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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20

been hidden in the ruins of the church
by a demented old retainer Of the Ma
guire family, TO which the dead and de-
famed mother belonged; and this an
Gent lunatic has made up what he calls
his mind TO never divulge the secret tin
the rightful heir proves his identity by
singing the traditional ballad about
The Legend of the Maguires."
Now we get to the moonlit scene Of
the shattered abbey. A lot of funny
things happen, and then the plot and
the weather thicken. A storm comes
up while Mack is searching high. low
and in vain for the register The aged
loon Wanders and R1aunders, till by a
flash Of lightning he sees the heir face
To face and is amazed by the Mcguire
resemblance. But he won't believe his
eyes unless his ears hear The Legend
of the Maguires" as Wen. So Mack
uRsOliied parentage and his right 10 the
earldom. But he doesn't get away with
II so easily. The boss villain and two
assistants are there 10 kill him. He has
a desperate encounter with them while
( the lightning flashes and the thunder
peals. BY the ftful light we see him
knock his three antagonists down, one
after another, but the combination
against him is too strong TO beat with
fists. and so ne escapes by a terrific
leap from broken window 10 a stream
that is supposed TO run far below. Hur-
roo!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20
THANKSGIVING DAY.

IN THURSDAY OF this week the two
" hundred and eighty-third Ameri-
can Thanksgiving day will be cele-
brated. It was in 1921 that Governor
Bradford OF the Plymouth colony,
though he had little reason. except by
comparison, TO feel thankful, issued the
first proclamation calling upon the peo-
pie to devote a designated day to
Thanksgiving and prayer. The first
proclamation by a president Of the
United States was issued in 1863 by
President Abraham Lincoln.
1t was in 1863 that the armies of the
north made their first decided advances.
The battle OF Gettysburg had been
fought and won, Vicksburg had fallen,
and these, with other victories. gave the
north abundant cause for rejoicing. The
south did not feel thankful in 1863, but
this year it will join with the rest of
the nation, as it has joined for many
years. in making next Thursday a day
OF real thanksgiving.
There is little left in the United States
in the year Of our Lord 1904 Of the spirit
of the first Thanksgiving day celebra-
ton. In 1921 the people were deveutly
thankful because they were enabled for
the first time TO see light through the
gloom OF their surroundings. They had
harvested their first bountiful crops,
sickness and afTliction had. in a meas
ure. passed away and, though they
knew that the future held for them
much hardship, they felt that they could
go forward with brave hearts and Sc
rene courage.
IN the olden days, and, indeed, up to
within the last twenty-five or thirty
years, the true spirit Of Thanksgiving
day prevailed. The churches were al
ways thronged with devout worship
pers, the day was celebrated quietly
and decorously. Today Thanksgiving
day is regarded as a holiday in the
broadcast sense of the word. Not one
person in a hundred so much as thinks
of going to church. There are too many
football games, too many hunting par
ties. too many outings of every charac-
ter. People don't have any time for
church.
We can't say that we have any quar-
rel with the modern method of celebrat-
ing. A man may be thankful even if he
doesn't go TO church. But the tendency
TO forget to be thankful even for a min
ute is entirely too pronounced. And
everybody can find some reason for re-
joicing this year If ne cares to look for
it, This applies to even our Democratic
friends. And we are sure our Republi-
can friends win be too generous to rub
it in" next Thursday.
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WARE STEPS OUT.

