VOL XXXI
01 SPRING STOCK
Was never so large,
Prices were never so low.
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-#Tlie Styles More Beautiful Than Ever.#-
Parlor Suits, J
Bed Room Suits, 2
Hall Racks, i
Side Boards, 2
Extension Tables, j
Book Cases,
Rocking Chairs,
Couches,
Lounges,
Pictures, \
Ajntbing yon want in the House Furnishing
Goods Line.
CAIHPBBLL Si
TEIHPLETOH,
Butler, - Penn'a
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PATTERSON'S J
* WITH THIS I
| I Coupor\t I
iWill entitle you to a discount ofs
? 15 per cent on all j
percoats, Heavy Suits and Underwear,;
!j For sixty days from this date, I
j| Jan. 22. j
{PATTERSON'S 141 s "H
J! BUTLER. €
STHE ONLY STRICTLY ONE PRICE CLOTHING?
4 HOUSE IN BUTLER COUNTY. J
LIST OF APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE.
The toliowln: ipjlleitl m« lor wm .«i i!*\ tavern, an-l restaurant liwuvm to sell vinous
Tlrltou-, limit -r hrt-wo l lln ior< or&uv- i/luiurure'li.-re ir it tbo w.-ral places <!<-•«Ikt-«l
iwaiwaiiw Ilrtd In tta» 'II ••• >f'h • i;i.T v■ ' o nrr -r >ri«i)n „f itm|i. r ciiiilfv P« hii
wlli be beaido-. the aaiii Cour ou ilie -1 'A - .-il.,i-..iay or Mar • i inn twlnir iii- ai-,t ilay thereof
aud lo.iHuulns' Iron time to lime a n.I all mj.mc iti i'ii sluli bate t>< en heard.
WHOI.KSAI.K.
Name*. lieni'tencr. Place r.'r wbli h apollratlon is m,i<le,
Ueor«e Slahl. Zcl lenople. Iluller 0.. Pa.. New I'asileM. Zellennnle
Htmou Praukle. Miller luwn. Slipper) rock t.. MlllerMuS h*.
Jacob hnilen. Harm n\. " M-nvr Si tl im, na
ad wij ftutl. r Pa. Xo. I;l « .li-ffe'-OM K(.. Buller!
luKM'ttl XO». 122 aim i«i E. Wajue .-t. Butler.
Jtwepli smith, 32* a Main St. Butler. Pa. 322 S Maui 81 Itdtler
Jacoji Keiber. I 2» K ."elter«.M M. m w iri. Burl -r. Pa. 134 K .leffxrwii at. M ward' •• '
Calvin .. Siulili. sib w in) Boiler • ,«ro. 1 a ■«, \ j». it M
fUe r k -« K Milliner. 2.1 wd. 1 111 fc. .letf c r»oii Hl,',
\.IOIIIi K llutelt ni,
t'VVSSI.
Simeon flxon. «tii .* l .JutU:r turj, t-j_ (Nixon's l|oine)(rb »d, Butler, Pa
J Harry Kaubel. 3d wd •• 334 and aid S M«lu St,
Mi^cr 11 ' t\Zt :: ~,: Butler Pa
iS , o«B T nTnr ,1 - 2dWd " * WU " £}
Frank BC'l*rk, 2d wd " 201 wd ** (I'urk Hotel)
9fc" W " 31» ana 323 s MoKean St •• i W;tverl> Hotel)
Alexander WUltoM.Jdwd 311 Main St •• (European Hotel)
lAokjuuu Hoob. Mlllerstowi) boru. Ta. (Central House; Mllloretown, i'a.
(Auoipnua ttocn,
Benjamin J Kor<r»r. •• slipper.vruck St,
John Ito.au. _ •• Cor Main J£ HlUamiiuir sts "
boro - t ' ll - (Oriental Homte; Petrolla, Pa.
8
r ' * >or °. I' - Baxonhtirii, Pa.. (Liiube House
jM"bC. Hyle. Kvanstiu gh noro.. Pa. Kvansburßii, Pa. (Hvie Home)
t/Darle» il. Miliar, •• .. 'Miller Hoobe)
Heiinr W rrtokey. Ztlienoplc, l>oro.. Pa. (Crenel Ct*i.trai) Z-ilfuopTe. V*.
C. Hiokcv. 44 (Hr<»k*-v llouv ,
b " r " II",.«•) liatm»i)). Pa.
U-vl 1 ttcvart K nfre v. P-n i >w| ( , Butler <•■>., (K"ufr -v House; i'e:..i i «v.. milorCu ,P i.
Uatilel M I noli. Kan,-l In ,•». II i. - . •. .j; tu, Co.. Ha.
Hem..' thutuo tttalloD, pa. ksoo tttaltoa, Hultnr, Pa. ttxun Cit) liute!)
K Xl'.vl'KAM'.
££I:: illnlU'c ; •. «-«Li , " :rt Uut ' vr 1 *• m . w sr uuner boro.. ra
Cle.Ka ouKts teb, lU, i«rt.
Carpets, Rugs,
Mattings,
Lace Curtains,
Curtain Poles,
Window Shades,
Dishes,
Stoves,
Tinware,
Wooden ware,
Sewing Machines.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
After the Grip
SHE WAS
Sick, Lifeless, Du!l
BUT NOW 13
Healthy, Happy, Lively
This Decided Change Brought About
by Taking Hood's Sarsaparilla.
"C. 1. Hood & Co.. Lowell, Mass.:
"Gentlemen —I wish to certify to the follow
ing facts: My little girl. LUIa May Guthrie,
had a severe attack of the grip, ami got some
what better, but she <U<l not s—i;: to got r.qiit
well. She lingered along from day to day. poor,
weak and languid. Wo consulted a leading
physician, and he said it was the dregs of the
grip still about her. We gave the medicine lie
ordered, but she seemed to get
More and Moro Delicate.
