| Show ON xue THE lands OF THE BIBLE last evening the old tabernacle was crowded with juveniles and adults to listen to an amusing and instructive descriptive lecture on te the bible lands delivered by the hon J S diehi diehl late U S consul to java and U S commissioner to abia asia As the lecturer has passed considerable time in those eastern lands and been a observer of the manners and customs of the people among whom his have extended he was enabled to speak from experience upon the subjects referred to in addition to giving his hearers much useful and valuable information respecting this much revered portion of the world his lecture was enlivened by the narration of numerous anecdotes of eastern customs and traditions the hon yon gentleman in the course of his remarks exhibited many curious relics which he has brought from the east explaining as be he did so the nature and use of each many of these curiosities were ev evidently very ancient the speaker said that the manners and costuma in oriental climes are much the same to day as they were in the days of abraham people there are not troubled like ours ourselves elies with constantly eha eba changing nging fashions but are conten content tto to walk and live and dress as their fathers before them had done many of their customs were very im impressive their salutations were especially so and the hon hen I 1 gentleman ent leman ieman created some iberri merriment m ent in afis his description of the salutations ions lons of a couple of san francisco or new york merchants compared with those of the east the former being stif stiff fand and formal the latter meek and courteous among the many points touched upon by the speaker was waa one relating to the practice of drying tears which he affirmed to be prevalent in the east it was not customary there as with us when a father mother or other relative died to weep and wall for the loss of the departed if Ifa a young man for instance had bad his bis father snatched away by death instead of crying till his head ached though he would doubtless feel very bache employed say a half a dozen old women to do it for him and all the tears shed on the occasion or at leas least tso so mandof many of them as could be preserved 11 were put in into to a bottle previously containing a small portion of earth and the old women as boon as their tears were exhausted gave the disconsolate relative the tear bottle together with a gentle hint as to pay the tear bottle would k of course be preserved by the owner as a valuable family treasure the same bame as a mummy the speaker exhibited one of these bottles though he must say eay he was unable to discover the tears there was another interesting point in all his travels in the lands of the east he had failed to discover any signs of those civilized institutions which chmay may bo be found in a flourishing condition in our own country grog sh shops L s and drinking saloons he was g giad glad a OT to find that utah has been so fortunate forg tu nate as hitherto to prevent this cursed traffic from polluting her land the easterne Ea sterns also had another virtue they did not swea swear rand fand and if a man wab was heard to do so be he ever so powerful physically one standing around should happen to hear bear his profane remarks the onna offender ender against the law antly received rec elved a knock on oil the head for his misbehavior and mr diehl affirmed that he ha had seen been many fights resulting from this same cause if this custom were introduced into modern civilized cities helas he was inclined to think there would be a few sore heads seen before this obnoxious practice was abolished the lecture lasted about an hour and a half and was very interesting the large audience listening with good attention NR ovAL OF or TELEGRAPH aun Arn REPEATING orfice OFFIC EThe tho the mein members bers of the tho corps belonging to the office of the western union telegraph company left yesterday morn ing for corinne to which place the repeating office odthe of the compan company has been removed mark croxall esq remains in charge of the companas Comp anys office in this city CUT OFF oer bishop william hyde ja quests us to state that anthony has been cut off the church of I 1 jesua jesus jesus christ of latter day saints by the z moud mou vote vate of the church at that tha aa ce afon conduct thor Tho the BIshop de sinis hires the MilUn nial afat star to copy tiie the abote above notice |
