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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
THE TALE OF THE BAILIFF

Richmond Times-Dispatch.)
''Well I guess till git hoary, I'll be tell
in of the story
OF eollectin' of that Thirty Million Dol
lars
Who-me? Yes, sir, I'm the bailiff and
I'll tell you gents the tale if
You will not misdoubt the fax, which
be as follors:
IT was feelin' kind o gandered when 1
dropped into the Standard,
ART suspectin on a bootlick from the
rear;
But steps up to party (who was sit
tin there) real hearty.
An 1 says: is John d. ROCKEFELLER
ERE?
AN he swings round on his swivel, an
he smiles an answers civil
Have seat, sir. You're a talkin' to
him now.
An he says. A dash o. brandy? 1 have
got some ere real handy
An he fills two glasses up, and says,
''Ere's 'ow.
''Well-the thing seemed so surprisin' that
1 feared for dope or pizen,
An / says: I m Jim, the Bailiff, Rocky
But he cuts in: Pish for that. man.
Well, you're lookin' we'll an fat,
An the missus an the babies. air they
Well?'
well, 1 guess answered nervous. for he
calls out, William, serve US
An his check-book man, e enters, slick
an bald;
An Jondee he writes a minute, an he
says: I'll put you in it
An he blots it, addin: Mighty glad you
called
'An' he laughs: You nice old dolphin. Do
you care at all for Coffin?
There's some cups an things I've won
on that ere shelf
An he SAYS: That fines so triflin' when
you think what we been riflin'
1 ave added 'arf million for myself
AN he sighs I been a sinner?-Won' (
you join me in some dinnerT-
But l snatched that check right there,
an l neandered-
An twist in that unexpected kind o. way
that I collected
That Thirty Million fine from off the
Standard
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16

on his way, almost dragging the slaves
with him. Prices rule from $40 to $50
of our money up to $4,000. 1 saw this
sum bid for a really beautiful girl
of H.
She was robed in bright orange gown
and had slippers Of green morocco en-
broidered with gold and silver thread
She was bought By the powerful Cald
El-Gundaf, whose whalifa, or lieuten-
ant governor, was bidding for him.
When each pair Of slaves is disposed
of the auctiOneer goes back to his own
pen and brings forth another couple.
Their demeanor varies curiOusly. I saw
an old negro woman Of perhaps 50
years shutting around amid the jokes
of the squatting lines of Moors. In
fants of 5 or trotted round with bold
eyes and smiling faces. There were
Moorish girls, shy and shrinking; young
negro giants who could run with load
of 200 pounds, and anxious-eyed moth
ers with children.
Gradually one sees the slaves sitting
by their new masters side. The pens
are nearly empty. but one of them holds
a pitiful few that none will bid for at
any price. Here are aged graybeards
and old women, with perhaps young
fellows who have been crippled in the
powder play" or in tribal warfare.
The Koranic warning, He who be-
HAYES ill TO his slave VIII not enter Par
adise" is little regarded, and aged
slaves past work are thrown out into
the streets to starVe. With my own
eyes I saw such men lying dying in
the covered streets and bazaars of Mar
rakesh.
Whence come all the hapless crea-
lures sold every year literally like cat
tie in this way? They have been raid
ed from defenseless villages as far
south as the Niger itself-a region per-
haps seven months distant from the
SOk-el-Abid Of MaTrakesh- For hun
dreds of years these Arabs have been
slave raiders. and the penalty Of six
months convict labor and a large fine
does not appear to be a sufficient de-
terrent, for the profits are enormous
and the raiding Arabs are never so
happy as when they are fighting.
The smaller fry of raiders merely en-
tice and kidnap children. while bigger
men with influence journey down into
Haussaian and stir up dissensions
among tribes. The object Of this is that
in the ensuing fight a village may be
the more easily raided. The slaves on
their way north are viewed with far
less consideration than cattle, for
should many die from hunger, thirst or
Ill treatment other raids may be made
on the tourney. 1t is only when the
caravan approaches the Atlas SHOWS
that some attention is given to the
slaves. Of whom it may be truly said
that only the fittest survive and the
rest leave their bones by the way with
those of the fallen camel or mule.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
ST. PETER AND THE KNocKER,

