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Show niw(rtn ..irtwftwrtmc ru name does not appear, controls something like 56 per cent of the stock. It is needless to say that the road will be completed to Los Angeles. It will have to be completed, else Clark and the other fellows in the deal will have a crimp put in their bank accounts, for without the connecting link between this city and the coast the isolated piece, of trackage would be a poor representation of that $50,000,000 in bonds. ' God help the buyers of those bonds if that piece of road should not be constructed. V Now why, in the face of the correct version of this transaction, we should into ecstacies over this man Clark and hail him as a sort of saviour of this neck, of the woods, is past comprehension. He is entitled to credit for having borrowed money to take over this bit of road mentioned. That is all. He isnt out of his own pocket one red cent and neither will he be. The dear public will put up for the construction after all the fuss and fanfare that has been indulged in. The sale of the southern portion of the Short Line does not include any portion of the line from one mile south of Sandy north to North Salt Lake. The Short Line retains this part and all the terminal facilities, thereby keeping to itself the smelter traffic which forms a very considerable proportion of the earnings of the Short Line southern branch. BOOKS FOR CHILDREN. Superintendent of Schools Christenson, has mailed the following letter to many persons in this city: Dear Friend: I am anxious to secure a list of good books for home reading, suited to the needs of pupils in the various grades. Will you be kind enough to enter the specific titles of two. or. more books that you consider most appropriate for any or all of the classes here specified? Then follows blanks to be filled beginning with the Fourth B., age about ten years, and ending with the Eighth A, age about 14 years. Of course it all depends upon the ability of the pupil to understand what books are given for reading. Some pupils of 10 have greater capacity for understanding what is But written than some of twenty. where the pupil shows an intelligence sufficient to demonstrate his or her capacity books should be chosen accordingly. For Juvenile reading there is so much printed to interest little minds that the head of the city schools ought have but little trouble in making a choice.. As the pupil grows older however, the Impressions obtained by reading ought to be good ones. From 14 upwards, the works of. Feni more Cooper should be read. Never juvenile litmind any of the The erature, like The Sailor Boy, The Brave Old Salt, Soldier Boy, The Yankee Middy and the balance; try Cooper. Let the children read him, for he is not so deep, but that childish minds can understand him and his descriptions of the woodland and the dell; of the lakes and the rivers have the poetry of Nature in them and are calculated io delight and charm - the reader and bring his mind closer to the works of the. Infinite. Besides this the rugged simis plicity of some of his. characters such as to cause uS to devoutly yrish more men were like them. Who would not have his son possess the faithful manhood., of qualities and the true finder? Sergeant Duncan, in the Pat City , , TRUTH. Or his daughter to be like Mabel, the Not of this same sergeant? What is more to be admired than the native simplicity and character of the Pathfinder himself? Why, even Chingachgook, the Indian, outside the remnant of savagery that contact with civilization could not eradicate, was far better than the majority of the heroes of latter-da- y fiction. When they have finished with Cooper let them take up the delightful tales of Washington Irving and in the rhythm of his writing, which runs as smoothly as does a mighty river seaward they will learn elegance of diction, aside from the literary features of his stories. Then, that the child may know what kind of men and women go to make up the world, take Dickens. Begin with his "Child's History of England and from that take up Christmas Carol. Next read Oliver Twist and next Martin Chuzzlewit." By this time the mind of the reader will have become so trained that it will understand the moods of the writer and then is the opportunity for the Tale of Two Cities, the greatest of them all; the story in which is created a greater hero than in the narrative of Damon and Pythias. Oh, but that when read the story, youthful brain is of capable receiving impressions the more readily, ought to be productive of great results in after years. When the child has finished that book he or she will need no other incentive to read Dickens more, the child will read the balance unsolicited. Dickens was the great encyclopedia of human character. His works combined are an index to the various phases of humanity. By reading him the child learns to know at sight a Tom Pinch and to love him; to spot & Pecksniff and avoid him; to discover the merits lurking in the shade of the dissipations of a Swiveller, without illness to bring it about; to thwart the designs of the Quilps; penetrate the veneer which envelops the many Uriah Heeps; to pity the Lady in their misery and shame and to assist the John Jarndyces in the quiet labors for their fellow