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NJ Lacroix, member of the French
Academy Of Sciences, read paper be-
fore that learned society on the manu-.
facture Of sapphires. He has discov-
cred practically the composition of the
precious stone, and has succeeded In
obtaining some specimens which almost
resemble the real stone. 1t can not be
said that NJ. Lacroix has yet discov-
cred the exact process, for those which
he has obtained would not impose upon
skilled lapidary who subjected them
to severe test.
The climbing perch (Anabas Scan
Gently been received at the London
geological Gardens. Is an interesting
rase of a fish which Is able to spend a
considerable time out of Its native ele-
ment The climbing perch Is able to
make some progress on land by the
movement of Its pectoral and ventral
Ans, 1t Ia even able to climb trees, and
has been found In a palm tree several
feet from the ground II Is difficult to
get II to display these peculiarities in
confinement.
The little black people Of Africa, 50
dramatically described by Stanley, are
not the only pygmles produced by that
wonderful continent. In Liberia and
Sierra Leone are found pygmy hippo
potamus, some specimens Of which have
recently been sent to England. These
animals are described as being more
like pigs In their habits than like their
gigantic relatives A good mud-hole Is
quite sufficient for them They seem to
prefer solitude In their native haunts
going about slngly, and when two are
seen In company they almost invariably
consist OF mother and her calf,
President Schurman Of Cornell Uni.
versity calls attention to the need Of
The development of a type of engineer
specially skilled In everything relating
to hydraulics, Water, he remarks. Is
destined from now on to play great
part In the economic development of the
United States 1t Ia hereafter to be
used ON vast scale for power and for
irrigation, as well as for navigation.
The maximum benefit to be got from
the use OF water will be sought in the
East from navigation and power, and
In the West from irrigation and power
One of the unexplained phenomena
OF what Prof, 4. g, Bonney calls the
''worlds Ice MANTLE" Is the alternate
advance and retreat OF the glaciers, At
present, says Prof Bonney, only In
Scandinavia, aud perhaps at Mount st,
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America was created. Benjamin Frank.
lin, who had been appointed postmaster
of Philadelphia In 1887, was given the
Office In 1853 He visited all the i'm
portant postoffices. Though his reforms
made the office bring In clear rev
enue, he was removed by the king In
1774, but shortly after was appointed
to the same Office by the Continental
Congress. The first postmaster Of the
United States of America was Samuel
Osgood. When he took charge Of the
department the country had seventy.
five postoffices.
The charge for the delivery of letters
was based on distances covered and
varied from 6 cents for thirty miles to
25 cents for 450 miles. Until 1868, dis
tance was the basis Of cost In that
year a uniform rate Of postage ignor-
ing the distance was fixed at cents.
Oct. l, 1883 this was reduced to 2
cents. During the early days Of Alas
kan development, every letter delivered
In Nome cost the government 81.
Though the use of adhesive postage
stamps was authorized in 1S47, prepay
ment by stamps was not made compuls-
ory until 1856. A uniform free dellv-
cry system was not instituted until
1863, though the penny post existed in
number of cities In 1852, the carriers
remunerating themselves by the collec-
tion of voluntary fee Of from 1 to
cents for each piece of mall delivered.
A convention held In Paris In 1873
made various improvements in the reg
ulations and provided for postal con-
gress to consider revision Of all pend
ing rules at least every FIVE years. The
International Postal Union thus effect
ed works constantly for the simplifl-
cation and Identification Of postal sys-
TENS. The rate fixed by the first con-
vention, of cents for each half unit
of weight for ordinary letters still pre-
walls, save that recently special conven-
tions reducing 1t to 2 cents have been
arranged between this country and
England and this country and Germany.
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A Boys, village.


In Westchester County, Ms York,
overlooking the Hudson river, col
ony Of 300 boys has been gathered.
They are lads who have tripped or
been tumbled into the rough places OF
the world; their sense Of self-respect
cruelty neglected amid dirty city streets
and all sorts of misery. Put under
military discipline and given tasks Of
work and study, the boys are housed,
clothed and fed in attractive, spacious
cottages. The grounds and buildings
cost over $1,5O0OOO, and the boys VII
lage is model place In every respect.
So far as possible the young fellows
are given work that accords with their
tastes Some work out Of doors In the
gardens and among the farm animals,
while others learn trades in the shops.
Each lad stays In the village until
he reaches the age of 21, when he Is
given $50 to start him out In the
world, equipped with knowledge en-
abling him to earn his livelihood. Ev-
cry effort is made to inspire the boys
with hope, courage, integrity and a
desire to win respected places in the
towns and cities to which they may go.
Some of the graduates are now in the
Western, States, where they have
gained positions of public trust. Some
of them admit that they are more for
tunate than they might have been had
they been born Of rich parents.
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THE GOLD INDUSTRY.

