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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-22

1850. three of US did sneak job on
| Nelson's bank. where we got away
with s.. ZOO. ] was arrested over IN
! Detroit for robbing the Preston bank
1 of $40 600. but I proved an alibi. l was
i 50 glad to get away / skipped back 10
/ Canada, but was picked up for the To-
ronto Job and did five years in Kings
/ ton penitentiary, Ontario"
| He also served is months in England,
J in Pentonville jail.
1T was a bank down in Piccadilly
/ Circus" he said. There was man
at the counter with ten-pound notes III
a bundle. My pal stepped up 10 nm
| and asked him some question. When
he was answering I lifted the notes, in
! tending only TO weed 'em out, but they
stuck together. That is, l only meant
to take half. but they all came. The
| man let out a yell and was caught.
/ That was i'm 1885,
The green goods game" Jones says,
is the easiest of all. He explained lts
operation in detail and how suckers
are steered TO town to buy bags OF
coal" and potatoes. substituted for
real money, at $4,000 and $4,000 a
bag.
"The hardest thing in that game" he
said sis to steer the suckers away
from town before they discover they're
bunkoed. We paid So day for man
TO do that.
The most daring job he ever did,
Jones says. was to carry out the plan
/ of escape for himself and twelve other
prisoners, two of them murderers. from
the St Louis jail in 1891. He had been
arrested with four others charged with
bank robbery and they were locked up
awaiting trial. BY observing the head
guards system of releasing the men
for dinner at o'clock he conceived the
plan of getting a duplicate of his keys.
He did this through a boy arrested
with him, who stole the keys for few
moments while designs Of them were
made. Dummy keys were procured
from outside and copies were made of
the prison keys. At an opportune mo-
ment, the doors having been previously
unlocked, the men broke out, he says,
cried that the courthouse was on fire
and thus got away.
Jones says he never resorted TO Vlo-
lence nor even carried a pistol.
II never did a mean act in my life
outside of robbing," he said, with
sort of paradOXical sincerity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-22
CONVERSATION AS AN ART.
Good Chance in This Day and Gener-
alton to Cultivate II.
(Minneapolis Tribune. }

'Ye gods, what stuff they did talk"
writes Samuel Peyps. the royal secre-
taFy, in his famous diary on returning
from a select function made up Of
what called itself the best society Of
the court of Charles II. Down to our
day most of the conversation at similar
gatherings may be set down as poor
stuff" mere idle chatter
This being the case, the idea of Guilt
waiting conversation as a fine art should
be encouraged. Walter Savage Ian
doris Imaginary Conversations" are
such models of this art in its perfection
that the reader can but regret that they
are only imaginary and did not really
take place in that golden age of Peri
cles at the salon of Aspasia, who her
self taught the art of elOquence.
Though. like the great poets. the
great cOnVeTsers are born, not made,
still the art of edifying speech may be
learned by study and practice and a
genuine interest in worthy topics. 1t is
not the fruit of profound learning, for
great scholars are not apt to be great
takers Il was said Of a famous lin
gust that he knew how TO be silent in
seven languages. Neither is this an art
naturally allied to genius. It was re-
marked of Oliver Goldsmith that al
though he wrote like an angel, he talked
like a poor Poll.
In some respects the great cOnYersers
are more TO be enVied than the great
writer's, who must look to posterity for
their audience. Still the spoken word
perishes. while the written word en-
dures. The finest oratorical eloquence
has died away with the air that bore
its accents TO delighted ears, while the
eloquent thoughts committed 10 pareh-
ment or paper live on enduring as time
itself. Few great conversers, like Dr.
Johnson. have a Boswell close at hand
to record their sayings and give them
lasting fame.
No country is richer in the gift Of
natural expression than our own. The
conversation classes that are becoming
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-22

