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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-30
PeCk's Bad Boy Abroad = = 5::5=

IAfASHINGTON, D. C-AIy Dear
w Uncle Ezra: l got a letter from
my chum this morning. and ne
says he was in the grocery the day
he wrote, and you were A sight. He
says that if am going TO be away
several months you Will never change
your shirt till I get back. for nobody
around tie grocery seems to have any
influence over you. / meant to nave
put you under bonds before / left. 10
change your shirt at least quarterly.
but you ought to change it. by rignta
every month. The way TO do is TO
ger an almanac and make a mark on
tne hgures at the first of the menth.
ana Wnen you are studying the al
manac II viii remind YOU of your duty
10 society. People east of here. that
Is. business men in your class. change
lhelr shirts every week or two TRY
ana look out for these little matters.
insignificant as they may seem. be-
cause the public has some rights that
II is dangerous for a man to ignore
Dad and I have been down to Mount
vernon, and had a mighty solemn
Tine. l think dad expected that we
would be met at the trolley car bv
delegation of descendants of George
" ashingtOn. by a four horse .csrrfa ce
with positions and things. and driven
10 the old house, End received with
some distinction as dad had always
teen an admiTer Of George Washing
ton. and had pointed with pride 10 us
record as stateman and a soldier
puI all we saw was a bunch Of negroes.
VINO told US which way 10 walk. and
charged Us 10 cents apiece for the in
formation.
Al Mount Vernon we ~found the old
mouse where George lived and died
Were Martha told him to wipe his feet
peIore ne came i'm the house. and saw
Rnat things were cooked properly. We
saw pictures OF revolutionary scenes
When George Was the whole thing
around there. We saw the bed on which
george died, and then we went down
10 tie ice-hOuse and looked through
me fence and saw the marble collins
in which George and Martha were
scared up say. old man. I know YOU
maven got much reverence, but YOU
coudh look through that fence at
What remains OF the father of his
country without taking o fvour hat
and thinking good things while Won
were there.
| was surprised at dad: he cried
though he never met George Washing
ton IN all mis- life. | lave seen dad at
funerals at home. when he was a bear
e. or nourneT. and he never acted
as though II affected him much. but
there at Mount Vernon. standing with
IN elght feet Of the remains of George
Washington. lie just lose his nerve.
and bellered, and ] felt solemn nv
self like ] had been kept in after
school when all the boys were go
ing IN swimming. If a negro had not
asked dad for quarter I know dad
would have got down on his knees and
been pious. but when he gave that ne
Ero a swift kick for buttIng I'm with
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Withdraw his name, as he had not au-
ehorlzed Its use. and that he had not
joined the association with any idea OF
honor or profit. but only for the pleasure
OF associating with lot Of good fellows
who composed the society The real truth
was that his sole object i'm becoming a
member was entirely one Of profit. But
strangest thing OF all lis that when he
made the rembark. he probably thought
ne was telling the truth. 1t is so easy to
convince ourselves that we are honest
and honorable gentlemen. II is posi-
uVeiy a TACT that we lie 10 ourselves fully
as OFTEN as we do 40 others
Another remarkable thing about living
Is that, when we have told a lie a great
many times, we actually believe il our
selves until We stop 70 think We know
the case of a lady. wife Of a bishop of the
Church of England who always spoke OF
The three beautiful boys she had lost.
She never had a child. and this lady was
probably quite truthful about most mat
ters; but she thought she should have
mad children. and perhaps considered il
disgrace that she had had none. That
was before race suicide was fashion,
able.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-30
ALL We SRW vas n RNTGA0t MEe8oes

a commercial proposition. I'm a sacred
moment. dad come to, and we went up
TO the house again.
Dad said What he wanted was TO
think OF George Washington just as d
country farmer instead of general
and president. He said we got near
CT TO George if We thought Of him get
ting Up i'm the morning putting on bis
old farmer pants and shirt. and going
downstairs i'm his stocking feet. and
going out to the kitchen by tie wooden
bench. dipping a gOurd full of rain
water out Of a barrel into am eartben
Washbasin. and taking some soft soap
out OF a dish and washing himself, his
shirt open to the breeze. his suspen-
cers, made of striped bed ticking.
hanging down. tis hair tOuseIed up un-
I'll he had taken out yellow rocket
comb and combed il, and then yelling
TO Martha to know about how long a
Workinsman would have to wait for
breakfast And then dad said he liked
TO think of George Washington sitting
down at the breakfast table and spear
ing sausages out Of platter. and
when servant brought in mess of
these old fashioned buckwheat cakes. I
as big as pieplate, see George, i'm i'm I
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-30
Mr.. 0OOIQx1 Or T1o By.
Dunno
M EAR me. visit I had money"
II said Mr.. Hennessy.