men. No father should permit his children to off-spri- self-sacrifici- ng Ded-Joc- ks attain their majorities without a complete knowledge of Dickens; no school should omit reading him in part and in toto. There may be those who say he is too deep for undeveloped minds. so, if the reading begins with the works outlined. He is as simple as a child himself and his conceptions are but the unexaggerated reflections of human life as he witnessed it. However, Professor Christensen will not need as much advice on what to provide as what not to. Cut out all good books. Where the good little boy, who goes to Sunday school every Sunday and never hooked an apple in his life always dies about twelve years after birth, while the wicked little brat grows up and goes to congress. It discourages the little ones in an attempt to be good. They see in those books nothing but death as a reward for treading the straight and narrow path, and, while the little heroes always go to heaven, that is no inducement at their time of life when the world is before them. Give them something that will Inculcate a love of the beautiful in nature; a love of ones fellows instead of a selfish regard for ones self at the expense of others; books which will bring them closer to humanity and to their Crea-tp- r and we need not fear the results. a yarn about snakes. Nearly everyone knows that hair snakes are popularly supposed to be horse hairs animated by contact with water and this is declared to be true by the relator. He says he knew a man in Ohio, who was perpetually pulling hairs from his horses tail and changing them into snakes and that a continuance of such action cost him the life of the animal, for in this particular instance the snake grew and grew and grew until it became so large it swallowed the horse. This is the first instance on record of a horse being eaten or devoured by a snake grown from its own tail. But this yarn isnt a marker to one told by John Hydalch, of Grantsville. John owns the old Rockwell ranch over on Government creek, in Tooele county and he raises a right smart lot of truck there. This year some phosphate factory sent him 100 WASH (C for A special line of wool suits in Etamine, Voile, CIA light weight mixtures, from IS. 00 to 285.00, for A few long Pongee Coats, 8?0.00 to 835.00,' ... (Y" 7C J $10.00 7C iO3 Black Silk Coats and Blouses, from 825.00 to C4A for 817.50 so-call- ed ART DEPARTMENT. Very pretty designs In dresser stripes with accordeon pleated trimmed: also plain hem-- 4 A iO stitched ones, for Monday and scarfs, dotted and fancy ruffles, lace and ribbon T7 A and CQ jy. week, rnfc J LACES. An assorted line of applique laces, among which can be found various choice pieces ranging In price from 65 cents per yarp to 25 cents per yard, iiani Missouri Pacific railway THROUGH SCENIC COLOR AM) KANSAS M2 MISSOURI PULLM AN SLEEPING CARS, OBSERVATION DINING CARS. Electric lights, Electric Fans. chair cars Reclining I8EAT8 free), aaaaat aaae a up-to-da- day Coaches. te For Berths, Tickets, Folders, etc., address H. C. TOWNSEND, QEN'L PASSENGER AND TICKET AGENT, ST. LOUS pounds of product as a sample and advised him to try it on his growing vines. John declares he planted of cucumbers in which he put about two ounces of the stuff and no' ticed, before he had the seed entirely covered in that one of the plants had started to grow. It started toward his foot and he took it out of the way to give the vine a chance, but the cucumber changed direction and came right at the foot. He backed away at first hut the vine grew faster than he could walk, backward, so he changed front. At .first he walked but the vine caught up with him, grew around his legs, tripped' him up and threw him down and that when he reached for his knife to cut himself loose he found a cucumber had gone to seed in his pocket. This story John offers to support by affidavit and as he is a man a-h- o Black and red dotted Swiss Dresses, 110.00 and aaaaaa VIA with a reputation for veracity he must he believed. 112.50, mm AND THE Dan Nickum is out with a new story. No, this isnt a fish story; Its Linen Trash Coat Suits, suits blue, cream, tan and white, 125.00 and 127.50, for tea ST. LOOJDS EAST o - :::::: fOr TO TALL YARNS BY TRUTHFUL MEN. SPECIALS IN LADIES AND WOOL SUITS . Through Service J3 cfitS ' Kenneth C. Kerr, who for so many years has served the Tribune in all sorts of reportorial capacities, has resigned, the resignation taking effect tonight. Mr. Kerr has been with the paper nearly eleven years; and is the oldest man in point of seniority in the editorial department, Nelson excepted. It was Kerr who made the paper an authority on social matters; it was Kerr who made the railroad depart- ment a leading feature. He has been a tireless worker, and the sheet and the profession will nMss him. He has accepted a position with the: Salt Lake City Soda Water company, and enters upon his new duties on Monday next with the best wishes of many friends both in and out of newspaperdom. FUNERAL DIRECTOR. I, A Eber W; Hall, successor to A. B. Watson; 110 West Second So. TeL ion. . . '. " 0 : TJ D. H. Dfeter, a capitalist : Kcitl-O'Bri- cr Company of SL Louis, wliofs largely interested in the St. mine at Park City, has been in the city for the past Louis-Ontari- o week. nl |