James Barton Adams in Clay's ReviewD
A chronic knocker neared the Golden
Where good Saint Peter stood in robes of
state
And as he neared he framed the fairy tale
He thought would gain his entrance with
Good saint he said, through all my
4 was a Christian man of Christian
worth
1 read my Bible daily. DER it pored,.
And in my brain its sacred teachings
I asked a blessing upon every meal
And ere retiring to my bed did kneel
And thanked the Lord for blessing of the
day
Aye, cen when some things did not
Whene'er the holy Sabbath day came
Within my church pew I was always
And at the prayer meetings raised my
eyes
And suppliant voice toward the arching
skies.
In short, good saint through days of
peace and strife
I led a pure, consistent, Christian life"
so far so good" replied the saint, but
Are not the sole requirements, if you
please.
No one has ever entered in this place
On f1iDAt EcdIlllSs pray CT anu PltuS AciSS-
BY wireless skyograph am advised
That you in every way antagOnized
The progress and development and veal
OF town in which you lived. You placed
the seal
OF disappTOval upon every scheme
To beautify the earth. the One supreme
Gave unto man in crude pTimeval state,
That he might make it beautiful and
great.
You were a knocker. knocked at every
thing;
No onward move but heard your ham
mer's ring;
You knocked at early morn, and
knocked at night;
All through the day put forth your knock
ing might
Your knocking knocked the pins from I'M
der all
The piety you boast of-let it fall
In worthless wreckage and with it went
down
Your chances or a bright celestial
crown.
No knockers are admitted here. but take
That elevator to the left and make
quick descent until you set your feet
At gate that's warped somewhat from in
ner heat;
Upon it there is no restraining lock-
Just turn the knob and enter in. Don't
knock 4"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
LINCOLN TOOK HER TO CIRCUS
Danvflle Correspondence Chicago Inter
OCEAN,

Danville Correspondence Chicago Inter-
ocean,
There died near here this morning a
woman who in her younger days. learned
to love Abraham Lincoln as a father, and
who met him in a most peculiar manner.
He saw her crying one day because she
could not attend circus ia this city. He
promptly took her by the hand and to-
gether they walked to Danville and saw
the show.
The woman was Mrs. Anna Pierce. She
lived on farm in her younger days. and
the family had but little money. Cir
cuses were not every day occurrences, and
when one came to this city the family
supply of cash had been exhausted. The
little girl sat on the front doorstep and
was bemoaning her disappointment when
Lincoln, walking down the middle of the
road. as was his wont, saw her in her
sad plight.
Get on your new dress and I will take
YOU" he said and while she changed her
clothes he sat on the front step and played
with a small brother of the girl.
In later years, when Lincoln became
president he did not forget his little
friend, but often called on her at her
home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
A PASTORAL.
(Reynold's NewspaDer)

1t was a beautiful night. The gentle
zephyrs of the evening played musical
Iy amid the silky leaves of the turnip
trees and the onion bushes and waited
from across the distant fields the del
icate fragrance of the growing cab
ha pes and the far-off odor OF the bean
trees.
Betsy" he eooed, as they sat on the
rickety wooden fence surrounding Mrs
Filligan's pigsty, "'Ow bee-a-utiful is
Tub, Jes' think ov it, Betsy. Wen we
are married we'll have a pig all on
our own. all to ourselves
"Willyum." she whispered, resentful-
w. why should we want ter buy q
pig? / shan't want ter buy pig when
I'VE got yew."
Then all was silent once more, except
that the gentle zephyrs stll played
amid the fronds of the cabbage bushes
and the silver throated frog still sang
from the roof.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
cTENsLAND WANTS PARDON.

