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her home as his Official" residence. The
woman to whom he was last united"
Mary, is said to be Smiths favorite wife.
and, as if in confederation of the report.
she lives in the finest and costliest OF
the five mansions.
He married wife number one 80 years
ago; so that in 80 years he has become
the father of his extensive family. His
'favorite wife" just referred to-the one
he married last-has borne five children,
the smallest number Of all the six wives
except the first one, who had only two.
Thirteen children-the largest number
Of all-were born in, and live In, the
mansion of wife number four. Alice. the
fifth wife, who said she was q plural
wife and glad Of it. has eight children;
While of the two sisters married stimuli
aneously, one has borne her master II
children and the other six.
Smith has Of late months exported"
a large number of Mormon families from
Utah to Mexico, establishing there q
colony, with the idea that it may ulti-
mately become the new headquarters Of
the Mormon church, safe from the laws
Of the United States.
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Gieutenant General in the Japanese Army
and Adopted Brother of the Emperor.)
expect that exception should be made
Of the visit of his imperial highness.
But to attribute it to the so-called
change in American feeling 40 repre-
sented by some newspapers is entirely
q guess from wild Imagination. Tho
princes visit to this country was orig.
inally brought into consideration as
long ago as last spring, but as 1t was
part of its object to see the worlds
fair at St. Louis, it was considered adj
visible to defer it to the autumn, when
the exhibits would be in more com.
plete form for observation, and for
that reason this time was chosen for
his visit. but there is, Of course. no
question about the principal object of
his visit being to strengthen thereby
the ties of genuine friendship 50 hap
PLY existing between the United States
and Japan, in most appropriate man.
ner, but not in such patchwork" fash.
ion as has been reported in some quar-
ters.
"His highness will maintain his on
cial status as imperial prince only at
Washington and st. Louis. but in all
other cities he will travel incognito.
This Is another evidence that he Is
not coming here to start a BOOM az
has been reported. After his visit to
the fair. where he will be particularly
interested to see the wonderful dis
play Of American genius and energy.
he will visit the educational. com.
mercial and Industrial centers Of this
country, such as Boston, Philadelphia.
New York, Pittsburg, Chicago. etc., to
study the true cause of the greatness
Of the United States. and also Of the
legitimate interest of this great repub-
lie in the far east"
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NEW TEMPLE FOR ZION CITY
DR.. Dowie Is Building a Magnificent
Place Of Worship for
His Church. -:

