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Show THE TAGS TWO TRI-WEEKL- JOURNAL, LOGAN, UTAH. Y Tuesday, March 24, 1914 AUGUSTUS V- - Bad New And Wonderful Metal Now, Worse Then When one reads of night scenes' along New Yorks Great White Way," of its all night cabarets; of the traps there set for the feet of the unwary; of its white slave traffic ? of its official corruption and the deeds of, the gunmen and East 1!ide gangsters, and compares them with what history and contemporary comment and fiction record of the apparently peaceful, orderly and moral Gotham of a hundred, or even fifty years ago, he is apt to think of modern moral ; and if religiously inclined, here is a city that, according to biblical standards, is ripe for destruction. In his mind he might draw a picture of hew his piou3 fatherror the scenes of grandfather, should he be permtted to earthly life, might straightway shake the dust from his feet and take a hurried departure, lest he be caught within such unholy purlieus when the fat? of Sodom and Gomorrah should overtake this wicked city. The old timers, take satisfaction nor point with pride to the picture of New York fifty years ago, as drawn by the' Revv Lyman Abbot i nthe current Outlook, wherein he says; , ,, I do not think that. I am mistaken in believing that the moral standards in 1850 were lower than they are in 1913. I can remember when A. T. Stewart introduced the one-prisystem In retailWores, and how great an innovation it was. Drinking and drunkenness were common. The Washington movement had aboljshed drink- -' ing from ministers' meetings, but not from social parlors. On New Year's day the old Dutch custom was still kept up; the ladies kept open house, the men paid in one day their formal calls for the year. Cake and wine were the easiest things for a hostess to serve. By 6 oclock one fully expected to see gentlemen not only reeling in the streets, but also showing by their unsteady gait and their loosened tongues in parlors the evidence of their excess. Drunkenness was not then the badform-whicI judge it to be in practically .all social centers to- -, Streetwalkers were, much more in evidence than day. ' they are today. The upper gallery of the theatres was re-- t served for them, where they might ply their trade, and no woman was allowed uponthe first foot or in the first gallery of most theatres without bejuig accompanied by a man as a guarantee of respectability. .Police conditions were at leasCno better than they are now' --probably worse , That runs back to a date more than sixty years ago. But back of that, in the years down to 1800, he presents a record left by his father, from which we quote the following, which strongly indicates that lil ol NYork" was no place for a ministers son" even at the outset of the nineteenth century : The disorders, of ruffianism had grown between 1800 and 1840 to an alarming extent. As soon as the stores were shut row'dies began to congregate at street corners and about the low hotels and groggeries. The most peaceable passerby could not hope to escape their in- suits, not always their violence. Broadway was so infested that no person could pass through it after nightfall witb safety. A- - more shameful, though les3 dangerous disturbance was created by the disorderly wromen who thronged the thoroughfares and carried on their infamous traffic with utter shamelessness, insulting almost every passerby with their obscene jests, their horrible profanity, and their loud, boisterous songs and laughter. -- de-cade- known to the scientists. Some of the metal was sent to a laboratory at Moskva, where it was analyzed and experimented with. It displayed the most ..astonishing activities, yhen treated with acids it developed intense cold. The glass holding the solution of acid metal was disintegrated to a powder; Vessels' of stone and porcelain were diniritegrated in the same manner.When the solution wa3 applied to1 iron vessels they were blown to atoms. Granite was reduced to gravel without explosion or the generation of gas. When alkalines were brought Into contact with the new metal the vessels containing the alkalines lost 20 per cent in weight. This was one of the most curious actions of the metal. The scientists see nothing in the results obtained to show beany affinity between the new metal and radium. They lieve it to be a distinct substance and expect experiments to . L. Tribune. develop many newa qualities. re-vi- sit however-could-neith- er ce well-dress- ed h 0 A WEEK ago Milton D. Joseph, a Salt Lake broker and business man of many years standing, apparently succumbed to temptation and fled with fifty-fothousand dollars with which a bank had entrusted him with the understanding that within a few hours he .would return the amount. On the ground of. necessity there was no excuse, as he had a fair amount of property and a business that brought him at least a good living.' The reputation that led the bank to trust him without question or security with such a large sum, was worth far more than all his property and the amount he stole in addition. That he destroyed that reputation, deserted his family and fled as a felon for such a paltry reward, would seem to indicate either that he had a poor conception of Telative values, or that he should, when captured, be carefully examined by an alienist before being imprisoned; for his act