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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21
TRICK OF SPIRIT WRITING.

spiritualistic slate writing, II clever
ly done, always makes marked i'm
preston on magicans audience be-
cause It utterly battles their efforts to
detect the trick They see small oab-
net suspended above the stage by
means of cords or ribbons. 1t has an
open front and Is empty. The magician
turns It around so that every part Of
1t may be seen, and taps It inside and
out with his wand, to show that II is
hollow.
On a stand near by he has a small
easel, a common school slate, a bottle
of India ink with quill pen In II and
a few sheets Of ordinary white writing
paper. All these he passes around
among the audience for examination.
Then he fixes sheet OF the paper to
the slate by means Of waters, places the
slate on the easel, and the easel In the
cabinet. together with the bottle OF ink
the latter having the pen still in IT,
Having allowed the audience 10 see
the articles thus arranged In the cabl-
net, he throws large silk handker-
chief over It. Mysterious sounds are
Immediately heard. and the cabinet
shakes as II some living thaing had en-
tered II. When the sounds and the
shaking cease he removes the handker-
chief, showing an inscription written
IN bold black letters on the paper, and
the pen, not IN the Ink bottle, but lying
on the bottom OF the cabinet. He then
removes the paper from the slate and
passes It around for examination, when
the writing Is Immediately recognized
as having been done with India ink.
The explanation Of the trick is sim
ple. The writing was done in advance
by the performer, and fluid used be-
ing a solution of sulphuric acid OF the
purest quality. To make the solution
fifty drops OF the concentrated acid are
added TO one ounce Of filtered water.
Writing done with this solution is in
visible until exposed to heat; when so
exposed II comes out perfectly black.
looking exactly like dried India ink.
The heat is applied by means of an
electric current running over wire with
which the slate IL wound. The cords by
which the cabinet Is suspended conceal
copper wires, which conduct the cur
rent 10 the slate. Black silk threads.
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perhaps ease her pain, but the deadly
venom IL so swift In It's operation that
In few hours all was over.
Just as the Joyous Christmas bells
rang out their glad message Of peace
on earth the soul Of Jumeera took liz
flight. There was no struggle but q
smile of heavenly radiance passed over
her face as, With sigh, as II OF con-
tentment, she passed into the great lie-
yond.
Jumeera In her death, as In her life,
was an outcast from those who should
have loved and cherished her. by loav-
ing the zenana, she had broken her
caste" and her family would not even
accord her the last sad rites. We, how
ever, reyerently laid her In our llrtle
cemetery upon the hill, and covered her
grave with flowers.
Deeply approaching the debt Of graf
itude ! owed TO Jumeera, | determined
from that time forward TO labor unceas-
Ingly among The native NQluNu ul Iu.
ala, and endeayor to bring them TO a
knowledge OF the Gospel that had re-
celved and ! trust that the sacrifice Of
her life has not been In vain, FOR there
IN no field In which greater labor can
be performed by woman than I'm the
Zenanas Of India.
AS for Jumeera, feel that she earned
Der reward, and was worthy to take a
place among the glorious army Of mar
tyrs she knew but little of our Hea pn.
~ Fathers goodness and yet how great
was her love for--greater love hath no
man than thls--that man lay down
his life for his friend
A zENANA MISSIONARY.
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which ! am grateful to God | know
but one that stands above the glIt OF
literature. and that Is Gods own reYe-
lation. and when we put that hlgh
above everything else | know or noth-
ing which | consider higher than the
literature which ennobles my country.
We cannot command the powers OF
rare intellects; we cannot be sure That
we shall be able to attain TO their ut
te.ances In oratory. or to their grace
ana beauty In writing we cannot be
sure that we shall be able to put our
selves forward among our country
men, we connot even be sure Of doing
klndnesses TO every one we meet, be.
cause, through the infrmities OF our
nature we have not the art OF doing
kindnesses, but we can work hard and
everyone who really desires to devote
himself 70 O worthy purpose ana who
does not know what else he can do ought
TO work hard for the attainment OF that
purpose, believing II to be marked out
for him az his art,
I know full we'll that In speaking
about hard work there Is nothing
which IL of higher value In literature
than the results that are produced by
great geniuses who are willing to work
hard. To work hard gives In most
cases, that finishing touch 10 the at
talnments even of the greatest intel"
lect which makes them live forever,
ARCHBISHOp OF CANTERBURY.
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THE VICE OF WORK.


