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sufficient for all present or future require
ments. In making this offer the company
had in mind the almost certain stimulant
to the city's growth which such an enter
prise as this insured, and which had pro-
NOTED growth in population equal to 100
per cent IN three years in the gas fields of
the east.
In view of the enormous cost of develop
ing the plans. laying seventy-tive miles or
more of mains, ETC., and the stimulation to
all industries in the city which this enter
prise insured, Mr.. Whitmer confidently
considered it entitled to the franchise
asked. Referred to the committee on i'm
proVementS.o
AT the next meeting, December 9, the
following was reported by the committee
on improvements:
1.-THE committee on streets, to whom was
referred the petition of the American Gas
company, asking for a franchise to lay
mains through the streets of this city for
the purpose of supplying natural gas for
domestic and mercantile purposes, recon-
mended that the same be granted on condi-
ton that it shall not take effect until the
gas company shall have laid its mains to
the city limits, which must be done within
! one year; also, on condition that the gas
company satisfy the council of its ability
TO supply gas, as claimed by it in its petit
ton. The city attorney and committee on
streets were instructed to prepare the fran
chise.n
The company now have pipe line fran
chises with Ogden, Salt Lake, Provo, Cen
terville, Pennington, Kaysville, Bountlful,
Sandy and many other small towns. The
company have reserved the right to pur-
chase reservoir lands on every farm leased.
The rights of way are over level and a
valuable fruit, farming and manufacturing
territory. Millions of tons of raw material
lie contiguous TO the wells and pipe lines.
Three railroads pass through this com
pany's property, Union Pacific, Rio Grande
Western and the Hot Springs line, two of
which are transcontinental lines, while
their branches reach every mining camp
of prominence in Utah, and are connected
by one grand system in Idaho, Colorado
Wyoming, Montana, Oregon, Washington
Nevada and California, while work is being
done to connect New Mexico old Mexico
and Arizona, all direct with Salt Lake city
Ogden and the oil and gas fields owned ano
NNN
controlled by the American Natural Gas
company.
The company have two more well-borinq
outfits on the way from the east, and they
will now rush the sinking of wells. These
wells will be sunk in a line towards this
city, at a distance of a half mile apart
With such vast field of gas and an outft
so well equipped for sinking wells, they
propose to sink dozen or more wells as
soon as possible and get them capped, while
they will put in pipe line to this city at ar
early date. The plan is to have enough
wells to let part of them remain resting
while the others are in service.
MIR. S. c. Constant, second vice-president
: of the company, and the gentleman who
, has done most of the active management o.
its affairs, has had considerable experience
| in the gas wells of Indiana. To HERALI
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representative he expressed himself as
confident that they had "the real thing;' he
had labored with others in Indiana who
had been laughed at for their pains but he
had lived to see the scoffers silenced and
turned to wonderers, and he did not doubt
that he should see the same thing in Salt
Lake city.
Hon. w. H. Irvine, just elected to the
Utah Legislature from this city, resided at
Marion, Indiana, where one of the most re-
markable natural gas booms that ever agi-
tated the east, rose not long ago, and to a
, reporter he said:
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THE SALT LAKE IMPROVEMENT AND NATU-
RAJ GAS COMPANY.
This is the title of another natural gas
company whose possessions lie close to
Salt Lake, but of whose affairs it was
found impossible to learn anything in time
for THE CHRISTMAS HERALD. Mr.. William
Fuller and Captain. Middlemiss are the
most actively interested in the new com
pany.
NATURAL GAS AND ITS EFFECTS UPON THE
FUTURE OF SALT LAKE CITY.
A well-known expert contributes the
following thoughtful views on the all-pre-
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vailing topic. In view of the growing
interest aroused in the development of
natural gas since the incorporation of the
Salt Lake Improvement and Natural Gas
company, no time is more suitable for
brief review of the field than the present.
Ii will suffice for the purposes of this
article to glance at the arrangement, struc-
ture, resources and analysis of some of the
natural products of Salt Lake valley.
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A NATURAL GAS FIND
Is 1t the Opening of Another Boom ?--The
American National Gas Company.

W RE we on the verge of natural
ga gas boom that shall make of Salt
ASE Lake a second Findlay, Lima
e Y McKeesport, Marion, Anderson
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
FOR SUNDAY READING.
ON A SABBATH MORNING.


