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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

Tu. following data from tho Arc,r
can Magazine give good idea ,g VIVA,
Che prohibition agitation has a..,-,-
nUsacd m tho United etat.s i, t.-.
-al.-uide prohibition now rreyaIs b.,
Alabama. Georgia. AfiesIssiDpl ,-.rtt
Carolina. North Dakota and 0israbor,,
Kansas aaau..d prohibition Boa fs.a .p,.r
d.H rot .rf.r.. a. Gr.dIy .p tb. i.-..-
cities urtH ra.e and ,f.Ir. t.. -.r
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

There are twenty-five Illustrations I'm
the March Improvement Era. among
them Mars Hl., Athens. and the trans
lator of the Book OF Mormon into
Greek. with page OK I'll Nephl, Chap
ter eleven. lu Greek. There are four
scenes on the new Church farm in
New Zealand. and several scenes from
Hawaii also cut OF elders preach
ing ln Nome, and the first Eskimo
school In Alaska. Among the Illus
trated descriptive articles. is a VISIT
TO kilauea,' by j.. Wesley Smith, and
Washington in Hungary" by J. Ham
lton Gardner. Preston Nibley writes
0n Lincoln and tho Latter-day
Saints" Elizabeth r. Cannon, on 'Por-
dro Diaz,' and Prof Milton Beunion.
on The Young Man on the Farm"
President Joseph r. Smith, in doc
uinal writing, treats of the Holy
Ghost Holy Spirit and Comforter" a
subject uppermost iu many students
minds who are following the Manual
lessons. pr. Widtsoe contributes an
article on EITHER and the Holy Spirit.
in further explanation of the MANUAL
The Priesthood Quoums' Table, dis
cus7es Important matters 90 the Priest
hood, and contains concise history
of the movement 90 date. The "Auss'on
Messages Mutual Work" Events"
ana other departments are very aurac-
dives and the general articles, poems
and stories mako the March Era as
valuable as 81 ia interesting.
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REMEMBER TIM sNBHArH

