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Show 1 VJ M - Semple ant (tab cenacle t FUNERAL DF APOSTLE RICHARDS. Affectionate Farewells Said by Church Leader,. of thf Inrcst amlirnees that gathered at the n.len Tabernacle on an oetHion the ne present at the funeral ser ices over tin remains .'iUi.n I K chards, the .f A pi. st t 1. nt of the tpiorutu of venetaL. list eh of t lie I lintvli of the Saints ou Jebustlu it of Latter-daDecember 13. Aiming the church dignitaries and not allies present ivere Presidents Snow, Cannon and Smith; Apostles F. W. Lyman. Ileber J. (Irani, John V. Taylor, John Henry Smith, George Teasdale, Anton H Lund, M. F. Cowley, Rudger Clawson and Brigham Young; Patriarch John Smith; Andrew Jensen, John Jaiies, 0. F. Whitney, A. Milton M nsser, Martin Lindsey, D. F. Collett and Mrs. Williard Weihe, assistants in the historians ofliee; Angus M. Cannon, president of the Salt Lake stake, with' his two counselors, Joseph E. Taylor and C. W. Penrose; Presiding Bishop W. B. Preston; First Presidents of Seventies George Reynolds, Rulon S. Wells, Joseph W. McMurrin and Seymour B. Young; Arthur Winter, church stenographer; William B. Dougall, John T. Caine, l,e Roi C. Snow. Henry P. and Samuel Richards, brqthers, and Levi W. Richards, nephew of the deceased; lion. C. S. Varian, law partner of Franklin S. Richards. Many of the local oflicals, including President 6hurtliff and Counselors Flygare and Middleton. Bishop MeQuarry of the Second ward of ( gdeu announced the opening hymn, Oh, My Father," which was rendered bv the full Tabernale choir of 100 due pr .1 y voices. Apostle Francis M. Lyman offered op a prayer full of eloquent pleading and of sorrowful remembrance for the deceased The choiraiig Nearer, My God, to Tbee, and in the hush that fell upon the audience. President Sburtiff spoke a few words, his emotion almost preventing utteiauee. He said, in part, that in all parts of the world, all over the atate of Utah, and especially in Weber Btake, would Franklin D. Richards, the noble man of God, be missed. Jn Weber county he had lived, and here where he was so well known, and where hie fatherly counsel had bo often been given, was he loved and respected the most. The people have lost one of their choiseet men, net only nne of the strong men of the church, hut one of the best of Utahs citizens. The speaker aald that he teas so depressed In the presence of the dead, this great apostle who has led Israel during all these years, that be conld only say, God bless the relatives of the deceased, and be with him in hia gracious, comforting presence. APOSTLE BRIGHAM YOUNG was thankful that he was premltted to aay a few words in eulogy of the man, bis brother apostle, who had died. It seemed, so far aa human comprehension could determine, that Franklin D. Richards was still needed on earth In of the the church for the brethren and to work for Christ, but God knows best. The speaker had well-bein- g known the deceased as long as he could remember, and knew his character to be above reproach, a man raised up by God to do good amoDg the people of the earth. But he had run the race, his life bad been full of good works, end no one could take from him the celestial glory he had earned by 'Ha faith fulueis In thla life. The speaker closed by referring feelingly to his father, Brigham Young, and Baying that today the deceased and hia father were together in glory. He asked all to emulate the example set by the deceased, his character as a y perfect gentleman and a perfect Saint. PRESIDENT SNOW spoke at some length. He indorsed every thing that had been said by the previous speakers concerning the life and character of the deceased, who was truly a man of God.