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Show CONFERENCE CROWDS on district conferences. George Hamlin recited "New Century Sonnets. school on There adresses were Sunday SAINTS IN 8E8SION IN SALT LAKE work by President Smith, President CITY. A H Lund and Apostle F. M. Lyman. by benediction was delivered The Fourteen Thousand People Attend John B. Mai ben. Opening Session of the Seventy-fourtConference of the Church SECOND DAYS SESSION. f Jesus Christ of Latten-daDos pi U- - the fact that rain was fallSatnts. ing, fully S (0 people were in attendBy and by young Green left him CHAPTER III Continued. of conference on ance at each '.s'-toOne at thf larM ciowda In thbis comrades at the tav- at d went up to the house for a drink. That night how-tThe kept ern bad told him of weather, Monday this; they taunt- Jdhnson was not the only 6ilent one . history of tli- - tluiu h attended the No dirett reference wa-awa many kirn ed at the that day. His daughter listened mutewith It; they of the eponing imeutj fourth raado to the Smoot case although glrL They did not likelaughed one ly to the young mans conversation. her rot h Ctm-rof of ann.nl router, nt the Hcv.-ia- l of the speakers mentioned the of them. Narrow natures dislike and If anything she was even more lists florist if I a.te. lay Saints In opixi'-itioless than usual, though a atrange of the outside world to distrust that which they cannot underu suiinat Suit I ake 'it The vs stand. Toung Green also had aroused folor tinged her cheeks as he talked he Mormons left the promised book with her. sioos began to the lorunm n, but the One or the lead'ng features was the hla fears. Green had an education; he bad asked where the girl obtained he had not forgotten It, he said, but bigg cut tin'1 . as iu the alternoon remain to men to the appeal jourg therefore she must had been unable to take It before For her Thar, the i'iiu.i.,- hi ej eery inch of hrm in the iaith The presidents o kave education, t moment her face glowed with pleashe was an education. availaMe viuu In the labor iac le, the tuwlv organized stakes in Sa!' ure and the silken lashes lifted swiftassured of this. parkcii the Assimbiv hall, where an lake, William MilatbUm, Nephi 1 He kicked the book contemptuous- ly. but fell ere their eyes could meet. OVtTl'O Was ailll IKUU tJ. u She thanked him in a few simple Morris and Tthhurd W Young, aa ly, and muttered, under his breath, an pie1 a large r.i.h . i,n the grounds Ellas S Kimball, president of the new oath against young Green If ever be words in her low, sweet voice, then Severn! made Hlat kfoot state all ti presenting the came there again it would be a sorry her gaze wandered away to the hazy et.it. no nts vnr e mountain top in the distance He i a r whit h j taken as refer voungwr elen ent of the Mormon peo-l- day ter him. left In a few minutes, deeply disapsaid Dolores ernes to thn Sitji.it i ase and the nothing. In the a afternoon, idresses made He pointed In her, and yet strangely InA sodden frenzy seized him. adhe-tre- e glv-- .. to the faith tli ii by fieaulont Jo- leilartng terested and puzzled Had he misfrom book snatched the and atooped to suppi.t the author seph F. hm. tli to the eliei t that tie and their It was an old astronomy. taken her? Was she Incapable of the the ground. lukmiiftj to toiitiiiiie marriage rela ties They were followed by Apostle She had been readtrg the book, for thought he believed she possessed? Uons with his j ' : a wives In the 'lyrum M Birth, who declared It a she preferred It to any of her moth- Had she not, after all, the ambition Homing prajer Killer Joseph E Taylor mistake to say the younger "'irnmns er's books, and whea yourg Green to be more than an untanght village Did her thought end with the gave thanks lor the way tn which the up not follow Ine In the f- - -- ieps of saw It the day he was there he was girl? blue line of the mountains and the to take and much He all tatherR their promised of surprised, defentlel the urged had voting ihuich president hamlets scattered along their aides? tho principles of the faith, both at men and women to stand fast for a volume on the subject the next time Dolores disappointed he him; be went that way. 'heir religion home and abroad thought her so much better than the was R the and thanked 8he him, Apostle A O Wfcdruff sjoke in the had proved herself and jet under It President Smith, who presided, first time she had thanled any one wade an address m which ha urgod 'orenoon, declaring that 7.1on was since Betsy Glenn died. That was all there was a sting In the thought despite ht r enemies Dr two weeks before, and he had not which he did not understand, student the Latter da Saints to bo firm iu B Y'cung said the ereatet come again as he said he would, but of tharacter as lie was. would Seymour the faith, declaring the Lord "She was positively stupid, he said professing he watched for him, feeling sure that reward his people for following the vnnositlon came from Yet her face shows such regretfully. feelto Ms would he her, Keep promise laws of righteousness and truth Christians. possibilities " she when thought G MoQuanie of the glad ing stiangolv Join President In He was walking slowly down the Apoetle Francis il I.) man spoke of him She had perfect faith In him. narrow path to the shop, his hands favor of multiplying and replenishing eastern states mission told of the disw he as as lurid Her father's face He declared that all couragements he and his the earth." snatched the book from the ground. clasped behind him, his fair head when encountered their started they Saints know when President Joseph Hla small eyes, clcse set, were full bent slightly forward. Dolores was In York New work cities and other atcblng him, but be did not know It. of brute cruelty; the velrs of hla F. Smith speaks, God is speaking He never guessed of the wistful He Raid, whatever else had beeD ae In his were swollen. bands, no forehead makes Lord the through him, aq,d was certain Mormon used to wielding the heavy hammer, brown eyes following him down the mistakes. Elder Brigham II. Roberts 'ompllshed it waa a toy; his flrgera stubbly path. Ism was bring well advertised and the book warned the GcmtJes not to reject the Bess whinnied shrilly when he over closed It, and In an instanfi It was arousing a grtt deal of interest came In eight word. She was restless and In shreds at her feet He said the edcrs Ehould live clean lay not compre- snappish, bnt when be mounted and a Daring the forenoon President John moment she did For 'Ives Elnce they were representatives adR. Winder made a reminiscent hend what bad been done; she looked rode out of the shop she grew gentle of tne eburch, and urged the mem from the book to him and back again. Spain. As he rode away Johnson dress and President Anthon H. Lurrd bora In Utah to do the same to make Then she arose; her face was white, called after him that she mutt have resurrection. the spoke on Easter and a good Impression on converts and and her eyes uashed. She looked At gone some distance without her shoe, A large part of the address of Elder others him, and he cowered befora her. She for her foot was tender. Roberta In the afternoon was devoted was tall ard stately; he had never be- ( Dolores watched him with her far of W Ivtns President Anthony to the subject of Easter, and the Im- Juarez stake reported on the condifore appreciated her dignity. Now be seeing eyes as he rode up the mounHe raid there nr6 appreciated it to the full The book tain, then her gaze went down to the tions In Mexbo mortality of the soul He made an Her father was standing in the s aow 3,700 in Mexico, the waa the dearest to Dr. W. M. thlrg in the world to Shop. and also watching the rider. He colonies Tapidly doorway grown having in he could wounded have her her; recent sermons attacking part had forgotten bis piper bis face In the proR pored no other way. of the Book of Mormon. Our relations with the Mexican Mechanically he gathered np the hazy sunlight was full of sullen he satisfactory. government are be looked capable of scattered out of iragnents and at the held hatred, andalmost We said poll keep entirely Overflow Meeting. Committing any act His muther hand them out for he them gave in to live allowed tics and are peace. tered threat of the at previous evening even to Smith a without without her word, Thank God for that! Apoetle Hyrurn presided returned to her clearly and distinctly. the overflow meeting in the Assembly Speaking of the church In general, glancing at her. For the time aha Her eyes widened with nameless fear. be declared the members numbered was more than hla daughter; her kail. The place was packed. 50,000 more than they did thirty years eye were on bis face, and her spirit She looked np the mountain again to The meeting opened with prayer by ago, and that they were stronger In ruled his-- Then was they strayed away whets tne black mare the bearing proudly along yellow Jeaeph Christensen. Short addresses the faith than ever. mountain top veiled tn base. to the were made by Kephi Pratt, president Apostle Rudger Clawson closed the The lire died out of her eyes; her 11throtd of road; she was no longer on a forenoon with session discourse tt ess; ber face waa white; bar Ups at the northwestern states mission; mechanically bolding the torn prayer. President Josepn F. Smith hands, quivering with excltemenL at fell of Anei Woodruff, president of the northher leaves book, listlessly presided at both sessions. ern states mission, and Joseph E. RobPresident William McLachlan of her side; her shadow lay long aid CHAPTER V. Pioneer stake was the first speaser dark behind her. misof California the inson, president was a sense of mystery about in the afternoon. He sara be bad There sion. Whoa Was th Deedf been connected with the church for her which her father could not underDolores was waiting for something J. Golden Kimball said his heart forty-on- e years. He felt the respon- stand; he shrank from it and from A vague terror possessed wan so tiled with a protest against the sibility of his new honor, and asked her, and passed away up the dark to happen. Saints to help ful cf the the not have defined It could