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Progress Of the Mormon Farce-Tho State
of Deseret.

Progress Of the Mormon Farce-The State
of Deseret.
The Legislature of the proposed State of
Deseret met at Salt Lake City on Thursday
last -Erastus Snow was elected President of
the Senate and F. D. Richards Speaker Of the
House. Yesterday the House elected William
H. Hooper and Thomas Fitch United States
Senators. The Senate concurred in the cleo
ton Of Hooper, but adjourned after nine un-
successful ballotings for the second Senator,
Fitch lacking only one vote of an election. This
action, so far as the Latter Day Saints are con-
cerned, perfects their share of the business re-
quired for the admission of Deseret to the dig
mites and self-government as one of the States
Of the Union, barring the little difficulty of
Mormon polygamy. The Saints have adopted
State constitution, in which we believe they
promise, when convenient, to abolish polyg-
amy, and on this promise they count upon
their recognition as State by Congress; but
we fear that all they have done to this end is
Gloves labor lost" 1t will be remembered
that the Prophet Brigham tried this Deseret
State experiment over twenty years ago; but
in view Of Mormon polygamy the movement
was treated as farce by Congress then, as 1t
will bet reated now.
The case is too transparent to deceive even the
most stupid squatter sovereignty men of Con-
gress. The Mormons of the Territory of Utah
number well on to hundred thousand, aliens
chiefly, against few thousand American Gen.
tiles. IF we admit the Territory as the State
of Deseret under the constitution which the
Saints have provided, they will soon show us
what they mean by their dubious promise to
abandon polygamy. They will at once call
State convention to revise their State constitu-
ton, and will 80 amend the charter upon which
they were admitted as to make polygamy the
supreme law of the Commonwealth, and all
other things subordinate to the supreme rights
of polygamy. All this, of course, is as well
understood in Congress now as it was twenty
years ago, and the chances for the admission
of the State of Deseret, subject to Mormon po-
lygamy, are no better than the prospects of
Alaska. But there should be no further in
diligence of these Mormon vagarics by Con-
gress. The House Of Representatives, for
example, should by resolution declare that the
admission of the Territory of Utah or of any
Territory into the Union as a State with the
appendage Of polygamy, under any pretence
whatsoever, is simply out of the question and
that the people Of Utah, therefore, need not
make any further application for recognition
as State until they shall have, by law and in
fact, abolished this abomination of Mormon
polygamy.
An emphatic declaration from the House OF
Representatives to this effect is needed 10
bring these Mormon polygamlsts to their
senses. But how are they to abandon poiyg-
amy when it has become the first and the last
commandment of their religious creed9 Leave
them in their Territorial condition, and, with
the cooperation Of Congress, leave them to
the discipline Of President Grant; strengthen
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speech at Manchester, the great cotton manu-
featuring centre, where there must be strong
desire for peaceful settlement Of the trouble
with America The other remarks he made,
lauding the English system of government
and its monarchy and aristocracy, were only
buncombe for tory consumption; but his at
tack on the Gladstone administration for en-
dangering peace between England and the
United States was just the thing for Man.
chester. "Dizzy," as the English call him,
beats our politicians in cunning.
Looking at the embarrassing situation Mr..
Gladstone has placed himself in by taking
such decided ground against the American
case, and at the improbablity that he can
now turn completely round and consent to
the Geneva Board deciding upon the question
of consequential damages, the best chance of
an amicable settlement perhaps, will be
through change in the Ministry. So far as
Mr.. Gladstone represents the liberal, progress
sive spirit of England and the times the SYM
pathies of the American people are with him;
but as there is really little difference between
one leader and another, or one party and
another, when in power, and as the present
difficulty with England concerns us more than
the local politics Of that country, we care
not who holds the relns of government so
that peace may be preserved and justice done
to u.s. Mr. Disraeli is the most plausible of
politicians or statesmen, and full ofresources.
He might do what Mr.. Gladstone may find
it impossible to do. We thi nix, indeed, he
has foreshadowed in his speech at Manches-
ter solution of the difficulty about the Ala
bama claims, and that as this is the para
mount question now occupying the public
mind of England he may ride into power on
it. He does not it Is true, definitely state
any plan. of settlement, but as he admits the
United States cannot recede from the position
taken, and that he would, if in power, appeal
to the good feeling and good sense of the
Americans, state the difficulties and invite
confidential conference, at which these diff
culties might be explained, there is reason to
suppose he would prepare the way for
peaceful and satisfactory adjustment.
