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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-08-25
MEAklN DOESN'T LIKE COCK
SPARROWS.

Salt Lake, Aug. 10, 1906.
Editor Truth: / mailed letter on
August 8th to Mr.. G. G. Goodwin, in
which were thoughts suggested by
reading an article, mo Such Thing
as Equality" in Goodwin's Weekly Of
August 4th. Mr.. Goodwin has not seen
fit to publish it. / therefore send a
copy of the letter to you.
If you think the matter is worthy of
space, shall appreciate it's publica-
ton and kindness.
l am yours for nobler manhood.
JOHN p. MEAKIN.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-08-25

There is good deal of newspaper
ante Moran talk, mostly for political
effect, but none can say that Moran
doesntdo good work. He has had more
contracts from the city in the last
ten years than all the other contract
ors combined and he has never yet
done job which he can't point to
with pride. Another thing is Moran
buys his material right. That's where
his profits are made.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-08-25
Salt Lake Is quite prosperous town

Salt Lake 10 quite prosperous town,
Everybody is working and earning
money and spending it. That makes
the wheels go round. The improve
ments the city is making in street
paving, water extensions and other
things furnishes employment to thous-
ands of men. Contractor Moran's pay
roll alone is big weekly item. The
new gas company engaged in putting
down its pipes disbursed $1,000 in
wages last week. The smelter COM
pany at Garfield has an army of men
at work. The mines at Bingham,
Alta, Eureka, Park City, everywhere
are doing well. Salt Lake is prosper
ous.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-08-25
Salt Lake City, Utah,

Salt Lake City, Utah,
August 8, 1906.
Judge c. c. Goodwin, City:
My Dear Sir: l have just read in
"Goodwin's Weekly" of the 4th inst.
an article, mo Such Thing as Equal
ity." Maybe not. Anyhow, l don't
like that cock-sparrow story. Quite
likely that cunning little Shylock of
sparrow killed that poor, modest robin
when he got him behind that obstruc-
ton, and probably all the sparrows
and other birds shouted glory! glory!
for the successful business cock-spar
row. / must, however, confess that
cock-sparrows are not source of ad-
miration to me, literally or figura-
lively.
Now, Judge, don't you believe, TAX
ing into consideration the fact that
Mr.. Sparrow had shown no heart, no
love for his fellow birds, that the mod
est robins would be to some extent,
justifiable in calling all the poor, I'M
equal, non-fighting birds together and
holding an indignation meeting and
unanimously deciding to deal out sim
pie justice to that mean cock-sparrow
and all birds of his feather, who would
ruthlessly steal from the poor robin
two worms, and chase him for the
third,-food that he had wrenched
by hard labor from the soil? l sup
pose the family of sparrows and other
birds who live on pick-ups from the
plutocrat's leavings, would call the
poor robins awfully ugly names, for
holding a convention of the kind, but
as an on-looker, for the life of me l
can't help having a sympathy for the
unequal robin. / may be wrong, but If
that robin should turn out to be real
wicked birds, even an anarchist, l
should still feel sorry for him. He
had been driven to his meanness. You
claim, this is the way with birds"
and you say at is the same with men,"
This is very pessimistic conclusion,
after so many years of boosted civil
ization. Think of it, with all our
churches and with all our sublime edu-
cational institutions, yet we are like
birds of prey. If this is an animal
world, then all our civilization is a
farce, but if we may yet believe that
the mind is the standard of the man,
then there is a vast difference between
birds and men, and we are climbing
| nlSucl hIShCi. hC thouShe, ~
is the same with men," has permeated
the hearts of people everywhere"
| The smile may send forth whole
lot of truth, but in this maddened age
of pleasure and pelf, it had better re-
main untold.
The pessimistic poem by George M.
Cohan is being repeated in impressive
tones under spot lights in all the
principle theaters in the United
States. 1t is being committed to
memory and read by thousands of peo-
pie everywhere.
While Longfellow's psalm of Life"
is covered with dust, pushed to the
rear on the library shelf, Cohan sings:
Imagination, jealousy, hypocrisy and
| gaul
Three meals a day whole lot to
| say
When you haven't got the cash.
Your are always in the way.
Everybody is hobbling as he wends
his way along,
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-08-25
TRUTH