-- Upward of fifty years ago he and the deceased were ordained in the quorum of the twelve apostles, and since then they had been close friends, The speaker reviewed some of the change s that had taken place in the church bodies, and said that since the deceased had been a member of the apostles, four of the presidents of the church, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff had passed Lat-terda- - Good Tima. Did you go to the theater while you was in the city, Joshua? Mr. WAFback No, Maria, I couldn't find no theater, somehow. The only place I could find was a dime museum, Mrs. Wayback but I saw that six times. New York Weekly. Cart Epitaph In New Hampahtra, reticent persons epitaph Is to be teen on a tombstone in the graveyard I was at Stowe, N. H. It runs thus: A somebody who, is no business of your." There is not another word or avenjetteron Ue stone. thirty-thre- fathoms e AN half a mile froin ths chore, which in most place is steep with green and lovely slopes rising high above it. A Capt iYrston to weih morning, lie allowed me to go ashore, but sent with ore me, to he a guide aud companion the tattooed sailor, who at the (bad been frequently Grand Canary, und In whom he repos- ed great tru 4 He give me a courier hag containing home I'lnv.hlonh, a liri.--it of Bpirits, and old1 ,i tcletiopc, and thus provided, DICK RODNEY; No one ought to complain at awav lilt hards. lie taking aw ay of Apo-tl- e He had i ved a long life full of good w ork w hii ti w mild e after him. 'J he best that can be said of him, and all that need In he s.ild, is that throughout his long I'fc lie ihsi barged the duties and obligations imposed upon him hi cording to Ins ah.iitv. fcailess-land cariii it U m tin light of the Yd can well holy spirit siy that lie has accoinpl..shed the purpose of his he deeeiistd had testi tied many ih a lime t hat Joseph bmith was tile serv ant of God, and had the detine right to baptise and to lay on hands for t he reception of the Holy Ghost, and that he had power from God. This testimony will live to do good. The life of the deceased was noble; it was worthy of emulation, a grand life, of which liis children could well be proud. Of the effect of the life of the deceased upon the comunity. President hnow "These people who are persecuting ns and waut to ace us persecuted, would be our frieuda today if they We knew us aa we know ourselves are sacrificing every day, for the good of humanity. May we have our hearts ready for the events of the near feaThe speaker narrated some inture. cidents in the life of the deceased, and closed by saying that be magnified his priesthood aud was a niSD of God. PRESIDENT GEORGE Q. CANNON dwelt with emotion upon the life SDd character of the deceased, and said he bad an especial reason to bear witness He to the beauty of his character. had known the deceased for many years, and had felt his Influence for good during all the time he had known him. The speaker said that he was ordained as an apostle after Brother Richards, and was a junior apostle. When the speaker was called to the first presidency, Brother Richards was older than he, but, said the speaker, "Brother Richards never showed toward me any other feeling than brotherly kiDduess and respect toward the office which 1 hold. Of all the meu I ever knew. Brother Richards was the example of meekness, gentleness and kindness, 1 never beard Brother Richards talk of the faults of his brethren. 1 never heard an nnkind word from hia lipa, aud he never lost hie temper. lie closed by urging that the life of the deceased be emulated by all Latter-day Saints. PRESIDENT JOSEPH F. SMITH He spoke briefwas the last speaker. ly, indorsing all that bad been said of tbe deceased. He had loved the deceased as brother, and hia death came as a great 6hock to him. No man be had aa was ever known was so near-perfeFranklin D. Richards. He bad been true to tbe teachings of the prophet Joseph Smith, and had trusted in God. An exalted glory awaits the deceased in the spirit world. Tbe choir sang Farewell, all Earth ly Honors, aod the closing prayer was said by John Henry Smith. 