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Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1892-10-26
InSamlin gssaken.
Till Minnesota-konferense pastorer
och f0rsamlingar!

Till Minnesota-konferense pastorer
och f0rsamlingar!
Mad och frid!
Annu en- gang = mahanda den sista
- will jag skrifva nagot ON insamlin-
gen till betalandet af konferensens
skol- och missionsskuld. Da jag sist
redogjorde for min verksamhet hade
jag genomgatt den s6dra delen af
Red River-distriktet, derifran jag ma
ste atervanda hem pa grund deraf, att
vagarna blefvo ofarbara. Sedan dess
har jag afslutat min verksamhet der
uppe i norden. Hvilka summon, som
dervid utlofvades, kan ses af redog0-
relsen SKAFFAREN for den 81 aug.
Derefter bes0ktes pastor j. S. Wilson's
pastoral Wright county SAINT pastor
Nordfalts pastoral Wisconsin. Eme-
dan jag ansag, att min verksamhet sa-
som insamlingsagent dermed var det
nsirmaste afslutad, begarde jag och err
h0ll af skolans deriktion tjenstledighet
pa 4 manader, fran b0rjan af juni till
b6rjan af oktober, under hvilken It'd
jag f0restatt pastor A. Carlsons f6rsam-
ling E. Minneapolis. Jag har nu ater-
tagit min fora befattning och amnar
fortsatta dermed intill nasta konferens-
mote, hvarefter jag vantar och hoppas
att min insamlingsverksamhet skall
blifva obeh0fig. Huruvida delta skall
blifva fallet beror dock pa de f6rsam-
lingar som annu icke patagit sig sin
fulla andel af skulden. Det fattas annu
6 tusen dollars den summa, som be-
h0fves till skuldens betalande. For att
erhalla denna summa maste vi natur-
ligtvis Wanda oss till de f0rsamlingar,
som icke annu utlofvat sin fulla andel.
Enligt de bestammelser, som gjordes
pa konferensm0tet Svea okt. 1891
vantas det af de Respective f0rsamlin-
garnas pastorer att tillsammans med
sina kyrkorad bedrifva insamlingen
inom sina pastoral, och af distrikten
att tillse det insamling cores inom de
vakanta f6rsamlingarna. ON nu hvar
och en- samvetsgrant g6r sin kristliga
pligt att samla ALT hvad samlas kan,
sa skall utan tvifvel subskriptionsar-
betet vara fullbordadt vid nista kon-
ferensm0te; hvad som sedan aterstar
blifyer blott inkasserandet af de utlof-
vade bidragen, hvilket ju Dor kunna
vara afslutadt till den jan. 1893. Ma
nu ingen tanka att detta arbete gar af
sjelft, nej anstrangning beh6fyes. Ma
icke heller nagon Sc pa svarigheterna
och derf6r rygga tillbaka sagande: det
ar om6jligt det gar icke att samla
en- sa stor summa. Ma ingen saga sa-
som den late (Ordsp. B. %: 13): "Det ;ir
ett lejon vagen". Ma ingen genom
tr6ghet adraga sig den dom, som Her.
ran uttalar Diver den, som g0r Herrans
verk f0rsumligen!
4 AT hvad jag haft tillfalle och anled-
ming att obsesvera, ser det ut. som ON
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1892-10-26

vissa f0rsamlingar med deras pastorer
skulle komma att ia blygas vid uppla-
sandet af kommitens rapport vid ma
sta konferensm6te, och det desto dju-
pare, da det blifver uppenbart, att ge-
nom deras f6rsumlighet vart arbete
misslyckats. Ma Herran mad afvanda
en- s;tdan skam ifran oss!
776 Sims str. ST. Paul, Mimi, d. 19
okt. 1892.
Andr. Jackson.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-02-19
Letters Stamped by Machine.

First Assistant Postmaster General
Whitfield has made arrangements fol
placing some of the new stamping ma
chimes in the Postoffice at Cincinnati,
Ohio, and to ascertain how many would
be needed and what arrangements could
be made for electrical power.
At present the stamping IS done by
hand, and a man can cancel and post
mark about $500 letters an hour. The
machines will cancel aud poStmark about
0,000 in an hour, or do about the work
of ten men, while at the same time the
machine takes up no more space than
one man would. Letters OF all sizes are
placed in the chute aud a sping feeds
them into the stamper, which cancels the
stamp and then stacks the letters ready
for sorting.
Another improvement is that the time
on the face of the postmark will change
every minute by an electrical connection
with clock. Under the present system
the time mark is changed ouly every hall
hour. One of the new machines will be
used entirely for stamping letters col
lected from street boxes. In this way
the postmark will show the exact time
letter was received, as well as how it
was received. st. Louis Star-Sayings.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-02-19
The Largest Rolling Mill.

