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A New Way of Raising Peas,

While passing by the postofiice last
Tuesday a reporter Of the Enterprise
overheard a prominent chicken and
turkey raiser-who resides near Mount
Vernon Church, and who, for convenience
sake, can be called "Uncle Billy" Sim.
mons-remark: "Last spring I planted
lot of English peas. One day chickens
got in the garden, scratched them up
and ate them. didn't have time just
then to send to town after more pea
seed to plant. so T decided to cut the
chickens craws open, take the seed out
and plant them. I did that. Then I
sewed up the craws with Q common
needle and thread. I never saw a finer
crop of English peas than I raised last
spring, and think those chickens were
the best I ever tasted, for, be it known,
the chickens lived and grew to be of
good size. ."-sutter CITY (Oal.) Enter
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East Tarnedo Boats.

Of course all builders strive for the
greatest speed, and each year has seen a
boat built which is faster than any before.
The palm for the highest speed seems at
present to lie between an English boat
built for France in Thornycroft-the
Coureur; and German boat built for
Italy by Schicau-the Nibbio. Each of
these boats can run nearly twenty seven
knots an hour. A knot, you know, is
sea mile, which is one and one-seventh
land miles, so these boats can make about
thirty miles an hour, or about the aver
age speed of railroad passenger-train.
Just think of boat rushing through tha
water as fast as train of cars runs over
the land!
The next most important thing in
torpedo boat is quick turning; and for
this purpose the larger Normand, Schicau
and Yarrow boats have two rudders, one
in the usual place at the stern and one
under the bow. Dir. Thornycroft has
another device. He puts two curved
rudders near the stern and the propeller
is between them, so that when the rud-
ders are turned together, the wate- which
the propeller is driving astern is turned
n little to one side and helps to push
around the boat.
The latest idea in torpedo boats is to
have their launching tubes mounted on
turn tables on deck instead of being fixed
in the bow. With this Improvement
boat will not have 10 steam straight at
her enemy, stop, launch her torpedo and
then turn and rln away; but it can train
its tube on the big ship as if the tube
were a gun, and launch the torpedo while
rushing past at full speed. This would
be less dangerous for the torpedo boat,
for it would not afford the men on the
ship good aim at hcr.-St. Nicholas.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
TO bear is to conquer our fate.

10 Oear IL 10 Conquer our lale'
A good liver is the best preacher.
III deeds arc doubled with an evil
word.
There is an utter of uncertainty about
everything save uncertainty.
Without adversely man hardly knows
whether he is honest or not.
The finest nature, like the truest mind,
must be tempered in the hottest furnace.
That cannot be healthy condition in
which few prosper and the great mass
are drudges. =
Blame is safer than praise. In general
every evil to which we do not succumb
is benefactor.
Let this be your constant maxim, that
no man can be good enough to neglect
the rules of prudence. 9,
Communities are blest in the proper
ton which money is diffused through the
whole range of population. =;
An apple tree puts to shame all the
men and women that have attempted to
dress since the world began. I
For every grain of wit there is grain
of folly. For everything you lave
missed. YOU have gained something dse.
Small kindnesses, small courteies,
small considerations, ,habitually practced
in our social intercourse, give gre.ter
charm TO the character than the dis lay
of great talents and accomplishment.
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Training n Monster Elephant.