We hope our legislators viii u1t fore
got the sunday closing lave There
lr such laws ou tho books and they
prove what tho sentiment OF the peo-
pIo was when they were enacted.
There is BOO change Boz that sentiment
But of late gears various concerns
have presumed t1 violate the laws re-
Iatlng to Sunday Observance and OUT
rage public sentiment For that rea-
SON uew legislative cuactmonts may De
necessary. and they should bC erected.
Tho Lattor-day Saints in Conference
assembled have pledged themselves 20
d0 ulI Goo their power TO- try 90 influence
tho Legislators, With AN proper means at
their disposal to strengthen the SUD-
day closing laws And we cannot but
believe that members of other church,
os bon Utah win as citizens, Join them
Iu their efforts 60 This direction.
The question ass 20 whether the sew
,6tl. of FIRST day is tho true Sabbath
Is ono with which tho Legislature has
nothing 20 do. 10 SIS clear that no day.
u1 Identical portion Of time. can be
simultaneously observed iu all parts of
the earth; mon oven u one large couu-
tE the difference of time produced
hy difference of latitude and longitude
makes this impossible. Eut t
hls been fully proved that mn
u.,ds ono day OF rest Iu
s.ro1. Il has been proved
THAT 90 Iaborer who works six days and
re..- the seventh. sccomplishes more
I gives better satisfaction than one
.a works every day. There is there
ofe.y roa-on why legislators
Take .oguizauca OF this fact and.
Ir. benefit or sIL gnjoin sabbath
mot from religious but from
..H. motives And 'nasmuch as
t.- l tHa day generally agreed up
pen H.e 1f rest. that day should
specially nels.l about by suitable
..nn. Tae sabbath was made Tor
Aan has o. rsht TO st.
rh Laur-dly saints have been
.er Old observe ths sabbath hy at-
.h. house or worship and there
KING a. tH. Sacrament They have
..-.. ts -a no unnecessary labor
r ...t ..E d. follows that thry
. nu e.at conscience attend
amusement Hu that day or
lr.-e fl- Inducements by which lth-
5-a drawn away from the places OK
rrer. they ought 10 attend.
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lincoln NJ Lincoln had over
y Wa-lcr learned Co play the eddie
OF words. there was that Boo him that
would doubtless haNo got
"ut 'l ~ hddlc somewhat 0f what 10
held. David lifted up his voice. and
thc sound OF Do stn cndurcs among
thc treasures OF living language a
few short doiiveranccs of Lincoln have
suhlced Go enthrono him among tho
masters OF human speech scholars
dis-rct hIs letters and speeches to disc
cover Che secret of BITS STYLE. and w0u-
den where he learned his use of words
VINO Taught Dovidt Who taught Hoe
mei+ Who taught Shakespeare Zine
COIN had the same master HIS Wiro-
less caught voices from the Same CURE
rents Tho common technique of tx-
preston DE had learned and boz u good
schooi He learned to read. and read
the bible ana Shakespeare. he learned
lo speak, and spoke 500 as Go persuade.
he learned to know words and how 20
use them, and when his mind thought
great thoughts and his heart felt what
q great heart can feel. the little. MINE
pie. common words shaped themselves
torin ion him iu forms of simple mai-
cstN. 10 was art. OBJ. yoa. little art.
but all but lost Boo the splendid current
on Inspiration. lt is not Liucon's
words that made his great pieces
thtm, the same tone in the Gettysburg
address, I'm the letter Co Mrs Bixbv. In
portions of his great addresses How
the tone gets behind the words is %
question that belongs. not TO rhetoric.
nut 70 magic. Somehow. what is Boo the
mind and In the heart can be nut
INTO words. but the doing of IL greatly
Is so rare and $50 inoxplicabIe as to- Doe
kind OF miracle that leaves the doe
tors OF letters pcrplexed and dumb
Harper's Weekly
where The Human Pincushion was
Are INC nut yesterday au iudispeu-
Freaks? sable member of every vtlI-
regulated dime museum
family. He used To- sit ~pll-
ing i's photographs between the snake
charmcr ana the strong man. Nova-
aays nus clan is dwindling Disappear
the ditty;
You can beat q tattoo
hut YOU can't beat "a tattoood manv
Suhsiding ln glory is that noble
specimen of human tapestry. his per-
son craftily cmbellishod for the youfh-
Iul eve with dagEcrs. anchors. gcr-
penis. ana even "a duel Where has hc
gone tas he torsWoru trumphs and
purple tights 10 mingled forloruIy with
nus KIND, as no1r-Wulker on Ufo-iu- /
suranoc oEenty Almost extinct. too. ig
me indian Rubber man. Once his rec /
silent intcsumout cuthruIlcd hundreds.
today Dee runs trolley ear In Railway I
gr DanNillc. Tho fat lady from nor /
dlls uo longer sheds abroad her
ch3ngelcss. all-ombaciug smile. THE /
Hllhk skeleton mo- longer shivers hc-
side her Ju-Jo. the dog-racad bow /
ls amid the vanishing ouyalcade. Oc- /
gisl'dtlly few Crlm au these are TO /
o. seen ln rural Businesses, but as "a /
I'D .lItpolltan congress thew have Joined !
the panorama and the horsccar The /
professor who lcctured" ON them /
mas Grown silent before tho natter of /
ihc glib Vaudcvillian and the whir of !
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Gathered On The Battlefield OF Thought

the moying-picturc ulm. Death can
not vot claim them but they are gone.
Where are che freaks of ycatcryear r.
Editorial lu golfers for FebruAry IT,
Mr.. Taft SO one who has followed
An Ideal hls career or nas had IN
Executive. iucstimahle privilege OF
his friendship has any
doubt as To Dis success in the prose
doucv He viii enter upon Dos duties
not only the most thoroughly trained
man chat has ever held the Office, but
the only man who has had long ana
suocihc training for &c. Tie has been
the whcolhorsc off the Roosevelt adj
for seven years, taking q
leading part in the solution OF IT, PROB
1oma in the formulating Of Us policies,
and boz the execution Of many OF the
most dimcult OF them. His capacity
for work. like his intellectual capac-
itv. De- wcIl-uigh incxhaustlble. His BE-
literally sound mind I'M sound
body. and 10 works with the ease pre-
cision. and effectiveness of perfect
machine. lie viii represent in the
White House al that is best In our ma
tional life. and IN his policies and acts
hc viii seek Co attain those results
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