An illustration which Gives Some
idea of It's Immensity I'm America.
An eagle, SO gold piece, is just
about one inch in diameter. Imagine q
glittering yellow ribbon Of 10 gold
pieces, lying edge to edge, beginning at
San Francisco and extending eastward
through the Sacramento Valley Of Cali
fornia, across the lofty Sierra Nevada
mountains, spanning the Great Ameri-
can Desert in Nevada and Utah, over
the prairies of Wyoming and Nebraska,
across the green fields OF Iowa and ILL.
nois, over Indiana and Ohio and Massa-
chusetts, half way to the British Isles
imagine this continuous string Of golden
eagles edge to edge, without break or
interruption, over this vast stretch Of
land and sea-a distance which con.
sumes at least eight days In the swift
est express train and ocean steamers
and you will be able to form some con-
ception of the amount Of gold that has
been produced in the United States.
1t requires some such illustration as
this to grasp the immensity Of the gold
industry, to form some dennlte idea Of
the Importance and magnitude Of the
gold production of the North American
continent.
The profits from the gold Industry
are magnificent They are greater than
in any other department Of commercial
activity. The figures Of the worlds
production are enormous. In 1907 the
output Of the gold mines Of the earth
amounted to nearly $500,00000O, OF this
vast sum about one-half, or more than
$2OO,000,OOO. was net profit. No other
industry can make such showing as
this This gold was found in America,
In Mexico, in South Africa, in Australia
and elsewhere.
This huge sum of profits, more than
00000,O00, was distributed to scores
Of thousands Of people.
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Here's sort of queer thing" said
nearsighted man. II am very near
sighted. Strong glasses are indlspensa
Bile to me for ordinary, general seeing
In my goings about, but when | 81,
down to read take off my glasse:
and bring the print up to within the
natural focus of the eye. 1t seems tc
me that reading with the natural eye !
can read with more intimate and g
clearer understanding.
80 much for my reading without
spectacles, and now here Is the thing
that Is queer to me. IL when | am
reading thus with my glasses Off
somebody comes along to speak to me
why, then, TO get a clear understand.
Ing OF that question must have on
my spectacles.
$50 say, or would say IL this hap
pened at home where know the peo.
pie, Wait minute till | get on my
spectacles,' and | would put them on
and then say, Now go ahead and real,
ly with my spectacles on. with my
power of seeing at Its best, with the
sharpest definition OF things in general
TO the eve. get the clearest apprehen
sion OF things said to me.
so in reading do best with my
glasses Off, but In understanding things
said TO me, in listening, do best with
my glasses on. There Is one modifica
tlon TO thls--where there is no light, III
In dark room, where can't see.
can understand equally well with OF
without glasses. New York Sun.
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Growing Old a Habit

Not long ago the former secretary
of Justice Of the New York supreme
court committed suicide on his 10th
birthday.
"The Statute of Limitations; Brief
Essay on the Osler Theory of Life"
was found beside the dead body. 1t
read, in part:
"Threescore and ten-this is the
Scriptural statute of limitations. After
that, active work for man ceases; his
time on earth has expired.
IL am seventy-threescore and ten
and l am fit only for the chimney cor
ner
This man had dwelt so long on the
so-called Osler theory-that man is
practically useless and only burden
to himself and the world after sixty
and the Biblical limitation OF life to
threescore years and ten, that he made
up his mind he would end it nil on his
10th birthday.
Leaving aside DR.. Osler's theory,
there is no doubt that the acceptance
In a strictly literal sense Of the Biblical
life limit has proved a decided injury
to the race. We are powerfully infiu-
enced by our self-imposed limitations
ana convictions, and 1t is well known
that many people die very near the
limit they set for themselves Yet
there Is no probability that the Psalm
ist had any idea of setting limit to
the life period, or that he had any
authority whatever for so doing. Many
Of the sayings In the Bible which peo-
pie take so literally are merely figures
of speech to illustrate an idea. So far
as the Bible Is concerned, there is lust
as much reason fer setting the life
limit at one hundred and twenty or
even at Methuse1ah's age (nine hun
dred and sixty-nine) as at seventy or
eighty. There Is no evidence in the
Scriptures that even suggests the ex-
lstence Of an age limit beyond which
man was not supposed or allowed to
pass In fact, the whole spirit Of the
Bible Is to encourage long life through
sane and healthful living,-O Orison
Swett Marden, In Success Magazine
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NO SLEEP IN THE GRAVE.
Archdeacon CoIIey Thinks the So
Called Dead Are Stiu Alive.

