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The Newark journal., 1902-06-13
UNDER HIS COAT.
Plumber Could Make Pan as We'll as
 "Wipe" a Joint

Not long since some plumbers were sent out to do job at the house of a south side resident who was a pro- nounced prohibitionist, says the Mil waukee Sentinel. 1t was the boast of this man that there had never been a drop of liquor in his house, Imag- inc the horrors of the situation when the workmen, following their usual custom, began rushing the can to and from neighboring saloon. A mem- Der of the family kept tab on the num- Der of times these men sent for beer and reported to the head of the house when he returned in the evening that Il cans of beer had crossed the thresh- old of his home that day.
 He immediately called upon the boss plumber and informed him that he would not permit such conduct and insisted that he instruct his men that they must not drink beer in his house.
 The next morning the men report cd as usual at the office before going to work and were told they must leave their cans in the shop while they were working on the prohibitionist's job. They aequiesced apparently and pick ing up their tools started out Oneof the men had, however, put his can in- side the breast of his coat and while it was flat it caused the garment to stick out in noticeable way,
 As he started out the door, the boss plumber noticing the peculiar Jump, said: What Is the matter, Pat, have you tumor?"
 "No," replied Pat. 'it's cancer"
 When you are in town don t
The Newark journal., 1902-06-13
ON THE CLERK.
Office Boy Plays Joke on the Telephone
 Flirt.

Flirt.
 There IS true and veraeious ac- count of the adventure which befell the clerk of well-known hotel in Mil- waukee few evenings ago, says the Sentinel. This clerk being possessed of more personal attractiyeness than falls to the lot of the average man, has been somewhat spoiled by the ad- miration which has been bestowed upon him by many women of varying beauty, until he has come to consider himself irresistible.
 Recently he became enamored of a young woman who presided at the tel ephone switchboard of one of the big business establishments of the city. He had never seen her, but from call- ing her up to make necessary business inquiries he has gradually adopted the habit of carrying on an extended con- versation of the quality familiarly known as "josh." Now, the young woman in question, although willing enough to jolly" the young man to an unlimited extent over the phone, has enough admirers, to say nothing of certain decided ideas about good form, inherited from Puritan moth- CT, to make her decline the many of fers of theater tickets and suppers which the hotel clerk has proflered in the hope of meeting the girl who has so charmed him with her voice.
 Now, the office boy in the establish ment where the pretty girl rules the switchboard, is red headed Irish lad with more deviltry to the square inch than falls to the lot of most young sters. He Is devoted admirer of the pretty telephone girl, and enjoys her confidence. He has heard of the enamored hotel clerk, and has often been allowed to lieten to the eonYer- sations between them.
 The other day the telephone girl did not come to work and the office boy was detailed to take her place. At five o'clock the clerk called up, as usual, and the office boy saw his opportunity. Adopting voice as nearly like the girls as possible-and he is a clever mimic-he carried on a long conversation with the young man, and after much coy deliberation, consented to meet the young man at six o clock and go to supper with him. That there should be no mistake, he asked him to wear an immense red rose in his buttonhole, and promised to wear a similar blossom for identi- fication. The happy clerk assented to this not unusual proposition, and fur ther agreed to come up to the third floor where the switchboard is located and call for the young woman. Then the office boy confded his plans to the clerks in the office, who arranged a little scene.
 When the hotel clerk, arrayed in his best and sporting beautiful crimson rose, entered the door, there, drawn up in line, were two dozen young mem with mirthful faces, while coyly standing near the door was the office boy with the biggest American beauty rose, which the combined contribu- tions of the clerks purchased. The ho- tel clerk fled, but the story pursued him.
 Original Meaning of Pagan.
The Newark journal., 1902-06-13
Bad on the DiSi1rag.

