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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-06

Just think of the Idiot speaking before that Bos-
Harvard would probably give him an Ii. d for his
WondrOuS contribution to the cause of education said
Mr.. Brief. Then we should hear Of DR.. Idiot, the
probable successor to DR.. Eliot. ] tell you"
Don't tell us-please." said the Idiot You draw
such an alluring picture of the future that you might
tempt me to give up trying to unload the bonds of the
United States Panama Hat company upon an unsus-
pecttnG public and announce myself definitely as a can
didate for the presidency of Yale or Harvard"
You might write a letter to the newspapers en-
bodying your views on the subject, however" said Mr..
Whitechoker, who was visibly Interested.
Il shall never waste any Of my ideas upon the
desert correspondence column" returned the Idiot.
I'd rather put EN- somewhere where they'll be read
in the last chapter Of a romantic novel or in the ad-
vertising pages Of a magazine"
You're so coy about saying what they are OBJ
served Mr.. Brief, that L don't believe you've got any
views on the subject"
yes I have" said the IDIOT. 'and they're simple.
They are summed up in the injunction, Teach the
Boys How TO do Something Doesn't make any diff
ference what it is as long as it's something. There isn't
much to do except read Latin at sight and that isn't
much help in the dry goods business, and even a most
intimate knowledge Of the minute details Of the Seven
teenth Puuic war isn't going to get Mr.. SchWab's place
for anybody. Fancy a boy walking up to Mr.. Pierpont
Morgan and saying. Mr.. Morgan. I want a job Wen
says Morgan. what can you do2' L can tell you who
was king of Kamschatka in 3. C. 423, and I can quote
Homer 10 beat the band What do you suppose Mr..
Morgan would say to that young man-why it wouldn't
be fit to print"
They do teach young men the professions" said
Mr.. Brief. Law, medicine, theology, letters
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aunt's new white satin parasOl had just been fairly
decided, and they were approaching the corner where
the eldest child must give up her place, when there
sounded on the heavy air the startling, hurrying
clang of a IRE bell.
People put their heads out of the windows; they
rushed from all sides; they looked north and south and
east and west; they peered up and down the cross
streets, and then they saw and heard. far down the
street, a rafting, glittering mass, the swept names and
headlOng gait of gaIOping horses, and amidst smoke
clouds and changing, in a furious whirI Of brass and
ing. Two more engines rumbled herceIy behind. like
chariots in a terrific chariot race, with enormous
plunging horses and helmeted hremen straining for
ward on the front seats Little boys chased behind
through the sitting clouds of dust. stumbling and
whistling and yelling is an ec~tasy Of excitement, and
a hurrying crowd walked and ran in their wake.
IN this crowd Annie and the children were swept,
Just as they were always swept when there was a fire
in their EeighborhOod; but this time with an especial
enthusiasm. for high up on the front of the Earring
hook and ladder wagon that closed the procession they
saw Mr. Murphy What was more remarkable, in all
the crowd and in mis- rushing passage he had seen
them and touched his helmet and smiled magnificent
ly at them.
And it seemed only fitting when they reached the
object Of so rapid a chase, led by engines so glorious.
that this should be a raging fire in a building SO given
up to it. that its square lines and fat front were seen
Wavering and almost hidden in clouds of black smoke,
with sheets Of flame rising from-its roof and brilliant
tongues darting from its lower windows
But that impulse of excitement which had drawn
them to IL as to an exhilarating spectacle, received a
cold and diZzying shock when they SAW standing on
the doorstep of a house opposite q stocky, grim-faced
