
Of the Cuban factory. Nevertheless q
few Of these prize Havanas are kept on
hand for sale to travellers as souvenirs.
and in this way many cOnnoisseur is
able on special occasions TO enjoy q
royal smoke
As might be supposed, the cigars are
made from the choicest selected leaves,
and by the best wOrkmen in the fac
Tory Inc men VINO IOll the ClSaE AOt
King Edward receive % cents for each
cigar they finish. These cigars are
worth 81 each in Havana, and if Of
fered for sale in New York with the
duty paid each would cost $3.50. 1t is
only a few weeks ago that the Secre-
tary of the king of England sent the
factory a draft for about 500. with
an order for LOCO cigars. The cigars
made for Emperor William cost Is cents
each in Havana, and IN New York they
would be worth IS cents each at whole
sale.
These cigars are not put UP in boxes
like ordinary weeds" but are shelved
in bunches Of ten or fifteen in beautiful
ca binets built 10 accommodate the en-
tfra number ordered.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26
BLIND DOG OF NOME.
Is Cared For by a Faithful Little
Companion.


on Front street Nome. never wander
ing very far either way from the center
of activity. may be seen an old blind
Alaska dog and his tiny little mate. Last
year he trOd the long, weary trail down
from Dawson. The load he drew ives lust
q trffle too heavy for the faithful old fe,-
low. and darkness has fallen over HIS life
The city council passed an ordinance TAX
ing him under its protection, but the lit
tie mate. with "a fine scorn for tie prod
net of the mills of the gods formed d
ways and means committee Of one and
nut the plan into immediate execution A
warm nest was found IN an old deserted
cabin down by the sea. When the waters
are angry, plenty Of tom cod are laid al
their door. but on sunlit mornings. with
the tip of his ear held gently between her
teeth she leads him around 20 a little
nook on Front street, where the golden
RAYS are brightest. gives a little bark
when Just the right spot IS reached and
he lies cOntentedIy down while she goes
OF. her seIf-impOsed mission of love First
TO the Butte restaurant, where she stands
patiently Just outside the door They
seem never to forget her and with one
little sharp cry of thanks she hUrrieS
back to her liege lord and lays the offer
ing at his feet. A similar visit Is made
to. each of the other caterers In turn II
one is a trifle slow in responding she tries
another and the fruits OF every pilgrim
age are laid on the altar of her affection.
Occasionally some ill-bred mdlamute at
tennis to purloin a dainty mOrsel from
her store, but the rebuSe he receives
comes so swift and terrible the Offense is
never repeated
When the shadows grow long and the
sun Is lost in d sea OF glory beyond the
nils. the old blind dog Is gently led TO the
hut bv the sea and the little mate lies
YEARLY down, her labor Of love over Tor
q day
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26
RAILROAD DISSEMINATION.

THROUGH THE EVIDENCE which
is being presented to the inter
state commerce commissioners at Chi
eago the railroad men are learning
whole lot about their own business.
Everybody else in the country who has
looked into the situation, even casual
". knows something of the freight rate
abuses that have been perpetrated.
The railroad men, that is, the general
and the travelling freight agents, didn't
know thing in the world about spe-
cial privileges. At least, they say SO.
and it would not be fair to doubt their
word.
The railroad giants, the masters of
the great systems, are telling the story,
and telling it in an astonishingly bra
zen way. They calmly admit that
heavy shippers, notably the Chicago
packers. have been profiting TO the ex-
tent of thousands of dollars by the
rebate system. That is to say, they
pay the full tariff rates, just as the
ordinary shipper pays them. but in a
few weeks, or a few months at most,
a check comes along from the railroad
company for large slice of the amount
paid in by the packer.
Who pays the freight. then? Why,
nobody but the man who ships a car
or two of merchandise at irregular in
tervals. The individual who can least
afford to bear the burden, as is always
the case in the final analysis. is the
man who is forced to carry it. There
is something radically wrong about the
system The existing law is entirely
inadequate TO correct the abuse, and
the railroad managers are thoroughly
aware of it. Otherwise they would not
admit so frankly that they are dis
eliminating against the small shipper.
We have in Utah curious illustra-
ton of the woes of shippers. Local
miIlers are protesting against the low
rates which are conceded to northwest
ern flour. They say that unless these
shipping charges are raised they will
be unable to compete successfully with
the Oregon and Washington mills.
/ There is a case where an Industry ex-
poets a railroad company 10 throw a
tariff wall around its product. The
consumer is lost sight of altogether.
1t does seem that he should be entitled
to a fighting chance, but the COM
panies don't see it that way.
The proper method for Utah millers
to pursue is to secure a reduction OF
the rates on wheat. Then they would
be able to sell flour at the same figures
as their competitors and the consumer
would share in the benefits.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26
THE OLD oAKEN BUCKET-A BY
GIEMIC VIEW.

