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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-31

it still believes, in encouraging immi-
grafton of the better sort. There is
room in this big land of ours for
worthy people of every nation under
the sun. Many of the best elements
in our citizenship are composed of eiti-
zens of foreign birth and descent. And
il is unquestionably true that many of
those who have made good citizens
were illiterate when they came over
here. But in those days the United
States needed immigration more than
now.
We have not the vast areas of land
that we had then. nor did we have in
the earlier days the population per
square mile of today. Just as there
was once an excuse for a protective
tariff to build up our struggling indus
tries so there was an excuse for COM
paratively unrestricted immigration.
And, as there is no longer any need
for the protective tariff on many of
our industries. so there is need now for
restrictions on immigration. The ut
most care should be exercised in the
admission Of aliens.
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THE MAIL CHUTE.
New York SunO


An interesting sight the hall of a
great modern office building presents is
the mail chute
1t is lofty building, soaring toward
the sky and with many tenants, and the
mail chute runs from top to bottom,
with an opening on every floor through
which letters are dropped All day
long letters are sliding down that
chute.
Standing at any time Of day In the
busy hall you may see through it's glass
front letters fitting silently past you
down the chute. though ii is in the hour
or two at the end of the day. when in
many offices the days letters are gath
cred up and mailed, that they come
thickest and fastest.
Maybe you stand looking at the tube
and see il silent and vacant, and then
a single letter fits past, coming into
view at the ceiling and disappearing at
the floor, with movement so quick
that you could scarcely follow it with
your eye. And then comes a shower of
letters chasing one another down the
chute, and then another shower and
then a few seconds pause, and then
fairly shooting past a big, thick letter
a package, that goes by like an express
train that had been waiting for the sig
Then more showers and shoals and
blocks of letters. and then stragglers
again and single letters-letters of all
sorts of shapes and sizes and colors.
and most of them going straight down
endWiSe, in the most businesslike way:
but occasionally you see one that does
not move like that; some single letter
that, with the tube at the moment all
to itself. sort of saunters down, tipping
TO one side and the other as il goes.
and you may imagine that this is a let
ter on some lighter topic than business,
and that so is not in so much of a
hurry.
But it was only for a brief interval
that this lighter, easier moving letter
| had the tube alone. for now they are
coming again, shooting straight down
/ letters in drOVes and f1Ocks and burries.
and singly and in twos and three and
| heavy letters that go by like lightning,
and then more dozens and scores and
streams of letters-letters dropping end
/ leSsly.
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RECONCILE RELIGION TOO LATE

1.-THE late Bishop Fowler" said a Buff
falO Methodist, was broadminded man.
Bigotry he abhorred. Greed, he claimed
should never hedge one good Christian
from another Sincere creeds, no matter
how diverse, should. on the contrary, bind
Christians together
Bishop Fowler used TO tell about a
young Detroit couple, John Smith and
Hannah Jones
John Smith was a Presbyterian. Han
nah Jones was a Baptist They hesitated
about marrying because they feared that
in later life, when the little ones came
religious disputes might arise. Thus the
years passed. Neither would renOunce
his church. John Smith grew bald and
Hannah Jones developed lines about her
mouth and eyes. II was a complete dead
lock, the world said.
Then John was sent abroad for a year
by his firm 10 buy fancy goods. He and
Hannah corresponded regularly. Toward
the years end. by remarkable coinei-
dence, each received from the other a
letter the two letters crossing in the
mails They said:
Friend John-The obstacles that
stood in the way of our marriage have al
last been removed. This day | was re-
ceived IN full membership in the Presby-
terrain church. HANNAH
Dearest Hannah-We have no longer
any ground for delaying our union fur
Their. l united myself this day with the
Baptist church. JOHN "
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-31
NEEDLESS TORTURE.