Old Irish woman, her face white and her lips working.
straining her absorbed gaze at one OF the windows Of
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bring good references and would call at the Office the
following Monday they would give him a place in the
packing department at s. per week. He's the only
man in my experience who ever got of that eligible
list, and it took him just twenty years, three months
and five days to do it,"
Very interesting" said Mr.. Whitechoker. And
what did Mr.. BilSer do? Write a polite letter declin-
ms the position"
Not he" said the idiot. He gave it to his son.
Jack Bilker. jr" who had just taken his degree at the
university of Magenta, and sent him down to get the
place. He got 1t and begins work tomorrow
i shouldn't think a man with S20OOO.OOO would want
his son to take a position of that kind" said Mrs.
Pedagogue.
"Oh, yes, indeed" said the idiot. cts exa,u y what
ne did want Living on the income of $4,000. 600 is
very expensive business, Mrs. Pedagogue. and even
the millionaire in these days cannot afford to sneeze
at a S. bill"
There must be something wrong with our system
II q Weh-instructed youth. willing and able to work,
cannot secure employment" said Mr.. Pedagogue.
such a condition Of affairs would soon give a black
eye to the cause of education"
1t is not the fault Of our system observed the
Idiot It's the fault of our colleges mainly and incl
dentaty Of the boys themselves. I wonder sometimes
why. when the educational congress meets in Boston
we do not hear Of papers by our college presidents on
this particular subject. They discuss Latin and Greek
ard hVe-minute courses. and Should Seniors be
Spanked and things like that. but What Shall We
DO To Get the BOYS a Job seems TO have escaped the
eagle eyes Of DR.. Hadley, President Eliot and Or. Mich
olas Murray Butler. I wish they'd ask me to one Of
their conferences just once. I'd give EN- a talk on
What Is Our Duty to the Kid? that would open their
eyes"
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50 You took up poetry to pay your poor but hon
est bills?' said the Idiot.
ally.
And nobody blames you" said the idiot. There's
no telling what some of us may come to yet. You
might nave taken to drink, which i'm my humble judg-
ment is worse than writing poetry"
Probably would have, if he'd had the money"
sneered Mr.. Brief.
ITS the same old story year after year" said the
idiot Times haven't changed in twenty years. That
thing business men call the eligible list. on which they
place the names OF al ambitious Bachelors Of Arts who
apply for work. is the finest cemetery for undeveIoped
talent in all creation. Get your name on il once and
Gabriels trumpet itself won't get It off. except in very
rare Instances. Take the case Of my friend. Jack Blk
er, for instance. He was in my class in college. way
back in 1888. and when commencement time came he
was our Valedictorian~ He was beyond all question.
present company excepted, the cleverest man I'm the
class In the fall he went the rounds looking for a
Jop' ana got his name on sixty eligible lists. but moth
ing more. Then, Disguised. he went to South America
ana married the daughter of a rich Brazilian. whose
brother had been a classmate OF his. The old father
lh-laW died a few years later, leaving all his money
70 MS two children, and i'm 1893 Brker came back TO
New York with his Sl0.000O 600 wife. Years passed and
by careful investment of his wife's fortune he ran fl
up to something like $%2O,0O0,OOO, and what do you think
happened 20 him last week.
Lost il an on Wall street" suggested the Biblio-
maniac.
mo, sir. He got a letter" said the Idiot. "a letter
from one Of the firms in New York to whom he ap-
piled twenty years ago for a job. saying that thew
had at last found an opening for him and IL he could
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-06
When the 0rIzzIy Bear Was q Decided NOVELTY.