Archdeacon CoIIey Thinks the So
Called Dead Are StiIl Alive.
OF humankind there are 40 dead
says Archdeacon Colley, rector OF
Stockton, Rugby. England, in the De
lineator. Man Is man because he Is
as the Sanskrit mann suggests, the
thinker" or one that has conscious.
ness Of his being, which consciousness
survives the change called death,
which is but as sleep to wakefulness.
The worn physical of this life ma
chine, the body. falls off, as In slumber
from the psychical that indwells with
1t (body abode) and keeps the wheel
work ("we are fearfully and wonder.
fully made') on the CO. and there is
SCARCELY moments hiatus as the
changing sentinels Of the oxygen and
hydrogen and carbon and other eIe-
ments composing it, departing, whisper
the password to the even more volatile
arriving atoms of the soul. Hence, in
the falling in of the outer man upon
the inner and the blending Of the
twain, mortality is swallowed up of life
with no jar, jolt or any cessation of
being, since complete insenslEility or
unconsciousness has no part In the
transaction.
More alive, indeed. than ever Is the
condition Immediately consequent on
the failure Of the hearts systolic act
ions and the involutions and convolu-
tions Of the gray matter Of the
brain, no longer vibrant to the motions
Of thought playing its "reminiscences of
earth memories now transposed to life's
higher clef and the beat Of perfected
rhythmic harmonies.
For true is the Latin statement,
mors janua vit@, death is the gate of
life. Hence continuous and immediate
and conscious being, with no sleeping
In the grave; for, as the burial service
Of the Church Of England says, "The
souls Of the faithful after they are de-
livered from the burden of the flesh
are in Joy and felicity"
This know, not from credal or ec-
clesiastical affirmation, or even from
logical induction Of this life's being a
hateful ghastly blunder, If not curse,
but from the teachings of many years
experience and close personal acquaint
ance with those who have lived in this
world, now dead and buried as to their
earthly body, returning time and again
In reconcreted, wonderfully abnormal
corporeal form to company with me
and others meeting together In domestic
worship with praise and prayer to give
them welcome back for an hour to
learn Of the higher life they have at
tained. From whom, by many indis-
putable proofs, visible, audible, tan
gible, l and those with me have appre-
hended there can be no gainsaying the
fact that the so-called dead" are alive.
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Palindromes are words or sentences
which read the same way, whether
they are spelled backwards or for
wards. Here are number of good ex-
amples of this curious photographed
phenomenon
Madam I'm Adam (Adam introduces
himself to Eve).
Able was / ere saw Elba (Napo-
leon rejecting on his exile).
Name no one man.
Red root put up to order. (Sign for
drug store window. Reads the same
from the inside as from the outside J
Draw pupils lip upward. Direction
to visiting school nurses.l
No, 1t Is opposition.
No, 1t Is opposed; art sees trades
opposition. (Sentence from a debate J
Yreka Bakery. (Sign over bakers
shop In Yreka. CALI
In the Latin language palindromes
are not infrequent. But IL you believe
they occur often in English, try the
experiment; see II you can discover any.
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A COnfAahfOn.


