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LAUNCHED WITH RED TAPE.
some Expensive Experiences Christen-
ing british War ships.

Ship launches In Great Britain
are bound up with red tape. Two or
three months beforehand the superin-
tendent has to apply for authority to
launch on a day to be named in the
application. when a large ship ia to
be launched he is to be guided by mus
ty instructions. over forty-one years
old, as TO the erection OF booths for
visitors, the appropriation OF tickets.
and admission of the public. Accord
ing to the dockyard regulations this
expense In the case OF any one ship 10
not to exceed 5000. When her majesty
launched the Centaur, which was to
be renamed Duke OF Connaught, but
was finally sent into the water as the
Royal Arthur. she also named the
Royal Sovereign, which was fioated out
OF dock. The bill OF construction for
the accommodation OF 5000 persons
came to S2,250. Other incidental ex-
penses made the bill $500. as against
the 5000 allowance. When the duchess
OF York launched the Prince George at
Portsmouth in August, 1895. the ad-
miralty startled the treasury by re-
questing $1,000 for expenses. The
treasuryites got their backs up and
said that these functions had reached
such a point OF extravaganza that thay
could go no further
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ITO be Continued.)
A TORPEDO BOAT TRAGEDY
A Sad Illustration of the Danger of
This Service.


This Service.
The Union squadron investing
Charleston during the civil war was
drawing closer and closer to the DOOM
ed place. One Of the warships that lay
closest inshore was the Housatonic,
and that vessel was selected as the
torpedo boats victim. The Portland
Transcript tells the tragic story: The
evening Of Feb. II, 1856. closed In raw
and foggy. At s O'Clock Capt. Corison
gave the command and the boat drop
ped down the river. As the clocks
we're striking the half hour In the city
the little craft pulled over the bar.
Noiselessly she glided through the
water. guided by the lights on the
Housatonic, for which she headed. 30
heavy was the fog that she escaped
the notice OF the sentries. At a quar-
ter to nine she lay directly In front
OF the Housatonio, at a distance OF Eve
hundred yards. she was running faster
now, and a little farther on she began
to submerge. Two hundred yards more
and she disappeared. Five minutes
later tueTt Whb u uuil lOhIs anu lno
water around the Housatonic boiled
like caldron. The noble ship gave
a mighty upward heave and then be-
gan to settle. Ensign Hazleton and
four sailors who were below persisted,
but fortunately for the rest OF the crew
the water was shallow and they saved
themselves by climbing into the rig
ging. The vessel was total loss, but
the submarine torpedo boat was no
where to be found. Two years after
the war, when the wreckage was being
removed from Charleston harbor, the
Housatonic was raised. In her hull
there was a CHASTITY wound, inflicted
by the torpedo, and in that hole was
the torpedo boat with every man or
board still at his post, whore he had
died years before. The little boat had
torn a big hole in the cruiser, through
which the water had poured in such a
volume that the torpedo boat was
drawn into It. And there It's crew died
OF suffocation. in the grasp OF the en-
envy which they had destroyed.
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Champley vaguely. and with sharp
sigh.
"oh, yes, Of counsel" agrees Ruby
eagerly; then after moment she con-
tinues slowly, However Trustworthy
servants may be. they can't under
stand everything"
do you mean that the children are
in any way neglected?" he asks
quickly.
ooh dear, mol" laughs Ruby, with
a playful head-shake. II am sure their
nurse is most attentive from all ac-
counts-but you ought not, for In
stance, to allow her to choose their
clothes. or course she has no idea
how TO dress them-how should she.
poor womanl"
"T'hey seem very senslbly clothed TO
me-" answers Robert Champley, but
in rather a dubious tone-in fact q
tone open to conviction. "As long az
they are warm and comfortable, the
cut isn't OF much Importance"
"But, my dear Mr.. Champley, how
can poor Meg be comfortable in dress
that allows of no free play OF the
limbs? Children ought never to bc
hampered by their clothing"
us Meg hampered?"
Almost tortured, I should think, IN
her last dress. As for Bob, he ought
to be dressed sailor fashion now"
Dear me-what am to dot" asks
Robert Champley. half-mocking. half
in earnest.
II tell you what" says Ruby sudden
ly-"I will make clothes for each OF
them as a pattern. Now please don't
protest-it will only be like the fun
OF dressing dolls to me-"
OF course Mr.. Champley does pro-
test, but, as usual, he protests in vain:
and when he takes his departure from
the Wilderness that evening he finds
himself weighed down by one more
obligation to Ruby Widen. As for
Ruby, she is in great spirits-the only
thing which troubles her In the matter
is her total incapacity either to cut out
or to make the clothes in question, see
ing that In reality she knows far less
how children should be dressed than
the nurse whose tastes she has been
criticising.
ITO be Continuedl
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-01-14

