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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27

pons that Swifty's been savin' up He's
plannin' on gettin either a safety razor
or a mandolin; but"
swiftly he breaks in, will you lena
me these for a day or SOP
Sure thing" says Swiftly. Only
'"Oh. you shall have them back says
| Pyramid. Bring me my coat, will
you?'
Course, Swiftly and I stands around
with our mouths open. to see what
| comes next; but all he does is stow them
| giddy lookin' premium promises into a
stock envelop, seal her up. scribbles a
| few notes on the outside, and then go
out to Frisbie. In a minute he's back
and the handball game is goin' on Just
as If nothin' had happened. All he says
to me is to listen for the phone and let
| him know if he's wanted.
There's no call, though. We works on
| Pyramid until 6 o'clock. and by the
time he's through with the needle spray
| and the alcohol rub he's lookin' ten
years younger and says that for the
first time in a month he feels like he
could tackle real square meal.
There's nice, quiet little chop
where you can get your moneys
worth"
Won't do says he, short and sharp
| IF you know where they have the
| most mirrors. the loudest music and
the flashiest crowd. Shorty just lead
the way. We've got to hit it up hard
tonight. and you're in on this"
THAT bein' the case" says 1, wen
give the new lobster place try. But
first I've got to ring up Sadie
was just tellin' Sadie how 1 wouldn't
be up to the Perzazzer until late, when
she breaks in and says she's just on the
point of handin' me the same news.
It's Ethel, you know" says she
That young man of hers has asked
her to go to dinner with him, and as
they'll all alone I'll have to be their
chaperon."
Good says I. Give 'em a chance,
though, Sadie. Don't forget that you
was young once yourself
L expect 1 should have known who
Ethel was. and all about her young
man; but Sadie promotes so many of
them enterprises that loses track of
some. On the way over to dinner l
touches up Mr.. Gordon about Frisbie
He'd got me some curious, that chap
had
Kind of young to be runnin' a
bank, amt he?" says I.
Yes" says Pyramid. but fully old
enough to be running for one. That's
what he's doing-messenger-
Him" says l why l judged from
the get up and the side he carries,
that
HE does that on twelve a week,
saws Pyramid. II know, because | put
him into that bank-father an old
friend of mine Nice boy-Frisbie. Cost
ten thousand to have him funk in his
first freshman year. He was half way
through the second term when old man
Beals petered out and left him without
a white bean to his name Now he has
as a working capital an old aunt who
boards him for nothing, set of tastes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27