Dear little boy, with wondering eyes
That for the light of knowledge yearn,
Who have such faith that am wise
And know the things that you would
learn,
Though oft | shake my head and smile
To hear your childish questions flow,
I must not meet your faith with guile :
/ cannot tell; / do not know.
Dear little boy, with eager heart,
Forever on the quest of truth,
Your riddles oft are past my art
To answer to your tender youth.
But some day you will understand
The things that now l cannot say,
When life shall take you by the hand
And lead you on its wondrous way.
Dear little boy, with hand in mine,
Together through the world we fare,
Where much that would fain divine
l have not yet the strength to bear.
There are many things | may not ask /;
Like you, l hold another hand,
And haply, when l do my task,
I, too, shall understand.
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at health resort where there are
warm mineral springs. In the heart of
the japanese mountains. Patients at
this sanitarium often remain In the
water for a month at time At
night they put stone on their laps
to keep them from floating down
stream. And If it should be objected
that this Is an unhealthy method of
conducting a health resort, reference
has only to be made to the caretaker
of the establishment, hearty old man
over 80 years of age, who frequently
remains in the bath all winter, direct
ing the business of the place from a
station waist-deep in the warm, flow.
ing water.
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uznzuA INCE the earliest years
S the postage stamps Of
this country have varied
G Il In design. Their use was
HWHRg sanctioned by an act Of
HKMsE9JH Congress March 3, 1947.
A tentative issue had
been issued at the postoffice of New
York and In st. Louis two years before,
In 1915, and In Rhode Island In 1916.
The first stamps issued were for 5 and
10 cents and bore the portraits Of
Franklin and Washington. At various
times complete series varying In
price from / to 80 cents was issued.
The portraits used on the stamps were
those Of Franklin, 1 cent; Jackson,
2-cent; Washington, Scent; Lincoln,
Scent Jefferson, 10-cent Clay, 12-cent; +;
Webster, 15-cent; Scott, 24-cent; Ham
ilton, 30-cent; Perry, 90-cent, and Stan
ton, 7-cent. Most of these portraits
were drawn from marbles, but Stanton
was reproduced from a photograph.
Rowland Hill of England was found
er Of the modern postal system. Eng
land, accepting his scheme Of postal
reform, was the first country to intro
duce the system OF delivering prepaid
letters carrying postage stamps. A story
has 1t that Sir Rowland was staying
at an Inn In northern England. While
there he saw the postman deliver to
bis hosts daughter letter which she
returned unopened, as she had not
shilling to pay for Its delivery. Moved
to compassion by the lingering fondness
with which she turned the letter over
In her hands, carefully studying every
mark on Its exterior, Sir Rowland ten
dered shilling to the postman, who
left the letter. Then the innkeeper's
daughter, embarrassed by his kindness
explained that 1t was unnecessary. She
and her brother, unable to pay postage
had arranged code Of communication.
While she handled the letter she had
learned what he wished her to know.
Whether this story be true or not,
Sir Rowland Hill, who was only Mr.
Hill at the time, as he was knlghted
later, early realized the inadequacy of
the postal system of England and ar
IDENTIFY advocated his system, under
which postage should be prepaid.
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sterner Measures Necessary.

Really" said Nervey, II want you
to be my wife. Come, now, don't say
No."
"Mr Nervey,' replied the heiress, IL
wouldn't think of saying No to you
"Ahw
at wouldn't have any effect on you,
SO think the best thing can do is
to yell for the police."-The Catholic
Standard and Times.
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Chean Hoard.

New Curate-Can any OF you tell me
how much 1t costs to board an automo.
bile here2
Old Resident-About thirty dollars.
| think.
Young NJ. D.-But It only costs twen-
ty-five to board horse.
Miss Stenographer--And It only costs
five cents to board trolley.-Success
Magazine.
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y '%'':'ksHES

