I REVIVAL OF POLYGAMY. 1
M. 25
||> The Election of Brigham H. Roberts to Congress From <|>
& Utah is a Test Case by Defiant Mormonism.
Christian churches of different de
nominations, all over the land, have
now taken up the anti-polygamy cru
sade, and, at the present time, it is
the absorbing topic.
For the second time in our history,
the hydra of polygamy has lifted its
head in defiance of the American peo
ple. Utah, repudiating the sacred
pledges it gave as an essential condi
tion of admission to Statehood, has
not only failed to suppress the crime
of plural marriage, but has promoted
and encouraged it. Emboldened by
apparent public indiflerence, it lately
elected to Congress a notorious poly
gamist with three wives. This man—
a convicted offender—is knocking at
the doors of our national legislature,
and claiming the right to a voice and
vote in making laws for the American
people. Public indignation, slow to
awake, has beon fully aroused in pro
test against so shameless a proceed
ing, and the demand is universal and
insistent that Congress should exer
cise its prerogative and purge itself
of the contamination. From every
State —Utah alone excepted—there
rOLVO.MtiaX 'ROBERTS DISGUISED AS A
Til AMP.
coi es a mighty note of warning to
Congress against the seating of an
nrowed pi.lygamist as a member of the
House of Representatives. As yet,
the storm is only rising; presently it
will thunder like a Niagara, and our
legislators at Washington will do well
to give it heed.
Resplendent in the gold seal of the
State of Utah, handsomely engrossed
on parchment and signed by the Sec
retary of State, the credentials of
Brigham H. Roberts, of Utah, have
finally putin an appearauce iu the
House of Representatives at Washing
ton. They wfere received by Clerk
McDowell, and after being indorsed as
to the time of receipt were deposited
in the big safe wherein all the creden
tials of members of Congress are pre
served.
The document- is a very simple one,
except iu the elegance of its execu
tion, and in this respect Utah has
called in the best resources of the
steel engraver and engrosser. The
credentials were executed at Salt
Lake City ou December 10, but not
until now liavo they reached the au
thorities of the House for tiling. They
are about the last to come, as most of
the credentials were filed soon after
the November elections. The matter
now goes over to the Fifty-six Con
THE GREAT MORMON TEMrLE AND TABERNACLE.
TNo Oiontile eyes have over gazed upon the Interior of the Great Temple at Salt
I,ak«. Not evoii all Mormons are admitted. Only those high In the Church have ever
passed within its portals. It Is declared that secret tunnels connect It with the moun
tains back of the city. The Mormons worship In the Tabernacle. In the Temple are
kept the records of the plural marriages, safe from Gentile eyes. ]
gress, which alone has power to deal
with Roberts.
Roberts's nomination for Congress,
is said, was brought about through
t. e influence of the Mormon Apostle,
Heber J. Grant, aud the "Church of
the Latter Day Saints." His record
was well known, and it was decided
to make an aggressive campaign and
exert all the influence of the Mormon
hierarchy to secure his election and
admission in Congress. Repeatedly
the church was urged to withdraw
him from the race, but it refused. In
the very crisis of the campaign, the
Governor of Utah, who is not a Mor
mon, wishing to avert <the shame that
would come upon the State from such
a ohoice, pleaded with the people not
to elect the avowed polygamist; but
the Mormon power was supreme, and
Roberts was triumphantly elected.
LION AND BEEHIVE HOUSES OF THE MORMONS AT SALT LAKE.
[The Lion House is the building on the riuht. It contains the President's Council
Chamber, in wnieh nro held the meetings between the President and Ills chief advisers.
On the left is the beehive house, dwellings which Brigham Young built for his wives.]
