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12 THE SALT XtAXE TRrBTOrB: BUNDAIT MOBSfDS" 0A3STUAJECST 31, 1904. I
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Sunday, January 31, 1004.
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i
, It eeems we shall have to take most
of our January thaw this year In Feb
ruary. City officials who watched the flght
closely Friday night saw nothing: to
complain of.
Tho taking: of cyanldo by Whllakcr
Wright wus a quick method of getting
a new trial In a Higher Court. '
It will not be denied that Murray Is
r enterprising, when It has a municipal
I scandal -so soon after Its Incorporation.
B Japanese editors are rod-hot for war,
I1 though they know that If war Is dc-
clnred they will have to stay at home
I and write about IL
I The angry Koreans in Seoul have ap
I parently reached the American con
clusion that It Is useless to try to re
form a street car Company.
"The Mummy and tho Humming
j Bird" must be a disgusting play In
Texas, as in It such good opportunities
for shooting are thrown away.
It probably has not occurred to the
i two sets of library trustees that they
can find out which side the law Is on
by the simple method of flipping a
coin.
Ir Those regular patrons of a free lunch
1 counter who were offered hay, natural-
ly refused It, as pains had not been
1 1 taken to grind It up into breakfast
V . food.
I The outlook for pugilism is not very
bright here, it having been announced
that fights are to be permitted only so
long as they are conducted on 'the
' square.
Russia trusts that it has so framed
its reply to Japan as to promote peace
, temporarily, anyway, by keeping Japan
. In doubt for several days as to what the
, : reply means.
Some Democrats are saying that all
their party has to do to win in the
' coming campaign Is to bury its differ
ences, which is one way of stating that
' It cannot win.
In some Councils, however, tho flip
ping of a coin would be a double game
t i of chance., as the party furnishing the
' 1 coin would be taking the chance of not
j getting It back,
j "
j' To exercise her mannish rights fully
I during leap year, a girl, just as
) soon ns her proposal has been accept
) ed by ono young man, must begin flirt
ing with another.
5 Another thing that supports the
theory that cities are corrupting in
. j, their Influence, Is the fact that the
jv snow is not by any means as pure as
I :when it first came to town,
jy .
d 3n other words, pugilists will be al
. 1 5j lowed to give ring exhibitions if they
kj go into the business with commendable
Id earnestness, and show an honest dis
j position to pound each other up.
I. ,3 There are some Immensely wealthy
( owners of mining claims In southeast-
ern Utah, nothing now remaining for
lj them to do to turn their property into
cash but to get their radium to market.
The case of the young man who died
, v of heart disease while a girl's arm was
I i around him Is of course exceptional,
lj most young fellows finding such treat-
ment very beneficial for heart trouble.
I
H the Council committee to which it
is said the appointments of the. Mayor
were referred, could be sure that It has
them, It would probably, go ahead and
make a nice pigeon-hole for them.
The matter having been called to
their attention by the Superintendent
j of Waterworks, many will be pleased to
I stop wasting water through open fau-
! cets as soon as there is no danger of
pipes freezing up.
H' a But evn if every young man were
j N running a risk of "dying like the Mlnne-
j Rota youth whenever a girl put her arm
H" around him, many young fellows would
j be going around seeking chances to
H' show their courage.
It Is announced that the Twelfth In-
I fantry, Col. J. W. Bubb commanding. Is
PVL ticketed to go to tho Philippines, and
-KlL the inarchln order is expected in about
J
a month. Tho headquarters of tho
regiment lias been at Fort Douglas
since its return from service in the
Philippines, now almost two years ago,
though most of the companies com
prising )t have been detached, and sta
tioned at other points. But none of
them has had so good and sanitary a
station as have those which remained
here. And these have made for them
selves a warm place In the affections
of this community, which will be loth
to see tho friendly tics severed. But
It is the soldier's fate, and when they
go, the whole people will wish them a
pleasant Journey and not too arduous
service in our Asiatic possessions.
CITY SHOULD SUPPLY WATER METERS.
