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Show THE DESEKET EAGLE. tuate it, ami the success of those part of the mountain was surrounded methods is only made possible bv the (great prevalence of the gambling with heavy clouds, assion. Briefly summed up, then, gambl- ing ruins industrious habits, destroys public morals, paralyzes justice and the best interests of society, breeds crime, wrecks happy law-ani- l homes. Its universality makes the diseov-er- y of its preventatives extremely difficult. The passion is so securely entrenched with all classes of people that we must look to the people for the people's salvation. The best class of society is agreed that string-en- t laws should be enacted against the most pernicous forms of gambling. It will, however, take ages for laws to change the habits of man. A successful gambler must necessarily be a man of great energy, executive ability and c mservalive A gambler is indeed a daring. great man gone wrong. The r r:it problem with social reformers should be to direct this courare and energy and enterprise into other and better channels, and not to cdianire the mode of gambling into another that is just as demoralizing. Fwl 1PI Ret nolds in Utiievrttitj THRILLING ADVENTURE OF A LOST ABOVE THE CLOUDS. THREE DAYS WITHOUT FOOO. John Beck is lost! This was the message which caused great excitement among our pupils sis well as among his immediate relatives and friends. When word came that he had been found there was great rejoicing. The circumstances were a follows. About the 2()th of October, four deat-mutof young men, :dl our school went on a hunting expedition. The following account was written ex-pupi- ls by Jacob Heck a brother of John and one of our present pupils. John and Joseph Beck, Joseph Olo-rcnsha- clouds aii.l now got turned around. He could not find his way. lie had three matches in his pocket and decided to make a fire as it was intensely cold. He gathered some bark oiT the trees and got some dry wood and set lire to it. There were about eight inches of snow on the ground and he had no overcoat or provisions. He staid there three days and kept his horse tied to a tree near by. John's brother, Joseph Olorenshaw and Hugh Jacob looked for John but they co:ild not find him. They feared that he was lost. They hurried to Heber, and told Hugh's uncle that John had lost his way. Joseph told Hugh's uncle t ) telephone home that John was lost. When we received the telephone message we were very much grieved and excited. Hugh's uncle entered the eitv hall and rang the bell, the people heard it and they crowded around the city hall and asked what was the matter. The uncle told them that John was lost and he wanted some cowboys to go to look for him. My brother, Ilyrnm and I went to Mr. Frank, the detective, and asked him if his could scent John and !iud him. Mv uncle and Mr. Wings immediately took a buggy and good horses and drove at a rapid rate to Heber to help search for the lost man. Mr. Wing used to Jive in Heber, but he afterwards moved to Lehi. My brother, Ilyrnm also wont to Heber to see if he could help. The party of cowboys started from Heber early in the morning and divided into groups of two. They advanced in all directions toward the lop of the mountain and found John. They gave him a little food to eat and some whiskv blood-hound- s DEAF-MUT- E. c lie was above the w and Hugh Jacob went out into the mountains east of lleber City last week to hunt for deer. John rose earl v one morning and took his miv horse and his gun intending to go to the top of the mountain and find so:ne game. When he arrived at the top. the lower to drink. The two cowboys who found him, shouted loudly to the other cowboys so that they heard that John had been found. They returned to Heber and became drunk and shot their pistols for fun. at noon on Sunday. Mr. Frank and my uncle and Mr. Wings did not reach Heber until after John had been found. My uncle telephoned to mv home that John bad been found. v felt very much relieved and so 11 did his wife and three children. When J (din reached home, he said that it was a severely eold storm Friday night without his overcoat. He savs that he will never hunt for deer again but he inav hunt rabbits or thicks. ALL HALLOWE'EN. following account of our Hallowe'en party was written by Libbie I) e Long. The How many enjoyed the Hallwe'c n party? -- did." At supper Mr. Metealf announced to the boys ami girls that we would have a party, and very glad they were. At half past seven they all tiled into where some very the big dining-roodroll heads and faces, hung from the electric lights. The electricity was turned oil', and candles lighted in the Jack o'Lanterns. Then the fun commenced. Carl Hertell won for himself manv smiles, by the funny things he did. After some time mocking the faces the light was turned on and games begun. A bowl of water was procured, into which was dropped a tempting apple, and each of the pupils tried in turn to get it with their teeth, but only a few succeeded and most of theiri. by ducking their faces in the water to the ears Then apples were hung to the lights by u string, and we tried to get them in the same way, but only those who have large mouths can ever expect to take the first bite, Carl Hertell won this, and took a good half to. Mr. Driggs got the next bile just opposite the oilier, after that the girls got a chance to taste it. Mrs. Metealf wrote ten funny lookand gave ing wordfc on the black-hoarall who wanted to try a piece of paper and pencil, and told them they were to change the words into the name of some animal. Here are a few as she put them; usher, pswa, miha nhe. the pupils put them: horse wasp, lamb, hen. They were given just ten minutes, to write them and at the end of that time, Mr. Metealf found out how many were right. Onlv three had ail their words correctly written and those three were in Mr. Met calf's class. Next eame the cake and apples. All those who found a ring in their cakes were to marry in one year. But those who found buttons were never to marry. After that came general fun and I've no doubt all had a good time. The party broke up at ten o'clock and every lody went to bed feeling quite glad that there was such a thing as rtat, in this world, after tireing themselves 'till they throught they needed rtt. m d, |