She could scarcely eat anything, and what little
sho did take seemed to do her no good. Her
flesh was soft and not healthy, and she was
stupid and dull with no ambition. We wcro
very much concerned about her. Xo medicine
seemed to have any effect until about two
months ago we commenced to give her Hood's
Sarsaparilla. She had not taken half a bottle
before she began to eat heartily, and we could
see a decided change in her. Today slie is iu
the full enjoyment of
Perfect Health.
Her flesh is solid, her appetite good nnd checks
rosy, her sleep sound and refreshing, and her
Hood's Cures
spirits high. She is full of life, and as mischiev
ous as sho can be. All this improvement was
brought about by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla.
My wife Joins with me in recommencing (his med
icine as the best in the world for building up the
system." Ika Gr-nutrK. He ithville, J'enn.
N. 1!. Do sure to get Hood's K:irs:iparilla.
Hood's Piils cure all liver ills,' ( ,M ination,
biliousness, jaundice, sick headache. Indigestion.
SPECIAL
SALE
OF
PANTS.
Jfi.OO Pants for So 00.
$5 50 Pants for $4 50,
$5.00 Pants for $4.00.
$4 50 Pants for $3.50.
$4.00 Pan la for $3 00.
$3.00 Punts for $2.50.
$2.50 Panta for $1.75.
$2.00 Pants for $1.25.
Warranted Jean Pants sold ly
none for less than $1 00,
*** for 89c. : : ***
THE RACKET STORE,
120 South Main Street, Butler, Pa.,
Inspection
+ Invited,
HOLDING UP
Shoes for the inspection of all,
holding down prices for the con
venience of everybody, holding
out bargains within the reach of
all and consequently holding on
to the people's patronage "to the
consternation of all competitors.
All people go where they can get
the best for their money. See
our Infant's Shoes in Red and
Tan at I 5 cents. See our Hoys'
Lxtra High Cut Shoes at $1.25.
See our Ladies' l ine Rubbers at
25 cents. See our Ladies' Storm
Rubbers at 35 cents. See us for
all kinds of footwear. Will save
you money. The New Shoe
Store.
C. E. MILLER,
215 SOUTH MAIN STREET.
So Dry
Vet, so forceful urn "spirit"
facts. They "whet" up the
ujMeiii, Htiniuhue *ou—not
ton much, hut just enough
to make you hetier Finch'*
(inldi'ii Wedding, liih.wm'b
and Old Dougherty WIJIH
kejij ure a few of tbc"ppin»"
factn kept by.
Kobt. Lewin,
13« Wtiler St.
Opposite I! .1 0 Depot, l'itulw 1 a
s e s> i, i c a tj <j © f,
« GOSSER'S
oCREAM GLYCERINE f>
! has BO .'NN:iI for (tapped han-ii. lips ..1
i © fac;-. <• . •;&!.. -t ,
Is not nr.'- j,* ;t arv!ts;;n; I ••
Utter shinny : _,IU by .al „
•vcntjf.fjve Ccnti a Bottle.
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BY -£i~- COWAN UOYI.::.
cnAPTifR n.
THC FLOWER OF CTAH.
This is not the place to commemorate
the trials and privations endured by
the immi ra-.t Mormons be "ore t!»cy
caius t-j ilieir linal haven. From the
shores of the Mississippi to the western
slopes of the Rocky mountains thev
had struggled on with a constancy
almost unparalleled in history. The
man, and the savage beast,
hunger, thirst, fatigue and disease
ever.- impediment which nature could
place in the way, had ail been over
come with Anglo-Saxon tenacity. Yet
thf ]nn;' journey and the accumulated
terrors had shaken the hearts of the
stoutest among them. There was not
one who did not sink upon his knees in
heartfelt prayer when they saw the
broad valley of Utah bathed in the
sunlight beneath them, and learned
fr.j.n the lips of their leader that this
was the promised laud, and that these
virgin acres were to be theirs forever
more.
Young speedily proved himself to be
a skillful administrator as well as a
resolute chief. Maps were drawn and
charts prepared, in which the future
city was sketched out. All around
farms were apportioned and allotted in
proportion to the standing of each in
dividual. The 1 ra-1' mr i was put to
his :aue and the artisan to his calling.
In the town streets and squares sprang
up as if by magic. In the country there
was draining and hewing, planting
and clearing, until the next summer
saw the whole country golden with
the wheat crop. Everything pros
pered in the strange settlement.
Above all, the great temple which they
had erected in the center of the city
grew ever taller and taller. From the
first blush of dawn until the closing
of the twilight, the clatter of the
hammer and the rasp of the saw were
never absent from the monument
which the immigrants erected to Him
who had I d them safe through marks'
dangers.
The two castaways. John Ferrier and
the little girl who had shared his for
tunes and had been adopted as his
daughter, accompanied the Mormons
to the end of their pilgrimage. Little
Lucy Ferrier was borne along pleas
antly enough in Elder Stangerson's
wagon, a retreat which she shared
with the Mormon's three wives and
with his son. a headstrong, 'orward
boy of twelve. Having rallied, with
the elasticity of childhood, from the
shock caused by her mother's death,
she soon became a pet with the women,
and reconciled herself to this new life
in her moving canvas-covered home.
