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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-04

. D.. v'.
SINGING by tho choir and oongTeg1-
ton of the hymn which begins;
"Haw firm n foundation. ye Saints
af the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent
word"
opening prayer by Elder John
Nicholson.
Tho choir sang tho hymn which
begins;
"softIy beams the sacred lawnlng
OF tha great Mlllgnniu morn"
ELDER JOHN HENRY SMITH,
of the Council OF the Apostles, was
tho drst spgaller. His remarks were
[Cgahaasd on Esgs 7tO0.l
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-04

cally unwise for German papers to
adopt "a naughty tone toward spain.
as she deserves all the sympathy OF
Germany"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-04

They Succeed in shutting out Prize Fight
ers at St. Louis.

st. Louis, Oct Am attempt was
made yesterday afternoon to bring off
n pugilistic encounter on the river be-
tween Billy Mahan OF San Francisco
and Brownlow Sexton of this city.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-04

other attack on him. These facts be-
came public today when Rev kclllogg
went TO East st, Louis and applied for
warrants
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-04
FEAR THE PoPE's DEATH.
PhyslcInns Admit tho Gravity of Ills Com
dition Through Illness.

Paris. Oct. 4.-The Depeche Colo
male says the pope has been serious
ly III for three days past and that his
attending physicians fear fatal Is
sue.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30

ORDER your envelopes, note heads, bill
heads, statements, ETC., OF the WAroHMAN
Job office. Stock and workmanship always
the best, prices the lowest
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
DRESS GOODS,

Our buyer has just returned from
New York, and will be pleased to show
you the latest of the New Seasons
Novelties - Silks, Grenadines, Etam-
mas, Meltonettes, Canvas Cloths,
Silk and Wool Fabrics. Everything
the finest, most complete and best Sc
lected stock to be found. We ask you
to see this beautiful selection Of
Choicest Weaves.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30

A cARD.-I have just received a complete
line of the improved Knickerbocker Shoul-
der Brace for men, women, boys and girls
The cheapest and only reliable combined
and examine them. - Lester IL. Greene,
druggist
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
MILLINERY.

A wealth of beauty in this dep art
ment. The most Stylish Bits of Head
wear shown this season come from our
work rooms. Jaunty Creations for
Street and Carriage Wear.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
The Richardson" "
The Largest and Handsomest Store
in the State.

Everything is provided for your
wants at the Richardson"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
GLOVES.

"The Best Made in France and the
Best Sold in America" are the kinds
we SELL All the Newest Shades, Reds,
Tans,' Greens, Creams, Fellows, Whites,
Blacks, in Plain or Embroidered Backs.
Each the best of its kind.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30

RUBBER STAMPS made to order by. the
Vermont Watchman Company.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30

M ckILLIP & SMITH CO.
THE RICHARDSON DEPARTMENT STORES,
Head Of Church Street, :. Burlington, VI.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-23
NEW EXPRESS CAR.
Michigan Central Uses a Portable Arsen.
to Guard Its Train.

Michigan Central Uses n Portable Arsenal
to Guard Its Train.
"The western roads which are now
and have been bothered with train rob-
bers may decide to adopt u style of car
now being used OH the Michigan Cen
trail between Chicago and New York, y
said railroad official. This car is a
regular man of war On wheels and has
given great satisfaction. 1t is attached
to the express leaving Chicago every
evening. The guard car is lined inside
with steel, as also are tine doors and
floor Midway OH each side of the Car is
a steel box projecting from the sides
about six inches and about three feet in
length and a like width. There are
portfolios in front and on each side, anu
through these a rife can be operated. A
man with a repeating rife can get d
full sweep of either side of the train,
front or rear
"A like arrangement is built Oh each
side of the roof Of the Car, to reach
which a platform is built inside. A
man can stand on the platform ant
shield his head in the steel box and car
range his rife TO bear upon objects
either on top or along the sides Of thu
train.
Arranged on racks in the car is 1
small arsenal in the way of shooting
arms, and everything else connected
with the car indicates that If bandit
attempt to get into the Car they run ,
great risk Of being hurt. Had one O
these cars been attached to the train re
GENTLY held up in Blue cut, Messenge
Frier could, unaided, have given tn
band a warm reception. "-Chicag
Record
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-23
The Seed is the Vital Thing.

