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Democratic messenger., 1893-09-23
INCREASE OF FAITH.
tEv. DR.. TALMAGE ON REINFORCE
MENT AT THE TABERNACLE.
Science as n Convincing witness-How
to Give Gospel Life to Freezing Souls.

How to Accomplish This Desirable Eesuit-
Science as n Convincing witness-How
to Give Gospel Life TO Freezing Souls.
BROOKLYN. Sept. lin his sermon at
the Brooklyn Tabernacle this forenoon
Rev. DIR. De Witt Talmage preached TO
vast audience on the subject Of "Re-en-
forccment." the text being Luke xvii, s.
Lord, increase our faith"
What a pity he is going there!" said
my friend, most distinguished general
IF the army, when he was told that the
reason for my not being present on a
celebrated day in Brooklyn was that on
that day had sailed fer the Holy Land.
WHY do you say that:' inquired some
one. My military friend replied, "Oh.
he will bc disillusioned when he gets
amid the squalor and dcommonplacescenes
of Palestine. and his faith will be shaken
in Christianity. for that is often the re-
suit" The great general misjudged the
case.
went TO the Holy Land for the one
purpose of having my faith strength
ened. and that was the result which
va III Ouk jun lil uiA
our reading. in all our associations. in
all our plans augmentation rather than
the depletion of our faith should be our
chief desire II is easy enough to have
our faith destroyed. / can give you n
recipe for its obliteration. Read infidel
books, have long and frequent converse
tions with skeptics, attend the lectures
Of those antagonistic to religion, give
full swing to some bad habit, and your
faith will be so completely gone that
you will laugh at the idea that you ever
had any.
If you want TO ruin your faith, you can
do it more easily than You can do any
thing else. After believing the Bible all
my life can see a plain way by which, in
six weeks, could enlist my voice and pen
and heart and head and entire nature in
the bombardment of the Scriptures and
the church and all I now hold sacred.
That it is easy to Danish soon and forever
all respect for the Bible l prove by the
fact that so omany have done it. They were
not particularly brainy nor had especial
force of will, but they SO thoroughly ac-
complishcd the overthrow of their faith
that they have no more idea that the
Bible is true. or that Christianity
amounts to anything. than they have in
the truth of the Arabian Nights Enter
tainments" or the existence of Don Quix-
ote's "windmills." They have destroyed
their faith so thoroughly that they never
will have return uf it.
Fifty rcvivals of religion may sweep
over the city, the town. the neighbor-
hood where they live, and they will feel
nothing but silent or expressed dis
gust. There are persons in this house
today who 90 years ago gave mp their
faith, and they will never resume it. The
black and deep toned bell of doom hangs
over their head, and take the hammer
of that bell, and strike it three times
with all my might, and it sounds, woe:
woe! woe! But my wish, and the wish
of most of you, is the prayer expressed
by the disciples TO Jesus Christ in the
words of my text, Lord, increase our
! faith p"
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-23

A cousin of President Cleveland Is
among the candidates at Annapolis 'Nr
the Naval Academy examination.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-27
NEW ORLEANS BIDS.
In Offer of $4,000 for the Cor
bett-Aitehell Battle.
ACCEPTED BY THE CHAMPION.
wants Fight TO Come on NEXT Month-
Prineesen D4vfnssy ssudsn.. For
hidden 90 Play Football.

AssrEr PAX. y. J., Oct. as.-Tonirht
Cnampson ]. J. Corbeii received . dispatch
from the Olympic Club. New Orleans. Of
ierlng parse Of $50 900 10. the Corbe,t-
Mitchell glove contest 70 be decided a.
Their club Corbetf Immediately wired
mis- acceptance of the offer, bal
stipulated that the club put up deposit
OF sA.o0 IS guarantee for the
nEhf 20 come of in New Orleans. The
champion urged the club 20 make the date
Tor the contest CARRIER than that set Jy the
toney Island Athletic Club, aud sue-
eested the latter part of November. Cor
eett said: 81 am anxious TO accommo-
date Mitchell, and now that am relieved
o. the Coney Island Club agreement / see
my way clear to do so. although the purse
Is less than that which contended for
with Sullivan"
HcT SPRINGS. Ark, Oct. a6.-State's At
iorney @. V. league today received COM
munieation from Gov Fishback relative TO
the proposition TO have the battle between
Corbett and Mitchell fought in this city !;
10 which the chief executive instructs
1eagae to take steps 10 prevent the mill.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-27
PUGET SOUND 4 ALASKA DIVISION
VICTORIA ROUTE.
STEAMSHIP CRY OF KINGSTON.