DENSIoN COMMISSIONER WARES
L resignation seems to have taken eff
feet more quickly than he intended. It
appears that he expected to remain in
Office until Dec. Is. but his resignation
specified no date when it was to take
effect and President Roosevelt accepted
it Immediately. Ware must have been
in poetic frame 90 mind when he
wrote that resignation Poets. you
know, are VIGOROUSLY poor business
men.
Mr.. Ware has not been a brilliant
success as pension commissioner. In
deed, It seems to be extremely hard to
get a first rate man to fiji the Office. H.
Clay Evans Of Tennessee filed il ac-
eeptably to a majority of the people,
but he was driven out Of it by the PEN
sion grabbers. This because ne had a
perverse habit Of insisting on the thor
ough proving up Of every case before
he would grant the applicant a pension.
The pension commissionership is at
best a thankless sort of job. II the off,
Ger does his full duty he incurs the
everlasting enmity Of the pension grab
bers; If the grabbers are allowed to run
things the commissioner incurs the en-
nifty of the public. He IS between the
devil and the deep blue sea all the time
Mr.. Ware has had enough Of 1t, as most
Of his predecessors had enough before
they retired.
Nobody will seriously deny the propo-
sition that the government should be
generous with its veteran fighting men.
But it is difficult for us to understand
what obligation the nation owes TO a
man who received a bounty when he
enlisted and who served perhaps thirty,
sixty or ninety days without ever get
ting close 20 battle. Some distinction
in service should be made. The soldier
who enlisted for the war and fought
until it was over is surely entitled 10
more consideration than the thirty-day
man.
We suppose. however. that for the
next fifty or sixty years we win be pay
ing pensions on account of the war Of
the rebellion. And Il is impossible 10
believe that in all the payments that
have been made on pensions and to be
paid on them there is no faint of fraud.
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him naked and wounded and bleeding.
A priest came that way and saw the
robbers victim, but he passed by on
the other side. Then came Levite
He. too. looked at the wounded man.
but passed by on the other side.
But a certain Samaritan, as ne jour
neyed. came where he was; and when
he saw him he had compassion on him.
And went 30 him, and bound up his
wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and
set him ON his own beast. and brought
him to an inn and took care of him"
Men OF the priest and Levite class are
not 50 very rare these days. They knew
the wounded man was in sore need Of
immediate help. but they gave him no
attention. For all they cared the af-
fiicted one might have died miserably
by the roadside. It was not their bust
ness, they thought, to look after him
Perhaps he was not of the priests faith,
perhaps he was not Of the Levite's,
That is the only excuse, if excuse it may
be called, that can be found for them
We believe the world is growing bet
ter. We do not believe it would be pos
sible for a man to lie wounded by the
side of road without help from the
first passing stranger. No question Of
religion or class or sect would enter to-
day into the relief of distress so appar-
emit. True, after the wounded mans first
needs had been looked after the city
and county might quarrel as to his fu-
ture care. but certainly he would some
how be relieved. Instances OF such OBJ
vious necessity are not frequent how
ever. 1t is the distress that hides its
head that most needs care. fer nobody
is responsible for cases OF that char
acter.
We pass people on the street every
day who don't have enough to eat
There are people in Salt Lake who will
not have enough to eat next Thursday,
the day of all days when the hungry
should be fed. The real Samaritan is
the Samaritan who looks up the dis
tressed. You can find them, anybody
can find them. There may be a family
on your own block that needs help.
VIII you look after that. family this
year?
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NO DECLINE IN BRAIN POWER.

