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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-05-09

Wise is he who profits by the fool
ishness of others.
1t is sweet to suffer when we suffer
for those we love.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-05-09

Mrs. 8. Joyce, $50 Sullivan St,
Claremont, N. H., writes: "About a
year ago | bought two bottles of Fol-
ey's Kidney Cure. l. cured. me of a
severe case of Kidney trouble of sew
eral years. standing. 1t certainly is a
grand, good medicine, and | heartily
reccomend it." G. r. Fogg and F.
w Bucknan.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-05-09

People would be less suspicious of
others if they didn't know themselves
so we'll
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-05-09

coat of paint which is a great improv
ment.
James Beene is painting and paper
ing for Mrs. George Baker.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-06
LOST TREASURES
OF LITERATURE
tEXchdngeD

tEXchdngeD
Many Of the greatest treasures of
the worlds literature have totally dis
appeared. Even so late as 1862 copy
of Canterbury Tales" valued. it is
said, at s. 500, was used to light the
FIR in d London church.
Tie last elk books of Spenser' :
"Faerie Queene" were lost by one of
the poets servants. During the French
revolution an exceedingly Valua BILE
copy of The Golden Legend" was
used to light a librarians fire.
Many of the valuable letters of Lady
Mary WOrtley Montagu were de-
stTuyed by her relatives. lest Lady
Mays literary honors might be
gained ut the cost of disgrace to the
family name.
After the death of Pierse there was
found in his apartments a huge chest
filed with letters from the most emil
nent scholars of the time. The collec-
ton was Of immense literary and his
torical value. His niece, instead of
complying with repeated requests to
have them published. used them for
fuel. in order to diminish the expense
of firevOOdJ
In the great fire of London in 1863.
many manuscripts of the Eliza bethan
ere were lost. Fire in the COttonian
library at Ashburnham house, West
Minister. in 1871 destroyed 22S out of
95S manuscript volumes. all of which
had fallen into private hands after the
dissolution OF the monasteries half a
century before.
The burning Of the Strasbury library
during the Franco-Prussian war de-
StrCved many valuable works. among
which NAV be mentioned the records
Of The legal proceedings in the contro-
verSy between Gutenberg and his as
sociates as to whether or not he in
vented the art of printing.
In 1888 Gaurino. a learned Italian.
travelled through Greece in search of
lost manuscripts. His labOrs were re-
warded by the acquisition of Valu-
able collection. On his return to his
native land a storm overlook the YES
sci and the captain ordered the entire
cargo to he thrown overheard. Such
was his anguish at the loss that it is
said his hair turned white in single
night.
A similar fate befeii. in 1889. a
wealthy hurgCmaster of Middleburgh
named Hudde. Prompted by literary
curiosity. be betOok himself to China,
disguised as a mandarin. For thirty
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-06
AFTERMATH OF THE FOOLS.

Summaries published showing the
casualties from excessive celebration
on the Fourth read like a list of the
dead and wounded after battle
Newspaper figures, necessarily incom-
plete, report that hundreds were killed
or badly injured, and other hundreds
injured more or less seriously nv the
idiots who play with dynamite bombs
and cannon firecrackers on the nation
al holiday. Omitting the fire loss
which is always heavy, the returns
show that the American people tolerate
more downright criminal folly on this
one day than any civilized people ought
to put up with in a generation.
Right here in Salt Lake one man
was dangerously wounded and NAV
lose an eye because irresponsible hood
lums exploded a bomb under his feet
In what they regarded as a humorous
exploit. The marvel is. not that On
many were injured, but that so faw
were killed. For twenty-four hours the
authorities permitted the use. of dyna-
mite concealed in frecrackers in GUAM
titles that were dangerous. In Main
street and elsewhere in the busineze
district groups of rowdies expose5
passersby to explosions that should
have landed the perpetrators in taiJ.
and the whole downtown district was
threatened with fires from skyrockets
and other fireworks set off at randor,
The city ordinances provide for the
Limitation Of such demonstrations. and
they should be enforced. 1t would he
easy to restrict the sale of Fireworks
to the safer designs and to punish deal
ers who presumed on public good ma
ture for the sake of the profits that
come from endangering life and limb
A wholesome, good-natured and harm
less celebration of a national holiday *
all right; such a celebra ton as Salt
Lake had is all wrong
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-06
A REAL PENALTY.