Planting must be begun right, else no
amount OF cultivation or fertilizer can
prevent the crop being II failure. The
fret step is the selection OF the seed. DO
not take any risks here. Get seeds that
you can depend upon--seeds that are
fresh. that have "a reputation behind
them. The most reliable seeds grown IN
this country are Ferry's Seeds. Wher,
ever seeds are sown the name OF ID. Nj.
Ferry II Co., of Detroit, Mich, ls n guar
antee OF quality and freshness. The
The greatest care and strictest caution
are exercisetNn the growing, selection,
packing and distribution OF their seeds
Not only must they be fresh, but they
must be true to name.
On a par with the qnality ofthe seeds
is Ferry Seed Annual for 1897, the most
comprehensive and valuable book OF the
kind ever printed. Every planter, large
and small, should get, read and diges,
this book before planting a a,single seed
1t is free TO all who address the firm as
above.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-23
Every N-DaN Excursions

To oil parts of the world can be arrang
ed for any day in the year, for one or
more persons, upon application to any
principal ticket agent Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee II st. Paul railway. timer,
aries carefully prepared for excursions
to California, Florida, Mexico, CHINA,
Japan, and to any part of Europe: Est
mates. Tickets furnished, including all
expenses. Tickets furnished for the
complete Journey. 1t is not necessary to
wait for any soc called "Personally Con
Quoted Excursions" In these days oi
progresslv enlightenment, with the
English language spoken in every land
under the sun, one does not need to de
pend upon the services OF guides for
sightseeing, but can go it alone or IT
small family parties, with great comfort
and security, and at ones own convent
ence. Apply to the nearest agent OF the
Chicago, Milwaukee Il st. Paul railway
or address Geo. Fl. Heafford, Genera
Passenger Agent, 4l5 Old Colony Build
ing, Chicago, Ill.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-23

Eugene Dehs has written letter an
nouncing that be has left the People, 3
Party and that hereafter he will use
his influence for the cause of socialism.
He has been in correspondence with
some of the leading men on that sub
ject, and it is known that there will
soon be statements given out by them
on the same subject. He thinks that if
Bryan had not been the candidate this
year the socialistic vote would have
been 1000, O00., He points to what he
says ia fact, that wherever socialism
has found q foothold it has lost nome ioi
its strength. In every precinct it'show'
. gain. be declares. Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-23
The Safety Point In Floors.

Probably less is known by architects
and structural engineers regarding the
safety of floors than of any other r"r-
ton of building. The relative cost Of
the steel beams in a floor, as compared
with the terra Gotta or other filling. has
caused some builders to go to al ex-
treme in increasing the spans between
beams, thus greatly increasing the risk
of destruction by fire, even though there
may be ample strength i'll the absence
Of fire. e.-Engineering News.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-23
Highest ali in Lcavchng StrcngthLest u Govt Report
R%:aa!l! g! Rs%aSSE RskHS
ABSOLUTELY PURE
FATHER-OFTHE HOUSE.
ABSOLUTELY PURE

Speaker Reed Will Add This to His other
Distinctions.
The father of the present house is old
Judge Culberson of Texas, who entered
the Forty fourth congress in 1875 and
has served ever since. He will not be a
member of the Fifty fifth congress, anA
other Democrat, John w. Crawford,
having been elected to succeed him.
Mr.. Reed began his service in the For
ty fifth congress in 1877 and has never
missed q reelection. He will there
fore be the oldest member Of the next
house in point of continuous service.
Congressman Harmer Of Philadelphia
entered congress in 1871 and would be
entitled to the distinction SO long held
by Judge Kelley Of Philadelphia were
it not for the fact that he failed Of cleo
tion to the Forty-fourth congress.
General Bingham of Philadelphia be-
gan his congressional career in 1879,
two years later than Speaker Reed, and
will share with Benton McMillin of
Tennessee the distinction of being the
oldest member on the floor Of the house.
Uncle Joe Cannon of Illinois came to
Washington as a member of the Forty
ehird congress i'll 1873, thus antedating
Mr.. Reed, but Cannon's constituents re-
| fused to REL elect him to the Fifty second
congress because or an alleged vulgar
remark which he made in speech dur
ing the exciting debates Of the stormy
Fifty first session. Galusha A. Grow OF
Pennsylvania will he the only member
Of the next house who can boast that
his congressional record began as years
ago. There is hiatus in his Legislative
career, however, as he skipped from the
Thirty seventh to the Fifty-third con
gress But as the indications are tina,
Speaker Rec: wilfbe reelected as pre-
siding officer of the next house, al
though not without some show Of oppo
sition, through the death of Charles F.
Crisp, Mr.. Grow will be pointed out tt
visitors as the only living ex-speaker O
the house of representatives now in con
gress, having presided over the deliber
ations of the lower branch of the Thir
ty-seventh congress-.
A well known Republican congres
Eional leader, whose attention was call
ed to Speaker Reeds double distinction
declared that it will be the first tim
in the history of congress, SO far as h
knew, where the title Of father of tn
house. has been held by speaker
Washington Cor. Philadelphia Inquirer
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-23