Brigham H. Roberts, according to
the published accounts, has contracted
tbree marriages. His wives are Louisa
Smith Roberts, Celia Dibble Roberts
and Margaret C. Shipp Roberts. The
two first named live in Centreville,
near Salt Lake City, aud the third is
a practicing physician in that city. In
February, 1887, he was indicted by
the Grand Jury of the United States
before the Third Distriot Court of
Utah, for continuous aud unlawful
cohabitation "with more than one
woman as his wives." The indictment
was filed February 14, a warrant was
issued the same day, ho was arrested
on the fifteenth of the same month,
but was not arraigned until April 29,
1889, when he entered a plea of
guilty. On May 1, 1889, he was
sentenced to four mouths' confine
ment in the Utah penitentiary aud a
fine of 8200.
The entire Protestant clergy of the
State of Utah have united in au effort
to defeat the Mormon plans, aud have
issued a statement exposing, in uo
MORMON TITHINCI HOUSE —ONE SOURCE
OF MORMON STRENGTH.
[ln this house the Mormon Church gath
ers Its sinews ol war. Every Mormon,
high or low, rich or poor, must contribute
his share to the maintenance of the Cliurch.
This is the place where tho f:iithful deliver
their financial offerings, which amount
every year to a gigantic sum. Through
tho tithing system the Church has secured
funds to carry on the war It is waging for
Roberts. 1
measured language, the general con
dition of the Mormon element in Utah
to-day. That statement among other
matters, says:
"Of such cases ('celestial' or 'plural
marriages'), more than 2000 have come
to our notice, aud this living has re
sulted in the birth of more than 1000
children since Statehood was granted
January 4, 189G. Religious adultery
goes unpunished and the 'kingdom'
grows apace. From the heads of the
church down polygamy flourishes. It
teaches that men may become gods by
practicing adultery under the eu
phonious title of 'plural' or 'celestial'
marriages. Mormonism is both anti-
Christian and anti-American."
The Kinsman (a Gentile weekly
paper, published in Salt Lake City),
in an article entitled, "The Edge of
the Situation," puts the Roberts case
in a nutshell, in these words:
"If the Mormon theory of marriage
is right, then we ought all to follow
the Mormon priesthood and rely on
Prophet, Seer and Revelator Snow for
guidance in every spiritual and tem
poral concern. If the people of the
United States are right on the ques
tion of marriage, then the Mormon
god is a polygamous adulterer whose
'chief glory' is the commission of
crime. If the people of the United
States are right, this god exists only
in theory and for the purpose of mask
ing the lust of the Mormon, Melchize
dek priesthood.
"The election of B. H. Roberts is
the practical challenge of Morinonisin
on the question of whether plural
marriage is a virtue or a crime. How
are we going to answer the challenge?"
If there are any who suppose that
Brigham H. Roberts is going to give
up the tight he is waking to secure a
seat in Congress and resign, they mis
take the desperate character of the inau.
One incident in his career shows his
bulldog tenacity. Roberts, with two
other Mormons, went to Tenuessee to
do missionary work. His companions
were killed by angry citizens when the
nature of their mission became known,
and Roberts himself barely escaped
with liis life. Determined to secure
tlie bodies of his comrades, and know
ing upon his return to the scene of the
trouble that recognition would mean
instant death, he disguised himself as
a tramp. As such he again invaded
the ememy's cpuntry, secured the mis
sionaries' bodies and carried them
back to Utah.
It is evident that the Mormon Church
and State officials in Utah are in great
trepidation over the popular uprising,
which threatens the entire Mormon
fabric. Lorenzo Snow. President and
head of the Mormon Church, has is
sued a long statement in which he de
clares that plural marriages have ceased
forever in Utah, and that Roberts was
not elected to Congress as a Mormon.
Both assertions, however, are flatly
contradicted by the facts. The Pres
bytery of Utah has declared publicly
over their signatures that no less than
'2OOO polygamous marriages have taken
place in Utah within two years, and -t.
is admitted by prominent Movw ns
that he was elected through the in
fluence of the Mormon Church, his
nomination by the Congressional Con
vention being brought about through
the personal efforts of Heber J,
Grant.
