The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-06
ADVISER TO THE
KING OF SIAM
Harvard Professor Gets the Po-
sitiOn at a Large Salary.
TALK BY JUSTICE HARLAN
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TALK BY JUSTICE HARLAN
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Especial 90 the Holal4.l
Washington. April 5.-Whether the
king of Siam shall have Edward Hem
ry suobeI for his foreign adviser or
not depends upon the ability OF his
majesty's cook 20 make pie. The men
at Harvard. where he is Bemis probes
ror of law. have uicknamed him Para
mount StrObel." lt may be that lhe
death of former Commissioner Blount'
who WAS Paramount 90 half the
world. coming at the very moment or
the Harvard mans hOnOrs. led 20 TINS
christening. but .t is admittedly TO the
noiul Few men have had the power
that has now come 10 Professor Stro-
bel On being called TO be foreign ad-
wiser 90 che king OF siam at time
when that little country has under ao-
Visement questions OF decidedly latBe
Importance. both with France ana
Great Britain. Or. Strobel has haa
long years of training in diplomacy
8t Madrid and I'm Ecuador, as minister
t0 Chile and as counsel for the com
mission which debated the claims De
tween that country and the United
States He Is well qualified to handle
The work before him, but whether ne
VIII undertake 10 or not that rs as
permanent arrangement is declared by
AAAA al Ut NAAt9aAa AAN 30 AN ef---a
matter Of his ability 20 do without PIE.
He has a decided fondness for New
England pie OF the kind that mother
used 60 make still IL his majesty OK
Siam is willing 20 follow the advice
of Paramount StrObel In the interna-
tOnal events which have made the ad-
wiser necessary, be may even acquire
an appetite for pie. Dr. StrObel ls 20
return % his chair AZ Harvard In 1910
unless the manipulation Of world poll
cies, az a salary of $4,000, proves
more attractive
Harlan on Temperance.
Last Sunday Justice John M. Har-
Ian OF the United States supreme court,
who Isl an assiduOus attendant az sun
day school. was called upon % con-
duct a temperance lesson. Every pody
who has seen the justice has remarked
the tireless energy Of his mouth. not
always engaged. however. In the ut-
terance Of wisdom. he frankly saId
that he felt himself to be not the kind
OF person 90 give young men the best
instruction in matters OF this KIND.
Then he owned 90 having used tobacco
since he was 10 years old, remarHng
iu his dry way, This Is what stunted
my growth" He is one Of the most
commanding figures in the capital
the light of a shirker Of responsibility
for his own weakness, he said that al
most any Kentucky boy Of 90 might
accuse his early surroundings Of MS
tobacco habit since half a century ago
men and women ln that state rather
encouraged than discouraged its use
When his own sons were growing up
he decided 90 break on che tobacco
habit and for a time was successful
But abstinence in this particular made
him so nervous that he speedily re-
turned 90 the weed. Ills boys. how
ever may have gotten so much OF 10
by proxy. as 30 were. that they showed
no inclination 90 either smoke or chew.
I'm the use of alcoholics. Justice Har-
Ian made a strong argument I'M favor
Of abstinence rather than teetOtalism.
For those parents who ind drink a
source Of danger he would urge total
abstinence, but held that this was a
matter upon which each should be his
own judge. He quoted a number of
passages from the Bible In cOmmenda-
ton of the use OF liquors on various
occasions IN life.
Another Sunday school enthusiast is
Justice Brewer. who has for years con-
Quoted a class in one of the fashion
able churches.
New Postal Scheme.
Among the many propositions which
fell through for lack Of time in which
10 unfold their advantages during The
last session Of congress was Senator
Fairbanks effort 90 have S25 600 APP
propriated by congress for experiment.
al rural telephone free mail delivery.
The plan Is % have the government
issue q new telephone special delivery
rural mail starip. This stamp would
be notice 90 the postmaster 20 whose
office q letter AS 3irected that he ls 90
open the letter and repeat the mes
sage over the telephone 60 the person
to whom the letJe- is addpessed, or, az
least oeiiFer 10 90 persons VINO would
see that the contents az the letter were
made tO the proper party az once.
OF course, such a pian presuppOsrs the
erection Of telephone systems through
out rural districts. But IL the govern
ment proposed t0 issue telephone &C.
livery stamp for use on special deliV-
cry matter addressed 10 the inhabit-
ants of such districts, private enter
prise would not be- long in stringins
wires over tho corn nelds and mea g. l
oWs, ana The rates could easily De made /
t0 come within the farmers means. In !
az least an o. the progressive central I
states the farmers telephone lines ale /
ready extend from len to TWENTY-FIVE /
miles back from Inc telegraph sta /
lions, ana are f0u1t to grGat'y reduce f.
the cost OF ranld communication. as i
telegraph messengers deliver only With +
ln O radius Of one OF two miles of the (
once, and longer trips are made att
cNorbltant rates