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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-14
CYCLING A GOOD THING.
Its Influence Discussed by DIR.
Graeme NJ. Hammond.


Graeme NJ. Hammond.
DR.. Graeme NJ Hammond, of New
York, says the bicycle is a source of
great pleasure, conducive TO health
and in many instances curative of
disease. The deleterious effect of hi
cycling on the healthy human organ
ization was only through injudicious
and immodeTate use Of the wheel
1t would be impossible to formulate
rule which would be applicable to all
riders. Each of them must formulate
a rule for himself or herself, but
should consult with a physician as TO
lung capacity, condition of heart, etc.
DIR. Hammond, says the New York
Tribune, has personally observed the
cases of fourteen amateur lblcyclists,
who had been riding from five to thir-
teen years each, and haG ridden from
5000 to $1,000 miles, respectively. All
had a healthful increase Of muscular
tissue of the heart and were otherwise
physically developed by riding. The
highest type of mankind was that
which was developed physically as well
as mentally.
The bicycle had done more for SYM
metrical physical development than
any other mechanical agent, and at
the tSotlle llI1e nedIInIul men,
tai recreation. Riding developed both
heart and lungs. The average expan-
sion of the human chest in breathing
was only one inch, but that of the
fourteen amateur wheelmen was 1 Al
inches. Bicycling developed not only
the muscles of the legs, but also of
the back and the whole system. Rid
ing with the body bent forward at a
right angle, il had been said, inter
fered with The action of the heart and
lungs and induced spinal disease. but
of fourteen professional wheelmen
whom DIR. Hammond had observed,
the muscles of their thighs and abdo-
mems We're greatly developed; their
heart and lung capacities were above
the average, and none of them had
any spinal trouble. But while these
men We're in constant racing, and
showed no bad effect from being
doubled up like a jackknife while
riding, it must not be assumed that
amateurs could ride in the same pos
ture and to the same extent with i'm
punfty.
Lads who considered themselves to
be future champions could be seen
tearing along on wheels with backs
bumped and every nerve and muscle
tensely strained, but instead of gain
ing championships they were bringing
on heart and lung troubles by over
Straining.
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ever since the state. one hundred years
ago, took upon itself the burden of pub
lie instruction. He refers in a hostile tone
TO the idea that the aim of education is
Ito develop all the powers of a being, -
as IT, he says, there We're not among
these powers, some radically wicked
has for its object not the disinterested
culture of the mind, but the preparation
OF each man to earn his own living. 1t
thus develops the spirit of individualism
and forces the strife for success to the
foreground. the necessity for self-sacrifice
being overlooked. He continues in the
following somewhat ironical tone:
"A moralist has said that the affairs of
ones life should not be arranged for ones
self alonei What an error was his He
reasoned. truly as if each one of us was
not for himself the center of the world,
and as If the principal thing was not 10
develop all the powers of ones being
The intensive culture of ME is the first
and the last word of all our progra mines,
of all our methods; they are directed
only toward making each of US the
strongest or the most skillful in the game
poses to do exactly the contrary, and if
its object is to substitute the power of
society for that OF the individual, instruc-
ton, as it is now given, seems to have
for it's object only to assure the victory
of individual over social forces.
Again If the object of education is al
so to develop among men, by forcing
them to mutual concessions, at least an
appearance of peace and concord, who
does not see that, as it is now given. in
struction only favors a spirit of conten-
ton and strife? What shall we do in this
crowd of men to each one of whom has
been said, ever since infancy, BE fore
most,' So eXclaims Bernar1in de St Pr
ere, and there is a good deal of truth in
his cry. While education continues
by the survival of an ancient habit, to
tend to the pacific progress of society, in
struction. on the contrary tends In every
way only to the progress of Individual
ism
The trouble is aggravated, according TO
the writer. by the methods and the curri-
culum of modern so-called education.
Moral worth. which has neither sides
nor co-eficients,' is thrown entirely into
the background Pure utilitarianism is
rampant. Nothing is good that does not
show some immediate practical result.
CurriculumS are outrag eously expanded,
because the number of applicants must
be diminished by discouraging them, and
because every specialist wishes to mag
nifty his own speciality. What is the
remedy? 1nstill into the minds of the
young the principles of religion: that is
the only thing that will combat the eff
fects of individualism. In short. NJ. Bru-
netieres conclusion is that, human soci-
ETY. being founded on mutual sacrifice. it
IS fundamentally necessary to bring this
fact into our educational system, and that
since modern science cannot do this we
must look to some other force: namely,
70 Observation-Disclosures for the Literary
Digest
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No MORE sLAsHING.

