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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-16
POINTS OUT NEED
Of OBEYING LAWS
President Roosevelt Delivers
Address to the Civic Re-
form League.
SPEAKS FROM EXPERIENCE
in HIS OFFICIAL WORK
Declares Honesty and Efficiency
to Be the Supreme
Lists.

Roosevelt delivered an address at the
White House this afternoon to repre-
sentatives OF several State and municipal
service commissioners and OF the Ma
tioDal Civic Reform league, who met here
today for conference with tho
commissioners Of the general Government
with view of considering questions for
the betterment of civil government
throughout the country.
The President said;
Increased Interest.
"One OF the gratifying things of recent
years has been the rapid spread of inter
est in the whole movement and because
OF that interest II is peculiarly incumbent
upon you to SEQ that there Is not chance
for opponents TO say that II Is not
vice. with honesty as, OF course. tho key
stone of efficiency, must be tho prime test
OF what you do
Exceptions Necessary.
The President said that exceptions to
rules will always be found necessary.
mentioning promotions by the system OF
written competitive examination as an
instance whore the best results wero not
secured Ho urged the delegates not to
be afraid to make these exceptions,
but" he continued, be sure you are
making the exception for proper reasons
In other words. do not believe for one
moment that any system OF rules can be
devised under which 1t Will be possible
to Shield yourself from tno duty OF cAeI-
cslng your own Judgment, your own In
dependence
has Had Experience,
after considerable experience In al
most every kind OF governmental work,
have mover yet found any position or
any branch OF the service as regards
which tho intrusion for political reasons
in making appointments does not do dam
age.
II am now naturally brought Into re-
lations with a great number of important
Offices In different branches Of the Gov
ernmcnt throughout this country, and L
have to consider the question
OF efficiency with which they are handled.
Dodging the Laws.
Practically without exception ] nnd
that an Office in which there Is laxness
In the administration OF the civil service
law, where there is an effort to clrcum
vent the law, where there is effort TO
get around II, Is Office In which poor
service is rendered; the chance for fraud,
for speculation. for dishonesty, is always
greater In such an office than in the Of
fice where the law Is we'll aIAl faithfully
And while. OF course. IL Is true
that the mere observance of the civil SER
vice law can never result In a thoroughly
administration of any Office yet
am inclined more and more to feel that
the observance In letter and spirit OF the
civil service law is the first requisite In
obtaining clean, decent, efficient govern
mental service in any branch or bureau
Of the Government,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-16
Wedding Out Navy,

LONDON, May 16.-The process Of
wedding from the navy all but perfectly
efficient ships is progressing rapidly
Since 1902 forty battleships and cruisers
have been practically removed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-16
Vesuyius More Active.

NAPLES May l6.-Prof. Mnttoucci. direo-
tor of the Royal observatory, telegrapbed To-
day TINT tho volcanic activity OF Mount We
euvlus is increasing and that the main crater
Is discharging great quantity Of sand. Tho
professor added that II was impossible. on ac-
aaunt OF rain to EXPLORE the volcano.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-16
MARRIAGE LEGISLATION
Colonial Bill Passes Second Reading
in Parliament

LONDON, May 15.-The colonial mar
riaSe bill was passed today on second
reading In the House of Lords without
division.
Tho object Of this bill is to legallze In
the United Kingdom marriage with a
deceaseds wife's sister legally contract
ed in the British possessions,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-16
Won a HALFWAY Victory.

'oh, 1 beat him that argument, all
right"
y"Prove that your position was correct?"
We'll. no: hut / proved that his was
wrong America Spectator
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-16
THREE SAFES ROBBED
Montana Criminals Get Busy at Town
of Rosebud.