The rolling-mlll which has recently
been built at the Krupp Works, at Essen
Germany, probably surpasse' in size and
effectiveness any similar plant in the
world. 1t is used for rolling armor
plates, and is able tJ turn out finished
plates twenty-eight inches in thickness
and nearly twelve feet wide.
An idea of the size of this ponderous
piece of machinery may be obtained from
the statement that the rolls, which are
made of crucibIe steel, weighed in the
rough state 100000 pounds. The Gu
tire plant of rolls, reversing engines and
heating furnaces is served by crane:
capable of moving 100000 pounds,
while the shears, with long steel blades,
cut through the plates as easily as ordi.
nary shears cut through paper.
The entire work, from the ingot to
the finished plate, is handled by hydrau.
lie automatic machinery. Philadelphia
Record.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-02-19
The Printers Devil.

1t is said that this term was first
adopted by Aldus Manutius, the inven-
tor Of Italic types. When he COM
menced the printing business, in Venice,
he had in his employment or possession
small negro boy, who became known
over the city as "the little black devil. Z"
A superstition having spread that Aldus
was invoking the aid of the black art,
and that the little negro was the en-
bodiment Of Satan, Aldus, TO correct this
opinion, which was giving him some an
noyance, publicly exhibited his negro,
making at the same time a Characters
tic speech. "Be it known TO Venice,
that ], Aldus Manutiu,, printer to the
Holy Church aud to the Dodge, have
this day made public exposure of the
printers devil. Ali those who think he
Is not flesh and blood may come and
pinch him." Which may account for
the peculiarly kind manner in which the
printers devil is treated in the average
printing office. Art Printer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-02-19
Papers in Chile and Ecuador.

Chile is a great country for newspa-
pers. There are more than forty of them
in Valparaiso and Santiago, and there are
Others in all the head towns of depart
ments. Chile has many literary men, in.
Guiding a regiment of poets, aud also
many scientific men and a multitude of
statesmen and generals. The schools
are free and the educational system pro-
vides for provincial lyceums, normal
schools, an agricultural school, schools
for the arts and trades, military aud
naval academies and National uni
versity, all supported by the Govern
ment. In some years there have been
1000 students at the Santiago Univers-
ity.
Forty.seven newspapers are published
in the Republic Of Ecuador. OF these
fifteen are published in Quito, the CAPT
tal, aud twelve in GuayaquiI, the priuci.
pal seaport.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-02-19
Overreachei Himself.

A shoe manufacturer of New England
becoming dissatisfied with the efforts oI
his statesmen started over the route oil
one of them without his knowleige) to
see what he could do in the way Of SELL
ing goods. He didn't meet with any
success, and at last, on learning from an
old customer that he was too late, the
order having been placed, he offered TO
take the order at one cent per pair less
il the dealer would countermand the one
he had given. This was agreed to, and
the manufacturer returned, with the
feeling that his journey had been an en-
tire failure. But he discovered on look
ing at his correspondence, that it was
an order taken by his own salesman
which be had bribed the dealer to repu-
diatc. Then ne soliloquized in language
more emphatic than orthodox. Shoe
and Leather Reporter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-02-19

The one-horse drojky Of Russia is
meant to hold two persons. Our expert.
ence was that it held one aud bit. 1t is a
common and an amusing sight to see
some gallant officer deftly encircling the
waist Of his fair companion in one ofthese
conveyances. "His arm gets in the way
so, he explains, land this is the only
means of disposing of it that he can
think Of" The horses are first-ratc,
small IN size, but able to do great deal
of hard work, and keep their good looks
in spite of it. Nearly all Of them arc
stations, and are bred in Russia. The
driver, who is sometimes mere boy.
wears a dark-blue dressing-gown kind of
coat a curiously-sha hat, and high
topped boots, and makes quite pictur
esque object. His dress seems to be a
very hot one for summer, but the aver
age driver is too poor to buy cooler cloth
ing. 1t is astonishing to see what an
amount OF heat Russians seem capable of
bearing. Even on the hot days of
August a great many of the officers would
wear their thick military cloaks.
There are no liked fares for the drojky.
Every time you hire one long course of
bargaining ensues between you and the
driver. until at length the latter consents
to take about half what he first asked.
Twelve cents will take you a long way,
and on one occasion got a drive for
four cents. In the absence of ap agreed
fare the driver charges what he likes.
Once we paid 81 for a drive of few
hundred yards in a two-horsed carriage.
Temple Bar.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-02-19
The Angel OF the siege.