The famous Grisly Bear. hitherto unseen
In the inhabited countries, and entirely UNI
known until the celebrated A.. Mackenzie
gave some account of that extraordinary
animal having met him in the neighbor-
hood Of the Rocky mountains. by 50 de-
grees north latitude, ia his ever-memora-
bic expedition 10 the Pacific ocean through
the northwestern continent of America.
This animal was bore il the spring Of
the wear 1902. not far from the sources or
the river Missoury. about 1880 miles from
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BY the size of this one. who has hardly
attained q third pert OF his bigness. by
the length Of his laws when vet so
young, one may form an idea of the DOW
eriul strength Of that dangerous animal,
which may be, considered as the most
formidable wild beast of the continent of
America.
During the. short time OF 2 weeks only
viii TIE Grisly Bear be seen al anv hour
OF tic day. at the MUSEUM.
The price OF Rdmittance . cents and
hait price for Observation-Disclosures
North American. Aug. 20. 1895.
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M2ckenzie's own expressions respecting
that extraordinary beast are as follows:
we perceive along tho riv r.. tracks Of
iarge bears, some OF which were nine
inches wide and Of a pr0pOrtiOnate length
We saw one Of their dcns or winter quar-
ters, called waite, which was ten feet
deep five feet high, and six feet wide;
but we had not yet seen one of these ani-
mails. The Indians entertain great appre-
pensions Of this kind 81 "A bear. which is
called The Grlsly Bear and they never
venture 70 attack it but in q party of at
Ieast three or fnnr.n
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Philadelphia. in a country inhabited by an
indian nation called the C-ottanohowes
lie is the first Of his species that ever
was seen, and seems to be a separate
class OF white bear. which differs from
u~raiists. as well i'm point Of color as i'm
point Of i~ncliuations.
Ills hair Is kind OF straw color or light
sorrel- neither hard nor stiff. but some
what like wool His inclinations are so
ferocious that he follows the tracks Of
men and attacks them with undaunted
fury.
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BY EDITH WYATT.