Men work too much. they work too
hard. What do mean? / mean that
the man who Is compelled TO toll the
most OF his waking hours merely for
the means OF subsistence cannot live
high human life. He has no leisure
for thought, no time to cultivate his
mind. little time to cultivate the affet-
Tomato side Of HIS nature, little time
to question as to whether he has a soul,
little time TO think OF the Father Ia
heaven or the kind of life he should
lead as spiritual being, a son or God.
This grinding, continuous toll means
barbarism. hard squalid, hopeless
kind OF barbarism; and this Is why 1
have always been In favor OF shorten
ing the hours Of labor just as far and
Just az fast as II could practically be
brought about. And much more can be
done in this direction than has already
been accomplished!
II all the world were wise. II all the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21
LITERATURE'S PLACE.

AS we look upon the history Of the
world how enormous is the debt when
the world owes to literature. what an
advantage to us that the great writer's
of past times should have existed and
should have written.
Far beyond any estimate which we
could form, every one was really bet
ter because some great orator spoke
because some great poet sang his poe
try. because some great historian wrote
his history
Is II not by such works as these that
the human intellect growsY Is It not
I'm this way that man rises to higher
level Of humanity There are highep
things and nobler things no doubt IMAM
mere intellectual cultivation, ana we
never can put the services OF literature
ON a level with those services OF what-
ever kind that tend to form the char-
acteristics OF men.
But nevertheless, although charac-
ter will always stand above every
thing else, the rise of intellectual pow
er Is benefit to society whicn IL
would be impossible for US to give UP
without forfeiting great deal that
makes us worthy to exist. Think OF a
past without any literature at all
think Of a past In which there was no
history, and of q past where men were
content to live the life Of dumb AMI
mals-to live on like irrational beings
Think of such past and compare
n with the past Of England, for IN
stance, which is wrapped up IN all those
studies which literary men pursued
We fear TO lose any one OF those
great writer's who In the past nave
enriched the blood OF the world yes
he spiritual blood of the world Is en-
riched by the contributions OF literary
men. and Il is impossible 10 honor
them too much for all that they nave
done for US. ,,
II "a not my part-indeed, l should
do II only inadequately-to attempt
10 sketch out the literary past and
give in detail all that has been done
In England and in other countries oy
those who have given themselves 10
writing many OF whom had great
mowers OF expression, which was In IT.
relt a beautiful thing,
Granted my inability to put before
vou the striking lights out OF history
or tho striking instances OF the great
seryices of literature, but II am not
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took the oath Of office, The estate OF
President Mckinley VIII be paid by
check the sum Of sl,S56.SS, being the
pay for the first eighteen days of Sep
TENDER. From this time on President
Roosevelt will be paid by the day-that
IL to say, his checks az the end Of each
month win vary according TO the num-
Der Of days fl the month, the sums
down to the cents being fixed by the
official treasury tables, which are used
IN paying all government employees.
Hitherto the President was the only
exception 70 this system. His month
ly checks were made out for one
twelfth OF $4,000 and varied only to the
extent OF single cent during each
quarter. This variation was always
carefully attended 10, and President
Cleveland once received treasury
warrant for ! cent. which he still keeps
as q souvenir. The sudden death OF
President Mckinley developed the ne
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

cessity for keeping the accounts Of the
chief executive as carefully as those OF
his subordinates. owing 20 the TACT
that President Mckinley had been PAID
for even months instead Of at the daily
rate, a perplexing question OF arlthme-
tic came UP as TO dividing the amount
for the month OF September, washing
ton Correspondence Chicago Tribune.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