The cool. sweet fiuttering of the summer
breeze,
That roams DER vale and hill,
Brings to my cars the voices of the trees
And bids my heart be still.
To listen to the tall pines deepening sigh,
The white birch whispering slow.
The chatternR OF the poplar leaves on high,
The hemlock murmuring low,
Hay my check upon the soft, cool sod
And catch the faintcst scent
OF green things growing, while the golden.
Above my head Is bent.
On every side the rounded hilltops rise
Into the cloud necked sky;
Along their slopes the peaceful sunlight lies
And deep blue shadows fly,
As II some giant bird, with beating wing,
Its lofty course doth sail.
ITS mighty pinions ovcrsadowlng
Now cliff, now wood and vale.
On, God. could any sweeter influence lift
World.tred hearts to Thee,
Than that which dwells within the white
cloud drift
In whispering breeze and tree?
Our strength Is His"-the enfolding hills
attest
Andiseace that fears no foe
May well find dwelling place within my
breast
Since am His also.
Charlotte s. Thurston, In Interior.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
THE EVIL OF WORRY.
1t IS All Harm and No Good, and Show.
Base Ingratitude to God.

1t IS All Harm and No Good. and Shows
Base mgratitude to God.
The fathers of the church have set
apart for special detestation and avoid
ance what they call the seven deadly
sins, but it may be doubted.if any one of
them is more deadly" than the sin of
worry. More gross and repulsive forms
of sin there are. of course, but none is
more subtle. more incessant, more dam
gerous to the spiritual welfare. Nor is
there any other SIN into which so many
otherwise good people fall.
And it is the siliiest of all the forms
of sin. Every form of sin is silly, for,
as the poet tells us:
You've gut to git up airly
Eff Won want to take in God.
Sin always tries to take in" God,
and always fails; but for time some
forms of sin do seem to succeed. The
sinner does get something in the way of
temporary enjoyment, fancied advan-
tage, as the reward of his sin, even
though he has to pay heavy retribu-
ton in the end. But worry is form of
sin that does not give even temporary
and seeming happiness. On the con-
trary, it is the surest of all ways to I'M
happiness, and in the aggregate pro-
duces more human misery than any
thing else that can be named. The
actual sufferings Of mankind are moth.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
THE WIDE-AWAkE BOY.

the great ship was stayed in her stately ca.
reer,
A line was flung out, with a jerk to the pier,
Caught quick rs flash, at the sailors
"a.hoy,"
Twisted. tied and made snug by a wide.
awake boy.
There are cries of commencing: "a regular
brick"
Half'bushing, says Billy: "'Taln't much of
trick;
"When you see line flung, why, Is. ab it
with skill
Cause whyy If you don't, some other chap
wilr
Lads chances will come to your lives with
the years;
Are you training to seize on the first that APP
pears?
Learning well what you learn. like this
miniature tar?
"Cause why?" If you're not then "other
chaps" are.
Hoy, boys with you're future to build as
you go,
There's nobody looking for hands that are
On life's moor.lin lay hold with vigor and
skill,
"Cause why?" If you don't, some other
chap will.
See, down with Times current, the good
ship Employ
Cometh laden with luck for the wide "Wake
Mary Grant Major, in wide Awake.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
THE POPULAR BOY.
His Display of the Virtues of Manliness,
Generosity and Unselfishness.

His Display OF the virtues OF Manliness,
Generosity and Unselfshness.
What makes boy popular? Manli-
ness, says Hezekiah Butterworth in the
Ladies' Home Journal. During the war
how schools and colleges followed pop
ular boys! These young leaders were
the many boys whose hearts could be
trusted. The boy who respects his
mother has leadership in him. The
boy who is careful of his sister is q
knight. The boy who will never vio-
late his word, and who will pledge his
honor to his own heart and change not,
will have the confidence of his fellows.
The boy who defends the weak
will one day become hero among
the strong. The boy who will never
hurt the feelings of anyone will one
day find himself in the atmosphere Of
universal sympathy. Il know not"
once said the great Gov. Andrew, what
record of sin may await me in another
world; but this do know: never yet
despised man because he was poor,
because he was ignorant or because he
was black"
Shall tell you how to become pop
ular boy? will. Be too manly and
generous and unselfish to seek to be
popular; be the soul of honor, and love
others better than yourself, and people
will give you their hearts and delight
to make you happy. That is what makes
q boy popular.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
LOVE. THE SUPREME GIFT.