than by the power Of her thought, which was Of the
most soothing and casual nature, and made no pre-
tense Of being convincing.
she used TO come with her daughters children to
buy candy for them; and on these occasions Annie
would talk 10 her about her nieces and nephews: how
her eldest niece had hair reaching below her waist:
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Mrs. lie Grande on her side made appreciative mon
~osylabic replies. She was so pleased with Annie that
she invited her to come to see her. and TO bring her
nephews and nieces TO play with her daughters chill
dren.
The day was so OppressiVely warm that the streets
were empty and almost still; the grass Of the empty
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how they were all such perfect cut-ups; how on April
FOOLS day they made some chocolates with cotton bat
ting inside. and gave them TO a friend Of hers-it had
been Mr. Murphy; how they were just in mischief all
at a baby show.
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the stricken building. where a little group Of factory
girls were occasionally and dimly visible through the
mists Of the smoke.
The people in the crowd were making frantic and
helpless gestures; they stretched out their arms to the
girls; they called to them not to jump-to wait. The
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Copyright, 1909
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-07-27

tlCuu duOpCoud, oCSuhT = ASAS>ASA
los periodicos, por la madre de
Ricardo Gallego, al enterarse del
crimen barbara que perpetro. su
hiio en- la persona de una cria-
tuta indefensa, madre de otro
hijo que aun no habia soltado ell
agarradero de la entrafla pro-
creadora para entrar en- la vida.
Frente a la salvaje tentativa
de asesinato, ejecutada por Ri
cardo Gallego contra su esposa
en- cinta, la madre, la paridora
del asesino, sobrepone ell instln-
to de la justicia al instinto de la
maternidad reniega de los vim
culos carnales que la ligan con
Ell matador; Sc coloca al lado de
la victima, proclamando su vir-
tud. sus bondades, su resigna-
cion Y su mansedumbre, y acu-
sa denodadamente a Ricardo,
para cuyo feroz delito no halla
excusa de ninguna clase.
Yo admire a esa mujer que
pone la justicia y la piedad ha-
cia su projimo iniustamente
maltratado, por encima de las
rutinarias pragmaticas mater
males. que un romanticismo es-
t1pido, ayudado por la costum-
bre, ha convertible en- ley, 81 no
de conciencia, de bombo y plati-
Hos para el vulgo.
lHiio!. :. Madre l.... Son
estas dos palabras sagradas dos
nombres inviolables, ante los
cuales es necesario bajar la fren-
te. Ell culto a la madre, por ell
solo hecho de parirnos, es 1ndis-
cutible; ell amor al hijo, por el
solo hecho de enjendrarlo, es
obligatorio - han exclamado
muchos autores en- sus dramas,
no escasos poetas en- sus versos,
incontables moralistas en- sus
discursos. y sobre diez mil nove-
ladores en- sus obras.-iHij
lMadre!. . :. Basta Ell enuncia-
do de estos nombres para que
los padres sc inclinen amorosa
e irreflexivamente ante ell peda-
20 de carne viva que produjo su
amor; para que los hijos Sc arro-
dillen, deifcandolos, ante ell ma
cho que tuvo la comodidad de
engendrarles 8 ante la hembra
que les hizo hueco en- su vien-
tire.
ST esos hijos son malos, cri-
minales. crueles, 81 llevan la ig-
nominia a su hogar, no importa;
los padres deben disculpar sus
maldades y sus infamias y sus
crimenes; 81 esos padres, con su
proceder y con sus torpezas. GU
bren de baldon a sus hijos, no
importa tampoco; hay que ado.
rarlos, hay que defenderlos. Y
81 alguien nos recrimina por
nuestra actitud, basta que nos
encaremos con ell publico, abrien-
do los brazos, y que gritemos,
entire sollozos: iEs mi hijo!.. i.
iSon mis- padres!, para que la
gente incline la cabeza en- ell
mundo y la galeria aplauda en-
Ell teatro.
"El quito sagrado de la ma
dre." "El amor santo de los hi
JOS" He ahi dos resortes muy
eficaces en- la sociedad y en- la
escepa.
Contra tales afectos de quin-
callerfa y tales efectos de relum-
bron, han protestado, en- el mum
do artistico, varios escritores
que tenian sentido com1n y
honradez literaria.
Ell acto material de dar vida
a un ser, no autoriza a reclamar
preeminencias de hijo, a exigir
derechos de padre-exclaman
esos hombres. Ell hecho de dar
vida g. de recibir vida es una
function fisiologica. que por 81
sola no sautoriza, con toda pleni-
tud de prerrogativas morales, el
-. L.. .1,.@y.&1,,1a \ q
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-07-27
laHHW nHIH IiWll .19 ALLEN st.
WHHI HULL UiylULv San JuaD. Pa. .Ra

Bsta casa, montada con todo el lujo
J cOmodidades de Ia epoca, esta situada
en- la parte mas aristocratica de la
citldad, frente al suntuoso Casino Es-
Pahel. Els ell edifcio mas elegante DON
d el p1blieo hallara un servicio esme-
Fado, afable trato y precios econ6micos.
PFe0i0s cenvencionales
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-07-27
LANMADREDEfHOY

