| Show A HIGH SCHOOL WANTED among oilier improvements which our city stands in great need of a seminary is not the least either in point of usefulness or urgency it is an open question whether or not our public spirit in the matter of buildings and general runs too strongly to business or ing tho of human education comparatively in tho back ground this should be the first consideration to which nil other fcc ular antl airs should be subsidiary in stead of vice versa tho immortal words we must educate if wo do not short will be our race from the cradle to the grave though applied to the wants of the people liala a century ago have lost none of their force or appropriateness in connection alio generation and in order to educate we must leave not only facilities such us teachers books maps charts etc but institution tu tion vastly superior to anything in our midst today to day wo do not intend and have no desire as well occasion to speak slightingly of alie public and other schools in existence in this county but good as they arc and progressive they may be it in to obtain any than the rudiments of an education in them parents who wish to give their children advanced schooling are compelled to subject themselves to the expense of tuition with its concomitant outlays in salt lake or alio states this should not be there is absolutely no reason eliy we should depend upon other points for anything in the way of educational mutter at least hoy should not be looked to for anything more than the very branches of scho lAitio training and eventually we could with them even for that purpose the subject agitation since U seems to be alio only means by we can attract and fasten public attention upon anything kotc dually in among there are plenty of public spirited men in weber county who would gladly aa lit such the erection of an academy in ogrett if concerted effort were put forth to thai end the expense involved would be very slight us compared with the beneficial that would surely follow so do not let us entirely overlook this all important matter any further an ignorant community source of danger to its neighbors and of destruction st to ittoli atia hot enough that wo know how to read write ac for attainments while pen sable and as far they goy do not emancipate from tho condition of the unlearned long ae our neighbor know still we cannot gain too lucli useful information because tho we acquire of ditc itc th elees room existe for the chaee aliat is not useful II cary ward brain will always bo found in the lead if he said cultivated brains tharo aiato been no room for a die for we have an abundance of alio best quality of brain power in our midst doea not leahi eini lly because through lack of the necessary training it cannot let alii vast fund of crudo but precious material be but developed and util ased to its greatest capacity and we will leave men in our midi who can lead beecher in intellectual as far they now lead him in morality and christianity THE PRESENT governor of nevada J II 11 kinkead wae a merchant in salt lake having been alic junior partner of the firm of living eton kinkead afterwards living abton bell co iio had the reau tation of being pretty square man in those days but nevada politics would create a cloud on any man title to eliat rare virtue now HERB comes a conundrum which wo have answered about 11 times more or lesa and as no doubt eliat it will bo our fortune to keep on answering it forever we wont complain about alii particular case says ifa hunter finds a on alio trunk of tree and hakea a circuitous route to get a bead on him until ho therun ter lias gono entirely around the tree keeps alic tree between himself and alio hunter will the latter have gone around lie squirrel when he gets around the tree jowill illustrate this question by asking another if man goes entirely around a windmill will lie have actually gone around it if it is itself going around all the time the reply in both cases is brief and pointed yes GERMANY DISCOUNTS our postal system andly here congressmen can send their dirty linen home through alic mails to bo washed and have it returned to hem in the same way while common people can transmit cabbages potatoes new boots and so on to alie extent of four pounds at a time and no more but in ano land of bismarck they send lire animals without reference to or size the mails and tho postmasters experience some inconveniences last year nearly live animals were sent by post not counting crabs frogs bees and small insects put up in packages crocodiles monkey serpents leopards and bear cubs went through without question man who wanted to i r e antte cause his package was refused on tho ground that the dogs made too much noise another man lias a grievance because lie was not allowed to mail a lot of pigeons loosely tied up in a eack |
