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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-03
wRTH 800 900 900.

The Catholic church here h enor-
mouuly wealthy. l have heard II said
mat ~ property In Santiago alone h
worth more than a hundred million
fold dollars. II has some OF the best
business blocks NJ the city. The whole
or one side Of the Plaza. which II tho
very center o. the most valuable Of
Santiago business property. n taken un
by the palace of the archbishop and
by the cathedral. and thcrc h other
property all about this belonging 10
the church. II has acres OF stores,
thousands ~ rented houses and vast
haclendas upon which wine ana other
things are made for sale. Nearly all
OF this II controlled by tho archbishop,
although much Of the church property
II held by ita different orgaaisationl.
The carmelite nuns OF this city are
the richest body OF women IN South
America, n not In the world. They have
whole streets OF rented houses near
their nunnery and own also large farms.
which bring them IN steady Income.
These nuns never allow their faces TO
be seen by men. and II for any rcanon
men must me employed In the nunnery
for the making VI repairs "a cetcra.
the nuns rhruud their forms and heads
In thick black cloth when passing by
them. OF course no one u admitted
20 the convent proper but through a
friend who has some influence with
them I WIS admitted 10 the beautiful
chapel which they have established for
the use OF their employees and outald.
erz In getting the permission We
talked with the nuns though we ala not
see them. our speaking tube was a
dumb walter. and the voice that came
down was singulnrly sweet. and Ms !
tsanaal.aasl III /.
u seemed 10 me a shame that u should
as II the rule OF the establishment. be
confined 10 whisper.
The Dominican friara also own MIL
Hons OF dollars worth ~ property In
Santiago. walked for blocks past
houses every one Of which I was told
belong TO them and paid them rent
monthly. They dress In black hats
ana gowns. with soft white fannel
undergowna. ana they look quite Inn
posing Ms they fllng themselves along
the streets. Their church Is perhaps
the finest In Santiago. II Is almost
cathedral In size and appearance. and
It's altar Is one Of the most beautiful ON
this hemisphere, when the altar was
ordered from Europe the slxe Of Tho
church was not considered, and wher
II arrived II was found that 70 was too
big for the church. The good friari
ala not know what 10 do for a time
but. as the altar had cost thousands
OF dollars. they concluded 10 build q
new church. Here. however, another
mistake was made. II was found that
tho church had been enlarged too much
and that the space left for the altar
was now aa much too big as II had
formerly been too little. They nled
IN the space. however. with other ma
tcrlhl. 20 that today the costly altar
looks rather patohy after all.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-10
BOATS DRAWN BY MOTORS.
Electric Power to Supersede Horses
n French Canal.

Electric Power to Supersede Horses ON
a French Canal.
From the Philadelphia Record: With
the exception of the Erie canal expe-
riments nothing has been done in this
country as regards the electric haulage
of canal boats, but in France there are
perhaps as many as half a dozen sys-
TENS in actual operation, some Of them
hauling yer 1000, 900 tons a year. II
electric power is superior to horses for
street cars, why is it not recognized
as superior to animal traction for the
heavier work of hauling canal boats?
The system described here is now be-
ing installed on the Aire and Deule
canal. The method is peculiar in that
what might be termed an electric
horse is used to draw a train Of loaded
boats, the power being derived from an
overhead trolley. This electric horse
is in reality a form Of independent
electric motor carriage which travels
on ordinary paths or roads, dispensing
with rails. An eight-horse-power mo-
tor is all that is required, thus being
geared to the large driving wheels
shown. These wheels are Of iron, with
aloe fiber rims, which gives the whole
a certain elasticity and increases the
adhesion. The electric locomotive is
steered by the front wheels by the mo-
torman in the cab, through a series Of
bevel gears. The electric horse weighs
about two tons, and can draw a load
1897 long tons at a speed of about a
mile and a half per hour. Another sys-
tenn by the same inventors, which is al
SO to be used on this same canal, con-
sists Of an adjustable propeller and
rudder, which may be attached to any
canal boat, thus Transforming it into
an electrically propelled boat. The
propeller consists of a motor hermet-
ically sealed to it's armature shaft,
passing out through the casing and
carrying at it's extremity a three-blade
propeller screw, which makes 300 revo-
lutions per minute. The ordinary rud-
der is removed and the propeller at
tached in a very few minutes. By this
method a speed quite equal to that at
tanned by the electric horse is reached,
but a slightly greater power consump-
tion. The current will be supplied
from power stations at each end Of the
line at a pressure of 500 volts at the
boats. These two systems are lower In
operating expenses and maintenance
than any of the other electric systems
Over fifty boats a day are to be hauled
and the yearly tonnage at present is
estimated at over 10000 0 After
charging off 6h per cent for deprecia'
ton, the investment will yield a fail
rate of interest. So for n more serv'
ice the horse is fast being displaced by
electric power.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-10
Plenty of Church Room.