In Austria Christian witness Is
sworn before a cruciix. between two
lighted candles. and, holding UP his
right hand, says: Il swear by God,
the Almighty, and All Wise. that / will
speak the pure and full truth, and
nothing but the truth, in answer TO
anything may be asked by the court"
Probably the most curious European
oath is administered in Norway. The
witness raises his thumb. his forefingsr
and his middle llnger These signify
the Trinity, while the larger of the up
lifted fingers is supposed TO represent
the soul of the witness and the smaller
to indicate his body.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-01-14

From Farmers Review: Dust for
Poultry.-It is a well-known fact that
all land fowls depend on their daily
dust bath as a preventive Of insect
parasites, and as the winter closes up
the outdoor and under the barn dust
Ing places, some provision should be
maze on every farm, and within every
poultry house, for this source of health
and comfort. The prudent poultry
keeper will have stored up from the dry
road track a good lot OF the summer
dust, which is the best and cheapest
material for this purpose. II this pro-
vision has not been made then sifted
coal ashes are an excellent substitute.
Wood ashes, II used, should be mixed
with equal parts of dry soil, or when
damp will be too caustic for the legs OF
the fowls. This dust bath should be
put In shallow boxes, large enough for
two or three birds to roll In at once.
and set In the warmest, sunniest cor
her Of the house; 1t will need replenish-
Ing or renewing every week or two.
Dry Leaves for Litter.-Next to the
dust bath for the health OF the poultry
is the scratching pen; for birds to
thrive, they must have exercise. Fine
hay or straw or chaff is good. but we
find dry forest leaves a most excellent
and convenient litter for the entire
pen, and a little grain thrown on this
litter will induce the birds to scratch
for dear life" AS often as once a week
this litter should be renewed and the
pens thoroughly cleansed. Some poul-
try-keepers have several inches OF dry
sand for the floor, which Is all right
when new and fresh, but soon becomes
filthy, and is with great difficulty re-
newed in the winter. We prefer q
tight board floor for the pen where
fowls are to spend most of their time
In winter.
Keep the Poultry House Free from
Lice.-It is our honest conviction that
nine-tenths of the cholera" and
dropping" among poultry comes from
the presence of some form of lice,
which must be destroyed before there
can be any pleasure or profit In the
chicken business. OF the many reme-
dies frequent and thorough cleaning
comes first. Insecticides will avail lit
tie II filth is allowed to accumulate un-
der the roosts and on the floor. After
cleaning up spraying the floors and
roosts with some of the many insecti-
cides is In order. After using most OF
this with varied success, we have tied
to the caustic potash, or concentrated
I've, as the most effective and cheapest
remedy. This Ia used in solutions
strong enough to bite the tongue. say
one pound to eight gallons of water.
This can be prepared by dissolving In
warm water as much as may be needed
at one time and reducing to the re-
| quired strength. This can be applied
with broom. brush or spray pump to
reach every possible hiding place Of the
lice. This also is a perfect renovator
Of hidden filth. and the only cheap and
effective remedy for the worst of all,
the red mites or spider lice.
| ]. G. PLUMB
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-01-14

Owing to the effects OF shore-lines
and other influences which are more
or less obscure, 1t is very difficult to
account for the pecullarities exhibited
by tidal waves in various parts Of the
world. Interfering waves cause once
a-day tides at Tahiti, and In some
other places. while on the other hand,
in the harbors back OF the Isle OF
Wight, and in the Tay in Scotland,
there are three tides In a day. The
latter have recently been ascrlbed to
"overtides." produced by the modihca-
ton OF tidal waves running ashore,
and resembling the "oyertones" OF
musical sounds.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-01-14

The Manaser-"Ive got the thing
now. A play that requires 300 supsrs."
The Might-Be Baeker-"Too expen-
sive, I'm afraid"
Nothing OF the sort There are no
actors. detroit Free Press.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-01-14
SECRETS OF THE HAREM.

