The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-06
In the Public Eye

In the Public Eye
On country bar rooms said Profes-
sor Walter a.. Wyckoff, the sociological
expert ot Princeton. there are rarely
chairs as there are I'm our urban cafes.
but every one must stand up to drink.
one day in New England tavern L
was inquisitive enough to ask the bar
Keeper why he had no chairs for his
guests.
No man drinks here. said the bar
keeper severely. longer than he can
stand
Secretary OF War Root, before he
sailed for England on the Celtic to take
ms place on the Aleska boundary com
mission said
1t is the purpose Of the, comm ssion
10 put finAs 20 the years Of squabbling
over the boundary. but with a lot of in
lernational Jaw and lawyers 10 deal
with it is hard to say how far short
OF this purpose we viii fall"
Then Secretary Root told story IL
Illustrative of the laws delays
There was q lawyer" he said. land
he had a SON. This son was bred TO
the law, and ON the DAY Of his admis-
sion 10 the bar his father transferred to
MN "a very important, very complicated,
very old case.
The case had been running a matter
Of seventeen years The son attacked
it diligently, unwOund its many tangles
and in six months had it settled. With
this news he visited his father, joy
Ously
'Hurrah ne said. 7 have settled
that case Won gave me-
Settled it" the father exclaimed,
reddentng with Ve2.atiOn. why, gave
you that case as an annuity. L intended
it as tight little income TO last you
all your life
When General Fitzhugh Lee went
home after the war with Spain and the
evacuation of Havana he made calls
on all his neighbors, as a matter Of
course. and was received with marked
cOldness by the old chap who had
served under him during the rebellion.
Lee tried his best TO warm the old
friend and neighbOr up. and finally felt
impelled 20 inquire what the matter
was
General. 7 allow as how we've always
been friends" asked the veteran in
return.
''Y-e-s. we have" replied Lee. "and
there's nothing in the world 1 would not
do for you"
"wen. there's just one thing I allow
you can do for me, and that is TO send
me word half an hour afore you're
ready 10 die. so that I may make haste
70 shuttle or ahead Of you"
why" asked Lee. his amazement
increasing what under heaven is your
reason for wanting to die before me2"
I'm mighty anxious was the reply.
to hear what in the h General Ju-baI
EARLY says when he sees you a-cOmin'
in the golden gate in a blue uniform"
Philadelphia Times.
Hon. Wilson S. Bisseu conducted at
one time a partnership in law with
Grover Cleveland. Mr.. Cleveland. dur
ing fhis partnership, frequently went
hunting and fishing and would never
fail, on his return, to send a bird or a
bass TO Bissell.
One day "a servant of Mr.. Cleveland,
boy Of IL or thereabO brought
from his master to Bissell a basket Of
fish, Mr.. BisseH thanked the lad. and
then felt in his pocket for n quarter,
but his pocket was empty of silver; it
contained nothing but notes Of large de-
nomination.
Thank you for the fish, my boy" re-
peated Mr.. Bisseu, and ne turned
again to his desk. He thought it hard:-
worth while to explain that he had no
change He doubted if the lad was
anxious enough for a tip to be willing
TO ransack the neighborhood for change
for a large bill. But here the boy set
him right
Mr.. BisseH," he said, excuse me"
and he wriggled difhdently.
We'll my lad. what is it?"
Why said the boy, when ] go back
home and tell Mr.. Cleveland that Z de-
livered the fish if ne asks me what you
gave me. what would you like me 10
say 10 him. sir2'
Jerome s. NcWade," said Booker T
Washington. seemed to me, when
was a boy. 20 be the smartest cOlOred
man i'm the world
Jerome was slave. He lived in
Virginia. at Haie's ford. one day ne
appeared i'm a red velvet waistcoat, and
straightway me was seized and taken
10 the office for this waistcOat was the
masters property The master had
worn il on his wedding day.
well, Jerome managed to prove that
ne had not stolen the waistcoat- CAL
houn Hamilton had stolen it. and Je-
rome had bought it from Calhoun for
q small sum.
Now, Jerome the master said, T
admit you're not a thief. but you're "a
receiver of stolen goods. and that's just
as bad
NO. no. SIR. said Jerome. NO. no.
That is not just as bad by any means.
Why isn't IT just as bad? said the
master.
Because YOU wouldn't receive stolen
goods yourself. sir IF it was bad
How do YOU mean Me "a receiver
OF stolen goods? Explain yourself the
master commanded.
why. sir said Jerome. YOU bought
and paid for me- the same as 1 bought
and paid for that red velvet waistcoat.
Wen. wasn't 7 stolen, same as the
waistcoat was2 Wasn't I stolen out of
Africa?
William Dean Howels has acted as the
literary godfather for many young native
authors who sought him out early in
their careers 90 ask his good offices. one
of these. al least was not uugratefUl.
for when he arrived and had reached
that position where his say in literary af-
fairs meant something. he never lost an
opporsunlty 90 say nice things or me
autnor of "Silas LaDham. on one Oc-
dress before a body of literary men iu
which he virtually asserted that every
thing good and great I'm native literature
owed its inspiration to HOwells. The adj
dress was printed far and wide and COM
mented ON al length. not always in q
manner complimentary 20 it's author. Mr.
Towells attention was naturally called
20 the matter. and he wrote his prOtego
a letter in which De involved "a story of
two men who. bathing at the seashore.
We're seen struggling and crying for help.