Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-02
Cathered On INC Battlefield Of Thought

get. SD far a. might be-. truth in the
drawing OF the passing show. I have
moro than once detected "a man in the
crowd 4 have fixed to sketch scuw and
clear or. or watch me unNluuay,
change color. and look uncomfortable,
installing mo for "a detective taking
notes ID so happened thHt ] had to
draw The finish of the oxford ana
Cambridge boat race. I had a aketeh
on the background. os Tor the rest
we'll. there had tn be- the man in the
boat firing the gun. and. to balance the
design. I euvc him as companions in
ih0 boat gentleman and lacy. Na-
tLuuy the lady was nolNouA OF tnc
gUn being fired and of course her
companion supported her round the
waist. Tho sequel i0 this was "a furi-
GUS lcttcr from n stranger to repri-
uand me FOR my gross impcrtmcnce IN
nortraVinc him I'm such a position
had little idea DE said. what such q
liberty on my part had led 10 The
writer's Wife knew he had gone 20
mo race and know he was also ~
the boat win tho man who Invited
him. and who had fred the gun, but
when tho scene appeared In print he
ha1 20 own up that there was lady
i'm The affair az we'll. and now his do
fncsiic happiness had been destroyed
lie wrote from q business firm, giVins
only his iritials. And here Is tine So
ouoi. lad never been 20 the race.
THO drawing was purely imaginary
one and was not only drawn but ac-
f,iauv engraved before the event took
piacei- From The Comic Side OK
crime by Harry F1irniss in the Janu-
airy Strand MAGAZINE.
Wci,rht If a pcrson who had given
a Body no thought 10 the matter
carries. we're told that he is perpet-
uany sustaining weight
OF about fourtecn tons, and that that
stilpendous burden is ever varyingi
sometimes Increasing sometimes de-
creasing, to the extent OF four and I'VE
hundred pounds I'm the course Of few
hours. he would probably consider that
his informant was demented. But that
prodigious load represents the weight
Of air which every person or average
size is always bearing although, as
tho pressure is equal on all sides, the
cumbersome burden Is not only not felt,
bu., under certain conditions Of the at
rnosphere when the barometer stands
high indicating that the pressure is In
creased. a sense OF invigoratiou IS exc
perienced. which passes away when
he has been relieved OF the additional
hundredweight or two which he was
carrying. Some idea OF the tremendous
pressure Of the air may be gathered by
placing the hand firmly over the receiv-
or OF an air-pump and exhausting the
air therefrom; a large hand measuring
oight square inches would then, II the
air were completely exhausted, have a
weight Of exactly a hundredNeight
pressing upon its upper surface. Only
a Samson would have sufficient muscu-
lar force 70 lift that load and remove
his hand from the mouth Of the re-
ceiver Although our atmosphere Is so
transparent and 50 diaphanous, yet It's
total weight is computed at the enor-
nous total OF hve thousand five hun
dred million millions OF tonsl And
when this ponderous element is set in
violent motion. as in a hurricane, IT.
weight and density are more readily
realized. for then, when In all its fury
the unseen air Is madly rushing along
or furiously whirling round and round
at the rate OF hundred miles an hour
nothing except the most sOlidly erected
structures can Withstand its infuriate
and fierce Ouslaughts. Great trees are
felled in a moment; stacks Of corn or
hay are scattered to the Winds and
even human beings struck by the tor
nado are hurled TO the ground. or even
caught up ana whirled through the air
like feathers IN q gale. But when time
shall be no more. and when those who
by patient continuance In we'll doing
have-thrOugh the merits and all pre-
vailing mediation OF their Redeemer
who died for them that they might live
ternally-attained TO the glories Of the
hereafter. then shall those beautifed
ones be free from the trammels which
50 heavily press down upon them on
earth, and be able continually TO
roam throughout the universes unim-
peded by the earth-fetters with which
they are now encountered. "A Banker.
The Story Mohammed ben Moham-
OF the Tomb med was marabout
OF an Ass. whose affairs We're in
most hourishing
condition. Pilgrims visited his an
cest0r's tomb by hundreds. leaving
many and rich offerings. and Moham-
med ben Mohammed grew fatter and
Weather daily until his servitor. Ali
ben All became tired OF watching his
masters increased wealth and bulk.
while his own pocket was as fiat as his
body was thin. So one dark night he
silently took his departure, riding on
the hack OF a young ass, belonging 70
his master. After a march Of about
80 miles the ass had enough OF carrying
All II was a young ass. and knew no
better. so 1t went on strike lay down,
and forthwith died. Thereupon All