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Treasury statement.

WASHINGTON Aug. N.-IToday's state.
ment of the baiances in the general fund
exclusive OF the s15o.oOD, 600 gold reserve
shows: Available cash balance, s1eo, 533 3ib
gold coin and baiiioni slli,526,o2l; gold GER
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Cotton Market.

NEW YORK. Aug 27-COTTON-spot
lands. 1oc; middiing gulf, lose No sales.
LIVERPOOL, Aug H.-CoTToN-spot
dull prices two points higher; American
middling 6.89d; low middllng. 52d; good
ordinary: Ls7d; ordinary. Ard. The sales
OF the day were 5000 bales, OF which 800
eluded $500 bales American. Receipts, 1000
bales, including LOO American.
ST. LOUIS, Aug H.-cOTTON-DuIl
Mlddling lOc. Shipments sos bales; stock,
1l7H bales
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. Y-CoTToN-
Spot cotton closed steady; sales 90 bales
Low ordinary. SAC, nominal: ordinary. 64sc,
nominali good ordinary 711-l6c; low mid
ding, Shc; middling, csc; good middling,
e+c: middling fair. l0Mc, nominal; fair
l0Ac. Receipts 6l bales; stock 1853 bales.
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A asked. b bid. c cash.
Omaha Cash Sales.
wHEAT-No. 3, ! car, &c; car, 6S%c,
CORNING. 3. / car, 431ic.
OATS-No. white. car, INC.
Omaha Lssn Prices.
WHEAT-No. hard, e4lkJ66lkc; No. 8
hard, e2@65c; No. hard, 6OQ162l1c; No. Q
CORNING. 3, 4s1hc; No. Q yellow, 40
Ahc; No. white. 45Q45lfc.
OATs-No. 9 mixed, 27AQ271hc; No.
mixed, 0sl4@271tc; No. white. 2S@2sAc; No.
4 white, 2f11QZ11hc.
RYE-No. 2, SIC; No. 3. 4s1hc.
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Peoria Grain Nnrlse,.

PEORIA. Aug. 2T.-CORN-Firm; No
yellow and No. 3, 4sc; No {. CSC; no
grade 47c,
OATS strong; No. ? white. soQsoMc;
No. 3 white. 2S429c.
RYE-SteadY: No. .. 5Th G5sc
WHISRY-on the basis Of 1923 for
finished goods.
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LiverpooI Grain and ProvisIon-

LIVERPOOL, Aug 27.-wHEAr-spot,
steady; No. red, western winter. %
l0%d; futures, dull; September. SIS AID;
December 6s 3@d
CORN-Spot, Arm; American mixed,
new. As cd; American mixed old. nonl-
inRl: futures. steady September, As sAd;
December As ND; January. As 2Hd
HOPS-In London (Pacifc COAST,
steady E3 $50 "a los.
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milwaukee Grain Marke,.

Steady; No northern. 7sdsic; No.
northern. T5d77c; December, Tfisc bid
RYE-Steady: No. 1. SOC.
BARLBY-steady; No, . ssgsSe; sample
Sd54c.
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ter market was steady: creameries. 1890; |
diaries 17020tEc EgRs. steady; az mark |
cases included. 12Gl6e hrsts, l6c; prime |
nrsts. lSc, extras, 9O,4c. Cheese, steady; |
fhe Following were the receipts Of iodr
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Rnnk cIenrinE.
Bank OF Germany statement.

OMAHA, Aug, aI:-Bank elearings for
responding date last year i.ss7.2asS4
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treasury notes increased 1000 marks: other
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dunn grades. combing and clothinS. pa
&c; light hne, lSa22c; heavy fine, il0i7S;
tub-washed, 3a93Skc.
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London Closing stocks.

SILyEK-Bar, steady; 30 9-16 per cent
MONEY-2d2k per cent
The rate of discount in the open marke,
for short bills is . 5-16d3% per cent; for
three months bills, 3% per cent.
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Toledo Seed Market.