Silent and almost motionless, dite
hidden in the darkness, stood the hge
form of an old bull elephant, on of
whose tusks had been damaged irh his
youth and had become totally decayd.
His head was bent forward in ordelto
rest his one monster tusk upon the grou,d,
his trunk loosely coiled between his fee
legs, was also resting on the ground, nd
his great ragged ears tapped spasmdi-
cally in vain endeavors to shake off he
myriads of mosquitoes that persisteniy
hovered around his head. Suddenly to
forest was lit up by a most vivid fash {
lightning, followed an instant afterwat
by crashing peal of thunder. The ele
plant raised his head with startle'
jerk, his huge limbs shaking wit
fear.
Almost before the rumbling echoes o.
the thunder had died away, the rain,
that had been threatening for so ma
hours, fell in torrents. Flashes ofligl
ming succeeded each other so rapid
that the attendant peals of thunder we,
converted into one continuous roar, on
the violence of the wind soon increase
to veritable tornado-a tropical hurri
cane.
Trees were blown down and uprooted
on all sides. The terrified elephant re-
mained for some time motionless with
fear, but the tempest continued, the
monster became suddenly stricken,
and charged madly through the dense
forest, stumbling and falling over the
trunks of uprooted trees in his endeavors
to gain some opeu patch where there
would be no danger Of being crushed BY
the falling timber.
Suddenly, in the midst of mad rush,
the elephant sank to the ground with d
sharp squeal of pain. The poor brute
had severed the vines that supported one
of the traps that had been arranged the
previous day, and heavily weighted
spear was plunged between his shoulders
For some moments he remained motion
less, then the great body rolled slowl.
from side to side in vain cndeavor to fre'
himself from the spear, but the weapon
was barbed and the points had penetrated
too deeply to be shaken off. Here h'
remained, exhausted, until daybreak, hi
hide covered with patches of mud ane
deep red smears of blood.-Scribaer.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

An electric bicycle, to run upon
wire, is one of the newest wheeling in
ventions.
DR.. Sequard claims that his elixir has
cured intermittent fever, neuralgia,
rheumatism, insomnia and leprosy.
The Academic de Sciences has SUBJ
mitted new system of musical notation
in which twenty-seven characters re-
place the 203 symbols now employed to
represent the seven notes of the gamut
in the seven keys.
The Urania, of Berlin, is nj. institu
tion containing well-appointed telescopes,
microscopes and other instruments for
public use. In its first year it has been
visited by about 100, 700 persons, who
have been benefited by about 1000
lectures.
DR.: Regnard finds that dccomposable
substances resist putrefaction when under
a pressure of GOO to 700 atnospheres.
This corresponds to depth of 5000 or
1000 fathoms at sea, and indicates that
corpses sunk in great depths may be in
definitely preserved.
If a box six feet deep were filled with sea
water and allowed to evaporate under
the sun, there would be two inches of
salt on the bottom. Taking the average
depth of the ocean to be three miles,
there would be layer of pure salt 23O
feet thick on the bed OF the Atlantic.
A machine for automatically blowing
fog whistle has just been patented. A
vessel equipped with the machine may
travel at any rate of speed and continue
to blow one or three blasts of the whistle
per minute while proceeding through
fog. Many steamers use it-on the lakes,
for instance.
In paper on "Liquid Crystals" a
German chemist reports the discovery OF
some most curious organic liquids, which
when examined in drops under the mi
croscope by polerized light, show definite
axes of elasticity, just like crystals. This
is pronounced one of the most remark
able of recent discoveries in molecular
physics.
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A COMPLETE SURRENDER.

