A HARD Salt Lake, Jan. 30. Services at the Tabernacle were held by Elders Wa! ter J. lleatie, George A. Woolley anc Willard Done. Elder Joseph T. Tav lor of the stake presidency presided The choir sang: Author of faith, Eternal World. hose Spirit breathes the active flame. 1 rayer was offered by Elder Josepl V R. Morgan. Elder Woolley began by referring to the authority that existed in th church and the necessity of the Saint; yielding obedience. Elders of tin church were liable to the call of thost in authority to take whatever par was allotted them. Ileing so. tin priesthood should be in harmony with the holy spirit. Latter-daSaint! could not he a law unto themselves they had to yield obedience to th whisperings of the Holy Spirit, and t( honor and sustain those placed in au thority. The speaker regretted tha' there were those among the Saint; who professed to believe in the organi zation of the Church, but did not mani fest their profession in sustaining those of the brethren in the importani positions that they had been called up y on to occupy. Elder lleatie expressed his gratifica tion at seeing so many present, as il manifested the faith of the Saints. The faitli of the Saints was made manifest in numerous ways. Some showed it by a systematic and careful attendance at meetings, while others displayed other characteristics which marked their loyalty to the work of the Lord upon the earth. Elder Ileatie's desire was to remain faithful; to he able at all times to support and sustain those in authority ; and to walk in that straight and narrow path laid out by our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, that in the end he with all the rest of the Saints might be crownedand exalted in the Father's kingdom. Unity was a condition which should exist among the people; they should love one another and live in such a way and manner as to merit the blessings of the Father continually. A great work was being done by the elders of Israel in the nations of the earth. The efforts of the church in this direction were in harmony with the commandments of the Lord. William Done said the principle of obedience was the fundamental law of the gospel, as in its practice the Lord would be pleased to extend and make manifest IDs blessings at all times The laws of the gospel were put forth for the benefit of those who would obey them; they had been laid down by the Father for the guidance of Ilis people, and inasmuch as the Saints yielded obedience, just to that extent would God bless them. He referred to obedience of Adam, in complying with the great commandment to multiply and replenish the earth. So it was with Abraham, the father of the faithful. lie yielded obedience to all the laws of God and thereby exalted himself. Jacob was also one of these characters, together with his son Joseph. Moses, to. in his great meekness was full of obedience and adhered strictly to the voice of the Father, while Joshua and the Judges were also fraught with adesire to serve the Lord and in these characteristics all received great Saul was once obedient and prospered exceedingly; but in later times, he became self important, falling away from the commandments of the Lord and losing the great prestige and power which he before possessed. After he was deposed as leader of the Israelites, David succeeded him, and in the latter's attention to the laws of God, the blessings of the father followed him. Free Homestead 15111. Washington, Jan. 31. The free homestead bill, giving over 20,000,000 acres of public lands as free homes for settlers, was ordered favorably reported to the house by the public lands committee. The vote was 16 to 1. The item extending the provisions of the hill to military reservations which have been opened to settlement was stricken out, while the item ineluding lands which the Government sells for the Indians collects the purchase price and pays the money over to the Indians, was retained. IHT. BY S. T. N THE M Lord I ytcr of our the ship 1S61 B e ef Boston, on board of which the v. ritcr was a In took TJIgi seaman, cargo in Hong Kong, China, for Australia. All being In readiness, the word to man the windlass was passed one day just after dinner; and the anchor being weighed and sail made on the ship, the native pilot worked us up through the fleet of idle vessels to a clear anchorage and brought us up to wait for more wind, we having very little at the timo. Captain R was very anxious to get out at once, but the pilot him that he would have a fine wholesale breeze by 9 oclock that night, and, after a short conference with him apart from others, the captain yielded. Not long before this time a. British bark had sailed from this same port witfi $11,000 in hard cash on hoard, but she had never reached her destination. She had been picked up derelict, having evidently been captured and rifled by pirates and her crew murdered. The combined British and French fleets had just met in a bloody repulse in attempting to force a passage past the Pelbo forts, on the Canton river; and the Chinese pirates, acting on the theory that it was time to make hay whtn the sun was shining, were particularly active and daring in their vocation just at that time. to Our pilot had induced Capt It acq Mesce in his views by (tiddly tellboxes of ing