First Cantilever Urhlge.
What is said to have been the first
cantilever bridge in existence is the
Kintal bridge, near the station of
Iwakuni, on tho Sanyo Railway in
BUILT IN JAPAN 240 YEARS AGO AND
STILL IN SERVICE.
Japan. This bridge was built some
240 years ago by Daimio, the gover
nor of the province of Swo. The
bridge is called the "Kiutaikyo," and
extends across the Nishikigawa river
and is famed throughout western
Japan. Tho bridge consists of five
semi-circular wooden arches of 150
feet clear span each. The piers of
the bridge are 33x18 feet in plan, the
stones being cemented by poured
lead. Each span is formed of five
wooden girders imbedded in the ma
sonry of the piers and extended length
by length toward the center and held
together by iron bolts. The spans at
center are eighty feet above the water.
In the repairing of this bridge it
has been the custom to renew one of
the arches thoroughly every five years,
so that once in twenty-five years the
whole structure has been renewed.
The structure is attractive from an
engineering standpoint and many
travelers go e#ch year to view this an
cient but durable piece of bridge
building.
Accommodating*
She (her first season) —"I have
been shut up iH boarding school so
long that I feel very bwkward and
timid in company. Ido not know
what to do with my hands."
He—"l'll hold them for you."—
New York Weekly.
A WOMAN "SPEAKER."
Mrs. Frances 6. Lee Presides Over tlie
Colorado Legislature.
The Colorado Legislature has bent
the knee to the yoke of a woman. The
burden was not oppressive, for the
happy natured mistress of the gavel
made her sway felt lightly, and the
members kindly avoided raising diffi
cult points of order. The lady in
question is Franoes S. Lee, Repre
sentative from Arapahoe County, on
the populist ticket. Mrs. Lee is not
a speaker of tried strength, but she
possesses a fund of wit and resource
that prevented the members from
catching her napping, if they intended
'to trip her up on her rulings in the
chair of the Speaker, when the As
sembly was sitting as committee of
the whole.
William G. Smith, the Speaker, had
something to say about the division of
party spoils, from which he had plucked
the chief plum, and called the quiet
little lady from the floor to take his
place at the Speaker's desk.
Mrs. Lee tried to decline the honor
and blushed furiously when her name
was mentioned. She was uncertain of
her ability to handle the reins of gov
ernment when fifty odd Representa
tives were clamoring for pie. But she
took the chair and gavel with a oer
tain dignity. Then the embarrass
ment fell upon the members when they
came to address the Chair, for, be it
known, there is no set rule for the re
cognition of women in the Legislature,
and it is left to the ingenuity of each
member how he shall address a lady
who occupies the chair.
Some called her "Madam President"
and others "Madam Speaker," but
these were the men from the city, who
possibly had wives iu a woman's club
and were better schooled than their
colleagues iu the feminity ol parlia
mentary law. Representatives from
the mining and rural districts came to
the front with quite a variety of ad
dresses, including "Mrs. Speaker,"
"Mrs. President," and one, in the fuI
"MADAM SPEAKER "FRANCES S. LEE.
uess of his misery, blurted out a pro
test to "Mr. President."
It was amusing to see this little
woman manfully assume the new role,
and imperatively enforce her orders
with a smile that was apt to mislead
the controversialists into presuming
on the Speaker's good nature. At the
end of a tedious session of three hours
the gavel fell for adjournment, and
Mrs. Lee proceeded to the cloak room
blissfully content, just as though it
were part of her daily routine to pre
side over the deliberations of a legisla
tive body.
Mrs. Lee is a member of the Com
mittees on Education, Election aud
Appointments, Temperance, Medical
Affairs, Public Health, Labor and the
City of Denver, aud is a conscientous
legislator. Her husband is a police
sergeant iu Denver. There are two
other women in the Colorado Legisla
ture—Dr. Mary Barry, of Pueblo, aud
Mrs. Harriet Wright, of Denver.