1 Had a f k .j.4.4.j--5---:.4- - lrlif We moored in waur, about Or. 1 mt ' j BY JAMES CHANT. y I A II MM Lit lirhts I'. Hurricane l"ing "d'h I - to the Furlun- ate Pome days after tins c.urttca, its the lortuyiun c pa-sc- lhal d' a d ii uue these large and round tuilt vessels which tl.ov send to Brazil and the Indies and whuh are alike adapted for burden, fighting and sailing. Oi exchanging the bearings which, when vessels pass each other, are usually chalked on a blackboard hung over the quarter Weston and Hislop found a considerable difference between the Portuguese and ours; but. never doubting that wo were correct, a, they bore on without hailing the as we passed each other on opposite tacks under a press of Bail The weather continued cloudy, and an Increased difference was found on exchanging the latitude and iongtltude with another vessel next morning. Then, after an observation at noon, Weston found that for more than fifty hours the Eugenie bad been going several miles to the southeast of her due course. The compass was immediately overhauled by Hislop, who fouud that the standard of the needle was loose. On that night there commenced a long course of head winds and foul weather, during which the compas never worked properly, and the captain and mate found, by the solar observation, that we bad drifted so far to leeward as to be somewhere between the parallels of 28 degrees and 28 degrees 35 minutes north. Tattooed Tom and old Roberts, ths were superstitious enough to give nte the entire blame of all this, in consequence of having fired one day at some of Mother Carys chickens; an action, they averred, which never failed to give the craft of the perpetrator a head wind for the remainder of her voyage If she ever finished it at all. "If this foul weather holds for day. sa;d Weston, as be trod the deck with a sulkiness quite professional under the clrcums'ances, we shall see land sooner than T wished." ' "land'" I reitera ed. brightening at the Idea more than he relished. Yes, some part of the Canaries Santa Crux de la Raima, most likely; but we shall have very rough weather I know well before another sun rises the eigne, Mr. Rodney. Dont you see what is brewing yonder, Hislop? he said in a low voice to hls mate. "You say just what old Roberts, Tattooed Tom, and were observing forward," replied Hislop. "We have not 11 of u teen a hurricane off tbe west coast of Africa, a tornado In. the Windward Isles, and a regular roaring pampero off the Rio de la Plata, without learning something eh, captain?" I hope not! so remember that this gloomy weather, with the wind lulling way and then coming again In hot gusts with a moaning sound in my part of England w name it the calling of the sea ate always signs of coming squall. As the night rlo.x d in. the canvas on tbe brig was redtic d, the royals were struck BDd the yards bent on deck; the dead lights were shipped on tbe stem windows; the quarter boat was hoisted within the tuffrall, and there lashed hard and fart, for there were increasing tokens of a coming tempest, and ere midnight it came with a vengeance. The sky at fir was ail a deep, dark Jam for that region, blue, woud-rf.iiand the stars, es; cully the planets. hone with singular clearness and beauty; but in the northwest quarter of the heavens we eot id see the coming 1 car-rac- s.--id. another - 1 The long expected company of Mexcolonists started from Payson, Utah, over the Short Line for ths state of Chihuahua, December IS. A few visitors accompanied them to look at the country, and will remain during the winter. The following is a list by families: Abraham Done and family of ten, James E. Jones, jr., and family of four; Amasa L. Jones and family of five: Mrs. Louise Abegg and family of four; Mrs. Martha Curtis and family of four, S. A. Ilunsaker and family of five; Lorenzo A. lluish and son, Edward A. Huish blast and son, Joseph S. Douglas, John Done, From the horizon to the zenith, there sr., and wife, Henry C. Tanner, Niels arose with terrible t pidity a mighty . - i bask of sable ckm.il FredeHCkSSff! fuming a yiit There were four cars, loaded with and glo,omy arch, at t! t base of which twenty-fou- r horses, eight vehicles and a pale and phosphores cut light seemhousehold wagons, goods and machin- ed to play upon the he ving sea. This light brighter j and sunk alery, SDd one emigrant car for the pasNow It wot Id shoot downternately. sengers. ward with a lurid gla e, steadily and diaries Pajtten and wife and James brilliantly, under the ( ylng vapor, and A. Daniels left over the Rio Grande on then it died away with an opal tint. the early train this morning, makings Sheet lightning rf a pale and ghastly total of forty-fou- r persons from Payson green, extending over ten or twelve and neighborhood most of