A government chemist has been out for game. He secured lot of dishrags from family kitchens and put them through micro seopic examination. The result was an utter cOndemna- tion of the average dishrag Millions of baclllae and ferment- i've germs weie found in all of them except one. The chemlst asserts that such articles should on no account, be brought in con tact with any vessel in which any sort of food k placed, unless af- ter such contact the vessel Is thoroughly scalded. He says all di,hrags should he submitted to boiling water and sun shine aftel each using.
The Newark journal., 1902-06-13
AUSTRALIAN SEAFISHING.
Angling for Schnapper, Nannygai, Morwong
 and Shark.

ana Sn2IK,
 Sea fishing is the Alpha and Omega of most fishing of most fishing in Australia, says the London Traveller. We leave Sydney harbor about mid night in a small tug, so as to be on the further fishing grounds at day break. Now We are out between the heads, and at last a chilly dawn creeps over the sea. We are at rest, too, broadside to the rollers, and 1t sgood to go up the narrow companion and on deck and find the lines We left neatly coiled in corners over night. The two deck hands are busy cutting up the bait, a score or so of mullet yellow tails and squid. We are ready, and our eight leads go almost together over the side, all on the same quarter, so that the lines may stream clear of the tug and of each other Down they go. and still down, a good 10 fathoms, and the moment the lead touches bottom we hold on. A moment or to passes and some one Is into good fish, which Is hauled and played on the thin line with great care and patience, nd proves to be silyery morwong of six or seven pounds weight-a handsome enough fish to the stranger, yet dubbed, with sheer, wrong color,' ' by it's captor and his Australian friends.
 The discontented one seems in luck's way, for no sooner had he again baited his hooks-each line, l ought to have said, carries two and heavy lead-than he is once more fighting with an even larger fish, but the line sheers away ominously near the sur face, and there is general cry of tShark!' as it Is indeed seen that one of these white-bellied, shoyed-snout- ed brutes has both his hooks. But the tackle Is strong; there is nothing in reason to part so long as the shark can not get the line between it's teeth and il is at last lifted bodily on the deck, five feet and more of it, and soon clear i ing breathing space with the great sweeping strokes of its tail.
 The first fish that 1 am destined tC catch in these strange waters IS as GU. rious in name as in appearance. "Nan' nygai" it is called, which irresistibly though doubtless good aboriginal, re- minds me of the nannygoat, and it is of brilliant scarlet, with huge, pro- truding black eyes. Very good eat ing is this same nannygai, but more valuable on account of its invariably indicating the presence of a big schnapper. No sooner. indeed, have I hauled in my nannygai than one or two of the party instantly haul in their lines to see that the baits are right, and that a good opportunity may not be lost. For we are not an- chored in one spot. The Pacific is too deep, the ground too rough, the swells from the south too sudden and violent to admit of such plan. On the contrary, We drive with the tide over the reefs, kind of schnappeI battue, and are thus enabled to go to the fish when they will not come to us. Good schnapper are now caught on all sides, and must say that my first really heavy sehnapper warrants all the hopes that l had based on s somewhat long and intimate acquaint' ance with his feebler cousin, the rec Dream ofthe English channel.
The Newark journal., 1902-06-13
Remedy for Smallpox.

In the smallpox epidemic of 1871, Mother Gonzaga, matron of the St. Joseph's orphan asylum, in Philadel- phia, administered specific which
The Newark journal., 1902-06-13
First Cotton Bloom.

Clarendon, June 2. - Beverly Dwyer brought ID d cotton bloom today which beats the record two days. Crops are in good condition.
The Newark journal., 1902-06-13
Spring Fever.

Spring fever is another name for biliousness. It is more sci ous than most people think. A tofpiI liver and inactive bowels mean poisoned system. If neg lected, serious illness may follow such symptoms. DeWitt's Little Early Risers remove all danger by stimulating the liver, opening the bowels and cleansing the sys- tenn of impurities. Safe pills. Never gripe. Il have taken De Wits Little Early Risers for tor pid liver every sprlng for years, , writes k. NJ. Everly, Moundsville, W. Va. They do me more good than anything l have ever tried J. l. Sturdivant.
The Newark journal., 1902-06-13

When you are in town don t forget to see $. C. Beane's line of ladies hats.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-21
THE NEW YEAR HERALD.