nR. HYSLOP, distinguished English
with the apparent advance of civ
ilization there is in reality a diminu-
ton in intellectual vigor. mainly due to
faulty management in economy of
the assertion has been made that the
people of today have no more intellec-
tual power than those of a thousand or
two thousand years ago.
But have we any evidence of mental
deterioration? Has the progress that
has been made in the last few centuries
been merely the result of prior i'm
petus? In other words, have we ad-
vaneed because We could not help adj
vancing, rather than because we have
earnestly tried to advance? The sug-
gestion that the human race is deterior-
ating mentally seems 10 US intolerable
and indefensible. To show that the re-
verse of the proposition is true it is
necessary only TO point 10 the wonder
full strides made by science and art and
invention during the last hundred years.
We often hear it said that there are
no statesmen now like Jefferson and
Webster and Clay and a host of others
whose names are familiar 10 the student
OF history. But is It not true that the
historian who writes OF the statesmen
who are dead is always kinder to them
than the contemporary historian is to
the people Of whom he writes? We
make no pretenses TO iconQclasm, but is
it not barely possible that the average
of modern statesmen is as high as the
old-time average? And surely the in
ventors of the last twenty-five years
are fully equal in all respects TO those
Of other years.
The perfection of the automobile. the
wireless telegraph, hundreds of i'm
provements in telegraph and telephones.
marked progress in aerial navigation,
better railroads and railroad equipment
and many other things that might be
mentioned show that the human brain
is stiH alert, the average of intelligence
still high. And in the sciences our ad-
vancement has been marked so clearly
that all of US must recognize it.
1t would be astonishing. indeed, if the
world did not make progress. Ever
since there was a world it has been go
ing forward. and it viii keep on going
forward to the end of time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20

Portland gets the next meeting Of the
National Irrigation congress. The
Oregon city treated the Salt Lake dele
gates to the mining congress so nicely
that we are of course. IN duty bound
TO turn out largely when the Irrigation
congress assemblies next year
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20

The American Federation Of Labor
wants the japanese excluded from
America. That question will hardly be
a burning one for a long time. BY the
time the war is over there viii be
plenty Of room in Japan for all the
Japs that are left.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20

The announcement that the secretary
'ofthe New York horse show was trampled
by team and badly hurt surprises US.
From the New York papers we had
gathered the impression that the horse
show was an occasion for the display OF
everything except horses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20

IN THIS THANKSGIVING DAY sea-
son let Us recall the parable Of the
good Samaritan. You VIII remember
the man who went down from Jerusa-
lem TO Jericho and fell among thieves
who beat him and stripped him and left
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20

The Commercial club is trying to Sc
cure a canning plant II it will start
nv canning a few Of our esteemed citi-
zens we might mention wen give the
project our heartiest support.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20

An Iowa father is reported as saving
the honor Of his son by returning to a
bank. looted by the young man, every
cent Of the stolen money. Is the young
man rehabilitated by his fathers gem
erosity? Is ne not just as much a thief
now as he was before the restoration
was made2 Is man any the less a
thief because a relative saves him
from the penitentiary? ~.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20

At last We know why Judge Parker
was so badly beaten. Prophet" Elijah
Dowfe has given out the information.
He says he prayed for Roosevelt and
worked for him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20

1t beings to look as if there might be
something doing on the university
athletic field this afternoon. About
twenty-five young football players are
going TO be running wild"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20
wrong Department improved.

tMarysVdIe Free Lance.D
The Provo Enquirer i'm its issue Of Oct
Z has the cut of a simplex tvpesettinr
machine which has been installed i'm the
printing department. Ordinary mule sense
ought 10 have suggested that the first
crying need FOR Improvement IN the En-
quirer is in the editorial department.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20
An Admirer Speaks.
nocan IonrnaIl

That VIGOROUSLY incompetent disreput
able cbaracterless. hut Would-be charac-
ter assassinating. opology for newspa-
per more particularly designed as the
Provo Enquirer. is throwing fits In rapid
succession.
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Utilizing the candidates.
ATLANTA ConstitutionO

"pm doin' purity well now" said the
Georgia farmer; I've got sixteen ex-
candidates piciSin' cotton fer ne
How'd they come TO leave :he racer
Mules an money give out They
jumped the rabbit, but the rabbit outrun
err
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20
CRichfleld SUM

Quite q number of election bets were
made III Iachfeld during the campaign.
IL looks as II some OF the boys will have
70 wear their gauze underwear during
the winter
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Worked a Now Dodee.

CCoaiville Times.)
A number OF teams were out gathering
voters seeing to IL that none who were
registered should fail TO cast his vote.
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HUM0R IN STATE PRESS.
Interested in Airshins.