TOLEDO, Aug 27.-sEED-Ciover. cash.
1870; October and December, N55; No. :
rye, 663ec; prime timothy. $3.50; prime al
sike, $40.
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BERLIN. Aug n.-The weekly statement
Of the Imperial Bank OF Germany shows
tina following changes -. $50 =,
Cash in hands ineI eased a. i60, 900 marks;
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pnIuth GraIn Merket.

DULUTH. Aug e7-WHEAT-No.
northern. T5ase; No northern, 75a7Sc; De
celnher, 1Sitc
RYE-S3c
J BARLEY-3S4i &c.
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about describe the hog trade today. Iisht
hogs which were not overly plentiful, and
which were in good demand sold largely al
nstter pes y.rS m 1na ossn.s u ir ~.
market on that kind Still the trade Wa
slow and the feeling II anything. was
weak. SO much so that any changes that
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Minneapolis Grain Market.

Minneapolis Grain Market.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. N.-FLOUR-First
patents, A00Q410; second patents. $3.50
1875; first clears, ;S.25GS45; second clears,
$25O9260.
BRAN-In bulk. s135oQ1aB.
Superior Board OF Trade quotations for
Minneapolis and Chicago delivery. The
range of prices, as reported by T. d. Day
& Co.. 1l0-l11 Board OF Trade. was:
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EIgin Butter Market

ELG1N, Ill, Aug. H.-BUTTER-Firm nj
2Sc per Id. Sales for the week, 1853 800 lbs
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st. Louis General Market.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. N.-wIIEAT-Futures
lower; cash, higher; track, No. 2 red cash.
7o&Q7se; No. hard, 7og7Shc; September,
CoRN-Firm; track, No. 2 cash, 471lGD4sc;
September, 46ssc; December. 411tdn*c: No.
white, 501Ac.
OATS-Firm: track, No. cash. SO%c;
track, September, 2sBc; December. S1%c:
No. 2 white, 32l1c.
FLOUR-Steady, red winter patents. g. IS
@SS.5o; extra fancy and straight, s2.s5Q3S5;
clear, $2Nd275.
SEED-Timothy, steady; $3.50aA0o.
CORNMEAIs-Steady; $3.50.
BRAN-Firm sacked east track, 734bc.
HAY-Steady; timothy, $260(f17 50:
prairie, s7.50a10.5O.
WHISKY-Steady; H.33
IRON COTTON TIEs-looh Bagging.
HEMP TWINE-7hc.
PoRK-Lower; jo6bins sie,6gh. Lard,
steady; prime steam, $3.50. Dry Salt
Meats, steady; boxed extra shorts. 80. S7a
clear ribs, s9.62h; short clears, 1915. Bacon,
steady; boxed extra short, sl0121k clear
ribs, $10.37h; short clear, 1880
POULTRY-Quiet; chickens 9kc; springs,
12c; turkeys. i41hc; ducks. SIC; geese, Arm
RUTTER-Ftrm; creamery. isa2sc: dairy.
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Raisins are unchanged on spot with loose
muscatel quoted at shH7o; seeded raisini
At edSo and London layers nominal.
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T E::i:: Eiss ~ .. 81
Dec. ...l721k4h RAJ 72hl 72%l73kn%
Flax saTst. az
Sept. 112 113 f12 l21l 1874
Oct. II II 10 ! 10hl / liz
Nov. II III ] l01l l0bl liz
Dec. eel l 10 / 10 109 O94 ,.....,