After serving less than a year Of his
indeterminate sentence for footing the
Milwaukee Avenue state bank of Chi
cago, Paul o. Stensland has applied
to the state board of pardons for re-
lease. He promises to be good here
after, and he promises to work hard
and pay off all his obligations. Ac-
companying the application is a certii-
cate from two women physicians who
are living with Stensland's daughter
to the effect that he is suffering from
eleven diseases, and that he cannot
stand the confinement of prison life.
Stensland's maladies, according TO
the doctors, are: Fatty degenerat ton
of the heart, chronic bronchitis. asth-
ma, anaemia, emphysema, deficient
elimination. general breakdown, insom-
mia, mental anguish, threatened tuber-
culosis and a serious affection of the
eyes. We cannot understand row a
man who is suffering with all of those
formidable ailments could possibly
work hard and pay off the thousands
upon thousands of dollars he stole from
the depositors in his bank.
This man, as a matter of fact is not
entitled to either sympathy or leniency.
After years spent in fast living at the
expense of the banks dcpOsitors, he
got together all the money he could
find and fed to Morocco. There he
was apprehended through the efforts Of
a Chicago newspaper and brought back
to be tried for his crime He would
never have come back voluntarily. His
purpose was to remain away from Chi
cago the remainder of his life.
He was tried, convicted and SELL
fenced to serve an indeterlninate pc
Rod. He should be kept In the peni-
Tertiary for long term of years, be-
cause if ever a man richly deserved a
heavy sentence that man is Stensland.
Many a man has served for many years
for far less crimes than his. Upon
Stensland's head rests the responsible
ity for at least a half-dozen suicides,
for dozens of ruined homes. for the
I
thought they had provided against old
age are now facing bitter poverty.
And he has the nerve to ask FOR a
pardon on the ground tdaC if released
he will endeavor to pay back the
money he stole, and in the very next
breath to claim that he is suffering
from eleven serious ailments. Any
thief in any prison in the land, whether
Ill or not, would be glad to exchange
a promise of this sort for freedom. And
any of them would be at least as apt
to make good as Stensland.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
CROSSING OFFICER NEEDED.

The most important corner in Salt
Lake City is the corner of Main and
Second South streets. More people,
more vehicles. more street cars pass
there than pass any corner in the city.
lust now the intersection is all but i'm
passable. A roadway not more than
twelve feet wide has been left on the
east side of Main street and the north
side of the intersection by the men who
are employed by the Utah Light &
Railway company in putting in new
curves, switches and other desirable
improvements. Through this narrow
passage vehicles pass in a constant
stream.
The place is a constant menace 70 the
lives OF pedestrians who are compelled
to go from one side of the street to the
other. The danger to them would be
considerably lessened il Chief of Police
Mckenzie would station an officer al
the crossing and keep him there, say
from o'clock in the morning until
midnight. We know of no more i'm
portant police duty than the protection
of the lives of the citizens. Two men
can well be spared from other work to
take charge OF this.
Indeed, there should be men on the
south crossing. too. in alternate shifts.
While this would take four men from
their regular beats during the hours
suggested. it is difficult to see how
harm could come from the action, for
the hours are those in which more peo-
pie are on the streets than at any other
and the danger from criminals is least.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16

The Chicago Record Herald says that
Louisville stands chance to secure the
next Democratic national convention IL
Colonel Watterson will agree TO furnish
the fireworks. Well, the colonel will
surely be on hand, and he couldn't help
furnishing fireworks if he wanted to.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16

Up to date a Kansas bank that failed
to it's depositors 50 per cent Of their
money. And the announcement is made
that all claims will be paid in full Now
that the government and the states
have acquired the habit Of locking
fraudulent bankers in prison cells bank
ers generally seem to be little more
careful
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16

There's good money in copper at 16I5
cents pound. The harvest of the wild
caters for this season is probably over
and everything in the mining regions
will soon be in a normal condition. In
the meantime let us be thankful that
we live in a beautiful valley. where
peace and plenty abound.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16

Nine. Melba is paving the way for
another concert tour. She said In a re-
cent interview that Americans are real
" musical people.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16

If the wild waves are whispering to
Willie Taft they are probably telling
him that a mere echo should never
aspire to be the real thing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
LIFE IN NEW YORK.
cMashinrtnn Herald.l

..The Baldorf walters have a new
scheme THE waiter pretends to find q
dime that you may have dropped"
what Them
s.TIe returns it, and then. of course. you
have to hand him thousand dollars"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16

A local American" political writer,
in an effort to compliment former Sem
atOr Dubois of Idaho, refers to him as
the LEAST unselfish political leader
in the intermountain country" Dubois
may well pray for preservation from
his friends, If he has many like that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16

However, it was not the Assyrians,
but the ST. John police, that came down
like wolves on the fold during the re-
cent rioting at st. John, n. u
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
ST0RYETTES.
(San Francisco Argonaut.)

The pompous judge glared sternIy over
his spectaeles at the tattered prisoner
justice on a charge of vagraney. Have
you ever earned dollar in your life?"
he asked. in fine scorn. Yes your hon.
or" was the response: 81 voted for you
at the last election"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
POOR HENRY.
CHouston Post.)