! skyrocket like him. All I know is that
he's been at his old games-swappin'
this stock for that hockin' one thing 70
/ buy another, and pumpin' his bank ac-
/ counts so full of hot air it's a wonder
! some of them green goods exchanges
| didn't lose their roofs
! That's why he amt showed up here
| for so long And when he does come ii
| amt to join any class. Not him, He d
be mobbed He waits until 1 can give
him a clear shop, and then he slips
around here in his car.
well, Shorty" says he. as Swiftly
| helps him out of the leopard skin ulster
I'm little out of condition again, you
see"
I'd been blind if I couldn't. His eyes
look as if he'd been burnin' brush for
a week: his cheeks might have been
busted with -four for all the color there
was in EN-; and when he opens his
mouth to talk that Belgian block jaw
of his has a culver to it that tells of
nerves worn down to wire edge. But
1 don't let on.
oh, you amt quite ready for the
scrap heap yet, Mr.. Gordon says 1.
Come in for a little emergency repairs
eh?'
That's it. Shorty" says he. And
for heavens sake do what you can for
me between now and 10 o'clock to-
night"
Likely to have a hard day tomor-
row. are you2" says l.
Tomorrow" says he. shuttin' his
teeth hard. Let's forget tomorrow
Put me in shape for tonight"
Well. l looks him over, pokes him
some with my finger in the soft places,
and then gets my ear down over his
left hand vest pocket. First off I
want to hear how the blood pumps
workin'," says l.
ooh. hang the heart" says he
don't want TO know anything about
that-don't dare"
I do, though, says l. cOUntin' the
thumps- It's doin' ragtime. all right;
but 1 guess it amt goin' to run down
right away. Come on
One good thing about Pyramid Cor
don is that whatever he does, he goes
in neck or nOthin'. If l toss him a ten
mis- ball and tell him he's got TO bounce
ii fifty times without missin', he'll give
that job just as much attention as If
he was tryin' to bunko some one out of
railroad. You can handle man like
that, and do him some good.
Well. Swiftly and I had been vorkiH
him along easy. until he was breathin'
deep, and his mind was havin' a rest,
when I'm called out into the front Of
fee to answer the door. What l finds
waitin' for me is one of these big, we'll
fed, chuckle-jawed young chaps. same's
you see pictured in the magazine and
clothing ads.-reg'lar open stock pat
tern. He's wearin' a frock coat OF the
latest mode. chamois gloves, and smok-
in a gold-tipped cigarette while he
gazes at himself approvin' in the mir
ror.
For correct afternoon wear. see
plate No IL" thinks I. half out loud
Eth? Beg pardon" says he.
"Oh. it's alive. is it?'' says I. We'll.
what back draft flew out in here. and
what's it all about2 Hurry up. son;
this is my busy hour,"
But there's no ruShin' that kind. He
gives me one of them How dare you,
sir?" looks. screws the joss stick mo
his mouth. fishes a card out of a pig
skin case, and settles back TO see what'n
happen.
Mr. Frisbie Otis Beals, representing
the Gold Brick National Bank" Is
something like what I reads on the
card. Thanks, Frisbie.' says L I'll
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of him and Ethel Seems the girl had
been good and gone on him for a couple
of years. and he has it just as bad But
EthePs folks, havin' all kinds of dough
themselves, SHES at a bridegroom
whose cash on hand wouldn't finance a
weddin' trip to Railway and back Their
decision was that when Frisbie could
save up enough to do a two weeks
honeymoon in style he could have Ethel
and then come home to live But they'd
put a time limit on, and it was most
up. Remembering this, and calm up
the picture of little Ethel over there,
and how admirin' she had looked at
F'risbie, can't help maxim a noise like
u goat.
Excuse me for buttin' in on this
game. Mr.. Gordon" says I; but want
to say right here that If"
Shorty, will you please shut UP until
I'm through here" says he. Now, FRS
bic. keeping that Tombs engagement IN
view. what amount did yoU-er-borrow,
and how?"
With that Frisbie gives up. He'd
slipped a bunch of gold bonds out of
safety deposit envelop, stuffed in some
of them cigarette premium papers that's
got up to look almost like the real
thing, and hooked the genuine stuff for
thousand
Gould you manage to put 'em back
in the morning. says Pyramid.
Easy" says Frisbie.
And if 1 should let you keep what
ever you may have left" goes on Mr..
Gordon, would you promise to quit"
I'D resign the day after" says FRS
bic.
Gordon looks him over keen for
minute or so; then he sticks out his
hand. "Frisbie." says he, you know
too much for messenger and too little
for anything else. I'm going to invest
just about a thousand to get you out
of the banking business. Is it a go?"
1t was.
IF this gentlemen's agreement is all
settled" says !. suppose we go back
to the ladies. They're gettin' lone
some"
Which we does, and winds up with a
mighty pleasant time. Frisbie maxim
plans with Ethel 70 have private in
terview with the old folks. Sadie whis-
perrin to me what a nice boy he was,
and Mr.. Gordon lightin' up a 25-cent CT
gar real satisfied and comfortable after
the spread and the interview he'd had
with Frisbie.
The only one that seems much wor-
ried is Swiftly Joe. Every day for the
special messenger. all wrapped in a so
biIl-he kept pesterin' me about them
cigarette coupons.
"Ah, say. Swiftly" says 1, you're
enough to start a. panic all by yourself
Them coupons is safe. Let 'em lay.
You don't want TO disturb the whole
financial system. do you,1just for the
sake of gettin' safety razor?'
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that go with a milliOn-dollar income,
and the sense of a acl1rabbit-that's
Frisbie''
wen, he had me goin'. all right"
says /. Il thought he was lined with
it. But here We are. How does this
strike you as fancy food parlOr? Don't
it look like a place where they make
the Holsters unbelt?'
There was no mistaken that, either
all marble, frescoS, and stained glass,
and mirrors, and electric light effects.
It's one of the newest and giddiest
joints along Whisky Sign row. one of
the kind where you don't want 70 carry
a healthy appetite unless you've got a
Pittsburg pocketbook- There's glass
staircase with real water runnin' down
inside, ice statuary cut fresh every
day. and a hard workin' orchestra
sportin' more gold braid than a conven-
ton of drum majors. You find 1t all
in the bill, too.
But it seems to suit Gordon's state OF
mind. He fiips a tenspot toward the
floor manager, calls for a corner table
under the palms, and orders things as
reckless as if this was to be the last
meal he'd ever have
"Geel" says 1, lookin' over the bunch
of leadin' ladies that was f1oatin' in.
this is a congregation of hot ones, eh :?
Helds and Lillian Russells at large. Get
next to that one with the Maiden Lane
exhibit around her neck Amt that a
string of KOh-i-nurs for you, Say, if 1
was her I'd take out some plat glass in
surance. Yes? Mop"
Say. it's worth lettin' some one else
pay the price just to get view of such
things once in awhile. / guess Pyramid
was gettin' as much fun out of it as
was at that, only he says less. And
then, his mind is some occupied guess
in how the chicken wishbone come to
get into the terrapin stew.
Wed got the best of four filigree
dishes that had cost enough to keep a
longshoremans family in corned beef
for a year. when catches a glimpse of
some familiar millinery on exhibition
over behind a marble post.
"W'at-ohi" says 1. stretchin' out my
neck. Blamed if that don't look like
Sadie Why. sure it Isl And that must
be-yes, that's dear little Ethel with
her: and there's Why, say, Mr.. Cor
don. isn't that our young friend FRS
bic that we seen this afternoon"
Pyramid, he takes a peek. THAT is
Frisbie,'' says he
'.Tchick." says /. "Reckonin' from
that twelve per you was speakin' about,
should guess that Frisbie was bein
let in for at least a months wages to-
night
'Hm-m-m," says Mr.. Gordon, cIearin'
his throat. II wonder where that
young Say, I'd like a word with
him.
They was some surprised to see Us.
all around. specially Frisbie. He'd just
been handed the bill and had his roll
out Say. it was nice, corpulent look
in wad, too; not green money either,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27