There is an oft-told but instructive story
Of q red Indian of the forest, who, burdened
with a sense of sin, and consciousness that
he had offended the great Spirit, sought to
become reconciled to God. To propitiate the
favor Of Heaven he offered his dearest pos
which were his pride, yet he found no relief
to his burdened soul. He placed beside
them his blanket, but found no conscious
assurance that this gift was accepted and
that he was approved Of God. Next he
laid down his gun, the choicest of all his
possessions, inquiring if God would accept
that and accept him. Still there was no
peace, no consciousness of Divine approval,
until at length he added to all the other
gifts himself, and PRAYED that God would
"Take poor Indian too;" and then peace
entered his heart, and he could feel that his
offering was accepted, and that he was ac-
cepted with it.
The great need of the burdened soul is
peace with God, and God will accept no d.
vidcd allegiance. No man is important
enough to be accepted of the Lord until he
Is offered in his entirety. The offering must
be complete, perfect, an undivided offer
ing. To be accepted of the Lord man
must be wholly given up to Him. The sur
render must be entire, absolute, eternal;
and when all is yielded up then peace and
joy and rest come in to fill the soul.
How many there are who think to please
the Lord with divided hearts, who imagine
that He will accept hem, and while they are
going astray in evil ways; and how much of
failure and disappointment and heart-break
and ruin comes through this mistaken idea.
God would have US wholly His. Let us pray
that He will detach tus from every earthly
hindrance. and unite us to Himself in an
everlasting covenant, bound with bonds Of
everlasting love.
O man Of earth, struggling In the darkness
and longing for the light; wearied Of earth
and yet not finding rest in God, will you not
from this time give yourself wholly to the
Lord? Let the past days Of doubt, OF inde-
cision and uncertainty suffice. For the future
let the eve be single, that the whole body be
full of light. You are not your own, you
are bought with price, the blood of the
Son Of God. What can you render to the
Lord for all his benefits? You have thought,
and prayed, and wept.
"But drops of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love | owe;
Here Lord, I give myself away
'Tis all that can do.'
-[Common People.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-19

THE Supreme Court OF Minnesota
has mado q decision for which it de-
serves the thanks of women. It is that
photographs arc the property of the
persons who sst for them. This decision
was reached after years litigation
growing out of suits against tobacconists
and others who have procured pictures
of well-known women without permis.
sion, and used them as trado marks.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
A HARVEST SERMON,


The woods are russet golden. On the hill
The busy hum of insect life Is still;
The dreamy softness in the air grows chill.
The swallows nests are empty in the caves;
Her filmy web, dew gemmed, the spider
weaves.
Framed by Virginia creeper's blood-red
leaves.
The harvest fields of all their wealth are
shorn,
The last rich load in triumph home is borne,
And cleaners gather up the fallen corn.
Not one of all those sheaves of gathered
grain
But feeds mankind, or, sown, lives on again;
Not one amongst the cleaners toll III vain.
No falling leaf from those great elms hard by,
Drenched through by autumn mist, can aim
less die
But feeds the nook where springs first violets
lie.
Nor, sisters, is one fight for justice lost,
Though thrashed and winnowed-to destruc-
ton tossed;
God works alike by sunshine and by frost.
Strive for the right! Do battle brave and
true!
Fear not and faint not! For the end in view,
Leave it with Him. Dead efforts live anew!
Il Women's Penny Paper.
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A BOLD FRONT.