Chicago.-With impressive ceremonies
ground was broken for the new and
magnificent temple which John Alex
ander Dowie is to build in Zion City.
and which when completed will be ono
Of the marvels Of the religious architec-
ture of the world. and rival Of the
famous Mormon temple at Salt Lake,
though not so expensive as that edince.
The construction of this remarkable
temple will occupy practically the entire
male population Of Zion City. except such
40 cannot be spared from the manufac-
turing Industries Of the Christian
Catholic church, for several months to
come. The distinguishing features OF
the structure will be twin towers $50
feet In height fanking the main en-
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PEARY'S NEW SHIP.
with It the Daring Explorer Will Attempt
to Reach the North Pole.)
false keel of tho same material, which
will bear the rub of thick ice and
grounding. The frames will also be
Of white oak and closely spaced. The
deck beams will be Of very thick yell
low pine, unusually well supported and
fastened to the frames by big through
bolts.
Amidships these beams will be sup
ported right up from the keelson by
steel stanchions so arranged that they
may bet set up by bolts to take up any
give" in the structure during tho
course Of construction. To insure ex-
ceptional stiffness to the hull there
will be heavy yellow pine diagonal
braces. very securely fastened. at every
frame. While cutting up the space BE-
tween decks. this arrangement gives
lust that resistance to the pressure Of
leo upon the bottom and bilges that
will cause the vessel. like = melon seed
pinched between the fingers. to rise
and free itself Of the stress.
Above all things H. is essential that
tho vessel should not leak, and to in
sure this and to take the constant rub
Of the ice the hull will be covered with
a double course Of f1ve-inch planking.
The inner course will be Of yellow pine
and the outer course, which will be i'm
mediately subjected to wear, will be
Of we'll seasoned white oak. The inner
course will be calked when finished
and made securely water tight Over
the inner course will then be laid a
sheeting of tarred hemp or tarred can
vas. After this is thoroughly secured
tho outer planking will be laid and
bolted with. exceptional strength to
each frame.
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-
(showing Method OF Operation to Prevent
the Spread Of Big Fires)
system, and. as result of tests the value
of the appliance has been so recognized
that . substantial reduction has been
made In the fire insurance premium de-
manded by the company carrying the
risk.
On every side Of the building separate
water pipes, perforated on the under
side, are attached to the roof a few feet
from the walls. These pipes are con-
nected by valves with a central one, in
which a water pressure Of 80 pounds to
the square inch is maintained.
II a fire in a nearby building threatens
to spread the opening of single cock,
accessible from the street, will throw
from the pipe on the roof thousands Of
Jets of water so close together that they
form a perfect water curtain between the
flame and the threatened side Of the
building. The force with which the
streams are thrown from the pipe makes
It impossible for the water to be evap-
Grated by nearby flames and prevents
absolutely any flames from passing
through it.
The water may be turned on to protect
only one wall or all of them, as circum
stances may make necessary, and anoth'
er set of drenchers. working on the same
principle, but throwing the water hori'
zontally, protects the roof.
The valves which control the system
on the London building are operated from
the sidewalk, and the police stationed
nearby have been instructed how to
operate them. London authorities
have declared that the system is a
notable advance In protection against
fire.
New York fire experts, who have stud
led the plan which has been tried In Lon
don, say that If generally adopted here
it will effectively stop the spread Of big
fires. Had some of the big buildings In
Baltimore and Paterson been so
equipped, they say, confiagrations in
those cities would have been checked
much sooner and possibly might have
been checked at the outset
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ENcLAND's NEW SEA LORD
Sir John Fisher Il 4 Strong 1a1
Equal to Any Emer-
gency.

London.-October q was tho'day %
which England celebrated the ninety
ninth anniversary Of the battle Of Traf-
algar, and it was an appropriate date for
Admiral Sir John Fisher to take Office %
senior naval sea lord. &#
The British navy thus enters upon
new regime. Admiral Fishers appoint
ment has given universal satisfaction.
and its results are looked forward to
with hopeful anticipation.
A naval correspondent of the New York
Hereld writes: 1T Is at once opposite
and suggestive that these two events
should have taken place simultaneously.
namely, the celebration Of the culminat.
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VISIT OF PRINCE FUSHlMi.
The Japanese Nobleman Wishes to
Study industrial Conditions in =
.,.l.; This Cozntry.

Washington.-It was stated author
ttatively that the purpose Of the en-
peror Of Japan in sending. on, visit
to this country his adopted brother, his
imperial highness, Prince Fushimi. Is
to strengthen by every appropriate
means the traditional friendship be-
tween the United States and Japan.
Kogoro Takahira, the Japanese min
lister at Washington. in a conversation
at the legation, said:
when person Of dignity travels
in foreign country It Is almost al
ways the case that the occasion Is used
to start some speculation in regard to
the object of his journey. So I do not
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WATER CURTAINS FOR FIRES
A Successful London Scheme Likely
Be Tried in New York
City.

New York.-The adoption by this city
OF an auxiliary system Of mains which
will carry salt water for fighting hres
has interested merchants and owners OF
warehouses and other large buildings In
q scheme for checking the spread Of IRE
from one building to another, by means
of a curtain of water. which, in an emer-
gency can be turned on, completely COW
ering the sides Of building with force
sufficient to prevent any flames from
penetrating 1t.
A building in London has recently
been equipped with such q protective
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araat Salt Plants,

There are two great plants Tor solar
evaporation of salt in tho United states
INA NJ Salt Lake and the other ON San
Francisco bay. The brine pumped at Salt
take carries over 20 per cent salt and 10
free from impurities. That pumped ut
Gan Francisco has on the other hand
less salt than tho water Of
the open sea, and It has the customary
imnurities. At present Utah ranks sixth
among the states a. . salt producer. and
ite OUTPUT now reaches up to 10000
barrels Der annum.
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HAS A BIG FAMILY.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE
PREsIDENT OF HORIZONS
The Husband Of Five Wives and tho
Father Of Forty Five Children
Has Been Married Six
Times.