whom will points of the hor.zon, dished and playlocate at Emanuel Duhlan, of which ed upon it. Then we heard the rush ward Elder S. J. Robinson has lately of rain, aa if a great lake had been been installed bishop, with Joseph falling from a vast hight into the sea, and the next the roar of the mighty Cordon first aod A. B. Call second counblast; while furrowing t p the ocean in selors. Bishop Robinson is from Pay-soIt passage, the tempest came swooping down upon us and around us in This place seems to be tbe mother of species of whirlwind. new settlements, as there is no room Bravely the Eugenie met it, for her here to expand and make new homes. captain and men handled her nobly. Ehe had her topgallant sails furled People have emigrated from here to all courses up, the topsails lowered her points of tbe compass. upon the cap, and the reef tackles close Salt Lake Stake will be divided soon. out; but she swayed fearfully when of Salt Lake City comprising one stake careening beneath the hot breath the mighty blast and riding over those and the rest of the county the other. black mountains of water, which la fierce succession It Impelled toward Kaaw It Vm la tha Lehigh. her High , he. went over a sloping A certain Pennsylvania Sunday abeet of foai one moment, and Hi school teacher was questioning her next taw her plunging Into a deep, class. Where was Christ born? she black valley of that midnight sea; ao asked Willie. Willie pondered awhile the wind seemed to pass over that deep and announced. "Mauch finally eanvaa flapped, to tbe ms at, and the Br Chunk. "Mauch Chunk!" screamed we only caught its weight and power You ought to know bettbe teacher. when riding quickly on the crest of the ter than that. Why, little Georgia next mighty roller. knows where Christ was bora. Where Meanwhile the green-forke- d lightWee Christ bora, Georgia f" And the flashed ao brightly that at ning treble of the answered: tlmea we could see every rope In the "Beth-le-he1 hat's right," said vessel, our own blanched and pal the teacher. "Well," said Willie, poutfaces, as we held on by ring bolts and ing, "I knew 'twas somewhere on the belaying pins to save ourselves from Lehigh Valley railway." ico lv j n. . sea wu'-aii- . 'd ", win, o ai instant Each time biioyat.cj water of 1, Tom with null ph unite it- - two newly ear ape', achool-- I hoys might fed, landed on the shore, which seemed to heave, sink, and rise under u.y fiet for after the late storm 1 still felt that which Is termed "the roll of the ship. It was in this harbor of Santa Cruz that the famous old English Admiral atj ililiil- - " - inS Haw tka Fsnillv pro-pose- The Ad enturcs of An Eton Boy... lain ! ti Dio i cry i aij filled so tat '.a could scarce Following u i Blake encountered, and wltnin six hours burned and sunk seven great Spanish galleons, though they were round five t tin m di rtv live minutes, anchored under the protecting cannon with the afti n anii squared and the of seven forts and a strong castle. In headyard, bra harp up of which eome of his shot Then the him mas of sulphurous the walls were shown Imbedded for many years cloud in whih e were enveloped after. seemed to am) with the name I cast longing eyes to tbe summit of rapidity with which It approached, tbe mighty Peak of Adam. It seemed passed awa t.'o 'he tky. the chamto rise Sheer from the sea. over which, ber of the thunder as the bard of the clouda. It towers Cona name,, it beta me again clear, literally piercing to the height of more than twelve blue and stariv, though marked by octhousand feet; but tbe Idea of attemptcasional niaiM-- if tij 'tig vapor. The ing to climb it within so short a space ,ain ceaed, and the Eugenie heaved of time as we had to spend on shore upon a foam cm red over which never occurred to me, but what a feat there pasted, from tune to time, short it would have been to relate when I squaBs, compelling us to lower the returned to Erlesmere! double ree ft d toptuiU and run before The morning was early yet; the sun the wind. was barely above the now cloudless Now a Btiff gla-- s of grog was served horizon; so the shadow of this stupenround to all and turns we contriv- dous cone was cast not only over tha ed to get