An interesting illustrated article in
the November number OF Parsons
Magazine" initiates the reader into
some secrets OF the harem which have
hitherto escaped the notice of tour
lists. Mrs. Herbert Vivian has had
opportunities of visiting a harem in
one Of the most exclusive households
in Tunis, and her experiences form in
teresting reading. Referring to the
Arab lady's life in the harem, Mrs.
Vivian says:
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-01-14
National Inspection of Meat.

The inspection Of meat for interstate
commerce is. by direction OF Congress,
conducted by the Bureau OF Animal In
dustry. II was instituted in 1891, and
now there are 1913 abattolrs in 38 cities
where the Bureau inspeets all meat
slaughtered. The number OF live ami
mails inspected in 1897 was as follows:
Cattle. s.250.025; sheep, s,044, 1856;
calves. 44S.9s3; hogs. 25.Bee.744; total.
42.310,1o7. OF these the following
numbers were rejected: Cattle, 26,14e;
sheep, 1890; calves, 1858; hogs. b8,144i
total condemned, 92,304. This last to-
tai does not show a large percentage
OF diseased animals In this country, but
1t is unpleasant to think that, without
government inspection. many Of them
would find their way into the butchers
block; some would be condemned by
state or municipal inspectors. In ad-
dition TO the above figures, there were
post-mortem inspections of 26,5s0. $50
animals. and 1926 parts Of carcasses
were condemned. Besides, there we're
killed by city inspectors 641 cattle,
1.bR7 sheep. 40 calves, and 2,0S1 hogs
that had been rejected In tho stock
yards by the officers OF the Bureau OF
Animal Industry.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-01-14

There are $500 church bell-ringers
in the diocese Of oxford. This is the
largest number in any English diocese
Exeter comes second and Devoa third
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-01-14

"a rich Arabs wife leads very lazy
sort OF life. She has absolutely no
education, and leaves the management
OF her house to servants. though 1t
sometimes amuses her to do a little
cooking. Her day is usually taken up
with bathing, dressing and sleeping.
There are bands OF negresses. who go
round the harems, dancing and playing
on two-stringed viollns. tambourlnes
and castanets, or singing in harsh.
cracked voices. Some OF these ne
crosses are very lively and entertaining
ana are in great request as story-tell-
ers.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-01-14
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.

now Successful Farmers Operate flhis
Department. Of the Farm-A Few
Hints 30 to the Care of live stool
and Poultry.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-01-14