In our issue of Thursday last we
flpoko of "Tho Waste of Water," and
Indorsed the recommendation of Water
Superintendent nines that water
meters should be provided, so that there
might bo a saving1 sufficient to permit
all who aro willing to pay for water to
have all they need.
Tho Tribune has for years advocated,
and now advocates, a new and vastly
enlarged supply of water, so that all
may be amply provided; so that we
may have lawns, gardens, flowers, and
beautiful bath3.
But It appears to be decreed that we
shall not have a bountiful supply of
"water, because that would mean addi
tion factories, augmentation of popula
tion and loss of political supremacy for
certain Interests.
So what can be done to conserve the
present supply of water in Salt Lake
City?
Put In water meters. Let there be no
waste of the precious fluid.
Down East, whero things arc done on
a business basis, all gas and water com
panies whether owned by private per
sons or municipalities provide gas or
water meters at their own expense. In
the end the meters save for both the
producer and consumer.
Salt Lake City should Immediately
provide water meters, and fix a low,
uniform price to consumers, so that
those who would economize may have
water at less price than at present.
Place a premium on economy.
We present this morning the represen
tations of a water-user. Ho has much
justice on his side; those who pay for
water should have It, and the city's ob
ligation is alike to all, In equal degree.
His contention Is precisely what we
have urged heretofore, and urge now,
that the water-user should get what he
pays for, and pay for what he gets. The
city should provide an abundance of
water, and the citizens should pay for
precisely what they get, no more and
np less.
THE INFLUENCE OF HEREDITY.
A letter printed in The Tribune on
Tuesday morning from the vicinity of
the old home of James M. Shockley, the
confessed murderer of the two street
car men In this city, raises anew the
question of hereditary tendencies to
crime. That there is such heredity has
been abundantly proved by the annals
of criminology. And that vicious blood
is a plague to humanity is as well at
tested In human experience as In the
cold records of the officers of the law.
Some years ago the case of an old wo
man was prominently before the pub
lic; she was a vicious character her
self, and her offspring to the fourth
generation had been vile, something
like two hundred of them having been
traced and found to be vile and crim
inal. '
Similarly in this case, the tendency
to crime is said to have come from his
mother, and Instances are given of
criminals on her side of the house
enough to establish a vicious strain of
blood. Shockley himself began his ca
reer by stealing from his father and sis
ter; and the letter shrewdly surmises
that for the five years since then he has
been engaged in n career of crime.
That Is precisely what the record oC
the man Is, so far as It has been ascer
tained. The laws of heredity, so far as they
are known, are not altogether conclu
sive, or probably it would be better to
say that all the laws and cross-strains
are uncertainly known. The contention
that vicious tendencies can be overcome
Is sometimes apparently borne out, but
possibly the vicious tendencies had been
neutralized, apd did not in fact exist In
such prominence as to become active;
another strain of heredity, bearing
powerful moral restraints, may have
some in that could not be traced. The
harking back to some remote ancestor,
male or female, Is a well-known occur
rence in psychology. The whole subject,
as a matter of fact, is obscure, and only
its most direct and positive manifesta
tions can be traced. The different
strains of blood and tendencies need to
be. traced back for generations before
anything definite can be predicated upon
apparent facts. Usually, this is Imprac
ticable. But recently an expert In the
Popular Sclonce Monthly had a series
of articles tracing the mingled blood of
some of the reigning houses of Europe;
and he was able, to arrive at some sat
is factory results in tracing the incom
ing of diseased and special tendencies
of mlnd'in tho rulers. It was a most
interesting study, and while not con
clusive, it certainly showed where tho
families had obtained certain traits not
observable in them before, and had
these traits (many of them evil, some
brilliant) had been transmitted to prog
eny. And yet, back of all, is the ques
tion whore thoi traits come from in
tho first place, and how it comes that
certain propensities are eliminated from
some strains of blood and retained in
others. And in general, the different
or opposite tendencies of children in tho
same family brother compared with
brother and sister with slutcr remain
largely unaccounted for.