An eastern contemporary has story
about how one Frank Merritt of New
York has permitted himself to be in
oculated with tuberculosis baccilli in
order TO prove the theory of the inocu-
lating physician. DR.. c. C. Carroll, also
of New York, that it is possible to cure
consumption in its most advanced
stage Merritt is spoken of as great
hero, one who is willing to sacrifice
himself in the interest of science. He
says:
MY case of consumption was In
vited; I feel sick; I am delirious at
times and have a fever, but am happy,
for, if through my efforts a cure for the
disease that took my young wife and
baby from me long ago is discovered,
I shall die feeling that my life on this
earth has not been all in vain
And the doctor who inoculated him
adds this testimony:
st will surely cure him. The injec-
tions were made by a process of cleo
tricity called cataphorisis. That is. the
lungs were infected by injecting the
bacilh through the chest by means of
the Roentgen ray. And I will cure him
in the same way. I will inject the cure
through the walls Of the chest with the
Roentgen ray. There is no doubt in
my mind about the success Of the ex-
pertinent"
Our own opinion is that If Merritt
dies, and he probably will, DIR. Carroll
should be arrested for murder. or at
least for manslaughter. The PROPOSE
ton is a very simple one. If il is pos
sible to cure a specially inoculated vic
tim, it should be possible TO cure a vic
tim of tuberculosis by Inheritance or
accidental contraction. There can hard
ly be any argument on this point. And
it should have been easy enough for DR..
Carroll 10 find a patient at the stage
| described for experimental purposes.
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reconsidered its refusal of the bequest.
That stands. of course. The abandon
ment of athletic contests with other
colleges was brought about by the dis
covery of professionalism at Swarth-
more.
During the last few years Swarth-
more has come strongly to the front in
athletic matters. 1t developed fine foot
bail mines, and in track contests its
representatives carried off many OF the
honors. The athletes were so good that
the suspicion that they could not have
been developed from the bona fide stu
dent body became very strong. And an
investigation showed that 1t was, I'M
fortunately. well founded. Athletes
were drawn from other colleges by free
tuition. easy jobs in Philadelphia
stores. employment during the summer
at Atlantic City.
1t is not charged that the college au-
thorities were directly responsible for
the professionalism. Alumni who were
overanxious for their alma mater TO
make a showing were the culpable ones.
And now the inevitable rebound has
come. The placing of the ban upon in
tercollegiate contests was believed to
be the only way to eradicate the faint
of professionalism. Where 1t is not pos
sible to attain high honors it is not pos
sible to secure athletes of the profess
sional class.
For at least a year. and perhaps
longer, the Swarthmore students will
have trials of muscle and skill among
themselves. The athletic training will
be continued for the sake of the ply
steal well-being of the boys, but for
that alone. SWarthmore is to be con-
graduated upon its stand. The finest
thing about college athletics has al
ways been its cleanness. Boys were
willing to work their hardest on the
field for the sake of the college and
without hope of any reward other than
the applause of their fellow students.
To inject professionalism into ath-
letics of that sort was to surely detract
from the interest in them. Some other
colleges might do well to follow Swarth-
mores example
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A JUMP OF SIS FEET.
(Tit-Rits.l

If the ancient Greek athletes who ex-
hibited their prowess at Athens twenty
centuries ago could witness the forth
coming Olympian games in London
they would probably find more than one
cause for establishment. Proud as they
were of the Stadium at Athens. its sue
cessor at Shepherds Bush is consider
ably more than twice as large; for, al
though it is only two feet longer, ii is
300 feet wide. as compared with the 100
feet of its predecessor, ana it has ac-
commodation for 10000 more spectators.
In athletic feats, too, there is small
doubt that the ancient Greek will be
left behind by the modern Britons al
though, unfortunately. there are few re-
liable records available for comparison.
The famous race from Marathon TO
Athens, distance of twenty-four miles
1000 yards. was, ii is said. seldom run
under three hours; and when we con-
slider that few years ago G., Grassland
ran twenty miles in l hour 81 minutes
"a seconds Ton the racing path, IL must
be remembered). and that we have sew
eral runners almost equally good. there
ought to be little difficulty in beating
the Greeks time.
Even the famous Euchides, who ran
from Plataea to Delphi and back. dis
lance of ninety-five miles, in one day,
would have had a poor chance against
such men as Harry Vaughan of Ches-
ter, who covered 140 miles in % hours
Is minutes 25 seconds; and Littlewood,
who averaged 104 miles a day for six
successive days at New York twenty
years ago
There is, however, one recorded per
Torrance in ancient Greece which. if il
is to be credited, probably no one living
could apprOach-that amazing jump of
Phayllus, who, with the aid of weights
and springboard, is said 10 have
cleared fifty-five feet; while our most
muscular Samsons would have their
work cut out" to rival Milo Of Gro
tona, who made light of carrying a 4
year-old heifer on his shoulders around
the arena.
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GIVES THEM OXEN TALK.
New York World.)