President Woodrow Wilson Of Prince
ton university. who is Harper's Week
ly's candidate for president, urges iail
sentences as a remedy for corpora ton
crimes. In a speech at the jamestown
exposition, the PrincetOnian dweIt at
length on the evils committed by cor
porations and the way to meet them.
He said, what all know. that in every
corporation some one man or set of
men is responsible for every act of the
corporate Heretofore. in this conn
try, ii has been the practice to punish
corporations by fines aIone-a. practice
which has practically invited me COM
mission of infraction of law where
such infractiOn was profitable Trust
prosecutions have shown how ineffac-
tive the fine is. either as a punishment
or deterrent; and it has been one Of
the grievances of law-abiding people
that deliberate wiIlful defiance of the
law by corporations has been made
quately punished where an Individual
would suffer heavily for the same Of
Tense if convicted
The chief trouble in securing such an
end as Mr.. Wilson suggests, is the lax
ity of public conscience and indiffer-
ence of the public attitude. which ac-
cepts stoically such extortfon and in
justice from. corporations as it would
not tolerate in individuals Possibly
because of the failures of the law. part
ly because of imperfect prosecution
and neglect of duty by public officials,
little effort has been made to secure
the conviction of corporate offenders
until recently. The drift of public SEN
timent, however, is i'm line with the
Wilson speech and ultimately the pub
lie demand viii result in jail sentence
for some offender of prominence who
has gone too far in violation of law.
One or two such sentences righteous
ly imposed and vigorously carried out
would end the worst OF the offenses. A
simple fine is no particular disgrace.
but a jail sentence, even for a short
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-06
A CARNIVAL OF DISBURSEMENTS

These Americans who point with
such pride to their public improve
ments as an excuse for their city ad-
ministration. have got the cart before
the horse. The public wants the i'm
prOvements, has been wanting them
for years. The Morris administration
ordered most Of them before the
Americans" came in, and everybody
is glad to see the plans carried out.
Even the people who are paying big
bills for paving and sidewalks agree
that Salt Lake has reached the stage
IF its transition where it must have
he equipment of a big city.
What the public cTiticizes in the ad-
ministration in its city affairs is the
favoritism to contractors, the unbusi-
uess-like lack of system I'm handling
contracts. the inefficiency of the street
department and other municipal de-
partments. and the unwillingness Of
the American" administration 10 face
its own financial condition.
Two years ago the overdraft in the
contingent IUiur lIOil WHICH SALARIES
and general city expenses are paid,
was about $4,000 Today it is over
S175,O00. Yet the city administration
claims 10 be in excellent condition lin
RnCially. After all this years taxes are
collected and spent. the contingent
fund will have an overdraft Of over
100000. instead of the surplus which
marked the close of the Morris admin
isratiOn On July l. unless the fig
uTes are deceptive. every general fund
of the city treasury showed an over
draft-and six months Of the year re-
main to be cared for.
The showing is not pleasant to con-
template, yet the city council and de-
partment heads go on spending money
as bhthely and cheerfully as if they
had the national treasury behind them.
BY the time the carnival of disburse-
ments is completed. the gentle taxpay-
er will be confronted with the neces-
sity for a special tax levy to make I'D
the deficiency which the Americans"
are accommodating so merriIy. unless
the city administration wakes I'D to
the situation at once and takes steps
to meet the emergency by retrenching
wherever Tetrenchment is possible.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-06
ROCKEFELLER IN COURT.

John d. Rockefeller, having discov-
cred that the United States wishes him
to appear in a federal court in Chica-
go, has promised to appear there 10
day and tell what he knows about the
ownership and financial condition of
the Standard Oil company of Indiana,
which has been indicted and convicted
simultaneously before Judge Lands.
Remembering the weakness of Rookie
fellers memory in former court pro-
ceedings, it would be foolish to expect
much from his evidence: if anything,
he is likely to have the impression that
the Standard Oil is a poor, struggling
corporation Of uncertain assets and
huge liabilities, unable to pay any fine
and certainly unwilling to face such a
contingency.
However, the common man derives
a certain satisfaction from the fact
that court has been found which in
sists that Mr.. Rockefeller is only an
ordinary citizen of the republic. sub
ject to its laws and amenabls TO iisci-
pline of the ruder sort. All that the
public has ever asked has been fair
play without discrimination in the ad-
ministratiOn of the law, and hitherto.
Mr.. Rockefeller has seemed to think
that the law was not for such as he
except when he invoked it for the pro-
lection of his property or the enrich
ment of his purse. OF recent years he
has shown disposition to be quite
friendly with the public, and his bene-
factions have smoothed some of the
rough places he had left in his trail
years ago. Old age, the discovery of
golf as a recreation, and the equally
important discovery that doing good is
real fun, seem to have ironed out the
raw edges of his character consider
ably; and a few days in court NAV
put the finishing touches On his expert
ence and show him that being lust a
plain citizen is not half so bad as h.
had been led to believe.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-06