There was a play presented recently
at tho Theater In this city which raised
one phase of this general question of
heredity. A young man, son of a
drunkard and debauchee, was repre
sented as an Inevitable victim of
heredity, and as being threatened with
softening of the brain, with scarce
ly a hope of relief. The mother was
pure and strong, a noble woman.
But in tho s&mc play was a daughter
ot the same man, younger, whose
mother was in no way equal to the
mother of tho j'oung man; but this girl
was a model of beauty, strength and
grace, though her father had kept along
in his career of vice and degrada
tion, and the girl, by all known rules of
that form of heredity, ought to have
been as far inferior to the boy as she
Avas In fact superior. The lesson sought
to be Inculcated by the play was thus
annulled by the play Itself. Yet the
play was both artistic and natural for
all that, for this Is precisely what may
happen, and even with the same mother
in both cases.
Thus, there are many mysteries con
nected with this whole subject; but
some things seem direct and plain; and
among these is the transmission of
criminal tendencies, as appears In this
case of Shockley, Illustrated by the
crimes traced to the relatives of his
mother, and to him as her offspring.
SPEAK UP FOR LOCAL PRODUCTS.
A year or moro ago The Tribune
spoke of the delicious celery produced
In Utah. Its equal is to be found in no
other Slate in this Union.
Tender, brittle, 'fine of fiber, succulent,
and most perfect in flavor, it Is not only
beautiful to the vjew, but the best In
the world for tho palate.
And yet The Tribune did not inspire
sufficient interest In the production of
Utah celery to enlarge the supply to a
point equal to tho demand. The Trib
une's market reports state that the ar
ticle has doubled in price, is almost out
of sale, and that California Is to supply
our tables until the new local crop Is at
hand.
California is making the same mistake
that Utah is making. She does not ap
preciate her products nor make enough
of them. Not a single product of either
California or Utah is made a specialty
at any hotel or in any public eating
plage.
One can buy better California wines,
at lower prices, in New York than in
San Francisco. Starting west from
New York, Baltimore, or Washington,
the price of California wines, at either
the public table or in stores, gradually
increases. The farther away you get
from the point of production the more
carriage is added the lower the prico
and the better the quality.
In Germany, Italy, and almost any
foreign country, the reverse Is true
People love to visit tho country pro
ducing comforts and luxuries which arc
made accessible. The Rhine Is made
enjoyable more by the plentlfulness ot
local products than anything else. So
we may say of the Seine in France and
of the rivers of all Germany and ot
Italy and Austria.
If California produces semi-tropical
vegetables and fruits, and they may be
had at flrst-class hotels in midwinter,
the average tourist would never suspect
it. No foreigner would without, being
told even suspect that California was
a great wine-producing State.
Nor would any one, from oracular evi
dence, suspect that Utah produces the
finest celery and vegetables and fruits
in the world.
OIL INDICATIONS EXCELLENT.
The successive strikes of strong gas
reservoirs underground by the drillers
for oil in the Farmlngton fiats are cer
tainly excellent indications for suc
cess. Those blind gas tanks are a
peculiarity of the whole tract between
the eastern lake shore and the moun
tains. Repeatedly have they been
tapped, with the uniform result of pow
erful outburst, great energy for a time,
then decreasing flow and final stoppage.
But the present company has heavier
and more solid machinery, and is pre
pared to go to greater depths than any
concern that has ever before entered"
the field. Ic may strike a fountain of
gas deeper down, which will be more
permanent than the supply hitherto
found comparatively near the surface.
That these gas pools are good indica
tions of the existence of oil below, is
universally held. That they will prove
so in this case, the men of skill and
experience in charge of this drilling
firmly believe. And The Tribune fer
vently hopes that their anticipations
may be abundantly borne out.
So hopeful Is the outlook, that an
other oil company has been incorpor
ated, to operate near Kyune, where In
dications are also favorable for the
finding of- oil, the oil shale and oil
springs being plentiful on the surface,
with every indication of heavy depos
its of oil underneath.
