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and pastors. The churches are gov
erned by the entire body in a manner
like the Methodists and Presbyterans,
but they also have type of local self
government like the Congregational
lists and the Baptists.
Over all the churches there is also
a Presiding Bishopric, which is com.
posed of E. L. Kelley, who was a law
yer before he became Mormon, G..
H. Hilliard and E. A. Blakeslee. The
latter is a state senator in Michigan.
Besides these, there are local bishops
for the Stakes. If you do not under
stand the word Stake, look it 10 1t
does not refer to porterhouse nor loin.
Joseph Smith is president of the
church throughout the world. The
other officers at Lamont are: R. S..
Salyard. secretary for the church at
large; Alexander H. Smith, son of
President Joseph Smith, is assistant
counsellor.
A big brick church is occupied by
the church at Lamont, in which SER
vices are held twice Sundays and
prayer meeting Wednesday and Thurs
day night during the week. The SER
vices do not differ from those in any
other church. They have Sunday
school, but they prepare their own les
son leaves, mixing in the Book of
Mormon as freely as possible, although
it does not supplant the Bible, but
supplements it.
A newspaper is published at Lamont,
devoted to the interests of the church.
1t is called 1.-THE Saints Herald, .
which nama Indicates that no ordinary
newspaper man would be eligible to
run it, lions Herald is the name of
another church paper which is pub
lished at Springfield, Mo.
But the main church headquarters
are at Lamont in Decatur county.
There are about 1900 communicates,
and their regular pastor is Elder John
Smith. You will observe that they
do not refer to him as preacher. but
or elder or leader OF course, being
headquarters. many missionaries and
preachers from other parts gather
there and they preach at the Brick
Church." so they get to hear the best
there is going.
said Graceland college was located
there, and it is not a UNCONVENTIONAL
school, because they do not believe in
denominational schools. They do not
believe in union of church and state
in any manner.
Politically, they are divided more
than most churches. There are among
them republicans, democrats, popu
lists, prohibitionists, and every party
known is REPRESENTED. A man is moi
asked. his politics.
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proved as it ought to be- 1t is a great
stream and contains a large volume
of water, but it's channel must be
deepened and its waters confined with
in proper limits from Keolkuk to the
gulf if it is to be utilized as means
of adding to the selling price of Iowa
products or increasing in any way the
prosperity of the state.
While the Mississippi river-which
is practicable erway-remains
unutilized what sense is there in talk
ing about an impracticable slack wat
er canal? Even were such a canal
feasible and We're it constructed it
could not be used until the Mississippi
had been deepened and otherwise i'm
proved Yet the newspapers now
championing the fantastic canal
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aided in preparing the book to peruse
and understand
The Mormons firmly believe that
Joseph Smith had these plates reveal
ed to him. He saw and deciphered
them although he had not even COM
mon school education. | asked the
secretary of the church, Elder r. S.
Salyard. what the plates We're and he
said they were composition of metals
and the characters were certain hyer-
oglyphics of an Egyptian nature. For,
be it understood, they contend that the
Mormons are branch of the tribe of
Israel and are Gods chosen people.
When asked what Joseph Smith did
with the plates when he had decipher-
ed them, Mr.. Shlyard responded very
quickly, They were given back to the
angel n
An evidence III the divine origin of
the plates of Mormon is the fact that
Joseph Smith was an ignorant man,
as far as education went, and could
under no circumstances have contriv-
ed either to invent the plates nor to
decipher them.
Joseph Smith was not polygamist,
which is the first thing that occurs to
one as he hears the word. He has Wis
ions at once OF the mother-in-law joke
in multiferous numbers, and he
thinks of Congressman Roberts, who
caused such ripple when he tried to
get into congress, and all those things
make it hard to countenance a Nor
mon. Prejudice is mighty hard thing
to overcome.
The Utah church claimed that
Joseph Smith had been a polygamist
himself but this is stoutly denied by
his children and by the church histor-
ians. None of his wives, except the
one he claimed, ever appeared, and
there is no evidence, this branch says,
to prove anything, except that there is
plenty of evidence to the contrary.
The belief OF the Lamont Mormons
| is that Brigham Young got trifle
foxy They do not call it by that
name, but that is the meaning. He got
gay and got to making goo-goo eyes at
some of the fair damsels in his con
gregation, and the first thing he knew
he got to marrying some of them, and
he proved such marrying man that
he married nineteen of them. Before
this, however it was discovered by
Brigham that he would be found out,
and he had convenient revelation,
which told him polygamy was proper
and was pleasure to the Lord.
The Lamont Mormons say Brigham
had a happy faculty of talking with
| the Lord whenever he got into a tight
place, and he always got the Lord t.
| sanction what he did.
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The part of Amaryllis was taken by
Miss Pierce of Philadelphia; Miss Ed
it'll Wetmore was the Muse and Miss
Eva Cortlandt-Palmer Of New York
was Egiria, the role of the Singing
Nymph being well filled by Mrs. Shade
local singer of prominence.
