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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-16
In Oregon.
Baker City. Oregon. Dec. .. 1882

Baker City. Oregon. Dec. Q. 1899.
To the Editor;
We often see In the News" letters
from the various mission nolds. The
Elders In the Baker conference arrived
at Baker city on Thanks giving day, and
they In connection with the saints OF
the branch, assembled at the meeting
house. where tables were neatly 3. 'ead
with the bounties OF life. md all par
took OF these with thniNssgivlng.
on Dec. 2nd Elder +. >. Bramwell and
Clerk Jenkins, OF the Northwestern
States mission together with other Eli
dcra from Montana, arrived here.
Priesthood meeting was held, during
which our president gave us very valu-
able Instructions.
The Elders and Saints convened In
conference on Dec. 3rd and 4th. II
seemed that all present enjoyed spirit
unl feast and especially were tho Elders
braced up with the spirit to assist In
bringing about the contamination OF all
things.
The Elders again assembled In Priest
hood meeting and Elder Bramwell gave
some Instructions, exorting the Elders
TO be humble aud prayerful.
Elder james 4. Geddes. who has been
president OF the conference for more
than one year and u half. was honor
ably released to return home. and Elder
NJ. ID. BIRD was appointed president OF
the conference with Elder !. NJ. Work
m6n as first. and o. l.. Lewis as second
counsellors. Tho Elders We're then as
signed to their fields OF labor.
Elder s. u. Warner was appointed a
special missionary TO visit all the Saints
In conference. Elder Mason VIII assist
him for short time.
During the past summer the Elders
have been very energetic in their la
bors. In cities where people would not
come to halls to listen. street speak
Ing has been done. which seemed 10 re-
suit In much good.
People In general are quite hospitable
toward the Elders. Some doors are
closed against us, but the Elders
esteem It a great privilege to testify to
the divine truth to all.
We are pleased TO state that durtna
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the rugged SUBMITS OF the Rocky
Mountains, TO Ind some desperate men
ace to the American home.'
But we have no fears for Utah. nor
the Mormon" people.
II anybody having friends In this Sec
tion OF the country doalrcs them to be
visited. please send their names and
addresses to A.. II. Val Orden. No. 1906
West Elliot St, Lawrence. Douglas Co.,
Ky.
The News" is a welcome visitor, and
Is always left where II will eliminate
the most prejudice.
Faithfully. your brother,
e. w. GOODLIFFE.
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Elders 10 visit will please send names
and addresses to the conference presi-
dent.
The News" Ii always perused with
interest and IL regarded by the Elders
as a competent fcilnw-ynlssionary.
we remain your brethren In the Cos
" LEROY u. cowLER,
T, w. LEWIS,
II. w. PAxMAN.
Conference Presidency.
fs2i Fifth Ave. Pittsburg. Pa.
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SILKS AT POPULAR
PRICES.

Black Satin Duchesse-Extrcmely
good values at Csc. si.29 and sl.I5 "A
yard, We earnestly ask you to ex-
anime them. It's to your interest
Black Taffeta sllks-A range of
prices, 75c. sic. 800 and si.25 yard.
each price attached to more than Its
money value.
Coiored Taffeta Sliks-Dellcious two
toned coiors. SIC. 9Oc and $3.50 qualities
on sale at I5c a yard.
Fetching Plaid. Stripe and Novelty
Silks-in excellent qualities for Xmas
shoppers. at 75e. si.oo. si.i5. SIPS and
sl.50 a yard.
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cd that the waters Of education would
gradually wash "Mormonism' away.
The lecture lasted for one hour and q
half. and II scarcely contained par
iiclo Of truth. 1tlboarded on the rid
lcuious 60 such anextcnt that fairmind-
ed and rational people must have felt
disguised.
The News" Is welcome visltor and
IL Instrumental In doing a vast amount
OF good. LOUIS PETERSON.
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pany with Elders Brough and Barton.
from Kentucky. lie was set apart on
the 22nd Of July. 1897. lie speaks high
~ Of the people among whom he has
been laborlng. Prejudlces are dlsap-
pearing. and some people are embracing
the--Gospel.
= Elder +. c. Fuller. OF the Tenth ward,
this city. was set apart on the 22nd OF
September. 1897, for a mission to the
st. Johns. Kansas, conference. He re-
turned from this field on the 13th Inst.
He has found many friends and en-
Joycd his iabors very much.
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= Elder Edward J. Clarke, OF Benson,
Cache county. was set apart on the 18th
OF october. 1897. and returned on the
18th Of this month. He was first sent
to Indian Territory. whore he iabored
six months among the Chlckasaw In
dlans. Then he went to Houston. Tex,
to omen up the mission there. He re-
manned IN the city four months. Tho
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BLACK & COLORED
DRESS GOODS.