I'm bAk me, ! wisht 1 had money"
said Mr.. Hennessy.
need it," Ss'u MI Dooiey' |
"Ye wudden't get it firm me" said
Mr.. Hcnnessy.
II didn't" said Mr.. Dooley. "twud
DC because was poor or tired. But
what dye want money FIR? Supposin'
lost me head an handed over all me
ACCUMULATED wealth? What wud We do
with that great torture? Befure We
had spint half iv il. we'd be so Sick we'd
<Vihe 10 me an hand back tn remain
IN eighteen dollars
a man has more fun wishin' IT tn
lungs ne hasn't got thin iniyin' tn
lhlngs he has got Life. HinDissv. is
IKE Pullman dinin' car: a fine bin iv
Iare but nawthin' to eat. We 90 i'm
1resh an hungry. tuck ye'er napkin i'm
er collar. an square away at tn list
~ groceries that tn black man hands
Se: what II We have first? Ye think
ye d like TO be famous an We ordber
dish iv fame an bid tn waither make
II good an hot. He's gone an age an
Whln he comes back ye'er appytite is
departed Ye taste tn Ordher an saws
9e' why. it's cold an full iv broken
glass. That's tn way we always
sarVe Fame on this car says tn coon
Don't We think ye'd like money fr tn
eicond coorse? Misther RockyfeIlar
over thar has had forty-two helpin's.'
SoNs he II don't seem to agree with
Iinl' says We, but We may bring me
some We say. Away he goes an stlvs
tin ye're bald an ve'er teeth fall ont
IN We set dhrummin' on tn table an
I9ohin' out at tn scenery. Bv an Inv
ne comes back with ye'er ordher but
Jus as he's gOin' 10 hand it to We.
iochyleliar grabs tn plate What
Kind ~ car is this2' saws We. Don't
get anything TO eat? Can't We give
me little happiness? 4 wudden't
recommend tn happiness. saws tn
Wdlther. It's canned an it kilt tn las
man that thried it We'll. gracious.
SAYS We, I've got TO have something.
1--WE me little good health an I'll
'hry TO make meal cut iv that Scr
y. sir says tn black man. but we're
an out ~ good health. Besides he
says takin' We gintly be tn arm.
We re comm into tn deepo an yen
nave TO get out he says.
An there We ar-re. Yen niver GET
money onlesS ye fix tn Waither an
gran tn dishes firm tn other passen-
gers An We won't do that. So ven
illNer De rich. No poor man liver will
De wan " tn sthrangest things
ABOUT life Is that tn poor who need In I
money N most ARE tn very vans
lhaI hlVer have it, A poor man is a
poor man an a rich man is a rich. man
ere ayether born poor or rich II
don I make amy difference whether or
not We have money to begin with. II
ye re born TO be rich. ven he /
Ilch' an if ye're born to be
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;" >" Is Lying Permissible Any Circumstances?

