The Shower Bath

public was uncertain, Utah's voice was raised in behalf of the Constitution and the integrity of the union. On the 20th of January of that year a constitutional convention, which had met at Salt Lake City, concluded its labors after adopting a state constitution (which was a model in its provisions) and a memorial to congress, praying for the admission of Utah.

At a general election subsequently held, the constitution was unanimously adopted by the people; and officers of the proposed state were elected. Hons. George Q. Cannon and W. H. Hooper were selected as senators and Dr. Bernhisel as representative to congress. It was thought that the loyalty of the people in the dark hour of the nation's peril would disarm her enemies. In wealth, population and resources she possessed all the requirements for statehood, but notwithstanding all this and the able and unflagging labors of the senators-elect and her representative, congress not only denied statehood, but launched the first anti-Mormon legislation which had emanated from the national government.

THE SHOWER BATH.

Quoth Dermot (a lodger at Mrs. O'Flynn's): 'How queerly my shower bath feels! It shocks like a posse of needles and pins, Or a shoal of electrical eels."

Quoth Murphy: "Then mend it, and I'll tell you how: It's all your own fault, my good fellow; I used to be bothered as you are, but now I'm wiser— I take my umbrella."