Following the pantomime was a
scene from the third act of '.L'Etran.
gere,' one of Sarah Bernhardt's favor
lite roles, which was given in the orig
inal French by Miss Elsa Barney and
Miss Ellen Gein OF New York City.
The principal part of the dialogue falls
to the part of "L'Etrangere," whom
Miss Barney impersonated, and the
audience was delighted and surprised
at the excellent work of this young
girl.
Her unusual gift for acting and the
length OF time spent in cultivating the
talent are not known among Miss
Barney's social circle, owing to the
fact that for the past six years Miss
Barney has lived in Paris. She is,
however, pupil of the Mounets of La
Coincide Franchise, the state theatre
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with the gulf and through it with the
broad Atlantic is not utilized for the
transportation of elmer Iowa products
to the worlds markets or for bringing
hard coal or manufacturers supplies
to the state. Why? Because with the
improved construction of railroads,
better equipment and greater economy
in operation freight rates have been
reduced to point that make ship
ments by water Improbable under
present conditions of Mississippi river
navigation. AS matters stand, Iowa
grain can be shipped out of the state
by rail and sent via New York to Liv-.
erpool at less cost than by water via
New Orleans. The all-water route
ought to be cheaper, but it is not be-
cause the Mississippi river is not im-
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could be attained without an expense
many times in excess of any and all
benefits that could possibly accrue.
During the winter, fora period of four
or five months, the water in the canal
would be frozen and navigation would
be impossible. In point of fact to
state the canal proposition in plain
and simple terms is to expose its utter
absurdity to everyone acquainted Win
the Des Moines river and its charac-
teristics.
But these considerations, important
as they are, are only minor and subsi-
diary. The main fact is that the Mis-
sissippi river, the great artery into the
interior of the continent, with vol
ume of water many times that of the
Des Moines. connecting Iowa directly
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by a saving of 10 to IL cents per 100
on freight" if they would save or
make the farmers others millions of
dollars yearly" if they would add
$40 to $40 per acre to the value of To-
wa farm land"--if they would Erkng
about any or all of the RESULT they
hope to bring about through consrruc-
ton of a 16 by S0-foot canal from Keo-
kuk to Des Moines-let them join
forces with us in demanding and Sc
curing first of all a deep waterway
from Keokull to the gulf. That is a
sine qua non to any scheme for a ca,
nal into the interior of the state. With
out such deep waterway the propos-
ed canal, even if practicable, would be
Of small ACCOMPLISHMENTS Gate City.
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Platte on the Missouri, forming an ex-
tension of road from Lafayette, In
diana by way of Peoria, H., to the
Mississippi river opposite Burlington
The meeting was a highly enthu-
siastic one, and stirring addresses
We're made by many of the prominent
citizens of the different counties rep
resented. Letters from others who
were unable to attend the convention,
were read in the convention. A me-
mortal to congress was prepared soon
after and was given much support.
A Destructive Fire.
The Courier of fifty years ago this
week contains a copy of the report of
a fire at Burlington, which was print
ed in the Burlington Telegraph of Feb
ruary Is. 1t reads as follows:
"a destructive fire occurred in our
city yesterday morning about l o'clock.
1t originated in the old Jefferson
house at the corner of Grant and JEFF
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larger dinner was given on the
eighteenth, when Mrs. Depew more
formally took her place among Wash
ington hostesses, in which capacity
she appears as gracious as she is
charming as woman.
The question of precedence which
periodically disturbs the social equilib-
ruin has bobbedup again in The direc-
ton of the bride of the senatorial Cir
Gle. Many of the wives of other sena-
tors are standing back upon their dig
nifty of being longer in the charmed
circle and are waiting for the younger
woman, Mrs, Depew, to call first. Die
tated by her good western common
sense, it was Mrs. Foraker's first i'm
pulse to call upon the bride. but de-
cided vehemence is expressed by many
who have taken the opposite stand.
The wife of the new Italian ambas-
sador, Madame Mayor, with their three
children, has just arrived to join Sig
nor Mayor. Negotiations are being
completed for the purchase of the
handsome residence of Mrs. Phoebe
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lieved that the net receipts will not ex-
coed the above named amount. The
floral decorations, as well as the use
of the playhouse; were gifts to the en-
terprise.
Friends of the Persian minister, Gen.
Isaac Khan, have the opportunity to
say that he was decidedly eager to par
ticipate i'll the entertainment of Mon
day night, but feared that such frivol-
ity was not compatible with the dig
nifty of his position, and for this rea-
son declined. The minister is an
eligible bachelor of about forty and
was not 10th to say that it was with
regret that he felt obliged to give up
the opportunity thus afforded Of meet
ing such a bunch of beautiful girls at
such frequent rehearsals.
The first entertainment at the Cor
coran house by Senator Depew and its
new mistress, his bride, occurred on
the fifteenth, when Mr.. and Mrs. In
gals were entertained at dinner. A
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Base Ball en- CatalO.