- Great War, but Several Small Ones.
Most OF the Uprisings Took Place on Is
lnsAs-Africa the Scene OF Several Lit
tie Struggles.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-23
Emblem For Christian Churches.

Rev. Adam Clark Of Holland, Mich. ,
Methodist minister, is agitating a
scheme to have the Christian churches
of this country unite upon Il national
Christian emblem or banner, to be pin
ned Oh to all Protestant pulpits, carried
at the head Of funeral PROFESSIONS and
in Sunday school parades. The plan is
to use the colors red. white and blue
the red to represent the blood of Christ.
the white purity and the blue the
bruises Of Jesus.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-23
Builded BETTER Than He Knew.

Mrs. Jackson-I thought you told me
you trimmed that hat yourself. I'm
sure it is just as stylish as if it had been
done by a high priced milliner.
Mrs. johnson (complacently)-Yes,
think it has ylish look myself. You
zee, my husband sat down Oh it acci-
dentally after had got done and gave
it exactly the right twist.-Boston
Courier. .
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-23
starv.tion Facing Thous.nds.

Officials report that the herring fish
cry at Fortune bay, Newfoundland,
mainly undertaken by American vessels,
10 total failure and that thousands Of
people along the harbors in the vicinity
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-23

Of where the ho,rings are usually caught
are Threatened with starvation. 1t is es-
timated that "huut 4, 600 people are in
juroUsly affected, and that most of this
number Will become "a burden upon the
colony
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-23
He Wants Too vi uch.

An OhN man has laid claim to the
city OF Minneapolis and part of ST.
Paul. This is going too far. The Ohio
man ought to be content with the city of
Washington. Chicago Times Herald.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22
LITERARY NOTES.

1t is said that Mark Twain may write his auto
biography within a year or so. lie mas alreiuS
put good deal of himself into his BOOKS nut @
there must, Of course. be hosts OF lntcres,'ns
stories for him to tell which he has never put
into print
Mr.. Henry James has just brought his latest
novelette, What Maisie Knew. to cohciu-
sion The event is not of much Importance but
il is decidedly interesting To know that III ,"v ,,
forthcoming number of "IiarpcrS AaSd"iIe &
Mr. James will have n long paper on George Du
Naurier In work like this Mr.. James filoN'S
with an ease and with felicity Tor when 'he
world would willingly give all the qiailtles Nv
matter how good, of his voluminous hctioi vi
lanes was created to write essays, ne mas m
sisted upon spending much of his time IN tne
laborious writing of stories, ana the Worlu h h''
been tnat much the poorer. 1t IS true that SUN
of his fiction is delightful. THE Spots OF roy II
ton" comes to mind. book which. appear =
only the other day. showed the author su'S ~
their best estate. But at their best they are pc
low those other gifts which Mr.. James prlhsS
into play without effort. when he sits down ~
the analysis of some writer or book that Has
appealed to his fastdous taste.
The Lippincott Company, of Phlladelphla, mas
lust issued in a handsome volume AiontnSnc
and Other Essays. Chiefly Biographical py
Thomas CARLYLE. note records that the es-
saws were contributed to BreWsters f.dln-
burgh Encyclopndia between $50 and ~"
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22
NEW NOVELS.