FORSYTH. Mont May l5.-The post
Office safe ct Rosebud. and two merchants
safes in the same building were robbed
last night
Postmaster Mefford lost 500 In cash.
Roderick McRae, hardware merchant, ssb
and $500 In checks; John Williams.
merchant 500 cash.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-16
Spring Medicine

in thousands and thousands of
homes in cities, towns and villages -
three doses day of Hoods Sarsapa-
r,lla are now being taken by every
member of the family.
Why such wide and general use ?
Because Hoods Sarsaparilla has proved
itself the Best Spring Medicine, by its
wonderful effects in cleansing the sys-
tenn of all humors, overcoming that
tired feeling, creating appetite, clearing
the complexion, giving strength and
animatlon. -'s-ui
Over forty thousand testimonials re-
ceived in two years, by actual count.
Accept no substitute for
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Insist on having Hoods. Get it today.
In liquid or tablet form. 100 Doses 81.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-16
Refuse to Accept.
NOMINATIONS MADE
Presidents Appointments Are Sent to
the Senate

WARRINGTON. May 15.-Ths President to-
day sent the following nominations to the SEN
ate:
United States District Judge. district Of
Porto .Rico-Bernard b. Rodney, New Mexico
United Stntes Attorney, western district Of
Washington-Potter Charles Sullivan.
Receiver OF Public Moneys-Patrlck H Null
icn. Mt Juneau, Alaska
Registers Of Land offccs-John w Dudley
at Juneau, Alaskai Fred w Stocking, al
Olyupin Wash.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-16

the, highost clssscs OF the population, and II
tho legislative powers OF the peoples repre-
sentatiYes arc not limited by special laws.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-16

Lydia Pkhams Vegetable Compound Womans Pmedy for Woman,s ills
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27
Bridges and Beauty,

II the two hideous structures
which span the Thames at Char'ng
Cross and Cannon Street for the use
of the South Eastern Railway re
removed London would now have a
succession of bridges from Putney to
the Pool that might suffer compari-
son with the bridges of Paris, Rome
and Venice. The new bridge at Vaux-
hall is not so handsome as it's neigh
Dor at Westminster, nor so gauntly
picturesque as the "auld brig" i'm
mortaliZed by Whistler, which It
supplants 1t has, however, a strong
and solid beauty of it's own, and lies
slenderly and gracefully across the
water like a gigantic twig bent over
it. 1t is the first bridge which has
been built by the County Council,
and will, therefore, be the first bridge
over which the despised tramway
will have free access. II will restore
to this part of London some of its old
prestige as a pleasure resort, and we
may see a revival of the Vauxhall
Gardens of the Restoration time in a.
fine park and pleasauance. The bridge
almost lies at the door of Lambeth
Palace, the residence of the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, and with this
hoary old pile as a centerpiece there
are unique opportunities for an i'm
provement of the district.-Washing
ton Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27
His Wife and
His Friend.
BY Elizabeth Ayres.
y. q y & 81. .; Y ~ MZu

THEY was Just like twin brothers.
and nothin' bat death or women
could a parted EN-, and of the two.
J sometimes think women is the
| b laterest."
This is a bit OF wisdom uttered hv
a rural sage, but he has nothing to
do with the story and will not ap-
pear again His wise saw is quoted
simply to serve as an introduction.
There is sometimes a friendship
I between man and man that binds
. them as firmly as the marriage tie
binds men and women together
There were tNo men once between
whom such 4 friendship existed. One
cl them was a confirmed bachelor
He had assisted many of his ac-
q aintances to the altar, but he had
no inclination himself to play lead
in% man to the star OF a wedding.
Jbe other did not yearn for the cell
te life, and presently he began 10
tmnE 1t was not good for man to live
alone. The one whose influence
served to bring him to this decision
was q good and lovely girl who
looked upon him with favor The
name of the one who willed to be
benedict was Charlie. The one who
elected TO be bachelor was John.
tn" sober Identified name fitting his
Stable character TO perfection, though
Charlie, ont OF his affection. often
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27
Russian Treasures.