people hovo secured Sunday closing
And "a statewide campaign Tor county
prohibition IS waging in Pennsylvania.
The fact De- that the antl-slloon ngita-
ton o. gaining Roadway in every Amer
lean state The people r.alizo the banc-
ful influences OF Goo liquor traffic. and
they want d. by Jaw. branded as Illegal
just as gambling prIze-dghuug and
similar rasumes have been prohibited.
Thcy are tired of Che impudent Inter-
ference OF thc liquor interests with poll
ties They want to Gee tho moral. de-
cent element roIuatatsd in the'rrghts to-
run state and municipal governments.
And Utah should not bo behind other
states 90 this great movement Goo the
Interest of morality economy. and The
homo.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

.. mis- paper endaayored to show.
rp. f4es since 30 Is truo that the uni
v...tv OF Utah has sun some work
ahead OF 30 Boo order to reach the stand
arI Iald down by the national associa-
zion of state Universities. But lest
these remarks might boz taken to mean
that the Utah Institution is OF infer
lor rank. or that it does not do lbs
work 30 well as some others. it may
De- as well to add that in an the work
that the University Processes TO do.
90 ls fully up 90 the standard set for
this work by the best Institutions IN
other states. It's standard of admission
ranks with that OF the highest of the
state universities and is higher than
than of many Of them. It's require
meuts for the B. ana the b A. de-
rrao are as thorough as the requisites
for these degrees iu other universities.
u these respects Utah leads rather
cham follows the newer states OF slime
Ilar wealth Hui population.
A visit 90 the great educational Inc
sumuou Don this City has served lo
impress upon the writer enc oztealcbar-
actar variety and thHnurhnesa VI the
work given Doc au of its courses. From
she officers of tho institution and aom
the public records $50 have CLEANED the
following illustration off a history
and achievements.
During tho afty-uiuo years of DO. &c.,
tho University HH. HTHHuHH.H .H.uf
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

which VIII conform ml.l u.Hr.
ideals and aspiration of On Amar...
people. THE Personality of t.c N.N
President in TIE March Century
Origin In And. as we may Trace. D., e.
African refined anu .roYI ID.
slavery, comedy OF Gt.-...
court thcatDr Iir.....
back 90 the "hanswurst' of tn. ,,.
ket-placc. $50 may we trace Inc I,...
uings OF our own national th,4ter r
in the first Hush OF les lustv Youth 4'
rcctly back OF the very hlauk..t ..t
that our country has ever known. r,,
10 is "a direct outgrowth of negro min.
sirelsy which accurately reflected AZ
rican slavery in the pathos OF rs I'l-
ladrv. the heodlcssncss and income.
uuonce ~ SIS mirth, and the sugr,.
tlon Of savagery iu It's DANCING. T,-
uuestionably, the lnterlocutor. Bono.
and End Men Of miustrclsy have 800
origin somewhere in slavery. usf a.
Harlequin, ColumbinC. and thc otr.-
characters Bon pantomime mav h.
traced directly back 90 those several
Italian provinces OF which they v.re
the comic diviuities james L. F.r1
Ia McClure's Magazine.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

Editor Deseret News:
with the memory OF the inspiring
fidelity of Washington and Lincoln
consplcuously before them Ia the form
Of patriotic flag displays. centennial
memorials. and innumerable magazine
articles. the members Of the Utah state
legislature. with six brilliant eXcep-
lions. deliberately and unaccountably
caused the death of a bin which, by
an overwhelming majority represents
the win of the people, whom these leg
islatOrs are supposed 10 serve. MY
pride takes "a fan. and ] feel more than
ever that the days OF chivalr.C in-
corruptible legislation rest with our am
Destors In their graves. knowing our
state senators as ] do and apprecidt ug
the apparent unpcccability Of their
characters. ] ann both surprised and
chagrinod that ] ann forced into the be-
lief that. on this occasion, they voted
not AS they sincerely felt, not as the
people desired. but I'm accordance with
the dictates Of a suwcptiuous voice,
too dcbased 90 md followers who dare
claim allegiance To- IL lu any but an
cquiyoCdl way How a man dare per-
INIT himself TO vote directly against
the win OF his constituents. how DE
does not appreciate chat by So doing,
he sacrifices his reputation. his loyalty
and his future is a mystery to me- No
one even partially convcrsant with the
salient features Of representative gov-
crnmcnt viii venture the opinion that
a legislator has "a right 20 vote directly
against the win Of his constituents.
That in this instance, the people de-
sired prohibition ie "a fact which glu-
not influence the principle involved.
Trust has been violated. and moral
turpitudc has been permitted-for
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DEsERET EVENING NEWS sATuRpAY TEBRuARY 27 bod