Minneapolis Cash Prices-wheat: No. /
neW 75C to e arrive &C. Mo- 'n norihe sSG
&c; new. 731zc; TO arrive, 7Ssc; No 8, ND
l2lsc No. dur1lm. SI1sc; to arrive, 64c; No.
yellow, T&ci No. 8, 4iKc' Oats: No. 5
white. 27sSc; No 3. 26hQ26itc.
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Cash quotations were as follows:
FLOUR-steady; winter patents. 50. 500
30; straiEhts, -. 0q3,i0 90. spring patents.
G7@
wHEAT-,Ne 2 spring. 7se; No. 3. 74asei
: coRN-No. 2 'sl.a4sxc; No 2 yellow,
b0hMSO[c.
oHTs,SNo. 2 sakgesAc; No : white. silsc;
No, white, 2s&GSlc.
RYE-No. 2, Sc.
rSRI. tY : Fair 70 choice mailing l0R4Sc
sEEpS-No. nax, H.0Tif: No / north
western niss; clover contract grades,
PPoVfstoNs- rib sides doosel.
q 7rGe.se. Mes PORK. per bbl. tl7.o7k Lard
t.i2i1Hst5.
"a the Produce exchange today the DC. !
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NEW YORk GENERAL MARKET
Quotations of the Day on various
CommodftIcs.


NEW YORK. Aug. N.--FLoUR-Receipts,
a7e5 bbls.; exports. 7165 bblo Market
easier with quiet trade; winter patents,
Extras sas5as sf IS Winter low Grades ~'s q
gS3: Minnesota patents, s4oO04; 10. Rye
hour, quiet; fair TO good, S.5G3.75;
oRNMEAL-steady; fne white and
yellow, S12Oa125; coarse, S1.10G1Is;
kiln dried, S2.So42.s0.
RYE-Nominal; No. 2 western, s2c, C. l.
wHEAT-Receipts, los, 400 bu. spot barley,
n STEADY; No red 77Ss elevator No, RED
s0Ic, T. o. b., afoat. The wheat opening
was weaker on account of fine weather in
the northwest, weakness at Minneapolis
and large worlds shipments. Rallies fol-
lowed on covering and the visible supply
decreased, with the market finally dull at
&c net decline. May, s4%q& l1-1ec, closed
y l5-16c; December. 81 s-1sds1ac, closed at
CoRN-Receipts, 5s1S bu spot. steady;
No. yellow, Gle; No. white, SIC. Option
market was dull and no transactions May
closed at sic: September closed at 56isc;
December closed at sac
oATs-Recelpts 16s. 400 bu. Spot, steady;
mixed oats, 26 to 80 lbs 35hc natural
wh It ID 80 h to s lbs ssc clipped white
HAY,-stssdy: shipping. s5@75c; good
m EdnhPs .fsay ct gTI ,ssOs SGss SS
HoPs-steady; state. common to choice
1905, 11@17c; 1904, and olds nomi al;
Pacific coast 1905, 1s91se; 1904 1sc;
HIDES-Steady: Galveston, 20 TO 25
pounds, zoe; California 81 to 25 pounds,
2lc; Texas dry "a to 30 pounds. lee.
LEATHER-Quiet; 26dN1kc.
5000 %; mess, sscoS:So 5S &c:
city extra India mess. s16.00q 1850; cut
meats. quiet; picked bellies, 11q13c;
picked shoulders. sh @s%c; picked
hams 12q12hc. Lard, firm; western
steamed, sS.80qS.9O; refined steady; conti-
nent 1885; South America, $1,000; COM
pound 7hQ7%c Pork, steady, family,
S1S5o@ 1900; short clear, ti7.0o q 1875;
TALLow-steady; city, sac; country.
RICE-Firm; domestic, fair to extra,
q6kc; japan, nominal
BUTTER = Firm. Street prices: Extra
creamery, 231tGf24c. Official prices: Cream
cry, common to extra, 1SQ231hc; state dairy,
common to fancy fll,,o, ltsa22esc; renovated
common to frsts, l4lkq1Sc; western imita
CHEESE-Firm; state full cream, large
| fancy. 12&c; fair to good, 12kQ12hc; small
fancy, l2Ac; fair to good, n%q12kc; in
| feriors, 10hq11kc.
EGGS-Firm state and Pennsylvania
choice, A925c; mixed extras, A025c; west
ern firsts 201zG2lc seconds, 1Sq19c.
POULTRY-Prcas for live poultry not
established at q late hour. Dressed easier
western spring chickens, 13Q15c; turkeys
1sGl4c; fowls, 1oQ14c.
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New York Mining stoeL.