In the Franco Prussian war there were
scarcely any pigeons to be used for COM
municating with the unfortunate Paris
ians. Fifty-seven birds were taken out
of Paris by balloons, and they carried
many messages from the outside world
to the besieged. One Of these birds es-
capped the crack shots of the German
army six times, and was known as "the
augel of the siege"
To enable the birds to carry so great
number of messages photography was
called in, and by using films it was pos
sible for one bird to carry a hundred
communications in single quill. Thus
was the Times, the we'll known English
newspaper, reduced to a microscopic
form, and on its arrival in the besieged
city it was enlarged and eagerly scanned
by anxious crowds.
The military pigeon lofts Of France
are now on a large scale; birds are
selected from renowned strains, and
tests and experiments are made with as
much care as the trial Of new gun or
torpedo. Official returns give about
$50, 900 as the number of pigeons avail
able for the use of the French Govern
ment in case of war. The Germans,
too, after the war, decided to not only
foster and increase the lofts, insuring
complete arrangements for every military
establishment and district, but induce.
ments were offered to private individuals
throughout the country to rear and
train the birds, in order that reserve
force should be ready in an emergency.
The Russians, who will not injure a
pigeon because of religious sentiment
connected with the Holy Ghost having
been made manifest in the form of this
bird, were quick to put themselves on
au equity with their German neighbors.
Italy followed suit, and, although in
quite a different sense, the pigeon Is
held almost sacred in that country. In
the future the pets of Venice and the
general favorites of the sons Of the sunny
South are to be used for purposes of war
as we'll as peace.--Ncw Orleans Times
Democrat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-02-19
tn. ;.rssftb ta tbe he rooms are

tions 10 the See tvons arc
/ Oklahoma Territory, 10 be Assoe.
of the Supreme Court OF the Terrific.
Oklahoma. Walter II Sanborn. of Minnesota.
to be United States Judge for the Eighth
Circuit. Joseph Burlington. OF Pennsylvania,
to be United States District Judge OF the
Western District OF Pennsylvania. William
A. Kelly, OF Oregon, 10 be Commissioners
In and tor ths District OF Alaska; to reside
at Wrangel.
The Secretary OF ths Interior has ap-
pointed A. G. Conner, the Appointment
Clerk OF the Department, ani George Evans.
the Disbursiug Officer, 70 examine into the
condition OF toe work OF the Census once,
and to ascertain It's future needs.
PRESIDENT HARRIsoy has nominated Rep
cesentative Joseph McKenna, OF California.
10 be United States Circuit Judge for ths
Ninth Judicial District, and Rowland b. Ma
hany. of Buffalo, to be envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotsntiary 20 Ecuafor.
The Canadian Reciprocity Commissioners
had another conference with Secrets
Blaine and General Foster at the state
partment Sir Julian Pauncefote
British Minister, attended toe confer
SECRETARY Foster directed I
change be furnished to banks by Sub
uri sor the Treasury Department
York unless the banks deposited g
amount OF the exchange asked for.
The War. Navy and Treasur
ments have got into a controyerss
respective wharfage privileges
tery New York Hsr6pr, aud
composed OF one represents
Department will be sent to
vestigate the matter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-02-19
How IL IraIn PIaauns.

The method of training carrier pigeons
is to take the young bird few miles
from its home aloft aud liberste it. The
distance increases with each successful
lesson, aud after fifty-milc journey has
been accomplished the stages may be
doubled, thus, 100 miles, 200 miles, and
so on. Among the regular long single
day courses which have been flown on
the continent are Mechlin from Tarbes,
554 miles; Client from Bayouue, $50
miles, and Liege from Lourdes, s6s
miles. .-Nea York Mail aud Express.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-02-19