or the laws Intended to define private
rights and to enforce suitable rem dies.
Some sort of scientific codincation %
the laws now seems necessary. Yet
even now. the changes. such as th'y
are, On almost every law are so nue.
morous that 10 is difficult 20 keep track
OF them
a practising lawyer. writing BOB the
Wisconsin Farmer declares that there
o. a constant and apparently ever ast-
ing change going on. As soon as %
person becomes somewhat familiar
with laws that have been passed, soms
of them viii bo changed. others rspcal-
cd. and new ones passed. $50 one out
O. lawyer who gives bis entire Time
Co the natter can keep mp with the
yct every person OF sound mind, is pre-
summed by the law to know what &c is,
and Co construe Il correctly. so ono
can escape the legal consequences Of
bis conduct. by pleading that be was
ignorant OF the law which is applicable
TO g. lie must suffer the consequences
the same as though De were perlcctly
familiar with the law.
The conviction is becoming somewhat
general that the legislatures convene
too often and pass too many laws; .h9.
there is too much machinery. too many
officials, too much red tape: and that
the mere cost OF enacung these laws.
though one Of the least of the evils of
excessive law-makng has become
distinct burden 70 the taxpayers.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

an parts of the state and an classes
of people This year there ore in ut-
tendance 1907 students. classified a.
follows. Iu college and post grad
uata work. 6i5. ln normal and prcpara-
tory work. $50. In the training school
anI Kindergarten. 3g2 Tho latter are
Included here for the reason that thcs
occupy o. University building and OF
c1urse cost the University "a cousid-
cradle sum of money In the summer
school, not already counted. this school
year there wore i0-a total boz am de-
partmeuts for the school year OF 1897
students
These students represent every coun-
ty iu Utah. They not only represent
au parts of the state. but also am the
caUngs of the people of tho state and
8l kinds of life that characterize the
people of the state. Among them are
Che sons and daughters of day labor
crH. OF carpenters, mas0ns. machinists.
farmers merchants. bankers. and of
men iu aU the occupations carried ON
Zoo the State
The University SIS in mo- way a school
of the classes. 10 ls % school Of am the
people. 10 is believed that no body OF
students more representative of their
community than the students of the
University can be found ln the United
states.
A large percentage of these students
work their way wholly or in part
through the University m November
% this school year two hundred stu-
donts-onc hundred and five mon and
nInoty-fve women--rospondod TO "a zee
quest to give their expenses and earn
ings OF the one hundred and five men.
ninety-siN are earning "a part or the
whole of their college expenses. forty
five arc earning more than onc-halt of
their college expenses. and twenty are
entirely sclf-supportng OF the ninety
five women, forty-sovcu uro earning
part OF the whole of their college exc
pcuses; eighteen are earning more than
ouc-half Of their expenses; and six are
entirely sclf-supporting. OF the ro-
manning students great many meet
by their own efforts part or the
whole of their expenses.
A sample consideration of these
ANA many similar facts that might Doe
adduced win quickly dispcl the idea.
81 amy entertain &c. that the University
of Utah i- laggInr behind in the gene
cIol progress of education through
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27
ARE. WE PROUD OF THEM?

what consideration we can only SIM.
mise-to take the seat made for ut.r.
rity and honor.
Evasions, excuses, reasons-thesa an,
useless. for the fact still remains thlf
duplicity exists and men stand la.
corded In an inglorious column which
is entirely Inconsistent with their hab.
It's. and the wishes Of their truetui
friends.
Six men. let us place on the roll OF
honor. they are unsullied and firm In
their refusal to do aught but tha viii
of the people They are Chrst6ple.
Burton. Jr. Alonzo Brinkerhon. wiz
liam G.. Horsley, Albert =. Miller WI.
liam n. Williams and James 3D. WIZ
son As Cicero said. Honor yruts
praomum' Honor Oet me add. mot
goldD Is the reward OF virtue
Very respectfully your
CLAUDE r. BARNES.
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PROBLEM OF LIBERIA.
Chicago Record-Herald.