fad in our most cultured cities win dc
much 10 develop this gift and in time
Americans in this fine art may rival
and surpass those OF older nations
which have most diligently pursued it,.
Though 1.-THE words of the wise are
like apples OF gold in pictures Of silver
nobody wants 10 hear even the finest
talier talk all the time. \ bore has
been defined as one who persists in
talking when you want 10 talk yourself
Coleridge, Lord Macaulay and various
other famous conVersers have erred in
this direction. Macaulay was advised
by an admiring but wearied listener TO
indulge now and then in a few elo-
quent passages of silence. Nine. De
Stael. though an inspired talker. tired
everybody with her perpetual Yolubil-
ity.
Even the most fascinating talker
should remember that there are times
when speech is silver, while silence is
goldenA
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-22
Tales Of Newspaper Life

all Chicago laugh. convulsed the edito-
/ rial staff and made him solid for all
/ time with the News. As a weather tale
II was absolutely unique.
AIDE made good from that time forth.
and eventually got to writing his
Fables in Slang" They c0ught on
like wildfire. After their first success
AIDE one day met his friend McCutch-
con on the street
George, how much money are you
making on the News?" queried the art
ist. in a sort of I'm looking after your
interests fashion.
AIDE reared and answered in rather
chesty. il not testy. manner that he
was separating thirty per from the
cashier.
McCutcheou snorted. Thirty" he
said. why, you are worth fifty if you
are worth a cent to the News. The
Fables are making a tremendous hit
with the people. Children are crying
for EN-, and street sales of Saturdays
are booming. You go and tell your
boss it's fifty for you or nothing, and
you'll get it,"
AIDE pondercd over this advice a day
or two, then screwed up his courage
and went in on the carpet and recited
his piece. III was too easy. Next week
for him.
The paper then began TO play up the
Fables on the back page, three-cOl-
umn measure in black-face BREWER and
with illustrations They become an
asset TO Mr.. AIDES employers. A few
months went by, and McCutcheon
again preached the salary matter TO
Mr. AIDE.
You're so strong there now, George,
and SO valuable TO that bunch it's time
YOU held them uD again for more
money. Go and give the old man a
good, straight, heart-to-heart converse,
and tell him it has got to be a weekly
matter of seventy-five. 1t is quite a
jump, but you have il coming"
AIDE evidently did. for he received the
increase he asked, and later to him
who had it was again added unto him,
and AIDE was even given the privilege
OF syndicating his stuff and Of repro
ducing it in book form.
He made quite a barrel out of his
inimttable series OF sketches.
AIDE is most at ease among men and
enjoys masculine society more than
feminine. He often used to complain
however, at the Press club and around
his home, the Chicago Athletic club,
that when il came TO going out to par
ties and receptions he always felt like
q WalliloWer
II can sit down and talk sense or
nonsense with girls, and my face Will
for the time bear the impress of almost
human intelligence" he would say,
but some vapid dub viii come along
and cop out a girl from beneath my
very nose | oct tame enough when
the average woman is around to feed
out of her hand"
One evening, in company with three
or four choice spirits, AIDE had been TO
the theatre and a little wine supper
afterWaTd at RectOr's. Passing up
Monroe street toward Michigan avenue
boulevard the enliYened party went by
the Inter Oceans fine building, with its
blaze of electric lights on its facade
The paper formerly printed legend at
the top Of its first page, reading:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-22
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-22
His Ruling Passion.
cleveland Plain Dealer0

Mark Antony had Just Offered Caesar
the imperial crown for the third time.
That's three, isn't it?' said Caesar II
an undertohe.
Yes" replied Mark, who was at one
time an itinerant photographer, THAT'S
three. But If you care for another ST.
ting I'll be Glad TO make Il six For q
quarter.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17
ORDINANCE NO. 373.