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NlBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway between Prince and
Houston sts.-PoLI. AND PARTNER JOE Matinee at z
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GRAND OPERA HOUSE. corner OF sta and a3a ST.
LALLA RooKH. Matinee al a.
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LIMA EDwIN's THEATRE, 72o Broadway. PALAoI
OF TRUTH. Matinee at 2
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WALLAcK'S THEATRE Broadway AMI 18th stresI -
THR VETERAN. Manee-MABTIA.
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

BOOTHS THEATRE, Twenty-third ST., corner Sixth
TuE HuhoHBAoK. Matinee at a.
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth street-lrALIAN
OpRRA-Matinee-IL TRovAToRE. Evening CONCERT.
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WOODS MUSEUM. Broadway. corner 30th -Perfor M
ances afternoon ana evening--HUNTED DOWN.
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TY-FoURTH STREET THEATRE, near Third ava
nue.-VARIRTY ENTERTAINMENTS.
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FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth street.
ARTICLE A. Matinee a ll1
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OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadwav.-ruE BALLET PAM
1oMIMR or HUMpTY DUMPTy. Matinee at y
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NEW YORK CIRCUS Fonrasn,n street.-ScENEs IN
THE RING AcRoBATs. dc. Matinee at 80.
NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 6ls Broadway
SCIENoE AND ART.
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BRYANTS NEW OPERA HOUSE, 2si st. between 9Th
and It'll avs,-BRYAaTs MISsTREis. Matinee at a.
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BOwERY THEATRE. Bowery.-sALLY SMART-our
THE FIRE. Matinee at z
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SAN FRANCISCO MINSTREL HALL. 5s5 Broadway
THk SAN FRANCISCO MISsTRELS
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ST JAMES THEATRE Tw,ntveighth street and Broad
way-ruR NEW HIEFRNIcoN. Matinee at 2.
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WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCIEs-If per-
son falls in fit, and begins to snore loudly,
with very red face, it is apoplexy. Let him
be seated so as to favor the blood going down.
ward, away from the head; apply cold cloths
to the head, or cushions of equal quantities
of snow or pounded ice and common salt. If
the person is perfectly still, face pale, and
there is no perceptible breathing, it is fit Of
fainting. Do not touch him, except to loosen
the clothing; then keep off five or ten feet
distant, so as to allow the air to come in !;
make no noise and there will very soon be
calm, quiet return to consciousness and life,
for it is only a momentary cessation of the
circulation to the head. But suppose there is
very violent motion Of the hands and feet,
and all sorts of bodily contortions, it is cpl
lepsy. Let the man comfort until he is tired !;
you can't hold him still; all your efforts tend
to aggravate the trouble and to exhaust the
strength all that ought to be done is to keep
the unfortunate from hurting himself There
is no felt suffering, for as soon as he comes to
be will tell you that he remembers nothing
whatever of what has passed, appears to be
the only calm and selfpossessed person in the
crowd, and is apparently as perfectly we'll as
before the occurrence. Dizziness often comes
instantaneously, and we begin to reel before
we know it. Shut your eyes, whether you are
walking along thestreet, looking over preci-
pice, ascending ladder, or climbing to a
ships masthead; the fear of dizziness disap-
pears instantly, if you look upward.-HaIs
Journal Of Health.
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away where you are, nor what you are doing,
and you will be severely let alone to enjoy the
bliss of undisturbed repose.

EDGAR A. PoE's DEArH.-The true story
of Poe's death has never been correctly told.
It is this: In the Summer of 1849 heleft New
York for Virginia. In Richmond he met
Miss Elmira Shelton, whom he had known in
his youth, renewed the acquaintance, and in
few weeks they were engaged to be married.
He wrote to his friends in the North that he
should pass the remainder of his life in Vir.
ginia, where the happiest days Of his youth
had been spent. Early in October he set out
from Richmond to fulfill literary engage
ment in New York, and to prepare for his
marriage, which was to take place on the 18th
Of the month. Arriving in Baltimore, he
found that he had missed the Philadelphia
train which he expected to take, and would
have to wait two or three hours for the next
train. He went into a restaurant near the
depot to get some refreshments. There he
met some of his old West Point friends, who
invited him to champagne supper that night.
At first he refused to drink, but at last he
was induced to take glass of champagne.