Great Britain now provide au nf-
Gccr Co administer the LibCuau Gus.
toms. and France has given aid Boo The
Same field. Great Britain has sle.
Cestcd that IL the United States would
lend an official Co Introduce reforms
into the judiciary, acting in the ua-
pacity Of judicial adviser, 90 would Do,
well 10 was Secretary Roots uafur.
cncc. however, 10 have urst-HmI
investigation made before taking amy
definite reform stops. such au Uueo.-
tigation should bee made with aU tho
care and skill which We can provide
Booker Washington Is quite right u
saving that We should give as freely
OF money and men TO upbuld Liberia
as we have given for the Philippines
Hawaii, Cuba, Porto Rico, and san.5
Domingo
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And now Professor PerclyaI Lowell
ls telling how ufa ou this earth is t1
be wiped QUE through "a collision of
planets Can Doc teu waiting world
how and when o. WIN be- wiped out .r
Mars9
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a Country White House" az West
Point for tho President But as we
recall its recommendations. the CONE
mission ou country life did not make
any SUCH
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'Possums have proven that they bee
long TO the margupials by jumping from
nifty cents 20 ten dollars IN the Georgia
market
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

The German rcichstag ls nearly rcnt
In twain over the death dues Rent or
sold.hed, death win have his dues
everywhere.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

The New York World wants 90 know
the feminine OF acronaut. That's easy
Woman. OF course.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

A bee commission would doubtless
feel it incumbent upon # TO run the
Hive % Deseret
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

Whom Colonel Cooper was asked.
Why did sou draw your gun7a ho
answered. ITO hl CaImacf DO be
killed my SON. That Do almost the
same answer that william Ten gave
Geslcr when tho latter asked him why
he had tho extra arrow in bis bosom.
ITO kill thc tywnt had ! slain my
boy"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

Some Of those English sunragettes
are made Of the same stuff as the Maid
OF Orleans.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

Whether a new broom sweeps clean
largely depends upon who handles IL.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

II Is well at times TO vary saving
wood" with chopping kindliug
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Playing golf makes man more
links-eyed than a Hawkshaw.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

The best loser Is the fellow who
doesn't know that he has lost it.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

Honesty Is a better policy than any
Insurance company can give.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27
VIGOROUS OLD AGE.

The oldest member OF the British
House Of Lords is Baron Gwydyr
ninety-nine years of age. who has been
q member of the House OF Lords
thirty-nine years. He stn conducts all
the business OF his estate. attends 20
correspondence and personally super
intends outdoor work
The vicar Of the established Church
OF England, In Gulval Pcnzance, the
Rev. Mr. Wingheld. recently celebrated
his ninety-hfth birthday and the
seventy-hfth anniversary OF his APP
pointment to the Church whore he now
Is. He is still able 90 preach and write
with much vigor.
There are six other clcrgymen iu the
Church Of England who have been ina
charge Of their churches for more than
sixty years. and it Is quite common
TO meet minister who had been in
charge Of the same church for forty
years
The longest service on record. in the
Church OF England Is that of a Vicar
of Rickmansworth who held the posi-
ton Of minister in the same church for
cighty-one years. from 1859 10 1870.
When an English clergyman gets To-
Gated Satisfactorily iu church he
rarely ever cares 70 change and usual
ly prefers to remain permanently On
tho one position
In view Of such instances. what be
comes Of the so-calIed Ostler theory
Practice does not make perfect; it
only improves.
Is the unwritten law 70 become the
common law?
A travelling library sometimes gives
people wheels"
Invariably the campaign cigar is
reduced TO the ranks"
"
Next 20 a sense Of duty a sense OF
humor is the best thing.
Honesty Is a better policy than any
Insurance company can give.
The best loser Is the fellow who
doesn't know that he has lost it.
Playing golf makes "a man more
links-eyed than a Hawkshaw.
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Next 20 a sense Of duty a sense OF
humor is the best thing.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

Invariably the campaign cigar is
reduced 10 the ranks"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

Is the unwritten law to become the
common law2
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

A travelling library sometimes gives
people Wheels"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

Practice does not make perfect; it
only improves.