Salt Lake City.-The man with the
biggest family in the world 10 Joseph
Smith. Smith Is the president of the
Mormon church. for upon him fell tho
mantle of tho Mormon church president
Of worldwide fame, Brigham Young.
President Smith has five wives-plus one
divorced-and As children and $50 grand
children. The only man whose record
In the matter of children beats that Of
Smiths was that of Brigham Young
himself, who left 56 children.
Smiths wives and unmarried children
live in row Of detached mansions In
Salt Lake City. The married children
and grandchildren live in various
houses all over the city. Smith supports
his married children and his grand
children have to support themselves.
This proud father of IS children Is very
rich. His estimated income available
for supporting the five establishments
is 100000. The estimate is made from
his known salaried appointments as d.
rector of 20 different corporations.
banks, and factories.
His first wife was his cousin Layinia,
with whom he fell in love as a boy.
After he had been married to Lavinta
a few years he married the two Lam
son sisters, Julina and Edna. This one
man married these two sisters on the
same day and by the one ceremony of
marriage, an event that caused shud-
der In the breasts of all citizens outside
of Utah.
But the first wife objected to Smiths
second and third wives. and so she went
to California and obtained divorce. No
sooner had she secured her decree OF
divorce than Smith promptly married a
fourth woman-Sarah. Then came the
fifth, Alice. and, later, Mary, the sixth.
None of these objected to being mere
fraction of wife, so these are the five
wives whom Smith supports in the five
mansions to-day. Alice, the fifth in the
Smith matrimonial succession, said not
long ago: Il am q plural wife and am
proud Of it,
Smith now calls one Of the sisters re-
terred to his legal wife" and designates
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PEARY'S NEW VESSEL
SHIP IN WHICH EXPLORER WILL
SEEK Thu NORTH POLE.
VIII Have the Good Pointa Of All Ves-
sails Used in Polar Explorations
TO Be Of 1900 Tons
Displacement

New York.-Encouraged by his pre-
vous performances. Commander Rob
ert e. Peary, Of the United States
navy, is now having built q new craft
for his final dash for the north pole.
Less than a years time will see this
sturdy vessel headed for the north
land and the region Of eternal ice. In
this last and what is to be his final
effort Commander Peary has united the
fruit Of his own experience in the past
together with the difficulties that have
confronted his rivals In this forbid
ding field of geographical research.
This new ship will be very remarkable
In many ways.
The vessel is technically described as
4 three-masted fore and aft schooner
rugged steam vessel with auxiliary
sail power. says writer in the New
York Herald. The foremost and the
mizzenmast will be single sticks Of the
best Oregon pine. and the mainmast,
while of the same material. will carry
separate topmast of selected yellow
pine. At the masthead Of tho main
topmast will be carried the 'crow's
nest" from which lookout will direct
the navigation of the craft.
The ship will be 164 feet long on the
load water line and $50 feet long from
the tip Of her stem to the afterside of
her rail. Her maximum beam over her
guard will be nearly IS feet and when
laden she will draw nearly II feet of
water. Her displacement when ready
for sea, and with all coal and stores
aboard. will be quite 1900 tons.
The two big deck houses will pro-
vide quarters for Commander Peary.
the ships officers and the members of
the scientific staff. These houses will
be Of peculiar construction and are de-
designed to be portable. The object
of this Is to facilitate their removal
from ship to shore If emergency de.
mand, where they may be turned into
reasonably comfortable habitations,
susceptible Of economical heating and
maintenance. Most Of the crew, Of
which there will be about 20. will be
housed on the berth deck.
The keel, stem and sternpost will be
built Of heavy white oak, and over
the regular keel there will be a stout
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Whv Varnish Turns White.

