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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-08

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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-08

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-12
latest Publications.

rSs Life Of Joseph smith. cisth. ~.
Leather git ttlo. Morogso i,lL so
From kirkland 10 Snit Lake, i,v L.,
iAHle, 90 pages, cioth, mlus.l tIsj. L.s,,.,
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Forty Near- Among she Indiana a,
Daniel W. JoHei, 90 pager, Uon 49,.
leather ils1, Leather gilt, tso5
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cloth, tLtoi Leather gni, t2oo. Nailss
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per doi,i cloth bound, u 90 zach, tToo -,
dot,i CLOTH and Leather bound, ti.io -
$500 par doI n sent W rail, II cent? ~,
copy additional.
story of the fiook of Mormon b, IA.
0corgu Hoyn0lds, Ci1th, i25j, gioih ,,lt. p6si
Haliisaihor gilt ESQ, Pull Leather rit us'
Sunday school Hymn nooh, .oa,s,s, an
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tloO, t7.sl, ta.oJ t5sg and s,.oJ.
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Eariy scenes In church History. al
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Tho Life Of Ncphi, ha con of fshl. N.
cmigratoi FROM Jerusalem, in Judaa. b, q,
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turi's before the c1ming Of ho Savior. n,
book contains s1ma very important Items ID.
e'rnins tho Book Of Mormon. b. us5rss o,
Cannon, g1c
Scraps Of biography, containing a sis,.h a
al udor's ilioi iueiiouts OF Experience, "a
Evvcl Knights Journal, 2sc.
The atyth OF the Manuscripts Poups
or mo Ah'uriuos Of tho spaulding story.t,
oo1fsu Reynolds. 2l,.
LHboTs In che vineyard, contain, am. a,
Ono moot undressing ctpsrisnoos ever vritiss,
2lc
eNcniiui Narratives, contains sume inisr,..
ms stitches and valuable lessons. ase.
helpful Visions, Instructive Manifestations.
The Lord " lfs eh.irgn. g5a.
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Torture.

Colonel Poldowiczi (of tho Russian
policoj-Has the prisonersd confossodg
Sergeant sowIrci-Nu, your high.
noss1vich. We hayo b0atOnsd him with
Qua clubs, cut On ono OF his oara1vitch.
burned tho roles u his feotsh with hot
ironlkoH and tried the Thumb acrowo.
yich on him, but ho absolutely refuses
20 coniefsd.
Colonel Poldowiozi (sternlyl-Thon,
hs last relortfld, Try tho effect Of a
recitatiouskon by young lady oloou.
tionistoYch
Nihilst Prisoner CscroaminR)-Hayo
morCyl confess, cunfosl-London
Tit.Bits
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-12
fooLINa - M.9N8ALNGRs
Only one Of tho United states Deputy Mar.
shnis came HACK Whole.

only one OF tho United states Deputy Mar
shais Came HACK Whole.
It YVES known in the United State.
mprshal's ohlco at Nashville that wild
cat whisky ysas coming down the Cum
borlnud river Tho marshal was new 8.
Office. and therefore was determined D..
do h.s DUTY, which, ct course, was O..
500 that che lllia.t jistilsnea NO mat
or how remote. should Do destroyed,
and thut che diat.'I.Is should be brought
t1 Justice. U'a rfsdo or iu Office bad
been likewise determined aud bad s1nt
brave mon o. tho mountains, bot whit.
ky had continued to CONS down tho
Cumberland rlyor Tho present mar
shall Captain Hayes m old ConieIor
ato oucof. laid that hu Thought thl'
whom tbu boys found out that Doc really
wanted them 20 quit they would do Boo
Ho und9f tod thtm, Do know thoir na.
lures, their imrulsivouo mud tluir die.
position 10 yield 20 persuasion. So he
sont O. deputy and four mon 90 toll the
boys 20 quit ono night about o week
later some one rang The d0arholl, and
tlU marshal himself wont 60 the door.
'NhJ, " said be- 'hayo you got back,
Csuoys"
Cancy answered. "Ycs, just about
"Whcro 50 She deputy marshall"
"Well. hos back too
"Why don't ho como aroundr'
"WoiI. lowed that bis folks need
ca him ua tlan You did, 20 / unload.
cd him iboa"
"WlaL yon don't mean that hos
hurtt"
"No nor hurt now. but ho was Hos
dead at present I'm tho only ono that
got back whole
"WoIl, declare Didn't you toll those
boys that ] wanted thcm to quit thor
fo0lishn0ssf"
"Ycs and they must have been hard
N hearing, for thoy kept on a.shootin.
-Upio Read.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-12