most precious relics It runs as fol-
lows
Chicago. Feb. 8, 1s72.-My Dear Col
onel Brdseye: | have your letter Of
January g. I stayed at Winchester
on the night Of october IS. 1864, ar
rived on the battlefield on the 18th
about 10 o'clock-perhaps little ear
Her. ] Immediately ordered General
Custer from the left TO the right. Then
went 20 work 10 reform the infantry
on the right Of Getty's division OF the
Sixth corps After this had been done
and about half past IL or | o'clock I
rode down the line. As many OF the
troops dld not see me until this time,
some OF them may have fallen into tho
error that this was my first arrival on
the battlefield. Yours truly.
PHI. SHERIDAN.
Lieutenant General.
II had rettsn into an argument with
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suitably attached, enable the perform
ers to make the sounds In the cabinet,
to cause the cabinet 20 shake and jerk
the pen out OF the ink bottle.
Several sheets of paper are prepared
IN ad ,ancp, each with different in
scripuon. the performer telling one in
scrlptinn from another by secretly
marked pin pricks--New York Herald,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21
THE PRESIDENTS SALARY.

President Rooseyelt's salary check
was for the sum of s2,ol7,74. This Is the
pay OF a President OF the United States
Tor seventeen days President Roose-
welt took the oath OF office about 2
o'clock In the afternoon Of September
IA. President Mckinley having died
early in the morning OF the same day.
Under the law Mr.. Roosevelt is entitled
to full pay for the day on which he
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21
JrHERIDAN AT WINCHESTER

There is In the possession OF man
less than ten miles from Syracuse what
is probably the first autograph letter
OF General Sheridan's. in which the le-
gend on which Thomas Buchanan
Reeds famous poem Is founded y
proved TO be based upon an error col
Mortimer Blrdseye OF Fayetteville 10
the man to whom the letter was Writ
ten, and he preserves It ~ one OF Ms
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21
! l.,
(The Song OF Menu

Through the high windows streamcd the suns soft r
Touching the sculptured forms of canoned saints.
Till the cold marble seemed to move with life.
CHANGING athwart the pictures on The walls,
TIL every fresco, wrought by cunning hands,
Became too real to be picture deemed,
And stretched away into living scene.
On the high alter bright the tapers burned,
And swinging censors sent their incense sweet,
Floating in wraiths adown the long drawn aises
Soft as the echo Of a wood doves note
When evening creeps DER some fair summer scene,
Stole from the organs throat a tuneful strain
And foated to the rafters far away,
In notes dulucid, as if angels sang,
Changed was the scene, and far from Judeas plain
Where shepherds heard the hosts of heaven chant
The glorious tidings Of a Sayiors birth;
And stranger to it made by centuries,
Which aged the earth in passing since that hour;
And as the echo Of the organs notes
tainted into stiffness deep as DEATH
Arose from human threats tuneiul song
No voice of angel mingling in the strain.
Raise every voice meath the arches Of heaven
Sing in your gladness the glorious refrain;
Life and forgiveness to man has been given
Tell the glad tdings again and again;
Shout the old story
Its love and its glory
Death has been robbed Of its thorn;
Danish in gladness,
All sorrow and sadness,
Christ the rcdecmer is born
Shepherds Of old heard angelic choirs singing,
Watching their focks on the hills far away;
Now in wild joy our anthems are ringing,
AT the return Of the glorious day.
Grace so aboundng-
Earth is resounding
With praise to welcome the morn;
Danish in gladness,
All sorrow and sadness
Christ the redeemer is bornl
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

Thus through the ages ran the one grand theme,
Unchanged, save for the voices in the song
Angels the first to wake its melodies,
And teach its sweetest mysteries to man;
Who through the darkest Of the centuries
Meier quite forgot the heavenly harmony.
Then lighted by the latter light Of time,
Angels again joined in the glorious strain
A chorus that encompassed earth and heaven,
In honor Of the babe Of Bethlehem.
silva"
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than these common and lower things
that make up so much of common exist
ence.
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cine song Of men and angoIs)