All the wealth Of Russia is net III
the Imperial Bank. The treasures OF
the church are OF fabulous value. St
lsaac's Cathedral in ST. Petersburg
is said TO have cost clooolo19. It's
copper roof is oVerlaid with pure eold,
e50oo0 having been mel.ed down ior
the purpose its bronze doors are the
largest in the world. while the dome
is supported bv malaeh'te piliara
worth E2oe.ooo. In the cathedral o.
Ka2an the name OF the Almighty
blazes in diamonds from q cloud 81
beaten gold. under which are soAd
silver doors twenty ieat high lh's
church contains the beautiful picture
OF the virgin covered with gold and
jewels valued at cocoon. In the
monastery OF ST. Alexander Nswsid
Is the SHRINE OF the founder Weighing
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27

r. H. Mitchell, a ranchman at Bel
den, Neb., has discovered a small
mountain of soap near Savage The
hill, which Mitchell calls Soap Hill, 50
is composed of a fine and very white
sand, which, when mixed with water,
greatly resembles sapolio The people
OF the vicinity have been making
good use of the natural sapolio, ac-
cording to Mr.. Mitchell, who says
that 1t has been carted away by the
wagonload for the scrubing of farm
house floors, polishing of metal and
earthenware, and even as a toilet
soap for the hands. Mr. Mitchell vas
In Sioux City recently, bringing a
sample of the sand here for analysis.
-Des Moines Register.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27

I am sometimes asked to sympa-
thize with a soldier VINO has been
subjected to a compulsory process of
hair-cutting on principles indistin-
guishable from those followed in II.
N. prisons, says London Truth. My
sympathies are always aroused by
these sad tales, and | wonder that
commanding officers, or any one else
in authority. should desire their SOL
dicrs to look as if they had just come
out of Jail in the last complaint to
hand the man relates that the day
after he had his hair cut in the town
the sergeant major objected to the
artists handiwork, and had poor
Tommy marched to the regimental
barber, who operated so Jealous that
the victim was an object of oppro-
brious remarks for many days sub
sequently, and was ashamed to take
off his hat in public 1t may possibly
be desirable that some limitation
should be placed on a soldiers taste
and fancy in wearing his hair, but
there can be no good reason why dis
cipline should be carried to these
lengths.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27
Appendicitis as a Craze.

DR.. Doyen gives his testimony as
to the extent to which wrong dag
nosis leads to useless operations for
appendicitis In his own experience
operations of the Kind have been car
ried out on patients in the early
stages of typhoid fever. One child
was brought to him for operation, on
the faith of a family doctors diagno-
sis, and he satisfied himself by exam
ination that the symptoms pointed to
nothing worse than worms. So in
fatuated were the parents. however,
that they removed the child and had
the operation performed elsewhere.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27
The Indian n Socialist

The Indian is a Socialist. He prob
ably would not recognize his senti-
ment by that name, but it is true new
ertheless, and he represents Social
ism in the fullest sense of the term.
The Indian believes in co-ownership
of all necessities of life, even to the
land itself. He further believes tnat
so long as there is anything to divide
1t should be divided freely and equal
ly. In his natural state the Indian
believes that if you have food in your
hoTse and he has none you should
divide. If .here is corn in his crib
and none in yours, it is his duty to
divide with you. If this you refuse
to do you are not a friend of his.
The socialistic principle has been i'm
bedded in the Indian life as long as
there has been tribal existence In
America, and it is still extant in the
Five Civilized Tribes, where the In
dian has not become fully natural
lied in the white mans way and for
gotten the ways of his ancestors.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27

denS1 cloud OF smoke, putfed from
meerschaum pipe, the twin to
Johns Charlie had spoken of the
new interest which had arisen.
1T won't make a bit of difference.
Johnny, old boy" he said, with a
burst of deep feeling. You shall be
one OF the family. There's a place
for you at our fireside and a seat for
you at our table-always. Dinna
forget"
John had seen the way of the
wind but he was not one to force a
confidence and had quietly awaited
developments. Meantime, he had
beer schooling himself to resign all
claims on his friend and to live with
OFT the undivided companionship
that had grown to be part of his
existence. John was something of an
oniooker in life, and he had listened
before to a newly accepted lover be-
slowing upon his comrade left be-
hind in the race promises of undy-
ing friendship and future intimacy.
He knew there was another factor to
be reckoned with, a factor whose
claim was greater, and whose intlu-
ence was stronger. To all appear
ances he had accepted the informa-
tion of Charles approaching mar
riage and his assurances of uninter-
rupted friendship as a matter of
course. He said a few words only,
but the manner of their saying was
satisfying.
After every great decision there
frequently comes an upheayal of
doubt. A shadow of doubt was
glooming the horizon of Charles
happiness.
ut won't make a bit of differ
ence, Johnny, old boy" he declared
again, looking at his friend with
wistful question in his eyes.
Difference! Why, of course not,
Johr answered heartily. Every man
should be married. Go on, my boy,
God bless you. I'll be following your
example some day myself.
He spoke with an air of truth that
was convincing He who had always
beer the soul of honor gloried in his
fall. and told an unblushing false
hoo with the brazen face of vet
eran of lies.
John was best man" at the
eventual pleasant round up" in
church. All the amenities of a we'd
ding that came to his hand he ac-
conplished with the skill of one long
practiced He was the last to speak
words of good fellowship and to
speed the newly welded pair on their
tourney. Then he turned away won
dering what he would do next. He
suffered from the weariness of spirit
that comes to one left alone and un-
occupied after a period filled with
the reckless joy of living. He was
singularly isolated. He had no rela-
tives or home ties, and for years he
hac acted as a gentle father to the
one he called friend Charlie was
Younger and of lighter nature than
John, and his boyish, warm-hearted
impulsiveness was like a tonic to the
stsid and serious older man.
II shall have to readjust myself
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27
Prosecuted For Sneezinr.