zion; but such Is the progress Of our
work that we are no longer conn ca
20 the mountains and backwoods' nut
the wealthy and the great are nearing
our message. Tho harvest Truly is
great bu the labarefs few. IL eeemt
that every young man 10 Zion SHOULD
have this opportunity 90 ueiond Die
cause before the world.
Ever praying for the onward progress
Of Ilnu, We remain your brothers IN
the cause Of truth,
WILLIAM Il, HAYES,
THOMAS W. SLOAN,
Address l.. o. Box 532, Rockville,
Tenn.
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SUNDAY Sc5ool a7d Primary

ron msss books and cards post.r, win a.
rh.rged In addition 10 tie prioas given. u ~, y,
snail. unless tha price givsn r. ior "postpaiipt
First Hook for cur Little Priens.. a.,
me uao OF sunday Schools, Zoe.
secoud Book for QUE Liitis Pri,na.
sunday School reader, aoa
intermediate =. =. nsader,s oe.
Questions and Answer. on the "a,
Rnd Mission OF che Prophet Iossrs
Saith, I've.
uibIe Questions aud Answers. o..
use " primary Assluiat1ni as.
Chiidrens Primary Hymn nooh.
copies, postpaid, use.
Primary speaker, No. !, postpaid. "a.
y. ~.
The Model Roll Rock, postpaid. Is.
class Registers, per dos, 500
Primary Tune Hooh, zoe
Hook OF Mormon Catechism, po,,p,i, -.
q. =. Union Hymn Iiooh, each No. -,
paid, $50.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-12
THR
DENVER & Rio
GRANDE RAILROAD
SCENIC LINE OF THB WORLD
The only lIle running lEO
Through Fast Ti1ls daily
LEADVILLB,
ASPEN, PUEBLO,
COLORADO SPRINGS
AND DENVER
EFFECTIVE APRIL 20, 1894,

Train No. leaves Ogden 700 am,
Salt Lake Sos am, arrive at Pueblo
61s a m, Colorado Springs ISL am,
Denver 1850 am.
Train No. q leaves Ogden 7;7o pm,
Salt Lake S;7S pm, arrive At Pueblo
las pm, Colorado Springs 500 PM,
Denver 1880 pm.
Conneo Ions made 81 Pueblo, Colorado
Springs and Denver with all lines east
Eleganl day cosohes, chair cars and Pull
man sleepgra on gll trains. Tske The
II. a Il. q, and have comfortable trip
aud enjoy the nnsag scenery on Mo Goa
UnonL
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Traffic Manager, q. y. 4 4. 4.
Denver, Colo. Denver, Colo,
ID. T.. NENfNS.
General Agent
Salt Lake Gig, N
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-12
ROBERT BONNER
Experimenting the s5ooi1g Of
Su1oI with tho Putnam RaA

PRoarrrr Uur sra-r Piny
r.. MILLER 3 sluLEY.
PUTNAM NAIL Co. NoIdgsst. AlF IVA
NEhlLah papDluFfo yUuf fatgrof 49,.
l.lh inat., " ~ state thHt hag9 u1gf III. pa,
IN, n.l, ..l hhl olheai but 70 hos come 10 ne
p2lnl WIN no nov whsrv will not ALLOW arv
elaes na!l @ - USED than tlo Putnpta no.
foiged Nail III eau pFsyoutlt, While der.
w ho otl1n ne good, know what these AZ,
49, s~lA0t aAlfd 90 make experimental.
Nefy respectfully JogIa.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-12
ESTATES.
LAND CASES.