Some one has said: IF on the Sab
bath morning every person of suitable
age should attend public worship not
more than %one-fourth could be COM
fortably accommodated"
In the eleventh censu of the United
States, for 1890, in the volume of "Sta-
tistics of Churches" page II, the total
number of church sittings is given at
AZ, 564, 1863. Add to these sittings in
halls, schoolhouses, ETC., used as
places of public worship-a total sit
ting for 2,450, 85S-and there is actual
ly provided a grand total OF As, 00O, 900
of sittings at any one hour of public
worship for a population of 65, OOO, 900.
II now the aged, infirm, children, in
fants, nurses, etc, be placed at the low
estimate of $1,000, 900, then there was
abundant provision in 1890, not to seal
one-fourth of the population, but there
was a seat for every one who would
come up to 46, 1000. 900. This ratio has
not changed materially in five years.
Homiletic Review.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-10
A LIBERAL OFFER.

Producers of a Guaranteed Remedy OF.
fer to Send Sample Bottles.
Give Drops" Is the name of a sim
pie but effective remedy for rheuma-
tism, neuralgia, asthma, and kindred
ailments. The trade mark, 70 Drops"
is self-explanatory, as five drops is ono
dose. The manufacturers of -
Drops" have thousands of letters from
reliable people, who have been re-
stored to health by the use OF their
remedy. Many of these letters have
been published, and many more will
be gladly sent upon application. Some
weeks ago the producers Of 70 Drops"
offered to send a sample bottle, pre-
paid, for rs cents. They know even q
sample bottle will convince any one Of
its merits. They were SO encouraged by
the numerous responses to their first
offer that they have decided to renew
it for another 80 days. If you are q
sufferer send this small amount, Is
cents, without fail today, to the Swan
son Rheumatic Cure Co., 167-169 Dear
born st., Chicago, Ill, and receive pre-
paid a sample bottle of "5 Drops"
Also, large bottle, 300 doses, for $500
and for the next thirty days, three bot
ties for $3.50.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-10
WHAT TO WEAR.

Ostrich feather rufus tipped with
marabout and chiffon rufus edged with
ostrich are worn.
Spanish combs are worn and a new
style is bow shape for the nape of the
neck and for side combs.
Persian lamb jackets are made tight
fitting, with capes of the fur edged
with colored ribbon applied as silk
would be in a dress bodice.
Blouses Of cloth are more fashionable
are often made tight, and the devotees
| of the comfortable blouse are signing
at the edict.
A dark serge coat and skirt, the coat
| opening over a vest of tucked white
satin, was rendered chic with a collar
of red velvet, cut in the turnover style
peculiar to coats.
/ In the millinery world the cry is still
for ostrich feathers OF all lengths and
all colors. On the new velvet toQues
the new feathers stand erect and on
the large hats they droop and curl.
Colored ribbons are seen on the new
muffs; ever mink and sablemuffs are
crossed with bands of satin ribbon, a
small bow at n end and a large loop
with outstanding bows at the other. the
ribbon often of a color violently o n
trasting with the fur.
There are three things the we'll
dressed woman must do-she must
wear a brooch In her back hair to keep
it tidily aloft, she must dangle a gold
latch key from a bangle or neck
chain, and she must own a velvet
redingote trimmed with sable or err
mine. These long cloaks bloused at
the waist and belted in with jewels are
the very SWEETEST outer wrap of the
year.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-10
DEVIOUS