Great public interest is being
manifested in the case of a man who
has been prosecuted for sneezing in
a public street The hero of the in
cident is one Johann Furtmann, a
resident of Muhlhausen, a small town
in Prussian Saxony Furtmann. who
is highly respected by his fellow
citizens, sneezed somewhat loudly in
the main street at Muhlhausen. A
policeman arrested him on a charge
of creating a disturbance. The local
police authorities prosecuted Furt-
mann on a charge of gross misde-
meanor and rendered himself
public nuisance. After lengthy trial
Furtmann was acquitted. The police
authorities appealed against the de-
cision, and a new trial is necessary.
Furtmann announces that he will
call medical evidence to prove that a
polypus in his nose prevented him
sneezing less loudly than was the
case when the arrest occurred.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27
THE WHISTIING WORKMAN.
mistaken Belief That They ire
Thought to be Best Workers.

"Tis sad to puncture an old max
i'm said the employer of large
number of men, but my experience
with other men enables me TO let a
little of the air Of faliacy out OF an
old saw which srinds out a platitude
thu the 'whistling workman IS the
best. or that the singing cook makes
the best sauce
From early childhood we are
taught to place the workman who
whistles and sings at the bench or
ever his work as the ideal of his kind.
In theory perhaps this idea holds
good, but from an experience Of
thirty years in the handling OF men
/ will pass the whistling fellow by for
the one who does not whistle or sing
while at work. And ! have found
this true in clerical pursuits as well
as those involving manual labor.
When man is not working
whistling or singing produces a GER
tain amount of mental relaXation it
denotes certain vacancy of mind.
1t is impossible for a man to whistle
or sing if the mental faculties are at
all absorbed in work. 1t requires
mental concentration, though the
concentration may, by reason of a
lerfect knowledge of the work being
turned out, have become mechanical
on the part of the workman. The
singing or the humming of a tune
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27
NEW ISTHMUS ROUTE.
Tchuantepec Railroad Makes n Diff.
ference of 200 Miles TO Trade.

Mexico is about to take 1900
mile kink out of the line of interna-
tional commerce which has been us
ing the Panama route, says the
Worlds Work By the end of the
year the new railroad across the 18TH
mus of Tehuantepec is to be opened
to interoceanic traffic on large
scale.
The railroad has been completed
for some time and is in operation for
local traffic 1t is only awaiting the
completion of its terminal ports to
begin handling ocean freight. These
ports, though they will not be fully
completed in less than two or three
years, will soon be sufficiently ad-
yanced to be used by vessels of any
size
The railroad, being 600 miles
north of the Panama Railroad. is
that distance nearer the natural line
of the worlds east and west COM
merce. 1t will bring New York and
north Atlantic ports 200 miles, and
New orleans and Gulf ports 1,400
miles nearer to San Francisco. Japan
and China.
The sailing time from New York
to Coatzacoalcos, the Atlantic term
inal port, will be six or seven days,
two days less than to Colon, the At
lantic port of the Panapa Railroad
Cargo from a vessel landing at Coat
zacoalcos. say of 10000 tons, can be
aboard another vessel in the harbor
of Salina Cruz i'm -four or five days.
In an emergency the transshipment
could be accomplished in thirty-six
hours. The sane freight could not be
transferred across the lsthmus of
Panama in less than three weeks,
Po IDLY LONGER, At Saina Cruz, the
Pacific port, the vessel is two days
nearer San Francisco than it would
be al Panama. This serves to illus
uate what the new route means in
saving time.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27
A Token of Gratitude.