fvrayers she ber; had he world of that the Iniquities fill Its duties properly. had the tried; she did sot try. Young difficulty In restraining himself. President Nepbi L. Morris of the Greaaa face teemed to haunt her. President David H. Cannon of the new Salt Lake stake spoke of hla She wstcaed her father continually 8L George temple and Joseph W. Inexperience In nls new duties, and whli he waa tn the house, for a sort Pres-'den- t to declared bis faith. the loyalty were the other speakers. of fascination was upon her, and she W. Young or Ensign Richard President Angus M. Cannon, In de- stake followed. could not keep her eyes trom his face. Sto could not explain the terror President Ellaa S. Kimball of the livering the benediction, prayed that althat new declared hla Blackfoot stake ber, but her whole to possessed learn would world of the tho people listless nature waa aroused. 8he was loot apon the Mormons In a different legiancetoto theto cburch and urged asthe a go Blackfoot, Ida., people different, and her life waa somehow and a better light, and that the church good place to live. different, ab knew cot bow. aright thrive despite all opposition. The alow days passed, It seemed to Output of Minerals for 1902. Outside, Rulon S. Wells and others her," with even more slownees than The geological survey will soon iswaa their wonL Every morning the poke to the crowds on the grounds red tun arose out of a veil of base sue its report on mineral resources fer or the bureau of information. fro the mofantaln beyond the val1902, showing that that year, for the ley; every evening he sank behind third time, the total value of the comthe gray peaks in the west. Sunday School Conference, mercial mineral products of the UnitNothing happened after all; life The tabernacle waa crowded at the ed States exceeded f 1,000,000,00. The wa stagnant; the sun arose and set; enaference of the Deseret Sunday exact figures for 1902 were 11,260.639,-415- , the base hung more derse and thick School Union Sunday evening. It la which, compared with 11,086,594,-85over the mountain peak. No vain estimated that fully 10,000 persona in 1901, shows a gain of 16 2 per fell; nothing happened. Nothing hapwere preaonL cent. The fuels increased 526,667,743 pened until One day the rumor floated across The presiding officer wu President or 6 per cent Every variety of fuel the mountain t that young Greens Jneeph a'. Smith. Music was furnished increased In value except anthracite mare, one of th'e choicest breed In the by the Juvenile and adult choirs of coal, which showed a decrease in country, valued at what seetned to Granite stake, under the direction of quantity of 23 301 850 long tons, and the ' simple villagers a fabulous sum, Evan Stephens Professor Every tn value of 336,330,434. The metallic had gone lame. And this waa discovincreased 1123,992.325, and products as aa well the take was represented, ered the mcrnlcg after the waa shod Mo ps Listless Than Uauual. the products 350,072 089. states and To California, northwestern these ehould be added estimates ot bask heavy with the saaoows of tbs by Johnson. To moat of the villagers this fact southern states missions. unspecified products, including build-tng- . pines that swayed in the faint breeze, meant nothing. molding and other niineral prod- and again silence fell around ber. After the reading of statistics on That the one had ucts valued at 51,000,000. anything to do with the other never Sunday school work, the names of the entered their heads. They bad no CHAPTER IV. oAoera were presented by the gen- Hearst Wins a Point in Fight on Coat cause for suspicion. to Dolores But eral secretary, George D. Pyper, and Trust the rumor came like a blow. It seemMare. The Suaa follows: sustained. They are fash1 have The case of the Interstate commerce come stain, said young ed to her in a strange, ion that this waa what she had been perintendent. Joseph F. Smith; first commission vs. Baird, commonly treen, laughing. assistant superintendent, George Rey- known aa the anthracite coal case, He stood in the doorway of the epecting. Thia was why the kindly nolds; second assistant superintend-an- was decided by the supreme court of bop, holding the black mare by the blue eyes were always looking Into r J- - M. Tanner; brs, and the pleazant face was general secretary, the United States Monday In favor bridle. a on Johnson had been !nber thoughts. D. business sitting manager, Pyper; George of the contentions of the commission, Her eyes were on her father when officers and the the decision of the United States clr-su- bach outside of the shop, smoking W A-- Morton-Thes- e - Ab tho young man spoke the news wa told by one of the pipe.clay e member are the board of twenty-fivcourt for the southern district of he arose and advanced toward the neighbors. A nail was driven Into same aa last year: the mares hoof and the was dead New York being reversed. This is mare. W. D. Owen read anedltoral In the the case Instituted before the commis"Another so aoonT" ha laoe. Th hostler bad found It when shoe be examined her hoof, which was not