Whenever Theodore p. Shonts, head of
the marlborough Metropolitan company.
returns TO his office and remarks. Il gave
them oxen talk" his secretaries know
then some one got a good laying out.
OF course, there is a story about the way
oxen talk got into the Shonts family,
and here IL is:
His father was western pioneer and
crossed the plains with an OK train One
of the party was a clergyman. and. al
though he had the finest yoke, he was al
ways getting stuck. The leader grew
tired going to the rear every few hours
to get the clergyman's oxen over the
rough places. but under his fluent cursing
the oxen never failed to Rscye. Finally
he said TO the clergymans
''Parson, you've just goe tn iSSrn oxen
talk. Damn EN-, sir. Cuss EN- sht and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-31
NEW SKIN REMEDY
Creates Big Stir; Drug Stores Crowd.
ed With Sufferers.

For several weeks past the F. J. Hin
Drug Co. and other leading drug stores
in this city have been crowded with
persons desiring a supply OF poslam.
the new cure for eczema. This is the
drug which has created such a stir
throughout the country since its dis
covery one year ago
For the convenience of those who use
poslam for pimples, blackheads, blotch-
es, red nose. acne. herpes and other
minor skin troubles. a special 50-cent
package has been adopted, in addition
10 the regular two-dOllar jar, which is
now on sale at all leading drug stores
In eczema cases. posiam stops the
itching with first application and pro-
ceeds to heal. curing chronic cases in
two weeks IN minor skin troubles
results show after an overnight apple
cation For a free experimental sam
pie, write direct TO the Emergency
Laboratories. 80 West TWenty-hfth
street. New York City.
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TROUBLES OF ROYALTY.

Let the COmmOner cheer up. Royalty
also has its troubles. There's the
royal household of Portugal figuring in
the dispatches now, and fguring in a
decidedly unpleasant way. A coarse,
unfeeling butcher has secured a judg-
ment for 500 for meat furnished the
queen dowager and the Duke of
Oporto, where the wine comes from.
The story runs that the royal house
hold hasn't had a penny since the as
sassination of King Carlos and the
crown prince four months ago. The
queen and her family have been living
on credit entirely. And il must be con-
fessed they have been living econOm-
ically, too, if they bought all their
meat from one butcher.
But isn't 1t tragic to think that a
queen may be sued by butcher? A
cat may look at king, the old saw
tells us, and we have no objection TO
a butcher looking at king or queen
When he sues one, however. he takes
unwarranted liberties. It is possible,
of course, that the man needs his
money. Perhaps his creditors are de-
manding payment from him. He
doubtless exhausted every other re-
course before he filed his suit. Still
it's an awful thing to contemplate.
The only remedy we can suggest is
for the queen TO put the male members
OF her household to work. King
Manuel ought to attract a lot OF
custom TO any store he might honor by
accepting a clerkship in it. The Duke
OF OportO, too, whoever he may be
would undoubtedly be a card. Here is
great chance for some enterprising
American theatrical manager. Let
these sciOns of royalty be offered po-
sition as actors. The point as to
whether or not they can act is not OF
the least Importance. They would
draw enormous houses and thus vindi-
cate the managerial judgment. Best OF
all, the queen dowager would be able
to settle her bill at the butchers, and
she might have enough over TO pay
the grocer, the dressmaker, the mil
liner and the others TO whom she is in
debted.
Seriously, though, times have
changed in this merry old world. Fancy
a vulgar tradesman having the ef-
frontery to sue one Of the Old-time
kings or queens 1t would be a case OF
loft with his head" Immediately. and
all his goods and critters would be for
felt TO the state. His children and his
chfdren's children would he lucky il
they were not executed also. Kings
were not supposed to pay in the good
old days. The cOmmoners attended to
all matters of that sort.
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STORIES OF ToLSToY.
Chicago NewsA