Ietsi Islsl for the daJ. i.SOs.iOO shsrss.
"Offered.
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Knnsas City Grnin and Provisions.

KANSAS CITY, Aug 27.-WHEAT--
September. s4h; December, e7Ao; May.
5, $50 0ssc; No, 2 red, Sso; No. 3, SIC
CORN--September, 4Shc; Decemr ~
'shs Max No 's*S' ssis ~ No No mixed
46hc; No. 3, 46hc.
mixed. 2st9 n 2sc.
BGGs-Higher extra, lslze; frsts, cases
Included. Inc; seconds. i01fc
RYE-No. 2, 5S6i60c.
HAI-Steady; choice timothy, 81. 25dil. 80;
choice prairie, tS.76.
Butt ER-Creamery, extra, 22c; Pack
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The following will show the price paid
for the different kinds of cattle on the
south Omaha market:
Good to choice corn-fed steers. E. Is. eo4Slo
Fair to good corn-fed steers 80, 4.s51S %
Common 70 fair corf-fed steers AcOdi4 IS
Good to choice range steers l. 40g5. Is
Fair to good range steers, 900. s.7b3l ~
Common to fair range steers...,.. 3.00V2eV
Good to choice cows and heifers ANA 10
Fair TO good cows and heifers,. Q Sod13 rs
Common to fair cows and heifers l.75St2 50
Good to choice stockers & feeders. g. 7bd4 40
Fair TO good stockers and feeders. a5g3 70
Common to fair stockers........ 9 76QfS 80
Bulls, stays ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 25oi5S rs
Veal calves ...........,.............. Ao0A5. Is
The following table shows the average
price OF hogs at South Omaha for the last
several days with comparisons:
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Articles. Open. High Low. Closet sat'y
Wheat
Sept. 64kBl 64hBl 64A 64Al 64%A
Dec.... ....... ........I ........ GA y VA
Corn
Sept. i CAB 44kBl 431hCl 4S5tAl 44B
Dec. ....... ........ ....... 39bl 354tB
May. ....... 5000 ........ 39AAl 3S$A
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ELLERS OF INDIA.