but yellow all the way through-and
big boyS-a bundle of centuries Mr.
Gordon eyes il a minute, and then he
eyes Frisbie. And Frisbie is took with
such a sudden chill his teeth. almost
keeps time with the tump-tiddy-ub-
lump music that the band was playin'.
Sadie sees right away that something's
up She breaks off her chinnin' to me
and wants to know what's wrong.
Little business zeal that Mr.. Gordon
and Frisbie's mixed up in, that's all. -
says l. Maybe you could spare him a
minute
Don't keep him long," says Sadie.
We didn't Mr.. Gordon don't say a
word until he's led F'risbie over to our
table and we're planted around it.
You turned in those securities all
right, did your says ne.
Securities" says Frisbie. with kind
of a foolish, nervous laugh. "Oh. YES.
l turned them in, Mr.. Gordon
And they-they went through. eh?''
says Pyramid
With a rush. says Frisbie. I'VE
were a little too busy down at our place
this afternoon to look into things very
sharp Couldn't stop to check up every
package that came in
You opened that one on your own
hook, though. Eli? What?" growls Mr.
I'll only thought" begins FRS
bic, going to pieces under the third de-
gree business in a way that showed
what an amateur he was at that kind
of hold-up.
We'll. you found out what was in
side. didn't you?' snaps Pyramid.
What was your next move? Thos-
lowbacks-somebody make you a
present for being so cute?''
Frisbie had turned from pink to
white, and now he was shown green
streaks, like slice of Roquefort cheese.
His chin says on his four-inch collar
and his starry eyes looks like they was
v1ewin' an ambulance case. All of a
sudden he braces up and stares square
back at Mr.. Gordon.
Il borrowed that package" says he.
Borrowed, eh?" sneers Pyramid
Huh. You borrowed, On what kind
of security?@
THE same kind that you gave, MI.
acknowledgements coupons" SAYS he.
Say, for a minute l thought pyramid
was goin' 10 blow out fuse His Jaw
shuts with a click like a spring lock. his
eyes narrows down to pin points, and he
glares at Frisbie like he was goin' to
jump down his throat. But it all ends
in one of them cut granite grins of his
There's this difference in it. though
my boy" says he, slow and quiet BY
tomorrow night you will probably be
making up your bed in the Tombs.'
That rings the bell. Frisbie hadn't
looked ahead so far as that, and the
mention of it crumples him up like
droppin' a steel girder on peach bas-
ket. His head goes down into his hands
and his elbows hit the table
About then it begins to filter through
my mind what Sadie'd been teilin' me
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SUPPORTING THE ARIsTocRAcY
minneapolis Journal)

Senator Tiliman, discussing internation-
al marriages the other day, said peril
nentiy;
mine. an arrant foe TO monarchies, roare6
out in a speech last week:
a. .Downtrodden as they are abroad,
still fail to understand how they car
endure to be taxed to support idle, ex-
1raya CANT and dissolute royal families
Then my friend wiped his heated brow
and hurrying home sent in a stock assess
rnent of $1,000 in order TO help the pres
ident of the Dash railroad purchase g
titled son-in-law-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27

Dropping out of sight mysteriously
ten years ago. Mark W. Harrington, at
that time chief of the United States
weather bureau, was recently found, a
mental wreck, in a New Jersey sani-
tarfum which had admitted him as an
unknown patient over a year ago.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23
e~M THE HOME CIRCLE Mve
an kMns Intended for This Department saosd Be addressed TO "Assf
Mary" aye Of The Soshos Farm CaseM, Xa,kpiM. Mis-.


