Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-11

his supremacy. He accordingly
undertook the defense of the
propositions In question and n Sers
animated debate took place between
him and his youthful antagonist,
Mr.. Pitt, which for some time was
conducted with great talent
and brilliancy ON both sides.
At length the genius OF the
young man prevailed over that OF
the senior, who, finding him self
driven into a corner from which
there was no escape, made some ex-
cuse for rising from the table, and
walked out Of the room. To some
friends who had followed him into
the ante-room, he remarked that
Mr.. Pitts style might by some be
considered ingenious, but for his
part IL was not exactly what he was
accustomed 10, and he went away in
high dudgeon."
This is a sample Of the anecdotes
that abound in Mr.. Burgess "Me-
moirs OF William Pitt and give to
them peculiar charm for youthful
readers. Yes, no doubt 1t was VIII
liam Pitts youth that greatly aided
him in making him the idol Of the
British people. How many thOus-
ands ofschool boys and young men
have detained that famous pieceer-
titled civilian Pitts reply to Hor-
ace WalpOle," commencing with
those sarcastic words, "The atrocious
crime Of being n young man shall
neither attempt to palliate nor
deny?"
IL is this charm OF youth that
makes William Of Germany such a
power among the people, and which
no doubt the Orlesnists perceived
would make Of Lous Philippe, Due
d'Orleans an influential factor in
the furtherance Of their schemes.
The burial of the poet Robert
Browning in Westminster Abbey
has had the effect Of calling pointed
attention to ancient and modern
modes Of sepulture. In the interest
Of science, Sir Robert Rawlinson pro-
tests against any further burials in
the great national mausoleum.
The remarks of Rawlinson has
brought out n sharp discussion
concerning embalming both in
ancient and modern times. On
one side It is claimed that embalm-
ing may now be done with as perfect
success as it ever was done in the
palmiest days Of Egyptian art. On
the other side It is asserted that the
Egyptians, with all their skill, the
results Of which have been well
tested by the long centuries which
have elapsed since then, never
buried their dead in the vicinity Of
the living, but, on the other hand,
Inferred them in spot remote from
habitation. This agitation will no
doubt extend until the entire ques-
ton o! civic burials will be better
The interment Of one
hundred thousand persons annually
in such great cities as London,
must, 1t is thought, have a great
effect on the health Of the COM
Meanwhile there are other discuss
ions going on in the great Imperial
Gas Factory, sometimes facetiously
termed the House, of Parliament. ,
The questions Of Land Tenure, Dis I
establishment, Tithes, and Imperial I
Federation are all waiting 10 be .
dealt with, but all these must stand
iside until "My. Lords and Gentle
men" have had an opportunity to
Gil the House and the newspapers
with their grsndiloquence.
The famous Mr.. Stanley has not
yet reached England. He is Mt
busy in Cairo, writing the
history Of his adventures. He will
make the tour Of Europe in
he spring. When Barnum's show
loses in London We may expect
SANKEY'S to commence,
J. II. WARD.