It has often been wondered why paint
and varnish turn white for a while after
4 heavy rainstorm. This is probably
due to molecules of moisture being
driven into the minute divisions OF the
paint or varnish, and thus giving them
the color that we see on foam on the
water. The natural color of the paint
or varnish can be quickly restored by
rubbing on q little ine oil, wnic1 takes
the place of the vapor In the paint
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Kopak.

Kopak IL . new product Of the Philip
pine islands and those adjacent, which
Is attracting much attention. 1t Is Q
sort of yellow wadding which makes
dne mattresses. life preservers, etc. Nat
urally It is the covering Of the seeds OF
certain trees. Ten and 4 half ounces
will support 4 man in the water. and
ono small mattress will support several
men. It is expected that oil ship mat
tresses will be made Of kopak.
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ter way a0o Olue1 OooASI
Boston, but he has remained to lee
ture in many Of our large cities.
From an interesting sketch OF the lie
and work of NJ. Wagner. written BY
Grace King, the southern novelist, for
the Congregationalist, We learn that hs
IA now regarded a. the leader Of liberal
Professionalism in France. and in that
capacity has recently published book
stronsly defending the faith against the
attack Of q noted French free-thinker.
M Wa8ner ana his wife are natives OF
Alsatia. and his first work - . pastor
v,a In 4 small village In that region ON
the Preach side Of the line. Latsr As
cama to Paris and founded mission In
the Faubours st. Antoine. which has
sinee been enlarged into what In now
Known % the Eglise Boulevard Beau
marchais. Here, in ono Of tho most
neglected and goddess sections OF the
French capital. n. Wagner has been do
ing noble work for these many years
among the poor. the friendless and the
criminal, and many lives have been ~
deemed through his fundamentally.
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THE REV. CHARLES WAGNER
Interesting Personally Of This Noted
French Author and Evangeli-
cal Preacher.

Boston.-But few European visitors
to this country have excited more gen.
eral interest than Rev. Charles Wagner.
author of 1.-THE Simple Life" The Bet
ter Way" etc., and a French evangelical
nreacher. His fame preceded him to
this country, and his books have been
widely read by all classes of people. The
principle object of his visit to this coun-
try was to attend the peace congress at
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New Consumptivs Treatment

Prof. Jacob. of Berlin. has developed
4 new method Of treating consumption
which promises great result& Here
tofore the trouble has been to reach the
seat of the disease. He makes the
trachea and larynx insensibls b. CO.
came. Introducing . thin rubber tube
and in1ects Prof. KOCH tuberculina. In
this way he has succeeded In making
the baciln disappear In from four to
eight weekA
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FIRED THE ROCKET
NAN WHO RAN ON FIRST LOCO
MOTIVE LIVING IN IOWA.
He Tells Of the First Experience In
Railroading in England-Would
Like to See the Old
Engine.

Dies Moines, Ia.-A model OF the
famous Rocket, the first engine to draw
4 passenger train, stands in the Trans
portation building Of the St. Louis expo
sition, and Edwin Entwistle, the man
who acted as fireman on the epoch marx
ing day, 70 years ago. when the hrst
passenger train in the world LETT Man
chester for Liverpool, lives in humble
cottage in East Des Moines, and he
thinks of his inability to visit the expo
siti0n and see the Rocket model tears
come into his eyes and course down his
cheeks.
I'D give anything I possess just to
geo. and handle it again." the aged man
said recently, as he told the story of that
memorable trip. But I'm old now and
feeble I'm not the lad I was when
George Stephenson gave me word of
cheer and l climbed into the Rocket and
we started on our trip"
Edwin Entwistle was lad Of 16 when
the trip was made. He was recommend
ed to Stephenson by the duke of Bridge
water, whose steward declared that En-
twistle was the best mechanic in his
shops.
It was in September, 1881, that the
Rocket made it's trip. Stephenson had
tripmphed over many difficulties and the
test was to be made. He had completed
his plans, obtained charter for the
railroad between Liverpool and Man
chester and laid his track.
When the track was completed and
Stephenson was ready to enter the COM
petition he was without fireman. He
applied to the duke Of Bridgewater and
was sent by the latter to his machine
shops. Here Stephenson repeated his re-
quest to the foreman of the shop. The
latter replied:
81 haven't man to send, but that lad
will serve your purpose, if you care to
take him and get an order from the stew
ard"
The order from the steward was not
long In coming, and Edward Entwistle.
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HUGE FIGURE OF BUDDHA.
Discovered by English Troops Near
tho Forbidden City 0
Lhasa.

