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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

that of arms, and even their children
have attended special schools from
which the children Of the Chinese were
shut out The edct cuts off every one
OF these privileges, but confers certain
benefits. Instead of the royal pensions
upon which the privileged class has
suhsisted the Manchus We're to receive
lands, houses. farming implements ana.
stock, and We're required to cultivate
tho land themselves. By this edict she
sought to abolish the class distinction.
between Manchus and Chinese. which
must always be source of danger.
Isl An has been conservative in her
policy, but her conservatism has not
prevented her from following the adj
vanclng procession and gracefully
yielding to the inevitable. History viii
therefore place OIL record the fact that
China, during her reign, entered new
era of its h!story-zthe era of con-
,stitutional form, of government.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16
RESEARCH AND FAITH.

ANY one who follows the trend OF
current literature VIII notice tile a.
tentlon paid III our day and age 10
what is called psychical research.
Man, no longer content with lnVcstl-
cations into tho phenomena OF ths
material world, IS constantly seeking
TO penetrate beyond. AS a result, man
ifestations once regarded as superhat-
ural if not dismissed as imagination
are now thought to be established. IL
is, for instance, considered proved tfal
force can be exerted and Intelligence
conveyed in a manner not connected
with any physical means of which We.
have present knowledge.
But while this is true, the results of
psychical research have by no means
been very great. Investigators
have confirmed the experience which
many have had, that persistent
thought of an absent friend very often
him, or visit They have collected
numerous facts of this order, and
classified them. They have collected
evidence showing that the personality
of an individual is something indepen-
dent of the physical body in which 1t
dwels. They talk about an astral"
body. and claim that it has been
known to appear to a distant person
at the instant of it's owners death.
But such research has as yet not
| demonstrated a life after this Maurice
| Maetterlinck observes: in any case it
Is certain that the researches and la
| bors OF that new science of the 'Bord
| erland' have left the problem exactly
| where it has been since the beginning
| of human consciousness. We are still
| asking ourselves: Are we immortal? "
! Science knows no more today about
Immortality and life eternal than did
So 80 ties or Plato. For the facts re-
| iating to the future we depend entirely
| upon revelation. 1t is by faith in the
| Word Of God that we perceive the
'.land that is fairer than day." just as
| we depend entirely on the testimony
| of Arctic explorers for our knowledge
/ of the regions beyond the reach of
all but the few who have penetrated
to The high ATTITUDES
/ We reason about II future. We ac-
cept the fact of the existence of a just
God, and reason compels us to believe
that divine Justice will claim its own
finally. We see that many pass beyond
life's horizon with wrongs unrighted;
we sec sorrow unrecompensed and
souls undeveloped. The world reek;
with crulety and groans with injustice
We must infer that a Just God ha:
given to those gone before" hap,
pier lot in another world. AS we aecep
the existence of a Just od,we conclude
with Kant. that life Is not ended witt
death but that the settlement of hu-
man accounts that has not been effect
ed before death Will nevertheless tax,
place But this reasoning is not
founded upon scientific demonstration
1t is a logical conclusion forced upon
beings endowed with reason.
The ancient Egyptians said OF tbs
dead: His soul is living eternally.'
The Greeks and the Romans believed
in d future world, but they shuddered
at the thought of it. it was to most OF
them a world of shadows, But Sc
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16
LAW or STOLEN LETTERS.
Rnstnn Herald.

Now that the political standing q
stolen letters has ceased to be OF tntet-
est, some attention may be given 70
the legal status Of mans cnrfe-
spondence Bench aud bar declares
the "thc literary property in Il letter
is well settled, and that neither me re-
cipieut nor any other person WI pc
permitted to publish 1t without tnH
writer's consent. Decisions in Eng,
lish and American courts are quoted
10 support this right, and also the risnt
of The author of letters 10 eitj9in tGeif
publication. Even more pertinent TO
recent cases is the provision OF TIE
New York penal code which makes y a
misdeineanor to take without authority
a letter, telegram or other private pa
per nr a COPY therefor to publish such
parer With the knowiedg" thai Y WAS
obtained without authority The Sc
duel to the late unpleasantness might
be interesting. But the chances arc
that there will be no desire TO renew
hostilities.
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NOW FOR BUSINESS.
Baltimore Sun