1t is a noteworthy fact that the rap
idly-increaSing number of new books,
not of poetry only, at the present hour,
is accompanied by d diminuitiOn, not
an increase, of critical severity. One
would have supposed that at such
period-when. to adapt the proverb OF
the wood and the trees. one can hardly
see literature for the books-the criti-
cal standard would rise; that the critic
would show himself more, not less, ex-
acting, and would be more careful, in
the interest of the reader, to emphasize
the distinction between the excellent
and the mediocre.
Yet no one can read much Of the
current periodical criticism without no
ticing that it is rather the opposite that
is happening. While it is an obvious
and undeniable fact that the manufacA
ture of books, as distinguished from
authorship, exists on an enormous
scale, yet apparently the average critic
becomes more easy to please, not less,
than of old; as if he cried in sheer de-
spair TO the makers of books: We'll,
if YOU can't rise to my standard 1 must
come down to yours" and hardly six
months pass without some prose ro-
nance appearing, by some fresh writer,
and being received with such a chorus
of welcome and such hecatombs Of
praise as Ito borrow Macaulay's
phrase) would require some modifica-
ton if applied to the masterpieces Of
Walter Scott-to "Old Mortality" or
The Heart of Midlothian"
Now, as have said, no one wishes
for a return of the criticism called
slashing, but what I do think the in
teIligent reader often signs for is some
criticism that may be called discrim-
mating, and if the value Of such in
literature of whatever kind is great,
it is surely greatest where the litera-
ture in question is poetry, in which
Horace has told us-and the cultivated
sense of mankind has ratified his
words 'mediocrity is not admissible
-Macmillan's Magazine.
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TooTs FROM THE RAMS HORN.


No theology is right that gives God a
character children cannot love.
4 kicking cow often gives good milk
There is no more foolish foolishness
than worry:
Every lie is the assassin OF somebody's
happiness.
It doesn't make sin any whittier to
call it a mistake.
There is no use in talking any higher
than we live.
The devil lays down his gun whenever
he hears a preacher begin to apologize
for preaching the truth.
If the devil can persuade you to take
one step, he will make it an unanswer
able argument as TO why you should take
another.
The poorest people In the world are
those who are trying the hardest to
keep all they get.
There is no work so humble that faith
fulness in it will not be noticed and re-
warded
A hypocrite only wears his mask while
he thinks he is being watched.
If there were no fools in the world the
lawyers would all be out Of work.
The only thing about some churches
that points TO Heaven is the steeple.
The real duty is neglected when we
step over one duty to peforn another.
To have to hoe the same roe over
every day soon takes the poetry out of
life,
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the final pigment when he can place
them fully developed before the pub
lie.
There has already been invented a
thermocall for use on vessels. which
will ring an alarm when the ship APP
proaches an iceberg. But as it is sue
ceSSful only under certain conditions it
cannot be relied upon. 1t depends for
its action on the increasing GOODNESS of
the water as the vessel approaches the
iceberg. The fall in temperature act
ing on the apparatus changes it
enough to throw an electric current
in or out of action. But there may be
no fall in temperature as far as the
vessel is concerned and for this reason:
The specific gravity of ice is so great
as to cause the most of the cerg to re-
main below the surface. Therefore, the
berg may not always flow in the direc-
ton of the surface current, but be
controlled by a stronger current run
ming far below the vessels keel As
the ship approaches the berg, so also
may the surface current. Under these
conditions the surface current would
not become cooler near the ship, as II
is practically coming from a warmer
region The thermocall would not act
and the vessel would have no time to
turn aside before it struck the berg
The diameter of the smallest circle the
vessel could describe in turning would
be too long. To stop in time would be
impossible. Some of the ocean liners
cannot stop under two miles after go
ing at full speed, and certainly none
OF them could reverse under a mile.
From all indications the time is NOT
far away when we will have an indi-
Gator on each vessel on the ocean.
whose needle will defect when another
vessel carrying the same apparatus ap-
proaches. Such an apparatus attached
TO Morse Key or telephone receiver.
SO that a continuing musical note
broken into dots and dashes could he
interpreted, would be the means of
cheating the sea of many a yfctino #
now claims. THEODORE WATERS
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sTATEsMANsHIp IN LEGISLATURES