An ordinance to grant to w. H. Con stable certain privileges.
 The common council of Phoenix do or dain as follows:
 Sec. 1. w. II. Constable is hereby granted the right and privilege to lay. construct, maintain and operate a sin gle railroad track for his private use. across Fifth avenue. between Jackson and Harrison streets, in the city or Phoenix. county of MaricOpa, territory of Arizona. TEc Sec. ?. That said track shall be laid on the grade of said avenue and shall be planked with substantial blanks on the outside of each rail and over the interior of said track the entire dis tance of the roadway in said avenue. Said track shall be used, laid and operated subject to all rules, regula- tions or ordinances as may now be in force or may hereafter be ordained or prescribed by the common council.
 Sec. 9. The said W. II. Constable shall be responsible for any and all accidents that shall occur to any per son by reason of any violation on his part, or the part of any person acting for him. of any rules, regulations, or ordinances in being with reference to this said privilege, and shall at his own expense defend any and all suits which lAic1S DE JA Ou6A4L dSed4l4SL AllE city 0L Phoenix because of said privilege. W. H. Constable hereby agreeing to pay any and all judgements which may be obtained against the said city Of Phoenix because of any act arising Oul of the laying, maintaining and operat- ing of said railroad track.
 Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take ef- feet and be in force from and after its passage and publication according to law, and the cost of the publication Of this ordinance shall be borne by the said w. H. Constable.
 Sec. D. The acceptance by w. H. Constable of this permit shall be deem ed to be an acceptance by him of all the obligations by this ordinance pro vided to be borne and performed by nim-
 Passed the common council of PhOe- nix this 4th day of September, 1905. Attest; FRANK THOMAS.
 City Recorder.
 F. B. MOSS,
 Acting Mayor.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17
EMINENTLY WORTHY OF IT.

By the will of Alfred Bernhard No- bel the Swedish scientist, the Norweg- ian parliament is enabled annually to award a valuable prize to the individ- ual who has most recently made the greatest contribution toward the fel- lowship of nations and to the interests of peace. The limitations of the be- quest make it necessary that candi- date for the prize shall be nominated before February End in each year. That fact, alone, prevents the Nobel prize for 1905 coming to this side of the Atlantic. A dispatch from Stock holm says:
 Roosevelt, undoubtedly, will be proposed for the prize of 1906."
 We hazard little in predicting that if he has any competitors he will win over them hands down. And we haz- ard less in predicting that congress will hasten to give him the permis- sion to accept, required under the Constitution. And we hazard still less in saying that he is eminently worthy Of the hOnor.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17
BARN sToRMING EXPERIENCES

The methods of newspaper publicity vary from town to town. In the small est places the work cnsists in placing the conventional reading matter in fairly mathematical proportion to the amount of money paid. Editors are not anxious for original matter, nor would most country editors know the difference between articles prepared in New York beforehand and matter written especially for the occasion. But there are some amusing stunts to be done in these smaller towns. In one personally canvassed every bus ness man in the place. In another the approval of a local college president a true blue Presbyterian, was abso- lutely necessary to the success of the piece. From a third I recall a vivid night journey of thirty miles by slow freight to get up a "theater party in a bowling baclIwoOds wilderness. Char acters are often as grotesque as incl dents. Never will I forget the cotton mill town where the barber proudly in formed me that he ran the theater and would be pleased to arrange prices and advertising as soon as he had removed my beard; the classic Vincenne, Ind, where the manager who was also a livery keeper fixed up" business be- tween strokes of the currycomb; or the other Indiana town in which the manager drove a pretty trade in the sale of gravestones and mortuary mOn- ments when he wasn't purveying vau- deville. I had a dark suspicion that he was the undertaken, too, but dar- ed not hint 1t.
 These things are ito laugh. but the difficult work comes in cities of 1O0.- 900 inhabitants and upward. In such n1 Txrhf ar rofc sta 1c there is a different theatrical attrac- ton every night in the week, and keen must be the press agent whose work stands out above that of his rivals and thus cause his attraction to draw au diences away from theirs. It is not money that counts here, but brains.
 Toward the end of the season often comes a spell when the best possible efforts ouly result in disaster. Wonder tales, prize guessing contests, offers of a house and lot with each ticket will not draw the people to the box office. One feels they would receive an earth quake with indifference, and merely turn over in their sleep at the sound of the last trump. It's a wise manager who executes a quick retreat under such circumstances, yet too, often companies go on from week to week, hoping against hope to their utter ruin.
 A disastrous May in Michigan forms part of my experience The beginning of the month was as sultry as August. On all the fences and side walls show ed the fiery steeds and gilt machin- cry of our aII-potent rival, the circus, and from Detroit to Grand Rapids and back again I had the eerie feeling of traversing, what for me, was the land o1C the show eight weeks earlier he would | have come out winner, or at least not suffered in pocket; as it was the sea- sons tag plunged him in debt and l nearly bankrupted the star and back l CT. To the honor of the star be it | said, the salaries were paid.-The h. dependent.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17
RECOLLEcTIoNS.