men through narrow passageWays that
III many instances are no wider than
the aisles in American churches or
theaters. In traversing a block you
will meet an undertaken carrying OUT
ii corpse. a butchers apprentice bring
ing in the carcass of a slaughtered
pig, half-naked coolies staggering
under the weight of heavy poles and
burdens of brick, vegetable vendors
transporting supplies for the market,
groups OF chair bearers conveying silk
en-robed mandarins, and loathsome
scavengers collecting buckets of stink
ing refuse. During an hour in Canton
one must rub elbows with every type
of man and come into immediate con-
tact with almost every phase of life.
A sad commentary on the absence
of the American flag on the ocean is
afforded by the fact that only two
steamers flying the Stars and Stripes
have called at Calcutta during the last
nine years. One of these was a tramp
that just happened in, and the other
the famine sufferers.
Parents in the Philippines have a
most novel method of passing Upon
the merits of would-be sons-in-law.
In order to qualify a young man will
be asked to enter a family in the ca
may be able to form an estimate of
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sea, but the idolaters Immediately
dragged it out and put up an altar
before it.
OF all the curious notions Of person.
al adornment INDUCED in by the wo-
men of the world, none are more Decu-
liar than the custom of hp-boring COM
mon among some of the tribes of Afrl-
ca. A hole will be made in the upper
lip and gradually distended until the
opening cal. accommodate a disc one,
two, and even three inches in diameter.
The size of the disc proclaims the rank
of the wearer. The lower classes IN
sert a stick no thicker than a match,
while the women of higher birth fire.
quently stretch their lip until 1t breaks
under the strain, and the disconnected
ends have to be held up by strings
tied to the ears.
The education of the children OF
Egypt goes little father than teach
ing them TO despise Christians and TO
e2rn passa ges from the koran The
Instructors themselves are frequently
unable to read or write, and impart
their knowledge by recitinS from mem
ory- Among other things the young
Moslem is taught to beneve that
women have no soul, and that the
rneanest of men who enters heaven IS
to have 5000 servants, and seventy-two
Continued on Page s.
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sence of the usual apertures to admit
light and air is due to the custom Of
taxing them under the title of hearth
money" A fatal epidemic of typhoid
fever. which carried eff thousands of
unfOrturates, was said to have been
occasioned by their breathing impure
air. The times We're hard and the
dispense with ventilation in order. to
avoid the tax.
Almost every day brings forth new
evidence that the French are most
ingenious people, Not long ago a clev-
er Frenchman astonished the automo-
bile world by inventing a pair of mo-
tor skates, and now a countryman
goes him one better by constructing a
clock which will keep perfect time, yet
which is so tiny that he wears it as
a stud in his shirt front.
One of the most curious relics of
paganism that still exists in a Chris
tian country is a gigantic figure of a
woman in Brittany. The superstitious
peasants believe that this grim. black
image has power over the weather and
the crops. They think that if they
neglect to worship this idol their grain
will surely die. Numerous attempts
have been made to wean the ignorant
worshipers from their devotion to the
ugly image, but all such efforts have
failed. Once it was thrown into the
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the bank, had dwindled so that it was
worth ONLY forty cents on the dollar.
Visitors TO the Island of Ceylon no
tice certain individuals whose style of
dress leaves them nude above the
waist Few people know that these
queer folk are descendants of an an
cient tribe of hunters who once be-
came enraged at a Kandian king and
furnished his Harder with human flesh
instead of venison. His Majesty pun
ished them by decreeing that they and
all their descendants should forever
after suffer the humiliation of going
among their fellows half dressed.
A good example of the hocus pocus
that the barbarian priests of Asia prac-
tice on their fanatic dupes is afforded
by the ceremony whereby the grand
Llama of Thibet is supposed to gain
eternal life. When this worthy APP
proaches death the priests choose a
healthy child three or four years old.
into whose body they pretend to cause
the soul of the grand Llama to NIL
CRATE Thus the spirit, although occa-
sionally clothed in new body, remains
among the people Unfortunately. The
Buddhists believe implicitly in this
miraculous re-birth-
If you ever have occasion TO fire.
qUent Chinese waters, you must be Ger
tain that you know bow to swim. This
is necessary, because no Chinaman will
rescue a drowning person. The reason
for this is that the Celestials believe
that if they save a persons life, the
individual whom they rescue may
thereafter lawfully depend upon them
for support.
No other language in the world is
so complicated as that of the Korean.
The simplest phrases have innumerable
forms according to the person to whom
they are addressed. Each expression
varies accordingly as you address
woman, a child, a man, mental,
are over 1000 endings to the verb Ito
be-"
There are tribes of savages in the
jungles of India that are so little re-
moved from animals that the mothers
deposit their sucking babes in holes in
the ground while they scour the forest
for food. The offspring of these aborig-
mails are exposed to all creatures that
might prey upon them, even as the
young of the bear or panther or any
other animal, and are exposed to sun
and wind and rain like all the other
little beasts of the forest.
The streets of Canton China, are SO
narrow that horses can not pass
through them, and all the commodi-
ties necessary to the life of this great
city, numbering millions Of fnhab>
itants, are carried on the backs OF
- - :. = -, =, :, - - - =, - - =
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his character, and thereby determine
whether he would be a desirable addi-
ton to the household. If his temper
proves equal to the strain of merial
service, all may be we'll with him. but
II he proves inefficient or uncivil in his
role of serving-man. there is no hope
Tor him. During the term of probation
the candidate must work without pay,
and sometimes the crafty head of a
family who has a pretty girl to give
away, finds it convenient to delay his
selection of a son-in-law for several
years in order to get free service.
In Russia even the marks on your
laundry are under the supervision of
the police. Owing to this custom
refugee who makes his way from one
town to another upon a forged pass
port Is almost certain to be arrested
unless he can contrive to borrow linen
marked by one of the town laundries
East London fairly swarms with
millions of people who are go poor that
they seldom get far away from the i'm
mediate district where they live and
slave from their lifes beginning to its
end. One could wander through the
600 miles of streets in the Whitechapel
! for months and never meet a carriage
or any kind of family vehicle.
| The only windows in many of the huts
| of the poor people of Ireland are holes
in the roof near the chimney The alb
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