JEROME. a POOR MAN A Novel BY Mary f.
wilkins. Illustrated by A. !. Keller. Octave.
PIP Vi, SOC Harper d Brothers.
A KNIGHT OF THE NETS. BY Amelia +. Barr
octave. PIP 3li Dodd. Mead & Co.
IIS FORTUNATE GRACE. BY Gertrude Ather-
ton Drodecimo. PIP 2l0. D. Appleton.
AT THE QUEENS MERCY BY Mabel Fuller
Rlodectt Illustrated BY Henry Sar dhaIn. Duo
decimo. PIP Will 26l Lamson. Wolfe & Co.
AN AMERICAN EMPEROR. The Story Of the
Fourth Empire of France BY Louis Tracy.
Illustrated. Octave. PIP. 261 q. /. putnam 5
Sons.
MISTRESS SPITFIRE A Plain Account OF Ger
tain Episodes in the History OF Richard Coope.
Gent, and Of His Cousin. Mistress AnSlh
French. at the Time of the Revolution lGi2-l6i.
Revised and Edited from the Original MS. By
j. S Fletcher. Octave. PIP. viii. 29i Chicago'
A. {. McCurg & co.
CHERRY AND VIOLET. A Tale Of the Great
"The Household of Sir Thos. More W I'm an
introduction 10y the Rev. w. II. Hutton bi -,
and tWonty-six illustrations by John Jeliicoe
and Herbert Raiton. octave Ip NXNlN oV-.
Charles Scribncrs Sons.
Jerome is n novel which could not nave been
written anywhere save in America. nor any
where in America save in New-England. on
the other hand. it is book which will be APP
preciated wherever the pathos and dignity OF
human nature make their appeal to sympathetic
readers. 1t is the story of a villaSer, but the
character il chiefly celebrates has the range and
quality which have nothing in common with
mere village convention. Jerome. we may be
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22

ness and manness best suited to the plot of his
devising 1t would be hard to pick out for a
summer afternoons reading a better book than
his mistress Sptlire." The story moves rapidly
no reader who begins it is likely to drop it un-
hnished-and leaves pleasant even If only
transient impression on the mind.
new edition of Miss Mannings Cherry and
Violet is more than welcome. The tale has a
sweetneg5 which lasts, with an odd defiance Of
the otherwise rather trifling qualities Of the
book. The picture of old London Bridge, artistic
though it may be, and the description Of the
English capital lying prone beneath the plague.
true as il may be to the standard of Defoc. are
not sufficient to keep tho story alive. 1t on
dures we repeat, because of its sweetness, be
cause of its simple quietude because the gentle
tennnrament Of the author seems to reveal itself
in Cherry. and to look wistfuy out from the
ouaint diction in which the book is written For
the new edition Mr. Railton has made some
beautiful drawings, which only suffer from hav-
ing been reproduced on too small scale AS it
is they really embellish the volume, which ought
10 find a permanent place on the shelves of
lovers Of good fiction whether major or minor
.Cherrv and Violet" is a minor work. but it is
unQues tonably good
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22

told is a type an illustration Of the kind Of
temperament produced by the hard NewEng-
lard life of a generation or two ago, but if it is
meant by this that he is q type Of manners
type of merely local things, the point is not
we'll taken. Miss Wilkins sees too deep into the
hearts of her people. She may have been at
tracted to her characteristic scenes and figures
at the outset of her career by certain things
peculiar to their surfaces. Many writer, many
an observer with no gifts of expression has
watched with interest the curious existence led
by one Of the ten or fifteen types conspicuous IN
an undeveloped village of old Massachusetts.
The manners are quaint. The habits are so
curious. Social intercourse is distinguished by
such unexpected emotional reserves or garrul-
ties The whole picture is fantastic in an austere
way and the general tone is impressive. There is
a note that touches the imagination by and for
itself, as if the intruder from great cities had
stumbled upon entirely new and unrelated
environment.
But this is the deception Of appearances. the
mcckery Of external things, and however much
Miss wilkins has inclined toward it, enrichlng
her stories with passages OF pure surface de-
scription delightful in themselves. but not abso-
lutely final as spiritual data, she contrives to
escape into the air Of bigger motives. We have
q sketch of Jerome in his fathers old coat but
we are chiefly conscious Of the boys wearing OF
his fathers character; his circumstances are de-
scribed in great detail, but his soul interests us
most This is as (; should be, and it is i'm
nossible to read this novel without sympathy,
without that warming Of the emotions which
means that the author has grip upon the very
roots of human nature. There is great tender
moss in "Jerome' AM it is tenderness of
sane brave sort. If there are episodes which
90 nerilously near to tears they are episodes of
,eqtimate and dignifed character We lay stress
upon the point because the pathetic pages in
contemporary fiction are apt to be the weakest.
With Miss wilkins they are the strongest and
,his is not becaLse her comedy is inefiicient-On
the contrary, hei lighter touches are very skill
ful and finished, but when she approaches sad
ness in this book she winds her story around the
reodor's heart and gives it that quick, irresisti
lilo little tug which is one Of the most painful and
most beautiful things in literature Altogether
"Jorornc' is q mature and original book, which
will leave the name Of its author higher than
evor among American novelsts.
The title Of Mrs. Bars latest story, "A Knight
of the Nets is but n poor index to the char
acter Of her narrative. The group Of Scotch
men and women ne depicts are not, as the title
would imply something between pseudo-knights
and pseudo -laborers They plain and simple
fisher folk. with far too much self-respect in
their vocation to be ornamented with false Dig
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22