CThe Argonaut)
on often hear The question discussed.
IS lying permissible under any circum-
t'ahccs; is IL immoral ungentlemanly.
20 nc! Do men or women lie the most ?
= there such a thing as legitimate lying?
IS II possible 10 tell the truth under am
= 'iils tahces2 Is an eXaggeration a iice
ne oIien near the remark ITO lie ike
e5ii.ieinan- In England which pre-
,5 10 pc a religious country. the mos
popuiar thing the then Prince of Wales
- ga vas TO swear in court OF
~ 10 he. OF course. ahis was 10 pro-
80 inc character OLA woman we do
10! !ot remember that the pulpit found any
asiult and everybody clapped their hands
HiInough the whole country knew he mr.
!itFTed chirairy 10 truth-telIing. n no
had told the truth people vyofild batc
No SS-rc- ne was cad. sneak. or "A coward.
!" as TINS conduct consistent with fhe
both ~ 'hiAh OF
several OF US were discussing this s,b-
aeci al the club. one evening recenti,.
1nere were present a doctor. a Ia ,yyer a
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the strikers who called on him that he
thought them dishonest
The clergyman told his congregation
that the Bible was not an inspired book
but simply a history of the Jews: that it
was Anonsense in the light Of recent sci
entifie research. TO believe that the world
was created in seven days: that there
was no doubt out that man had evolved
through countless ages from lower forms
OF life; that the Adam and Eve story.
while 1t was very picturesque and one
mat an ignorant people might accept.
was In this age entirely exploded
The merchant and the others had SINH
lar experiences.
A great many Of the disagreeable peo-
pie we meet are truth-teflers: people do
not want TO hear the truth.
Good morning, Mrs. Jones. how old
ana ugly you are looking this morning"
Wen. old man. how do you do; why. L
declare you are looking ten years older
than when / saw YOU last" Or you meet
very charming young lady with a pim-
pie on her nose with which she has been
struggling half the morning. with powder
ana cam9hor ice. The first fling YOU
say, for II is the first thing you notice,
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OF dollars during the last ten years. 10
one DelleVeS what he says. There is an
other variety Of liar who always tells
about the number of women who are In.
rove with him. and thu almost daily Oc-
currencc of anonymous letters received
These are mostly actor-men.
or course. we always have with US the
SICK, who magnify every little ailment-a
sore throat into an attack of diphtheria.
slight cold into pneumonia We have
IN mind one lovely woman who has had.
10 our personal knowledge. three times
pneumonia and once typhoid fever dur
ing the last year. The psychological
study Of this form Of lying is. To say the
least. interesting. Why does a sick per
son wish you to think him i'm danger or
death2 Is il desire TO excite a greater
amount of sympathy or carc2
So we suppose We may conclude from
the foregoing that We arc all liars. some
telling only pleasant white lies for the
sake OF being agreeable. bat the majority
vain lies. mean lies and useless hes One
of the great French wits remarked that
II was better usually 20 tell the truth A
lie should be kept for great occasions, Il
Is toe good a thing 70 be wasted
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Is; "Oh, how horrible that pimpIe looks
on your nose. Some very young men
and would-be thought bright young ladies'
nave a habit Ga saying rude truths and
mink them smart. SO much for truth
telling in everyday intercourse.
Blu, let us look at lying from another
point OF view. Do we not do a deal of
lying to ourselves How often do We
commit some petty meanness-say some
unklnd thing and convey the IMPRESSION
that we are doing ii for the sake of the
community, or TO protect the social cir
Gle IN which we move. when Che real rea-
son is that we want to get even for some
wrong. real or imaginary.
When one woman says TO another that
Miss s. or Mrs. B is a little gay .
and conveys the impression that She is
not altogether what she ought to be. is
she not saying or inferring the mean
Ihlng, because she is jealous of Miss
SIS or Mrs BIS new bonnet or
new house. or her beautiful complexion?
She is giving her conscience a reason for
doing a mean thing FF
We heard gentleman get up ia a meet
ing where he was nominated on the on
position ticket. and say that he begged 10
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banker. preacher. a politician and a
merchant. They agreed among them
selves that for one week they would tell
the truth and nothing but the truth.
The first one TO pass through the cru
eible OF truth-telling was the poor doctor.
HE very first patient 10 come into his
office WAS a fashiona bic ia0v. who de-
sired him 10 advise her husband that il
was necessary that she should have
change Of air and trip 10 Carlsbad. The
coctor was forced TO tell her that there
was nothing the matter with her; that
he had known Il for months: that he had
only been prescribing for her TO hunor
her. and that, further he must decline
advising trip 10 Europe for her health:
that. If she needed springs. there were
many in California superior TO Carlsbad.
and that really the latter was only a
fashionable fad, and generally an excuse
70 go shopping in Paris.
The lawyer, who came next was com
PEELED to tell the jury that he considered
his client had no case, and that his own
private opinion was that he ought to be
convicted.
The politician had to put himself into
clean politics FOR the time being and tell
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poor. yen be poor. TIL but
IONS on ye'er vest tell tn story. Rich
man. poor man. beggar man, rich man.
or wurruds to that effect l always
hnd that l have ayether two buttons
or six.
A poor man is a man that ray
fuses to cash in. Ye don't get amy
thing fr nawttin', an to gather i'm
millyon Nv thin beautiful Autographs
" Salmon p. Chase We have to 90
down ivry day with something undher
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on'y way I liver expict to make a cint
is to have it left to me be a rich re-
latiOn, aan' I'm tn pluthycrat IL me
family, or to stub me toe on a gamblers
roll or stop a runaway horse f'r Pier
pont Morgan. An tn horse mustn't
be runnin' too fast He must be jus
goin' to stop. on'y Morgan don't know
1t, havin' tainted Whin he comes to.
he finds me at tn bride, modestly
waitin' FIR him to weep on me bosom.
But as FIR scrambiin' downtown arIy
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ye'er arm TO tn great pawnshop.
Whin Hogan wants four dollars. he
takes tn clock down to Moses. Win
Roekfeliar wants tin millyon ne puts
up his peace iy mind or his health or
something akelly valyable. If Hogan
wud hook his priceless habit iv sleepin'
late in tn mOrnin'. he Wud be able TO
tell tn time iy day whin Re got up
without goin to tn corner dhrug
store.
Look at McMullin. He's rowlin' in
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an him started tn same way. TIL on'y
diff renee was that ne wud cash in an
[ wud6en't. TIL on'y thing l liver tx
picted to get money on was me dhream
iv avarice. l always had that / cud
dream iv money as hard as amy man
We liver see. an can still But / niver
Drought iv wurrukin' fr it. w always
Cooked on il as dishon'rable to wurruk
f'r money. / wurruk FIR exercise an l
get what the lawyers can an
honOraryium be dilutin' tn spirits Tn
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if. 1t bulges his pocket an initiates his
conversation. Whin he looks at NE,
always feel that he's wendhrin' how
much I'd bring at forced sale Well,
McMullin an I Lad tn same start,
about forty yards behind scratch an
Vanderbilt to beat They always put
IN best man in Amy race behind tn,
line. Befure McMullin gets through
he'll pass Vanderbilt carry away tn
tape on his shoulders, an run two or
three times around tn tkrack But me
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Sham Elnhtlnu On Retreat.