term, would make the most hardened
corporation law-breaker hesitate to
face the opprobrium of Imprisonment
as a criminal One instance of this
was shown impressively in Chicago
when a meat packer, threatened with
Imprisonment by a federal judge,
pleaded for mercy and broke down
completely under the disgrace that
seemed imminent. He had defied the
law cheerfully and contemplated with
indifference a cash fine, but he could
not stand the thought of the Jail.
But any such remedy. to be justly
applied, should not make it possible 10
shield the real offender and punish
some subordinate acting under orders
from a superior official of the corpora
ton. The method of the corporations
has beeen 20 risk a violation Of law
and throw the responsibility on some
subordinate if detected. In these days
of systematic management and close
supervision of business, it is impossible
for employees TO act in matters involv-
ing legal responsibility without the
knowledge and direction of their SUI
periOrs. The law should be so admin
isteTed that evasiOns and infractions Ct
the law would be held against the
management and the responsible head
or heads of the corporation be required
to answer for them.
So complete has been the awakening
of public sentiment that a very few
convictions and sentences would serve
to abate the worst of corporation evils,
provided always that the responsible
man OF men had to suffer the penalty
inflicted
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-06
HE WAS PATRIOTIC.
(ChtcagO NewsD

The trouble with us as a nation =
that we are not patriotic enough, said
the baId-headed lUncher. putting his
folded newspaper between the sauce
bottle and the match safe.
Not patriOtict" exclaimed the man
opposite I'd like to know what We
are if we amt patriotic"
oh, Wen hurrah ior the Stars and
Stripes when the young woman in the
cowboy hat and leggins comes up in
front and waves it at us" said the bald
headed Iuncher. Wen cheer Abraham
Lincoln and George Washington when
the candidate brings en- into his
speech. But that's all just matter Of
habit. You don't know any more about
George Washington than a spring pull
let does about municipal ownership,
and you don't know much more about
Lincoln than that he told funny stories
and was a gOdsend to the Republican
party
He said. YOU can fool all of - 80
I know it, But do you know that
nearly year after the war began ne
sent a message TO congress recommend
ing cooperation with any state that
might adopt gradual adjustment o.
sIavery?s Well, he did, and if you'd
like to bet he didn't I'll accommodate
you
NO. l wouldn't bet" said the mal
opposite. But if he did / don't see
Wei, the point is that you didn' I
know it. Do you know when they fired
on Fort Sumter? No, you don't. Ii
was on April u. 1851 Do you know
where Fort Sumter was? OF course
not. Somewhere in the United States
that's near enough for you and it's near
enough for the average man. If I told
you it was in South Carolina you would
not know whether l was lying to you
or not"
What's the difference" asked the
man opposite Il know that we fought
the rebels and / know we licked iem."
The difference is that you don't have
a clear view of things" said the bald
headed luncher The difference is that
if you don't know what your country 5
done and when it did it and why it do
it you haven't got any good reason for
being patriotic. That's the difference.
Now, take Washington. You'll say he
licked the British"
well, ne did, didn't he2"
He certainly did But that isn't all
there was TO it. That wouldn't make
him the father of his country. Putnam
lickedsthe British and so did Lafayette
and General Harkimer-"
THAT reminds me that want some
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-06
(ChicagO Post.l


F'ioorwalker-A person who is not
sufficiently acquainted with the store to
be permitted to take any more active
part in its operation than to tell you
where he thinks you want to go. 1t is
said that after years of practice some
flOOrwalkers become so proficient that
they can guess correctly three times
out of five.
Bargain-Anything that you are sure
dozen other women want to buy.
Anything your husband will want to
know why the dickens you bought it.
Anything like anything that stuck-up
thing on the next street purchased At
a higher price.
Saleslady-Any person with POM
padoUr and a Marcelle wave and a
cOiffure and retOIched eyebrows and a
naughty stare, who, some way or other,
manages TO make you think she does
not believe you can afford expensive
things. and who listlessly scorns you
if you want something cheap.
Cash Girl-A child who never comes
back with the change until you have
missed your train.
ModeI-A combination of Cleopatra.
Venus de Milo, Queen Genevere and
Joan of Arc. who puts on a garment
and convinces you that you will re-
semble her if you wear it. A person
who your husband will say is not hand
some. or is handsome: in the first con-
tingency you will suspect him of de-
ceiving you, in the second of being fit
for suspicion.
Lunch-If alone, a pickle sandwich,
plate of ice cream and a box of choc-
olate creams. If your husband is witr
you. anything running the check up to
e. 65
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-06
TELLS A LINCOLN STORY.
New York SUM