Chopping-The hardest kind of wood
work.
Observation-Disclosures an optical IL
fusion.
Lottery-Usually a pen-and-ink
drawing.
SUGGESTIVE prize at the top Of a
creased pole.
Tristan association of capitalists
that refuses to trust.
Mute--The only female that ever
goes without saying.
Brakeman-The non-conductor OF
the lightning express.
Patriot-The man who bleeds for the
benefit of his country.
Bar-A place in a river or ON shore
where water is scarce.
Politician-The man who bleeds his
country for his W benefit.
Observation-Disclosures who get mar
ried on the 25th of December.
Windmill-The usual result Of a
meeting between two pugilists.
Conceit-The thing that often gets
a small man into a large hole.
Experience Something that is
brought by old age or brings it.
Lawyer-The only man who ever
gets satisfaction by going to law.
Hope-The untiring effort of a wo-
man to find a burglar under the bed.
Hush-money-The kind acquired by
the manufacturers Of soothing syrup
Auctioneer-A man who cries be-
cause he has to make an honest liv-
ing.
Malaria-What the doctor says you
! have when he doesn't know what ails
you.
Spinster-A oma who wouldn't
| marry if she could and couldn't if she
would.
Christmas - The glorious season
when every mar gets a divorce from
his coin.
Egotist-A man who talks abou,
| himself when you want to talk about
yourself.
Intuition-What some people claim
to have when they succeed in making
a good guess.
Heathens-A class of people who
never waste their time quarreling
about religion.
Widow-Sometimes a woman who
believes she is an example of the sur
vival of the fittest.-Chicago News.
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There are conflicting British and
French claims to certain territory in
West Africa, and the presence OF armed
forces of the contestants in the dis
puted region makes the situation seri-
Gus. The coveted territory lies behind
French Dahomey, which gives France
a claim to it on the hinterland theory;
but it's natural outlet is by the Niger
the mouth of which is In possession Of
the British. Both powers base tnei.
claims also on treaties with native
chiefs; but as the same chiefs have con
coded the same territory to both and
possibly to the Germans as well. there
are difficult questions Of priority to BIZ
settled. Negotiations have been opene'
through a commission at Paris to set
tie these claims, and an arrangement
recently effected for the adjustment o.
similar differences between France anc
Germany gives hopes of success.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-10

' There are four different grounds On
which European nations base their
claims to territory in Africa. One Is
actual occupation; another Is a treaty
with a native chief, conceding terri
tory; a third is the claim that the oc-
cupation of the mouth OF a river gives
a right to the country which 1t waters;
a fourth is the "hinterland' theory. by
which is meant that a nation which &C.
cupies a strip Of territory on the coas,
has a right to the country lying behind
it. OF these grounds of claim, the first
Is least likely to be contested; but as
to the others, the anne chief may give
concessions to two or three rival ma
tions; or the territory which is claimed
by one because it is watered by a river
the mouth of which it controls may be
claimed by another because 1t Is in the
cumberland" or territory which 1t pos
sesses on the coast.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-10
In WashIngt0n.

Look here" said the man who was
standing in the doorway, shaking a
water-soaked umbrella at the clouds,
ARE you the person who keeps saying
that this old world is all right; that
It's a good sensible sort of world when
you get right down to facts?" "Those
are my sentiments" said the optimist.
In spite of the fact that we've had
about sixteen bad days to one when
the sun shone?" YES" well. I
can't agree with you. Did you ever
study astronomy" "a little" "You
probably know that there are measure
less expanse of space all around this
planet" Eyes," well that being the
ease. l can't have any respect for an
earth that hasn't sufficient intelligence
to get l n some place out of the rain
washington Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-10
MIXED PARAGRAPHS.

The first portable clock was made
in 1880.
A gull can fly at the rate of 100 miles
an hour.
The German government proposes to
try to grow potatoes in Africa.
In. only three cases out of ten the
sight is equally good in each eye.
Marseilles has a ~107-year-old woman
who still earns her living by keeping
a newspaper kiosk.
The average monthly cost of a pupil
in the Philadelphia schools is 1925, and
elsewhere in the state $1.22.
Ostrich eggs are sometimes eaten in
Africa and California. They weigh
about three and a half pounds each.
Miss Margaret Long, daughter of the
secretary Of the navy, is a medical
student at Johns Hopkins university.
One of the largest domestic manu-
facturers of incandescent electric
,amps has an output of over $500, 900
a year.
Rotten eggs used in making cake
have sent a London baker to Jail. He
had 1,645 unused bad eggs in his
bakery.
The names of no fewer than 105 bat.
Ties are %emblazoned on the standards
of the various regiments which form
the British army.
All the street railroads in Munich
are to use electricity as motive powel
within two years and charge a uni
form fare of "a cents.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-10
FLOWERS OF SLEEP,

