Improvement Era, March 1903

Vol. VI. The Glory of God is Intelligence. ^O, 5. IMPROVEMENT ERA. Organ of Young Mcn^s Mutual Improvement Associations. PUBLISHED BY THE OENERAIj BOARD. ||' Joseph F. Smith, ) wnu^ra Hbbbr J. Grant, i Business Edw. H. Anderson, | ^vauors. Thos. Hull, ) Managers. Entered at the Post Office, Salt Lake City, Utah, as Second Class Matter. MARCH, 1903. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Portrait of John Nicholson Frontispiece Tiger Hunting in India Col. R. M/Bryce Thomas 321 Youth to Springtime, a Poem E. H. Anderson 332 Mission and Teachings of Joseph Smith Maj. Richard W. Young 333 My Own, a Poem , 340 The "Mormon" Doctrine of Deity B. H. Roberts 341 Life's Mission F. F. Dalton 360 Put Yourself Into Your Work 361 John Nicholson, a Biographical Sketch Orson F. Whitney 362 Funeral Rites in Japan, Part II Alma O. Taylor 369 The Violet, a Poem Lydia D. Alder 376 Talks to Young Men, V—Habit 377 The Prophet Joseph Healing the Sick, a Poem...C. L. Walker 380 Some Leading Events in the Current Story of the World—Trip Around the World—Necessity the Mother of Invention—The Negro Ques- tion in the South—Canada and Wheat—The Panama Canal Treaty — The Venezuelan Troubles Dr. J. M. Tanner 381 Editor's Table—An Epistle on Ethics President Joseph F. Smith 388 "Mormon" Doctrine in Congress—Questions and Answers: Ratio of Representation—Popu- lation of Utah—Dowie and "That Prophet"— The Angel Who Restored the Gospel—Notes Events of the Month Thomas Hull 396 SALT LAKE CITY: 214 f^ 215 TEMPLETON BUILDING. Published Monthly. $2.00 Per Annum