When the APPLAUSE for Uncle Joe had
died away. President Young introduced
General Howard as an intimate friend
of President Lincoln. and General How
ard told a number of stories about Lin
coin.
''Oue day" said General Howard. he
saw Senator Fessenden coming toward
his office room. Mr.. Fessenden had re-
ceived the promise of some appointment
in Main@ for one of his constituents. The
case had been overlooked. As soon as
NIr. Lincoln caught sight of the senator
he saw Fessenden was angry and called
out: Say FcSSenden. aren't you an
Episcopalian?' Mr.. FeSsenden. somewhat
taken aback. answered: Yes. | belong to
that persuasion. Mr. President Mr..
Lincoln then said. I thought So You
swear so much like Seward. Seward is
an FDiscc palian. But you ought 10 hear
stanton ssvtaI. He can beat you both.
HC is q Presbyterian -
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years he Travelled through the Celes-
tial empire, dcVoting his fortune to the
collection of manuscripts. Returning
to Europe he was ShipWreCked and all
his treasures were lost.
The great PineIian library. COnSid-
cred at the time one Of the largest and
most valuable in the world. was pur-
chased in 1900. after the death of its
possessOr. by London bookseller.
who chartered three vessels to convey
il 10 London He was pursued by
Corsairs. who captured one vessel and,
finding that il carried a cargo Of books
and manuscripts. destroyed all by
casting them into the sea; the others
escaped uniniured.
Perhaps the largest and most valu-
able of literary treasures was the AL
exaudrian library. This collection, the
most remarkable of the ancient world,
IS said 10 have contained in its most
flouriSninG period. 100000 or accord
ing to others. 100000 manuscripts It's
royal founder collected from all ma
lions their choicest composition. We
are told that one of his successors
went so far as to refuse to supply the
AthenianS with wheat until they had
given him the original manuscripts OF
AeSchvIus. SOphocles and Euripides.
When julius Caesar laid siege to the
CITY the greater portion of this library
was DESTROYED by fire. II was later re-
placed by the collection presented TO
Queen Cleopatra by Mark Antony.
But it was not destined to endure
long. When the Emperor Theodosius
the Great in 391 A. D. ordered the de-
struction of all heather temples with
in the Roman empire, the Christians,
led by the Archbishop Theophilus, did
not spart that of jupiter. in which
were kept the literary treasures. From
this general destruction about 1000
manuscripts escaped, only to be
burned in $40 by SaTacens under the
Caliph Omar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-06
HARRIMAN's STORY.

AT a meeting of Oregon Short Line di-
rectors." said a broker e. H. Hartman
made fine speech on economy in railway
management At the end he told an APP
propriate story. He said that keen bus
mess man bought at a low price theater
that had long been Improbable. and by
economical management put IT immediate
" on a paying basis. But he was very
economical. He watched the expenses
with the sharpest eye The first month S
expense account contained the item:
Meat for cats-to protect the scenery and
properties from the rats ravages-$2.'
The proprietor struck, this item out writ
ing on the margin: If the eats eat the
rats. wherefore the meat? If they don I
wherefore the cats?'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-06

cheese" said the man opposite, sig
mailing TO a waiter.
Lots Of men licked the British. but
they didn't nave the genius of Wash
ingtOn.' pursued the baldheaded lunch
er. when you think of that winter at
Valley FOrge-the winter of HTS
Well you don't think of it because YOU
know anything about 1t But when
I think of il. when I think of Washing
ton staying right with his men and en-
during the privations of the common
soldier. and when l think of the diSOr-
ganized condition We were in-cOngTess
with no power to levy taxes, no eXeCu-
tive authority, no nothing lot Of
committees fOOIing around and making
stabs at things and balling them uu-
the fact thai we did win our indepeu
dence seems little short Of marvellous.
When you think of all that you begin
to get an idea of Washington's genius.
You know when we adopted our con-
stitution?"
The man opposite shook his head and
dropped a lump of sugar into his COf-
fee.
We didn't get the constitution rati-
fed by all the states until 1890, nine
years after the surrender of Cornwall
lis. Here We were plugging along all
that time. congress passing whatever
laws it daTued pleased, whether they
We're constitutional or not, because
there wasn't any constitution. What
the corporate lawyer did then I'm
hanged if I can figure out. We were
just running under articles of fedora
ton The deals"
say" interrupted the man opposite.
you ought to get the chair of history
in some university. Where did you get
all this, anyway
I've studied my country's history.
of course" said the baldheaded lunch
er. Every patriotic American cit
Rats" said the other ma n, yudelv.
I'll bet your kid brought his history
lesson to you last night and you got 10
reading it. Bet you can't tell me VINO
was the next president to Tyler
''Eh-Andrew Jackson, wasn't -"
asked the baldheaded luncher, Flushing.
SALTAIR, SUNDAY CONCERT
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-06
HOW FANS ROOT IN BOSTON
birmingham Age-HeraldD

Advance expeditiously to third base.
"Endeavor to drive the horsehide
sphere over the fence
"Hic iaceti Another visitor has been
unable to solve Smiths parabolasi"
'sScintiHatng, Scintillating. old fellow
Continue so"'
BY Socrates. the putrescence of that
umpire is unbearable!'