resembles that of an insane person rather than a criminal. ur All TiioSE 0 who love to aid a good cause ; to show appreof ciation public service well performed ; who love good singing and have enjoyed the pure, swreet tones of Frank Baughs voice, freely raised in church services, in public entertain- ments, inbenefit concerts, and at innumerable funeral services, ever at public service without money and without price, should testify their appreciation by attending the testimonial abernacletmr Friday-eveni- ng cert to-be -- given in his honor-in-thenext, March 27th, and at which a notable program . by Logans best talent, will be rendered a program in itself worth more than the modest entrance fee. The building should T -- be filled to the doors. We what are termed times of business depression are but periods of preparation for greater and more pronounced commercial successes. And wre believe that in ourcountry are being worked out great problems, the solution of which will be for the benefit believe-tha- t of all mankind. Provo Herald. 0 New York Law-Ridd- en Of the 56,973 statutes tfiat New York legislatures have passed and New York governors signed a great many were appropriation measures and a large number were repealers. Of the others, not a few were private bills. Some conferred special charters-o- n corporations.Dedactmgrallthesefrom' the total, it will be found that a vast number of unnecessary meddlesome and impractical enactments have been written on the books to gratify some passing whim, to meet the reformatory zeal of some hot patriot, to caier to some division of the electorate. The year 1910 saw 707 new statutes let loose on the public; the next year the assembly and senate put through 903 .bills wffiich the governor approved; in 1912 the total reached 553. Thus it appears that the thousands of laws enacted up to the begining of 1910 were so ill adapted to the needs of the state, as impresed on lawmakers and governors, as to render it necessary to pass 2,163 statues in three vears. Does any sane man believe for an instant that any such mass of legislation was actually needed or indeed could be productive of any particular good? New York Sun. 0 Take It With You I hope youll have a pleasant time, son, said I, as the1 latter wras starting out to spend the evening. Thank you; I always do, for I take it with me," was the reply. And that is a great, big secret. Most people wish to have a good time. And thats right. But so many of them seem to fail. Why dont they take it with them? They can; they should. The good time is you. It is with you as to w hether you have good neighbors and find pleasant people everywhere you go. The glory of the heavens, the gorgeousness of the sunrise and the sunset, the sweetness of bird songs, the beauty of w'aving trees and blooming flowers, the very goodness of God itself all are in you, all depend on what; you have brought with you. want to have? It rests with you. Will you walk in clear light, or stumble along in gloom? Will you be strong and joyous, or weak and sad? It rests with you.T Brotherhood Star. WhM-kind'lime3cT- ' 0 ostrich that, running believes itself safely hidden from its and incidentally principal political affirms the impossible, ridiculous aspect most exposes his all at one and the same moment. . Like her great possibilities yes, more, her wonderful certainties. We believe in the American people, their genius, their brain, and their brawm. We believe in their honesty, their in-- 1 tegrity and dependability We believe that nothing can stand in the way of theif commercial advancement and Have you imagined that the o the its head into the sand pursuer, the chief scribe, pharisee of the denies the obvious and and chief characteristic Herald-Republica- n, 0 Theres Probably a want Advertiser represented in todays paper with, whom you should get acquainted for mutual profit. He may be advertising for work, or for a worker. He may be advertising for a tenant,, or a buyer, for property., whatever his aim or quest. You may be the Logical 'answer-e- r of his ad. hs ' ' 4 H ads w'ould make tiresome matter reading? Test the today. Try the experiment of wading through them all in search of facts that might have a bearing upon some buying problem or quest of your own. Do not be surprised to find that almost all of1 them have practical value as well as human interest, In tact, a few lines of reading matter in the classified advertising columns may contain an actual message for. you. Look for it. Youll find the search interesting not tedious. lO The sad result of, the change in the tariff on wool, as it affects the woolen manufacturer, is such that the Cleveland (O) Worsted Mills Co., is increasing its capital stock from three millions to ten millions of dollars. CITt PITOR . - ajf, - ' i . T ' 1 $ V. i , A Patriotic Creed R. E. Allen oflhe Knight Trust & Savings bank is send-- , ing out the following creed which is certainly commendable during this time wrhen there is quite a little talk on the part of a few about. Jiard times, etc.: We believe in our country the United States of America. We believe in her constitution, her laws, her institutions, and the principles for which she stands. We believe in her future the past is secure. We believe in her vast resources, 1. MAHSHALL.i, Where Vergaras Body Was Br ought Across the Rio Grande to Texas 0 ; - IN Russia they are