That set him Of, and in few hours he was
madly drunk. In this state he wandered of
from his friends, was robbed and beaten by
rufians, and left insensible in the street all
night. The next morning he was picked up
and taken to the Maryland hospital. He was
delirious with brain fever. He was well-cared
for by the physicians of the hospital, but he
was beyond the skill of the doctors. He lin
gered two or three days, and died on Sunday,
October 7, 1s49, in the thirty-eighth year of
his age.
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DON'T ADvERT1sE.-Don't do it. Don't
advertise your business it's paying out money
to accommodate other people; if they want
to buy your goods let them hunt you up.
Don't advertise, for it gets your name
abroad, and you are apt to be flooded with
circulars from business houses, and to be bored
with drummers from the wholesale establish
ments, all of which also results in soliciting
your order for new goods, and money to pay
for them, which is very annoying to one of a
dyspeptic temperament
Don't advertise, for it brings people in from
the country Country folks, you know, are Of
an inquiring turn of mind), and they will ask
you many astonishing questions about prices,
try your temper with showing them goods,
and even vex you with the request to tie them
up; which puts you to an additional trouble
of buying more.
Don't advertise; it gives people abroad
knowledge of your town, and they come and
settle in it; it will grow, and other business
will be induced to come in and thus increase
your competition.
In short, if you would have quiet town,
not too large; if you would not be harrassed
by multitudinous cares and perplexities Of
business; if you would avoid being bothered
with paying for and losing time to read
great cumbersome newspaper, just remain
quiet; don't let the people know five miles
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How he DEc1DED.-A poor Turkish sla-
ter, of Constantinople, being at work upon the
roof of house, lost his footing and fell into
the narrow street upon man who CHANGED to
be passing at the time. The pedestrian was
killed by the conclusion, while the slater es-
capped without material injury.
A son of the deceased caused the slater to
be arrested and brought before the Cadi, where
he made the most grave charge, and claimed
ample redress.
The Cadi listened attentively, and in the
end asked the slater what he had to say in his
defence.
dispenser of Justice" answered the &C.
cused, in humble mood, 'it is even as this man
says; but God forbid that there should be
evil in my heart. I am poor man and know
not how / can make amend"
The son of the man who had been killed
thereupon demanded that condign punishment
should be inflicted upon the accused.
The Cadi meditated a few moments, and
finally said:
"It shall be so."
Then to the slater he continued
"Thou shalt stand in the strees where the
father of this man stood when thou didst fall
upon him.
And to the accuser he added
"And thou shalt, ifit so please thee, 60 upon
the roof, and fall upon the culprit, even as he
did fall upon thy father. Allah is greatP
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A GOOD TEMPERANCE SToRY.-A CORES
pondent sends US the following good speech,
which, as she assures us, is nearly verbal re-
port of one that she heard at temperance
meeting: II have been thinking, since came
into the meeting tonight, about thelosses I've
met with since signed the total abstinence
pledge. I tell you there isn't a man in the go
ciety who has lost more by stopping drink
than I have Wait a bit till I tell you what
I mean. There was nice job Of work to be
done in the shop to-day, and the boss called
for me. "Glve It to Law, says he. Hes
the best hand in the shop" Well, told my
wife at supper-time, and says she: "Why,
Laurie, he used to call you the worst. You
have lost your bad name, haven't you ?"
"That's fact, wife," says I. "And it amt
all that I've lost in the last sixteen months,
either. I had poverty and wretchedness, and
I've lost them. I had an old ragged coat and
'shockin' bad hat and some water proof
boots that let the wet out at the toe as fast as
they took it in at the heel. I've lost them.
I had a red face, trembling hand, and pair
of shaky legs that gave me an awkward tum-
Bile now and then. I had habit Of cursing
and swearing; and I've got rid of that I
had an aching head sometimes, and heavy
heart, and, worse than all the rest, guilty
conscience. Thank God I've lost them all"
Then I told my wife what she had lost. "You
had an old ragged gown, Mary" says I.
"And you had trouble, and sorrow, and a
poor wretched home, and plenty of heart
aches, for you had miserable drunkard for a
husband. Mary! Mary thank the Lord for
all you and have lost since I have signed
the Good Samaritan pledge~
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WHAT GREAT MEN HAVE BEEN FOND OF.
Who would have imagined that the grave,
philosophic Socrates, during his hours Of leis.
ure, took pleasure in dancing2 Yet it was
so. Many other wise men besides Socrates
have taken great delight in music. Epamin-
ondas used to take pleasure in singing at vii
lage festivals. The cruel Nero 6ddled while
Rome was burning; at least, he played the
harp, for there were not, as yet, fddles in
those days. Luther delighted in playing the
flute, and thus used to soothe his excited feel
ings. Frederick IL, of Prussia allayed the
most violent agonies of mind with the same
instrument. An hours playing generally suf-
feed to reduce him to perfect tranquility.