some ilrv clothing whole Island, which seems to form In the end or the ftiiddle watch Its base, but to the far horizon, merely about four oh lot k a tn there was perhaps beyond it; for there are writsuddenly viMb.e upon our larboard ers who assert that In clear weather bow a faint ami v ipory light that that dreary and barCape shot upward . the sk from time to ren Bojadore, of Africa, ninety miles promontory f time, like jcis team. distant, is visible from its summit This ainrti ... r app'arance was high Did the waves of the sea ever overabove the horizon and t caught the flow that mighty peak? At auch a anxious eye id (apt. Weston. the mind becomes lost In questlou "Hah! do you see that?" said he to conjecture. me. As I am not writing a descriptive v' "What u it" book of travels, but merely a plain "The Peak of Adam Teneriffe." narrative of my own very recent adThe great vohaulr peak In tha For- ventures, I need not detail at great tunate Isles1" length, either the magnitude or the as"OldTenny Reef In the Canaries, we pect of ibis great of calls it, sir, said Tattooed Tom, who the Atlantic. was at tbe wheel "It aint a volcano n From cliffs' of basalt, now; bnt It can't give 'over Its old against which the ocean pours in vain trade of smoking altogether, and blows its foam and fury, we ascended tbe up Bteam like a screw propeller or Just steep slope of the volcano for a few as a whale does water through hia mllus. Then at our feet, as it were, spiracle." we could see that fertile Island, where "Tom means wbat the Spaniards a perpetual spring seems to smile, and term the ventas, or nostrils, of the where the myrtle, the golden fragrant peak, through which the aqueous va- orange trees, and the dark funereal por come with a buzzing sound, and cypresses form the mere hedgerows of these cause a species of light, said those plantations where the sugar Hislop. cane, the broad leaved plantain, the ' "Well thank heaven, though w ara luscious Indian tig, the trailing vine far out of our course, that blast has the fragrant cinnamon, and the pretty done no more than wet our storm coffee bush, were all flourishing in n jackets and scrape some of our paint luxuriance that filled us with wonder off. and pleasure. "Ws have come out of It uncommon Further off was the boundless sen, of stood with aa td he Tom, well, sir, that deep blue which it borrowed from on tha the sky hia Jt.Jilhhte'i firmly apart above, and mirrored in-deck, bis hard brown hands grasping th wheel, with the helm amidships, a we were still before the wind and lng loose to dry In the sun; the green tbe light of the blnacie flaring upward woods and dark rocks reflected downon his weather-lieate- n face, with its ward, and the old turreted castle of stripes at least, on Santa Cruz, with the scarlet and yelstrange xebra-llk- e so much of his grim visage as the peak low banner of Castile and Leon on its of hls and a scarlet cravat time-wor- n ramparts. that was round hlg throat and Jaws Tbe summit Of the great cone, on the permitted us to see. "The last time I clothed sides of which we never tired was in such a breeze was a pampero of gazing, soon became lost In vapor; off the mouth of the Rio de ia Plata, far above the dark green belt of many but then we had our foresail split to miles, named tbe Region of Laurels, was over canted ribbons, and the ship that other belt or forest of timber, and on her beam ends, al nost. The mainwhere pines, chestnuts, and oaks of sail was blown right out of the men vast size mingle their varied foliage hands, and flapped in tbe sky like together, the mountain seemed all of a thunder, while tbe craft a five hun- violet tint, which paled away Into faint dred ton ship she was and all copper-fastenblue as Its apex mingled end became was just on tbe point of caplost amid tbe gossamer clouda sizing, when with a crash that made (To be continued ) our hearts ache, snap went the jlbboom and topmasts off at the caps, just as Wstofw A Ww Wzy of Bollln at tbe bowl. youd break a bacca-pip- e It la possible to make a pall of water She righted after tha ; but four of our It on the fire or best men were swept away to leeward, boll without putting to it in any and never seen again