him the exact number opl im on board, and where they were stowed in the ship, and assuring him thc.t many others on shorn knew all about it as well as he. Th'.a Beamed a little surprising, as the opium find been brought on board secretly iio much so that some of our own crew did not know that we had any such targo on board. Another thing the pilot had told him was that but few if any of the immense fleet of fishing junks which constantly cruised about outside the port and along the coast would object to add a little piracy to their regular business, especially when tempted by such a prize as 200 boxes of opium. The possibility that our capture might be planned already, and that among our tween-decpassengers there might be confederates of any outside enemies, was also hinted at; and altogether our captain concluded to follow the pilots advice, and not sail till he had plenty of wind, when he could laugh at all the junks they could bring on. Soon after sunset the wind did increase, a3 the pilot had predicted; and as-sur- k o, four-maste- at 10 oclock at night the pilot left us, bowling along at eight knots an hour, with the wind about a point on the quarter. Before leaving, he again assured Capt. R that any of the nu merous junks In sight would do a little piracy if occasion offered; told him to take no notice of any signals of distress, and if anything got In his way not to attempt to sheer out for it, but to give it the stern. We had passed scores of junks, some of them pretty closely, but they all n got out of our way; a ship before the wind is not running nearly a pleasant thing to get in the way of. The second mate, a young man belonging to Lynn, as eight bells (midnight) drew near, thought he would put a little more canvas on the ship; and the watch were sent forward to reeve off gear and rig out the preparatory to setting the 900-to- stun-sail-boo- fore-topma- st were was called the lookout-ma- n focastle to help from the make sail, and he went to the foreyard to assist in getting the boom out. The lashing had been cast adrift, but the boom was not yet , started, when who had Jim Hart, the lookout-manhis eyes about him, reported to the second mate a large junk on the starboard bow, sir, not more than half a mile off. Ay, ay, answered Mr. B ; "how3 she standing? studding-sai- l. As we short-hande- d, j d deck. The second mate was terribly white, but as cool and collected as though he were merely washing decks, instead of conning a big ship, flying list, with a stiff breeze, to a deadly collision with another vessel crowded with human beings. There was no tremor In his voice, as he called out to the man at the wheel: Steady so, Dunn; starboard a litGe, starboard! and the next instant, as the B e rushed fair for the junks waist, his shout, Hold on all hold on! was as clear and ringing as ever had been his order to clew down a topsail. The watch below was sleeping still, for though It has taken me some time to write this account, yet not more than five minutes actually elapsed from the time the junk was first reported from the foreyard before we left her wreck behind us on the ocean; and not a half minute elapsed after the order to port was given before all was over. The alarm on our own vessel was hardly less than that on the junk. The watch below, including the captain and mate, rushed out without stopping to rig themselves up, and the Chinese merchants added their jabbering to the confusion. Capt. R hurried up to Mr. B , who was now standing on the taffrail, looking astern at the helpless junk, and inquired: ? What is the matter, Mr. B What is it, sir? was his anOh, not much, sir! swer. "A Chinaman got in the way, and I knocked the sticks out of him thats all, sir. The shrieks could be plainly heard astern still, and Capt. R s kind heart was moved to sympathy at once. said he; Oh, Mr. B those poor creatures how could you be so careless, sir? It was not carelessness, sir, replied the officer; it wasn't my fault that I knocked down his masts. I tried all I could to give him the stern fair in his waist. It was an accident that I didnt do it not bad management. They may be sinking, sir. Very likely hope so, anyhow. Blue lights and rockets were shown from the crippled junk, and answered by others from all points of the compass. But we kept on our way, neither knowing or caring what became of her, and at sunrise not a sail wa3 to ha seen of all the fleet we had run through during the night. The junk may have been only a fisherman; but her movements were very suspicious, and she had a very big crew for a peaceful trader. Whether she was sunk by the force of our blow, or got safe into port to repair her damages, is more than I can tell. But we congratulated ourselves during the rent of our passage on our escape from a Chinese pirate, and had no sympathy to spare for those who must have bees) killed by the fail of her mast along tbs crowded deck. Our Chinese cabin passengers thors style oughly approved of Mr. B of dealing with the junk, and seemed to be all of opinion that if our ship had been lifted up sufficiently to clear her (to do which we should have had to shake the wind out of our sailn), that the junk would have shot alongside to leeward, and our voyage would have ended then and there. The Chinamen had no pity for their countrymen, for they would have been the first ! bles.