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Show THE DESERET EAGLE. 52 GOOD-BY- E. The word pood-by- e originated from the prayer used in ancient times, "God be with you." How many think when theysay good bye in a careless m inner that tbey are uttering a little prayer. In ancient timestne sentence "God be with you'1 seemed so long ,o say eac V time friends parted; so gradually it was cat shorter till it reached what it is tbe present day. Good-by- e somstlmes brings happiness, and yet ho v many Lave been made sad at the thought of naving to say it. Good bye, one 1 ttl i word aai life is Sid, the tiea that are lightly bound are broken. In that little word ends what may never more be. Good bye to some is mingled with joy, at the thought of m setfng absent and loved ones. We cannot imagine their thanks to Him delight and heart-te- lt for watching over them and sending them safe home again. The sadness felt by parting schoolmates is only lessened by the thought of meeting the dear ones at home. Otbeis regret the parting of some dear friend or relative whom they will not meet in their accustomed walks. The saddest of all is saying farewell to the dying one. The anguish and sorrow of their heart cannot be felt. When death has separated us from a dear friend, we hear a voice of comfort whispering, "dry your tears the pure in heart shall meet again.'1 Parting to some is more painful than deatb. The sad larewell seems to rend many a heart. But time blunts tbe edge of all sorrow, so it will be with ours. As years roll on our grief will REASONS fok not using TOBACCO. It docs no good. It does harm. 1. By wastiDg much money. The consumption of this weed squanders over $1,000,000,000. America uses over one-ha- lf or at hast $5'X), 000,000 annually. Diseases the brain. Of about 70,000 lunatics in this country, over 15,000 owe tbelr insanity to tobacco. 3. Deprives the appetite, causing the user often well nigh to lose all relish for simple, healthful food II craves stimulant0, spices, etc. 4. Injures sometimes destroys "he 2. sight. 5. Fearfully impairs the memory. 0 Injures tbe heariog, frequently causinc deaf Less. HOW the MON THS were NAMED. In looking up the peculiar names given each of tbe twelve months of the year, it becoint s necessary for us to go back to the old Romans who have imposed upon us a set of names equally as absurd as those which the Norsemen, Scandinavians and Saxons applied to the week, says an exchange. January is named from Janus, tbe god of doors and gate., because the mouth opens the year. Some say that d he is a god and could look back on the last year and foward to the coming. February is from Februo, to purify. March was originally the first month and named from Mars, tbe god of war. April is from aperire, to open, because the buds open in that month. May is Main, a goddess. June is from Juno, the patron of marriage, and is two-face- Often injures the voice. Nine- tenths of the hoarseness and sore throat of public speakers is caused by tobacco. therefore, the favorite month for 8. Impairs digestion, causing dys- weddings. July was named from Julius Csear, pepsia, etc. 9. Kills thousands annually by and August from Augustus Oa)$ar. Originally August had but thirty days apoplexy and heart disease. in tbe 10. Makes men selfish. Although and February twenty-nin- e the air God gives us to inhale comes common year and thirty in leap year. sweet and pure, it is render d sickenAugustus was jealous that Julius' ing, impure, and poisonus by the smoke month should have more days than his own, therefore took one from February of tobacco. 11. D files the clothes and breath. and added it to August. 15. Often weakens the moral senSeptember, Ooctooer, November, December are so called because tbey sibilities. 13. It is the "Siamese twin" of were originally the seventh, eighth, alehoholic stimulants. They are ninth and tenth months of the year. The names are now inappropriate loseperable. 14. The Bible condemns it: "Know and rank misnomers as now applied. ye not tbat the Spirit of God dwelleth --Little World. in you? If any man defile the temple At the coming session of cocgress of God, him shall God destroy ; for the applications for admission as states temple of God is holy, which temple will be presented from Arizona, New ye are ExchaLge Mexico, Utah, and Oklahoma, It is noi be so sorrowful, out after all it will The Utah legislators recently atten- allenged tbat Arizona's population is never be effaced from our memory. ded an exhibition of school work now 70,000; that Utah's is over 200,000; The College Graphic. given by the pupils of that Territory's that Oklahoma's will be at least 70,000 u rose-busin the world is school for the deaf. Several members when the newly opened reservations The oldest at Ilildershelm, an old town in Hanover, made addresses, and no doubt liberal are annexed to it, and that New capital of a Prussian administration appropriations will follow. Their Mexico's is over 150,000. New Mexico district. It was planted more than school is a department of the Terri- - and Utah have been organized as 1,000 years ago by Charlemagne, injtorial university, and is supplied territories for more than forty years, maue a mm commemorauuu ui visit to with a creditable building. It is not Arizona has been organized since I860, by the Ambassador of the Caliph gratifying for us to realize that Utah and Oklahoma since May of last year. Haroun-al-Itarchof "Arabian is outdoing us in these . but Ex. things, After had a fame. become it Nights" we feel bound to remind our politicians Three miles an hour is about the nourishing vine, a cathedral was built of tbe fact. Not only Utah, but Dakota, at average of the Gulf Steam, over it, the date of building being Colorado, and several certain places it attains a though Washington, speed of fl ty- doubtful. It is known, however, that other younger and less boastful states f our miles per hour; in the Yucatan vault was built around and a are in advance of Channel, for territories, instance, where it is its sacred roofs in the year 81S, the Oregon, This is simply a' Disgrace. ninety miles wide and 1,000 fathoms vault and bush surviving a fire which And after seeing on the neatly printed deep, the current is not over the fourth destroyed the cathedral in 114G. The pages of tbe Desert s the Eagle of a mile an hour. In the Straits of bush is now said to be 26 feet high and of enlightened sentiment in that Btmini the current is so rapid as to to cover 32 feet of the wall. The stem, d we feel Territory, after 1,000 years' growth, is only 2 moved to a wish that Utah mav hprnme give the surface of the water the appearance of being a sheet of fire. State.-Si- gn inches in diameter. Exchange. 7. ld coflln-shape- d evl-dece- much-abuse- Ex. |