Persons having land contracts, or
whose patents are delayed, should con.
suit Chas, w. Siayner, lie has just
returned from Washington, where he
has been conducting successful
practice in the General Land Office,
Congressional work attended to, Office
Observation-Disclosures Building, Salt Lake
City.
Correspondence solicited. Send
stamped envelope ior reply.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-12
Effective Oct 7th, 1894.
lIaHS ArIre and Dspafi 0f Sal LaAs
t,lg DaiB, a. l0i0irs'

AunWn.
From m Tnfterr roluta. ..........,... y ~ AN
Prom lutte Portland. San Prom.
cisco, cache valley and uEIou..to 70 a 70
from ell Eastern points rarE tlty
ana oEIousss.s.a ....sss.s.sss 4 - o 10
fr1m San Francisco. Ogden and
intermediate U0Intt.,................ B O5 % m
'irom Milford, JuAb. rr5So. sanpttc,
aud EurtkHsa,... .,........ 20 y no
lfron Terminus and Toooie............. . W . m
DLrAHr
FOR ogden, Park rlu r0cAtollo sndAl
Eastern points .,,,,,.....,,,........ sn1 am
For ogden snd intermediate points .. ygj Am
FOR ogden, intermediate points
Fan Francisco and Cache
valley polntl, .s.,,,..,,,.............. 2 20 D M
for ogden, all points east, Butte, Port.
land and ~bu francisco, 6i5 pm
'lor Eureka, rr1vo. sAupete Valley
Nopni JuAb aud FRISCO. ..... 54SAm
TOR 1ooelo aud Iormiuus.,,......... 9, an
'fralns south OF Jua1 ruu daily except
sunday.
DAILY except sunday,
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kjus.ra v.ssrum Goo. ~ oonnsns
RroaidenL Ni'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-12
music.

improvements Association sens
eeA' contains collection Of Original
ana selected songs and hymns. set % music ~
Professor K Boolley, seyen,y-oighi pagcs al
choice music, postpaid, zoo.
DIS ~ Union Music Book, postpaid. 80
Primary Tune Book, net without pos.as-
800.
,ahIinody, paper ,ado-, II6Oi Cloth, 'lss
Ai l"aulot, $40. Postage n esa. sa'A
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-12
missioqary Supplies.

morEan's Tract No. q, sc,s
4" &" 2, sott.
g,ssta
Who Modern Prophet, aca.
True W. False religion, ,etS
Tho Go1pci Pioneer, acts.
Reply - "The Mormon paw,
tsFy,n,G
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-12

ChHET CAPIrhl. - eluVsVeg
CAh4z nUnPLJs, NaoS'"s'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-12

The above will give you an ileG no
o. some Of the people We meet. We
are DOW ulmUst ready 10 canvas. I1uuz.
VILE, u city O $4,000, aud /, any nave
irlrnus OF relatives hero residing, We
would appreciate "a letter uf intToIuc.
ton, as Buch reference frequent.
~ opena up a emanuel OF c0m.
muuicutl1n which rpsu IA ia COCO
We snail DO pluGsei 10 near from huy
one In this relation rs early us con
Veulent. To CanyRGs city OF eli,
Size ~ no small TASK and lew yb d.
ago Would We thou al out o tuo qugs,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-12
RAILROA DIS
sssSTRioNS hiV
GRANDE3 HDNWnE
,.WEsTERNN UhANDL
s1..s,. WESTERN
STANDARD GAUGE
f fSssr qar.n. n Effect HoE 2jih, 1894.

leave salt Lake
No. .-Tor Provo, bingham. and
III poin's ra,t........--- 500 a. m
No. t-for Provo, Grand Juncuon
and al poinu East......... 7 t0p. N.
No. C-ior Provo. Mauu, and
tAlinA s,,,.... ...'....,',,,s.sss''' 4ia9 p M
No. s-For Eureta ........ ,...- ,..,., tlo0p. M.
No. s-tor ogden and Weat......... 81 O. y. iu.
No. i-F0r Ugt5n aui the West.... lis9 pm.
Arrive sait LAho,
No. i-Fr0m Provo. 8raut Junction
hud ths East-,..,sa.,..... lEo y. m
No. I-Ir5m Provo. Grand junction
and the Easts.........ts...., u 1888 p. n.
No. s-irom bingham, Provo. Manu
and saliua........,.,............. tit' p, m.
No. 5-itom EurekA........ ............ vis3 a he.
No 4-trom uEisa sud the West. lisa IA
No. t-trom ogden and ihe west. z SOP. m.
only line fuuuing through fullmaa Palace
Double brAWiuE Room siuepors o. beaver VIA
Grand Junction and 70 Kansas CITY aad Jhica.
o. via Colorado points, free roclining chair
cars talt Lake o. beaver. and only line run
ming Pullman slrcpors shlt Lake " san FRAU,
cisco, hoohAnElsi eioao eoHnaouous. safety
speed ahd comfort
Ticket once, is V. End South
n C. DODGE. Il. WEDnY.
Gen. Manager. Gen. supt.
=. u. htNNkrr. Gen. T.. ALA
r. n. BABCuCk. General Freight Aen.
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lIl!fl6It.!!ti!Ii
iiif!II#