-dngs- . Target Gun Accident at Spring City. Spring City, Jan. 31. While play-iD- g at the depot, a small hoy by the name of Vivian Larsen, was accidentally shot with a target gun, in the hands of a playmate, who did not see his friend until he heard him scream. The hall struck his cheek hone just beneath the left eye, and is supposed to have lodged somewhere near by, but owing to the swollen condition of the face, it has not leen located. Xc serious results are apprehended. nmigarhiu Hrotn UnM Right across our bow, sir; shes This grass, while growing, strongly think she's lving-tsir." All right. said the officers, walking resembles Orchard grass, and it is held down flora the high poop, so that he by many to be more valuable, as it is could see the junk under the foot of the adapted to lighter and dryer soil, says mainsail; "rig out your boom I'll look Southern Cultivator. It is resistant to intense cold, to sudden and extreme out for him." first When Hart reported the junk, changes of temperature and withstands Mr. B had taken one of the lights protracted drouth better than any other from the binnacle, and this he now cultivated variety. In ordinary and held over the side so that it could be poor sandy soil it grows twelve to seen from the junk though the moon- eighteen inches high, but under better conditions it attains the height of light would have rendered the ship vis- three or four feet. The underground No sign of life was ible for miles. stems grow most rapidly in light, saady were we made on board the junk, and and penetrate with apparent ease soil, to a close her big, getting very the stiffest clays, and in all cases form box, of full 3u0 tons. a dense, tough sod. and produce a great little a Starboard there, Dunn, amount of long, tender leaves. It reto the man at the said Mr. B mains green during the entire year, starboard a little; let hei and wheel; bears grazing well. One plot sown come up a point or two. in has held answered the helms- the Mississippi three years ago exclusion Ay,- ay, sir, to the ground complete man, and the ship hung obedient to of all other and weeds, where the order, sufficiently to have cleared it remains grasses the year round. This green the junk. grass will be found very valuable in Starboard, sir, starboard! or we'll mixtures for grazing. Sow about 30 to be into that junk, sir! roared Hart 40 pounds per acre, any time from the from the foreyard to the officer of the middle of September until the end of had no idea of October, or during November in the watch; but Mr. B doing anything of the kind. He remem- far South, and in the spring during If bered the Chinese pilot's advice; February, March and April. Through anything gets in your way, give it the the agricultural department at Washstern. ington it ha3 been tested in various Port, there, Dunn, port! was his order to the helmsman, in a sharp, decisive manner; over with it quick's your play. Down off that foreyard, he continued; men; down with you! but he wasted breath in giving the last command, for the sailors on the yard had heard the order given to port the helm, and knew that it meant a collision with the big junk. By the time the ships head commenced to swing for the Chinamen, they were all on close-haule- d Hc-ti- had we been taken. If some men possessed clear titiex mansions in the skies the first thing they would try to do would be to mort. to gage them. A Great l ire. Do not try to do some groat thing r you may waste all your life waiting tor the opportunity which may never come. But since little things are always claiming your attention, do them as they come, from a great motive, for the glory of God, to win Hi3 smile of approval, and to do good to men. It is harder to plod on In obscurity acting thus than to stand in the high places of the field, within the view cf all, and do deeds of valor at which rival armies stand still to gaze. But no such act goes without the swift recognition and the ultimate recompense of Christ. To fulfill the duties of your station; to use to the uttermost the gifts of your ministry; to bear the chafing annoyances and trivial irritations as martyrs bore the pillory and stake; to find the one noDle trait in people who try to molest you; to put the kindest conand words; struction on unkind to love with love of God even the unthankful and evil; to be content to be a fountain in the midst of a wild valley of stones, nourishing a few lichens and wild flowers, or now and again a thirsty sheep, and to do this always, and not for the praise of man, but for the sake of God this makes a great life. F. B. Meyer. Th Practice of Virtue The practice of that which is ethically best what we call goodness or virtue Involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that which leads to success In the cosmic struggle for existence. In place oi a-t- it demands ruthless self-restrai- in place of thrusting aside or treading down all competitors, it requires that the individual shall not merely respect, but shall help his fellows; Its influence is directed, not so much to the survival of the fittest as to the fitting of as many as possible to survive. It repudiates the gladiatorial theory of existence. It demands that each man who enters into