In the meantime, 1\ rrier, having re
covered from his privations, distin
guished himself as a useful guide and
an indefatigable hunter. So rapidly
did he gain the csti em of his new
companions that when they reached
the end of their wamlerin ;■» it was
unanimously agreed th. he should be
provided with as large a .as fertile a
tract of land as any of the settlers,
with the exception of Young himself,
and of Stangerson, Kimball, Johnston
and Drebber, who were the four princi
pal elders.
On the farm thus acquired John Fer
rier built himself a substantial log
house, which received so many addi
tions in succeeding years that it grew
into arr imv villa. He was a man of a
practical tarn of mind, keen in his
dealings and skillful with his hands.
His iron constitution enabled him to
work morning and evening at improv
ing and tilling his Hence it
came about that his farm and all that
belonged to him prospered exceeding
ly. hi three years he was better oil
than his neighbors, in six he was well
to do, in nine he was rich, and in
1 welve there were not half a dozen men
iu the whole of Salt Lake City who
could compare with him. From the
great inland sea to the diftant Wah
satch mountains there was no name
better known than that of John Fer
rier.
There was one way, and only one, in
which he. offended the susceptibilities
of his coreligionists. Xo argument 01
per-uasLon could ever induce him to
set u:> a female establishment after
the manner of his companions. Ha
never gave reasons for this persistent
refusal, bat contented himself by reso
lutely adhering to his determination.
There were some who accused him of
lukewarmness in his adopted religion,
ar.d other , who put it down to greed of
wealth and reluctance to incur ex
pense. Othern. spoke of some
early love affair, and of a fair-haired
girl who had pined away on the shores
of the Atlantic. Whatever the reason,
Ferrier r. mained strictly celibate. In
every other respect he conformed to
tiie religion of the young settlement,
ate l gained the name of being an or
thodox and straight-walking man.
l,i;:y Ferrier grew up within the log
lion ■. and assisted her adopted father
in nil his undertakings. The keen air
of th.- mountains and the balsamic
odor of the pine trees took the plaeeof
nur • and mother to the young girl.
As year succeeded to year she grew
taller {-nil stronger, her cheek more
ruddy and her ■ tep more elastic. Many
a wayfarer upon the high-road which
ran by ! i • rier's farm felt loug-for fot
-len thoughts revive in his mind as he
wale led her lithe, girlish figure trip
ping through the wheat lields, or met
her mounted upon her father's mus
tang, and managing it with all the
ease and gra '3 of a true child of the
w st. So Ihe bud blossomed into a
ilower, and the years which saw her I
f ither the richest of farmers left her i
as f** i r a sp citnen of American girl- j
hoo ! , could be found on the whole
Pacific slope.
It w:i not the father, however, who
tirst di<e ; >vejred that the child had de
veloped into the woman. It seldom is
in such e: t >. That mysterious change
is too subtle and too gradual to be
m-a -tired by dates. Least of all does j
tiie maiden herself know it until the
tone of a voice or the touch of a hand j
: >ts her heart thrilling within her, and |
she learn . with a mixture of pride !
and of fear, that a new and larger na- |
tnre has awakened within her. There :
are few who cannot recall that day and
remember the one little incident which
heralded the dawn of a new life. In
the "'.se of Lucy Ferrier the occasion
v.- serious enough in itself, apart from
its future influence on her destiny and
that of many be ides.
It was a warm .Itine morning, and
the l,att nlay Saints were as busy as
the be" whose hive tbey have chosen
for their emblem. In the fields jind in
the • •■tsro.-.e the same hum of numau
ind :■ ! ,y. Down the dusty highroads
defile i long streams of heavily laden
mules, all heading to the west, for the
gol' ! fever had broken out in Cali
fornia. and the overland route
lay thr lgh the city of the elect.
There. . <■>, were droves of sheep
and coming in from the out
lying pasture lands. u~i 1 trains of tired
iiaiuigivuits, men and horses equally
weary of their, interminable journey, j
IUTTLER. P .Y.. FRIDAY. MARCH I<>. 1H94.
xmougn all this motley assemblage,
threading her way with the skill of an
accomplished rider, there galloped
Liv •• Ferr : - r, h« ■ f*ir fficeflW-hcd with
the exercise and her long chestnut
hair floating out behind her. she had
a commission from her father in the
city and was dashing in. as she had
done many a time bef ; - e. with all the
fearlessness of youth, ; Slinking only o1
her task and how it was to be per
formed. The travel-stained adven
turers gazed after her iu astonish
ment. and even the unemotional In
dians. journeying in with their peltry,
relaxed their a -customed stoicism as
they marveh 1 at the beauty of the
palc-faeed maiden.
She had re;. : i the outskirts of the
city, whqn she found the road blocked
by a great drove of cattle, driven by a
half-dozen wild-looking herdsmen from
f mlf!lilk*
1 ' mi'o'^
IN AS IV-TAST IT BEAJIED UPON ITB
rr!NT> I.KGS.
the plains, in her imp.;: n;v -he en
deavored to pu thisobstacl; 1. • ' i
ing her lior ■i; ; 3v. hat app ir •!t ~> '
a gap. Scare -!y had she got i,..: ! , i..-
to it, however. ' . for. ike bea -Is clo "d
in behind her, and she found hei df
completely embedded in the moving
stream of fierce- yed, long-horned
bullocks. Accustom i as she was to
deal with cattle, -ivj was not alarmed
at her situation. but took ad
vantage of every opportunity to urge
her horse on in li:.: hope of pushing
her way through th ■ cavalcade. (u
--fortunately, the lior - of one of the
beasts, either by a ■ ' 1 :nt or design,
came in viol, it cos ::et with the tlank
of the m;!stan •, and excited it to mad
ness. In an i' ;tant it re ired up on its
hind legs with :i aort of rage, and
pranced and tossed in a way that
would have nnseate I any but a most
skillful rider. The situation was full
of jjeril. Every plunge of the ex
cited horse brought it against the
horns again, and goaded it to
fresh mad in • It was all that
the girl could do to keep herself in the
saddle, yet a slip would mean a
terrible death iv. er the hoofs of the
unviel 1 * ai d t.-rrii' d animals. Un
ac . >'i. "1 to sis iden emergencies,
her head began to . : and her grip
month*- bridle to relax. Choked by
t. •re ing cloud of dust and by the
steam from tl e struggling creatures,
she might ha\ • -v'.oned her efforts
in despair, but for a kindly voice at
3 ' mi
- t\ ■ • tef '
Mra ;
\35 '•
"I AM OFF, Ltrcr," IIK SAID.