There is a pretty story connected
with the Clandine poppy. According to
the old legend it is the fiower-love
OF the swallow and fills the woods with
sunshine at the birds appearance, dy-
ing with its desertion.
Very ancient is the history of the
poppy. Its name is entwined with that
of the lotus of Egypt and the thyme OF
Greece. 1t was one of the flowers the
ancients dedicated to Venus. The Shir-
ley peoples in our gardens are descend
ants Of the wild red poppy of Europe.
often called the corn rose, about which
Burns and Tennyson have written.
Poppies are very easy to grow. Seed
own in the fall or spring will produce
flowers all the next summer. They
do not need rich soil or much water
ing, but grow in a careless style all
their own. A large poppy bed is a
gorgeous riot of color, blazing Grim
son, brilliant gold and %snowdrifts of
white which must be seen to be appre-
ciated. But peoples are essentially au
out-of-door flower. as when cut they
soon wilt and fall.
However, these garden peoples have
changed with the years. Some are pure
white, others are bordered and splashed
with the red or are a dainty pink.
There Is the Oriental poppy, which has
stems four feet high and whose flow
ers are often seven inches across. Of a
dark and splendid scarlet, with black
spots at the base Of the petals. The
poppy is one Of the most decorative of
flowers and there are any number of
beautiful varieties to be had for gar
dening,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-10

An atmosphere can be as historical
as an occurrence, says Paul Leicester
Ford in the December Atlantic, and a
created character can transmit a truer
sense Of q generation than the most
labored biography of some actual per-
son. It is scarcely possible to obtain
a more vivid idea of the eighteenth
century life and people than is to be
found in Fielding's TON JONES'" and
in this sense 1t is the best of historical
fiction. In the three volumes Of the
Littlepage MSS. Cooper took as his
central theme the history of the great
land grants of New York; Satanstoe re-
lates the motives of state which in
duced the granting of the patents, the
means taken to secure them, finally the
struggle with the Indians for their pos
session; THE Chainbearer' carries
the history one point further by show
ing the method of telling Of these land
grants, and tells Of the struggle for
possession between the owners and the
squatters, and finally the third of the
series, 1.-THE Redskins" deals with the
fierce "anti-rent" war which broke ont
on the same estates some fifty years
later. 1t is apparent, therefore, that
these three books are historical nov
els. But, as a fact, they are
not more truly historical than
the early works Of Bret Harte
and it is a safe assertion to make tina;
if the day ever m when his stories
of California are no longer held to bt
the classics of the west, they will still
be read as pictures of the %upbuildine
of the Sierra states. or as historical
| novels.-Paul Leicester Ford in The
December Atlantic.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-10

The modern moralists who think o:
business" as an INSCRIPTIONS scram'
BILE for wealth may proitably consider
two events that recently occurred In
New York within a single week, In
one case a gentleman who of late years
has prospered, paid his share-many
thousands of dollars-of the debts OF a
firm that failed in 1861. In the other q
father volunteered to pay his bank
rupt sons proportion Of the very large
liabilities of an i%nsolvent partnership
These debts had already been regularly
"~discharged' by process Of law. Nc
man-made obligation rested on the
gentlemen who paid them. But The
sense of honor is higher and a 1ne'
thing than insolvency statutes, and !
is we'll to be reminded that the fierce
pressure of commercial competition
does not necessarily crush 1t out.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-10
WORDS OF WISDOM.