Tramp-Lady, I'm near perishing
from exposure! Lady-Are you Con-
gresham or Senator? ?-Town Topics.
Doesn't she ever stop talking?" "Oh,
yes, when she is breaking In fresh
piece Of gum" Washington I'd. c.
Herald.
SIS that woman richY "Rich? I
should say SO Why, she can even af-
ford to be a kleptomaniac.' Baltimore
American.
"She's not handsome, is shey Lord,
no! Say, If there was tax on beau
ty, she'd be entitled to a pension
Cleveland Leader.
"The first time be went out In his
new auto he ran across few friends,
and " did they leave familiesf-
Baltimore American.
'Now, then, look pleasant, please"
"Not at all {; this Is to send to my wife
at the seashore. She would come home
at once !''-Fliegende Blatter.
"Was your father college bred"
Eyes, but we never mentioned 1t. The
college he went to had a rotten foot
ball team Chicago Record Herald.
She-Are you good at guessing wom-
ems ages? He-You are not over %.
She--How do you know? He-No
woman over 25 ever asks that ques-
tion.
John-I've just lost thousand dol
lars Julia--Well, 1t is better that It
should have happened to you than to
some poor beggar on the street.-The
Club Fellow.
ut takes heap O. determination.
son. said Uncle Eben, ito hav yoh
own way in dis life, an heap o.
brains to know what to do wifi it after
you gifts t."-Washington Star.
Harlemite If you wrote yesterday
morning, l don't see why | only got
your note this evening. Downtownite
II do. 1 affixed special delivery
stamp to the letter.-New York Times.
"Ponsonby is the LATEST man | ever
saw" What's the matter now?" HE
wants safety razor that can be OPP
Grated by storage battery concealed
In the handle. Birmingham Age-Her-
aid.
Mrs. Subbubs (engaging cook Have
you any male friends? | can't have any
men hanging around the place. Mandy
Snowball-None. 'cept NAH husban',
an he don't come aroun' 'cept on pay
day.-Philadelphia Record.
Terrible Child-Wil you please play
something for me on the violin, Mr..
Jones? Jones-But | don't know how,
Bobby. I. C.-Oh, yes, you do. Mr..
Jones, heard mamma say you played
second fiddle to Mrs Jones.
Mrs. O'Toole- -Shure, tbs bad man
ners yer goat has, Mrs. O'Fllnn. Oh
found him in me cabbage patch this
marnin Mrs. Finn Shure, thin, it's
not bad manners that do bother the
darlin'. OF can it blame poor taste!
Fluffy Young Thing-rd like to pre-
pay the express on this package. Ex-
press Company's Agent-What's the
value? Fluffy Young Thing Nothing,
sir. It's bundle of letters. I'm
sending them back to him. Chicago
Tribune.
Caller (on crutches and with band
age over one eye)--I have come, sir, to
make application for the amount due
on my accident INSURANCE. policy. fell
down a long fight OF stairs the other
evening and sustained damages that
will disable me for a month to come.
Manager or Company Young man,
have taken the trouble to investigate
your case. and find you are not en-
titled to anything. It could not BE-
called an accident. You certainly knew
the young lady's father was at homa--
Stray Stories.
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nntha nt I1o Degree..

The Japanese are fond of bathing in
extremely hot water. They are, In
fact, the most cleanly, according to our
Western notion, of any Of the Eastern
peoples. Their bath Is taken as fre-
quently as twice day. often at tenn
perature OF about ITO degrees Fahren-
heit.
An odd description has been given of
the amphibious lives, half In water and
half out like frogs. led by the visitors
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The Only one.

"You say your son is hard to manage,
Mr.. Jims. Does he display any natural
bentY'
"Yes. | think he is going to be q
crook. Baltimore American.
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When q man goes to town to visit,
1t Is thought funny II he remains two
days, but woman is expected to re-
main at least two months. and have
parties given In her honor.
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The fools are not all dead yet, and
what is more, .they never viii be.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-04
ASSIGNMENT OF
LOGAN CITY TEACHERS
Prof Robert stewart of the L. \. {.
Receives Fire Oncr For
Advancement.


LOGAN. Sept 3.-The following as
signment of teachers has been made
by the Logan city school board:
Woodrun Schooi-George Harding.
principal, Edith Bowen. J. p. soren-
son, Anna Hansen. Nellie Hendricks,
Ida Anderson Mabel Vaughan. Ray
Kewley. Rozina Skidmore. Jennette
Ostund Othela Peterson. Diantha
Hammond. Mabel Johnson. lone
Vaughan.
HaVs School-Vera Cranney.
Benson School-Lofter Bjarnason,
principal; Naoma Reese Bessie n.
Shaw. Elva Parkinson. Gertrude Smith.
Hilma johnson. Nellie Hawkes.. Priscil-
Ia Allen.
Whittier School-E. ). Clark. princ-
pal. Ira a Cole, Ethel Hin Priscilla
King Lorraine Farrell Caroline
Scholcs
Ellis School-Hlda Jones. Florence
TGrbett.
card School-Naughan Parry
Webster School-Florence Munro.
May Williamson has been appointed
primary supervisor, and r. c. Smurth-
waite, music supervisor.