her elbow which ir, l her of assist
ance. At the bain i momenta sinewy
brown hand caught the frightened
horse by the curb, and, foreing a way
through the drove, soon brought her to
the outskirts.
"You're not hurt, I hope, miss," said
her preserver respect fully.
She looked up at his dark, fierce
face, and laughed saucily. "I'm awful
frightened," she said naively; "whoever
would have thought that Poncho would
have been so seared by a lot of cows?"
"Thank God you kept your seat," the
other said earnestly. Ho was a tall,
savage-looking young fellow, mounted
on a powerful roan hoi- <•. and clad in
the rough dress of a hunter, with a
long rille slung over hi; shoulders. "I
guess you are the daughter of John
Ferrier," he remarked. "I saw you
ride down from his house. When yon
see him, ask him if lie remembers tlio
Jefferson Hopes, of St. Louis. If he's
the same Ferrier, my father and ho
were pretty thick."
"Hadn't you better come and ask
yourself?" she asked, demurclv.
The young fellov. . .eemed pleased at
the suggestion, and his dark eyes
sparkled with p'.eaure. "I'll do so,"
he said; "we've li ■ n in the mountains
for two months, and ar< not over and
above in visiting condition. He must
take us as he find . us."
"He has a good' ileal to thank you
for, and so have I," she answered; "lie's
awful fond of me. If those cows had
jumped on mo he'd have never got
over it.''
"Neither would I," said her com
panion.
"You? Well, 1 don't see that it would
make much matter to you, anyhow.
You ain't even a friend of ours."
The young hunter's dark face grew
so gloomy over this remark that Lucy
Ferrier laughed aloud.
"There, 1 didn't uu an that," she said;
"of course, you ar a friend now. You
must come and see us. Now I must
push along, or father won't trust mo
with his business any more. Good-by!"
"uood-by," he answered, raising his
broad sombrero, and bending over her
little hand. She wheeled her mustang
round, gave it a cut with her riding
whip, and darted away down the broad
road in a rolling cloud of dust.
Young Jeffer ',ii Hop rode on with
his companion . i r \- my and taciturn.
He and they had 1 n among the Ne
vada mountains pr< pocting for silver,
and were returning to Salt Lake City
in the hope of rar ing capital enough
to wore • ■ aie lodes which they
had discovered. He had been as keen
as any of them upon the business until
this sudden incident had drawn hit
thoughts int > another channel. The
sight of the fair young girl, as frank
and wholi—me a the Sierra breezes,
had stirred hi- volcanic, untamed heart
to its very depths. When she had Van
ished from fa! sight, he realised that a
crisis had c- no in hi ' life, and that
neither : ilver • eolations nor any
other ,ue't o s;l.: ever bo of such
importats to h'. i . . thi . new and all
absorbing one. '1 !"■ ' ■ which had
sprun; up r» his lie ft was not the sud
den, ch:t i i hie fa ey of a boy, but
rather the wild, ll- rcc passion of a uian
uupenous temper.
He had been accustomed to succeed in
all that he undertook. He Fnore in
his heart he would not fail in this if
human effort and human perseverance
could render him successful.
He called on John Ferrier that night,
and many times again until hi.; face
was a familiar one at the farmhouse.
John, cooped up in the valley, and ab
sorbed in his work, had little chance of
gaming the news of the outside world
Waring the last twelve year . All this
Jefferson Hope was able to tell him,
and in a style which interested Lucy
as well as her father. He had been a
pioneer in ("aliiornia. anil <: u! ! nar
rate many a strange is:!.- . fortunes
made and fortune ; J..-; j n • '
halcyon day:. He ha! it,
too. and a trapper, a silver . -\pl..rer
and a ranchman. Wherever stir ing
adventures were to be had, J .ler • m
Hope had been there in : -arch of theui.
He soon became a favorite with the
farmer, who spoke eloquently of his
virtues. On such occasions Lucy was
silent, but her blushing cheek and hr
bright, happy eyes showed only too
clearly that her young' heart « no
longer her own. Her honest father
may not have observed these symptoms,
but they were assuredly not thrown
away upon the man who had won her
affections.
It was a summer evening when he
came galloping down the road and
pulled up at the gate. She was at the
doorway, and came down to i.: - t him.
He threw the bridle over th ■ fence and
strode up the pathway
"I am off. Lucy," he said, takui;; her
two hands in his and gazing tenderly
down into her face: "1 won't ask v a
to come with me now i t will you be
ready to come when I an here again?"
"And when will that be?" --he asked,
blushing and laughing
"A couple of months at the outside.
I will come and clam you then, ray
irw' '
1I 1 ,
lAwL- i .t
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EE WAS STII.L SITTING WITFL HIS 11.-
BOWB ON 1113 KN'KKS.
darling. There's no one who can
stand between us."
"And how about father?"
"He has given his consent, provided
we get these mines working all right.
I have no fear on that head."