Juvenile Instructor by President Jo- sion by W. R. Hearst of New York, queried, shortly. who alleged discrimination the by stake with "Tee," said the young man, lightly. uutll the morning following the day seph F. Smith, dealing railroad companies which reached the was at the settlement. It was J. W. Summerbaya spoke anthracite coal mines In Pennsylvania. "Her right shoe this time. Coma 0ren u hard blow to the Beta; come, my girl!" . young man, the on speaker aald, for he had thought as was a There sullen unglow sudden, to Is be declared Nitro-BenzShoe Corruption Polish Causes Death Johnson's face as he took the bellows mFh of her as though she were a known In Japanese politick of Ohio Men. and blew the fire into a fierce blaze. woman. Conjecture waa rife as to divorce one Among the Japanese Chemist Kichmalef and Coro- He laid the iron on the fire and rais- whe had done the deed. City Suspicion takes place for every four marriages. ner Storz of netted particularly in one direction, Toledo, Ohio, after a ed the hammer. and "the suspicion H The proportionate circulation of careful analysis, have decided that W. was pretty well Young Green began tc rGc. barf newspapers in Japan is about the S. founded, but the young man would the of and the weather spoke dry who died suddenly on SunRader, same as in this country. roads; he told the news of the tows wait until there could be no doubL day morning, March 2nd, and whose end of the on are soldier fed rice, death was attributed to trial that was to come off And here the story erded. Japanese cigarettes and of a notorious horse Holorea had listened silently, as thief who hsi salted fish, dried seaweed and pickled dancing, was poisoned by nitro-benzwas her habit, no one, noticing her. universal been steal almost that to a diet is caught attempting contained in the shoe polish which he plums tn Japan, excppt in the navy, where used on the cloth tops of his shoes. blacksmith listened tn snlles The memory of her father's words the other day returned to her with rations of meat are served. Soldiers The poison Is deadly, and of the forty-eigh- t ellenoe between the blows of tVe ha fore ah cases of such poisoning record- mor. are allowed meat when cm campaign, could not account for. but rarely eat It ed, there has been Jiut one recovery. h y n r, Je-iu- n . - To-nigh- 111 ! vu-r- . 111 11 !re : Mo-mo- Pa-de'- 1 non-metall- c far-awa- y L for-CT- lt ol Be-Th- Over and over, mingled with the memory of the black mare and her rider, the words were driven In dully, as though by the strokes of a hammer even, distinct, deafening, most terrible to the girl In the darkness. "Ef ever that young feller kerns hyar agen etll be a sorry day fer HE SAVED THE OWL. Aa icemans Wonderful 8tory Thai Hie Friends DoubL An iceman told a story the other evening, a story which he says la th truth and nothing but the truth. It was a new departure for an iceman, hem! relating facta, but be stands ready to vouch for It. CHAPTER VI. He was going to a pond n morning or two- ago, rather early, and to get to A Neighborly Gift the scene of his labors was obliged to "Et hev been so dry I lowed mebby pass up a railroad track. Hie attenther gyardlng hyar dedn't 'mount ter tion was attracted by a peculiar object much, bein as ye air up so high, so 1 from a little pool where ice jutting brlnged ye some straw b'rles outea had formed, and he stopped to examour gyardlng. Dolores." ine IL It moved, and closer InspecThank you, our garden didnt tion proved it to be a little owl, which amount to much, lHdoree said, in some manner had become frosea gravely. She looked at her neighbor In the Ice without a Sign of tntereef In her face; The Iceman swears that the owl she spoke In her usual listless man- made several distinct signals of disner; but under the llBtuessnesa and tress, and he, of course, was in duty apparent carelessness waa the con- bound to render all nSeded assistance. sciousness like a sharp sword, that A Btrcng pull failed to separate the the gift was the forerunner of some- feet and ice. so be dug out th bird thing to follow else than her pleasure. with the help of his knife. The owl She emptied the berries out of the was unable to walk, and he carried It basket Into a dish and stood regard- home, where medical aid was given. The bird was all right In a day or ing them. Mrs. Smith said afterward she looked aa though the were trying two and now, says the iceman, it refuses to leave and will eat only from bis hand. The Iceman has related this bird story to all who will listen to him and becomes very Indignant If bis veracity is questioned. Tauatoa Gazette. . - Steplsdder a Treasure. German housewives have a step-laddcontrivance shlch, If unlvei sally adopted, would do much la th way of the elevation of mankind this is not a pun and the diminution of ths use of strong language. The ladder is built on the plan of the ordinary household article, except that ht the top it has a platform which enables the hausfrou to step from the front toward the wall, amd within comfortable reachof ing distance upon anything which she is working. Every