We're born to die, but don't know
why, or what it's all about,
And the more we try to learn, the less
we know.
Hurry and worry until we are buried,
There is no curtain call
Life is busy proposition after ALL"
Longfellow sings:
Life is real Life is earnest;
And the grave is not it's goal;
Dust thou art to dust returneth,
Was not spoken of the soul?
Not enjoyment and not sorrow
Is our destined end or way,
But to act that each tomorrow
Finds us further than today"
These lines of Longfellow tell
sweeter story than does Cohan's and
are surely more helpful Enid the en-
circling gloom" for poor suffering hui
mainly.
To imagine any destiny than the
highest for man would make life
farce and civilization a balloon filled
with "hot air."
still believe in God and men. l
think the man who is honest and
through his honesty, he starves to
death, is more successful than the
| cock-sparrow man who grows fat on
the toll of others.
| The ideals we worship were men
who did not live according to the life
of the cock-sparrow. / have more
faith in humanity than the story of
the cock-sparrow would teach me.
The greatest of ideals was an en-
tire failure, according to the sparrow
lesson, and it's the few who have
made the world as beautiful as it is.
Christ exclaimed, "The birds have
nests, the foxes have holes, but the
son of man hath not where to lay his
head" And there are many others
who have spurned the lessons of the
cock-sparrow. think they were
right Humanity and civilization
surely mean something higher and
nobler than the selfish life of a cock
sparrow or a Russell sage represents
While the world may laugh at the
fer to follow in the steps of the out
cast rather than to emulate the cock
sparrow men who take every advan
tage of the weaknesses of their fel
lows for their own selfish stomach's
sake.
Again: If old DR.. Johnson meant
that the masses should work for the
few, so that the few might have idle
ness, leisure, then DR.. Johnson ISM
worthy of being quoted.
At the same time, all leisure does
come from one working for another
and if every man would do his share
of work for the other fellow, we
would soon have a fraternal world
and everybody would have leisure ant
time for intellectual development
The toilers do not have time. A mar
who works from ten to twelve hours g
day is not in condition of mind OF
body to develop himself into higher
plains of life, while few may break
through the many obstacles, the
masses cannot. 1t is poverty thai
keeps the people down and in ignor
ance.
We are apt to judge people blindly
There are thousands of successes
never spoken of. The men whom We
think are "nobodies" are often ahead
of those who are heralded. Civiliza
ton has not yet proven that men are
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-08-25

mailed to q now address, to secure atten-
ton, must mention former as well as pres.
ent address,
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The Globe-republican., 1906-03-15
The FIve.Year. old's Prayer.

Two brothers, one 8. the other 5.
ere In the library when the younger
one overturned the ink When moth
er appeared and sought the culprit
Winthrop denied 1t fatty. Shocked
at the deliberate falsehood. the big
BROTHER nurriedly knelt down and
sid:
dDear God: Please forgive Win
thropv for telling lies. He doesn't
know how wrong It Is. Amen"
with q look Of scandalized con-
tempt at the kneeling brother, Win
throp knelt and prayed:
Dear God: ! wish my brother
lived in another house so he couldn't
peek. Amen Exchange.
The Globe-republican., 1906-03-15
IlsSseerxosas. George Potter, pedge
I A.aNs.. !; \. CITY kansas. 4. lg

IlsSs(erNoAas. George Potter, Dodge
~ City .kansas.
sDsAv6k Good yarns How I'VE scl
ear agents q Delhi, IN. Y.
B Gladstone n Painet were agents fcr
-;ws mnstn't tsil names we want
"a ~. yPalnswas painting bis big Gel.
opleI hoisss Said II took 10 galloni Of
white for the trim.
We cent him en. gsllons and said: I
yoa gss u oil or, no pay. II ysu have any
lsfs, return itsand pay for the rsts.
Agreed.
he rssurned four gallons and took the
agency. Four Or five years ago. He
knows nowthat bis old paint was and Is
adnltsralsd; that's why 1t took ten gal
Ions sossQual III Of ours.
a. b III name; there ~ but one mama
E(ago ~; Dsyos -and.sinc.
n Yours truly,
r.. W. DRvoE 4 Co.,
New York, chlcsgo and Kansas CITY
v p. Sturgsen Bros. Lumber Yard sells
Our paint.
The Globe-republican., 1906-03-15
,,S4x M WANTED THE NRlIclps
.InsrsdIsnts Of .Mlncs Pls Made Sub
Ject Of Bet,