And now, Mas- applying external heat can make a pall In you fact, way. ter Rodney, with all your book learnboil by simply stirring It with ing, or you. Master Hislop, with all of water wooden spoon. All you have to a big such tell the why things jraurvew i'Q? to ia .your, water In a pail de place as tornadoes, hurricanes, parnpeTos.aniT the like, are sent to orment the poor It may be Ice water If necessary and stir It with a wooden spoon. If you feu ws such as me? certainI can, mid Htidop, turning hls keep at it long enough It will conly boll. Five hours of rapid and handsome, but wet and weather beatstant stirring are sufficient to perform en face to tbe steersman. "You can, air, te.tmated Tom loudly the feat successfully. The water will after a time warm, and then it will and incredulously. cangrow hot so hot, In fact, that you Listen: Yes, In four lines in and it it, finally hand hold "Perhaps till- - storm was sent with not boil.yourThe inwhich the point will healing breath. trick wishes to Illustrate Frqpi distant climes to scourge disease ventor of isthlaknown as the mechanical U what and death; It requires so TU ours on Thine unerring laws to equivalent of heat.work to develop a many foot pounds of trust; With thee, great Iord whatever la, is given quantity of heat By turning the spoon in the water at a regular speed Just " out Just bow much Faith, you are right, sir, said hon- it Is possible to findto raise the temperest Tom Lambonrne. touching hie tar- work le required one degree. Heat ry hat in respect to the mate, mingled ature of water to is developed in almost any substance with that piety which, in hls own rugIs subjected to continuous or which never is seaman a Without. ged way, violent action. . CHAPTER VII. and Lantern I Go Ashore. VVeopo A private policeman of Ludlow, Ky The wind lulled away into a gentle breeze, reef after reef was shaken out William Fritz, has In actual use the until a full spread of canvas once more very latest policemans club, says the covered the spars of the Eugenie; and Philadelphia Record. Astonishing as l. to repair some trifling damages of the It may seen!, the club contains an which furnishes a apparatus nfght we'Cfeptr in shore! As day brightened through clouds powerful searchlight. It is , weapon half rain, half mist, and wholly gray, and lantern combined, and may be or obscure, we saw tbe land looming used with equal effect In either cais simple. high and dark. Beyond it In the dis pacity. Tbe construction tance there wails Space of vivid light; A storage battery within the club, a in the foreground, tmrf white as enow push button at the handle end, where wa breaking on the beach, and high the thumb naturally reete, and a small towered the wonover all. In mid-a- ir but powerful electric lamp behind a drous Peak of Adam, on the eastern thick glass bulls eye at the tip of tha elds of which the st n fas yet unrisen club, covers it all. Tbe electrie apto na) was shining' brightly when we paratus Is so ingeniously devised that came to anchor in t e harbor of Bants It is not Injured when a blow ia struck with ths club. Cruz. -- -- fli-s- island-mounta- in dark-brow- sou'-west- er ed ALASKAN t,ihr HOME, Alta UaDajfii Our. Work la j An Alaskan hut is hot the wore! place in the world far from it, eaye Its Interior consists of a squure floor of earth flanked on all sides by two wide ledites rising one above the other like a terrace. On the lowtr oue rest tbe eoolung, weaving ami tibhimr nit the knives and needles, puts and p ms. On the upper ledge, w.th mui !i dnp'ay of wonderfulIn ly woven bluektr. sre the beds. the e liter of tbe room glows the fire, the Mtoke grop.ng Us w ty out of a hole m the roof, f.ir the day's work ia done mid the ttoeinhs of both people and dogs are full, the family gathers around the fire Facing the door sits the father, next to him the mother; on oue hand the sous and on the other the daughters, even to the third and fourth generation. It uiay be. Beyond these are the servants or slaves. Each has hls place, and takes it as a matter of rourse. Without, in the darkness, the dogs cluster about the door and howl. The mysterious and implacable sea keeps up its thunder. Tha d mountains, with