"Oh, well, of course, if you and fa
ther have arranged it. there's no more
to be said," she whispered, with her
cheek against his broad breast.
"Thank God!" he said, hoarsely,
stooping and kissing her "It is set
tled then. The longer I stay, the
harder it will be to go. They are wait
ing for me at the canyon. Good-by,
my own darling—good-by In two
months you shall see me."
He tore himself from lieras he spoke,
nnd, flinging himself upon his horse,
galloped furiously away, never even
looking round, as though afraid that
his resolution might fail him if he took
one fflancc at what he was leaving.
She stood at the gate, gazing after
him until he vanished from her sight.
Then she walked back into the house,
the happiest girl in all Utah.
CHAPTER 111.
JOHN PERKIER TALKS WITH Till; Til IPHET.
Three weeks had passed since Jeffer
son Hope and hiscomrades had depart
ed from Salt Lake City. John Ferrier's
heart was sore within him when he
thought of the young man's return,
and of the impending loss of his adopt
ed child. Yet, her bright and happy
face reconciled him to the arrangement
more than any argument could have
done. He had always determined,
deep down in his resolute heart, that
nothing would ever induce him to
allow his daughter to wed a Mormon.
Snch a marriage he regarded as no
marriage at all. but as a shame and a
disgrace. Whatever he might think of
the Mormon doctrines, upon that one
point he was inflexible. He had to
seal his mouth on the subject, however,
for to express an orthodox opinion was
a dangerous matter in those days in
Land of the Saints.
Yes, a dangerous matter—so danger
oils that even the most saintly dared
only whisper their religious opinions
with bated breath, lest something
which fell from their lips might be
misconstrued, and bring down a swift
retribution upon them. The victims
of persecution hail now turned perse
cutors on their own account, and per
secutors of the most terrible descrip
tion. Not the Inquisition of Seville,
nor the German Vehmgericht. nor the
secret societies of Italy, were ever able
to put a more formidable machinery in
motion than that which east a cloud
over the territory of Utah.
It*s invisibility, and the mystery
which was attached to it, made this
organization doubly terrible. It ap
peared to be omniscient and omnipo
tent. ami vet was neither ■ ?e« nor
hear 1 The man who held out against
the church vanished away, and none
knew whither he had gone or what had
befallen him Mis wife autl children
awaite 1 him at home, but no father
ever returned t6 tell them IMW lie had
faretl at the hands of his : -r. ■* jul vs.
A ra !i word, or a hasty a -t was fol
lowed by annihilation, and yet none
knew what the nature mi' ; it beof this
terrible .power which vva suspended
over them. No wonder that men went
about in fear and trembling, and that
even- in the heart of the wilderness
they ilaxed uot whisper the doubts
which oppressed them
At first this vague and t- rrible power
was exercised only upon the recalci
trants. who, having embrace! the
Mormon faith, wished afterward to
pervert or to abandon it. Soon, how
ever, it took a wider range. The sup
ply of adult women was running short,
ami polygamy, without a female popu
lation on which to draw, was a barren
doctrine indeed. Strange rumors be
gan to be bandied about- rumors of
murdsred immigrants and rill ■ 1 camps
in regions where Indian had never
been t eon. Fresh women appeared in
the harems of the elders -women who
pined and wept, and bore up >n their
faces the traces of unextingn! liable
ho-ror. Belated wander.-rs upon the
mountains spoke of gang.; «>f armed
men, ma .'.ted, stealthy, and noiseless,
who flitted by them in th • darkness.
T'nrse tales and rumors to il; .substance
an 1 shape, and wer • eorrob irated and
re-corroborated until they resolved
themselves into a definite name. To
this day, in the lou -ly i.i uihes of the
west, the name of t't ■ D.mit • Band, or
the Avenging Angel . is a sinister and
ill-omened one.
Fuller knowledge of the organiza
tion which produce-1 sieh t.n i' le re
sults prve t to incr rather than to
les; -n t lie a. ;-o>r. wi. leh it inspired in
the r.iinds of men. N'lu.e knew who
b -k,:. vd to this i it'i'e •s • .duty The
names of tin; participators in the deeds
of blood and violence, done under the
iiari • <<f religion. were kept profound
ly secret. The very friend to whom
you e*napimuc:jte p il yifljr tni&ffvings as
: . • ph-.-t rind hi - ini :i might
" th - v.l; . woal nr.o forth
with fire and sworJ l:> exact a
t .-at!.in. Hence, every man
■ his ru-i -hbor. and none spoke
of the i'lirrr; which were nearest his
heart.
i.v >:nin,-. .lohn Ferrier was
a' ut •> :-t ut to his whcat-tields,
lie the click of the latch
a: •1. 1 'kin : through the window, saw
a ■•out. sandy-haired. middle-aged
m:t3 eo:aiag up the pathway IIU
heart leaped to his moui h. for this was
r. one other than the great Krighain
Voun-r himself. Frill of trepidation—
for h•• knew that such a visit boded
him little pood—Ferrier ran to the
d' .or to greet the Mormon chief. The
laf •. however, received his salutation
coldly, and followed hira with a stern
fnee into the sitting-room.
"Brother Ferrier." he said, taking a
seat. and ej-cing the farmer keenly
fr- 'in under his light-colored eyelashes,
' the true believers have been good
fri T.ds to yon. We picked you up
wa i you were starving 1 in the desert,
we shared our food with you. led you
sa to the chosen valley, gave you a
goodly share of land, and allowed you
to wax rieh under our protection Is
not this so?"
"it is so." answered John Ferrier.
'•ln return for all this we asked but
one condition: that was that you
should embrace the true faith, and
conform in every way to Its usages.