Count Tolstoy was once recuperating
from sickness by resting in the Cri-
mea. A party of rich Americans ar
rived In yacht and asked permission
to see the great Russian. Tolstoy sat
upon his balcony like a Buddhist
Idol" as he said. and the Americans
fled silently and slowly before him.
They had promised not to speak a word
"a glimpse was all they wanted. One
woman. however, refused to be bound
by the contract. Leo Tolstoy, she
exclaimed, 'all your writings have had
profound influence on my life, but the
one which has taught me the most is
your" Here she aWkwardly forgot
the name of the work. The sick author
leaned over the rail of the balcony and
whispered. with a smile: The Dead
Souls?' Yes, yes she replied. THAT
book" said Tolstoy, was written by
Gogol. not by me-"
Tolstoy's domestic life is singularly
happy, in spite of the fact that his wife
does not share his views concerning re-
llgion and sociology. The countess is
sixteen years younger than her hus-
band, and, although the mother of thir-
teen children. is still beautiful and
charming. She is highly gifted, too
has herself written three novels. At
one time she had great difficulty in pre-
venting the count from giving away all
his property. He wished to distribute
all his worldly goods to the poor" she
says. ut was l. l alone, who prevented
IT. Heavens, what a struggle / had!
But. God be praised, l triumphed. From
that day to this, I, and / alone, man
age the counts affairs; everything is
done by me-is in my own hands"
Tolstoy is one of the most prolific
writer's of any age. He has published
some hundred and twenty books, and
innumerable pamphlets, most of which
have been translated into every Euro
pean language. The extent of his out
put is the more remarkable when his
laborious methods are considered. Some
of his chapters have been written a
dozen times. and the pages of his man
uscript are disfigured by numerous
erasures and interpretations. One of his
novels had to be copied out seven times
before a fairly legible manuscript could
be sent TO the printers.
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MOULD LET ALL ALIENS IN.

The Herald has received a printed
record of the proceedings of the first
general meeting of the National Lib
eral immigration league. We cannot
say we are in sympathy with the pur-
poses OF this organization. It is OPP
posed 20 the educational test for i'm
migrants. TO certificates Of character
from their home countries, 10 a head
tax, 10 denying admission to aliens. of
poor physique and to inspection by
physicians prior TO sailing for this
country About the only meritorious
proposition the association stands for
is the deportation Of aliens who COM
nit crimes in this country.
one is almost tempted 10 suspect
that some Of the great steamship COM
panies are supplying the funds with
which TO keep the league on its feet.
Z Certainly its theories are too broad in
their. scope to merit the support of the
average American citizen. If this or
SANITATION had its way there would be
practically no restrictions on immigra-
ton. The president Of the league IN
his annual address boosted that the
hill providing a severer educational
test had been defeated through the
work of himself and his fellow men,
bers. And that test was not at all a
hard one. II provided merely that inn
migrants must be able 10 read the con-
stitution Of the United States in their
own language.
II seems to US that there is nothing
particularly difficult about this. There
might be if the immigrant We're re-
oui1,ad TO read our constitution in
English. Nor do we see anything but
wisdom in preventing from landing
those whose physical condition is such
that they are apt 10 become a public
charge. The head tax is necessary for
the support Of the immigration bureau.
and the privilege of American citizen
ship is surely worth the small sum
asked. The fee should, as a matter OF
fact, be increased.
The Herald has always believed, and
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TOOK PROPER AcrfoN