The oil situation in Utah is much
more promising now than ever before,
and the prospects that oil in quantity
will be made one of the leading pro
ducts of the State were never before
so good.
The announcement made by Vice
President and General Manager W. H.
Bancroft of the Union Pacific, who Is
also in charge of the Oregon Short
Line, that there would be no change
In the ofllce forces of the latter bore,
will bo welcomed with much satisfac
tion by the public The gentlemen
comprising these forces arc all well and
favorably known to the public and es
pecially to tho business men of this
whole community, which does not spo
how they could bo improved upon. It
Is gratifying to know that they are all
to be retained. Mr. Bancroft's an
nounced determination to maintain his
residence hero Instead of moving to
Omaha as It was feared he might do,
Is another source of contentment, for
the people of this region have come to
know and admire Mr. Bancroft for his
personal qualities as well as hla great
railroad ability, and they are glad to
see him around.
SECTARIAN USE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
We print today a communication from
a trustworthy source on the use of the
public schoolhouses for sectarian relig
ions purposes. The communication Is
In tho nature of a protest against such
use, and ought to bo read by all who
are Interested in the question.
It has been argued that tho use com
plained of is not forbidden by law; that
It harms no one; and that the people
whose money built the schoolhouse have
the right to use It for this purpose if
they sec fit.
The fallacy of this reasoning Is appa
rent If wo apply It to this city. If any
religious sect should undertake to use
the school buildings here for Its sectari
an purposes, does any one imagine that
it would be agreed to? Does any one
Imagine for a moment that such use
here would not call forth Instant and in
dignant protest?
But If It would not be submitted to
here, why should it bo elsewhere in the
State?
The law does not explicitly for
bid it, to be sure; and there might be
Imagined many uses to which a school
house might bo put which the law does
not forbid. But It Is a question of sense
and propriety that is involved.
Tho schoolhouses aro erected for
school purposes. They are seated with
reference to the accommodation of tho
children in their studies. The purpose
of the construction Is not for any other
than sohool use. Indeed, It would clear
ly be illegal to levy a tax to build a
structure for the joint use of a public
school and of a religious sect.
That, it seems to us, indicates tho
true rule. If the structure could not be
legally built avowedly for this use, such
use after the schoolhouse has been built
for public school purposes only, Is a
wrongful use.
The fact that It is not specifically for
bidden by law may mean nothing more
than that the legislators did not con
ceive that such use could possibly be
claimed. And the fact that such ex
traneous use as the legislators had In
mind has been construed by the courts
to the exclusion of this extraneous use,
points to the reasonableness of the as
sumption that the Legislature meant to
confine the purpose of the public school
houses to the exclusive use of the nub
ile schools.
We have Increasing evidence of this
improper use of the public schoolhouses
in the different parts of the State. It
would not be too much to say that this
use Is an imposition upon every taxpay
er who Is not of the sect so using the
schools, and an unjust advantage taken
by those guilty of such use, who may
be members of any such sect, over their
fellow taxpayers.
Let the schoolhouses be kept free from
sectarian and all improper Influences;
and let one rule prevail for their use.
A use which would not be tolerated for
a moment in any of the leading cities
of the State has no place in other parts
of Utah, and should be dropped at once.
Let one rule of use prevail throughout
the State, and that the evident natural,
lawful and proper use.
SALT LAKE'S STREET CROSSINGS.
Except when the ground is frozen or
there is drought, no woman or man in
Salt Lake City can go from street to
street or sidewalk to car, in the un
paved districts, which comprise most
of the city, without wading in mud.
Isn't it about time that stepping
stones or some sort of crossings of un
pavod streets be provided?
Are women and men to be required to
walk in rubber boots or go about in
boots or wade in mud shoe-mouth deep
four months In the year?
The condition of most of our streets Is
a scandal, a shame.
Stepping-stones cost little. If that iy
not the provision, then let us have the
mud and slush at least brushed away
each day.
Or perhaps rubber boots are to be Is
sued, or canoes, or flat-boats!
I HEARTLESS CATTLE OWNERS.
