Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-11
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Vale OF Aroea-Rowland HIPS Great
Hork-The Spread Of Leprosy-
Britain's New School OF Learn
inc.

al. rived that the beautiful woods ov,
%. looking the Vale Of Avoca are goir
D. to be cut down and made up in
b matches. People Of a sentiment
ID turn Of mind declare il an Outrsg
III II there is a spot in all the Britt:
lie Islands that deserves to be kel
al sacred from the DESIGNATING han,
\ OF commerce and manufactures il
10 the Sweet Vale sf Avoca."
Ie forms the inspiration of perhaps tn
i best known poem OF Ireland's great
| est bard, Thomas Moore. Who doe
5 not remember those beautiful line
n commencing,
There is Lot II the wide word Il valley $
o As ihas vale in yhOsc valley the brish, wa
But even If this beau
tiiul spot had not been i'm
mortalized in Meore's famous
, lyric 1t deserves TO be sparet
for its own sake. 1t lies in one OF
the loyeliest districts Of Ireland
The whole route from Dublin Il
Wicklow runs through a transport.
ingly beautiful country, and II
would seem difficult to find any
where n more exquisite combination
oil foliage, water, and distant views
oil mountain scenery than in these
smiling glens. But the Vale of
+, Avoca has companions in misfo-
i,In-r. Perhaps the words OF Scott
ar. i'm. When the poet dies, mute
| nntilre mo, rms her worshipper. 1t
may he "a. 65-1. .Hture seems TO have
no bower 10 protert1, n shrineS from
the invasion. Even tn JANUS oil
Burns and Scott have fallel VIC,
tins 10 the modern commerce.
spirit. 1t is true the Highlanders
have succeeded in preserving the
rrossachs aud Benyenue, and
Ellen's Isle, for the benefit of
tourists; but he who visits
M-lrose Abbey win perceive
with regret the huge brick
chimneys belching their foul fumes
into the air, and the dye products
and chemical denominations that kill
the turf aud poison and pollute the
river. The quiet shades Of Stoke /
fogis churchyard are still undis-
turbed except by an occasional !
locomotive whistle, and we may see |
the scene OF the "Elegy'' much as 1
il was in the days Of Thomas Gray.
We may see MiltOn's home at |
Horton in much the same condition, !
ri tI.ak hi
years ago. Shakespeare's house
and burial place ut Stratford are
seemingly well preserved. and al
most unchanged Is the little church
at BringtOn in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
where lie the mortal remains Of
George WESTINGHOUSE ancestors. But !
We look aud look in vain 10 find !
the Forest Of Arden or the bOsky
depths that suggested the imagery Of
the "Aiidsummer Nights Dream''
and GAS You Like IT, Windsor
Forest as described by Pope is no
longer a forest, and many another
landmark Of the past has been obfit-
rated. Even at the present time
Liverpool Is turning one OF the love
lest Of Welsh valleys into an artifi-
,ial water tank. The hand Of change !.
s eneYitable. but many look with
egret upon the destruction of those
Genes so Intimately connected with :
What King George H., in his broken
English, used TO call ''bOetTy and !
ainting." /,
The jubilee Of :he Penny Post !
which took place in various parts of :,
England on the 10th of january is y
n reality one Of the most significant I
the celebrations that have taken :
lace recently. 1t was on January =
>, 1910, that universal cheap !,
Ostage wss inaugurated in the =
'nited Kingdom. At this dis =
nee of time we can scarcely n
the great social !!
AAaesa thai 49, tI.s,s is-nrlfri.t about :.
revious TO that time there had beeb :,
penny post in Edinburgh, and like !,
Use an arrangement in London .
I'd suburbs for the carrying Of par "
is and letters. Sir Rowland Hill,
Dwever, was the originator Of a
liversal and uniform rate Of cheap ! n
stage, and the inventor Of the al L
.sive postage stamp. We can now
arcely realize the amount Of perse-
tion that Sir Rowland Hill suf-
red during the two years that the
Nv famous postal bill was pending II
fore Parliament. As soon as il 90
came law and went into OPERA "a
IN It's benefits were readily seen. pl
n enormous increase OF cores DR.
ndence was the first result. Pre- IN
Ously letters had been a luxury sa.
yOnd the reach Of the very poor. VII
days wages Of n labOring sto
m would scarcely pay the postage &c.
q single letter. A parting Of rela- WI
'es and friends had something Of
E nature Of a farewell. A mother.
ring with her child was rendered
IRE painful by the thought that Il re-
'uld he long before she would hear SD,
m him again. SO
c was not long before other M
ms adopted the postage system in
dueed by Sir Rowland Hill. I
itzerlans was the first among tio,
influential nations, but before ten mo
Irs had passed, the system had ex- moi
ded to the whole civilized world. / 81
e advent Of cheap postage, con- nro
ted as 1t is with rapid transit has To-
ugh6 with 1t one Of the greatest stra
lal revolutions in the history OF
world. IL is well that Sir Row
q Hill is TO have a magnificent
ne erected to his memory, as one u
Inc great 6enefactors Of his race. s.e,
neither the Prince Of Wales is sr"i
owing the example Of his royal
new, the Emperor Of Germany,
he aforesaid royal nephew is fol- c
ing the example Of his uncle. the IS,
nee OF Wales, may be a matter Gin
isspute, but this much is evident. peg
both seem anxious to benefit
r people. We can imagine no
ect of deeper importance than 81
which alleviates or Candidates Rus
greatest disease OF medieval will
5 known to historians by the has
e Of leprosy. 1t is certainly a Mex
( Of kindness Of heart to see ing /;
Prince Of Wales presiding. rs he
IN the 18th instant, over a meet.
u philanthrOpists and scientists Pa
hsiuer anu discuss leprOsy in all Of d,
rms, methods OF treatment. and neal
Die extirpation. The meeting tend.
self partook Of rather an j19 jects'
ltional character, for besides
sentiment in the medical profes-
aud residing in Great Britain.
as DR.. Mckenzie, Sir james
t. DIR. Priestly and DIR. Russell
folds, there were Others from NO
ointment who take a deem in clear
In the subject. Among these tlema
be mentioned DR.. Fayrer and rsonj
er Pamphile de Veuster, the
er OF Father Damien. that siuera
martyr to the cause of leurosy. at L
ecting the origin Of Ieprosv teous
tile Is known with certainty. tbi,t
etlus regards Egypt as the land
whence it came. Be that as II anu <
the sacred books of the Jews of 9th
III OF illusions to the dreaded for thu
~; and he who reads the tertail
lgs Of Moses will perceive tesy /,
10 Il 7 4.