The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-15

are only about 5000 of them at the pres
ent time.
The widespread impression that people
living in a primitive condition possess
more acute vision than civilized men en-
Joy receives a little support TT0m the n
Vestigat1OnS OF DIT. Rivers during the Ie-
cen. British expedition to Torres straits
ct.d New Guinea The visual powers OF
the people there were found 10 be 81
periOr to those of normal Europeans al
though the degree of superiority was not
Great. The natives OF Torres straits
could see better in the dark than most
Europeans can. Their sense of touch was
also slightly superior, and in the dlScflm-
inat.on of weight they were more accuf-
ate than "a practiscd European. Or nv
ers ascribes this acuteness OF vision 10
their habits OF constant observation
The first lady in the sultans dominion
is his mother She has her own palace
and retinue. and il she has the ability
she may exercise considerable influence
in affairs OF state The tact mat the
mother Is so regarded by the MOhamne-
dan accounts for the longing with when
tie woman of this race awaits the com
ing of her son. She i sure OF lIueIl-iiu-
- and honor as long as her son lives
The wife is subject to the mother OF her
husband. When the father ules Ile
mother becomes the head of her eldest
sons household, unless he can afford 20
give her a house OF her own
1t has been believed that the association
of the violet with the BOnaparte dynasty
originated in this wise. When Napoleon
1 Ieft France for El5a, II is generally I'M
derstOod that he said he would reFHrA
az.ain in the violet season. During Pts
absence in the villages about Paris dS
WI as on the boats OF the Lake OF &c
/ neva. the violet was the secret SyHOtl
by which the people denoted their Ia
vOTite chief and recognized each other
They also wore rings OF 4 violet color.
with the device 1T will appear again in
spring (EIle Teparaitra au prlntemptSl-
When asked the question. DO you love
the violet? tAtmez, Vous Ia Floielte > - Il
the answer was Yes (oull, the inter-
. cts was that the answerer was not d
/ confederate: but if the answer was,
/ brother cOnSpiratOr and completed his
/ sentence, 1T will appear again In spring
The friends of Napoleon generally wore
he was toasted by the name OF general
or corporal. Violet was worn
among his. adherents from the
time of his quitting France ur-
til his return When he re-entered the
Tu:Icrjcs on March 20, 1873, after his e$-
caoe from Flba his friends salUted his
return with the flower of the SeaSOn-Nio-
. lets-in token of welcome From that time
il continued the Napoleon flower, so mUcl
so that after Waterloo and the replace
---r. Of Louis XVIII on the throne. Flo-
let's became seditiOus to wedr-dan5cr-
Gus 10 sport in your buttonhole The
white terror waged fmplaC2ble NaI
AGAINST the purple violet. The later en-
pire could hardly avoid reviviug the ira
ditions of the poet, and with them Vlolets
Farewell to thee, France, but when lib
! cTty rallies
once more in thy regions, remember
me then
The violet still grows in the depths OF
I2y valleys.
Though withered, thy tears will unfold
it a~ain.
Byron.
9':-o-o was a most poetic fancy in tht
sentiment that linked this flower =vith Uh,
name of Napoleon. Springing in obscuFitl
ard retaining its purity in death. it wa
q wonderful emblem of him who rOs
from the valleys of Corsica TO the thFou
of the golden lilies. and whose name ma
been a spell of power long after h
ceased to breathe the air of earth