A heart-rending scene was presented
the passengers on the westbound Over
land Limited as tho train passed
through a barren point near the Ne-braSka-Wyomlng
line one day the past
week.
Snow covered the ground to the depth
of several Inches. All was bleak and
white as far as the eye could scaroh the
country. A blinding snowstorm pre
vailed. A largo herd of cattle, about
equally divided by the railroad, was be
ing driven eastward by the storm. Tho
animals were covered with the snow,
and they shivered and bellowed in de
spair. There was not a house, a shed, a
range or shelter within many miles.
Evidently the cattle were not the prop
erty of a resident of the community.
Likely they belonged to one of those
ownerships which drives cattle from
some southern range State In tho
springtime, and concluding to winter
in the north turn the live stock at large
to shift for themselves.
Food there was none; neither was
there-water. Shelter was not provided.
How tho cattle subsisted or kept from
freezing cannot be surmised. The
frightful wind, snow and cold drove the
poor animals In whatever direction the
currents veered.
It was noticeable that the regular
residents and rangers alone the way
had provided cover and feed for their
cattle. No wonder we hear every win
ter or two that tons of thousands of
sheep and cattle and thousands of
horses are frozen or starved to death in
Wyoming, Colorado or western Nebras
ka. No wonder Indeed!
Turn an animal loose on a barren
prairie, without shelter or food or water
In weather which may go from 40 de
grees above to 20 degrees below zero,
and what is the result?
The Legislatures of these States and
we include Utah and Idaho, too should
under pain of severe penalty require
cattle and other animal owners to pro
vide shelter, feed and water for their
animals at all times of the year.
BUSINESS, TRADE, AND FINANCE.
Tho "week has seen much of promise
for Utah. There has been moro snow,
and the cold weather has folldlflcd' the.
deposits both in hill and valley, until
what there is, Is practically ice, which
will yield an unusual percentage of
water. There has seldom been so much
sleighing in this valley as there is this
winter. All this gives excellent pros
pects for an abundance of Irrigation
water next summer.
The Utah Lako reservoir project is
taking shape as rapidly as could be ex
pected. The farmers and land-owners
are coming every day to a better com
prehension of what they must do to get
this great enterprise under way, and
there is no dissenting voice as to its
benefits. The movement to make the for
mal request of the Government to start
tho work is going forward with reason
able speed.
Tho mines are doing great things for
the State.. Never was the stream ot ore
from them so large or so rich as now.
Never were there so many great ore
channels being worked as now. And
never was. there a time when repeated,
extensive, and rich developments were
so frequently reported as now.
On the other hand, never were the
smelters In this valley so well equipped
for handling the ores and turning out
enormous and valuable masses of bullion
as now. The enterprise of the manage
ment of the smelters, In adding- to tho
capacity and variety of their plants, Is
conclusive evidence of the pre-eminence
of this valley for ore reduction, not only
now but for the future.
Tho live-stock situation Ig also good;
the winter has not only been favorable
as a rule, with the snowfall ample for
the present need for water, but as af
fording promises of good ranges for the
coming season.
The railroad situation continues excel
lent. The freight complaints are in pro
cess of adjustment. The Los Angeles
line is being pushed energetically and
rapidly, and in a little over a year tho
Iron bands will connect this city with
the metropolis of southern California.
The Moffat road and the Western Pa
cific are both working hitherward with
satisfactory progress and evident deter
mination. In this city, the bank clearances of the
week show an increase- of 14.1 per cent
over those of the corresponding week
last year. Trade has been goodv and
with the excellent promise In mine, farm
and range, there is everything in the
outlook to cheer the merchant, the farm
er, the financier, and the man of gener
al business. In this connection, we wish
to call attention to expressions ot busi
ness men elsewhere in this issue.
The bankruntcv of the Lnn Wmio ia
attributed to the keenness of com-eti-tion
and the favorable prices made
thereby to the buyer rather than to any
lnhercnt weakness In tho business sit
uation; for, as a matter of fact, that was
never so strong as now. It is this very
strength from which the sources of
competition and the low prices arise.