Dixie AdvOcate)
senator Snoot made a flying business
trip TO our county last week. leaving for
the north with President e H. Snow
"Wednesday
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Shortage in Supply of Pork.
(Rlchfield Reaper.D

(Richfield Reaper1
Anyone finding q small pig in a sack.
lost near Poulson mill. will please return
il 10 SAID mill.
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A pretty girl doesn't have 10 propose
during leap year and homely one is
afraid te--bBtz theTe.siss tlles strenuous
young Widow, -
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Bill Surprised En-.
Blue Outlook For Bows.

Qron County RecordD
hliam Glasmarn gave an intelligent
, last TUESDAY IN the opera hall.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20

Frank Moulan is a woman in
"Humpty Dumpty" and Mrs. MoUlan is
4 man. Her outlines are too curvili-
near to deceive. but he, upon his en-
trance as a cook lady, might be mis-
taken for the real thing until he speaks.
His is the principal comic character.
The manners and traits of the kitchen
boss as we in New York knew her,
have been written Into the part and he
does rather we'll with them. He is the
che grotesque figure excepting a funny
old king, if the many demons, mon
sters and beasts of the pantomime are
left out Of the count
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Hiawatha Hears Good Newg.

~H e%tAtA 1LCdlS OOQQ NEWS.
Much depressed was Hiawatha
Gloom psrched on his noble forehead
Sorr0W marked his every accent
1tiawatha was in trouble
news came IN from many counties
SaIne BY mail and came by wire
Word OF mouth and intuition.
everything has gone again u.s."
Hiswatha cried in anguish,
Nowhere Is there consolation
We have got the Merryhaha
mis- year is not Democratic
Much depressed was HiaWatha
DAY oy cay his sorrow deepened.
Five, he muttered. ION Joint ballot
only five are Democratic:
BaFber, Bennion, Cotam. Tolton,
Hamburger ana not one other.
Curse the luek!' cried Hiawatha
lame message up from LOa.
1ldlngs came from ofd wayne county,
Came word thai the count official
Gave another Democratic
Vote to figure on Joint ballot
Holy Smokei" cried Hiawatha,
lhls exceeds our expectations.
IhiS calls for 2 great rejoicing.
6l5aLner. Bennlon. Gotham, Tolton,
Hamburger and George L. SJringharn
Where we'd figured on a quintette
Sure as fate we've got sextcttel
on be joyful oh. ye people,
we've got six votes on joint ballot,
Good for Wayne, Hurrah for Stringham
Ihls Is cause for jubiiation.
The politics of candidates, we under
stand will be carefully considered az
the nOn-partisan school conventions.
In Montana a Republican legislator
elect proposes to write to each of his
supporters for the purpose OF learning
their choice for senator. In Utah mem
bers of the legislature are spared al
bother like this.
Among those who viii receive es-
pecial attention at Thanksgiving day
functions may be mentioned the turkey
family.
1t is authoritatively announced that
the presidents message viii not touch
upon the tariff. Even a partial relief
is some comfort.
The canvass of the Salt Lake returns
appears 20 merely accentuate what
happened to the Democrats.
We all have spells Of absent-minded-
ness occasionally and the people Of
Missouri should not be harshly criti-
cised.
If this water supply agitation keeps
up the first thing We know people will
be drinking the stuff.
From statements by both sides we
are led to believe conditions at Port
Arthur are just average.
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Two Good Jokes.