In the Nebraska legislature Popu-
list senator refused to come to order,
and the ergeant-at-arms held him by
the beard while someone else caught
another Populist, who was coming to
his colleagues relief. In the New
Hampshire legislature member Of the
house. invited to address the senate,
brought on a riot by beginning with
the words: Gentlemen, l have docu-
mentary evidence that two-thirds or
the members of this honorable body
are liars" State legislatures offer too
small a field for statesmen like those
concerned in these two rows. They
should go to Congress.-Buffalo Elk
press.
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THE LUXEMBOURG GARDENS.

The place and the moment where the
Quarter Latin becomes-What shall
say?-its best self, are upon those fine
Sunday afternoons when the band
plays in the Luxembourg Gardens.
Does every one know Manet's picture
of the scene; the long frock-coats, the
long hair, the very tall hats. the vol
luminous skirts of the ladies. and the
enchantment of those green trees over
and between and around it all? Well.
the real thing is as delightful even as a
Manet; and when am in Paris, in the
fine weather, L consider that Sunday
is not quite Sunday if a part of it is
not spent just as those people in the
picture spend it.
Early in the afternoon groups begin
to form; Marcelle and Suzanne bring
their sewing, or a book of verses, for
pretense, and each has her little circle
about her. The chairs around the band
stand fill gradually, the tables OF the
little green buvette spread further and
further outward, leaving just room for
the promenade, which will soon begin.
that church parade of such another
sort from the London one, so blithely-
within this fair
This quiet church of leaves
Further cut again, along the terrace.
between the last trees and the line and
curve of the balustrade. there is an
outer, quite different, rim of mothers
and nurses and children. And now the
band is playing. 1t is the ballet music
in Faust" and the shimmery music.
coming like sunshine into the sunlight
of such an afternoon. just here ana
now, sounds almost beautiful, as things
do always when they are beautifully in
keeping.
Marcelle and Suzanne, between two
shouts of laughter, feel the poetry of
the moment; they are even silent, Bit
ing meditativeIy the corner of a fanci-
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exactly detailing her condition, her
whereabouts and all the circum-
stances of her wreck, including a list
of her passengers and in what direc-
tion her boats would endeavor to go.
The great ocean liners could make
daily reports of their condition and
passengers aboard, nor miss an item
of the news of the day. A criminal
hound to a foreign port would find
escape no easy matter. The authori
ties on shore would transmit a. de-
Scrption of him to every vessel on
the ocean and his imprisonment would
begin long before he reached land.
This is a. picture of the wished-for
condition. What of the actual prob
ability?
Mr.. Edison made a number Of ex-
pertments years ago with a view TO
ascertaining some good means of COM
TlUnication, but suspended them I'M
der the pressure of his mining bust
c1,sss. Now. however, the loss Of the
sEll5e and the anxiety over the deten-
zion OF La GaScogne have made the
necessity for originating something
tangible in this direction very appar-
ent to him.
Edison Outlines II General Plan
ct have tried several methods for
communication, he said, land hope
GltlAhdltIy u produce q commercial
article; one that can be used on any
steam vessel. At my place on CIoot-
ahatchee river in Florida I made a
number of experiments. My plan is
70 establish an international system Of
communication in which regular
code like the Morse would be used
br all vessels. Let us say that the
captain Of ona vessel wishes to send
a message to the shore. He would
take his signalling apparatus, what
ever 1t might be, and signal any
vessel within reach. That vessel, in
dts turn, would take UP the word and
pass il along to another vessel, and
so on until the shore was reached
Now, l suppose we may be able to
communicate by electricity, using in
ductfon to transmit sounds. All yes
SEES within, say thirty miles. of the
tlrst vessel would take It and send it
thirty miles farther Every jump
would be thirty miles 1t would not
take long for a message to- reach
shore. The reverse action would be
The same of course. It is very often
necessary to bring a vessel back to
shore Perhaps our eXtradition law
would not have to be used so often
were such a system fn operation
-'There would be several ways of in
S1ucing a current to flow over such a
distance and without metallic con-
nectionS. The principle would be the
one moving train to another on the
Lehigh Valley railroad some years
Rgo. By static induction a current
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-14
THE. SLIDE FOR JOHN.