"And Now Abldeth Faith, Hope, Charity;
But the Greatest of These Is Charity"
Here are the three Divine graces in
holy emulation-Love, the crowned
one, though not to the dishonor of the
rest; Faith believes God and all His
promises; Hope stretches out her hands
for their fulfillment, and Charity is the
assurance of both faith and hope. This
insepara BILE trio, we are clearly told,
will survive the wreck of time, when
our imperfect wisdom, made up of gen.
civilizations, conjectures, and analogies,
will be put away as the toys of child.
Faith is the positive, hope COM
parative, and love the superla-
tive; faith is the seed. hope the stalk,
and love the browning harvest. Faith
is Gods gift, born of the spirit, and
comes OF hearing; it is the perceptive
and receptive sense of the renewed
soul. Hope is the unseen hand, sus-
tanning the soul in the trials of life, and
lighting 1t in the darkness OF death; on
our journey to our Fathers house,
hope goes before faith as the rays be-
fore the lantern. Faith shall be swal-
lowed up in victory, hope in fruition;
but love is eternal, having its life in
God, who commendeth His great love
in the gift of His Son to us.
Angels and the redeemed shall join in
songs of love to Him who first loved
us. Faith and hope do not make
Heaven, but love does. Love conquers
evil, binds the universe together-us to
God and God to us. 1t evolves unity
out of diversity, confederating men,
with all their peculiar characteristics Of
tempers, tastes, endowments or color,
into one-the greatest unity with the
greatest diversity. Love is greater,
because whatever more God is, He is
love. God can not be said to believe or
hope, but we know that God is lore-it
dwells in God, and has God dwelling in
it.-Christian at Work.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
GRAMS HORN" WISDOM.

-God's fires never burn up any
thing but the chaff.
You can't tell how much a lion
weighs by his roar.
No man is fully saved until he is
saved from himself.
When troubles are the farthest from
us they look the biggest.
To do the work of Christ well, we
must first enjoy the rest of Christ.
An enemy is an enemy, no matter
whether he carries flag or musket.
The trouble with people who can
talk is, that they are apt to talk too
much.
The man who willfully continues
in sin is conscious that he deserves no
help.
There isn't much chance of our be.
ing saved from sin until we believe
about it as God does.
The joy of the Lord is the strength
of the righteous. Get it, and you can
stand up under anything.
The man who is happy in the Lord
has found out that Heaven is not so far
away as some folks think it is
God has no use Tor people who
have no business of their own to attend
to. Our Saviour chose His disciples
from those who had something to do,
and were doing it.
Nobody is ever glad to see the man
who comes around when you have just
made a mistake about something, and
tells you what he would have done in
your place.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
The Shaping of Our Lives.

I go into a sculptor's studio and see
him shaping statue. He has chisel
in one hand and mallet in the other,
and he gives very gentle strole-click,
click, click ] say: "Why don't you
strike harder?" "Oh," he replies, that
would shatter the statue. can't do it
that way. l must do it this way" So
he works on, and after awhile the fea-
lures come out, and every body that en-
ters the studio is charmed and fasci-
mated. Well, God has your soul un.
der process of development, and it is
the little annoyances and vexations of
life that are chiseling out your immor-
tai nature. 1t is click, click, click!
wonder why some great providence
does not come, and with one stroke
prepare you for Heaven. All, no; God
says that is not the way. And so He
keeps on by strokes of little vexations,
until at last you shall be glad specta-
Gle for angels and for men.-Talmage,
in New York Observer
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ing as compared to borrowed trouble,
for, as Thomas jefferson used to say,
our greatest misfortunes are those tina,
never happen.
Worry is silly because it is so useless.
(which of you by being anxious can
add cubit unto his stature?". All the
worry in the world never prevented a
calamity from coming or made It easier
to bear when it came; while, if the ca.
lamity did not come, as is usually the
case, it was a perfectly gratuitous and
unnecessary misery.
Worry is silly because it is harmful.
Nothing takes the heart out of a man or
woman like this foreboding of coming
evil. 1t skaters nerves and weakens
the will; and the worrying man is so
exhausted by contending with imagi.
nary ills that he has no courage to con-
front the actual ills of life. 1t is not
work. it is not sickness, it is not mis-
fortune that kills so many men and
women in their prime, but worry: We
have known men that as certainly killed
themselves by the habit of worrying
over their affairs as if they had. taken a
dose of slow poison every day.
And worst of all, worry is base in
gratitude to God, denial of His power
and goodness that amounts to high
treason. At least this is true of every
Christian, to whom is the PROMISE
Seek we His kingdom, and these things
shall be added to you" How can he
doubt the Father who sees even the
fall OF sparrow, and numbers the
very hairs of His children's heads?
What excuse shall he render for
distrust of Gods kind providence, in
whose experience it has many times
been proved that ''all things work to-
gether for good to them that love
God?"
A wise man will conclude that there
are two classes of things about which
it does not pay to worry; those that he
can help, and those that he can't help.
IN. Y. Examiner.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
ENNOBLiNG THOUGHTS
Encourage Them, for the Influence fo
Good Which They Exert Is Inestimable.