The truths of science are not often ex-
pressed in verse, and this fact serves to
emphasize the few instances where rhyme
has been employed TO convey fact. The
following parody on The Old Oaken
Bucket which is not only amusing. but
contains some valuable points in santa
ton, is by DIT. J. c. Bayles, formerly pres
ident of the New York city health board,
and was read by him al meeting OF the
Academy of Medicine. We quote il from
the columns of Engineering News. which
says that the sanitary science conveyed
in the verses may seem elementary indeed
to our readers, yet il needs but the slight
est knowledge of conditions about the
average farmhouse and country village to
realize that millions of people are living
amid just such unhealthful surroundings
in entire ignorance that they have any
thing to do with causing disease and
death. The parody is as follows:
With what anguish of mind I remember
my childhood
Recalled in the light of knowledge
The malarious farm, the wet fungus
grown wildwood,
The chills then contracted that since
have remained;
The scum-c0yered duck-pOnd, the pig-Sty
close by il.
The ditch where the sOur-smeIling house
drainage fell.
The damp, shaded dwelling, the foul
barnyard nigh it
But worse than all else was that ter
rible well
And the old oaken bucket, the mold
crusted bucket.
The moss-eovered bucket that hung in
the well.
Just think of it, Moss on the vessel that
lifted
The water I drank in the days called to
mind:
Ere 1 knew what professors and scientists
gifted
In the waters of wells by analysis find;
The rOtting wood fiber, the oxid of iron
The algae. the frog Of unusual size,
The water, impure as the verses of Byron,
Are things remember with tears in my
eyes.
And to tell the sad truth-tho I shudder
to think of it
I considered that water uncommonly
dear,
And often at noon. when I went there to
drink it,
beer.
How ardent I seized it with hands that
were grimy.
And quick to the Undiscovered bottom it
fell,
Then reeking with nitrates and nitrites.
With matter organic it rose from the
well.
Oh, had 1 but realized in time to avoid
them
Tho dangers that lurked in that pesti-
lent draft
Id have tested for organic germs and
destroyed them
With potassic permanganate ere I had
quaffed.
Or perchanee I'd have boiled it, and after
ward strained il
Through filters OF charcoal and gravel
combined;
Or. after distilIing. condensed. and re-
gained ii
In potable form. with its filth left be-
hind.
| How little I knew of the enteric fever
Which lurked in the water 1 ventured to
drink.
But since I've become a devoted believer
In the teachings Of science. 1 shudder to
think.
And now. far removed from the scenes
/ I'm describing,
The story of warning TO others I tell,
| AS memory reverts to my youthful i'm
billing
And l gag at the thought Of that hor-
rible well,
And the old oaken bucket, the fungus
grown bucket
| In fact, the slOp bucket-that hung in
the well.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26
ANOTHER DIVORCE IMMINENT
Genius Not Conducive TO Domestic
Happiness.
(Chicago Record-Herald. }