London.-One Of tho most inter-
estink OF monuments seen by En-
elish troops In Thibet was the
hugo figure Of Buddha passed
about Is miles from the forbid
den city of Lhasa. Some idea of the
great size Of the idol may be obtained
by comparing it with the height OF the
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then a machinist's apprentice. went on
the Rocket.
Stephenson took En- twistle out the fol-
lowing Sunday to let him try his hand at
the throttle. They ran the engine down
to the bog, distance Of Is miles, and
return. Stephenson was more than
pleased. The next day was the day for
the competition. Entwistle, speaking OF
the trip, said to q Des Moines CORE
spondent of the New York Herald:
81 don't remember much about the
weather. All the days in England are
pretty much the same, and along the sea-
coast there is always more or less of a
fox, The 81 miles were what might be
called level country. Where the bog had
been filed In, of course. was level. 1t
was slightly downhill between Man
chester and Liverpool The country was
not rough.
Il don't remember the time We made
on the trip, but it didn't mean much, as
the trip was marred by q fatal accident.
We were about half way down when q
stop was made. The duke of Wellington
was talking to Mr.. Huskisson, and they
were standing on the second track. Sud-
denly construction engine came around
the corner and bore down on them. The
duke of wellington jumped and escaped
safely, but Mr.. Huskisson was struck
down and the wheels passed over his legs
above the knees. He was taken to LlV-
erpool, where he Ii, ed about ten hours.
'Strange as it may seem, this accident
did not prejudice the people against the
railroad. They understood that it was
an accident, and did not blame the road.
'The Rocket pulled on tina. Trip five
coaches. They were small Affairs and
looked much like stage coaches on
wheels. Each coach contained three
seats, each accommodating three people,
making nine to coach. People rode
on the tops, however, and hung on the
sides of the coaches, SO mat In all Is per-
sons rode that day. Thousands Of per-
sons were lined up along the railroad
track on both sides to witness tho
strange performance" .-
After operating the Rocket 30 months
YOUNG Entwistle found himself almost
nervous wreck and refused to serve any
longer.
when I was 18-that was In 1871
left England and came to this country.
Fifty years ago I came west and built
q house right on this vsry spot"
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Electric Traction In Coal Nine.

Electric Traction in Coal Nine.
Electric traction 10 used In 1t least
ono coal mine. Two locomotives Of
80 horse power each handle tho 800
tons daily output They arc seven
feet long and three feet high, running
In headings too low for the use OF
mules. A single so horse power motor
n used With it, armature geared to
two driving sprockets, one on each
axle. The gradients are hon l In =
to 1 IN 4 Be- q. -* .
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Alpiue Records Broken.

All previous records In tho matter Of
Anime accidents were broken this year.
Nearly 800 accidents occurred, while
last year the number reached only 14&
In fact, the accidents have Increased
aiahtfold within the last seven yearA
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trance. Marble will be freely used In tn
construction. It will cost 100000.
The site selected for the new temple
is northeast Of the present place Of wor-
ship. called Shiloh tabernacle, which
will be torn down when the new build
Ing Is completed. DR.. Dowie Is anxious
to found college 1t Zion City, and says
that after the structure has been used
n q place Of worship for, five or six
years he proposes to build much larg-
er building for that purpose and devote
this one to college purposes.
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A Curious Structure

In segovia, Northern Spain, stands
ono az the most curious structures In
The world, q palace that Is known a.
"tns house Of the points" because its
crant is carved into innumerable facets.
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vild Horses Spread Mango.

Thousands Of Wild horses roam the
uufenced ranges Of Oregon. and the state
veterinarian has ordered that they shall
be shot. This Is to prevent the spread
II mango among cattle and other live
stock.