SC SuNAAA(oA pOL A0$CAld OuC6d,
ttil y venturosa; los que la hon.
ran con ell ejemplo de su propia
honradez; los que nj la abando.
nan de niiio nj la afrentan de
hombre. Estos son los padres;
que tienen pleno 'derecho de os-
tentar ese titulo. ---}
Observation-Disclosures, en- la
acepcion verdadera de Ia pala-
bra, son quienes, a cambio de la
vida, del alimento, de la educa-
cion que reciben, devuelven a
IN padre amor, respeto y protec-
cion; los que honran con su pro-
pia honradez la honradez de sus
progenitores; los que .alegran.
sus canas, procurando ser bue-
nos y titles; los que, cuando el
cuerpo de los padres Sc inclina
,hacia la terra, vencido por las
.pesadumbres de Ia edad, extien-
den los brazos y les sostienen
con ellos en- ell lecho definitivo
de la fosa. Estos son los hijos;
los que tienen positiva autoriza-
ci6n para reclamar esa cedula.
Los padres que abandonan a
sus hijos en- el momento de ma
Ger; o que, malcriandolos en- la
infancia, les averguenZan en- la
juventud, con el espectaculo de
sus vicios 9 les escarnecen con
la memoria de sus crimenes, no
pueden exigir los privilegios de
la paternidad. Los hijos estan
facultados para renegar de esos
seres; pueden y deben recusar-
los, como pueden y deben recu-
sar los padres a sus hijos cuando
estos, olvidando caricias y afa-
mes, y educaciones y consoles,
acaban por convertlrse, 40 en-
baculos que gufen a la tumba el
paso de sus progenitores, en- bes-
'tias feroces que salpiquen con
gotas de sangre sus cabelleras
blancas.
Asi hablan en- la vida v en- Ell
escenario los hombres de senti-
do com1n a que me refiero. No
el vinculO material; los vincu-
los morales deben constituir la
familia particular; vinculos te-
,jidos con lazos de amor, de res
|peto, de honradez, de justicia,
que vayan, POGO a POGO, extern
|dienio sus dimensiones, para
constituir en- un abrazo frater-
nal de todas las familias parti-
culares la gran familia humana.
La madre de Ricardo Gallego
ha sido, con ell impulsivo arran-
que de su corazon justiciero y
fuerle, apostol generoso de tan
altruistas ideales.
-No-ha gritado. -Ese hon.
bre que esgrime la navaja con-
ira una Criatura virtuosa resig-G
NADIA E indefensa; csc hombre
que no duda en- atentar contra
la vida de una muier que llevs.
en- sus entraflaS un cacho de
|carne de los dos, no es mi hijo.
Yo reniego de el. Mi hija es
esta, la victima, la criadora futu-i
ia de otro hijo, que acaso, puri-S
ficando con las condiciones no.
bles de su madre las condolences
innoble del padre. merezca ell
titulo que no doy a Ricardo
Gallego.
En- estas exclamaciones de la
madre del criminal palpita ell
germen de las nuevas ideas, Dor
virtud de las cuales Sc quieren
|constituir las familias, no con
vfnculos fsiologicos, con lazos
de amor, de respeto, de hon
radez, de justicia, para que,
andando el tempo, Sc cons
tituya la gran familia humana
y no haya ocasion de repetir las
palabras de JESUS, cuando lie di-
jeron que "su rnadre y sus her.
manos preguntaban por er'.
"-Yo no tengo r1adre " her
manos. Mi rnadre y mis- her
m anne ~cor1 1oc SSy,a a a~,;a4,ro., 30
The Delta independent., 1903-11-13
Another Scare From the scien.is.

DIR. Wiley, government chemist. Is.
sues warning against soda water and
iced tea To drink these hot weather
mixtures is suicidal, according to the
wise man. Worse than this. however,
is the ofiiaial announcement that veg.
etables are not what they are cracked
up to be. DR.. Wiley tells us that the
preparation of the soil for vegetable
growth is a fruitful cause Of disease.
He further says that meateating Is
expedient in hot weather as in cold.
But he recommends bread. and butter
as especially blameless. Yesterday
-acience" said thumbs up. To-day 1t
confuses the understanding by uneS.
rectedly ordering thumbs down. To
morrow It will be wiggle waggle.
The Delta independent., 1903-11-13
kiDD's GOLD IN BROOKLYN.
Digging for s55 100000 in the Cellar
Of Big Coffee Mills.