A rare example of discerning
gratitude is given by the late Mar
chinness Isabella Lucini of Pa ia
who has left a legacy of $4,000 to a
local comic paper to which she had
been a lifelong subscriber. Her will
also directed that $500 in addition
should be spent on a sumptuous ban
quet to which the staff of the paper
should be entertained lin recognition
so the will textually reads, "of the
many pleasant hours spent in peru
sing its humorous columns"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27
odd Site For Window Boxes.

When Charles Dudley Warner
wrote his volume of "Saunterings
he committed himself to a great deal
of admiration over the window boxes
filed with blooming plants that
adorned the facades of business
houses abroad and also to the state
mcnt that if the same thing was tried
here the credit of the firm attempting
it would suffer. There is one old
business house in the Broadway
shopping district that has decided TO
run that risk apparently, across the
front of the second and third stories
of its white-fronted building it has
arranged two lines of green window
boxes filled and hanging over with
scarlet geraniums. The effect is
chacming and adds not a little to the
attraction of the whole front of the
shop.-New York Sun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27

One generation does not make a
man like Togo. And also one gen.
GRAFTON does not make the fellows
who went into the terrible gulf of
death in Manchuria and on the east
ern seas. The japanese culture and
atmosphere made them thus. | pray
that they will remain so, as they are.
Already there is whisper of degen-
GRAFTON and sophistication in Japan of
to-day. Togo is the best model of the
Satsuma province, whence Marquis
Oyama, Admiral Kamimura and 9TH
ers hailed out. There in that prov
ince plain living and high thinking;
and, above all, devotion to the coun-
try and emperor almost reaches a
religion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27

Out OF about 5000 cases Of astis-
Maism, 80 per cent were affected
with simple hyI ermeTopic astigma-
tisn 26 per cent. with compound
hypermeuopic astjgmatism: - per
cent with simple myopic astigma-
t.-n, and per cent. with mixed
#stigmaism. The meridian OF great
est rcfraction was horizontal in
lUSl cases, vertical in 349. and OBJ
Glia in 16i. II is claimed by MIR.
Van de Borg who made the report,
,hat even in cases where the aStig-
matte error was of only 1000 diop-
ter the visual acnity was seldom
qaite normal after correction. with a
very rapid decrease in visual acuity
with increase OF error. As a rule, the
Improvement of vision was greatest
when the meridian of greatest refrac-
ton was horizontal 1t appears
strange that normal visual acuity
could not beobtained in cases wherein
tAe error amounts to only 100 diop-
ter. and it seems safe to say that had
a careful test been made and prop
erly ground and adjusted lenses been
supplied, the visual acuity, in these
cases would have been brought up to
normal without difficulty.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27
nendlv Rnnnna Rnn-

A banana bug of the kind which
sometimes poisons banana eaters
with venom more deadly than that
of the rattlesnake was found in a
bunch of bananas in a South Water
Street commission house the other
day. The bug is. about 21s inches
long, with pair of stiff, overlapping
wings, each about an inch wide.
When 1t clings to an overripe banana
one cannot tell where the banana
skin ends and the bug back begins,
on account of the notified brown col
or of these wings. Thrown on his
back, the bug reveals three pairs of
legs and one pair of long feelers.-
Chicago Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27
Where the Saddle Came From.

The early Greeks and Romans
rode horses bareback. They regarded
1t as unmanly to ride in a saddle. In
fact the modern saddle with POM
MEL crupper, and stirrups was un-
known to the ancients Nero gave ont
fancy coverings to his cavalry, and
the bareback riders Of the German
forests used to laugh at them. Sad
dies with trees came into use in the
fourth century; stirrups three GEN.
turies later.