The discovery ofafraud in connection
with the issue of residence certificates
TO Chinese shows that in all matters
connected with the presence OF Chlnese
in this country the government should
he always on the alert. In this case
certain Americans were implicated in
the fraud, but that does not render it
less criminal. 1t is probable that al
ready many of these fraudulent certifi-
Gates have been issued, and since they
were very carefully and skillfully exc
cuted. it may be that the holders will
be able to maintain their residence in
the country in spite of the law.-Den-
yer Republican.
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flowing along wire at the side of the
railroad track will make Itself mani
fest IN the metallic roof of train of
cars. Another train Of c9rs would
take the pie re of the wire, and so one
n7oving train could communicate with
another. The apparatus to be used on
shipboard would have to be especially
introduced for the purpose. Static
induction would be used, the current
being made to flow to a Installed
canvas sail which would be stretched
from the main to the foretopmast
In case it was found on occasion that
rne resistance to the wind was too
great. a small balloon also ms salized
would be sent mp into the afr instead,
and the flow Of the current received
sn this way. Just how much source.
or area of water, could be controlled
nv this inductive process would have
20 be determined by experiment But
OF The various methods tried this
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Robert Browning.
ATTACHING c1GARETrE MAKERS.

A new disease has appeared in
Europe which has been styled
smokers cramp. 1t is very similar in
its effects to writer's cramp or scriv-
enerS palsy. The disease is caused by
rolling cigarettes with one hand. For
many years it has been common in
Spain, although some smokers are so
expert as to make a cigarette with a
single twist of the fingers. Since "a
law was recently passed in France
nernnitting the manufacture of hand
made cigarettes, large numbers Of
girls have been employed in rolling
cigarettes by hand. 1t is among them
that the disease has appeared. IN
Spain, however, it is not confined to
the cigarette girls, but is a. common
ailment.- Philadelphia Record.
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LONG JOURNEYS OF DERELIcrs.

The distance which dereIicts trav-
erse is much greater than is gener-
ally supposed. y careful record of
observations has resulted in the pre-
paration of chart which shows that
the hulk of the schooner Fannie Z.
WlOlston has drifted during the last five
years more than 10000 miles. This cal
culation is based on forty-six reports
of its having been sighted. Another
derelict, which began its wanderings
in 1891, drifted about $500 miles up to
the time it was last seen, when It had
been afloat 615 days. The W. L.
White, another floating terror of the
sea, roamed over the north Atlantic
for $40 days, covering in that time
about 5000 miles.-New York Tribune.
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New York. April 3.-Thomas A. Edi-
son may take up the question of long
distance communication between ships
at sea. In d recent interview he
spoke of the great advantage to be
derived from some system which
would enable the captains of vessels
to communicate with each other, even
though separated by some miles. Any
system viii h would make this pos
sible would also include communica-
tion with shore, in which event the
ocean would no longer be the sealed
book it is now. Picture a vessel in
distress on the high seas, or one that
is wrecked and about to sink. Under
the existing conditions no word can
he sent off, but with appliances for
long distance communication captains
would be able to transmit an account
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INSTRUCTION DIVORCED FROM RE-
LIGION.