one know that many of our steplad-der- s, ordinary the having Dolores Watched Him. brace at the back to discover If they might be tetch-ed- . to preserve th In reality the girl did not Oven equilibrium, keep see them. the worker standShe wa wondering vaguely what ing on the top at a the woman would say about the mare. distance from the That she had come for some purpose wall, and th highoutside of brlng.ng the fruit waa er th ladder th clear to her. She waited with a sinkgreater la th Ining heart and strained ears for what cline of th brae the woman would say, he knew well further and th that something must follow. That it the woman at the was in regard to the mare of young top la out from the point the wishes Green she .ad not a doubL Perhaps to reach.. Thia la not only lnoonvo- the suspicion tn regard to the guilty nlent but dangerous, for there la al--, party had become a fact Perhapa ways a chance of a falL this . woman bad come to tali ber From the top of the German ladder, perhaps and trom the step below, Is a double (To be continued.) platform, held with braces and adjustable, so that It can be folded la HABIT IN READING PAPERS. when not In use. When tb platform 1 In place th housewife or maid havAlmost Every Parson Has One Part ing climbed lb ladder to the step beHa Turns to FlraL low the top, steps forward npoa the old persona," saief an observ- lower platform, which brings her out "Very er, "nearly always, on unfolding theli over the grave at th back, la th newspaper, turn to the column of plac where shs would be on th ladDeaths. This la because, in the first der proper If she were using th ordiplace, they are most likely to fled nary household Inconvenience. Th news of their friends there than in upper platform Is carried out a little the column ot Marrlngee, or any further. Standing comfortably npoa other part of the paper, and because, the section below, well toward th in the second place, they are interestwall, ah has ber pall of water before ed in death they have it much In her upon platform No. I and can do bar work without effort. their minds. "Young girls turn first to the sociA Tooth for Tooth. ety newe and weddings, and after that Beforo artificial teeth were created to the fashions. Young men of the had to be made good by sort, turn first to the deficlenciee healthy, open-ai- r oo body snatchers ravartlcfe, real the sporting news, while boys universally turn to this page first Ths actor, of aged the cemeteries at night, breaking Jawa of tho dead to extract course, reads the dramatic columns, up tho to tell to dentists for Inserteeth their and ths writer the book reviews, but moutha. An army neither of theee departments, 1 fancy tion In live mens followed of these Wellington's ghouls does any part of the disinterested army. They were licensed as sutler, public consult first of alL but one night tell, out came their nip-- 1 "The elderly gentleman of a pomper and they prowled over th bet-- ' pous appearance reads the editorials tlefield extracting the teeth of th first while his corpulenL cheerful dead or dying. wife reads the recipes on the houseSome clergymen read), hold page. Human Head Grown In Wood. the wills of the dead, to see what Posing as an altar in thp Grants charities have been remembered with Pass (Oregon) lodgeroom to an fir stamp, its top shaped llko bequests. There are many people who read the crimes, the scandals and ths a human head. Even the features shocking acclderts first Poets, as a grew there naturally, and except for n rule, will not read the newspaper at little carving to improve one eye, no alL Philadelphia Record. alteration was necessary after A woodman discovered the curio In the midst of the foresL A right ear is the only Advantage of Early Christiana. There la even n Bishop Potter Is telling a story of lacking feature. a dear old lady who recently asked beard represented by a white fungus him how It was that Solomon was growth. allowed to have so many wives not "Fitted" Coat. to mention the other ladies. Burglar He explained that the manners and customs of Soloihons days were different to those of the present era, whereupon she replied earnestly, Oh, dont you think those early Christiana enjoyed great privilege?" New York Times. g Admitted His GullL at times have soulful yearnings which you long to express in words but cannot?" asked the fair maid who had a leaning toward th sentimental. Yes,' 1 was up against something like that once, admitted the youth "I wanted to telwith ths noisy tie and didnt for money home egraph have the price of a Marconi. "Do you not Strategy. a dentisL chuckled the tall student Why so?" asked the friend. Well, last night every time I kissed When the old Clara she screamed man came don told him I was marw ly trying to pull a tooth." Its lucky Im 1 To escape observaneb from tho pohousebreaker has lice the his coat fitted with loops Into which he slips his assortment of thieves Implements. f te Improved-Freig- Facilities. ht A modern train of eighty cars will move 8.600 tonsof freight as against train of n the 945 tons of a 35-c- decade ago. x |