Once to every and nation comes the moment to decide.
In the strife of Truth with False for the good r evil side:
Some great cause. Gods new Messiah. offering each the bloom or blight
Parts the goats upon the left hand. and the sheep upon the right.
And the choice goes by forever twixt that darkness and that light.
Careless seems the Great Avenger; historys pages but record
One death-grapple In the darkness twixt old systems and the Word:
Truth forever on the scanoid. Wrong forever on the throne
Yet that sa6old sways the future. and. behind the dim unknown,
Standcth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
We se dimiy In the Present what Is small and what Is great
Slow of faith how weak nm arm may turn the iron helm of fate.
but the soul In still oracutar: and amid the markets din.
List the ominous stern whisper from tho Dclphc cave within 8
They enMave their chtdren's children who make compromise with -
Then to side with Truth II noble when We share her wretched crust.
Fro her cause bring fame and pront. and Ills prosperous 10 be Just:
Then Il II the brave mar chooses. while the coward stands aside.
Doubling In his abtect spirit. TIL his Lord Il crucinsd.
And tho mulutudes make virtue OF tho faith they had denied.
New occasions teach now duties: Time makes ancient good uncouth:
They must upward sun, and onward. who would keep abreast OF Truth;
Lo. before U gicam hr camp nresi We ourselves must Pilgrims be,
Launch our Maynowcr. and stess boldly through tho desperate winter -
Nor attempt tho Futures portal with the Pasts blood-rusted ky
james Russell Lowell.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23

needle work and the afternoon n
spent In conversation and q general
good time. Once q month. the u
dies take turn NJ entertaining In the
evening. nj which functions the hns-
bands Of the members are guests Of
honor.
Determining To avoid some Of a.
Ills that had made some clubs NJ
knew Of q reproach In the land. ~
voluntarily bound ourselves Ia cer-
tain rulcs. the wisdom Of which has
been amply proven In tho nine years
history Of the club. LIST. The club
In. no officers. This does away with
many chickering's. and the hard fcel
in.s duo 10 disappointed hopes.
Every member Ii exactly on the
same footing with every other MEM
Dor. Tho club has never been dom
mated by either faction or indtvid-
aal. We decide questions involving
actions by the sinpic expedicnt of
Let's do" or. Lets don't" and.
Tho membership Ii limited In num-
Der 10 suit the convenience OF the
tho weekly meetings no hostess h
allowed To serve more than one arti-
Gle. preferably fruit In the natural
state. At the monthly evening re-
ceptions three articles In the limit al
lowed. This keeps the entertain-
mcnt simple and within the means.
and tho strength. Of each memhes.
II also prevents vulgar display. ard
that spirit Of petty rivalry which |.
q disturbing and a distinguishing ele-
mcnt In many clubs. 4th. Three
snbjccts OF conversation were Ia
booed: Gossip. unless OF the golden
variety. the husbands shortcomings.
and the appalling incompetency OF
the hired girl" The recital Of
bodily ailments would have been
added To this list had Ii not have
been for the fact that We were .
ridicaiously healthy group of wom-
both In body and mind.
For nine years the club has -four
ished and tho members have become
like one big family. This frequent
intercourse has developed a deeper
sympathy and a broader understands
Ing OF the thoughts and aspirations
our neighbors and has proven a
good thing.-Mrs. w. G. NJ, In Far
morns Voice.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23