Thi • you promised to do: and this, if
coin'ijori report says truly, you have
negl«- ted."
"A: 1 how have I neglected it?"
asked Ferrier, throwing out his hands
in cvpostillation. "Have I not given
to the eoiiniion fund? Have I not at
tended at the temple? Have I not—"
"Where are your wives?" asked
Young, looking round him. "Call
them in. that I may greet them."
"!t is true that I have not married."
Ferrier answered. "But women were
few, and there were many who had
better claims than I. I was not a lone
ly man; I had my daughter to attend
to HIT wants."
"It is of that daughter that I would
speak to you." said the leader of the
Mormons. "She has grown to be the
flower of Utah and has found favor in
the eyes of many who are high in the
land."
John Ferrier groaned internally.
"There are stories of her which I
would faindisb -lieve—stories that she
is sealed to some Gentile. This must be
the gossip of idle tongues. What is
the thirteenth rule in the code of the
sainted Joseph Smith? 'Let every maid
en of the true faith marry one of the
elect: for if she wed a Gentile she com
mits a grievous sin.* This being so it is
impossible that yon, who profess the
hoi j- creed, should suffer your daughter
to violate it."
John Ferrier made no answer, but
he played nervously with his riding
whip.
"I'pon this one point your whole
faith shall be tested—so it has been
decided in the sacred council of four.
The girl is young, and we would not
have her wed pray hairs; neither would
we deprive her of all choice. Weelders
have many heifers (fleber C. Kimball,
in one of his sermons, alludes to his
hundred wives under this endearing
epithet], but our children must also be
provided. Stangerson has a son, and
Drebber lias a son, and either of them
would gladly welcome your daughter
to their house. Let her choose be
tween them. They arc young and rich,
and of the true faith. What say you
to that?"
I Trier remained silent for some
little time, with his brows knitted.
"You will give us time," he said, at
last. "My daughter is very young—
she is scarce of an age to marry."
"She shall have a month to choose,"
said Young, rising from his seat. "At
the end of that time she shall give her
answer."
He was pas-sing through the door,
when he turned, with flushed face and
flashing eyes. "It were better foryou,
John Ferrier," he thundered, "that you
and she were now lying blanched skel
etons upon the Sierra Blanco, than
that you should put your weak wills
against the orders of the Holy Four!"
With a threatening gesture of his
hand he turned from the door, and
Ferrier heard his heavy step scrunch
ing along the shingly path.
He was 1i 11 sitting with his elbows
upon his knees, considering how he
should broach the matter to his daugh
ter. when a soft hand was laid upon
his, and looking up he saw her stand
ing beside him. One glance at her pale,
frightened face showed him that she
had heard what had passed.
"I could not help it," she said, in an
swer to his look. "His voice rang
through the house. O father, father,
what shall we do?"
"Don't you scare yourself," he an
swered, drawing her to him. and pass
ing his broad, rough hand caressingly
over her chestnut hair. "We'll tix it
up somehow or another. You don't find
your fancy kind o' lessening for this
chap, do you?"
A sob and a squeeze of his hand were
her only answer.
"No; of course not. I shouldn't care
to hear you say you did. He's a likely
lad, and he's aChristian, which isinore
than these folk h«-re, in spite o* all
their praying and preaching. There's
a party starting for Nevada to-morrow,
and I'll manage to send him a message
letting him know the hole we are in.
If I know anything o' that young man,
he'll be back here with a speed that
would whip electro-telegraphs."
Lucy laughed through her tears at
her father's description.
"When he comes, he will advise us
for the best. Isut it is for you that 1
am frightened, dear. One hears—one
hears such dreadful stories about those
who oppose the prophet; something
terrible always happens to them."
"15ut we haven't opposed him yet,"
her father answered. "It will be time
to look out for squalls when we do.
We have a clear month before us; at
the end of that, I guess we had best
shin out of Utah."
"Leave -Utah?"
"That's about the size of it."
'Hut the farm?"
"We will raise as much as we ean in
money and let the rest go. To tell the
truth, Lucy, it isn't the first time 1
have thought of doing it. 1 don't care
about knuckling under to any man, as
these folk do to their darned prophet.
I'm a free-horn American, and it's all
new to me. Guess I'm too old to learn.
If ho comes browsing about this farm,
he might chance to run up against a
charge of buckshot traveling in the op
posite direction."
"l!ut they won't let us leave," his
(laugher objected.
"Wait till Jefferson comes, and we'll
soon manage that. In the meantime,
don't you fret yourself, my dearie, and
don't get your eyes swelled up, else
he'll 1. • walking into lue when he sees
you. There's nothing to lie afeard
about, and there's no danger at all."
John I rrier uttered these consoling
remarks in a very confident tone, but
she could not help observing that he
paid unusual care to the fastening of
the doors that night, and that he care
fully cleaned and loaded the rusty old
shotgun which hung upon the wall of
his bedroom.
[TO oe CONTTKrED.]
II Wai BUH).
"Ilenrv, weren't von awfully scared
when you proposed to me?"
"V. hy —yes, dear. I was. I—l
thought 1 heard your father's foot
steps in the iiiilLo*" 1 kaefw. "—CLJvaitfg I
INVITED TO HER SUICIDE.
A Chinee* Woman Call* In Her Krlu4a
In tVltneaa Her Adieu.
Mr. Medhurst, for many .rears British
consul at Shanghai, tells of a singular
"card of invitation" which, says the
Million, he once received in China. It
was from a lady, intimating her inten
tion to commit suicide at a specified
date. She was very young and attrac
tive, and belonged to a wealthy family;
but tho Chinese gentleman to whom
she had been affianced from childhood,
having died just before the date fixed
upon for their nuptials, she rave out
that she deemed it her duty to render
her widowhood irrevocable by dying
with her betrothed. So she sent cards
around to the local gentry giving no
tice of her purpose.