r. y. NIELSEN. " D. MCMILLAN,
rfav Pass. AT General AEout
Room %, over 40, 10 W. Second south b.,
salt i.uko city lthu.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-08-20
THE BLACK DEATH.

In England during the black deaths
first and most dreadful visitation in
194S- it was noticed that it carried off
an enormous number of the laborers
in the country villages, the poor and
the workmen in the towns, the monks
ton of the population who were ILL
housed, ill clothed, or, like those in
religious houses, lived habitually on
an insufficient diet, among whom the
practice of asceticism in various forms
tended to bring about a weakening of
their stamina and their vital power.
On the other hand, the mortality
among the clergy was far in excess of
that among any other class, and this
can be attributed only to their noble
self sacrifice in the discharge of their
ministerial duties among parishioners.
Breathing day and night the pesti-
lential air, working heroically among
people in every stage of the disease,
comforting the dying and burying the
dead in huge pits dug to contain the
putrid corpses, the priests dropped
by thousands into the same graves in
which they helped lay their people,
and before the year was out the sup
ply of clergy had begun to fall short
very seriously over all the land.
At Florence, Bocaccio tells us, it
became necessary to dig trench, into
which the bodies were put by hun
dreds, laid in rows, as goods packed
in ship. A little earth was cast upon
each successive layer until the pits
were filed to the top. At Avignon
several, as soon as they were seized
with the sickness, were taken to the
pit and buried, some alive. At Vienna
the dead were buried in trenches, each
of which, according to one chronicle,
contained some 5000 corpses. In Lon
don Sir Walter Nanny provided new
cemetery, more than Is acres in ex-
tent, in respect of the danger which
might befall in this time of so great
plague and Infection.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-08-20
Now trV This.

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] Now TRY.-It will cost you nothing and viii
surely do you good, if you have a Co"
| Cold, or any trouble with Throat
Lungs. DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds is guaranteed tc
give relief, or money will be paid back. Stuff
erers from La Grippe found it just the thing
and under its had speedy and perfect
recovery. Try sample bottle at our expense
and learn for yourself just how good thing
it is. Trial bottles free at H. c. Pierce's Drug
Store. Large size SOC. and S1.0O. 3
Always eloquent.-Uncle-Is your
little dog intelligent? Small Nephew
Well, he hasn't got SO very much
sense in his head, but his tail seems to
know a lot"
Mr. Summer Boarder-I was startled
by the dishonesty of these people last
night. Mr.. Citicaller Indeed. eyes.
I saw them watering the COWS before
they MIXED them"
Algy (whose incessant cha tier has
scared away the fish)-Oh, I say, now,
you've caught a dozen and l none.
What do you fish with? Old Angler
With bated breath.
Old Friend-Your plan is most ex-
cellent one, but do you think your
wife will agree to it? Married Man
Oh, yes; I'll tell her some one else
suggested it and I'll call it an idiotic
idea.
Lanes Family Medicine Moves the Bowe,
Most people need to use it Each day
Aunt Maria-Are you sure that Mr..
Spooner loves you? CARRIE guess
you would think SO, to hear the silly
things he says to me! Aunt Maria
But how do you know you love him?
Carrie-Because they don't seem silly
to me-"
Visitor Perhaps you have notion
that, if you only build high enough,
you may reach heaven. Chicago Citi-
zen (proudly)--No, sir. I'd have you
understand that, no matter how high
the building may run, it is still in Chi
cago!
Watts-I was at spiritualistic Sc
ance. Potts We're any spirits ex
hibited? Watts There were. ex-
hibited spirit of investigation, the
faithful exhibited a spirit of resent
ment, and that's what is the matter
with my eye.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-08-20
A CHUNK OF LEAD.
1t Killed a Brave Mans Chances of
Promotion