Of Big Coffee Mills.
Excavations are being made at
present in the cellar of the coffee
mills at the foot of Bridge street,
Brooklyn, for the purpose of unearth.
ing $55,000,000 in treasure. suppose to
have been buried in that spot years
ago by the notorious pirate, Capt
Kidd.
Men are working day and night by
candle light In the old cellar. The
excavations are being supervised by
Henry Endum. and permission to dig
up the cellar has been obtained from
W. A. Jameson, the head of the coffee
mills. Promise has been made to him
by Endum that one-half of the i'm
mense treasure shall be his when
found.
That there is treasure in great
quantities reposing in iron bound
chests and hogsheads many feet be
meath the buildings foundations. En-
dunn is confident. Spirits, he says. re-
vealed to him the location of the enor
nous wealth.
Far down in the earth, he says. are
buried Jewels. geld ard silver coin
and bullion and jewel-y of an antique
pattern. Where now stands the mills
on the site of which excavations are
now being made. ence flowed a river,
OLD residents OF Brooklyn say. 1t was
on the banks Of this stream. En- lum
declares. that the pirate cached his
enormous wealth.
Tragedy almost resulted when the
work Of digging out the treasure was
first begun. Inclined to secrecy. and
fearing attempts upon his life were
his secret made known too soon, En-
dunn started the work with his 12-ycar-
old son. They had dug but Il small
hole when a cavein occurred, buryins
the lad. He was almost suffocated
before his father could get him out
New York Herald.
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last all through the year. Every
morning she digs and hoes on her
small farm, and every afternoon she
pushes through the streets with her
little go-cart, selling her fresh and eX
cellent vegetables.
She has a host of regular customers,
and these customers wait for her
every day. And they do we'll to wait
for her, too, for she always brings
them truck that has been gathered
but a few hours.
Eleanor's farm is loaned to her by
the Philadelphia Vacant Lot Cultiva-
ton Association, charity of an un-
usually beneficient kind. This asso-
citation has 200 acres of vacant land
that certain wealthy Phiadelphians
have entrusted to it until the time
when they shall need the land to build
upon.
These 200 acres are loaned in
patches to such people as are unable
to keep up the fierce struggle for an
existence in a great city.
The Delta independent., 1903-11-13
Club of BsId Heads.

The newest freak" club is one fo-
bald.headed men. for membership Of
which one stray hair on the crown q,
the head Is sufficient to blackball
Senator Hanna has been refused e!ec.
tion for the present because he Is roi
quite hairless on top, and quite nun.
Der of less notable people are on the
waiting list fer the game
reason. Some are declared to have Sc.
cured election by having t<e few re.
naming hairs plucked out
The Delta independent., 1903-11-13
Frenchman in Hard Position.

A Frenchman named LiIlier is in an
awkward position. The Paris author.
tiles have forbidden him to live in
I,sat city. while the military author.
ties have ordered him to remain 10
Paris. He was arrested, the other
day, on charge Of theft and sen
fenced to one months Imprisonment
If that sentence is served out in .
Paris gaol the civil court may further
imprison him for residing In the city.
If he is sent to country prison the
military will prosecute him.
The Delta independent., 1903-11-13
GIRL FARMER OF IL.
How Eleanor keefauver a Pretty

How Eleanor keefauVer, Pretty
Huckster, Supports a Family.
With the responsibility of family
of seven on her dimunitive shoulders.
little Eleanor Keefauver, of Wet
Philadelphia, is making a plucky fight
for existence, and already she Is
known as the youngest and one of the
most successful farmers in America.
This small farmer, only 12 years
old, operates an extensive truck patch
and the produce she gathers she sells
from door to door, and by this means
earns during the summer at least $40
week, besides supplying the table
at home with vegetables enough to
The Delta independent., 1903-11-13
- 4 BIOGRAPHY OF ADAM.
Some Facts In the Life OF Our Uni
versaI Father,

versal Father.
Celebrated as the original father Of
his country. Also noted as the dis.
ccverer of sin. In his day the gen.
uine "only thing that ever happened"
Only man that ever told the truth
when he told his best girl she was
the only girl he ever even thought
Of" Owing to Irregularities, which
be was mean enough to blame on his
The Delta independent., 1903-11-13

wife, Adam was relieved of his job as
head gardner in Eden. He married
well, his wife being the first lady
of the land" At one time he held
the record for old age-being $50.
This record was afterward smashed
by Methuselah and Noah. Is repudi-
ated as an ancestor by most of our
first families, as that would entail
the acknowledse sement of tCo many
poor relations. Was the first father
who ever had trouble with his sons,
but not the last.-Boston Globe.
The Delta independent., 1903-11-13


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