Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-23

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ever been discovered for steel A rein
forced concrete bridge, therefore, bum
of concrete with an steel reinforce
monts thoroughly imbcddcd, comes o.
near 60 being a permanent structure
ua &C ga possible Co devise with mater
Gan nt present known and used. lr
addition Co this feature OF lack of
deterioration. This typo of structure
has stul more important advantage
over other kinds OF bridges steel and
wooden bridges grow weaker from rust
aud decay from the very first day of
erection Traffic on our steam rail
ways has increased Ia weight so rapid
ly and steadily that many bridges buill
NOT more than ten years ago are now
too lirht for traffic Electric rail-
ways are proving no exception 20 this
rule. and the prospects are that load
ing Tor street and intcrurbun railway
win increase even more rapidly. inc
day must come very quickly then, when
the bridge or decreasing strength VIII
be overloaded by the rapidly increas-
ing traffic and win either collapse or
require strengthening or replacing. The
reinforced concrete bridge, on the oth-
or hand, grows stronger with age and
I'm moro rapidly increasing ratio than
the Increase Of traffic, 50 that "a bridge
OF this type ls not only free from
deterioration but actually provides for
therefore permanent In the highest
sense.-Cement Age.
IShino II the Genius Of Hell used
An Ugly up an his mental energy
Animal. making a devil for the ami
NAL kingdom he could not
have created a more uncertain. mali
cious and ugly brute than the rhln-
oceros. This animal has buried more
hunters than all other big game COM
bined. IL seems TO be the hired as
sassln OF the jungle. It's success as a
homicide Is not due TO the fact that IL
seeks its victim. but because its vic
tim falls over IT, IN the rhino knows
that there Is an enemy about, It will
try 90 get away without being seen.
H. on the other hand, It thinks that by
keeping stll IL Will be passed unno-
ticed, 10 stays as silent and motionless
as Gibraltar, its little hog eyes watch
ing the direction OF the noise and its
nose shifting the air should an enemy
show up suddenly in the jungle the
rhino charges Ike a flash. nose down
and horns leveled like swords for the
thrust. it's huge bulk crushing through
the brush like an express train. II is
always a fight TO the death, for a
rhinoceros once in a fight wins or dies,
and 1t mostly wins, M 10 is not con-
fronted with an express rifle I'm the
hands Of a cool good shot II was the
express i'm the hands Of "a cool shot
that saved. -Hampton' Magazine for
February.
The Briton one Of tho commonest
Aud Native fallacies about British
In India. rule in India is that tho
natives have little share
in a. That Is "a gross error. In tho
actual daily work of administration
the natives play a FAR greater part
than Englishmen. The queens procla-
nation OF iS5S-the proclamation that
ended the mutiny and transferred the
government Of the country from the
East India company to the CROWN
contained these words: 1T Is our will
that, so far as may be, our subjects
OF whatever race or creed be freely
and impartially ADMITTED 70 offices In
our service, the duties OF whoa .hey
may be qualified by their education.
ability, and integrity. duly 90 dis
charge" This pledge has been abund-
antly kept. IL has been kept by adher-
ing To two principles. The first Is that
the highest ranks Of civil employment
in India, though open 10 such Indians
as can proceed TO England and pass
the requisite tests, must, nevertheless.
as a general rule. be held BY English
men. for tho reason that they possess.
partly by heredity, partly BY lp-
bringing, and partly by education, tho
knowledge Of the principles Of gov
eminent. the habits Of mind and the
vigOr Of character which are essential
for the task, and that, the rule Of
India being a British rule. and any
other rule being IN the circumstances
of the case impossible the tone aud
standard should be set by those who
have created and are responsible for
IT, The second principle Is that out
side this corps delito-I quote from
the speech OF a recent vicoroy-"we
shall, as far as possible and as the
Improving standards OF education and
morals permit employ the inhabitants
OF the country, both because our gen
eral policy is 10 restrict rather than
TO extend European agency. and nc
cause II is desirable to enlist the best
native intelligence and character I'm
the service Of the state" This prln-
clple is qualified only by the fact that
IN certain special departments, whore
scientific or technical knowledge Is re-
quired, or where there is a call for the
exercise Of particular responsibility, Il
Is necessary 10 maintain a strong
European admiXture, and sometimes
even a European preponderauce.-Syi-
Ney Bfookai IN Harper weekly
lincoln "a while after Bull Run
Hears met boy out On the street
Soldier. here on crutches, thin and
white. and / stopped TO ask
him about how he got hurt Wen,
Billy, he looked at me hard as nails,
and he says: BE you Abe Lincoln
And ! said Yes Well he says, all
I've got 20 say ls you don't know your
Job. / enlisted glad enough 10 do my
part, and I've done 81. but you Amt
done yourn. You promised 10 feed me,
and I marched three days at the be-
ginning OF these troubles without any
thing TO eat but bareback and two
chunks Of salt pork-no bread, no cof-
fee--and what 4 did got wasn't regular.
They got ua up one mornin' aud
marched us ton miles without break
fast. DO you call that providin' for
an army2 And they sent as down TO
hght The Rehs ~ Bull Run and when
we were dom our best and holdin' 'em