Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-02
The
hit

OF sober. n dtlyc natures who
lAs. enthusiasm .nout rxtrayuranr,
'nt honest JOY tne tcnder, noble
relations of llf, 'hicago Record-
Herald,
Tile Holy 1t ceremony in
scpnlchcr u yem is on Easter
At Easter. hall day, and com
inV prates the ancient
tradition of the &C llal Fire that was
said to rise from tomb ot Christ
The Greek patriare enters the same
tuary of the sep her. the door
closes behind him. md the surginv
tossing. tumultuou multitude await
the coming OF The s.so. suddenly out
of the rght-hsnd window In the wall
Of the sepulcher shoot flames of fire,
and In an instant every one OF Tho
thousands has produced . candle ana
iashes rnadly fnrWerd 10 light it at
the mystic Are. The light thas taxon
from the holy sepulcher is Instantly
carried 10 all thc Cnastian villages
round about Jerueiiem. and ilcSt-foot-
I'd young men 'le With one another
In being irst to light their local
shrinos with the divine ilamc. Tho
writer has seen two rival runners but
down their candles and indulge in Il
sanguinary battle with knives and
sticks until the Hight OF one Of then,
Is put out Thsrc Is no joke rncant
here; but each is atrlvtng desperately
TO eXtlnguish the flame OF the other.
The Travel Magazine.
What Crime The cost Of religion,
Costs This work IN the United
Country. States is enormous. Til.
cost Of foreign mis-
sions, comprising all denominations, IS
81 000, 900; home missions cxpend the
same sum. We spcyl FOR education.
sa0o,oo00Oo for chuS1h expenses anil
ministers salaries st5o,000,olo. Hos
pitfalls and dispensaries for the sick
moor cost US $3.50 900. coo: for sanltaiiums
OF all kinds we spend Sc0.0o0.e0O, City
missions and rescue work of all kinda
demand and receive s5,o0o,000; humani-
tartan work OF every kind. sl2.o00oO0
Our Young Mems and Young Women'a
Christian Associations cost $4,000, 000:
while all other moral and social work
in the United States requires an eNpcn-
diture OF s5.oOo,0O0, The total expendi-
ture for humanitarian and religious
work is, then, S549. 900, 600 AS against
this the total cost of crime in the
United States for the year reached the
Incredible total of $1,0I6, S2T sos 80. That
is to say. we spend more than five hun
dred million dollars a year more Oh
crime than we do on all spiritual, &C.
clesiastical. physical huma unitarian,
educational. and healing agencies put
pgether,-Harper's Weekly
What Rail- IL 2X-Y. do the rail-
roads Are Re ways exterminate most
sponsiblc For. by collisions, or by
contaminated drinking
water, lack of ventilation, aisles lined
with tobacco and similarly eXpectorated
substance, dry sweeping. and plush up
holstery? ThS secretary of the Mime
sofa State Board of Health announces
calmly that the frequency OF deadly
drinking water is well known. AZ to
ventilation, for which many lines rely
on windows. and some lack even tram
SONS, DIR. Braclten praises the Pennsyl-
vania for introducing fresh air under
the seats. The Pennsylvania Is one OF
those strange roads, however, which be-
lieve in health and comfort for the pub
lie. Speaking generally, the answers
OF the railways about safety are very
weak. Nearly every argument, In the
final analysis, comes down to this;
that our railways can not AFFORD to do
what the railways in European coun-
tries do. and for this there can be but
one reason. and that reason is II. o.
Golfers Weekly.