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Show HEALTH AND CLIMATE. In another part of this Issue will be found an Intimation Uiat living In Utah are a few people to whom has been applied, by common consent, the title of "knocker." A "knocker" is a man "vho is always pouring cold water wa-ter on now enterprises; who Is everlastingly ever-lastingly telling people that no good can como of it, whatever it is; who is always pessimistic and never optimis-tls; optimis-tls; whose disposition Is ever sour and never sweet; who lives, not for those who love him, for no ono loves him; who speaks in whispers and never laughs, save at tho misfortunes of others. oth-ers. Ho Is a disturber of tho peace; a barnacle on the keel of tho ship of Progress; a stumbling block in the pathway of Enterprise and Industry; a creator of trouble and an Infernal nuisance nui-sance generally. Despite tho presence in" Utah of several of these insectivorous insectiv-orous parasites, we are doing pretty well, thank you, nnd the horizon of the future is painted in the rosy colors of tho summer dawn. We aro going to prosper this year, and tho next, and tho next, and so on, ad Infinitum, until un-til the final wind up of all the affairs of earth. There aro several reasons for making this prognostication, some of which we will give In this article. it a To begin with, wo have an unusually healthful climate. Unlike the country bordering on the seas, and through the valleys of tho Inland sections, whero the humidity Is great, the atmosphere at-mosphere Is rare and clear. Ozone Is plentiful and a breath of tho morning is like wine; it stimulates and exhilarates. exhila-rates. The death rato is very small, about 8 to the thousand population. People live to ripe old ago and die, not from disease, but like tho tree on the eastern hillside, because it Is old. Tho weather Is perfection over 300 days in tho year. Tho sun shines almost' al-most' every day, winter and summer. Zero Is especially cold weather for the most part of tho state, although It must be admitted that it has been colder than that in somo sections high up among tho hills. Still the cold is not felt as it is where tho atmosphere Is dense. In this altitude the air being be-ing light, does not chill, as It does in lower localities, and wo never hear of men freezing to death, freezing limbs, or even getting frost-bitten, as they do In many of the older states. The climate Is especially favorable lo thoso with weak lungs. Unless too far gone, cases of tuberculosis, or consumption, aro cured after a brief stay here. Tho rarlfled and pure air Is death to the germs, and the patient recovers his health and strength, and lives to bless tho day he came. All over Utah may bo found rugged people who were not expecting to live when thoy arrived, but who havo since regained re-gained their health. It Is true that some die, but in every instance the reason was that they delayed too long In an unfavorable country, and the atmospheric at-mospheric conditions hero could not perform miracles. But tho man whose lung3 are affected only to an extent that his bodily strength has not been totally Impaired, can como bore and get well. While other states have, during tho past four years, had epidemics epi-demics of smallpox, with many fatalities, fatali-ties, Utah has been singularly favored. fav-ored. Of tho cases In this state, only a half dozen cases havo resulted unfavorably, un-favorably, and at this writing tho area embraced In tho boundaries of the commonwealth are almost entire free from the malady, other dlseaV-which dlseaV-which elsewhere are viewed with h-' ror, yield readily to treatment, ai the people are free from the drea I that takes possession of less fortuna-.. i. communities, when typhoid fe,r " diphtheria and kindred ailments an' pear. ' All over the state nature has estah lished natural sanitariums in tho shape of hot mineral springs. Tl.. aro found everywhere, from si George on tho south to Cache count on tho north. In Salt Lake City springs aro located within the hiv limits, and in ono Instance the waters are piped into tho heart of town. Thmv are excellent springs at Virgin City, at Monroe, nt Ogden, at Grantsvllle, and in Wasatch county, besides others ton numerous to mention. The waters of theso springs are very efllclent U many diseases, and in rheumatism they are almost a certain cure for every case. The waters of tho Great Salt Lake aro especially invigorating. Cont-lnlng over 20 per cent of solid 5 In the form of medicinal chemicals, .1 bather comes from his bath with ;v feeling of rejuvenation, an Improved appetite, and a stimulated circulation. No one who has ever contracted the habit of bathing in this great Inland sea ever abandons It. The attractions of the country arc-wonderful arc-wonderful beyond compare. Lofty and rugged mountains, towering upward up-ward from 8,000 to 12,000 feet; their tops covered with snow which never entirely melts, form a pleasing contrast con-trast with the grejm valleys and llower-studded plains below. What was "desert" in tho days of our boyhood boy-hood is now fertile land, rich with growing crops. The streams in the canyons and the rivers and lakes in the valleys are filled with fish, the blass bass, (which grow bigger than their brothers in eastern waters), the mountain trout, tho sunflsh and what are known as mountain herring, but which are a specie of grayling, being especially plentiful. Tho fisherman of tho east who fishes for brook trout with a reel, and coasts when he catches ono weighing half a pound, ought to tangle up with a Bear River trout which will pull down six pounds, or a Bear lake white llsh weighing twenty. Then ho would be having some sport. Game in the hills is plentiful, and during the open season spot is good. Wo have the ruffled grouse, or "pheasant" "pheas-ant" of the eastern hemlock woods in numbers far exceeding our sister state in the palmiest day3 of the bird. We havo tho pine hen, another grouse, tho willow grouse and the sage hen, the Mongolian pheasant the "Bob White" quail and the California quail, tho latter thriving in the south until they at times become a nuisance, and tho presenco of the sportsman regarded as a boon. Jack rabbits are w prolific and In tho winter time hunting hunt-ing parties go out nnd have been known to kill as high as 5,000 in on? day. "Cotton tails" are also plont; Snipe, curlew and plover are as t ic k as violets In May, and as for w ducks, this is tho home of the wiiu duck; tho breeding ground. Big game, such as mountain lions, bears, coo cs deer, an occasional lynx, and tlmuor wolf, can bo found back in the 11 l. and as the writer knocks this ma ci off on a typewriting machine, lie ab learned that a she-bear ami t o were killed yesterday not live 1 niiio from the city limits in Emigration can yon. Deer aro found in all pans Utah, and sometimes antelope, ai w though tho latter are getting scat ex. In another article'' will be foiinj J resume of business, and wo conin em It to tho reader. This part of ( is intended only as a general idea 01 the good things that await the see... after health and amusement. |