THE NEW YEAR HERALD will be
the most artistic newspaper ever
published in Utah and, more than
that, it win be full of the informa-
ton everybody is looking for. 1t viii
be published next Sunday, Dec. Is. will
contain at least forty-eIght pages,
but no more if the press of adver-
Using does not compel an enlargement
The intention is to compress the sum
mary of the years progress into as
compact form as possible and devote
much of the space TO half-tone engrav
ings of views of Utah and the sur
rounding states. All the scenic points
OF interest will be shown and the il
Illustrations alone will make the edition
so attractive that you VIII want to
buy extra copies and mail them to
friends abroad.
The data concerning Utah, Idaho.
Wyoming and Nevada viii be COM
prehensive without wearisome detail,
and the reviews of business will cover
every point of value concerning bust
ness. social and industrial develop
ments in the intermountain region.
muse WHO are IdlullldF Win the me
chanicaI excellence of The Herald's
work need no assurance as TO the
beauty of this particular edition. 1t
will be printed from plates and en-
cravings made in The Heralds own
plant, the paper is an extra quality
made for this edition, and the text will
be an authoritative statement of facts
compiled from the official records by
The Herald staff
The edition viii be limited and no
effort win be made to supply extra
copies after the edition is exhausted.
Newsdealers and others who wish to
secure copies would do well to order
in advance. Advertisers who expect to
secure space in the New Year number
are advised to enter their orders early
as the size of the edition viii make
early printing a necessity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-21

REPRESENTATIVES, of one of the
N greatest of the nations great in
dustries are to assemble in annual
convention In Kansas City, Mo-.
Jan. Is. They are the men who
control the livestock business of the
land, the men who furnish the
raw material to the meat trust and
its allied industries. According to all
accounts Kansas City is making great
preparations to receive the National
Livestock association.
And. speaking from experience, The
Herald rises to say that Kansas City
should be pleased and proud to well
come the stockmen. We had them out
here in Salt Lake in 1901, and joI-
lier, livelier bunch was never gathered
together. We turned the town over
to them on their arrival and they
handed it back with thanks and
Whenever they get ready to visit US
again they can take possession of
everything we have in the shop.
Utah should send a big delegation
to Kansas City next month. The live
stock industry here may almost be
said to be in its infancy but it is a
lusty child and growing fast. This
state has some as fine sheep and cat
tie as can be found on any range in
the world. Utah's stockmen like fine
cattle and sheep, and know them when
they see them. The outside world
should know something about the in
dustry here. too, but it can't know
much unless Utah goes to Kansas
City and toots her horn there q lit
tie.
1t is hardly necessary to saw that
those who make the trip viii learn
something. Men in the same business
hardly ever get together in any num-
bers for the exchange of ideas without
finding out something they didn't know
before. The Utah delegation should be
able to acquire considerable Informal
ton worth having and worth impart-
ing TO the folks who can't go to KAN
sas City.
Then. if anybody is looking for fun.
Kansas City will be full of it about
the time the association is called TO
order. Arrangements have been made
by the women of the big Missouri
city to take excellent care of the Wis
iting women. Special entertainments
are being. prepared for them and they
need not fear that they viii be called
upon to endure lonely moment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-21
THE GERRY SOCIETY.

= OMEBODY, it is hard to say who. is
- going to considerable trouble and
expense in trying to work up a senti-
ment against the laws under which the
New York Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children is conducted.
Recently The Herald has received con-
siderable literature on the subject. Pa
thetic stories are told of children be-
ing taken from their loving parents by
this society and forced into public
homes and institutions. 1t is asserted
that the society is made the sole judge
as to whether or not parents are able
to take care of their children and
that what may properly be termed
cases of abduction or kidnapping are
frequent.
1t is difficult for The Herald to be-
lieve the society is as black as it is
painted. In the first place its adYer-
saries admit that no child can be
taken from its parents, however in
human they may be, without an order
of commitment from a justice of the
peace. Then either side has the right
of appeal and cases may be carried
through all the courts of the state Of
New York. Clearly, even in cases
where agents Of the society act
through malice, it must be next to inn
possible for parents TO be deprived
of their children for any great length
of time
The chief cause of complaint, how
ever, is that the head of the society,
Mr.. Gerry, refuses to permit children
of tender years to appear on the stage.
Speaking generally, Mr.. Gerry is ex-
actIy right. Children should not be
allowed to exhaust themselves by con-
tinuous performances; they should not
be allowed to appear, night after night.
on any stage or under any circum-
stances. The necessity which drives a
mother to make stage slaves of her
little ones can be relieved in some
other way.
The Herald is not prepared to say
that the Gerry society is without any
faults whatever. We are prepared to
say, however, that it is doing a great
work for good in the city of New
York. It is finding homes for the
homeless. clothes for the naked. food
for the hungry. Many cases of fero-
cious i'll treatment of children have
been uncovered and prosecuted by the
society and many more viii be prose-
cuted unless a foolish and senseless
prejudice deprives the organization of
its power.
The matter received by The Herald
smacks very much of some theatrical
syndicate that has not been permitted
to coin child labor into dollars. We re-
fuse to be touched by it's wall.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-21
A STAGE SERMON.