El domingo Sc llev6 6 efscto en-
Ell poblado de G CAtsflo. y con motive
de las festas qus se celebran en- no.
nor de In PAtrona de aquel pueblo,
el desRflo de <B Ase BA.ls anunciado
entire los Clubs <Hsbana> y <Cari-
be.S
I'll desaf1o fa6 muy ref1ido, hA.
biendo ambos Clubs jugado con en-
tusi&smo y demostrado una vez mas,
So perfecto conocimisnto en- el jue-
&C; puss dichos Cabs, LEG Aron b AS
to ell 20 Igais empatados CON 4 ca.
rreras y tres Scones
En- el 50 hicieron una carrera
cada uno.
En- ID entrada del SH HabAna. al
dltimo 'Igois hizo 6 carreras por l
Sel eCarlbs
y Dssidi6 adoae 10 victoria por el
sHabauas por II carreras y3 $50
mes; y el eCAribe. carreras y 6
Scones.
Bien por IL juventud de San
Juan y el simp&tico Cstano.
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I'm h0mbre hOnradO.


Sef1or Editor. -Sirvase informAr
& sus lectores que 81 me escriben CON
ddencialmente les mandar6 por CO
rreo en- carta sellada Ell plan que Sc
guf y por el cual obtuve ell restable.
cimiento permanente y compacto de
mi salud y vigor varonil despu6s de
amos de sutrimientos de debilidad
nerviosa, pSrdidas nooturnas y par
tes d6biles y atroiad2s.
No es mi idea conseguir dinero
de nadie; fuf robado y estafado por
chsrlatanes, hasta perder L. f6 del
g6nero humane, pero graciAs Dios
estoy ahora bien vigoroso y fuerte,
y con deseo de hacer conocer 6 todos
este remedio cierto de curarse.
No tenieado NADIA que vender nj
que enviar G.. A. D., no deseo dine
re.
Direction: Il Brant, Box Delray
Mich. EE. UU. s 100. II
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Rico de fGa
End POST a m m
NUEVO HOGAR.