Henry. do look like you when have
your hat on2''
Il don't know, Mira; why?"
s'I wore your hat out in the yard today
and mother told me it made me look like
a fool
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16

A physician has certified that II. H.
Rogers is too i'll to appear in court. IT
would make any of US sick to figure as
one of the defendants in $50, 900
suit, especially so if we had accumu-
lated plumber enough to satisfy a Judg-
ment. Blessed are they who are broke,
for they have no cause for worry.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16

Three tired citizens-a lawyer, a doc
tor and a newspaper man-sat in a back
room recently in the gray light of the
early dawn. On the table were many
empty bottles and a couple of packs of
cards AS they sat in silence. rat sour
ried across the hearth into the darkness
beyond The three men shifted their feet
and looked at each other uneasily. After
a long pause the lawyer spoke: II know
what you fellows are thinking he said
you think l thought I saw rat. but l
didn't"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16

She was telling a circle of sympathetic
friends about the burglar scare in her
home. Yes" she said, II heard a noise,
SO got up at once. There, under the bed,
saw a mans legs sticking out. Good
graciousi" exclaimed one of the ladies.
The burglars legs?' mo, my dear; my
husbands legs. He had heard the noise,
tool
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
FOOLS AND FOOLS.
ings.
Chicago News.)

Iiffkins-The only way to eonvirce a
fool is to let him have his own way
Riffkins-Huh. / know fools even that
won't convince.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
THEATRES TO-DAY.

Salt Lake-'The Three Of U.s."
MISUNDERSTANDING
Grand-''The Lieutenant and the Cow
bow"
Lyric-VaudevilIe
WEATHER FOR SALT LAKE.
Fair.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
The Last Slave Market

Iorocco the Only Civilized Country Where Human Beings Are Still
Bought and Sold
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16


A story is told of the famous Richard
Brinsley Sheridan that, one day when
coming back from shooting with an empty
bag, and seeing a number of ducks In
pond while near by a man was leaning
on fance watching him, Sheridan asked:
What will you take for a shot at the
ducks?'' Well" said the man, thought
fully, TN take half a sovereign.
Done, said Sheridan, and he fired into
the middle of the flock, killing dozen or
more. I'm afraid you made bad par
gain," said Sheridan, laughing. Il don
know about that" the man replied
They're not my ducks.
During his first year the amateur farm
er discovered that all his little chickens,
which were confined in cOOps, were Ian
gushing at the point Of death The novel
list went over his hen literature to To-
cate the cause of the trouble, but to no
avail. Finally he called neiShbor TO
whom he put the question: What do you
suppose is the matter with those chick
ens?' well, l dunno. What do you feed
emp Feed them," exclaimed the nov
elist-faTmer, why, ! don't feed them
anything Then how'd you s'pOse they
was a-goin TO liver Il presumed" re-
piled the literary person, that the old
hens had milk enough for them now
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-28
BATTLESHIP DEFEATS
TORPEDO BOAT FLEET
THEORETICALLY SINKS ENTIRE
FLoTILLA
Attack Was Made at Night In
Dense Fog and BATTLE"
Ragged Hot and
Long

NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. 27-The battle
shin Kentucky, like the Kearsarge, has
proved, if there is anything in theoretical
warfare, that single battleship is su-
perior to flotilla of torpedo boats Inc
sham fight took place off Newport in log
and darkness. The Kentucky, commanded
by Capt Edward B. Barry, went out con-
voyed by the second torpedo boat hotllla'
consisting of the Hopkins, the Whlpple'
the Worden and the Hull.
Later in the evening the word having
been sent into Newport that there was a
hostile fleet outside the third torpedo boat
fotilla, consisting of the Stringham, the
DeLong the Shubrick, the Stockton and
the Thornton, under command of Lieut..
Willis Mcdowell, was ordered out to de-
stroy the menacing force
The battle ragged from midnight until
sunrise and at 8 o'clock this morning the
fighting was fierce. The fleet of wasps
got almost within striking distance of the
battleships under cover of the fog, their
commanders taking desperate chances
under the circumstances.
The Kentucky, however, used her Sec
ondary battery in a manner that would
have been effective in an actual conflict
and the ruling is that she defeated and
destroyed the defending torpedo boats and
like the Kearsarge came up to the coast
and engaged the fortifications at the en-
trance of the bay which would have been
the next step in an actual assault upon
the city.