T HE ANALOGY between the church
and the stage, when the influence
of the latter is properly directed. is be-
coming better recognized every day.
Many a forceful sermon has been
preached in the Salt Lake theatre
during its long existence, sermons of
every kind and on all subjects. Last
week another sermon was preached
there by a company Of actors, or per-
haps it would be nearer the truth to
say the sermon was delivered py one
actor-David Warheld.
To his audience he was only a little
Jew, a Jew of the secondhand cloth
ing, Cheap John" order. but he held
out lesson which could not fail to
impress even the most casual auditor.
It was a lesson of bravery; not bra
very of the swashbuckling. cut-and-
thrust-eat- 'em-alive character, but
that truer bravery which always sees
the silver lining to the cloud. The
little Jew made a fortune and, through
the dishonesty of a supposed friend, he
lost all he had gained through years
of saving.
Did he sit down and wall over his
misfortune? Did he make his family
and his friends miserable with walls
over his vanished prosperity? Not for
moment did he lament. The little
Jew was made of better stuff. Straight
way he hunted up his discarded ped
dler's basket and we find him. sans
evening clothes, sans mansion, sans
servants, sans everything except his
basket, his faded clothes and his
CHEEKY smile, starting once more at
the bottom of the long hill. How our
hearts warmed to the brave Jew who
could face misfortune without losing
hopel How we rejoiced when, at the
end. ne regained his wealth and the
curtain went down on happy family
reunioni
Play-acting and play-actors, Yes,
the terms have been used and still are
used by narrow minds as expressions
of contempt and scorn. But there isn't
man or woman who saw the pages
in the life of the little Jew unfolded,
who wasn't better for the experience
Your so-ealled problem plays, with
their cheap vice and their cheaper wit.
unquestionably demoralize. but plays
like ''The Auctioneer''-never.
TheNmoral is so obvious that it seems
hardly necessary to point it out There
is more than one Simon Levi in this
world; more than one who has lived
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-21
Santa CLAUS a MYTH.

A PHILADELPHIA school teacher,
n one Miss Ely, whose portrait indi-
Gates that she is a spinster of about
As years of age with vinegarish CLINT
in her eyes, has been telling a class of
little qaople that Santa Claus is a
myth What rot! Miss Ely simply
doesn't know what she is talking
about. There is a Santa Claus, and he
is due in salt Lake just as the clock
strikes u next Wednesday night.
Why, what use would there be for
all the snow that has peen falling in
Salt Lake lately if there were no Santa
Claus? The jolly old saint had to have
something to drive his justly cele-
brated sleigh over. so the snow was
sent especially for his benefit. A sort
of advance agent, as it were. Santa
Claus a myth? Well. Miss Ely can
find him in half a dozen different Salt
Lake stores right at this blessed min
ute looking over the throngs of chill
dren and deciding what to give to
whom.
And granting. for the sake of argu-
ment, that Santa Claus is a myth,
by misunderstanding the unfortunate
youngsters who were forced to listen
to her? 1t is a pretty notion,
this idea of a good old gentleman who
keeps tab on the children, who knows
when they are bad and when they are
good, and who brings them the very
things their hearts most desire on the
best day of all the year. Children
learn truths soon enough.
They learn of the sin and the sor-
row, the misery and the wretched-
ness, the cold and the hunger; they
learn what death is. and they learn
that they must die. Why not let them
enjoy a dream while they may? But
all this is merely for the sake of the
argument. of course. Santa Claus is
mot a myth, dear children, old and
young. He is the real, genuine ar
tiele.
He doesn't always appear in the same
form. but his spirit is there, no mat
ter what the external appearance may
be. Sometimes he looks like a Saliva
ton Army captain; sometimes he looks
like the superintendent OF the Sunday
school; again. he may bear a remark
able resemblance to mother or father,
but he's the same old Santa Claus Just
the same.
Santa Claus is the embodied spirit
of unselfshness, of the desire to make
somebody else happy. Maybe even
Miss Ely will play Santa Claus this
year without knowing it. Who knows?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-21