This revolt in France against an educa-
tional system from which religious in
struction is eliminated continues to make
itself heard. The latest on this subject
is said by NJ. Brunetiere, editor of the
Revue des Deux Mondes Those who have
who have read Kids Social Evolution"
will be interested to note the harmony
dominant idea of each being that religion
is essential to fit one to become a useful
social factor, and that without it, the
spirit of self-denial essential to the ad-
vancement of society is likely to be swept
away. This, M. Brunette thinks, is the
tendency of public instruction. He makes
distinction between instruction and ed
ucation, which, while they should be
Joined in the unity of a common result"
have come to have opposing senses"
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EVERY YEAR.

The Spring has less of brightness.
And the snow a ghastlier Wilderness,
Every year;
Every year.
Nor do summer flowers quicken,
Nor do autumn fruitage thicken
AS they once did, for they Sicken,
Every year.
Life is a count Of losses
Every year;
For the weak are heavier crosses,
Every year;
Lost springs with sobs replying.
Unto weary autumn's signing
While those We love are dying,
Every year.
It is growing darker, colder,
Every year;
AS the heart and soul grow older.
Every year;
] care not now for dancing.
Or for eyes with passion glancing
Love is less and less enhancing,
Every year.
The days have less of gladuess,
Every year;
The nights have more of sadness,
Every year;
Fair springs no longer Charm us,
The winds and weather harm US,
The threats of death alarm us,
Every year.
Every year;
Dark days and darker morrows,
Every year:
The ghost of dead loves haunt us
The ghosts of changed friends taunt us
Every year.
OF the loves and sorrows blended,
Every year;
OF the charms Of friendship ended,
Every year;
OF the ties that still might bind me
Until Time and Death resign me,
My infirmities remind me,
Every year.
All, how sad to look before US,
Every year;
While the clouds grows darker DER US
Every year;
When we see the blossoms faded.
That to bloom we might have aided,
And mortal garlands braided,
Every year.
To the Past go more dead faces,
Every year;
And the Loved leave vacant places,
Every year;
Everywhere the sad eyes meet lis.
In the evenings dusk they greet us.
And to come to them entreat us,
Every year.
you are growing old" they tell us,
You are a aions. Y'f fhey tell us.
Every year;
You can win no new affection,
You have only recollection,
deeper sorrow and detection,
Every year."
Too true,-Life's shores are shifting
ENery year;
And We are sea yard drifting
Every year:
Old places, changing, fret us,
The living more forget us,
There are fewer to regret US,
Every year;
But the truer life draws higher,
Every year;
And its Morning-Star climbs higher
Every year;
Earth'S hold on us grows Slighter,
And the heavy burden lighter.
And the Dawn Immortal brighter,
Every year.
Our life is less worth living,
Every year;
And briefer our thanksgiving
Every year;
And Love, grown faint and fretful,
With lips but half regretful,
Averts its eyes forgetful,
Every year.
Albert Pike.
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HE FOUyD HEAVEN

4 minister one day preached on Heaven.
Next morning he was going down town,
and met one of his old wealthy members
The brother stopped the preacher and
said:
pastor, you preached a good sermon
about Heaven. You told me all about
Heaven, but you never told me where
Heaven is
"Ah?' said the pastor. 81 am glad of
an opportunity this morning. L have just
come from the hilltop yonder In the
cottage there. is a member of your
church She is in bed with fever. her
two little children are sick in the other
bed, and she has not got a hit of coal
nor a stick of wood, dor flour. nor sugar
nor any bread. If you will go down town
and buy five dollars worth of things
nice provisions-and send them up to
her, and then go up there and say: Ny
sister, I have brought these nice provis-
ions in the name of our Lord and
Savior then ask for a Bible and read
the Twenty-third. Psalm, and then get
down on your knees and pray. if You
through I'll pay the BILL The next
morning he said: Pastor. saw Heaven
and I spent fifteen minutes in Heaven as
certainly as you are listening