Pure worsted Storm serges-Biack
and colors. smooth finish. an unusual
opportunity Is offered TO buy. splendid
value at isc II yard. 7ic would be cheap
for them.
Black all Wool jacquard Suitings-tt
inches wide. In excellent new styles.
rich blacks. 800 and sl25 values. sale
6gc a yard.
Black Crepons-The largest line and
the choicest range OF designs In crlnkl-
ed and stripe effects. special prices at
i5c. zoe, CSC. Si.25 and si.5o a yard.
Broadcloth. Sterling qualities, full as
sortment OF colors. including blacks. at
Si.25 and si.95 "A yard. worth i-3 more.
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Elder Thomas ]. Painter. OF Perry
Idaho. also returned on the i3th OF this
month. He was set apart on the 9Th
OF January. 1888, and laborcd the first
eighteen months In the North Texas
conference. and the remainder OF tho
time In the 81. Johns. Kansas. confer
encc. Especially In Texas. he says, he
met with much success.
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st. Johns. Kansas. conference. He was
well treated In the different fields. and
had the pleasure OF seeing encouraging
results Of his labors.
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Elder Louis Erickson. OF Montpelier.
Idaho. and Elder George ID. Hansen.
OF Providence, Cache county. returned
In company with Elder Johnson. The
former labored In the Gothenburg con-
ference. and was set apart on the 18th
OF November. 1891 The latter was set
apart on the 22nd OF october, 1887. His
field OF labor wns the Copenhagen con-
ference.
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Elder Donald c. Uric Of Cedar city.
Iron county. Utah. returned home on
the 18th OF this month from a miEslon In
the East Tennessee conference. He
was set apart on the Goth OF Oct, 1927.
Elder Uric says he has enjoyed his
iabors there and that the mission IL In
prosperous condition.
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Elder John johnson. of shelton. Bling
ham county. Idaho. was set apart on
the 22nd OF October. 1897. for a mission
TO Sweden. He returned on the 18th
inst. He has been iaborlng In the Goth
cnburg conference. Elder johnson IL
well pleased with his missionary exper-
ience. The people among whom he has
travelled are hospltabie. and the Saints
are living their religion.
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VALUE AND ASSORTMENT PRICES ABSOLUTELY THE Low
HAT CAN NAMED GOODS OF MERIT.
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THE FAMOSA AT $l.00.
THE TREvlLLE AT $l,3s.

A Ladies' French Kid Glove. with 3
clasps comes In all colors. also light
evening shades and black. all sizes. at
$I.3S
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Elder william b. Hail.of the Twenty
drse ward Of this city, returned In COM
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r Elder +. A. Rodgers. OF Lewiston,
Cache county, has also been laboring
in the Kentucky conference. He was
set apart on the 18th OF August, 1897.
and returned on the 18th instant
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

fellahs without the aid of steam pow
er, he has done the proclaimed impos-
sible at cost of 5000. He has dug
out and restored the temple of Rameses
Ill, dug out the great eastern court
raised and put in place the colossi, dug
cut and restored the temple of Thout-
mes Ill, including the celebrated
promenade, and the so-called botanical
gardens columns with hieroglyphics
picturing all the animals and plants
brought by him from Syria. He also
discovered row of superbly chiseled
Sphinx-like creatures on an antique
wharf and bearing on their bases the
high water record of the Nile from the
year $50 to SAT B. c. The 134 columns
range in height from 80 to rs feet. The
famous leaning column was also
brought to a perpendicular position.
Some of the blocks of granite-the ar
chitraves of the columns-weighed ST.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

London Graphic. Owing to the shall
low water the steamer could not come
in close to the bank, and a small boat
had to be used. The process of en-
barkation was slow and gave one q
good opportunity of studying the lines
of this celebrated old craft while wait
ing ones turn to be taken on board
Surely no boat that swims to-day can
boast of history so full of vicissitudes
and tragic incident as the Borden
Had they tongues, each plate and plank
of the old paddle steamer could unfold
a tale of unrivaled horrors and atroci.
ties. 1t will be remembered that she
was wrecked in the Shabluka cataract
on her return journey from Khartum
with Sir Charles Wilson and Mai.
Stuart-Wortley on board, after their
fruitless effort to relieve Gen. Gordon.
Since that day she has been in the
hands of the dervishes, transporting
them up and down the Nile on their
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
Demands of Constituents.