Two thousand years had nearly passed away,
From that grand morn the angels hcradcd,
Which ushered in redemption unto man;
When at the threshold of romotcst time,
Again returned Che cycle Of the days
When the last promises Of God to man
Should to their utter fulmess be fulfilled
Earth nad been 1athod with seas of martyr blood,
And trembcd meath the force of battle shocks,
Tymnts had welded sbockles for the slave.
And innocence by cunning been dcGled-
Yea, every precept Of the Prince Of Peace,
BY mans wild passions had been set at naught
When once again The voice of heavenly love
Breathed in bcncdcton unto man;
Till earth and heaven broke again in song:
Both men and angels joining in the strain,
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He is King though born in mangor;
AS hing he j reign both in heaven and earth;
Tho in this world he was poor and stranger,
All Knees shall bow and acknowledge his worth
Glory forever,
Oursongs Shall cease never
The crown his brow must adorn-
Danish in gadncss
All SORROW aud sadness
Christ the Tedccmer is bornl
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(song of the Angols,)

49, NBnt upon Lebanon, WneIe Wnlsp ring Wlnds
Sighed through the cedars some forgotten sol
Old Horeb caught the mantle Of the hour
And round his hoOry head its dark folds placed;
While Olives, grand tho lesser in degree,
Deepcnod the shade Ger fair Jerusalem,
And villages that nestle at its base
The Jordan ripping upon its way,
Gave to the might dreamy melody
While in its tree fiinged pools, the twinldng stars
Inverted lloated in the depths below
Out on the plains dcath-lIke silence fell.
Save where The shepherds to bcgulc the hours,
Breathcd ont their ftful songs upon the breeze,
Or stood around the enbels of their fires
And wonddng converse held
The very air
Seemed filed with some o'emasOering mystery,
Far greater than the witchery Of night
For signs and wonders never dreamed before
Had filled the minds Of men with vague unrest;
And even to the simplest Of all,
Told that each Hqctng hour was big with fate.
Then from the air rose in one grand refrain
The swelling anthem OF angelic choirs,
Telling of heavens mercy unto man.
Glory beyond all the peans of glory
Listen, 0 earth, to the wonderful story!
Love that is deepest beyond all comparing,
Men with the angels Of light now are sharing
Heavens high arches with praises are ringing,
Seraphim, chcrubm joylully sngng
Bringing to earth in its darkness and sadness,
promise of life and forgiveness and gadness
Peace, blessed peace, to earth has been given;
Hope unto men by the mercy Of heaven;
A promise fulfilled from the regions supernal-
! oxen Of grace all divine and eternal
Mountains rejoice, be glad land and ocean,
Every heart leap with The purest cmotionl
Herald the story no story is stranger
A King has been born and his cradle manger
OH for the goy--the love beyond measured
Heaven bereft of its own richest treasure
Given to earth that its curse might be broken
Love beyond thought-of forgiveness token
Joy unto earth and good will is given;
Death from his throne will forever he driven;
Der earth's dominions he'll reign again never
Glory to God forever and cyerl
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(solntsJ

Ger plain and DER mountain,
Der desert and fountain
Each tongue and each nation
All earths population
Angels)
Praise him and praise will be given.
(salnts)
Till every voice ringing
The one chorus singing,
10 high heaven raises,
Diapasous Of praises
Angels)
To Christ, king Of earth and of heaven.
Saints and angels)
Glory to God let US shout all together,
The manger-born babe reigns ever--loreyer.
Angcis)
Thro realms superna
Where JOY Is eternal;
Thro' heavens recesses,
TO earth's wildernesses--
(sants)
Let anthems Of glory be swelling;
Mnsels)
The grand theme restoring
Soar ever on, soaring
Thro' glorles terrestrial
To glory celestial
(saints)
The tale Of redemption e'er telling
Saints and nngels)
Highest Of all midst the princes of heaven
He the most lovly, the meekest Of oarthl
Angels)
He the dominion Of worlds has been given,
He who our brother became al his birth
Grand chorus Of men and angels)
Earth, air and ocean
And stars in their motion,
Break into song and with gladness acclaim;
Till with music unbounded
All space is surrounded
And every far universe echoes His name.
Earth and heaven united,
His love is requited-
A diadem ever his brow will adonj
Oh wonderful story
Untold in its glory
Christ the Redeemer is born
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-11-14
GOING EAST.
Cattle Sales Forty Thousand Dollars
N Day.