IpAliy exceps Monday
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-27

launching ever had on ths co~.s
Tugs and vehicles wsTe again e.Ilsd in =,
reguisifion, and the Thousands vent th~;r
way honeward- The Oregon Nil, h.
sowsd alongside the dock tomorrow ard
then viii begia the work Of fst.ing her f,-
service ~ batfIeship.
lac Oregon II what IL technically known
- = sea-golng coast lire battle~htf an.4 a
the most powerful ship in the Tnited
states navy. Her dimensions are as fol-
.osss Length over ali, 34s feet: load
~ateT line, 30 feet: breadth. 60 feet 3
ineness draft. a feet; displacement. 10 gss
tons: maximum horse power. g. 600 she
VII nave maximum speed Of Is knots
az VIA carry crew OF 90 men Her
cost, extensive Of Armament il xto00 0s,0
The arTnamen. consists Of four f3-inrh
Tour s-iiaeh and four 6-snch breeeh-loading
tines, $50 Q secondary battery of q 81
Eo1uasf ana SIX l-poonder rapid fire guns
Two uatlings and SIX torpedo tubes. b.
men and o-inch guns mounted in turress.
Inc oFegon's aEmCr Is very heavy. There
- oeit OF steel from three feet above the
ioad water line 10 four and one-haIf feet
below II. extending Iss feet amfdship. pro-
tecthg The engines and boilers. This
sfInor y eighteen inches ;hick in the mid
oae ana tapers - bow aud stern Above
sais belt - another five inches thick, ex-
sshaing 20 the main deck. From the ends
Q. the ls-snch belt 20 the extremitles Of the
snip ~ protective deck three inches thick
anu another armored deck two and three
quarter inches thick. The turress for tbs
i~incn guns are IN two paris under
redoubs seventeen inches thick and
above this IL an inclined armor Of the
same thickness. The s-ineh turrets are
similarly built with inclined armor vary
ing from 81 To inches in thickness. The
oregon wall carry q military mast, with
TWO tops. In the lower top will be plaeed
Two l-poundeF rapid-hring guns, and IN
the upper TOD two Calling guns. The am-
mnnition will De taken up 20 these guns
through the inside Of these masts. There
IL complete system of coal protection
with'ceilular subdivision and gun shields.
Y nder the engines and boilers are four
bottoms. and double bottoms elsewhere.
The coal capacity at designed draught is
40 tons, but the bunker capacity IS i.s00
TONS The Oregon is the most costly ship
IN the American navy.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-27

hond church. and poem by Samuel l..
simpson, OF Astoria. was read by Mrs.
Aasclssa W. Kinney, of that city, at the
request Of the Astoria Chamber of Com
meree
itis estimated that fully 1900 people
assembled 10 witness the launching. When
TIE announced time, III So o'clock. arrived,
sudden hush came over the huge as
senhlage aud 20. 90 eyes were fixed on
zoe great mass OF red and gray iron.
me sound OF the workmen's ham mers
knocking away the shores was heard. but
sne vessel dad not move. Patiently the
crowd waited until nearly noon, when
ifY'ng NJ. Scott, leaning over the rail,
eAlsed 10 Mr.. Forsythe 20 give the signal
Wien all was ready. Then a clergyman
ssnped from the crowd and invoked
eslne blessing, saying that such shius as
.aeSe prove safeguards 10 the commerce Of
iae world and give aid 10 the oppressed
and weak. All the blocks We're not away
W thsn, and 1t VAS tso minutes before IL
ss'eek when the superintendent called up
nom below that all was ready.
Inc mass of s.eel was swsying ready to
meve, and almost touch would have
started Il onward. Mr.. Scott slrnaled TO
alss SHELBY. She stepped forward aud
seaeaed a button. and an immense knife
sseE tel, seyering the rope thas held
sae vessel 10 the ways. Then gracefully
aAe haa boTne on its cradle went down 10
tbs sea
As Il moved s second electric button
vas pressed. and Miss Ainsworth christ
saea The new warship; but the mechanism
tAsSd - woF6 and the bottle still rested on
We pendant. Irving NJ. Scott Jumped on
s9s Fait, se,Ee8 the receptacle and crashed
aaEaiass the ships side just as the bow
vas IeiTeaoag. and the beverage made
aaain the boa soon 10 De wet with salt
saieF. In less than half a minute the
VtsEea Was noat IN the bav. the
fsoss ot the wooiea cradle IN
sassa she slipped doSn the WAYS
eoeAing ~ about her sides. As she
sssfssd whistle gave a signal and then
sas excitement. The wave caused hy
- snip rushed upon the beach oppo-
S aud many spectators were
seeaeaed, While out IN tee bav the spray
oused hundreds Of occupants Of small
s. eas not s oFSft Was overturned.
sas the most successful
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-27