Hsiaotun On miles east of Lao
Yang. Aug. 3O.-The Russian army
from Anping debouched upon the Lao
Yang plain. after fighting a rear guard
action for nearly 10 miles from Amp
ing. bringing it's wounded and burying
its dead on the. way Six guns are re-
norted 10 have Seen lost but number
of Japanese were captured. showing
signs of great fatigue and hardships'
The enormous army. the last of which
passed out on the Ian valley at D
o'clock yesterday afternoon seems 10
fill the entire plain from the foot hills
10 the ancient walls and is disposed
I'm an orderly manner through the vast
fields OF Chinese corn. the soldiers
singing rs they went into camp. de
spite their unbroken series OF re-
verses while the baggage and trans
port trains caught in the muddy rivu-
let's attracted the CHEEKY assistance OF
everybody. The line of wounded men
which reached the great east gate
nasspd silently through the streets. az
deserted as the aisles OF the cata-
combs. The litter bearers. with their
solitary lanterns presented an I'M
pressiye spectacle. aweins the chi
nese who today for the first time
realized the imminence OF a battle
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SEVERE FIGHTING AT FORTRESS
Japanese Assault On Port Arthur Net
As Successful As Anticipated.

Iananese Assault On Port Arthur Net
As Successful As Anticipated
Cbefoo. August 3O.-Seyere fighting
was resumed at Port Arthur on August
a. according TO Chinese who left there
on the evening OF the 27th. Between
August % and 26 there was some fight
ing but it was less severe than tha'
on the 9th. One Of the Chinese was
arrested and compelled to carry the
dead from the battlefeldof Palichuang,
which the japanese attempted to cap
ture on August &c. Thirty carts were
used to carry the dead numbering 400
from the trenches and outskirts to the
city A policeman told the Chinese
that the efficient soldiers in the garrl-
son at Port Arthur numbered over
10 600 A Chinese who lived near Rlh-
Iungshan declares that he saw the Rus
SLAMS occupying this fort from which
previous reports stated that they hau
been driven. Probably both reports
were correct at the time they were cur
rent as semi-official adyices state that
many positions about the fortress
change hands repeatedly. The ilghtlnS
which began on the 9th soon became
general. While the Chinese were a.
sea. August 2S, the heavy firing was
resumed. Two junks containing con-
trabapd of war were sunk by Japan
csc torpedo boat 10 miles off Liaoti
Promontory. 1t is said that fort No. 5
has changed hands four times and i9
now unoccupied. The japanese filled
the moat in front of this fort with sand
bags.
The Japanese are using thousands OF
Chinese coolies to dig trenches. build
earthworks and drag cannon about.
The report that heavy fighting was re-
sumed on August q agrees with pre-
vious rumor from a credible source that
the japanese had planned to resume
the general attack on that date.
The information received here dur
ing the past week seems to confirm the
belief that the great Japanese assault
upon Port Arthur, which began August
%. was by no means as successful as
anticipated. Although the Japanese
succeeded in pushing their lines for
ward. they we're unable in any instance
70 occupy the important positions from
which they drove the Russians. TheY
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Can Hold Out a Month Or six Weeks.

St Petersburg, Aug. 2O.-lt is re
ported from a reliable source that Lieu
tenant General StOessel, commander Of
the Russian military forces at Port AT
thur. has telegraphed to the emperor
thanking him for the recent message
of encouragement sent to the garrison
Of Port Arthur and saying that the de-
tenders of the fortress We're ready and
willing to lay down their lives, but
adding that the garrison has already
suffered severely and intimating that
it is hardly possible 10 hold out for
more than a month or six weeks.