Cattle shipments from the north and
west are getting swift start, though
November will be the crack month in
this particular line Of the business OF
Central South Dakota.
Through cattle trains from Pierre to
Chicago, and from Cakes and the ad-
jacent country, passing through Huron
are carrying this week about fifty
loaded cars per day to the Chicago
market. This means the payment to
the stock growers of about $4,000 daily,
of which the greater share goes to the
west, rather than to the north. And
there are other railroads.
People acquainted in the range coun-
try to the west and north may stroll
down to the Huron yards of the North-
western at almost any hour OF the DAY
or night and shake hands With dozen
or so of those weather-b ronzed,
brawny, healthy, prosperous kings OF
the land of the steer, the alkali and the
bunch grass seattle kings by the score
who have, in six. eight and twelve
years cleaned up snug fortunes rans-
ing from $4,000, to the more modest. up
to $500, Geo. where the man had more
than average nerve, and plunged at the
proper time and place.
The first shipments of cattle are by
the big fellows of the range. Later
will come the business of the fenced-in
pasture portions. east of the Missouri
river, the 100-head rangers of HYDE,
and the corn-fattened breeds of Hand
and Beadle. The amount of money
that will roll into Beadle county from
it's fat cattle and hog interests VIII
show healthy growth this year. And
! 1t will get better
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-11-14
AN HONEST NAME.
An Illinois Statesman Tells n Good
StOry-knew His Fathers SON
Would Not Lie.

An Illinois Statesman Tells n Good
Story-I<new His Fathers SON
Would Not Lie.
The Honorable Alva Merrill of Chilli
Gothic, member for the Twenty-fourth
District State OF Illinois House of Rep
reseptatives, tells an interesting story.
Some two years $50 Mr.. Merrill gave
a testimonial stating that Dodd's KID
ney Pills cured his rheumatism. This,
with Mr.. Merrilrs portrait, were pub
lished in thousands of papers all over
the United States.
On the train returning home from
Springfield one day last winter We're
the Honorable Mr.. Merrill and several
other members. After a time one OF
them said
Merrill, what time do you get to
Chillicothe?"
This attracted the attention of an old
man who had been apparently await
ing some Identification of Mr.. Merrill.
and as soon as he heard the name he
rushed up to his seat and extended his
hand, saying:
You are Alva Merrill. and you saved
my life. was most dead with Lumba-
go, and in an advertisement saw your
picture and your recommendation OF
Dodd's Kidney Pills. / knew your
father, and / knew his son would not
lie, and, therefore, decided to try the
Pills.
u am satisfied that Dodd's Kidney
Pills, and nothing else, have saved nv
, life, and ! have been waiting this op-
I ortunity to thank you personally, for
had / not seen your recommendation
might never have been led TO use this
remedy: but, thanks to God, through
your honest name and the honest medi-
cine which you so heartily recommend
ed am still alive.
II have been watching you since you
got on the train at Springfield, and
thought / recognized you face as the
one I had seen in the advertisement,
and as soon as this gentleman called
you by name I knew you were the man
l had to thank"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-11-14
EIGHTY-SEvEN LAND PATENTS.
Land Department Sends Ont That
Number I'm Day.

Number I'm a Day.
The state land department recently
sent out eight land patents TO
purchasers of state lands who have
made final payments. While most OF
them went to counties along the east
line of the state, nearly all of the coun-
ties in which sales have been made
were represented. The largest number
to any one county was for Union and
Moody, each of which secured thirteen.
Lincoln and Codington each secured
ten; Hamlin, nine; Brookings ana
Turner, each, six: Lake, five; 4ank-
ton. four: Hutchinson. Minnehaha ana
Cook, each, three; Deuel. and Kings
bury, each, one. Many of the purchas-
ers were compelled to pay one year
interest in advance for the privilege or
making the final payment which would
give them full title to the land they mad
purchased.
The state treasurer recently received
Il draft from the general government
for 1880 for the Soldiers home aid.
The calls for permanent school funds
are yet lighter than for last fall. and
but 50, 99S has been called for out OF the
fund for the past week. OF this, Grant
county took $1,59S, and Hyde county,
ST. 400.