MoSrEsASo. Oct. 26. Especial. AT last
nights session of the city council the city
sewer system was accepted as completed.
and notwithstanding that several addi-
tions in shape of manholes, flush tanks,
etc. had been added to the original plans,
there was nearly $i.700 left in the
fund derived from sale of sewer
bonds. The cost of building the
system will fall two thousand
dollars short of estimate by the engineers.
The tax levy was made as follows: six
mills for general fund. mills for street,
and / for sewer The levy Is slightly
higher than that of last year, but as the
valuations are lower tar will be less.
A Northern Pacific work train is here
driving piling for breakwater above their
bridge over the Wynooche, which will be
carried out this winter If considerable work
is not done to protect IL.
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ana On every hillside and house top from
xhieb q Siew of the works could be OBJ
tsiued thousands of enthusiastic specta-
tors ssrs gathered. That part of the bay
directly In front of the Union Iron Works
ssssntirely occupied by great feet of
steamboats,. Tugs and crafts of every de-
seription, all decorated with bunting and
Iosdsd down with hundreds OF people
eager 10 witness the ceremonies. A num-
Der Of small government vessels were
Gnong those lying in the bay. and at the
rcmsnt the last shores were knocked
sssy and the several thousand tons of
assI commenced 20 glide down the ways q
fnndred saluies were fired, bands Of music
tsged national airs, thousands of specta-
hFs gave cheer after cheer, and every
Eexm whistle within a radius of mile of
2fworks joined In the chorus. The launch
w entirely successful, and the new bat
tsship now lies in little lagoon in front
q the Union Iron Works awaiting her
completion. which will be pushed as
npidIy as possible.
large party OF 0regonians were pres
sat at the launching as special guests of
the Union Iron Works. They included
Cen. Ccmpson, Of Portland, the represent
tatIve of Gov. Pennoyer. Ii was within
three minutes OF II O'Clock before the last
shore was knocked away by the workmen.
Come short ceremonies were held on a
PLATFORM which had been built around the
bow of the ship. and upon which were
array and navy officers. representatives of
Oregon. California and San Francisco and
ether persons. who had been specially in
vited. Al a given signal Miss Eugenia
Shelby, representing the city of Portland,
touched an electric button, which started
the vessel downthe ways. The battieship
was gsily decorated.
saorily before the last blow was given
the leet of vessels in the bay were warned
10 keep at q respectful distance, else the
plunge of the vessel into the water might
result disastrously. The warning was
needed, and the Oregon had clear field.
Tbs most enthusiastic persons to be found
we're representatives. from Oregon. who re-
gxrded the successful launch of the vessel
o. good omen for the state after which
she was named. Miss Daisy Ainsworth,
formerly OF Oregon, and a native of that
stste, but now a resident of Oakland,
representing the state of Oregon,
ehristened the vessel. Miss Ruth Doiph,
laughter of Senator Dolph, of Oregon.
vas TO have assisted In the christening
ceremonies, representing the United
states navy, but the young lady could not
attend. She was detained in Washington
City by reason Of sickness.
Before the iauneh patriotic airs were
played by band from the receiving ship
Independence. Prayer was offered by
Rev. DR.. Drown, of the First Congrega-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-27
WASTING Cos, Mining Men.