ISirtbdaya and Gema.
It is rare to meet a person who does
not confess to the fascination of
precious stones. The charm of an
opal, for instance, seems more than
the rainbow suspended iu its hidden
waters. It seems to mean hope, and
life or death, and the promise of life
after death, with its ever changing,
ever new, reflections. Here is an in
teresting classification of the appro
priate gems for each person to wear:
"Those born in January should wear
garnet, signifying friendship and
fidelity; February, amethyst, sincerity
and peace; March, bloodstone, wis
dom, courage and firmness; April,
diamond, innocence; May, emerald,
beloved and happy: June, agate,
health, wealth and long life; July,
ruby, content; August, sardonyx, con
jugal felicity; September, sapphire,
sanity, peace and ease of mind; Octo
ber, opal, hope; November, topaz,
friendship and true love; December,
turquoise, success.
Cloth From Peat.
Peat has been applied to many use
ful purposes, but certainly human in
genuity has surpassed itself making
the product of tlio bogs available for
the wearing of textile fabrics. Yet this
has not merely been done in Germany
but by the very irony of fate a trade in
the finished article has been estab
lished in the capital city of Ireland —
the laud of bogs. Those who have ex
amined the Irish aud German peat de
clare that the former is much more
suitable for making into cloth than the
latter, possessing more fibre and be
ing altogether of better quality. Yet
the enterprise of the German has suc
ceeded with the inferior article, while
the use of the Irish product has not
even reaohed the stage of experiment
—New Ireland.
Six pairs of twins and two sets 01
triplets have been contributed recently
to the population of Bath, England,
by wives of colliers in the Earl of War
wick's colliery, near the city.
TME POK-WAH TREE.
Its Nauseating: Fruit In Considered a
Delicacy by Chinamen.
There was an expression of supreme
contentment on the face of the China
man as he sat under a tree in Bush
uell park the other afternoon picking
up fruit that had fallen from it, re
lates the Hartford (Conn.) Times.
His loose blouse and wide pantaloons
flapped in the wind, and his pigtail
described circles, triangles, all mannet
of lines and various other geometrical
forms as it yielded to the iitful gusts
of wind. It was chilly enough, and
Officer Strickland, as he looked at the
industrious Chinaman,did not feel his
heavy blue overcoat, a bit uncomfort
able. But the Chinaman did not se.'m
to mind the wind in the least. His
teeth might chatter, his nose might
take on a buish tint, and his lingers
might suffer from numbness, but he
continued his work with unremitting
industry and kept his happy look un
clouded by anything that was even
suggestive of uuhappiness. It was evi
dent he was engaged in a task that he
liked. The fruit had a very offensive
odor, and the Chinaman handled it iu
a nauseating manner. He had a fair
sized basket into which he threw the
stones of the fruit, leaving the soft
substance which covered it on the turf.
His hands were besmeared with the
substance.
In reply to the questions of Officer
Strickland, tlieChinnman said tlietree
which yielded the fruit was called the
pok-wah tree in China. The fruit is
considered a delicacy in the celestial
kingdom, and even Li Hung Cliaug—
the statesman that can look wise and
ask embarrassing questions of a per
sonal nature—considers himself in
luck when his chef serves him with a
dish of the fruit. The outer substance,
which is nauseating to the stomach of
anyone but a Chinaman, is made into
Chinese catsup that always occupies a
position of honor at the mandarin's
table when birds' nests, sharks' fins
and other appetizing dishes are served.
The meat of the stones has a medicinal
property of high value. The China
man whom Officer Strickland called
"Charley," a name that seems a favor
ite one iu the nomenclature of China
men, stated.that iu China the stones of
the fruits are cooked just as we cook
chestnuts and that after they are
boiled they are opened and the meat
taken out.