This city is now the best place In the
country in which to make purchases.
The merchants throughout the various
settlements in the whole mountain re
gion should make note of this fact.
The great building record of last year
is certain to be kept up during the pres
ent year. Already the plans for con
struction are being perfected. Among
those we may name the purchase by the
Covey Investment Company early in the
week, of a large plot of ground on West
Third South street, with the purpose of
building 575,000 worth of dwellings there
on; and tho purchase by Mr. John J.
Daly on Thursday of a lot on South
Main street, for $11,000.
The International Mercantile Agency
reports that In the central Mississippi
region and throughout the Southwest,
business in most staple lines promises
to exceed that of the opening months of
1903. An encouraging feature of the
week has been renewed confidence
throughout the country jn a prosperous
season, duo to an Improvement in col
lections. '
Dun reports trade quiet, with an tin
easy feeling that manipulation and not
wholesome demand is the cause of pres
ent high prices. Railway earnings In
January are 3.S per cent larger than in
1903.
Bradstreet reports heavy storms and
extreme cold as checking spring orders
and retarding transportation. The
South, stimulated by the unprecedented
prices for cotton is Immensely prosper
ous, and Is preparing to plant an enor
mous acreage ot the staple. Business
failures are rather under than over the
average.
For the first time in many weeks, the
bank clearances in New York show an
increase over those of the correspond
ing week last year; this gain is but
eight-tenths of one per cent, but It
marks the turn of the tide. The cltle3
outside of New York show an increase
of 1.7 per cent, a total Increase for all
of 1.2 per cent.
Tho New York bank statement, Issued
yesterday, shows an enormovw increase
1 i
in loans, and a yet greater Increase In
deposits. It Is an unparalleled report
in the magnitude of Increases In monoy
handled. Tho deposits since Janunry
1st have Increased $157,000,000, and they
now outvalue all the bank loans by
$30,000,000.
Tho stock market has been lethargic
during the week. The money does not
como in from the country for invest
ment, and the sharpers don't make J
money by putting up stock jobs on each
other.
The universal sentimcut of the coun
try Is that business, finance, and trade
were never on as sound a footing as
now, In all the great Interior; and that
such difficulties as New York has been
In, it Is gradually extricating itself
from. So the outlook for the year is ex
ceedingly bright for the country at
large as well as for Utah.
It will be a source of pride and satis
faction to the people oC this city to
know that the Tabernacle choir is going
to the St, Louis exposition, and will
selzo the occasion to give a concert or
possibly moro than one, while on the
trip and in that city. It has not yot
been decided whether or not the choir"
will enter the choral contest, but It Is
hoped that it may do so, especially if
the needful rehearsals can be had and
the full membership can go.
The quills upon the fretful porcupine
have been the subject of note in litera
ture and of fear on the part of any who
might feel a call to attack the afore
said porcupine. But it has remained
for a Utah poultry show to develop the
peril in the quills upon a prizo rooster.
But those who lead the attack are not
in this case the ones in danger from the
quills, but the owner of the bird.
SPECULATION IN FUTURES.
From tho New York Herald.
Referring to tho rise In cotton and its
disturbing effect upon the spinning in
dustry, the Textile Manufacturers'
Journal In its Issue of Saturday denoun
ces the speculation as "Immoral and un
healthy," and says the way to put a
stop to It is to "make the selling of fu
tures illegal."
That suggestion has been made in
many quarters of late, but It is some
what surprising to find It advocated by
a technical publication like the Journal.
The remedy, if it could be applied,
would be worse than tho disease. "Cor
ners" and extremely fictitious move
ments occur but occasionally and
usually end by ruining those who eih
glneer them.
On the other hand, normal speculative
operations help both the producer and
the spinner or other legitimate consumer
of a product by minimizing fluctuations
and by providing them with a broad
and uninterrupted market. Gormany's
attempt to stop trading In futures has
been a dismal failure and has Injured
all parties in Interest.
WHY ON THEIR BACKS?
From the New York Press.