There was an accidental gathering o.
coal men in town yesterday. \. Foston
the Portland agent OF the Oregon Improve
ment Company. Was here as Witness in
the Mahoney case. and Frank Sheppard,
Sun@rintsnaent OF the Wilkeson mines
aud c. H. Barnett, superintendent OF ih'
south PrSirse mines. came here on visis
IN their brethren an the trade.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-27
Football Practice.

The first and second football eievens of
the Seattle Athletic Club had lively prac-
tiee game yesterday afternoon at Mad ison
park. The regulars were given the hard
est work they have yet had. The an
nouncement of the game drew quite q
crowd of spectators. q number of whom
were ladies. The players will meet to-
night at 7:3o O'Clock at the gymnasium to
practice their tricks for tomorrow's game
at Tacoma
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CHICAGO. Oct. 26-Betting is lively on
the great race of Saturday between Cliff
ford, 70 Tambien and Lamplighter. The
odds on Lamplightsr are IL to Is, and to
5 on the other two.
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fHE OREGON AFLOAT.
1xuuching Of the Most Costly
American War Vessel
oafcos GIRLS GIVE SIGNALS.


- Fsascssco. Oct. 3s.-shorsiy before
s. hcur Of noon today the battseship
$3.50. che FIRST vessel Of her class con.
ssrar4ed on the Pacific coast, was launched
- lie ways 81 the Union Iron Work.
J. he presence Of one Of the greatest
.-urds Of people which ever assembled
.ksrs to witness 9 similar event. Repre-
s-n.s.ives Of the army and navy, civil off,
80 az the general government and the
.ss.<s Of California and Oregon aud a
i.rrs number Of invited guests were pres
= ID the shipyard, while on every street
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BENEATH THEIR DIGNITY.
princeton Faculty Forbid Divfnit,
students 60 Take Part In Football.

PRINCETON. n. j., Oct. 26.-At meetin :
oil the faculty OF the seminary tonight the
members decided against football playing
by students of that department. The
reason given is that IL is beneath the
dignity of divinity students in college.
The theologians are very angry over the
decision. All the games have been can
ceied, including those Of the big teams.
Two seminary men are on the college
team, and the faculty consented to their
continuing with Il this year.
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RAILROAD AND STEAMSHIP TICKETS TO
ALL POINTS IN THE WORLD
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WANT HELP9

Want ads. when inserted I'm the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES bring quick
returns- Largest circulation gaar-
aatAed
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A Meeting of the Lady Managers.

Excited Stranger in chicago-officer,
there's some one being murdered in that
building. Don't you hear the shrieks7
Otficer--Cam yourself, my friend; that
is only the board of lady managers hold
ing a meeting
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Fer rates routes Aad ether inform alton call On or
address
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Office corner Yesssr avenue ksd Front stFast
Depot 1ckes oftsce. corner West aad Calambla sta
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-17
Potato Culture.

Extensive experiments have been
made at the Michigan Experiment sta
tion to determine several points in the
cultivation of Irish potatoes. 1t was
sought to discover whether hill or
drill planting, deep or shallow plant
ing and deep or shallow cultivation is
most profitable. 1t has been decided
that drilling is more profitable than
killing. Paintings were made at
depths varying from to inches. 1t
was found that those planted 2 and 3
inches deep made little quicker
growth than those at greater depth.
Deep culture gave better results than
shallow in a majority of cases and
produced most marketable potatoes.
Sunburned potatoes were most prev
Giant in the rows cultivated shallow.
Potatoes planted inches deep gave
the largest yield and those five inches
deep gave the most arketable pota-
toes. The seed planted two inches
deep gave the smallest amount of mar
ketable potatoes. An effort was also
made to determine the effect of mulch
ing. A part of the planting in this
experiment was done with straw in the
hill, part was cultivated in the ordi-
nary way, without straw or mulch,
and part was not cultivated at all,
but was mulched with six or eight
inches of oat straw. All the paintings
were at depth of three inches; there
was no difference in the time of APP
pearance between the mulched anu
unmulched plots, but the planting
where straw had been put in the hills
was about two days behind the there
planting. The yield in the plot Guilt
waited lin the ordinary way was the
largest 1858 bushels, but the quality
was inferior and the tubers were
badly affected with scab. Those
mulched yielded 1862 bushels, were of
excellent quality and almost free from
scab. The potatoes grown with straw
in the hill were very poor, nearly
every one affected with scab, and
measured only liz bushels per acre.
1t was decided that although the
quantity of tubers grown under mulch
was not so large as by ordinary Guilt
walton. the great superiority of the
potato more than compensated for the
shortage in yield,
These experiments must be interest
ing to all potato growers, but are not
conclusive and applicable to every Sec
ton of the country. The soil and eli
mate of Texas differs widely from that
of Michigan, and practices found sue
cessful in the Northern states may be
the safest guide to failure here. Let
every farmer try like experiments for
himself.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-17
They are usually much larger than