Bryan of the Imperial College Of Com
merce at Nagasaki Professor Bryan
dscredits the idea that Japan will re-
sort to drastic measures to gain COM
mercial supremacy In the far East;
but he intimates that she will
seize every legitimate advantage to
that end. This issue of the paper be-
ing the Horse-show number. it con-
tains a suitable drawing on the front
by Albert Hencke, and three pages Of
photographs of people of wealth and
social prominence and their pedigreod
horses, Additional noteworthy Illus
trations include views OF the havoc
wrought by the recent hurricane In
Florida and prize photo contests of
much excellence. Among the lllustrat-
ed articles are Harriet Quinbys ac.
count of the press agents Of New
York's theaters, l.. A. Meachams
story OF an Indian fair at the Grow
Agency, Mont; and description of
the island of Marken, Holland, by j.
G. Hemphill. The first OF series of
articles on food preserVatlves, by an
eminent chemist, and the account OF
land in oklahoma by the government,
Will attract notice. Andrew V. Henry
describes the new city of Cobalt. ON
tario, and u. Dana Johnson writes Of
the wealth OF new copper camp.
Jasper" discusses trusts. and i'm
parts safe advice on stock market mat
ters to his many Notwithstanding read
ers
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

law, or from that of connection by
commerce, immigration, or conquest.
we shall find the two languages and
peoples so closely bound together that
whatever throws light on the beliefs.
institutions, and customs of The one
must necessarily illustrate and explain
those Of the other. Nor shall 1t be for
gotten that in. the tenth and eleventh
centuries, the Icelanders were the fore
most in the history Of the time. They
We're at once the most learned and the
boldest and the most adventurous OF
men. From Iceland they pushed on to
Greenland and America, and their ships
swarned In commerce or viking voy-
ages on all the seas. AT the courts of
kings and earls In England, and else
where, although none were more dread
cd as foes, none were more welcomed
as friends, for their gift Of wit and
song"
JOHN THORGEIRSON.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

There is a naturalist, a tholghtfl
man, who tries 10 forget that there ar
races and species, and to understan,
each animal and man Just as he is \
his own skin. In a whimsical hume,
the other day. he was explaining I
his friends why your wife wears a cer
tain style of bonnet with pleasure "a
n little season, but feels more uncom
Portable and III at ease the momen
her neighbors wears something differ
ent. AS an object lesson he caught
common sparrow, put a daub Of M
paint on her head, and then turned MI
loose among her neighbors The m0n
ent they saw the unusual head .iryI
all the other sparrOwS male and fsII
began to make the poor creatures 4
miserable They jabbered eXcite.'
first, calling IN every idle sparro2 1
the street; then they set upon the st
row of the bonnet and Chtvled her n
of the flock and made her an oltC3j
Day after day she tried TO return H \
be sociable, but the flock drove a
away without mercy. When she lc
sisted IN her attempt, not seeing Il
own Disagreement nor understand
the situation. they fell upon her sNi
agely one day and killed her
And that Ia the reason sa
thoughtful man whhmsically "ra
women follow the style In bonn,
Peter Rabbits "Brl5r-Patch |
ophy."