He now claims that he is permanently
injured. But how, it may be asked. can
such q dream as that net the victim
$4,000, or any part of it2
In this way. The dreamer has fled
a suit against the contractors by whom
he was employed when he had his mar
row escape. Had it not been for their
defective scaffoiding, he says, he would
not have come so near being killed.
Had he not come so near being killed
he would not have dreamed that he
came near being killed. 1t follows.
therefore. as the night the day. and
vice versa, that if he had not come so
near being killed and then dreamed
about it he would not have jumped out
of bed and damaged his kneecap.
The carpenter claims damages in the
sum OF $4,000. Poets and writer's have
long talked of the shadow stuff that
dreams are made of, but this Chica-
goan is going to show if he can that
some dreams are worth good, hard coin
of the realm. Other dreamers viii
watch the proceeding with the keenest
interest. So will employers whose
workers often narrowly escape sudden
death. II this plaintiff secures a judg-
ment look at the luscious possibilities
that will be opened up.
John Jones jumps to escape being
run down by a street car. He goes
home and he dreams and jumps again.
Maybe he only falls on the floor. may
be, if the dream is sufficiently strenu-
Gus. he jumps through a window. Next
day he pumps suit for damages
against the street railway company.
Isn't the prospect alluring enough to
make one want to eat mince pie for
dinner every night?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-21

and loved and suffered; who has fought
and won and then lost and won again.
Brave hearts that they are. they don't
win the plaudits Of the world very
often, because the truly brave are the
truly modest. The soldier who leads
his fellows to the lannon's mouth is
brave. but his courage is not 70 be
compared with the courage Of the in
dividual who. in private life, uncheered.
unhonored, takes up his heavy burden
and plods on. smiling. toward the set
ting sun.
God help them; they don't always
Win the fight. as the world reckons
victories. but they have the approval of
their consciences and the affection of
their friends. And God help US all so
to bear our burdens that, when the
course is finished, we may hear the
most satisfying of all verdicts-
We'll done, good and faithful SER
want"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-21
julia Marlowe's Pug Nose.

While rehearsing prior to her first New
York appearance. Julia Marlowe eucoun-
tered Henry E. Dixey as she left a Broad
way house one day. Al the moment
Dixey was the rage I: ..Adonis'' was IN
the height Of its remarkable prosperity
and Mr.. DiXey was parsonage to more
persons than few matinee girls. The
comedian had met Miss MarfoTe Otter.
going 20 and from the theatre; cheerfuny,
he asked her how she was progressing.
She replied that everything was goins
very nicely indeed, to which he made re-
joinder: wen, what's the end of it ali
going to be2 What's your annl,4tion?'s
Il want to pe tragedienne, Miss
Marlowe answered.
You" Dixey replied, you, with that
pug nose.''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-21
SUES ON A DREAM.

True, talk Of dreams.
Which are the children of an idle brain.
Begot of nothing but vain fantasy
a CHICAGO CARPENTER has had a
a dream which he hopes will net him
something like $4,000. The history be-
hind the dream is interesting and nee
essary TO an understanding of the car
pentess case. Several months ago he
had a very narrow escape from death.
Working on a scaffolding high in the
air, plank gave way and if the car
penter hadn't made an agile jump
which landed him on a window ledge,
he would have been dashed to pieces.
Some weeks later he repeated the ex-
perience in his sleep. Again the plank
gave way; again he jumped for the
window ledge SO vivid was the dream
that the carpenter jumped out of bed.
He landed on the floor. and landed
hard enough to dislocate a kneecap.