Never in the history of the church has
there been greater demand or louder call
for ga bold 'front.' than at present.
The perilous times have come:
"Men are lovers of their own selves, covet-
Gus, boasters proul, blasphemers. disobedi-
ent to parents, unthankful. unholy, lovers Of
pleasure more than of God. having form
Of godliness but denying the power thereof"
1t is in view of these Scriptural facts that we
need more men who will make no comp-om-
ise with sin, and will not turn towards when
the finger of scorn or the voice OF wrath IS
raised.
Some years ago sailor at the close OF a
PRAYER meeting laid q blank card before his
friend, requesting him to write few words
on it, ccallse, as he said, You will do it
more plainly than can.
"Write these words, sir: Il love Jesus; do
you""
After he had written them he said:
"Now YOU must tell Inc what you are going
to 10 with the carl"
He replied: ''I am going to sea tomorrow,
and am afraid if do not take stand ut
once NAV begin to be ashamed OF my re-
ligion. and let myself be laughed out OF It
altogether Now us soon as | 80 on board 1
shoil walk straight to my bunk and nail up
this card upon it, that everyone may Kno"
that ain Christian"
The spirit of boltlne>$ as manifested by
the Young sailor is.the present need on the
part of Individual members at large. Carry
out your religious convictions to the letter,
meet the enemy with bo'dncss. let him
understand where you stand and under what
flag YOU sail. \ few weeks ago one OF our
American ships wa, pursued hy suspicious
craft. The captain ran up the masthead
the American nag. The enemy turned
away, because he knew that the powers OF
this nation would be stirred. Likewise when
YOUR hssaants meet you and the darts OF
the enemy are thre tened. raise your BAH
uer, unfurl it, stand under it, let your ale
glance to God be known. and the enemy
will be male to feel that with You il holy.
junction, Divine power. that cannot anu
will not fail thee.
Only be true to God when in the thickest
OF the fight, when made the butt of ridlcule,
or when tempted to yield to wrong. Stand
firm, be man, be Christian man; say NO;
say to your associates with the calm earnest
ness of one who has looked into eternity, Il
cannot sin against God.' Put on the whole
armor, present bold front, and in God 8
own time the guns of the enemy will be
silenccd, the sky will clear, the noise OF the
battle will cease, and all Heaven and earth
will be made to ring with the shouts Of q
final triumphant victory that will be ours
forever.
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SOME lakes are distinctly blue, 9th.
ers present various shades of green, so
that in some cases they are hardly dis
tinguishable from their level, grass
covered banks; few are almost black.
The Lake of Geneva is azure hued; the
Lake of Costannce and the Lake of Lu-
cerne are green; the color Of the Medi.
terranean has been called indigo. The
Lake Of Blienz is greenish yellow, and
it's neighbor, Lake Thun. is blue.
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woMANs INTUITION.
Nearly Alwa ys Right in Blsr Judrmens iE
Regard to Commom Things,