Two OOOQ JOKES.
Toward the flag end OF the late cam
paign, when canvassers for the Vari-
Gus political parties made life a bur
den for the housewife, a we'll known
| citizen hit upon a scheme TO have a
little fun at home. His wife's happy
disposition had been about ruined by
| frequent calls Of cauvassers, so he
! decided to add to her burden. He pro-
! cured some stationery from the vari-
Gus political headquarters and wrote
| three letters on different typewriters.
One letter he addressed TO himself on
Democratic stationery, knowing ii
would reach the house in his absence
! and be read by his wife. Il ran as
follows:
In these troublous times every
Democrat worthy of the name is ex-
pected to put forth his best efforts in
behalf of the party ticket. 1t is nee
essary that the women be guided with
firm hand so that not single vote
Will be lost. This ~ simply a hint 80
masters of their own households"
The two other letters We're addressed
TO his wife. One written on station
cry Of the American party read:
Our lady canVaSser informs Us that
after making several trips to your
house she finally succeeded in getting
d
of course you viii vote the American
ticket. We will send the LADY to your
house once more to instruct you how 20
mark your ballot so you will not throw
away your vote as 50 many foolish
women do
The third letter. on Republican sta
tionery was:
Dear Sister;-The Philistines are
again upon US and it behooves every
good Saint to stand fast for that when
Is good and sustain Brother SmOot and
the Republican ticket. A record is
kept of those who fail to do their duty
and their names viii be read from the
pulpit OF the tabernacle the Sunday
after election. Hoping YOU see the
point. etc.
Nov these letters" the joker gIee-
fully said as he showed them TO his
friends In the office, will just set her
Wild I'm going to have more fun to-
morrow morning than you ever saw"
The rest Of the crowd agreed with
him. All regretted that they had not
thought of some such idea so they
might have fun the next morning.
The Joker was half an hour late
when he showed up next day. From
the corner of his left eye to his chin
ran an irregular red line that still bled
in places. Over his ear was a lump
about two inches in length and half
an inch high.
What's the matter" somebody
asked.
None o. your - business!" he
snarled back
Half an hour later he raised his head.
l would just like" he said, Ito know
who in - told her 1 fixed up those
lettersr'
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GEORGE e. SHELTON

TEACHER OF VIOLIN
Graduate from Trinity College London.
References and Studio, so5 Beard o. Trace
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20

This seasons play with Andrew Mack
is called The Way 10 Kenmare." and il
runs safely along the familiar lines.
Mind you, there has been a plenty of
new incident put into IL by Edward f..
Rose. the experienced dramatist who
wrote it. but he has deemed it best to
retain things that the Mack Olcott fol-
lOwings never tire of-such as making
the hero grandson OF a duke kept from
his inheritance by the fact that the
proof Of his mothers marriage has been
lost; sending him back in the disguise
of Jaunting-car driver to search for
the missing parish records and finding
them in ruined abbey by moonlight:
giving him betrayed foster sister to
wander around hatless. but black
clOaked. tin he forces her seducer to
wed her; and, above all, providing him
with a pretty heiress TO make love to
( in ardent songs and i'm impudent de-
claration. The bevy of children for him
Ia pet are absent. However, one of the
ballads serves a dramatic purpose. You
must know that the lost register has
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20

And Arthur Conquest, son OF the
George Conquest who, for years and
years was the disappearing demon
in Drury Lane pantomimes, has been
brought over 10 do the same things
that his father used to do and in the
same remarkable way. He is the evil
genius of the fable. Powerful springs
shoot him up through traps TO height
of fifteen feet and he drops among the
good folks time and again; but his dew
iltry is always momentary and sud
denly he sinks through the floor. He
broke trap on the opening night.
wonder that he hasn't broken his neck
ere this.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-03-11

awaiting the action of the district
court on a charge of burglarlzing
freight cars, sawed his way to liber-
ty and started for Montpelier. His
absence was quickly discovered and
word sent to this city to watch out
for him. That night Chief of Police
Gee located the man and took him
into custody. Sunday Deputy Hoge
came over and took the fugitive
back to Paris.
Hall had walked from Paris
through the soft snow, slush and
mud, and he had a woe-begone APP
pearance when found by Chief Gee.
He was at liberty only few hours.
Another prisoner was confined in
Jail with Hall, but he didn't offer to
get away.
This is the second man to saw out
of the jail within short time.
Both used old caseknives made into
saws.