In memory I often look.
 Across the lapse of years, To where, still hanging on thei rhook I see my fathers shears. Oh, those were hours for woe un-
 matched,
 When he those blades would spread My would-be curly head. And when beyond the brink of youth To infancy I peer, Iris hard-you will forgive the truth To check a rising tear. For now I see a slipper, warm As from a foot fresh yanked, And feel again the passion storm I felt when I was spanked. And as my reckless vision speeds, I see a schoolhouse door, And some one who, for his misdeeds, Stands out upon the floor, And then, ah, me. l see again That ruler, deftly planned, To bring forth hunks and junks of
 of pain
 From my grime- knuckled hand. But worst of all those pictures, dread, That follow childhOod's wake, Is that home -conjured potion, queer, I took for stOmachache. And never mind where memory leads Or how my thoughts I steer, l seem to taste those 'punkin seeds" They stewed for me each year.
 Brooklyn Life.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17
THE RARNUM 6 BAILEY SHOW.
Is Now Bigger and Better Than Ever
 Before.

Circus lovers living in this city and
 vicinity will doubtless be delighted at
 the announcement of the coming of the
 BaTnum & Bailey Greatest Show on
 Earth This amusement institution has
 so long been known as the leading concern of its kind in the world that it's movements are always of exception al interest. It has made several trips to foreign lands and carried with 1t the emblem and very atmosphere of this land of freedom and given more than any one thing. perhaps, to the masses of the people living in the lands 1t has visited a better idea of American big ness. Its last visit was the longest. During the past six years it has visit ed every country in Europe with only two or three exceptions. It returns home fairly burdened with honors, and MT. James A. Bailey. its creator and controller. announces his intention to celebrate his homecoming by present ing to his fellow countrymen a show so big and so fine that it will outstrip all pre- existing standards of compari- son. Before it went away on it's last trip it was the largest show that man had ever known and now it comes with the positive assurance that it is at least greater in size, and along with its vast dimensions the quality of the program has been likewise bettered During the past year in New York a number of construction firms were engaged in building all sorts of new circus para phernalia which has been added to the show. The size and scope of the pro- gram Is so vast that its details may not be enumerated here for lack of space, but there can be no doubt bur the show will be altogether extraor- dinary and it will warrant the use of the most extravagant phrases In de- description. The date of it's appearance in this city is Monday, Oct. 9.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17
UNIVERSITY A TURNING POINT.
Easy Place to Go to He'll From, Says
 President Wheeler.

First year college students rather pity the man who has to rise up and try to instruct them. Too often the minatory orator has reason to pity himself. The reports of these lectures ordinarily make dull reading. But at opening of the fall term of the Uuiver- sity of California. a week or so ago. President Wheeler struck out in a fashion so new and forceful that tra- dition concerning advisory lectures was shattered.
 "The university" he said to the youngsters marks the turning point in most of your careers. A man who wants to go to hell, can go very easily from this point. It is a dangerous place for anyone who has not every hour in the day planned for. Above aI this is no place for idlers, and freshmen are too prone to commence wandering about without any fixed purpose
 A reform promised by President that will attract general at tention among college authorities is in a paragraph of his ad- visory speech.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17

furnished by me at your special in stance and request, that more than twenty days prior to this publication I took possession of said animals on ac- count of the non-payment of the above named charges for pasturage in per suance of a lien which I claim upon said animals for said pasturage.
 And you are hereby further notified that on Friday the 18th day of Sep tember, 1905. at the hour of 2:30 o'clock of said day I will sell said animals at public auction, at the farm house on the northeast quarter of section thirty six, township two north, range three east, in Maricopa county, Territory or Arizona. to pay said pasturage bill and the costs of said sale
 MRS. R. r. WILSON.
 nared Sent p 1905
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17