II d = q IT, {.
Insrsdlsnts Of Mlncs Pls Made, Sub
Ject Of Bet.
~Once. when ! was a reporter" said
David Belasco at holiday dinner. q
spent two days with a gang Of tram ps
ID order to get material for an article
on tramp life.
these tramps were q merry lot.
They had a. many stories to tell as
he end man Of a minstrel show. The
excellent minoe pie that we have Just
1een eating reminds me of a mince
,ie episode told by one of the wan
Iserers. !.
He said that friend Of his. one
cold day In January. knocked at the
Kitchen door Of farmhouse.
.sWell.' said the farmers wife.
You here againr
"'Yes, ma'am,' said the tramp re-
spectfuIly. I want to know, ma'am,
h you'll be kind enough to give me
the recipe for that mince pie that |
had here yesterday M
well, the idea!' cried the farm
er's wife. Land sakes. man. what do
you want that recipe forg'
"'To settle bet. replied the
tramp. MY pardner says you use
three cups Of Portland cement to one
Of molasses, but ! claim It's only two
and half" g
The Globe-republican., 1906-03-15
Lincoln and His conntrynen.

Sir Wemyss Reid wrote Of Abraham
lincoln: "One must not blame Eng
fishmen too severely, however. fol
thsit lack Of appreciation Of Lincoln
Il Is doubtful II even now he is appre
eiated at his true worth by Americans
themselves. Some years ago / had the
pleasurei Of taking in to dinner a
charming young lady who was Lin
coins direct descendant. said to
1sr, you can hardly understand how
Pleased I am to have met you.
There Is scarcely any man whose
name is familiar to me whom j
honor as ! honor. the memory Of
your grandfather The young lady
opened her eyes in innocent amaze,
.msnt and confessed subsequently that
she had been very much surprised at
my little speech. AT home they never
say anything about grandpapa.'
The Globe-republican., 1906-03-15
Heart
Weakness

The action of the heart de-
ponds upon the heart nerves
and anuseles. When from any
cause they become weak or ex-
hausted, and fail to furnish
Aufieient power, the heart 1ut-
ters, palpitates, skips beats;
and inits effort to keep up its
work, causes pain and distress,
such as srnothering spells,
abort breath, fainting, pain
around heart, arm and shout
ders. The circulation is inn
peded, and the entire system
suffers from lack Of nourish-
J iaaents
DR.. Miles Heart Cure makes
= hcart strong, and vigorous BY
strengthening these nerves and
niuecles.
~ heart, and the doctors said It was
lacirable. don't believe It nov, for
4 sfiSr fHlfsng eIx bottles 0f Dr.. Mile
Usark Enfe. three bottles Of the Nervine
s1s6 ff12rEe bdxoa II the Nerve ai6
6 liver Pills u am entirely cured. ard
<ekI ttttef than 4 have for fve year,
anf9 NJ M vi due te these rAsnedlsl.
ant YOU TO know that your medicines
5.s7rIlz MI. IL relieved mo from The
aFet dpap. and ! kept Eight on tIl th2
H*in 4. ny chest was gone, ana keN<
Ell fe1lifi& beffnr even after gus
Ekihx Il a JOHN II pHRRMAAN
Bedding, Mich.
81. Nfiss, Heart Cure Il sold ~
eslar s}uasiet, who Will guarantees thAz
~ sgfnt Bottle VIII benefit u u feiiN
- Will refund YOUR Money
AsiIss " slisal 90. EiLhsr ~
The Globe-republican., 1906-03-15
AGED Statesman Active.

Lord Strathcona, high commissioner
| Of Canada, has Just turned HIS eighty
Afth year, but Il still az active 40
most men Of sixty.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-07-21
.Curiosities of the Cactus.

Mexico has a cactus which grows
tooth picks; another, ribbed and
thickly set with teeth-like spines,
which furnish the natives with combs:
there is another cactus, the long,
curved spines of which resemble fish
hooks; there is another which is an
almost perfect imitation of the sea-
urchin; still another resembles a
porcupine; there is another covered
with long red hair which is nick
named the 'tred-headed cactus"
There are several varieties which
serve as timepieces. One OF these,
the Cereus nycticalus, opens it's bios
SONS at o'clock in the evening and
closes them at o'clock in the morn
ing; another opens at 8 o'clock and
closes at s the next morning; another
opens at 9 o'clock in the morning and
closes at noon.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-07-21
KNOWS NOW.
Doctor Was Fooled by His Own Case
for a Time.