Nearly Always Right In Htar Judgment iE
Regard to Commom Things.
=, An OLD gentleman over Seventy, came into
the city from his farm, without Els oyercoat.
The day turned chilly a@d he was obliged to
forego his visit to the fair. ;..
10 friend who repdonstrated with him foi.
said: ~ thought it{ was going to Be warm;
my wife told lac ITO take my overcoat, but I
sm%Inrs %oalanti Women have more sense than men
A frank admission. 5}s
Wohen's good sense Is said to come from
lnENtion; may it not be that they are mora
Close Observers Of little things One thing IS
certain, they are apt to strike tae nail on ths.
more frequently than the lords Of creation.
According to DR.. Alice Bennett. who,
recently read paper on Bright's disease be-
fore the Pennsylvania State Medical Society. I
persons subject to bilious attacks and sick
headaches, who have crawling sensations.
Like the flowing Of water In the head, who
are tired all the time and have unexplained
attacks OF sudden weakness, may well be sus-
pected Of dangerous tendencies in the direc-
ton OF Bright's disease"
Inc veteran newspaper correspondent Jos
howard, OF the New York Press In noting
this statement, suggests: Possibly Alice IS
correct In her diagnosis, but why doesn't she
give some idea Of treatment? know man
who has been tired all the time for ten
years: Night before last he took two doses
OF calomel and yesterday he wished he Z
hadn't" -
A proper answer is found in the following
letter of Mrs. Davis, wife Of Rev. VIM. J. q
Davis Of Basil, o., June 21st, 1890:
u do not hesitate to say that owe my life 6
to Warmers Safe Cure. had q constant =
hemorrhage from my kidneys formore than
i've months. The physicians could do roth 5
ing for me. My husband spent hundreds OF
dollars and was not relieved. was under
the care Of the most eminent medical men in
the State. The hemorrhage ceased before Z
had taken one bottle Of the Safe Cure. I Ican
safely and do cheerfully recommend it toall
who are sufferers Of kidney troublesn 2:
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Ak extraordinary advance In the use OF CO.
oa[ seems to have taken place Of late years IN
nIland. In the House Of Commons, this last
gs3ion. the Right Hon. g. J. Goschen, the
bncelor Of the E1oheeuer called atts9fioa9 eH OF
Lr2ie of coffee. He attributed 1t IN meas
u3Fe, the position a preparation OF !. cocoa c oa
kIy,ol as Grateful and Comforting" haa
tatke. In accord with this suggestion, 1t mA7
ID inresting to follow the course cocoa has
taken England since lss when n the noTnS dT5S,
with a importation Of under half a million
was reduced to I'd per
m1di;ne introduced into the kingdom, and
that use Of cocoa was specially Il aTSess
Soan N eftar we And the first homeopathic
cHemlts chem W established in England (the firm Of
james Epps 8 Coz produced p special prep. 2.
milk n be at once ready for the table, and the
Superior OF this ProducstHn has
doubt done much, as SrI tne sbn,f the adyancs
made1
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A STRANGE story has just been pub
lished in Germany on the strength of o
letter from an eye witness, now dead,
to the effect that General Abel Douay,
who fell at the battle of Worth, was
really shot by on officer in Turco regi
ment who was furious at Douay's order
of retreat.
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BERLIN is just finding out that It's
new quarters ore built in o Aimsy
manner, and that many of the new
palaces are mere fire traps, while the
city has no adequate fre.department.
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I, The amount of life insurance in Ger
many, as reported by thirty-eight COM
oanies, was $942, 500, 900 at the close OF
1889; and the new insurance written that
year amounted to $s6, 625, 900.
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GENENAL BUTLER and Gov. Bracket
are at the head of the movement in
Boston for the erection of a memorial
hall in honor Ct Wendell Phillips.
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Even the caterpillar has to hump
himself if he wants to make any pro-
gross.
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The hop crop Of Lane County, Oregon,
IS estimated at 100000 pounds for the:
yehr 1890. .'.. ~.
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STIIOy Bookkeeping, Business FormA
HA0ME SInnU.nss:,h Arithmetic, Shorthand, eta
n.s,.S,,, sa.,ntk By Mali. Circulars froe.
Bryunps College, 4ss 1f&e 9n oaSs1a :" -
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tending clear onto the prongs of the horse
shoe, the whole scene more rough and rude
than can be imagined. Verify, Cnrist did
not choose soft, genial place in which to be
born. The gate through which our Lori ELL
tered this world was gate OF rock, hard,
cold gate ami the gate through which He de-
parted was swing gate of sharpened spears.
We enter gloomy church built by Constan-
tine over the place in which Jesus was born.
Fifteen lamps burning day and night and
from century to century light our way to the
spot which all authorities, Christian and Jew
and Mohammedan, agree upon as being the
place Of our Saviour's birth, and covered bv
marble slab, marked by silver star sent
from Vienna, and the words: "Here Jesus
Christ was born of the Virgin Mary"
But standing there thought, though this
Is the place of the nativity, how different the
surroundings of the wintry night in which
Jesus came! At that time it was khan, or
a cattle pen. Visited one of these khans.
now standing and looking just as in Christ's
time. We rode in under the arched entrance
and dismounted. We found the building of
stone, and around an open square, without
roof. The building is more than two thou
sand years o!d. 1t is two stories high; in
the center are camels, horses and mules.
Caravans halt here for the night or during
long storm. The open square is large
enough to accommodate whole herd of cat
tie, flock Of sheep or caravan of camels.
The neighboring Bedouins here find market
for their hay: straw and meats. or from
unls center there are Twelve rooms Tor HUI
man habitation. The only light is from the
door. went into one of these rooms and
found a woman cooking the evening meal.
There were six COWS in the same room. On
a little elevation there was some straw where
the people sat and slept when they wished to
1% - - I,14
Lord was born
This was the cradle Of a King, and yet
what cradle ever held so much? Civiliza-
tion! Liberty! Redemptionl Your par
don and mine! Your peace and mine! Your
heaven and mine! Cradle of universe!
Cradle of Cod The gardens Of Solomon
We visited this morning were only type OF
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-20

THE HERALD charges
that we said that the son
of q Chinaman was bet
ter in this country than
the son OF a Mormon. OF
course we never said
anything the kind
Tribune N0Ue8l6er 10.