Encourage Them, for the Influence for
Good Which They Exert is Inestimable.
A public man iwhose influence has
been powerful for good in this country,
said lately:
"My father was un uneducated, hard
working farmer Yet some of his
methods of training his children showed
Il keen insight and rare wisdom He
had the habit, for instance, of telling us
as we ate our breakfast any story of
kindness or courage or self-sacrifice
which he had heard or read the day be-
fore; or, failing these, he would repeat
noble thought tersely expressed, or a
fine line of poetry.
There's a bit of gold, boys he
would say, to carry with you Don't
let all your thoughts be base metal
"We used to laugh at this 'old-fash-
toned custom. But it would be impos-
sible to measure the influence which
these great ideas had in elevating the
daily current of our thoughts. We
could not give ourselves up wholly to
trivial or mean things with this great
thought ringing in our minds like the
call of a trumpet"
A busy mother upon whom much of
the actual labor of her household de-
volved, said once:
~ have no time to search in books for
great thoughts to widen and lift my
children's minds. But l try to bring
into our family life the high, liberal
charity taught by Christ. try, too, to
keep the children's attention fixed upon
some subject outside of their own lives.
Zone day it may be a new book, the
next a political crisis in our own coun-
try, or great food in China. These
things serve to turn their thoughts from
personal gossip or squabbling."
There are many homes in which some
idea like these is at work, tightening
and uplifting the whole family life.
There are others in which the members
resemble parts of machine at work.
They earn money, they eat, drink and
sleep; but the life. the ennobling prin-
ciple, is lacking.
However young or insignificant the
reader OF these words may be, he can
do his part toward bringing the sun.
shine of broader life into his home.
The mere habit Of speaking of things
instead of people, if persisted in, will
be like window opened into close
and sitting room.
The atmosphere Of our thoughts, as
well as that breathed by our bodies
becomes foul and poisonous if kept toe
long shut in from outside influences.
! Open the windows, then. Take the
lives, the, work, the thoughts of YOU
brother men into your own, and 70;
will be able to serve better Him Who
is Father and yours. Youths Compan
ion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
A NAMELESS GAME.

The Funny Game Aunt Addie Invented for
the Amusement Of the Children.
Here is new game for you. 1t can
be played only in family whene there
are several children and some grown-up
person who knew all the children when
they were little. This person may be
the mother. If she is busy an aunt will
do very we'll.
This is the way the game was played
in one family. An aunt and five chill
dren played it. The aunt was called
Aunt Addie The names of the children
were Minnie, Alice, Jimmy, Bobby and
Archie. The aunt sat by the window
and embroidered while she played, and
the children stood in row before her.
''One of you," said Aunt Addie,
when you were baby, used IA cry
when you heard slow, sad tunes like
the "Old Hundred" and "Old Jog
Tray" When we sang something
lively, like Captain Jinks," you would
laugh. Now which one was it?"
Bobby" shouted two children,
that's the kind he likes now"
THAT was an easy one," said the
aunt, there is another:
Zone of you hated to wear hats. You
would cry whenever one was put on.
and after you had ridden little way in
your carriage you would pull it off and
throw it away. The nurse would pick
it up when she saw it, but sometimes
she did not see it, and several hats and
caps were lost. Which of you was it?"
"Jimmy's always losing his things"
said Minnie. II guess it was Jimmy"
NO" said the aunt, lit is your turn
for the other guess Jimmy. Only two
guesses each time"
sit was Minnie" said Jimmy.
mo" said Aunt Addic. Now here
is another. There was one of you-only
one-who was always good and only
cried when he felt sick"
"Archie," guessed all the children at
once, and they were right.
These children and the aunt played a
long time that day, but | have told you
enough to show you how. Try it and
see ii you can think of a name for the
new game. N. Y. World.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
Easy to Find.