Doctor Was Fooled by His Own Case
for a Time.
It's easy to understand how ordinary
people get fooled by coffee when doc
tors themselves sometimes forget the
facts.
A physician speaks of his own ex-
perience:
II had used coffee for years and
really did not exactly believe it was
i1juring me, although had palpitation
OF the heart every day.
Finally one day a severe and al
most fatal attack of heart trouble
frightened me and I gave up both tea
and coffee, using Postum instead, and
since that time have had absolutely
no heart palpitation except on one. or
two occasions when | tried small
quantity of coffee which caused severe
irritation and proved to me must let
it alone H., -
when We began using Postum it
seemed weak-that was because we
did not make it according to direc.
tions--but now we put a little bit OF
butter in the pot when boiling and al
low the Postum to boil full Is minutes
which. .gives4it the proper rich flavor
and the deep brown color. ~" + MA HI.
Il have advised/a great many of my
friends and patients to leave OF coffee
and drink Postum, in fact L daily give
this .advice''az Name given BY Postum
Co; Battle Greek. Mich =. T. 4. IS IS
| !. Many thousands sof ply sicians zust
j Postum in place Of tea and coffee ii
their own homes and prescribe {#it t
patients There, a reas on, 81 :=.ss5 ~
aa:T5 sremar able little book rhe Roae
,5to ellYille can |bye. found inz pkgs: u
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-07-21
TONIC TREATMENT
Weak Stomach and Sick Headache
Cured by Dr.. Williams
Pink Pills,

The symptoms of stomach trouble
vary. Some victims have raveuous
appetite, others loathe the sight of food.
Often there is feeling as of weight on
the chest, a full feeling in the throat.
Sometimes the gas presses Oh the heart
aud leads the sufferer to think he has
heart disease. Sick headache is a fire.
quent and distressing symptom.
n weak stomach needs digestive
tonic and that there is no better tonic
for this purpose than DR.. Williams Pink
Pills is shown by the statement of Mr..
A. G. Merrill, a mining man, of Oneals,
Calf, a veteran Of Battalion @, Third
q. S. Regular Infantry.
had never been we'll since / left
the army, y he says, "always having had
trouble with my stomach, which was
weak. was run down and debilitated.
Could keep nothing Oh my stomach,
and at times had sick headache so bad
that did not care whether I lived or
died My stomach refused to retain
even liquid food and almost despaired
Of getting we'll as I had tried so MANY
kinds Of medicine without relief. Then
l was bitten by q rattlesnake and that
laid me up from work entirely for a
year, six months Of which l spent in bed.
One day a friend recommended DR..
Williams Pink Pills to me and began
taking them. They cured ME when all
other medicine had failed. I have
recommended the pills to a great many,
tor during my recovery every one asked
me what was helping me so and I told
them DIR. Williams Pink Pills. can
not speak too highly Of them"
II You want good health you must have
good blood. DR.. Williams: Pink Pills
actually make new blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are sold by
all druggists or sent, postpaid, on re-
ceipt of price, SOC. per box, six boxes for
$3.50 by the Dr. Williams Medicine
Co., Schenectady, NY.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-07-21
1t was his divinity's mother.
Ancient Coins While You Wait.

The great .productivehess of
the ruins of Babylon in the way
of ancient coins has aroused the
suspicious of visitors. An Amer
lean who was going around with
a guide became distrustful of
the ease with which these relics
could be disinterred. According
ly he remarked to his guide
while they were searching about
the tower of Nimrod that he par
ticularly wished to find one coin
with a special design. On the
one side was a horses head, with
some sticks placed roughly be-
tween the ears, and on the other
side a bull and a fowl in the act
of growing. The guide requested
him to draw on paper picture
Of the two sides of the coin,
which the traveller did. About a
week afterward the very coin
came to light. There was no
doubt of it's genuineness, for on
the diverse was a mares nest
and on the reverse a cock and. a
bull.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-07-21
Chips AWFUL SKIN HumoR.
Screamed With Pain-sufferina Near
Iy Broke Parents Heart-speed-
fIv Cured nv CI,fi~,1r,