We do not believe that good citizens
will comment otherwise than favor
ably on the action of the Butte G. A.
r. in recalling its invitation to the
Rev. DR.. j. Duncan TO deliver a Ne
mortal day address to the veterans be-
cause DR.. Duncan had invited the no
torious woman anarchist. Emma Gold
man. 10 occupy his pulpit The Herald
agrees with the veterans that man
who sympathizes with anarchy, as DR..
Duncan must. or he would not have
asked the Goldman woman to speak in
his church, is not the man TO talk to
old soldiers on Memorial day.
The veterans who had honored DR..
Duncan by an invitation TO address
then gave the best years of their lives
to an effort TO preserve their country.
Many of their comrades were killed in
battle or died of disease contracted in
the service of the Union. 1t is I'M
doubtedly true that a considerable
number of the Butte members of the
G. A. r., as is the case elsewhere, also
suffered from wounds and disease.
They gave their services freely, with
out hope OF reward other than comes
with the knowledge Of a duty well
done. their sole thought being to per-
petuate the republic.
After four years of blood and tears
they won. Men of their stamp do not
sympathize with Emma Goldman or
with any of her theories. Nor do they
sympathize with anybody that SYM
pathizes with her. If Emma Goldman
could have her way, judged by heI
public utterances. there would be no
law, no government in this country. II
was Emma Goldman that after the
assa ssination of President McKn-
ley, publicly commended the assassin
Czolgosz. publicly approved of his
crime When the entire country wa.
mourning for its dead executive Emma
Goldman and her like were rejoicing.
Tt is difficult 10 understand how g
minister of the gospel. one who should
stand for law enforcement. for order
and for good government, can so ral
forget himself as 10 extend aid and
sympathy 10 anarchists And when we
say anarchists we use the word in its
common understanding, we use II as
describing those who would destroy by
dynamite and terrOrize with bullet:
and steel There are those, describing
themselves as anarchists. who will tel
you they do not believe IN anything
of that kind, but Emma Goldman be-
longs to no such class.
The Herald heartily commends tine
Butte veterans for their expression oil
disapprovaL It was a hard thing fol
them TO do. They were placed in z
delicate position. confronted by a diff
ficuit problem. But they solved it IN
a manner that should win for them the
approval OF good citizens everywhere
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WAS HE JUSTIFIED?

Samuel w. Burdick of Chicago has
been sued for divorce. His wife
charges him with extreme cruelty.
This is the story as told by a Chicago
contemporary:
He went into the parlor There he
found his wife at the window in
moody contemplation of the vacant
lot next door. In the dusk he dimly
made out the figure of his sister, who
had come that day for a visit.
" Why, hello, dearie, what's the mat
ter?' he asked with desperate cheer
fulness. No answer.
Aren't you feeling welI?' No an
swer.
Isn't there going to be any sup
per tOnight?' he next hazarded, at
tempting to appear careless.
'' No, there isn't Mrs. Burdick re-
piled, still intent upon the geography
of the neighborhood.
50 Well, dearie. why not?' he inquired
soothingly.
TIL tell you why not, Mrs. Burdicl1
replied. with sudden animation, and
she proceeded to enumerate several
| reasons, in all of which Mr. Burdick
was apparently at great fault
Mr.. Burdick demonstrated with his
wife, but she paid no attention, except
TO increase the speed and volume of
her speech, according TO the story of
Mr.. Burdick yesterday when his case
came up in the superior court.
You are doing this TO humiliate
me- said Mr.. Burdick, and if you
don't behave yourself I'll turn you
over my knee and spank you like a
bad-tempered child
Mrs. Burdiek gazed at the some
what smaller proportions of her hus-
band in scorn, and continued to ex-
| patiate upon the failings of Mr.. Bur
dick until he gently, yet firmly-but
let the curtain be drawn here"
From this ex parte statement, not
withstanding fixed and settled belief
| that under no circumstances has a
/ husband the right to spank his wife
is it not possible to imagine that Bur
| dick was justified? But the chances
are that Mrs Burdick had failed to
| get dinner as a result Of a long epoch
! of bad treatment from her husband
/ Very probably he had stayed out late
night after night without reasonable
| excuse. Perhaps he had come home
| from the lodge or from attendance
upon the bedside of a sick brother al
all hours of the early morning. Gould
a wife be blamed for refusing TO gel
dinner for such a man, especially If he
found It difficult to diagnose the key
hole properly on more than one occa-
! sion?
| Still, IL must be admitted that there
are few things more aggravating thar
a dinnerless home. especially when the
materials necessary to a good dinner
are in the house. Yet. if Burdick had
been a really. truly gentleman he
would have invited his wife to go with
him TO the best restaurant in Chicago
and partake of the finest dinner to be
bought with money. That would have
been indeed a "eoals of fire" treat.
ment
Yes, Best Beloved, Mrs. Burdick 1:
unquestionably entitled to her divorce
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that they narrowly escaped several col
lsons
What's the matter?" demanded the
passenger. why are YOU driving so recK-
lessly? I'm in no hurry
"Ah. & wan wild yez." retorted the cab
by. Dye think I'm goin' TO put in the
whole day drivin' you around for two
hours? Gitap.'