Antenoche, Sc unieron arte los
altares, Ia distinguida = bells Srta'
EsperarzA V&zquez Diaz hiia de nues
tro PAL ticular amigo don Manuel
Vszquez Alay6n con el Apreciable
joveu dom Nicolas Rodriguez en-
pleado del Department } de penales.
La novia vestia nm precioso tra
ja de seda blanco semej ando una
virgen de murillo, luciendo sus blan
cos azahAres, con modestia encAntado
m.
Be1dijo Ia union, ell Poro. don
Jose de Jesds Min, siendo padrinos,
don Juan Llovet, primo del novio y
dof1a Petra G de Morales.
AL acto asistierou distipguidas
personas de esta G spital.
Los concurreL tas faaron obse
quiados, con finas pastAs y ricos lico
les, retirsndose todos muy compla
cidos
LA CORRESPONDENCE tuvo Ell
honor de setar presentAdA en- el
Acto.
Deseamos eterr falicidAd al nue.
20 hogar, que se levanta sobre bases
de virtud y puro amor.
Yahora, pensando en- 10 dicha
de ese nido que 81 dios amor acaba
de formar, no podemos menos de de
cir con CampoamoI:
80. iCuanto envidioso de
80. Guar To envidiosa de eil'i
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Los nativos de los distritos in
festados viven llerOs de nm par leo
terrible, dicen los despa chos. A
mediados de Mayo morian como 80
de cade 100 atacAdos. pero el prone.
dio mas alto que Sc ha registrado
& timame nte ha sido de rs p g.
lila Libertao" de Manila da
cuenta de 10 muerte, ocurrida en-
Pas ig, del Inspector'de Policfa John
P. Savage que rerteneci6 al regi-
miento 33 de infanteria Parece que
mientras daba csz za 81 Jefe de lsdro-
mes llamado Felizardo, fu6 atscado
de 10 el iemis, muriendo en- muy
POGO tempo. El Teaiente Cooley
Sc h'zo cargo del cAdkver d&ndo,e
sepultur& con todcs los honores mi
litares.
A prop6sito de Filipinas, sera
bueno consignar aqui que el Tsnien-
to Lorenzo A. De Clairmont. que
acaba de regressr de squel archipi6-
lago anuncia que en- In isAa de Min
doro se hA descubierto una razA blan-
ca. Ssgun los iaformes que trae Ell
teniente, esta razs est& & medic civi.
liar, profesando ideas semi-crik tia
mas, pero observan ell mayor retrsi-
miento, NO queriendo sostener min.
guna class de relaciones CON el mum.
do exterior.
Los muy pocos, favoreci los por
10 suerte, que han tenido Ia fortuna
de euetrar hasta Ell seno de estos
recluidos caue&sicos, hablsn de uu
pals rico en- vege ales y minas, de
nm pueblo muy entendido en- toda
clase de industrias, ordenado, pacf'
dco y hospitalario, pero demasiado
orgulloso de u pequefio mundo para
aceptsr 10 intrusion de los extra nos.
Dice Mr.. Clairmont que estos
blancos tienen una ciudad de 20, 900
habitantss; que son individuos de
complexion robusta, color clsro y
cabellos castaftos que llevan largos.
Los hombres usRn pantalones cortos
y las mujeres no estentRn mas vesti.
dos que una largA tdnica que desde
los hombros cae hasta los pies.
For 1ltimo, dice Clairmont que
estos individuos vivian en- In isla de
Mindoro desde antes de 10 couquista
espaf1nls.
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DatOS aCerCa
de Ia epidemia
EN- FILIPINAS.
Una "raza blanca" des-
cublerta en- una de las
islas, como la que Sc
supone exlstlr en-
el centro de
Africa.
Un deSCubrimientO que 81 Sc
COnfirmara aulnentarla las
difiCultadeS para preCi-
Sar la marcha del pri-
mitiVO pueblo pa
carlo" fun
dadOr de Eu-
rOpa.
(De nuestro Co,respo4,sol ,Sr. Il Lo
pez Muss0,)

Nuava Yo,k ~ Julio. Telegra.
fan de Manila:
sDurAnte las cuRrenta y ocho
horas que terminaron estA msf1ana,
Sc han registrado en- Manila $50 ca
SOS nuevos de c6'era. De las pro-
viz cias no Sc ha tenido noticias dlti-
mamente 6 conseeuencia del NAL
tempo que tiene dilatAdos los co.
rreos.
eEl cicl6n que paeo por el CEN
tro de Luz6n ha causado algunos
danos. Les postes de telegrafos han
quedado comp, ,etamente derribados,
y las fincas grfco las del distrito han
sufrido considerablemente
Con referencia al c6lera, 10 no.
ticia anterior ya hsbr3 dado 6 COM
prender que, aun cuAndo Sc creia 40.
focAda 10 epidemia, ha reApsrecido
aun CON mayor faerza que al princi.
pic. Hasta hace una semana las
victimss del azote, segun los infor-
mes oficiales, ascendis n & 13. 600 en-
todo Ell archipiels go. y ya empiezan
& abr igarse temores de que L. epide.
mia sea esta vez tan fatal como g I
1882, en- que murieron unas 30, 600
personas.
Hasta Ia fecha el ej6rcfto ha ST.
do el elemento menos castigado,
pues 500 han muelto pocos mas de
100 individ uos. Esta pequef1a pro.
porci6n de defnnciones &c atribuye
& las muy geveras medidas santa
rias adoptAdas por las autoridades.
En- cambio los nAtivos con 10 resis
tencis que oponen sistem&ticamente
6 los preceptos de la hygiene han
dado alas 10 props gAci6n de 10 en-
fermedad.
Los entendidos dicen que no ha-
bra verdadero dominic de la epide.
mia hAsta que entire Ia estaci6n de
las luvias.
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REGRESO.