Mrs. Dimsite-Willy, have you seen
ray sleeve buttons?
Little Willy Dimsite - Yes'm. Pa
couldn't find his own this morning, so
he took yours.
Mrs. Dimsite-All right. I'll wear
his They must be in plain sight some.
where.-PuclS.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
Jealous, Of Course.

Bella-Estelle is such a lucky girl.
She was born with gold spoon in her
mouth.
Nell-Yes. and it must have been .
tablespoon, too, should judge.-Som.
erville journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
A Late Literary Production.

Have you anything new?" asked a
customer Of recently engaged clerk in
Chicago book store.
I'm see," replied the young man as
he swept his eye over the shelves.
Eyes, here's The New Testament
Would you like to look at it?"-Life.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
The Man of the House.

Nov that you have consented" said
the happy young man, II must see
your papa"
NO." replied the radiant girl. "You
mention it to mamma. What she says
goes. "-Brooklyn Life.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
A Question of knowledge.

Her Adorer May marry your
daughter, sir?
Her Father-What do you want to
marry for? You don't know when
you're well o Fl.
Her Adorer-No, perhaps not; but I
know when you're well off.-Life.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
He Ia No Cesar.

Mrs. Gargoyle las her husband enters
at two a. m. )-George,,I have suspi.
cion that you have been drinking.
Gargoyle - M'dear, you should be
likesh Caesars wife.
slow was that?"
"She was above suspicion, m'dear."-
Brooklyn Life.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
No Need of Them.

First Little Girl tproudly)-We uss
brass bedsteads in our house.
Second Little Girl-We don't have to
We never had bugs.-.Good News.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
Hard Work.

II wonder why the Mediterranean d
% blue?"
"Youd be blue If you had to waAa
ne I.alian shore. Life.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
Foreign Limitations.

Miss Murray Hill-What were you
most impressed with during your trav-
els abroad?
Miss Beacon Street--With the fact
that SO few Of the people had met had
ever been in Boston.-Puck.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
Didn't Miss Him.

Mrs. Jocelyn-Don't you miss your
husband very much. now that he is
away?
Mrs. Golightly-Oh, not at all You
see he left me plenty Of money, and at
breakfast just stand newspaper up
in front Of his plate and half the time
forget that he really isn't there
Puck,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
Her Own Fault.

John, you've been eating cabbage"
II haven't been doing anything Of
the sort, my dear wife. I've been
smoking one Of those cigars you gave
me. That's brooklyn Life.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
Not Equal to 1t.

North Side Mother-Oscar, why can't
you be good boy?
Hayward Four Year, ld-Mamma, Il
makes me so tired!-Chicago Tribune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16
Authorities on Ages.

Prof Greatmind-Yes, sir, this earth
is 100, 1000, 900 years old, not day less.
Observation-Disclosures wonderful!
Little Girl (entering)-Oh, papa, see
my new doll.
Visitor-Your child, presume, pro-
lessor. How old is she?
Prof. Greatmind-Um-er-my dear,
go ask your mother how old you are
N. Y. Weekly.
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knowledge Ia Power

knOWIedge II POwcr,
Doctor-You notice marked increase
IN your appetite?
Patient-Yes
Doctor-Sleeplonger and more heavily
than usual?
Patient-Yes.
Doctor-Feel very fatigued after much
exercise?
Patient--Yes.
Doctor-Hm! Very grave case. But
the researches Of science, sir, enable us
to cope with your malady, and think
can pull you through.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-16

No man who has faith in God has
any right to sit down ard do nothing to
help save the world.