An Admirer OF Jerseys.-It is mani
fest that the intelligent New England
dairy farmer has no reason to despair.
He has ample means for self-defenss
at easy command. II he will but rely
on the Jersey cow and use wisely the
gifts and natural advantages that God
and nature have given him, he can
rest secure and happy. The Jersey COW
is like the old ship OF Zion" in that
she has saved many thousands and
will save many more"-Hunter Nich-
olson
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"A great Arab lady is never allowed
to see man II 1t is possible to avoid
1t. or rather, he is not allowed to see
her, for she manages to catch sight
OF people, even through her double lat
tices OF wood and iron. Her brother
may only visit her with her husbands
permission. When she is Ill. and 1t is
absolutely imperative that a doctor
should be sent for, great are the prep
arations. A servant has to be in. at
tendance and hides her completely un.
der the bed clothes.
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Surprising that her pulse has to be
felt, then the servant covers her hand
and arm so carefully that only the
wrist is visible. II she hurts her back,
a hole is made in the sheets so that
the doctor may just be able to examine
the injured place. II he insists on
seeing her tongue, the precautions are
still more elaborate. and the attend
ant covers her face with both hands,
Just leaving room between the fingers
that she may put out her tongue.
I'VE may come away from harems
with sentiments Of pity for the prison
ers. but they themselves are quite
content. Strangely enough, II is the
women who are most against any re-
form. They look on European women
with amazement, sometimes with hor-
ror and think II will be long be-
fore the New Woman" makes her
appearance In Tunlsian harems."
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damage at cost of $35 ,OOO Some months later the auxiliary cruser Mayflower struck the "Merrimac," and also went ashore. This resulted in lot of sprung plates five days in the dry dock, and an expense of $15 O00. The naval officers coming in or go- ing out of the Brooklyn navy yard began to tell weird tales about the floating rock'' off Diamond Reef And although 1t was treated in the light of joke, it began to be very grim one for commanding officers.
 No further attention was paid to the ob struction than to include it in the general plan for the improvement of New York harbor when the next appropriation was asked for in the river and harbor bill On the 10th of last December the necessity of immediate action in clearing away the "Merrimac" was pointed out very clearly by the battleship Massachusetts striking it on the afternoon of that day and doing a great deal of damage to her hull and blge keels.
 Coaled and provisioned for six months absence the Massachusetts left the navy yard at il o'clock on the morning of that day. The sound of the salute from her guns and those on the Cob dock had hardly died away, the echoes of the noisy acclaim from
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has been entailed. And though local harbor authorities, and those interested in ship ping, have endeavored to prove that this loss was occasioned by ships striking on the outer edge of ledge of rocks near Cover nor's Island, known as Diamond Reef most naval officers and the majority of the New York pilots know that this, instead of being a ledge of rocks is an old scow laden with pig iron. Indeed in naval circles there is a grim joke about the floating rock" that lies in wait for warships. Since the Hobson exploit, however, they have usually alluded to this sunken barge as "New York har- bor's Merrimac"
 s> Except to the people directly interested in the ownership of the craft or it's cargo, the sinking of barge in New York harbor is not matter of very great interest. Six lines in newspaper will tell the story of the loss, and there, so far as the general public is concerned, the matter rests So there is absolutely nothing known now of when this "Merrimac'' was sunk
 To the navy, however, the wreck began to
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The best water to be found in the best course she could pick on the day the Massa- ehusetts touched was one foot and four inches less than the draft of the ship as she started, namely, 2e feet and 2 inches.
 Of course, these conditions are not normal in the harbor, but they may occur On any low tide with the wind in a certain quarter, so that the matter will be brought at once to the attention of congress with a view to securing the removal of the upper part of Diamond Reef and of the harbor's "Mer- rimac." It is expected that a considerable portion of the g 5Oo,OO0 appropriated to New York harbor in the river and harbor bili will be devoted to this one obstruction.
 While congress Is preparing to aid the commerce of this port and of the country by a necessary widening and deepening of the channels leading through the lower bay to the open sea, it will not f~ to neglect the demand for the removal of considera- ble part of Diamond Reef, and the local ''Merrimac." which lies but a short dis tance from the Battery, and becomes more embarrassing as the length and draught or ocean-going vessels increase.
 The justification for this is ample, for unless the reef be reduced and the sunken barge be removed the usefulnss of the Brooklyn navy yard will be greatly lm- paired as to our larger warships, since they will not trust themselves to enter and de- part from the East river save at high wa ter
 It is plainly absurd to continue conditions which render the navy. in the leading port of the country, dependent upon either wind or tide for reaching the navy yard after entrance to the harbor. The cost of acci- dents like that to the Massachusetts Is of vital concern to the navy department, and in certain circumstances the embarrass- ment might be most serious.
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Receivers Notice. N

To the Creditors of Corona Coal and dpke Company:
 Under and in obedience to decree o3 the chancery court of Jefferson county, fen- dered November 29, 1898. the undersigned, receivers of the Corona Coal and Coke Com pany, hereby give notice to all creditots of said company, and to all persons haEing claims of any kind against it, to present the same to the undersigned receivers duly verified, at the Peoples Savings Bank and Trust company. at No. 1907 Second avepiie Birmingham, Alabama, on or before Febru- ary 15, 1899. or the same will be forever barred.
 HENRY E GRAY,
 T. C. CULvERHOUSE JAMES J. GARRETT, Receivers.
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"MERRIMA6" OF NEW YORK HHRB0R
 York