telling Arabian Nights stories' about a new metal. They sound like a hoax and yet they are no more wonderful than the truth about radium. The Russian scientists believe that a great scientific discovery has been made that will dim the wonders of radium.' The new metal was found in the Namanganska mountains which are in the Ferghana district. A prospector having run across rich deposits of asbestos and other ores chanced upon a queer doughlike substance of a dirty brown color. Experiments showed it to be a. metal' hitherto GORDON..... EDITOR ' Y Af ,, Y iV &y- ' . C?Y v , v tut Photos by American Press Association. top picture shows te fording place on the Rio Grande where the rangers were, alleged to have crossed toMexico and to have the body of Clemente Vergara, an American, who was murdered by federals. Tbe body was dng up from the cemetery at Hidalgo and taken back to American solL Governor Colquitt officially denied that tbe rangers had crossed Into Mexico, but tbe state department began an The bottom picture Is a typical scene of how noncombatant Investigation. v Mexicans ford the river to the border states. THE WHY DAMS FAIL Not all engineers seem to appreciate the necessity of providwalls undering adequate cut-oneath structures forming reservoirs. About 60 per cent of all dam failures is due to insufficiency in the examination of the foundation. During the first month of this year two dams wqre washed out the Stony River dam, on Jan. 15 and the Horse Creek dam, on Jan. 29. Both fail urescan be traced to percolation of water under or through the ff structures No one should attempt to construct a dam without first exam- ining carefully the prevailing soil formation by means of borings or test pits. The next step is to provide adequate means for preventing seepage through fissures in the rock or seams between different stata. Care should also be taken in depositing the material in earth dams. Engineering Record. IDEALS AND HOVELS It is a winder how one could expect any of the children of our slums to have any true ideals. IJow can we expect that out of those- - thousands of miserable homes should be born one architect or artist, author, statesman, or even one decent citizen! How could we expect one of them when they grow up, to vote for civic improvement, or to stand for churches or schools? How could we expect any of them to be pat-riots ? Crowded into filthy sties, with no room for a family circle unless they sit on the beds about the cook stove with no sanctity of home life, would your altarS and your fires mean anything to them? Would America? They know only the street cob-bl- e rocks. Only the gutter rills. and the woods and templed hills could have no place in imaginations which were' atrophied in babyhood. I used to long to give the children an Aladdins lamp that would open to 'them a doorway into a higher world, or at least give them a shining ladder by which they might climb out of their gloomy prison. But what fairy could ever be expected to i isit those sodden yards where nothing could grow? Down deep in my heart came a knowledge that I could never rest until I could do something something to wipe out the Mot 0 the slum, to lift the shadow, the horror of its ugliness to give beauty for ashes. Albion Fellows Bacon,. in The Survey. BILLY SUNDAY. - Billy Sunday, the evangelist, is creating quite a stir in Pennsylvania just now. Sundays slang offends the ears of cultivated people, but 25,000 converts in Pittsburgh and a $50,000 testimonial are certainly soihething to think about. There are other evangelists and preachers even who hae affected a vernacular distasteful to the refined taste. Sam Jones was the pioneer of slang evangelism, but the imitative young ministers who hoped to achieve fame by cultivating his methods found themselves in disfavor. Gipsy Smith, however, is an exception. He believes that VERY GOOD PROOF. a good thought deserves a clean, said the barber, Persia, g dress, 'and his words we barbers combine medicine are selected with the greatest of de?titlT with our trade. care, while his oratory comes to the refined standards j)LRqrkeltthtYxn en use to visit BITTy Sunday could not hope for1-- Persian barber shop sueeess should he attempt to fol see just to the fun you know. low the mehods of Gypsy Once I was being shaved when Smith. Doubtless his sensationa- a man came in with the rheumatlism is much of his power. What- ism Excusing himself to me, the ever we may think of his Bow- the. patient ery patois, he admittedly is sin-- 1 an(j 0fferp 11nbide , 0 Pra-cere and natural, and that is a Then he touched the patient winning combination in any man. times with a hot iron. That was After all. religion is something the cure. more than rhetoric, and slangy On another occasion, while I evangelists by no means indicate was the decadence of Christianity came getting a haircut, a man in with the toothache. Exalong organized lines. Yet like-I- v himself, the barber yanked the country needs its Billy cusing and tore and gouged at Sundays!1 Portland Express. the tooth for twenty away minutes. Im rather afraid Clara Vere Finally he .succeeded in breaking off a piece. de Vere is going into a decline Ah, said he, thats the pieWhy do you think so! Tm going to propose to her ce the pain was n. Two piastthis evening if I get a ehanee. res. please. ChicagO-Rccor- d Herald. Judge. 7i well-fittin- c |