Somewhere inside of me-" said n veteran
officer in the United States army, sis a bullet
that struck me down at the first battle of Blu
Run. 1t spared my life, but killed my chan.
ces of promotion, because could not pass
the doctor. So must stay in my prese mt
grade the rest of my life.',
They have a stern sense of duty, these are
surgeons. One of them treated Sergeant
Henry Chiffon, of Battery an" Fourth Ar
tiIlery, for chronic dyspepsia. in few
months the sergeant, who is six feet tall. lost
twenty eight pounds. He was discharged for
disability, March IL, 1894, and went to live at
40 Washington Street, Anacostia, DC.
He heard of Paskola, a pre- digested food
absorbed directly into the system and rapid
ly taking the place of cod liver oil. Pasl ola
is made of starchy products and puts fat on
emanciated bodies. "Just the thing for me, -
he thought
81 concluded to try a few bottles and am
pleased with the result" he writes. "My
weight is now 149 pounds gain of eleven
pounds, with only eight small bottles"
Says Mrs Emma Clark, of Bridgton, N. j.:
81 take pleasure in handing you my testi-
mons as to the benefit I have derived from
taking Paskola. After being under the care
of my physician for long time and trying
almost every remedy known to science / was
induced by my friends to try Paskola as a
last resort. felt a great improvement and
benefit before 1 had consumed the first
ffty-cent bottle and had no trouble to retain
it on my stomach when all othe Preparations
nauseated me.
81 now have a ravenous appetite and can
eat the most hearty food and know am gain
ing in flesh daily"
How this was done is explained in a PAM
phlet which will be mailed free on application
to
The Pre- Digested Food Co., 80 Reade ST.,
New York.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-08-20
QUEER THINGS IN ANIMAL LIFE

The greyhound runs by sight only.
This is fact. The carrier pigeon flies
his hundreds of miles homeward by
eyesight, noting fro m point to point
objects that he has marked. This is
only conjecture. The dragon flies with
$4,000 lenses in his eye, darts from
angle to angle with the rapidity of a
flashing sword, and as rapidly darts
back, not turning in the air, but with
clash reversing the action of his
four wings and instantaneously cal
culating the distance of the objects or
he would dash himself to pieces. But
in what confirmation of the eye does
this power consist? No one can ans
wer.
Ten thousand mosquitoes dance up
and down in the sun, with the mi
nutest interval between them, yet no
one knocks another headlong on the
grass or breaks leg or a wing, long
and delicate as they are. Suddenly a
peculiar, high shouldered, vicious
creature, with long and pendent nose,
darts out Of the rising and falling
cloud, and settling on your cheek, in
serts a poisonous sting. What pos
sessed the little wretch to do this
Did he smell your blood while he was
dancing No one knows.
A carriage comes suddenly upon
some geese in narrow road
and drives straight through the
flock A goose was never yet fairly
run over, nor duck. They are under
the very wheels and hoofs, and yet
they contrive to flap and waddle safely
off. Habitually stupid, heavy, and in
dolent, they are nevertheless, equal to
any emergency.
Why does the lonely woodpecker,
when he descends from his tree and
goes to drink, stop several times on
his way and listen and look around
before he takes his draught ? No one
knows. How is it that the species of an
ant which is taken in battle by other
ants to be made slaves should be the
black or negro ant ? No one knows.
The power of judging of actual dan
ger, and the free and easy boldness
that results from it, are by no means
uncommon. Many birds seem to have
a correct notion of gums range, and
are scrupulously careful to keep be-
yond it. The most obvious resource
would be to fly right away out of sight
and hearing, but this they do not
choose to do.
A naturalist of Brazil gives acco unit
Of an expedition that he made to one
Of the islands of the Amazon to shoot
'poonbills, ibises, and other magnifi-
,ent birds which are abundant there.
lis design was completely baffied,
by wretched little sand
piper, which preceded him, continual
y uttering his tell-t tale cry, which at
,nce aroused all the birds within hear
ng. Throughout the day did this in
lividual bird continue it's self-imposed
luty of sentinel to theirs, effectually
preventing the approach of the HINT
II to the game, and yet managing to
Keep out of the range of his gun.-Phil-
tdelphia Times.