Congressman get curious letters. 81
voted for you, just the same as Jim
Smith, and he got four packages of
seed, and 1 only got three" wrote a
kicker, who cut his complaint short
with the declaration that he would
never vote for that member again in
a thousand years. Another seed-struck
constituent asks for package of
'Mardi Gras" seed, of which he has
heard much, and which he believes
grows in New Orleans. Another re-
quest, from a mountaineer, says: my
gal Sue is going to be married next
month. Please send her a silver ring,
and have it marked From Pa to OAR
ling" Another constituent asks for
two gallons of good whisky, but THE
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
French Psychologists Undertake the Work
of Restoration at ThebeS.

'If modern Egypt" wrote a French
Author recently, has through our own
fault escaped our influence, the Egypt
Of history remains and will always re-
main French. For it is to France"
he ingeniously argues, that this latter
Egypt owes its rebirth, after a death
of 1000 years, in which the total de-
cay and ruin of her superb monuments
were SO nearly accomplished. 1t is to
Champollion, to Marietta, to Maspero
and their worthy successors that the
honor is due for all the discoveries and
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

alone rise in gloomy majesty. witnesses
of the attempt to achieve the impos-
sible.
Until 1895 the temple was three
quarters buried under a mountain of
the accumulated debris of centuries.
Marietta, the archaeological genius.
did not think it could be removed
without collapse of the structure up
on itself
But Legrain took charge and by the
simple means of inclined planes and
rude derricks of wood worked by the
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
HOW PARIsIANs WORK.
Hours Which Would Hardly DO fog
This Country.

Hours Which Would Hardly DO fog
This Country.
le Of the features of street life In
Paris which strikes tho American vis-
itor with wonder, says the Chicago
News is tho extraordinary number OF
men OF leisure to be seen at all hours
of the day, lounging and chatting in
the cafes. The fact is that many OF
them are employees of one kind or an
other. but their hours of labor arc
very different from those that prevail
in America. The young French clerk
or bookkeeper would throw up his po-
sition, even though such an act meant
bread and water for years to ccme.
If his employer dared to import what
are becoming known on the continent.
as american methods
The Paris clerk wants to come down
to his work certainly not earlier than
9 o'clock-it is oftener 10 that finds
him before his desk-and if his two
hours at noon are abridged by the
smallest quarter hour, sulkiness or
surliness are the sequel. In positions
just grade above his the incumbents
stroll in at 10, lunch from noon to any
hour they please, and never stay later
than 5 o'clock at their Offices. The
cafes are full at all hours of the day
with prosperous men whose converse
ton shows them to be engaged in what
even the blueblooded Frenchman is be-
ginning to mention respectfully as ''le
commerce." These "merchants'-every
business man in Paris is merchant"
-rOminate over their affairs in the
shade of cafe awning instead of be-
hind the forbidding railing of private
office. Immaculate boots, spotless
linen and highly polished top hat
all proclaim that the men do not by
any means give all their time to "busi-
aesz." Even in the large department
stores such a thing as a clerk work
ing overtime or curtailing his midday
meal for any purpose whatsoever has
never been heard of. In the store
clerks and accountants are obliged to-,
attend to their monotonous but never
hurried duties. The moment certain
gong strikes they don their glossy high
hats, change their short coats for the
courtly length required on the boule-
yards and Immediately seek their ia
vorite restaurant or cafe, where they
become gentlemen of leisure, rem
tiers" and talk of political affairs or
the last salon with highly judicial air
and critical eye, as II there were not
yards of ribbon and silk waiting for
their hands during the afternoon.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

A recent rabbit roundup" near La
mar, Col, resulted in the destruction
of 1920 jackrabbits and forty-four wild
geese. Sixty-five hunters participated
in the hunt, which extended over two
days time. The best part of the story
is that the rabbits were dressed and
taken to Denver, where they served as
part of monster Christmas dinner
to thousands of needy children. In
the rabbit hunting grounds the crea-
lures were so numerous that dozens of
them would be leaping within easy
gunshot of the hunters nearly all of
the time.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
RESTORING THE TEMPLE OF KARNAK

favorite beverage is requested by many
writer's OF queer letters. OF course,
those who have voted for the congress
man all their lives and would like to
borrow little money on the strength
of it are many, but all of these unrea-
sonable requests are consigned to the
waste basket, and the writer's proba bly,
believe that their representative is too
busy making speeches to answer them,
and by next election forget all about
it.-New York Tribune
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
Tale of a Guinea-PIc.