A lady passed through the park later
in the afternoon. Seeing the China
man picking up the fruit, she was cu
rious to see what it seemed like. She
took one of the plums—if the sweet,
lucious fruit of the American orchard
is not degraded by applying its name
to the disgusting thing of Chinese
lineage that resembles it—and broke
it open. The stench from it was so
strong that she dropped it immediate
ly. She wore gloves which she was
obliged to discard in order to free her
self from the offensive odor.
There are three of those trees iu
Bushnell park, but only one yields
fruit. Officer Strickland calls them
Chiuese plum trees.
Jlipullt'SP (icnilH.
One year ago there came to the Uni
versity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, a
young Japanese, the scion of a noble
family iu the Mikado's empire. It
seems that the Japanese aristocracy
are suffering from the usual noble ail
ment—financial stringency—but in
this particular case—contrary to cus
tom—the young mau did not set nets
for an American heiress, but, rather,
set his brain to work. He needed
money to complete his college course
and goaded on by his ambition his
Japanese mind evolved a "mufl
stove."
It is a compact bit of hardware and
a most useful one and it is reported
that the sales of it have been sullieieut
to warrant the inventor iu taking a
suite of front looms, when a few days
ago, as it were, lie lived,lire t led and
had his being in a hall bedroom three
back.
The "muff stove" is a metal box,
small enough to be stowed away in a
lady's muff and covered with thin felt.
Inside the box. smoulders a chunk of
punk, the stuff that just burns itself
out without ever bursting into a flamf.
\jlie box can be loaded for auv length
of time up to five hours. If you are
simply going to run over to the corner
to fill the pail a little piece of punk in
each of the two stoves for either over
coat pocket adjusted to burn ten min
utes, will keep the bauds warm and
nice. If the trip be a longer one, why
a bigger piece of punk is all that i?
required.
The inventor of the convenience
claims for his stove that it is bound
to revolutionize winter.—Detroit Free
Press.
An Operation Stopped tlie Sneezing.
A remarkable physical phenomenon
was reported to the Medical society of
the District of Columbia at a recent
meeting by Dr. Walter A. Wells. A
girl 17 years of age begau to sneeze
while in the schoolroom one day last
October, and was uncontrollable. The
teacher sont her to a drug store, and
the apothecary gave her a powder
which she was instructed to inhale
like snuff. This did no goOtl and she
was sent home. Her mother having
tried all of the ordinary remedies
called a physician. He prescribed
sedatives such as opium and bromides,
first small and then larger doses, but
tlie sneezing still went 011. A consul
tation was ordered, and it was de
cided to give the patient chloroform.
While she was unconscious the sneez
ing stopped, but as soon as the stupoi
woreoffshe began again, and continued
regularly night and day without ces
sation, until a surgical operation was
determined upon. An abnormal
growth was found iu the nose, which
the doctors believe caused the irrita
tion. Dr. Wells undertook its re
moval by the use of electrio needles
«nd the sneezing stopped.
OUR STANDING ARMY.
Wo have no standing army?
Nay, look around ami see!
The mail who plows the furrow,
The raau who fells the tree,
The statesman and the scholar,
At the first word of fear,
Turn to their country, breathing,
"My mother, I am here !"
Not of a dumb, blind people
Is this our army made;
Where ichoolhouse and where steeple
Have cast their friendly shade
Our army grows in knowledge,
As it to manhood grows,
And, trained in school and college,
Stands ready for its foes.
The brawny arms of gunners
Serve minds alert and keen:
The sailor's thought has traveled
To lands he has not seen.
Not for the joy of killing,
Not for the lust of strife.
Have these come forth with gladness,
To offer up their life.
Behold our standing army—
Not, as in other lands,
An army standing idle,
With empty minds and hands,
But each one in his station;
And peaceful victory
Is training for the nation
Heroes of land and sea.
—Youth's Companion
HUMOROUS.
Bill—She said her face was her for
tune. Jill—Poor thingl
"Did you lead your class?" "No,
but the whole faculty were after me."