When Admiral Sampson conceived the plan of running the Merrimac under the guns of Morro Castle and sinking her across the mouth of the harbor he realized full well that by the loss of the collier worth $75,000, he would probably save a few millions of dollars for Uncle Sam, to say nothing of thousands of lives But to the man whose earelessness was responsible for the sinking of New York harbors Mer- rimac 1t probably never occurred that in the loss of his scow laden with pig iron worth probably $15,0OO-that in little more than year he would put the government to a loss of s150,000.
 It is fact, however, that such loss
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age to the battleship's bilge keels, greater number of broken and sprung plates, three weeks in the dry dock, and an estimated loss of $lO0,OOO. Thus within year $15,O00 cargo of pig iron cost the government of the United States s15oOOO in money, to say nothing of the loss of the vessels services and all the upsetting of the machinery of the navy's plans for the time being.
 Since the Massachusetts hit the "Merri- mac' the coast survey service has made special survey of the waters in the imme- diate vicinity of Diamond Reef.
 The report shows that ship of the Mas sachusetts size on leaving the navy yard must pass along the Brooklyn shore and then cross over to the channel between Diamond Reef and the New York shore.
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By the time the Massachusetts reached the anchorage at Tompkinsville she was listing so much to port and her bow was so low in the water despite the fact that her pumps had been used vigorously after she had f1oated off the reef that Captain Nicoll Ludlow thought best to go back to the yard It then was believed that only two or three of the compartments forward on the port side were flooded, but the ship was listing so much and her nose was stick ing so far down in the water that it was deemed prudent to get back into the shallow water in the yard.
 The result of the third accident was dam
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attract attention to itself in the early part of 1897, when the cruiser Montgomery struck the floating rock" and in endeavor- ing to sheer away from the obstruction ran ashore on Diamond Reef. This reef extends across from Governors Island toward Lib erty Island, and has always been source of anxiety to the pilots, particularly in the winter season, when the northwest winds drive the water out of the harbor. When these winds have lasted for a couple of days there Is one foot less water over the ''Merrimac' and Diamond Reef then is sufficient to float heavily laden war ves- sell
 When the Montgomery was hauled off and lowed back to the navy yard 1t was found that several of her propeller blades were broken. It took four days to repair the
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snnTHERN PRoGREss

From the Manufacturers' Record.
 eve have much business now that we arc pestered to death to know what to do with it. We have about placed our contracts for another year; in fact, we have greater demand for our produce than we can sup ply. The export trade in coke to Mexico has grown to be quite large. The demand for coke in the Birmingham district Is in- craeslng daily. If the present fiattering conditions of the iron market continue the demand for coke will be unprecedented The price on coal has gone up considerably, and tho conditions that confront us this new year are better than for many years past. The people in the Birmingham dis triet enter the new year with bright pros poets and high hopes for a period of good times.
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the river craft were hardly silent, and the big warship was grimy gliding along near Governors Island when suddenly she seem ed to stop and tremble.
 The black smoke belehing from her fun nels became feecily transparent, and the white steam poured out in volumes from her open safety valves.
 The great battleship was aground. It was for an instant only, but that instant was enough. The engines which had been stopped began to work again. The ship moved forward slowly, grating a little as she dragged herself over the hidden ob- struction and then, free once more, she proceeded under forced draught to an an- chorage off Thompkinsville.
 As the Massachusetts began to clear from the obstruction she signaled to Governor s
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FOREIGN SECURITIES

From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
 Some financiers over the water will be in- terested in the annual statement of one of the big American life insurance companies, inasmuch as it shows among assets worth in iSl more than $1O0,O00, securities from Austria, Geremany, Italy, Russia and Bull garia, worth in the eaggregate about $5,OOO,- 900. We would infer from this that some foreign securities, well as those of an American type, have come across the sea to help pay that big balance. And this is
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not beginning. A few years hence the leading investment companies will have se- curities from all foreign nations among their assets. This will act as an offset for the sums we have been compelled to pay in the past as interest on gilt-edged American bonds and stocks held in London, Amster- dam and Frankfort.
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