far as thunder.
If an elephant " an altisonant Of
far. sounding as a nitingalc in proper
tion to his bulk, ! trumpeting could
be easily heard arou the world. On
like conditions al believing in Aus
tralia could be heann New York about
fifteen hours after r<iug the noise.
Cats die at an ovation OF $4,000
feet, even thoush hey are reputed to
have "nine lives ten on level with
the ocean. Dogs d men can climb the
greatest known naral elevations.
Divers who heli to lay the founda-
ton of our greaEids Bridge found
that while they We under pressure Of
four "atmosphere' or sixty pounds to
the square inch { ticking of watch
was absolutely paful to the ear. They
also found it irrpsible to whistle.
Aristotle attebted to weigh air by
weighing baghen empty and again
after it had bee1nHated. The result
of this expe1imt caused him to an
nounce that air d no weight. With
out air we coulsee the stars as plainly
during the dg we can at night.
Experime1tsso show that a person
speaking IN = open air can be heard
equally as well distance Of 100 feet
in front, sever-tive at each side aud
thirty behind -st. Louis Republic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-02-19
WbsCoai is Used Up.

ExpeumeI are being made in Londo'
with petrole, in solid state for fuel
purposes, ucrude oil being miIci
with chical compound equal to
about fiftcetcr cent. Of its weight, and
then bein bjected to moist heat oil
about 2l3 trces, after which II is dried
at high hperature and compressed
into the 70 Of bricks by a powerful
press. T fuel in this form, when
burned h ordinary CRATE, presented
a brigb a,e Of intense heat, without
givingt,a,y liquid, AMI leaving but
little shes
Tn. les made arc said to have been
very fcc,ful, the blocks Being equal
to COT heating power, without being
liable Spontaneous combustion, and
giyiugt cIinkers when burned. st.
Louis ublic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-02-19

Miss Murray and her sister were al
breakfast in the little parlor back Of the
music room. The morning was clear
and sunny, aud the frost was fast dis
appearing from the window panes.
''Are you going to have time to drive
with us to the Forest Farm to-day,
Eloisel" Pet asked. as she buttered a
muffin. "Wc are going for ornamental
twigs to decorate the church with. Rob's
coming for me at three"
"No; l have the little Sampson girls
Mt three" Eloise said; ''and you'll have
to hurry to be back in time for your
boys class, if you 60 driving, at three. F"
"Can't be helped, Sissy" Pet de-
clared, curiously. "Come to think Of
it, couldn't you teach those little raga-
mullins again for met don't believe
we'll be back by four"
Hadn't you better call them my raga-
mullins, Pesa' EIoise suggested. ''strikes
me they have been mine in all but name
80 far"
"well, know it, you old dear" Pet
frankly observed, her audaclous baby
tacs in her hands, her elbows on the ta-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-02-19
GOING HOME e.

The waning day has glorifed the west.
With Autumn tints the foliage is drest.
And weary ones are going horne to rest.
Behind glory cleaning crown the sun,
Leaving, proclaims daily duty done,
Another of hfes burden battles won.
The trees beiecked with gold and crimson leaf,
Yellowing tinge on every blade and shsaf;
All Nature soon in rest wiAfind relief.
The hill is climbed with trembling, tired feet
But toll is DER, and going ho-Ie is sweet,
Soon, aged form, thy life will be complete.
The sun again triumphant shall appear,
All Nature wake to life another year,
Then for the soul of man why need we fear?
Helen Everett Grant in Chicago Graphic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-02-19
CuRIOusiFacT