No attempt was made by her rela
tives or the local authorities to frus
trate her design, though Mr. Medhurst
appealed to the mandarins, the gen
eral opinion being that she was about
to perform a meritorious act. Eventu
ally, on the day named, the woman did
deliberately sacrifice her life in the
presence of thousands of spectators.
A stage was erected in the open fields,
■with a tented frame over it, from which
was suspended a slip of scarlet crepe.
One end of this slip she fastened round
her neck, and then, embracing a little
boy presented by one of the bystanders,
6he mounted a chair and resolutely
jumped off, "her little clasped hands
saluting the assemblage as her body
twirled round with the tightening
cord."
The woman was not hounded on by
a frantic mob, as was the practice at
suttees in India, but immolation ap
peared to be an entirely voluntary act.
Sacrifices of this kind, according 1 to
Mr. Medhurst, are not uncommon in
certain districts of China, and, strange
to say, they are rewarded with monu
ments, sometimes erected by order of
the emperor.
DASHING A DUDE.
A Mather Who Coold Not Stand a Gtrl
with a Sketch Book.
Three decidedly attractive girls got
on a Sixth avenue elevated train and
immediately a score of masculine eyes
were leveled at them, says the New
York Advertiser. The girls found seats
together and tried to appear uncon
cerned and quite oblivious to the pro
neunced advances for a flirtation from
two young swells who sat opposite.
But all their efforts to appear at ease
were unavailing. The young men per
sisted and the girls blushed and looked
uncomfortable.
Finally one of the girls opened a
small sketch book on her lap, and then
raising her eyes she gazed straight at
her admirer opposite. He petted his
mustache and smiled. She made a few
strokes with her pencil in the sketch
book, but did not smile. When she
raised her eyes again he realized that
she was sketching him. The other two
girls watched the progress of the
sketch and giggled. This, with the
smiles of the other passengers, was
more than the subject of the sketch
could endure. He crossed and re
crossed his legs, pulled his hat down
until it touched his nose, and at last
rushed desperately into the next car.
When he had gone the girls closed the
unsoiled pages of the sketch book and
laughingly threw away the bit of pen
cil, which, when picked up by another,
proved to be quite devoid of lead.
A Strange Sight.
One of the most amusing spectacles
of the Columbian exposition was seen
in front of the California building on
the day of the state celebration. A
free distribution of fruit had been
widely advertised, and carloads of
fruit had been sent —great luscious
peaches, plums, pears, nectarines and
half-yard bunches of white Muscat
grapes and flaming Tokays. Qreat
booths were erected outside the build
ing, and a dozen fine young California
men, her best products, handed out
fruit to a vociferous, struggling, eager
crowd for seven long hours. It was a
sight to be remembered. Sometimes
the air was full of the larger fruits,
which were tossed out among the
crowd and promptly caught, but the
bunches of grapes had to be treated
more tenderly. Hats, hands and bas
kets reached out for the generous
bunches, and hundreds came away
bearing their well-fought-fcr burden
to share with friends. On this occasion
many had come from distant parts of
the grounds.
A Wood-Dvck'i Tomb.
At the farm of O. W. Hutchins, seven
miles from Marysville, a bee tree was
found near the east bank of Feather
river, which was cut to obtain the
honey. After the tree was cnt down
to the ground an investigation
was instituted and the honey
located in a hollow half-way be
tween where it was cut and the top.
On cutting open the body of the tree
they secured about eighty pounds of
honey, eleven duck eggs and a dead
duck. It appears that a wood-duck had
formed a cavity through a hole that
was originally large enough to admit
her body. After laying eleven eggs
she had commenced setting to hatch
them and while doing so the bees had
tilled the hole with comb, so that she
could not get out and she died on the
nest.--Red Bluff (Cul.) Democrat.
Crime and Immorality.
The international pickpocket art is,
in Europe at least, almost entirely car
ried on by Roumanians, Servians, Bul
garians, Russians and Galicians. They
outrank in cleverness by far the once
world-famous English and American
professionals in that line. The in
crease in all civilized lands of crimes
against morality, religion, public peace
and the government is mostly due to
the socialistic wave which permeates
all classes. While crimes and crim
inals will always exist as long as the
world lasts, the next few centuries in
their onward march of education and
civilization will bring about a marked
decrease, and the criminal statistics
and annals of the present time will
read like fabler to the people of that
remote future.
Where the Trouble Tome* In.
The average young man may know
1 just as much as he thinks he does, but
he doesn't usually draw a salary to cor
respond.—Somerville Journal.
Ilia Particular Aim.
Mrs. Watts—Are you anxious to earn
a good dinner, my poor man?
Weary Watkins—Not half as anxious
as I am for the dinner.—Truth.
A NATURAL SEQUENCE.
Phrenologist—You have been mar*
ried some years'.'
Patient (in surprise) —By Georgel
That's true, flow could you tell?
yffmt irfurtr
BALKING THE UMBRELLA THICFJ
A tt iibloftoß Man Uu *—Tntiit MB Aalm
mtloUl; Krtarubl* Rata XfeMfl.