The higher our intellectual faculties
become the more exalted is our ideal
Of God.
Flatterers are often dangerous; a bee
always buzzes loudest when he is steal
ing a flowers honey.
l have noticed among believers that
he who forfeits heaven is the most en-
phatic in denying it's existence.
If half the time were spent in prac-
ticing either religion Or philosophy
that is spent in discussing 1t and argu-
ms about it, the world would have less
need of both.
A few books we'll chosen and we'll
read are better than a whole library,
and a few friends well known and we'll
beloved bring greater happiness than
O large circle Of acquaintance
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-10
4 CITY HOUSE HEAur,FiEp.


by Expending Thought . Lizzie
honey ON Brick Exteriors,
Amid the general neglect OF pic
turesQue effects in the exteriors OF New
York dwelling-houses, 1t is pleasant to
come now and hen upon a building
which is the exception to the rule-a
spot which the have thought
it worth while to beautify at the ex-
pense OF some pains and a certain
amount of money, though the latter
need be only a small item, says the
New York Tribune. In Tenth street,
Just west Of Fifth avenue, only two or
three doors from the Church OF the
Ascension, there is an imposing old
fashioned house. It has a ~one-story
extension, which occupies an adjoin-
ing lot on the same street, reaching
yond. Between the extension and the
house to which 1t belongs there is a
communication on the ground floor, the
one story building being used chiefly
as a library. But 1t Is in the roof ar
rangement Of the extension that the
decorative effect consists. A brick
parapet, three or four feet high, with
occasional diamond-shaped embras-
ures, extends along the top Of the en-
tire front wall. The top OF this para
pet is fiat and is covered with low
boxes containing growing plants. At
this season the place is a mass OF
chrysanthemums, yellow being the pre-
dominant color, and the brightness OF
their tints against the dull hues Of the
building is noticeable many rods away,
In the spring the tulips on the para
pet are quite as gorgeous as the chrys-
anthemums are now, and the owners OF
the house cause the flowers to be
| changed according to the seaso OF the
| year. A sturdy growth Of the japanese
| ivy, now in its autumn bronze, covers
| the walls of both house and extension
and adds to the general effect. The
building has a rather foreign appear
ance, owing to the parapet garden
| which is not often seer here. The roo
| space, which is cut of from the stree
view by the wall and the flowers, 4
tiled and used in pleasant weather a
a veranda. The windows of the secon'
story Of the house open directly upol
| e
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-10
WHEN GIRLS USE SLANG.
They Lose the Esteem and Respect Of
Refined People.

They Lose the Esteem and Respect OF
Refined People.
"It Is unfortunate that slang phrases
are 30 easily slipping into our every
day conversation, and taking apparent
ly SO fixed a place In Jul talk" writes
Edward w. Box in the Ladies' Home
Journal. "And the worst of it is that
SO many people are using slang en-
tirely unconscious of the fact that they
are doing So. II the common usage Of
slang were confined to a particular or
der of girls it would, perhaps, serve as
an indicator of character, and pass I'M
noticed. 1t would, at least, not touch
the sensibilities Of gentlefolk. But it
is not so confined. Slang is invading
the very incest of circles; it is begin
ming to influence the talks of our most
carefully reared girls. And this is why
the habit should receive closer atten-
tion. Girls are forgetting that slang
phrases and refinement are absolutely
foreign to each other. A slang phrase
may be more expressive than a term OF
polite usage, but 1t is never impressive
except to impress unfavorably. 1t is
high time that u girls should realize
that they should speak the English lam
guage, in their conversation. and not
the dialect Of the race-track. nor the
lingo Of the base ball field. A girl may
cause a smile by the apt use of some
slang phrase. But, inwardly, those
who applaud her place her, at the same
time, in their estimation. No girl ever
won an ounce of respect by being
slangy. On the contrary, many a girl
unconscious of the cause, has found
herself gradually slipping out of PEG.
pies respect by the fact that her talk
was dotted with slang phrases. oh
she is clever said a woman not Ions
ago, of a girl who could keep a com
pany constantly amused by her apt USE
of slang. She amuses me greatly
But ! should not care to invite her t
my home nor have my girls know her.
! 1t is q poor popularity for a girl, which
has as its only basis the cap and bell
OF the Jester. The life of the Jester il
never long"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-10
Henrtless WOn.an!

Heartless Woman!
Mrs. Horrocks tat 3 o'clock)-Who Ia
that down there?
Mr.. Horrocks--'Sonly me, buckles;
femme in.
Mrs. Horrocks-JOhn. you're drunk.
I thought you told me you would
come home as sOon as you saw he
new year in?
Mr.. Horrocks-I know. thash SO! 1
promised, but l had to shee m all in.
Were three or four Of 'm. Had shee
IN all in, you know.
Mrs. Horrocks-All right; just see n
few more of them in.
Window closes with a bang)-Cleve'
land Leader. =