their Illimitable glaciers, Be just beyond. The shafts of the northern light dart through tbe sky like the harpoona af a Titan, with incredible celerity, la it strange that, amid scenes so wild and fearful, superstitions, also Wild and fearful, spring Into existence? Or can one be surpr.sed that in an unlettered country, the storeytellera ara of mighty power, and tell tales that affright the children till they scrambla to the safe shelter of their mother arms? When the family sings la strange, broken, yet rhthmlcal measures, the dogs howl louder than befora, and the women sway their squat bodies back and forth unceasingly, keeping their hands occupied m anwhlla at their tasks of weaving or braiding. Tha men carve their spoons or cut eurtoua figures from tbe black slate. The suitor for tbe hand of one of tl e daughters enters slyly and takes a teat with tbe sons. No protest is made. The father and mother go on with their little tasks, the young girls gligle after the fashion of girls the world over. And tbe suitor, thus unrepub ed, content himself, thinking hie ca. e won. The oldest among them chauta some old folk song, and tbe fathe rises. It ia The ashes tbe signal for are spread over tbe fire, and by the fight of a few fishes tails, dried for the lighting, the family goes t bed, forgetful of crashing bergs, or the mysterious aurora, of the mount Ins where tha snow Hew forever, and, alway. So la home mad anywhere, where the spirit of home exists. Self-Cultur- e. n.-,.- snow-cappe- good-nlgh'- a. NUTS AND DATES. The culture of the platache not te likely to prove of very considerable value ia California, Arizona and New Mexico. With the exception of tha proluct of a tew Moisted trees, the entire quantity how in this country is Imported and la limited al xost exclusively to (need cream - and confection. - flAvorla, the Scientific American. . hlme-consum- Along the Mediterranean, where the choicest walnuts and almonds are raised, the platache (a considered the very .best of all nuts for table use. It is very nutritious at d fattening and of a delicious flavor 'of its own, and should soon corns to be a leading article of its kind In our roarketa. Mr. 8wlngie, wbo has been investigating foreign plants and fruits, perfected arrangements by 1 hich some choice grafts will reach .bis country next spring. i While able to tthstand considerable frost in winter, the date palm must have a very dry nd exceedingly hot climate at the time of the ripening of the dates. Tbe sandiest and, generally speaking, the poorest soils produce the best dates; while it will yield in any soil, it takes most kindly to otherwise almost worthies land, even that Which is white wl.th aika.11 suiting it. Still, an abundance of water la at certain periods of Its maturing quite necessary. Arizona is thought to be a te gbod field for 4 hard-worki- A Bwr ctir tpiil.'g. London newspspe.. ,ust now ara filled with inclden ts of ti e Boers, most One of of them far from fl ire-in- s. the best relates tha t tn a Dutch church in Pretoria not Ion asa ihrre appeared a very stolid-lo- o .ing farmers wif who had brought her buoy into town Reto r t avieg home to be christened. her "lord" had lout ti tfcf names M was Intended to gite tie rf.int on on T the houseslip of paper and th on ano'her, and hold requirement both were careful ty fn d d and put in she carried. tbe great leather pi-r- e When the proper tl n- - a'ti.ed tbe fond mother handed p !,; of paper to the minister, who r- - d and reread it. and then remarked tl- -t Koflie RIJst Bulker Gember K m.fij weie rather odd names for tt'.c'cbiT; and ones to tha which might prove emit . possessor at some fa ire time. Tbea the other slip of rrp r is produced d and explanations ?, ! - -- vt-- else-trica- A "An Irish L. ur X yi coui dir Lied Qr6t wcich had Bag. having tss i been tried before n.ue J.tdzis, one of whom wai esteem t j ur, ao.e lawyer and the other t,.t indifferent, some of the othtr t.r.nir. chaffed hint a good deal. 'We ii, n says hv who the devil ecu! 1 he p U when there were a hundred jut ign uo the bench? Thera A hundred? said a . f 3 were but three. .Patrick replied the counsel, t Le.c was one " . , two tv, -l cipher. SiA&tZM. |