Dorothy sat curled up among the
hammock cushions with Boobies new
guinea pig cuddled close in her lap
She was trying very hard to become
acquainted with the new pet, but
Toodles was not at all genial; in fact
Ioodles showed strong signs of being
stupid. He would not play, he would
not stand on his hind legs, he would
not even grunt. and Dorothy began to
| grow tired of his company.
He can't do a thing but blink his
eyes, and he does that only once in
five minutes. Now. If he could just
| talk. and Dorothy heaved a large sigh.
We'll. what do you want me to talk
about?" inquired Toodles, brusquely.
Dorothy jumped; "Oh! so you can
talk, can you? That's funny. 1 only
wanted to ask why they speak of you
as guinea pig"
why do they speak of a dollar bill ?"
why, why-because it is bill
worth a dollar, I suppose"
Well" proudly. Il am a pig worth
guinea. Does that satisfy you?"
How much is guinea? asked
Dorothy. doubtfully.
You ought to know. You are study
ing arithmetic
well. think it's something like
IS or So
That's -grandly-"my price
is So
mo, it isn't" said Dorothy. "I
heard Bobby say that he only paid rs
cents for you"
"All right"-dismally- it your
OWN way. Anyhow, IS cents is half of
SIS. so 1 must b. half guinea pig.
wonder which half l am. Do Won
1now?'
No" said Dorothy, thoughtfully.
You have a whole body and all of
sour legs and ears and eyes and things.
[ can't think what is missing"
1T must be the other half" said the
guinea pig. sadly.
~. Itch half?"
why. the other half" impatiently.
If this half is here. it must be the
other half that is not here, mustn't
to-
Il suppose so,' admitted Dorothy,
1oubtfully Then: "Oh, I know what
s short; it's your tall
We'll gnantly--"supposins my
all is short. it is not polite to make |
personal remarks. ! never crticise |
your lug nose, nor your snarly hair;
and, anyway, my tail is not short. / |
nave net got any tail, so how could |
t be short, stcpid?''
oh! I-1on't mean that kind of
short l mean gone-missing, you |
Know"
Then why didn't you say so? What |
S the use of talking if you don't saw |
What you mean"
Dorothy sighed. These furry folks
we're so hard 10 please. She kept ST
ent for whole minute.
Toodles eyed her disapprovingIy. but
is she appeared to have nothing more
o say he began again, less brusuuely.
Il suppose that you want to know
omething about that tail that you call
hort when there isn't any,
IF you pleaseS' said Dorothy, re-
pectfully.
well, it is not long tale"
Il said it wasn't" giggled Dorothy.
The guinea pig snorted contemptu-
usly, but proceeded with the story.
MY grandfather told it to me, and
is grandfather told it to him, and his
told it to him, and his
els the frs: chap-er all like that?"
Interrupted Dorothy.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

That plants when injured suffer
from fever is new discovery by a
British botanist. Plants suffer in a
similar manner to animals under like
conditions. The rate of respiration in
creases and the temperature rises,
reaching a maximum in twenty four
hours
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
In Morning-GIory Town.

In MorninE-GIory Town.
Down crooked path l go
In the early hours Of day,
Where the spicy breezes blow
And the wind-stirred grasses sway
All, the dainty folk l meet
In this narrow little street
AS in dreamland 1 go down
Into Morning Glory Town.
Little faces-funnel shape,
Scarlet, purple, pink and blue,
Little heads that bow and scrape.
Velvet lips that drink the dew.
Little eyes SO sweet and pure
You would love them. l am sure,
If with me you would go down
Into Morning. Glory Town.
There the streets are always green,
Curbed with ever growing vine;
Gypsy winds blow in between
With a fragrance faint and fine.
And the faithful birds and bees
Kiss the little blooms and trees
Every morn when 1 go down
Into Morning-Glory Town
Come, then. wee child. take my hand
While the snowfiakes fly above,
And We'll wander to the land
Of the blossoms that we love:
And we'll tell the waking flowers
All the secrets that are ours
Hasten then and we'll go down
Into Morning-Glory Town.
james Courtney Challiss.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