Nearly everybody is glad today that
the election is over. The country has
for the last four months been under
going conditions which are entirely
unfaNorable to the orderly and cor
rect conduct OF business and the or
binary transactions OF Industrial life.
1t has been time of excitement and
unrest. Now that ii is over people
will turn with sigh of relief to their
daily work. It is to be hoped that
tie tendency toward. prosperity which
has been manifesting itself lately will
become more pronounced and that
the factories will hum and the Ma
chine shops resound with the clang
of the hammer. 1t is to be hoped,
also, that we will have rest from
politics for as long a time as posi-
BILE and that business may have the
right of way.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

surseon-Generai o'Reilly in his an
nual report says that the death and
non-effective rates in the United States
army are higher than in any other
army in the world This is due, no
doubt, to the adjustment of the can
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

What has become of those voters
who We're to remember Browns
viile?' asks the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. They forgot to tie string
around their finger
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

New York Judge has decided that
If dwellers in flats find them too cold
they have the right to move out. The
exercise of this right will keep them
warm.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

1t is SAID that Mr.. Rockefeller will
take the witness stand in behalf OF
the Standard Oil company.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

Lord Northcotte says that all of the
Americans he has met have been of an
extremely normal class. Did he ex-
pect to meet an abnormal class?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

The silver service for the battleship
Utah should be by far the very finest
in the navy. and should be manufac-
.tured of Utah silver.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

Detroit is not going to the devil
says the Detroit News. Another case
OF Mahomet and the mountain?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

"a New York man is said to have
had bullet in his eye for the past
fifteen years" says an exchange 1t
must give his eye a sort of leaden look.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

IL there is nothing new under the
sun there is a. vast amount of re-
vamping, and that passes for new
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

The poor never enter into combina-
tions of wealth chiefly for the reason
that they haven't any.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16
MARRYING.
New York Evening Sur

New York Evening Sun.
In Kansas City discussion is still
raging which burned hot all through
the distractions Of the campaign.
Newspaper columns are filed With let
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

AS they jest at scars that never felt
a wound, so those that never had
money despsc wealth.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

When Dorando and Hayes race may
the best man win And may that man
be Hayes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

So Miss Elkins is not engaged after
all. Rarely has so small fire made
SO much smoke.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

II VIC are to have a new High schnol
1t should not be too nigh: not above
two stories.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

The Emperor of China is dead. Long
live the emperor as long as he can
live!
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

Tho man who is constantly shooting
Oft his mouth is rarely sportsman.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

ters-a rgunentative, contemptuous' m
dignnnt platitudtnarian, cocksurc, su w
ingenious upon the immortal tlleii ~
of getting married on SO q week.
1t right or Wrong? Isn't the way ~
5thc, fathers good enough for the eilit-
tdrcn? Shall the race perish pecau' ,s
the cost OF living has Increased W ,o'.
yoti make your Wife wash the utsi.ta
and scrub the iiuois? VIII you ever
get rich enough to die respectfully u
you don't get married first? These ana
u score OF such questions, are batteu
TO and fro by the ardent youngsters oil
Missouri,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

Many a man is financially on his
back because he lies abod too long.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

1t is not a question OF marrying on
s25Y n wcck--it Is a question OF marry
ing. simply. If the young people az
sure of each othe,--a matter 70 oe
thought about before the wedding uay
instead of afterward-the nseu ny
ask the economists permission to mar
ny. But when they have started W
sethcr they should understand ttiat tiieS
belong together, and never nope 70
make Il success of married life in any
other way. Happiness IN marriage y
never, never TO he measured by the
size of the income; always by tlle
quality OF the marriage.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

If the wolf comes to your door.
shoot him and get the bounty.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

crates believed that in the future state
Btha pnrsult Of wisdom would be his
chief employment. But even ne couid
not demonstrate scientifically the OK
istcncc of u world beyond the grave,
though lie was ever SO firmly con-
yinced by reason. of It's actually.
Tho Gospel, not science, has brought
Immortality to light. that Is, clearly re-
realeti it to man 1t is through rcvela-
ton that we know that we shall live,
though we all must pass through
fthe valley of death, and that we shall
be clothed with Immortality. 1t is
through, revelation that we learn that
there will be q resurrection: and it
is more especially through the revela
tions given in this age that we know
something Of the eternal progress of
the soul to the highest development of
Intelligence, knowledge, holiness. power,
and bliss. In this respect the revela-
lions given, through the Prophet Joseph
are as much more explicit and sulpass-:
ing in clearness those that we have
ON record from former dispensations, as
those of the New Testament surpass
the revelations of the Old. TO the
Prophet Joseph the heavens were
opened. and he communed with glori-
fled beings. Through him truths per-
tanning to the future We're given to
the world. which no research
could have discovercd-truths the
acceptance of which are inspiring
and comforting and which yield a
foretaste OF that which cannot be eS
pressed in human language.
1T is little matter at what hour of
the day
The righteous fan asleep. Death cam
not come
To him untimely' who has learned to
die.
The less Of this brief life, the more OF
heaven;
The shorter time. the longer immortal
Dean Mlllman.
. 3
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