Several years axo. | had the good
fortune 10 be onc OF the promoters
and orTa mixers at n social club which.
l think. might be duplicated In most
rural communities with pleasing re-
sntts.
We had long iAmentcd tho dcarth
Of social life In our n.i.hborhood.
and often discussed tho feasibility Of
forming y club. but no ono seemed
ready to take tho initiative. Per
sonaliy. I ri not % much inter-
csscd In tho matter ~ were tho 9TH
crx from the fact that I already be-
ionsrd 10 a literary club In thu VII
laEc which afforded mo tho rccrea.
ton and y change Of thought 70 e.
scnsiai Ia the welfare OF every house
keeper. But tho other ladies' b..
lonxed 10 that large. perhaps Wise.
certainly. In this case. nj least. most
admirable. class Who prefer 10 pre-
scribe their y literary diet. and
who ha~ leanings toward tho home
opaihir mode Of treatment.
1t 10 happened. however. that /
was n Of three women who met
by chance nj tho home Of a friend.
The subject casne mp for discussion.
as II had been doin. ut every meet
in.. chance or other wise. for somc
time.
II do Wish we could have q club.
Nd We could all bc together once In
"A WHILE" said the Longing Lady.
Yes. II would hc nice. 10 nice"
agreed our hostess.
Well" said the Practical One. III
we want n club. the way In do Ii 10
20 Ia work and get II. Irt's begin
now"
So We did. We took paper and
pencil and made a list OF those Ia
dies who could reasonably DO cx-
pected To BIS Interested and do their
part toward maxim. the club a suc-
cess. These we saw an soon nm con-
vcnient and asked them 10 meet with
us on tho following Thursday after
noon to organize. At this meeting.
twelve OF us banded together for the
express and only purpose of secur-
ing u good time now and then for
ourselves and our husbands. The
ladies meet ON Thursday afternoons
from , TO 8 o'clock. each lady taking
her turn. In alphabetical order. at
being hostess. Tho ladies take their
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23
Candidate for Congress
fAdvcrtlsement)

ADVERTISEMENT
am acandidate for re selection 10 the Nation
nj House OF Representatives. subject 70 tho
action OF Democratic Party. and hereby solicit
tho support OF The voters OF my district
Il. =. GAMBLER. JR..
Corinth. Mies.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

the Algeciras conference. hut emitting the
peace congresses. the historians mention
some ~thirty-three as having been called.
Only twenty-five OF these. however. arc
regarded as having actually matured and
frucufied.
The principal ones we're those OF Utrecht.
which ended the war Of tho Spanish sue
%cession. in 1918; the congress Of Vienna in
1915; the congress Of Paris held at the
close OF the Crimcen war, in 1855. which
settled thu question OF the near east Cor
twenty years or 80, and that Of Berlin,
which ollowed the R-usso-Turkish war.
brought the work OF the treaty Of Paris
up TO date and created the conditions which
In the main have prevailed until tho sud-
den action OF Austria and Bulgaria a cou-
pie OF weeks ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
PERILS OF 10Y RIDING"
A Roast for Reckless Chauheurs hci"
Responsible for Many
Disasters.

The sensational features of the esca-
pades INDUCED in by chauffeurs who are
prone to assume all the license thal Is
forbidden TO owners have brought upon
the entire craft the odium Of plane Tor
a universal tyranny such as mas at
tached TO no other body Of Americans
even I'm politics.
The first. and most Objectionable, IN
vasion OF public and private rights Is
the now notorious Joy ride already
legisIated against In several states m
Guiding ohio, with special Jaws maze
necessary by the habitual reluctance OF
owners to employ ordinary precautions
and TO act under the common LAW.
The motor car Is still too recent a
factor i'm civilization for the asscmbiage
Of reliable. general statistics, except on
the most haphazard scale; and 10Y ria
ing" as a special factor in accidents, is
an element that has come into promi-
hence so lately that there are no sta
tistics at all.
AS early as three years ago, in New
York city. a four months comparison
showed twelve killed and siNty-one M
inred in auto accidents. against only
thirty-one killed and 322 injured by all
the horse-drawn vehicles of the great
citv and ninety-sevcn killed and 173 in
iured by all its street cars.
The percentage of those auto acci-
dents that was due to the heedlessness
Of drivers other than their owners can
not even be guessed at, any more than
the total number Of Joy rides can be
surmised in comparison with the runs
made by cars occupied by the persons
WIFI have a RICH. TO be in them.
Even at that time. Winthrop ". Scar
rift. formerly president of the Automo-
bile Club Of America, declared THAI care
full Investigation would prove four-fifths
Of all fatal accidents due to irresponsible
chauffeurs.
The 10y ride Is the inveterate foe Of
statistics, for the very essence Of its
astonishing extension, as a practice, has
been evasion Of owners wishes by the
offending chauffeurs and complete in
difference to the chauffeurs' actions ON
the part of owners. Throughout it mas
been a case Of either nobody knows or
nobody cares, or both.
But the individual tragedies which
have been incident to Joy riding have
startled every large community with such
frequent repetition that the term has al
ready become Synonymous with a reck-
lessness which falls short of homicide
only when II is suicidal
In the public imagination, the ire
sponsible chauffeur looms up like a man,
drunk with some occult drug. seizing
upon a modern war chariot OF Irresistible
power and driving it madly onward ami
onward, running amuck over highways
and byways until disaster intervenes.-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.