Why should the dead recline? Why
should they not be stood up In the
graves, side by side? A pit eight feet
deep, six feet long and two feet wide
would easily accommodate four coffins.
Land for interborough cemeteries is
growing scarce and incineration is not
making so rnpld progress as Its advo
cates counted on. There are forty-eight
cemeteries in and about New York,
where we bury our departed relatives
and friends, and many of them are
OAvned by private corporations. Some of
the leading financiers are stockholders,
drawing their little 60 per cent annually
in dividends. One well-known burying
ground has made millionaires of half a
dozen owners, most of whom belong to
the same family.
RHYMES OF THE DAY.
A maid though it seem quite Incredible
Cooked viands dellclously edible;
It was noised about
Till the boys found It out.
And they straightway considered her wed
able. Baltimore American.
The palace of peace what of It?
Tho rumors of war Increase,
And a dozen great Christian nations
That honor the Princo of Pcaco
Aro willing that carnage may be made
If they can profit a bit in trade
Chicago Record-Herald.
This world is all a fleeting show,
But when the streets aro full of snow
The folk who ought to keep them clean
Somehow neglect to shift tho scene.
Washington Star.
Ho kissed her once. Next day sho was
As cold to him as Ice.
WheWI was sho mad? Of course, because-
Ho had not kissed her twlco.
Philadelphia Ledgor.
Suggested new, version of a well-known
rnymo:
Dirty days hath September,
April, Juno and November.
And all the rest are dirty too.
Punch.
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DOMESTIC LIMERICKS.
A woman as proud as old Lucifer
Grew tired of her husband's abuclfer-
So she called the iollce, '
Who compelled him to clco
By crying: "You, vlllluni Let Luclferi"
Then no longer prouder than Lucifer
I-orgcttlng her husband's abuclfer '
Sho promptly forgave him.
Swore falsoly to save him
Thus woman lets love make a guolfer.
Still, tho officers, scolng the ruclfcr
Reused to take-any t-xcuclfer; '
?Kh3IV? ma& thWs so hot
That they fled from the apot
as a witness they ne'er could make uclfor
Then once more as proud as okl Luc fcr
&hVn,tihrrhhI hub- for ubuclfo? . '
the louder he walled
nui, "y . 0 hai"dor she whalled,
HU at length he abjectly begged truclfer.
Baltimore American
sJmvaS's Jpeltj- JIU
. . . 5fif
Blohopn L. J Onni IlL
Africa,. Mctho'dSTOjW Wl T
went abroad to VP,8CoPM ciSSMJI
missionaries to Cn Lpc0rral'6loaW
Just returnedVrY. .
Rev. Georj?i S. Cahi "t
man of Cincinnati hi,n J
through too cloao anX,et31
of the Bible. For yo?!Lci,lo'il()
scon without a copy)
dcSThlS"
made hi namoTnXft'J' ''Mffi
a. scries of success te 'H Mtfi
tor. London. Ho SJj(tteI-vtisfc
tlco of the thc-r ono'Br
passing an old f.-Lj bta1fii
Played In hla day's of ?W hM?
forward Irvln " B-r jtn&Bl. LWfr
tho hand, snyTni? I , ofi ft
low. I'm glad tf?M8lth.i?
getting on?" "OhXT- m
I ve been over the uTWtZl
poor fit-out for the
about you, old ma 1 ycr, MW...
thing?" man? e'0'JB
Senator Daniel ot Vlr-i. . Wl&i
thor of standard iaLn 1 & (J1
"Daniel on Negotiable., eHr
was explaining em? ( M'IS.
one day how ho camo tA ,,Jhfc5St
He said ho tvm ftVnftSlT1
ago when a man cam, ,Jflc 1
it sight draft carry thil
Ho didn't know. None 0f? ft"
ycrs knew, and it too l.h? lKl
to find out. He the? toTKV
nstruments and he did s? a 1 ,
tor waa finishing tt ycu',l
class said: "Senator 55 S43 mf Q
carry three days ot W
hemmed and hawed uiiZ
finally said: "Uponmy Sl
I have forgotten." ul- y?gj
NOTES ABOUT WOME.1. ftS
Miss Agnes Malioncy of Ch!r. t"1
elonary about to return iTv' V
work In Africa, has arrSncfe t)
her a portable house bKSgj
Judgo Jonathan Dixon oMv. if?41
court of New Jersey SS cleM Jt
daughters and one on nwL JV W
Mrs. Dixon will not let th?