"And you will not elope with nie,
Mauiie?" "Gertniuly not. Just look
at |>a and 111 a! They eloped."
Proud Mother—Oh, John, the baby
can walk! Cruel Father—Good. He
can walk the floor with himself at
night then.
Would-be Writer—What do you
consider the most important qualfica
lion for a beginner in literature?
Old Hand—A small appetite.
The bear that walks like a man, no doubt,
Is a frightful foe to be hunted out;
But a worse foe yet—of his clutch beware!—
Js the awful man who acts like a bear.
wee Miss—Mamma, mayn't I take
the part of a milkmaid at the fancy
ball? Mamma —You are too little.
Wee Miss—Well, I'm a condensed
milkmaid.
Excited Wife—Oh, professor, the
cook has fallen and broken her collar
bone. Professor—Discharge her at
once. You told her what to expect if
she broke any more.
"Papa," said Sammy Snaggs, "the
paper says that a uhantom party was
given last night. What sort of a party
is that?" "Oh, it's some sort of a
ghost of a show," replied Mr. Snaggs.
Papa—l hear you were a bad girl
today and had to-be spanked. Small
Daughter—Mamma is awful strict. If
I'd a known she used to be a school
teacher, I'd 'a' told you not to marry
her.
He sang a song to her nut brown hair.
Her rosy cheeks, her brow so fair:
He praised her eyes, and said that thero
Was sunlight in them hidden;
The maiden fixed him with a stare.
And said; "Aw, quit your kiddin'."
Family Doctor—You must let the
baby have one cow's milk to drink
every day. "Very well, if you say
so, doctor," said the perplexed young
mother, "but I really don't see how
he is going to hold it all."
"Father," confessed the callow
youth, "I have married her. We are
two souls with but a single thought."
"Well, you've gniued something. A
single thought isn't so many, but it is
one more than I ever knew joti to
have before."
In a car a small boy was observed
to be suddenly agitated, but regained
his self-control after a few moments.
Soon after the conductor appeared
and asked for fares. When he stood
before the small boy there was a slight
pause, and the passengers were sur
prised to hear the following: if Pleathe
charge it to my papa; I've thwallowed
the money."
FORTY SQUARE MILES OF WHEAT.
It Would Take a Mail Thirty Yearn to
I'low itii<! l*lant It.
What is said to be the largest wheat
field in California is now being planted
to the gruiu that makes the stall'of
life. It covers over 25,000 acres, or
forty square miles. This enormous
field of grain is located on the banks
of the San Joaquin river, in Madera
county. The field is part in Fresno
county and part in Madera county.
Clovis Cole is the man who is put
ting in this vast acreage, and he has
undertaken one of the largest jobs
that any man has yet done in Cali
fornia.
While it is true that larger acreages
of wheat have been planted bv certain
ranchers 111 this stat-, there seems to
be 110 record of an exact parallel to
the present case. On the Miller &
Lux ranch in Kern county, 50,000
acres were planted one year, but the
fields were scattered about in different
places. There wete really a series of
fields, located wherever there was a
fertile spot. Few of the fields were
2000 acres, and in many instances
there would be half a mile of bare land
between them. The acreage planted
could not be called a wheat field of
50,000 acres, any more than all the
wheat fields in the state could be
classed uuder one head.
The Clovis field, however, is an
ideal wheat field. It is almost as flat
as a floor, with a gentle slope toward
the river. The outer lines of the field
make it almost a perfect Bquare. Each
side is a little, over six miles, and if
the day is clear every part of the field
can be seen from any other part. It
will be a beautiful sight worth seeing
when all the grain is up and waves
gently in the breezes of springtime.
There are no roads through the
Clovis wheat field. It is to be one
solid stretch of grain,and every square
foot of land is to be utilized.
The grain will all mature at about
the same time. Then will come th*
Herculean task of harvesting.