Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-07
Gathered On The Battlefield Of Thought.

and transforming the ocean as q were
into % rra8t. lake; or. those long
STRAIGHT limos OF goasamcr fall-cloud'
formed of minute spanglcs Of Zee sus-
handed boo fno uttenuHtcd rcElons or
fr. MINER atmosphere. But however
STRIKING may Doc the glnrics and the
beauties of fascinating cloudland as
soon from below yet Tho view from
ahota-as from the summit OF one OF
fIa lofty mOuarchg OF the Alpa-lN
suoctuCle $50 sublime ana 20 trans
c,udeut that once seen it can never
Do. 0bIItcratad from the memory. on
af sIdaa ss FAR as the eve can reach,
vast ocean OF dazzling snoW-Whlte
pillows rolls ever on and on; now
i-reaf curling wave advances malcs-
IDEALLY. It's crest torn boy the vino mo
ulumcs Of feIthcry TUFTS or sNlnutAt'
now slrdug whirlpool of conlehu-
ing breakers swirls aud cddics as
sudden gust of wind gendcrtd ln
mountain rayine creates "a chaos or
turmoil and wild disorder; or now,
as the blast dies away the hilloWN
9peau relssumcs IT'S Quietude. and APP
ppare as though formed OF the puresi,
dazzling white. solid chalcedony. SUI
at length an this sea Of cloud is Walted
away and disappears from view, anu
the panorama beneath of glacier ana
SNOW, platcau forest and meadow
mountain torrent and Howery parterre,
onco more comes into view. Truly
meme bus a divine hand could plan
and design am the varied beauty win
which our earth is adorned Ana YET tic
who formed che worlds left for a time
the supcrn1, glories of far more
stately and august realm. I'm order. by
becoming our Substitute. and recoiv-
irr I'M His own person our punishment
To- secure a passport 20 that realm 20
ali who will And whatsoever cometh
90 Him for that salvation, He viii In
no wise cast out-A Banker.
some Legends Many traditions Of
Of The Maoris the Maoris " New
OF New Zealand. Zealand indicate
true refinement OF
feeling That of Niwarcka. or Great
Delight is one OF these. ana represents |
a gentle Maori maiden, beautiful ana
modest. who though deeply loying her
bridegroom yet shudders at the bar
barity of his people and at his dehght (
n blood5hed and cruelty Unable 20 |
bear the sights and sounds around her,
she passes from his embrace and seeks
tho shadows OF another world Only !
through great suffering and sacrifice
docs her Young husband. unable TO |
bear his solitary lot redeem her from
the shades This beautiful legend Is
bound up with the origin Of the Gus
tom OF tho tattoo. an ordeal when |
thc lover was compelled 90 endure that
hc might realize the nature OF suffer-
ing. one of the finest Legends OF OLD
Maori romanccs relates how daugh-
ter of the heavens condescends 70
dwell with man. but. repealed by his
rudeuess and want OF sympathy as
ccuds again 90 the skies. carrying with /
her her oarth-bou child Her hus-
band is only able 20 reach her ana re-
gain her love by climbing upward not |
by earthly toudrils but by those
which. descending from the heavens,
have taken root In earth" one curious
feature of the domestic life Of the
Now Zealand natives is that tho old
women are led TO believe that the |
highest honor they can enjoy Is 10
be permitted 10 do all the cooking
and prepare the food. great deal
of labor is thus left to them, W aich |
they cheerfully perform, reFentlng
any interference on the part n the
Younger Maori women. who thus have
plenty OF leisure for enioyment-Lon-
don Telegraph.
Our Fire Bill our annual fire bill
Increasing with has been steadily
Our Population. growing as our popu-
lation increases and
the housing facilities Try 10 keep pace
with the expansion. Not even the spec
tacular burning OF Rome. nor the vast
confederation OF ancient London. COM
pares in extent with the vast destruc-
lion OF property by fire I'm the United
States On a single year. The record
for 1905 stands unusually high owing 10
the burning Of san Francisco. The
total losses for that year In the United
States and Canada by FIRE were $751;
$50. 400 OF this vast sum san Francisco
was responsible for some t3oOOOO 900, IN
Guiding buildings and contents. COM
pare this enormous destruction OF prop
erty with the Investments I'm new build
ing enterprises. In 1900 building op-
erati0ns throughout the country repre-
scented a total investment OF S525, 900 600,
and that Of l906-the hlgh-water mark
in the nations history -approximated
500 600 O00 Thus during the greatest
building year OF history, noted for its
phenomenal prosperity I'm nearly every
industry. we have been able TO replace
only "a little more than what we burnt
down. In 1904 our fire losses aggre-
gated s229 1875 $50. and this was greater
than those Of any previous year. not
even excepting the years 1872 and 1878
when the great Chicago and Boston
fires added enormously to the total In
1905 the losses from fire showed still
further increase, eliminating In the
great record Of 1906. But the waste
through fire consumption Is not tho
only loss which the people must pay for
any extended conhagration. While the
fire losses Of San Francisco have been
placed at S3500O0 900. It cost about