'It will not do to spend too much l time hanging about the football field. i We don't want any freshman to get l into the habit of droling around the campus, waiting about on the steps and bleachers. There is no need for you to spend every afternon yelling at the football team. I have conferred with the coaches and those in author ity about this matter, and we shall have a change this year. Once a week at most is sufficient to gather on the football field to cheer the eleven. Dur ing the rest of the week you should preserve a reasonable silence, except on great occasions. Football is an ad- vanced science, and the men studying it do not want their work accompan- jed with great noise. When there is need for your services among the root CTS, go at an appointed time, and do your duty hard"
 This excellent bit of advice followed She announcement that "bleacher ath- letics" is to be discouraged.
 There are more important things for you to do in the afternoon. By a new rule. each of you is entitled to a bath at the gymnasium and you have the privilege of indulging in a little exercise there for your own good.
  uate to go uncleaned. You should have enough selfrespect to be neat and clean. It is a part of your education to look prosperous. l don't want any body to think he has to be dressed up to go to college, for we have no place for dudes. In fact one of the distin- gushing marks of this university is that it is an institution for the poor mans son. But man can have his shoes blacked. He is by this a more self-respecting man, a better Christian and a better member of society. The wearing of slouchy clothes has no ex- cuse. It does not make a man a better fellow or a more successful athlete. | There is no reason why students should l be dressed differently. We are not a l peculiar people-monkish in our at tire. We are a part of the world, and ! We need not affect uncOuth styles of | hats for all occasions"
 This sort of talk is about as plain | and specific as any hard headed, self | made merchant ever delivered to his | son.
 Don't smoke cigarettes if you can | help it." President Wheeler added q | smoke myself, but I am not proud of | it, and for that reason can more en- | treat you"
 Don't idle at the fraternity house" was another bit of needed advice Freshmen, particularly at this time, are largely entertained at these halls and much valuable time can easily be wasted by accepting invitations to this and that fraternity. If you are invited ! to join a fraternity and know it to be ! a good one, join it, and then go on at tending to business
 Perhaps to the freshman President Wheelers words may have sounded | like a belated blizzard at a May party. But to the graduate some years out of college and away from the glamour Of | the pipe and bulldog atmosphere, they sound uncommonly sane and re- Y. Post.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17
A cENTENARIAN's DIET.

About sixteen months before he died, at 101, Senator David Wark. of Fred erickton, N. B.. wrote a letter about his way of living. For breakfast, he said he had oatmeal porridge and milk, to which he had always been acustom- ed. with a slice of plain bread and a cup of black tea. For many years he had eaten neither beef mutton or pork, but took a little fish or fowl at 1 o'clock, with another cup of tea. At 6 o'clock a slice of bread and another cup of tea constituted his evening meal. He ate neither pie or pudding and drank nothing stronger than tea.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17
BRITISH LUNATIcs.

It is calculated that in every 10000 of the English and Welsh population 31.4 people are lunatics. In every 10,- 900 of the Scotch population 33.6 peo- pie are lunatics. In every 10000 of the Irish population 4O3 people are luna ties. Altogether, one person in every 306 inhabitants of the United Kingdom is demented.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17
NOTICE OF SALE.
To Pablo AIareno:

To Pablo Mareno:
 You are hereby notified that there is due from you, to the undersigned, the sum of S25 for the pasturage, since the first day of May, 1904, of one bay colt, three years old, and the sum of S29 due from you to the undersigned for the pasturage of one sorrel mare 10 years old, since Feb. 23, 1904, making in all the sum of $54 due from you io me for the pasturage of said two de- scribed animals. Which pasturage was
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17

in making peace in the Far East, cov- cts the domain of the Turk and weaves webs to entangle him. Britain has made use of the opportunity to grab Thibet. ahs authorized Kitchener to re- organize the defenses of India, has left Far Eastern waters in her ally's care and massed her mighty squadron nearer home Norway walks apart, chip on shoulder, and Sweden would, but dare not, coerce her.-National Magazine.