They are usually much larger than
the most overgrown nursery stock
and the younger saplings twice or
thrice the height becoming their
age. The only roots are p few
stout prongs, but they are bought
in preference to the nurseryman's
small fry" Nurserymen preach
against this practice necessarily, but
the fools think they see through their
selfish tricks, and are too wise to be
gulled so easily. They cannot see the
patent facts that trees grown in nur-
series have needful qualities of root,
stem and branch, entirely lacking in
the spindly saplings that have strug-
gled for life in shady thicket. The
nursery plant is forced into vigorous
growth from the start by furnishing it
with rich soil, and special cultivation
% induce numerous fibrous roots near
re stem, which is trained to an ideal
standard of strength and symmetry by
proper pruning and ample allowance
of space for light and air. 1t is trans
planted from time to time to force a
closer mass of small fibers by cutting
back the leading roots. When sold it
can be dug up with most of its rootlets
uncut and the small wounds are easily
healed. Thus the risk of transplant
ing is slight.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-17
profe, sOr selIsman of Columbia College.

Profes sor sellgman of Columbia College:
1t Is not easy TO say in a few lines
exactly what think congress ought
to do. But my general view of the
situation may be summed us as fol-
COWS. In the first place congress ought
to repeal Internationally the silver
law of 1890 This, however, will settle
neither the silver nor the currency
question. What we need above all
things IS greater elasticity in the cur
rency medium. The ideal method Of
obtaining this would OF course be
through regenerated system of ma
tional banks with an issue based on
other securities than those of the ma
tionsl government. This, however,
will probably not be accepted by con-
gress. On the other hand, the repeal
of the 10 per cent tax on state bank
issues would be worse than mis-
chievous. There remains, therefore,
only the issues of governmental paper,
which should not be ii 1t money, but
which should be based on a covering
of, say, one-third in gold and silver,
very much in the same way as our
greenbacks are based on the gold re-
serve. Congress should pass law
permitting the secretary of the treas
ury to purchase at his dicretion, with
in certain limits. gold aud silver bull
lion and to issue three times the
amount of gold notes and silver notes.
This would give to the country the
annual addition to its currency that
might be called for. And as long as
the notes remained convertible and
were amply protected by the bullion
reserve there could be no depreciation
The secretary could preserve the par
ity of the two metals by disseminating
or increasing as the case might be, the
purhase of the one or the other met.
ais as reserve. This would, confess
involve greet a5ponslbility upon
the secretary and an increased inter
ference of the treasury in mercantile
affairs. But in default of a nationa
bank, which is an inlp)s ibility
and OF system of national bant
issues, which seems unlikely, there IL
no alternative. 1t is better to hav,
elasticity in one direction at leas
than to have no elasticity at all, which
would be the result of the simple re
peal of the Sherman act.
AS regards the silver question, tn
above plan would at least provide TO
the purchase of certain amount o
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-17

during the first week of existence. A
drag made of a heavy block of wood.
the bottom beveled to about four
inches surface, with handles attached,
should follow the drill to compress or
pack the soil above the seed to pre-
vent the rapid evaporation of moisture.
This plan is especially adapted to early
planting in Texas. The later sowing
may be done by broadcasting method
and plowed in with small toothed
cultivator followed with a smoothing
harrow. The point that should not
be forgotten is that seed should be
sufficiently deep to get moisture to
cause termination and not so deep
that the young plants would be un
able to penetrate the soil. The diff
Guilty is that farmers do not cover
seed deep enough. If the seed is
plowed in to depth of two or three
inches and soil thoroughly fined by
cultivator afterwards there will usually
be good stand.