1t is very much easier to choose a
vocation than TO get it.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

Very wisely angels never rush i'll
TO football rushes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

The people rule but the combines die
tate.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

Par example: Boulder was beaten
to a FRAGILE.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-16

Nothing succeeds like success? How
about trusts?
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28
The Struggle for Liberty.

What you call liberty, call liber-
ties; and what call the struggle for
liberty is nothing but the constant, liv.
ing assimilation of the idea of free
dom. He who possesses liberty other
wise than as thing to be striven for.
possesses ii dead and soulless; for the
idea of liberty has undoubtedly this
characteristic, that it develops stead
lily during its assimilation. So that a
man who stops in the midst of the
struggle and says. Now l have it,"
thereby shows that he has lost it
Henrik Ibsen.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28
Cheap Power Production.

What is probably the best record Of
steam power efficiency of which there
is any record is reported in the test of
a new type of engine which originates
in Darmstadt. The particular engine
under test had capacity of 100 effec-
live horse power The steam con-
sumption per effective horse power
was determined as Sc pounds, and
the coal consumption as 1.04 pounds.
Figuring on coal as costing five dol
lars ton in the particular locality,
the fuel cost per horse power comes
out as low as 0.22 of a cent an hour
The figures were compiled by Prof.
Guttermuth of Darmstadt.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28
Laws in Direct Conflict.

The club women of Chicago are puz-
zled over the question of a lawful CO.'S
tune for working women They point
out that only little while ago a wom-
an in Chicago was arrested and fined
for wearing trousers while earning an
honest living as hod carrier Now
they are informed that there has been
ruling in the post Office department
holding that women employed as mail
carriers must wear trousers. There
is movement on foot to send dele
CATION to Washington for the purpose
of consulting President Roosevelt ON
the subject.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28
Students Wear Mustaches.

At the University of Pennsylvania
mustaches have again come into style,
according to the Philadelphia Record.
Yes. fellow isn't in it this fall with
out a mustache,' said varsity senior.
You see, a great many of the boys
have been over in Europe this sum-
ner, and the hirsute adornment is all
the rage among the swells on the other
side Just now. OF course, we college
boys have to keep in the swim, SO that
is why you see all this sprouting down
on the campus
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28
Farmers Lot Should Be Aasov.

II the farmers returns are not great
they possess a degree Of certainty by
which he is sure to keep the wolf from
the door. The fallacy in all Of this
bewailing the meager income from the
fields and orchards Of the land lies
in the assumption that happiness de-
pends upon goodly possessions. Oioge.
mes, with his tub and shirt, zsking
Alexander to remove from his sun.
light, melted the Macedonian con.
queror to cry out: "If ! were not Alex
ander would be Diogenes." The
seat Of peace. OF content, is in a
mans own bosom and not in the mine,
the warehouse, the granary or bank
vault-Solon o. Thatcher in Max.
wells Talisman.
bluff."
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28
Real Friendship.

Any friendship that is worth the
name is not matter of reason or
choice, but rather of magnetism and
temperament 1t can bear almost every
thing of friction, jar. annoyance or
pain, and still spring up again with
renewed vitality. 1t may not only
spring up with renewed vitality from
experiences that would annihilate any
lesser bond, but the renewal may be
regeneration as well, and transmute
it into an infinitely higher condition.
Sown in weakness, it may be raised in
power.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28
expenditures greater rnan lne society
thought 1t could consistently make.
Defends Red-Haired Girl.

Elinor Glyn says that red.haired
girls are always unhappy, and as her
own hair is said to be as near red as
possible, she no doubt speaks from
experience. Other women, however,
are not inclined to agree with Mrs.
Glyn, and declare that no red-haired
women really believes her hair to be
red, but is fully satisfied within her
own consciousness that it is the most
beautiful shade of auburn.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28
The "Eternal Feminine"

Among some African tribes, when
man processes his love for woman
and asks her in marriage, she invari-
ably refuses him at first lest 1t should
appear that she had been thinking Of
him and was eager to become his
wife! By so doing she maintains the
modesty Of her sex, as we'll as tests
the love and aliases the pride Of her
lover.-London Wide World Magazine
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28
Not Quite Right.

