Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-14

\ THO sunny hill slopes, the
seeo Is poking green spikes
I through the ground, and the
~ stork .bill Is already bloom
,.,. the meadow larlS's whistle is VI
irs,,pg in the hollows, and the chill
a,,n are chaaing over the trails after
.,.hool-so. despite the wintry gale
evening down snow-packed guches.
ana inc rain. and the sleet. and the
a,,r,ies of snow. natures stirring
f',rts are at work and spring is here.
From the TOP of one Of the minor
+,.,n neaKs to the north few days
orn 'the valley lay smiling before
me- and clear as crystal. Every craR
ga creylce NJ the Wasatch stood out
"' ', ,hough fresh from the chisel: to
,Gc west cacn and every patch and
,aai AZ water. was n mirror: ana ono
.rnid almost SEQ the ripple Of tho
:, c,.,s AT saltlir. and count the nails
Wv tbe usvilion. \ brisk March
,d had chased all the smoke to
,ha fo,,r distant quarters OF the globe.
and the atmosphere WAS as pure and
sweet ms that Of the canyon stretch
iur below on the opposite side of the
nrak II WAS most gratifying sight
tbe smdkeless valley--and quite Hike
old times We arc told that every
,alIey shan be exalted aud the
[rooled places made straight, and the
,nunb places plain and In order to
mike the eXaltaton Of our own val
Ie, complete, let us add And the
smoke cleared away. And then VIII
n be comfort We, my people, and
h accomplished, "a highway for our
Cod
Trampine OVER our hills at this time
Of the year IS like treadinS upon ..
he'd Of moss. The ground Is Welding
sand sprlngy after tho winter storms:
iand instead of its being the dear
.Uule plant that grows In our Isle" 1t
ls something equally dear--its namo
beine unknown to the author--and
forms a soft he'd that spreads all over
thc foot hills, the year round: it is
4,ourosed Of The tlniest, daintlest
sltaf. In colors OF brown. green, and
Ahright red At first glimpse of this
Slntle plant, one is prone to think the
bright red spot is a tiny blossom;
STOPPING To pluck It, however. he IS
inndeceiyed. and marvels that so small
n, thing can live and breathe. Yet it
'does and forms q soft carpet, flour
i>hing beneath the heaviest blanket of
& n Ow: brush The snow away, and there
id peeps fresh and soft as though
.it had but warmed into life at the
Iirst glowing touch of the spring.
None the less sweetly girl, even
Though she may never see i5 again"
Bus a wei known author puts it, in his
description Of a certain school teach
pr There is one in Chicago who is GER
t..g ~ - -ss.,,
fund now being agitated in Salt Lake.
Having tmsht the required time, she
Sefenely draws her pension. and keeps
cn teaching. She says she is not yet
ready to retire. and until she is, her
pension goes towards reducing pay
ments on a two-flat building in which
she invested her savings some time ago
She viii soon begin living in one-half
and renting the other With her pres
tent salary. her rent, and the pension.
to one-half of her present
splendid compensation for
all the years of toll and the spending
Ict nerve force. or course this is case
Of robust health aud sound constitution.
Il IS not every teacher who can keep
'up the grind after the allotted time for
t@ching Is up.
There was another case and a very
sad one in Chicago, of "A teacher suffer-
| Ing from a malady that finally obliged
lfr to give up. She had taught long
td faithfully, and against great phys
8ll odds; she had but "A little longer
70 teach before the blissful day of re-
4 lement, and the sure allowance each
Ronth of half her salary. But there
Esas an objectionable flaw in connec-
I ion with the act that made merciful
Il lnVision sor long faithful service. for
lHable TO teach another six months or
3 longer, she lost what she was GER
anly entitled to then and there--re-
trenent and pension. Had not her
achng worn her out. all too soon. and