Screamed With Pain-Sufferinq Near
Ly Broke Parents Heart-Speed,
lily Cured by Cuticura.
II wish to inform you that thu
Cuticura Remedies have put a stop to,
twelve years of misery I passed with
my son. As: an infant noticed on, his
body a red spot, and treated same
with different remedies for about five
years, but when the spot began to
get larger put him under the care of
doctors. Under, their treatment the
disease spread to four different parts
of his body. The longer the doctors
treated him the worse it grew. Dur
ing the day it would get rough and
form like scales. At night it would
be cracked, inaamed and badly swol-
len, with terrible burning and itching.
When I think Of his suffering it near,
ly breaks my heart. His screams
could be heard down stairs. The
suffering of my son made me full of
misery. I had no ambition to work,
to eat, nor could sleep. One doctor
told me that my sons eczema was
1ncurable, and gave it up for a bad
job. One evening I saw an article in
the paper about the wonderful Cuti-
cura and decided to give it trial.
tell you that Cuticura Ointment is
worth it's weight in gold; and when
had used the first box of Ointment
there was great improvement, and
by the time had used the second set
of Cutieura Soap, Ointment and Resell
vent, my child was cured. He is now
twelve years old, and his skin is as
fine and smooth as silk. Michael
Steinman, 7 Sumner Avenue, Brook
lyn, N. z, April 16, 1906"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-07-21
Office Boys Dabble in Wall Street.

AS the pages in the senate some
times hold an extra session all by
themselves, so the Office boys in Wall
street conduct lively market at
times after the brokers have gone
home. They call up number at ran.
dom, it is answered by another Office,
and a conversation something like
the following ensues:
Hello! This is Mr.. Jones of Biff,
Bang & Bung's. Kindly buy me H.
000,000,000 shares of Amalgamated
Copper Immediately"
"All right. This is Mr.. Smith of
Hop, Skip & Jump. But we will need
more margin for that Kindly send us
a certified check for 100000, 000."
A wordy argument ensues, and the
Office boys finally hang up their
phones and go home content with the
days transactions.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-07-21
His Candidate.

District Attorney Jerome tells Of
certain citizen whom he encountered
IN the last presidential election day.
Conversation was somewhat ham
pered by the fact that the citizens
vocabulary was limited to about
eighty-five words. who" and what
were evidently one to him as yet, but
be made himself clear on one point.
How long have you been in this
country" he was asked.
"Ah bane one month";" he answered.
Are you going to vote?"
"Yah"
Whom are you going to vote for?"
"Ah bane goin' vote for tan dollars"
was the self-sat1sfied response.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-07-21

low, ecstatic whistle, "And then
she loves to hear me talk about
football and fishing, and other
things fellows interested in. |
know she likes me-" He threw
back his broad shoulders COM
placently. otis her mother who
makes the trouble. She's always
around. Not that l dislike her.
Oh, no. She's not so bad in a way.
Jolly enough, and all that. But
somehow she seems to know just
what fellows up to. Her eyes go
right through you and makes you
feel small and deuced uncomfort-
able. Hello, I'll bet that's sweet
ness" he stopped and gazed in
tently down the long, dusty road.
About an eighth of mile dis
tant, stood a large, white house,
and standing directly in front of
it, could be discerned a small fe-
male figure. AS the sun caught
her hair it flashed into gold.
ut is, as sure as guns" ejacu-
lated Bert, aloud. He hurried
along, limping painfully.
The figure crossed the road,
climbed the stone wall on the
other side; and disappeared
among the bushes that formed a
hedge.
E''She's going across the bridge
and up on the mountain," conjec.
tured Bert. "Hello," he called:
shouting at the top of his lungs.
After a moment, t:Hello." came
family back on the air.
Bert made up his mind. @...
II won't go too near the house,
he decided. "Her mother might
see me: and SUSPECT. I'll go over
here and wade: the brook. It'll be
hard> work climbing that hill with
this blasted leg,'' glancingir ueful
| ly at the crippled member, ''bui
then, think ola whole morning on
the mountain, alone with her
lAh," and Bert caught his breath
ecstatically,t at the bliss in stc,.
for him.. ;e.. 8: s. III I: 81;
t. He got oversthe5 stone wall al
! best he could thinking regret I'LL,
of; the&da when lie e ould Il hjayt
4 yaulted 1t with one leap 81 5:hi,
Hong legs a5 Ma kin gg1s5his II way
i through the bush es, he. paused b,
4 1.-The side 81 the Bro j. The stream IL
Twas not deep, zbntt ,Wiidee and Stufrl.b,lu