A gentleman was travelling by rail
way in the north of Scotland. When
he reached his destination and was
leaving the station he discovered that
he had left his waterproof in the car.
riage. He hurried back as the train
was leaving and shouted; is there a
black macintosh in here?" No"
answered one of the passengers
they are all sandy Macgregors here!"
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28
Seek Ala of Government.

The Society of German Engineers
at its annual convention held in Dres-
den empowered its officers to negoti-
ate with representatives Of the Prus.
sian government Of the German fed
GRAFTON 10 make arrangements for the
bringing out OF the Technolexikon,
which the society was forced to give
up about a year ago, on account Of
the great scope Of the work, involving
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28
Except for Cash.

Little Willie-Say, pa, when two ma
tions are at war, what is meant by the
strict neutrality Of another nation?
Pa-It means, my son, that the othei
nation will not supply arms and am
munition to either Of the contestants
Except for cash.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28
Moors and Civilization.

The Moors occupied Spain from Ill
to 1892 A. D. During the first four cen.
turnes of their control of the Spanish
peninsula they excelled all the nations
OF northern Europe in science. liter.
ature and the arts.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28
Area Of English Channel.

The English channel at its east end
is q miles broad. and at its west ex.
tremity it is from 100 to 40 miles
wide. The greatest breadth is be
tween Sidmouth and st Malo. $50
miles.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28
Man..

Some men not being satisfied with
their naturally ugly faces insist upon
whistling on the street.-Atchison
Globe.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-02

commission and one petition to re-
strain defendants from making dis
criminatory rates, one prosecution for
contempt and sixty four petitions for
mandamus to compel filing Of annual
reports,
Under President McKinley's adj
ministration there were 22 indict-
ments, FIVE petitions to enforce or.
ders Of commission and one petition
to declare pooling combinations ille-
gal These indictments resulted in
five convictions, one acquittal, four
nollc pressed and twelve not prose.
cutcd.
Under President Rooscvclt'S admin
istration TO date II IL shown that there
has been Isl indictments, AZ conyic-
tions. two acquittals, ming nolle press.
ed, FIVE dcmurrers sustained, four dis
missed, one qnashed and eighty eight
pending the amount OF fines imposed
was $l,ll332S
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-02

William f. Annis, at the Bayside
Il. ~ Yacht Club, in August last,
was dispelled to-day by the inauguar
alton by her of proceedings in the
Supreme Court, Brooklyn, in which
a general denial is made OF the al
legations of wrongdoing with Annis
which Captain Hams made in his suit
for divorce against her and formed
the basis Of his defense for the shoot
ing OF Annis, Mrs. Hains asks coun-
sci fees to defend the divorce suit, al
imony and the custody of three chill
drn, 1t appears that Mrs. Hams al
'leges that the break between herself
and her husband was due to the poi
soning OF the latter's mind by her
brother-in-law, Thornton ]. Hains,
whose enmity she had incurred she
asserts by repulsing his advances. In
her petition for $1,000 counsel fees
and $50 a week alimony, Mrs. Hains
will utterly deny improper relations
with Annis. The famous confession
of her improper conduct upon which
the attorneys for Captain Hains have
depended to prove their clinet's ir-
responsibility, it is asserted, is now
repudiated, save only that the claim
is advanced by Mrs Hains that it
was obtained from her while she was
under the effects of a drug, A letter
beginning: my dear Billy" which the
lawyers for Captain Hains have in
their possession and which they claim
was written by Mrs. Hains TO Will
liam E. Annis, is declared a forgery,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-02

requirements for the aeroplane to be
used in the navy are far more diff
cult to meet than those of the army
The machine must be able to stay in
the air four hours and maintain an
average speed Of forty miles an hour
and should be able to travel distance
OF 200 miles il necessary, 1t must al
so be able to start from the water,
no tracks, of course, being available
as are used at present in starting a
machine on land.
The aeroplane, as it will be used
by the army department, would not
be an offensive machine but would be
used for scouting purposes.
TO equip our ships with the plants
would be to increase their efficiency
500 percent said the lieutenant. "Sup-
pose" he added" each ship doing
scout duty were to be equipped with
three aeroplanes and one sent off
forty miles to starboard and one for
ty miles to port while the third went
the same distance off the bow. See
what a great fan shaped area these
ships of the air could cover and how
small a chance of any surprise by an
seet.'