mites. 1t IS Mrs. Barrs genuine appreciation
OF robustness which, Notwithstanding her con-
ventional plots. gives life and strength to her
narrative. One is not likely to find in the fiction
of the year more richly humorous scene than
the brawny quarrel of Janet Of the fishing ham
let and Mistress Kilgour. the milliner. 1t Is
lusty with Calvinistic objurgations And her
over-thrifty hero AMI high-spiried heroine are
steady. sturdy people. the best sort of Justlica-
tion of Calvinistio training. Without this appre-
citation Of robustness Mrs. Bars work. it is easy
to surmse, would degenerate from genuine
story writing into the weakly disguised tract
writing cataloGued fiction in the Sunday
school library. Even as It is she makes her
moral lessons too evident, and like all ardent
moral lessons in fiction, they are rather inslpld.
Even a big man." reflects the heroine of Mrs
Atherton's new novel, "a great big man, man
who can make Presidents of the United States
has no chance in the hands of two determined
women We are quite dangerous when we know
our power" To prove this His Fortunate Grace
has been written. But after all. the proof is not
forthcoming. The distinguished Mr.. Forbes,
drawn at full length as a man Of strong CHAR
acter bellies his portrait when he surrenders 10
his wife and daughter in the matter OF the DUKE
they wished to buy and his discontinue
seems far less the achievement of 1.-TWO deter
mined women" than the fruit Of his own ilabDl-
ness The whole book is nabby. The interna-
tional marriage has many sins to be laid at its
door, but no Englishman ever approached an
American father with the caddishness attrib-
utcd in this book to the Duke Of Bosworth-he
goes about the business though he were
shopping for new hats-and American girl
was ever abettcd by her mother in such n
crusade as that of Miss Augusta Forbes. Ills
Fortunate Grace" is a bore.
She is with us once more this time under a
new name and behind a title page which is not
II. Rider Haggard's. Mr. Haggard should accept
Mrs. Bodgctts "At the Queens Mercy" as a
double nattery 1t is an undisguised imitation,
and it reines that which it initiates. The
vixen shows the same limitless cruelty, but the
gross and bloody traces of that cruelty are no
longer obruded on our attention. Butchery is
conducted by the rejuvenated "She" with neat
| ness as well as with dispatch.
| Mr. Louis Tracy must have had no end Of fun
| in writing off the succession of exuberant i'm
possibilities which make up his story OF An
| American Emperor" Readers will be too much
| attracted by the authors sangune temper to
| begrudge him that pleasure, but If they ask
themselves what pleasure there Is for them in his
| prolonged and utterly neal narrative they will
be hard put to it for an answer
| Mr.. j. S. Fletcher is q capital hand for the
| telling of a sound romance. He can devise an
intricate and yet perfectly plausible plot; he
writes a simple, vivid style and he gives to his
characters the sort of wholesome frank
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22

Mrs Elizabeth Wormecy Lat.mcr is complet
ing another VOlumc in her Mine tecnth Ccntur,
Histories" This one. which will be Gale,
Spain in the Nineteenth Century," will De pub
ished, like its predecessors, by y. G. McCur'
z
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22

Mr.. Harold Frederic has written a hoNti i"
which he has departed from his familiar Anerl-
can scenes The new book deals with Englis,
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22

DR. Samuel Smiles IS preparing n rev volume
similar i'm character to MS eel prA''" 9cH-
IIclp" series