Dsspuas de varios dias de ga
sencia en- Bsysm6n, a donde fae &
pasar una corts temporada, regres6
aver su residencia de SAuturce,
nuestra bella amiga Ia sef1oritA Car
men Fernandez Lktimer.
LIE acompsf ia su prima IL sen }.
rita Gloria que, dicho sea en- honor
&c Ia verdad es tambien una gloria
en- hermosura, talento y correction.
B'envenidas sean las dos pre-.
ciadas fl )res y que sea por mucho
tempo su estAnciA aquf
SEMPER.
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POLICLINICA
del Dr.. Rafael del Vale.

Tratamiento de todas las enfer-
medad3s en- general.
Operaciones quirurglcas.
Especiahdad en- afecciones de
los ojos y de las Was urinarias.
Horas dc consultas de 2 4 de
la tarde.
Fortaleza (Allen Street, Is.
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Doctor Rafael CeSterO.

DOCLOT kaIdGI CHSIHTO.
Cirugfh general.
PArtos.
Intermediates del apArAto
Reneto. .urinario del hombre y de lA
muir.
Consultas de &4P. M
Guay9ma.
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Tn iaCendiO
destruye la maquinaria de
la hacienda "Lizas'
en- Arecibo.
Las autOridadeS y ell CuerpO de
bOmberoS Cumplier0n con
Su deber.
(De maestro corresponsaI. J

Agosto 10 Ua incendio destrn.
y6, ante roche, el edificio del alam-
bique de II que foe ha cienda Las Ii
zds en- estA Jurisdiction. La maqui-
maria y n as de mil litros de alcohol,
perdidos por complete. Tan prom.
tr se dio conocimiento 6 10 pobla'
ci6n del siniestro, una secci6n del
cuerpo de bomber ros, al mando del
Official sef1or Arabia, acudi6 q pres
tar sus auxiliot pero. al llegar, u
todo estaba reducido & cenizss. LAS
autoridades, en- su presto.
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NueVO temple
llaS0niCO.

Los masones de 10 logia <Tana-
m4s, de Arecibo, piensAn construir
un temple mas6aico. AL efscto han
so]icitado, y ootenido nm solar, pro.
piedad del Ayuntamiento, que estk
sisuado en- 10 .parte norte de 10 pla'
zuela llamada del sCorregimiento.s
El plano de dicho edificio es
obra del competente arquitecto don
Francisco Arabs.
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Dos VentiladOreS.

Apropiados para fabricas 8 Al'
mAcenes, Sc venden bajo precio,
Lntormar&n en- La Correspondent
gtG.
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TO LET

Fine rooms and one commodiu
and well ventilated mirador at RI
na"bls upriees- Apply at 10 se
JoR6 Strat.
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Arturo Bravo

COMERCIANTE Comisionista.
Bowling Green Building =.
II BroadVay-New York, :
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FOREIGN

One YeAr............ gold $500. 500
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
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Interest,".

Necesitamos Agentes yendedores
para la venta por medic de muestras,
de nuestros art(culos al comercio al
por mayor detail, de la isla de Puer
to-Rico. Los articulos son muy ven
dibles con solo mostrarlos. SomoS los
primeros y 1nicos manufacturers
de los artfculos de nuestro ramo, en-
el mundo Sc paga sueldo 8 comisi6n
liberal Para mas detalles dirfjanse
los interesados, ncluyendo tres CEN
tavos en- sellos, 4 la "CAN-DEX MA
NUFACTURING COMPANY" Bu-
ffaloN.Y y. United States of America.
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Declaraciones de Defunci6n, en-
La <Corresponsencia.s
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-26
DISCONTINUE SALE OF LIQUOR
Influence Of the W. C. I. u Id Hanover
Especial Dispatch to The Timcs.)


POLE GREEN, VA, March 25.-Mr.
Eddie Shelton has declared his intention
to discontinue the sale Of liquors. He
remarked that the w. c. II. US. would
not let him carry OH his business. but
he was not in love with it anyway. SO
temperance is still growing in favor IN
this section.
The w. c. T. u. held a. parlor meet
ing at Mrs. Vests Friday. Miss Leila
Quarles, the superintendent, presided
over the meeting. Aline QuaTles and
Blanche Poindexter sang a Diet; Miss
Mamie Bates read an article on medica-
ton and there were two accessions to
the union.
The Sunbeam Society Of Walnut Grove
Church met Sunday after Sunday-school.
A large crowd was present. A well-pre-
pared programme was listened to with
interest, pleasure and profit A report
by the delegate to the Toronto Conven-
ton was read.
Irving Cosby prepared an essay on Italy
and read it, using the mission chart 70
point out places described in his essay
The Misses Quarles will have silver
tea at their hospitable home next Fri
day A musical programme is prepared
for tho occasion.