Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-25

The melancholy days have come.
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This month WIS cuIei ~ another
cine month Of i0ss aud suicide :" and
mo doubt this apprI.ntIon was ougoItcn
Of Experience, aui accepted btchuse II
was pregnant win truihi Tor disguise
it as we may, men are subject 10 'ut-
founllngs and 10 climatic chaugcs,nnl
even tho death roll answers u cloud
aud sunshine Bs readily almost as
vegetation. Have we not ull felt
iubiiaut la early sprIng2 IL not self.
c1nttol near lIst By some In the oH.
uhefance Of their feelings at that
season, while many are depressed by
the outlook OF a sImbgr, cloudy dsy !
National character has developed
or does develop on climatic hnes,
and II l. not u illgult TO to-
lievc that the unostcnnuOus English
mau, tho mercuflal Frunchmar, ana
tue phlcgmstlc German owe something
to their own special atmosphere and
sun, aud out Of ihUse ~ evolved their
Institutions, governmental ami social.
In fact there IL "a mutual interlepuud-
once, AZ acting ana reaching upon each
othtr-both, It may be said, belug coed
and fruit. What mau eau DO tpecu.
laiivu Ia real estate when the ground l.
sodden and the air chilly; when brown.
meas and lesflessness pfevaii3 Many
a lot, many piece Of land, has been
sold round this city In the sun, when
hardly a bidder could have been
reached In n irlzzing rain or beneath
threatening sky. The real estate
man hugs tho radiator then and his
customer has 10 thAw anu relax ia An
atiiflcislly suggestive climate, aided
pcrchance hya toddy at his elbow.
How often have We enjoyed tho mill-
tary band, tho changing sabor's sound,
and the pomp aud Circumsta ce Of reg
mental ditplays, when flowers were
blooming and nature seemed altuned
10 color and gli,toil But when lie.
dfagglcd IN storm, even music partly
lost It's oharml Napoleon ouco said
that good thunder storm was more
effective In sIpprcssing n fevolutioa
than park Of artillery. Men crouch
az shelter when the elements atr
Indictment, unless neTved for the saliva.
| ton Of others, when heToism sways
into seli.iorgetnulness one 20 inspired.
This sensitive feeling Is original
with some. They easily look on the
Ozark side. They cannot cope with op.
position. They are the sul ircls Of
hyp0choudfla. They are all night
when the sun shine, when tho skies
are blue. Hut "a cloud no bigger tran
a manS hand" alarms them aud the
class most subject TO infection spread
this freling, until strong men become
weak Ne others, then universal fear and
distfusl onsur; tho atmosphere,
moral, religious, financial, btcomes
iiilod with malaria, or panio ~ Ii 10
eventually called.
II ever this abnormal growth Of
suspicion ami dlstfuzt needed a slrik.
ing Illustration, II eau be found In late
trade experience, when men became
afraid " their own shadows, whtu
only cash, not men, had credit, auu
general Generalization forced into
rigidiiy the plastic interests OF man.
Kind. In these dark November dayS,
there was no hear, for enterprise. No
one wanted to push or lead out. The
business twilight WAS Sot that Of the
mofnlng-the expectancy OF day. 1t
was assumed to By that oftho evening,
merging ipl3 deeper darkness as the
!liR6 dew by. Dealers hardly had
courage 70 ak debtor TOT that which
no owed; had not courage to buy even
the essentials OF continuous trade.
| Everything was enyeloprd Tor II was
thought eo) Ia mist aud fogs. Anu
this was ~ fatal 10 business men and
house,, ~ IL a London fog to those Of
responsive temperament and gloomy
dispos lion.
Yet the one who was brisk and stir
ring who looked beyond the murby
puuouuIiusa or above them, 40 would
an observer tgJm tho dome Of 80.
Pauls, ielt or know that thi7
condition could not DO more than tom.
porary, that prolific humanity could
not, 10 II would, suppress It's myriad
wants or forget the iuhnise Resources
Of supply. Hence there CUme8 q g,--
eral reaction In finance aud iuius,Ty.
Moacy Is easier spindles rovolyg
again. The whistle Of the uugiUy
aud tue roar Of the furnace make glad
tuv workers. heart. Utah, disiHut f,0'.
the hpaJ,.throbDlngs Of a naii)n's lup
feels her iu lu,,rlal pulse quicGoaoL %
sympathy More hopeful ieelin.s ar'
uauil,s, although stringency ye
lugrrs ia tho air aud labor Is not u
plentiful rs fallen leaves. Indeed
yhtre laou ,lolueut VI character In 1l'
hearts OF mos Of U,ah's population
including i've tfaIors, to which mot
generally are sImeW nat s,raugersi TIA
b., an abiding faith In Divine soyer
dignity, which looks through oil mo
multary conditions, deeming them q
part Of tho discipline OF life, and bear
Z ias tho Impress OF wise Intention,
examined through the lens OF faith
May We say that this population
3 have been loss dependent than olhers