ses Legrain, restoration which is this
moment in progress ca word as to the
scene OF these magnificent operations }
II is the site of ThebeS, the city of
100 gates, the great metropolis of an
clent Egypt, the home of kings. On
the left bank Of the Nile rise the ruins
of Karnak and Luxor. on the right
those of Goumah and Medinet-Abon.
Around them, stretching into the des-
ert, are monuments of less Importance
which make the vast plain where this
wonderful ancient city stood a GEM
etery OF granite colossi. Laid waste
by the Persans under Cambyses, by
fanatical Arabs and by the equally
fanatical Christians Of Egypt, racked
and torn by earthquakes and floods.
the Sphinx, the gigantic columns and
the obelisks, still raise their proud
fronts % the sun, silent witnesses of
the strength and grandeur of a lost
civilization.
The great temple Of Karnak was
raised in honor Of Anon, the Egyptian
god OF generation Twenty-four thou
sand years before Christ the first
sanctuary to the god was built by
Osirtaser I. Like the Delphic temple
in Greece this temple became imme-
diately the national monument OF
Egypt and every sovereign Of each sue
ceeding dynasty had but one great aim
to mark his reign by identifying the
temples which had been erected by his
predecessors or by constructing new
buildings, whose size and dignity
should eclipse all those which had
been raised by countless toiling slaves
Of former kings
1t was this ambition which drove
Thoutmes II. to raise the obelisks, mar
ge1s of airy grace, one of which stands
:oday in New York, one in London
md one in Paris. 1t was this which
mpelled his son, Thoutmes Ill, to
ouild the famous palace, to rebuild in
,ranite the more modern sanctuary of
)sirtaser and to construct the massive
promenade" with which his name is
associated by Psychologists and which 1
form is the pillar and Intel pro-
otype of the galleries or side aisles of
he stately cathedrals of early Gothic
architecture
Under the various Rameses came
The apotheosis of Egyptian archi-
lecture. The temple. with its roof
supported by forest of pillars, was
their achievement, and the construc-
ton of the pyramids seems no less the
work Of Titanic beings than these be- |
wildering commands dim1y lit by win |
dows in the roof simply made by omit |
ting columns and their supporting
slabs of stone here and there in the
vast sanctuary. Never has this work,
by Rameses Ill, 1,SOO years
before Christ, surpassed. Three CEN
turtles later the last of the Pharaohs
in vain to surpass this
truly inimitable chef d'oeuvre. Their
work, the new hyposfyle, as this grand
'tyle or architecture is termed, re-
NAMED unfinished. Eight columns
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
Frances Decadence.

Some figures recently computed by
Edmond Thery, French statistician,
show how steadily France is falling be-
hind compared with Germany. Today
Germany numbers 5225OOOO. whereas
France counts no more than SO, 5000
To every hundred Frenchmen there are
l35 Teutons today, and there will be
ESQ to the 100 at the close of the twen-
Uieth century, In Germany the state,
owns eleven-twelfths of its railways.
ana in Russia the state has purchased
or constructed two-thirds, whereas in
France the republic owns but $500 kill
ometers outof a total of 4S,1OO. The
principal proprietors of French rail,
ways are Germans Of Frankfort.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
Europe's Oldest Colony.

Iceland is the oldest colony possess
ed by any European country. It has
belonged to Denmark since 1889. Or
iginally colonized by Norwegians in
S74, it remained a republic till 1892
when it became subject to the Norwe-
gian crown. In 1889 Norway and
Denmark were united, and when these
two kingdoms separated, Iceland re-
manned Danish
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

idioiiiS expeditions.
On last Friday she
was ministering to
these monsters of
brute bloodthirsti-
ness and rapine, and
tour days later she
returned to her old
vocation, that of a
pleasure steamboat.
once OF the River
Thames. She is rid
died with bullets
a n d shells; more
than half of her
port paddle-box is
torn way; yet She
can still steam at
great speed against
the heavy flood of
the Nile. In her
engine-room there
is a brass plate
bearing the name Of
the firm which built
her, ] o h n Penn
b r o S., Greenwich,
and her present eff
cheney If ter all
t n e S e years of
knocking about is