out of their regular tim t-S? 1 ! 1
ond and third In the order f&
found worthy husbands and iL , ''
jurist gives to each a Gov,r.!.!H
of 510.000 as a marriage gruS. ffiSPE
. usirrt
Miss Frances B, Clark ty,tuJ
Otis, Conn., a email vniwMfi H
ahlrc hills without rall"geJffl fy
Mom., a distance of fourteen cf
made tho trip alone, both SS
when tho temperature was d2 'A
low zero, and on one occailea rMr
out drifted highways to get K lMb
regular driver quit because rthfS '
with the contractor and Wu Cki
h,s, ?,laco ,rather llian have lb. a V,
undelivered nt her office ; i-ra
iSSr
J-'? lcl!llc(,ot, President HarcS'' 1
art club in tho main gnllcry of tMw i
school at the university, and to ctiMtit ft
tlon of the fact that tho wire cf'Ktft.'v
ners were present considered it tEjt
to hand out a number of "rhetwiaMfcB U
quots." One of these somtwhirKSfU'
lahed his auditors. With a gvejbMWi;
tu? he indicated tho works of aEsnt
which tho room was adorned tiF
"What need havo we of all thcHnaVl&tc
beauties on tho wall when w camt - Wl
gathered here tonight around lHjB a
board?" HaasS
When tho reigning Duchets ofUslfJ
tor was MJss Zimmerman of OiMf
sho took the doctors prtrlpU:CT.?!v
thoy generally did her goal Xix t,2?f
t.ho Is a very reut lady. Indeed.
taken to Buddhism and has tp
mahatma as her medical attia PBT'U-
course, sho would have none but til
bo sho imported a Hlndou ciiia IHA&
guide her In obeying the Buddh.'.; li
health. Ills name Is Asarnya Gctj
mahassmn. a great man an: W hlXeste
The first thing ho did was tocstfcl v i
Duko's dally allowance of wis? ti ui
Btarvatlon limit of four goUeti I ,
American frlendH of her grace in: V5,5,01
lie concerned about the matter i "SjHii
SPICE. fifjtij
lftf i
"Them farm mortgages I hwtltWH'if
recommendation of them rascili ''Jl i j
era was poor security," growled o!..
"and If I hadn't been able totfJ . 17
a widow woman I would of fix J 7s
Cleveland Leader. ijet
; fc&Ei
Fond Mamma Yes. my djr!t J?14
little bovs next door have co ttj Is
mother and no kind Aunt Jan4 w
you llko to give them someltia
Archie (with great cnthuslassHJ F-
mamma. Let's give them Amt i&rfc
' 1 iZiiai
Mr. Stubbs-Ycs. that Mrs. Rltlw :Jfl i
tending the missionary mceutjo IS2P:
trlbutlngr even her jewelry 10 J
heathen.
Mrs. Stubbs (cnvlouslyV-Wift fSvV
heathen would wear such JtlrP Jt
tha Rlchrocks luss oround.-Ctosi ?5ftZ
- ' F, IV
Miss Versopht-W'hy wain't Uri h : r
bump at tho opera Inst nlgnt, l (;L"
Miss Vcrjulce-She had such 4 M JM7 1
sho couldn't speak above a a -mo ,
of course, there was no use b Htff ijJPJj
Judge. 5
Mlsa Ascum-I hear you "llha, 4tj
Miss Suttle, the other night .WNlaoig
show you her Christmas prtJiftai
Mr. Staylate-Only a Pwl5,i5f.rf Orte
father had given her She ovgtt'Bai
tentlon to It several times "B4,
that sho thought It was lAmfiaj 0f
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