A railroad depotfin Berlin, Germany,
cost $4, 4,OOO,OO
More than twenty-hv4perscent. of the
freight of this countryis coal.
Queen Victoria's household lis said to
consist of nearly one shousandipersons.
A century ago therer were 'only four.
teen newspapers in London, England.
The penny weight was the exact
weight OF the old British silver penny.
The smallest parish in England il
Wilcot, Oxon. 1t contains seven per.
sons.
A hunter in Pennsylvania the other
day shot buck and doe with one dis.
charge of his gun.
All petitions to the British House Of
Commons must be in handwriting and
may not be printed.
The largest Lima bean ranch;in the
world is said to be one of 220O acres in
Ventura County, Cal.
A London (England) cabman was re-
Gently fined for carrying fourteen per-
sons in his cab at one time.
A girl in Nashville, Tenn, giggled
herself to death the other day because
her brother was intoxicated.
The best class of oysters come from
the smallest creeks, while they increase in
coarsenes, the farther they are found out
at sea.
The curious information Is given that
the crown of England, which is valued
at $500, 900, has been in pawn four
times, once for so, 200.
The Chinese not infrequentIy con-
demn prisoner to keep awake until he
dies. A criminal in such circumstances
usually lives nine or ten days.
The University of oxford, England,
has the reputation of having been
founded by King Alfred in S72. 1t
numbers at present about 1900 men,
bers.
Humboldt County, CAL, has timber
reserve of redwood, pine and spruce of
1896, 900, 900 feet, being greater than
that of Michigan, Minnesota and Wis
consin combined.
The ship-canal from Paris, France, is
to be about one hundred and fourteen
miles in length and twenty-three feet in
iopth, and the estimated cost is thirty
million of dollars.
A petrifed green" pine limb was
found recently bya Georgia man near
Buena Vista. ''Ths limb is perfect,
showing where the straws made indenta-
tions and the grain Of the wood. 1t is
somewhat white and resembles coral
wreath"
Probably the youngest woman evauge-
list in the country is Fannie Edwards, a
fifseen- year-old Louisville, (Ky.) girl,
who has been preaching the Gospel to
Tennessee mountaiueers. She is very
attractive in appearance and quite clo'
quent, it is said.
The Shah Of Persia has more than
$4,000, 900 worth of ornaments, gems
and precious stones in one strong room,
2Ox14. There are scabbards in this
treasury worth 81, 900, 900 each. The
finest turquois in the world has cas'
all to itself. When leaving home the
Shah locks up his jcwelry and "travelS
in paste"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-02-19

tho course of wisdom not TO boast OF
their profits. They had three times
trebled their stock and otherwise in
creased it, SO that having been 10, 300
shares at the outset, it was now 1O3, $50
shares. Harper's Ma gazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-02-19

hpiuuiuS dClOSo buO iuuSiN-ANN
'Is that the way you feel, my dear"
Mrs. Parkurst laughed--a good ma
tured fat persons jolly laugh. She was
Miss Murray's intimate friend. She sent
her two sons aud half-grown daughter
TO Miss Eloise for vocal and piano in
struction, and further benefited her
friend whenever possible by her immedI-
ate presence and advice. II Miss Eloise
had not been near thirty, and Mrs. Par X
hurst had been seventeen, they would
have been called chums.
'Feell" Miss Murray demanded.
"Why shouldn't l feel so! You don't
know Pet Murray as l do, or you'd know
why feel So"
"Now, my dear Mrs. Parkhurst es-
sayed, comfortingly, "Rob isu't bad
fellow, and his people are nice"
'It isn't that" Miss Murray inter
posed. ats this: Pets always getting
engaged. That child has been engaged
to some one or other ever since she was
in pinafores. Mamma managed her as
long as she could, and now I've taken
her in hand. She says yes, just to be
obliging, to every dry-goods clerk of
snip who gets chance to ask her,"
Miss Murray walked up and down.
Her pretty eighteen -year-old sister
was at that moment out sleighing with
the last youth to whom she had been
obliging. They had become engaged
the night before, and Pet had given her
sister an idea of their consuming passion
over the toast and coffee that morning.
''Well, maybe this is the final engage
ment for Pet Mrs. Parkhurst said.
'She will likely marry some ono in the
end, and then the other affairs will do to
laugh over
"Indeed Pet is not going to be mar
ried short of twenty-five it l can help
it." Miss Murray said; "and l think l
can. She won't have sense enough to
be married before that, and she shall
have sense if l can manage it."
"You don't suppose, do you," Miss
Murray went on, THAT | sent for Pet to
come here because needed her to help
me teach Not for a moment. l
simply wanted to get her away from one
of her idiotic engagements, and did so
II ost successfully. She hadn't been here
a month before she was telling me that
she didn't think, after all, that she and
Charles were suited to each other"
Mrs. Parkburst was laughing, tears in
her eyes, at Miss Murray's heroics, but
she held Up both hands.
"One wouldn't think marriages were
made in heaven, Eloise,' she said, ''to
hear you go on, or else you are most
presumptuous young woman to meddle
so with celestial affairs.
Celestial fiddle. sticks Mrs. Park
hurst, you know as well as do that
marriages in six cases out of dozen are
mistake and calamity
cone wouldn't think you had ever
been engaged, Eloise, Mrs. Parkhurst
said, with reminiscent mirth.
"Well, | have; and as mamma says
about dancing, I've seen the folly of it.
But there it is mamma no sooner had
the words out of her mouth than Pet in-
sisted, Il want to see the folly Of it
too"