the enjoyment of the advantages of a policy shall be mindful of his debt to those who have laboriously constructed it; and shall take heed that no act of his weakens the fabric in which he has been permitted to live. Laws and moral precepts are directed to the end of curbing the cosmic process and reminding the individual of his duty to the community, to the protection and influence of which he owes, if not existence itself, at least the life of something better than a brutal savage. T. H. Huxley. Th Consequence of Iniquity We must not make God responsible and it succeeds remarkably well in all for the continuance of Iniquity. We must define sin as a resistance to tha sections. realization of the righteous purposs of God in the soul. God is against the Close Application. race only when It is against itself; and Close application Is one of the things in that case His wrath is His mercy. necessary for success in the poultry God is on the side of every man who yard. Indeed, in this it is not much sets his heart on righteousness. The different from any other kind of busiin human nature, in human soness. Even the great fortunes had deepestin human history in the course ciety, their beginnings with men that gave cf the world, in the universe, close application to small things and for the seeker after righteousmakes watched every detail. Caesar was said ness. The stars in their courses fight to know every soldier of his legions, for the man who contends for a pure and spent much of his time In a study and to every soul face to face of the details of the work he had to do. heart;the tremendousness of the moral with Then can we expect any less in the process the sublime comfort comes, poultry business? The Almighty in The Eternal God is thy refuge, and His wisdom has placed around us all underneath are the everlasting arms. not we might kinds of obstacles that A. Gordon. Dr. George succeed in anything except at the price Patriot The man who bleeds for tha of vigilance and labor. Every kind of or has its of his country. whether animal, benefit plant life, deadly enemies. The farmer that sows Bar A place in a river or on shore his seed in the ground knows that he where water is scarce. must fight weeds, insects and often Politician The man who bleed3 his birds. The poultryman knows or country for his own benefit. should know that he must fight lice, Christmastide x nose who get mardisease germs, bad systems of feeding, ried on the 25th of December. prowling animals, hawks and even the Windmill The usual result of a chicken thief. The price of success is between two pugilists. meeting never falls. But when not low and Conceit The thing that often gets success comes it is worth all that has a small man into a large hole. been paid for it. Something that la Experience Trees and Men. A single tree, ac- brought by old age or brings it. cording to a computation in Knowlan open mothers, edge, is able, through its leaves, to c.rr averting In the courts our right to the from the carbonic acid air and the word use of the exclusive CASTOKIA," purify 1lTl HKKS ('ASTORIA, "as our Trade Mark arising from the respiration of a considerable number of men, perhaps a I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis. Massachuwas the originator of PITCHERS dozen or even a score. The volume of setts, the same that has borne and does now bea human exhaled acid by carbonic of CHAS. IL bear the r hours FLETCHER on everysignature wrapper. This is the ing in the course of twenty-fouis put at about 100 gallons; but by original PITCHER S CASTORIA w hich has a single been usd in the homes of the mothers of estimate, Boussingaults thirty years. Look carefully square yard of leaf surface, counting America for overand see that it is the kind you Bt the wrapper of and the under sides the both upper alw avs bought, and has the signature ol have cirthe leaves, can, under favorable CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the Wrapper. No cumstances, decompose at least a gal- one has authority from me to use my name lon of carbonic acid in a day. One except The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. hundred square yards of March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, M. D. then would suffice to keep the air pure a of tree leaves the for one man, but You can tell when you pass a dentist in of moderate size present a surface ot (be stn et by the inquiring way he looks at many hundred square yards. your teeth. HUNGARIAN BROME GRASS, places In Canada, Mississippi, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and California, on-goi- letter to leaf-surfa- or Pasturing. There le bo the minds of those wb.o in question have tried it of the great saving made by the practice of soiling. Experiments recently made at the Michigan experiment station show that about four times as much food is obtained from a meadow allowed to mature hay as from a field pastured. In soiling the difference would probably not be sc great, owing to the fact that the grass !is or peas, or alfalfa, or grown for the purpose, is cut before It fully matures, but even then from two to three times the number of animals can be supported by soiling as on pasSoiling ture. Ex. Do not feed gl&is for grit. 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