Another long-felt wan I la about fcq
be filled. Drawings forth* Inwntkn
were received at the patent —ly
a few days ago, and the man, who, tf
the way. is a Washinptonian, is prepeiM
ing to build him a new house in
most fashionable part of the city wttk
the prospective funds from this IHTIIQ
; tlon It is nothing leas than as anto*
matically returnable umbrella. Ttat
i is, one that will make its own irraafl*
menta for its return to its owner wheo
lost. The nomadic habit of onibfaUati
especially when left unahalned in the
neighborhood of a crowd, has long
been a subject of comment, and it has
been a serious question whether the
trouble were altogether with the moT
als of the umbrella, that wonld go off
aud lose itself, or an innate depravity
of the umbrella-using public that made
findings kec Ings without mneh in
quiry as to the identity of the loser.
The new. nou-losable umbrella doea
not differ essentially from the ordinary
article, says the Washington Poet, ex
cept that it has a little stouter
Herein is concealed the working part
of the device. It is a compactly ir*
ranered phonograph, with a multiply
ing reverberator, enabling it to
heard for. say. the length of a street
car or in a pood-sized hallway. In con
nection with the phonograph ia a com
bination lock which pots the machine
for action. The owner of the tunbffatta
on setting it down simply awitchee in
the combination and aa soon as it is
picked np the phonograph gets Is Its
work. The remarks can be arranged
according to the taste in oratory of the
man who owns the umbrella and can
range from a politely conched request
not to disturb the rain protector to a
stentorian cry of "Stop, thief." or
"This fellow is stealing another man's
umbrella," or any other exclamation
of a more forcible nature, the strength
of the language being only limited
the local municipal ordinances regard*
ing profanity.
Slavery In flltm.
Slavery has been abolished in name
in Siam, but it can never be abolished
in fact, for the slaves have no means
of supporting themselves outside their
masters' houses. Every member of the
Siamese upper classes can fetter his
servants or throw them into prison
without any kind of trial or permis
sion being necessary One morning 1
went to call upon one of the ablest and
most enlightened of the ministers, a
man who has been to Europe, and who
once actually got into serious trouble
for trying to inaugurate a sort oi
woman's rights movement in Biam,
says a writer in the Contemporary
Review I made iny way by mistake
into a part of bis grounds where visit
ors were not expected, and I found a
slave fastened down to the ground ic
an ingenious kind of pillory, in which
he could not move hand or foot, whil<
another slave tortured him with severe
strokes of a bamboo rod at the wort
of a member of the family in order tc
force him to confess to some miadeed
Deluded, Dut Happy.
"There is no use in trying to deny
it," said one young man to another.
"Blimming is badly married. I hate
to say it, but it's so."
"How do you know?"
"By a talk I have just had with
him."
"Doea he complain?"
"No. That's the pathetic part of it.
He was telling me how good uatured
and clever his wife is. because, this
morning, she showed him how to
fasten his suspender with a hairpin."—
Life.
HU Gentle Wit.
She shook her head sadly when he
asked a fateful question.
"I wish you were all the world," he
sighed.
"You aaid I was that to you once,"
she ventured, coquettiahly.
"Yes, but I don't think so now."
"No?"
"No, for all the world loves a lover."
And his gentle wit won her over to a
reconsideration of the question.—De
troit Free Press.
No Extravagant.
"I would go with you into the conn*
try, Gazzam." said the judge to his
friend, "but really I am very short of
time."
"I thought you must be from the
way you have been disposing of it," re
plied Gazzam.
"How's that?"
"Well. I heard you give one man six
months and two others a year each
this morning."—Harper's Bazar.
t»h* Could Talk.
Brown—That wife of yours is a
woman of great accomplishments.
Jones—Thanks. That's what every
body says, and I believe it myself.
Brown—Yes, and eho's one of the
finest talkers I ever heard. Why. I
could listen to her for a year.
Jones (with a sigh)—So could I, but
think of it, I've been listening to her
for ten years, and she is still in robust
health.—Detroit Free Press.
Another Philanthropist Thwart*4.
"Old Hobbs' last will disinherits all
his expectant nephews."
"Of course they are crestfallen?"
"No; they are going to try to break
It"
"On what ground?"
"On the ground of undue influence.
The doctors told him he was going to
die before be had made it."—Judge.
Mlauaderatood.
"Have yez any shoes that will flt the
little girl?" inquired a son of the Green
isle of a dapper young clerk in a Wash
ington street store the other day.
"Yes, sir," was the reply; "we carry
a full line for children's wear. Step
this way. please. French kid?"
"No, be gobs; she's Irish." —Boston
Herald.
Aa Bspaaslva Dru*.
Angry Man—That prescription you
gave me to have filled for my wife Cost
n%s a pretty sum. My dog ate it.
Physician—lt certainly will not cost
you much to have it refilled.
Angry Man—That is not the point.
The dog died; and he cost me a hun
dred dollars.—Puck.
Always Oat the Bast.
Mrs. Youngluv (at the grocer's for the
first time)—l want some egg-plant.
Grocer—Yes, ma'am.
Mrs. Youngluv (severely)— And I
want some that is fresh laid, too.—
Chicago Record.
Tlflai to Reform.
"My dear," said a most conscientious
old gentleman to his daughter, a young
lady of nineteen, "it grieves me to ob
serve your tendency to exaggerate
facta. You really ought to stop it."
"I know I ought," replied the fair
penitent, ' 'and I am trying to stop it.
Maybe you think I am not aware of
this tendency, but I know you will ba»
lieve me when I tell you that I have
shed barrels and barrels of tears arm
this weakness."—Detroit Free Press,
Potltanaaa Combined with Tract.
A celebrated Indian potentate took
an English peer, who was staying with
him, out shooting. The peer shot very
badly, and the eastern prince was
sorely puzzled to combine oriental com
pliment and empty game bags.
At last with a low bow he said:
"Your excellency shot splendidly, but
God ww verry merciful UJ th® UUIP
NO"