According to the friends Of Mrs. Fran
ces HOdgsOn Burnett, who is now Mrs
stephen Townsend, she is about to seek a
divorce from her husband The proceed
ings, according to the Washington Post,
have either been begun or viii be begun
Immediately.
Mrs. Burnetts first husband was DR..
Swan Burnett, who now lives in this CITY.
She secured a divorce from him some
fourteen or fifteen years ago. In the
summer of 1890. while travelling abroad
with her son Lionel, who was the orig
inal Little Lord Fauntleroy." she met
Stephen TowS7end, who, at the time, was
a struggling actor.
They became very good friends. and
Townsend was OF great assistance and
comfort during the illness Of her son.
Mrs. Burnett and Mr. Townsend shortly
afterward went to London, where the
iatterS dramatic abilities were exploited
for d short time in a theatre for which
Mrs. Burnett furnished the financial
backing. The venture is said TO have
cost her $1,000 and then she returned To
America, only TO be followed by Mr.
Townsend.
For a number Of years their friendship
continued and Mrs Burnett finally be-
friends. however, stOUtly opposed the
match. Only July ?. 1890. she sailed for
Genoa. and on March 10 of the following
year was married. Mr.. and Mrs. Town
seiln went ~ A-iis-dIlI immediately AFTER
ward and lived at Maythsm hall. Kent
Within two months, according to the
Post. the husbands actions became 50
obnoxious that Mrs. Burnett's friends ad-
viSed her TO get a divorce at once Her
sister. Mrs. Jordan. went to visit her last
June. accompanied by Mrs. BUrnett's son
Vivian. Observing the turn which events
had taken IN England. they persuaded
Mrs Townsend to return 10 America
with them. Friends OF the family, the
Post asserts. say that the husbands con-
duct was grossly abusive and excited
the greatest indignation.
On returning to America Mrs. Town
send took apartments IN Fifth avenue.
New York, snd her son returned 10
Washington. Her house in this city is
now for sale, and il is said she viii not
again return to the capital 10 live. Mr..
Townsend. it is thought, is still in Eng
land.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26
Dealing in Futures.
OHarners MeeklvN


1t was in the morning hours of bake
day in the little out-of-the-way village.
The mingled doors Of fresh bread. pies
and cookies floated out of the open kitch-
en- windows.
From one of the smaller cottages at the
end OF the street came a barefooted child
IN colorless calico dress and Stat sun
bonnet. With the important air of A
heavy buyer, she entered the village store
ana handed across the counter a blue
teacup- The proprietor took the cup. and
said, in brisk tones
We'll. Emma, what does your ma
want tcday2"
Please, sir, ma wants an eggs worth
or molasses, and she carefully placed a
large white egg on the counter.
From stone jug a little molasses was
poured, and the cup set before the Gus
toner.
Mr. sniff. she said. as she took her
purchase, I'm be back in little while
Tor some ginger Ma said to tell you the
black hen was on
And the buyer walked with dignity out
OF the store door and up the village street
TO her home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26
THE PIANO NEXT DOOR.
nondon Trnth.A

LondCn TRUTH
Ny neighbors, all musical, day after day,
On that horrible instrument ceaselessly
The young ones play scales and their
elders the Ops
Of composers in vogue at the. various
And if the whole family chance to go out.
Then the servants go in for musical
bout;
Humping music-han songs with an end
less encore
As they roughly assault that piano next
If indeed tbs fiend in that instrument
And embitters my life with its ear-split-
ting spells.
I'm unable to say; but think It's pos
Sessed
For By night and by day it is never at
rest.
And whenever I wake, be the hour what
I am certain to hear it impulsively play:
A succession of tunes IL continues 10 pour.
Til audibiy curse that piano next door.
Before I get up at high pressure it goes;
II IS linking away when seek my re-
Resources quite new it for torture re-
When, with wool in my ears. I am taking
my uleclS
If I'd sit down to read or would work
with q viii,
With its out-of-tune wires it accompanies
still
'Tis in vain that I threaten or meekly
implOre;-
It is deaf. though not dumb, that piano
next door.
OF my once happy home it a mockery
makes.
The amenities cut of existence it takes
1t is spelling a temper once mild and
urbane;
1t is making mel must admit it-pro-
fame:
And worse than all this 0he whole truth
let me OWn)-
In despair, it has led me to learn the
trombone;
For tbs only. methinks, by that instru-
ment's roar
I can play down that noisy plano next
door,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26

come gradually. triekling a little at
time down the mountain sides and so
extending throughout the period OF
greatest need. Here is a lesson in fru-
gaiity which ''he who runs may read" "
For its moral as well as its material
effect. there is nothing quite SO good
as snow in the mountains
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26

Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson' s
application for retirement on account
of weak eyes has been rejected by the
naval board before which he appeared.
Woman haters are unkind enough TO
say Captain Hobson lost his eyesight
looking for a woman who wouldn't kiss
him
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26

The Bank Of Commerce is to be con-
graduated on securing E. W. Wilson
for cashier. Mr.. Wilson stands high
with all the people of Salt Lake. As
a business man and financier he has
an extended experience and his quail
fications are ample.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26

A woman los years old is dead in
Philadelphia. The remarkable part of
1t is, not that she lived so long or that
she finally died, but that she related
no personal anecdotes Of George Wash
ington.