Milton delighted in playing the organ, and
composed several fine psalm tunes, which are
to this day sung in our churches. Bentham
was passionately fond Of music, and played the
organ there was scarcely room in his house
without piano. Gainsborough, the painter,
was capital performer on the violin. By
rons great delight was in flowers; and while
in Italy he purchased fresh bouquet every
day. Byron was also fond of animals; in his
youth he made friend of boar. Goethe
rarely passed day without bringing out from
the chimney corner live snake, which he
kept there, and caressed it like a BOSOM friend.
Tiberius, q Roman Emperor, also mad an in
innate companion Of q serpent. Augustus
was exceedingly fond ola parrot, but still
more 80 of quail, the loss Of which made
him as sad as if he had lost ba$tle.
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How TO TAKE CARE OF LAMPs.-The
easiest way to clean petroleum lamps is to
wash with the thin milk of lime, which forms
an emulsion with the petroleum, and removes
every trace of it, and by washing a second
time with milk of lime and small quantity
of chloride of lime, even the smell may be so
completely removed as to render the vessel
thus cleaned fit for keeping beverages in. If
the milk of lime be used warm instead Of cold,
the operation is rendered much shorter. The
best time for cleaning them is in the morning,
for reasons of safety, if not Inconvenience.
Scarcely week passes during the winter
months, but we read accounts of frightful &C.
cidents from kerosene lamps exploding and
killing or soaring for life women and chill
dren. A simple knowledge Of the inaama-
BILE nature of the fluid would probably put
stop to nearly all the accidents. As the oil
burns down into the lamp, highly inaama-
BILE gas gathers over its surface and as the oil
decreases the gas increases. When the oil is
nearly CONSUMED, u slight jar will often inaame
the gas, and an explosion is sure to follow,
dealing out death and destruction. A bomb
she'll is not more to be dreaded. Now, if the
lamp is not allowed to burn more than half
,.ay down, such accidents are almost impossi.
ble Always fill your lamps in the morning;
then you never need fear an explosion.
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They left the church, and reentered the

They left the church, ana reentereu tne
carriage.
Gail mine at lastr' Waldemar exclaimed
with the unrestrained ecstacy Of lover just
become husband. "And now have right
to remove this envious veil, and to know why
you have so long kept me in suspense"
"StopW
The hand upon which the topaz ring had
served as marriage seal, caught his as he
was lifting the domino.
"Hear me VOW that I will remain your
wife, even though you should cast me off,
faithful until death usdo part"
The concentrated energy of voice and man
ner-almost awful in its solemn earnestness-
awed him into silence.
She continued, no longer Disgusting her
voice, as the carriage drove rapidly on, and
the wind rushed cold and piercing into the
open windows II have deceived you, but God
is my witness it is because I love you truly,
and you were going to desert me for another.
I knew you expected to meet that pale.faced
Mildred Weir tonight, whose love is but wa
ter to the fiery, rushing lava.torrent of mine,
who knows not what that word means-which
is to me life or death-heaven or hell. Yes,
I determined you should not perjure your own
soul in leaving me whom you had sworn to
love forever. This ball was my last hope: l
knew it when you hurried away from me yes
terday evening to hasten to her-to her And
as I sat working late last night on her domino
I resolved to make one exactly like it for my
self-and I knew who would help me through
it all. But will never tell you; it would do
no good. Providence too helped me-a poor
deserted girl-for she dropped her ring at my
very feet. I went there with the intention Of
deceiving you into this marriage, and Heaven
itselffavored me, because you osoed me restitu-
ton. But for this never should have dared
to see my aunt's face again. She warned me
against you, but I refused to listen till it was
too late-too late! Oh Waldemar, it is all
my love-my love-my love-"
She sank down, convulsed with sobs. Her
voice failed utterly. Waldemar was frozen
with despair anon terrible rage possessed
him against this hapless victim Of his vanity.
81 shall never forgive you as long as l
live," he cried, with mad violence and tear
ing the silken domino from the shrinking fig
ure, he saw by the dim light Of lamps the
pallid features of-Rose Collier.
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CHINESE AR1THMET-C.-A correspondent
of the London Antheneu'n says the Chinese
have a most ingenious method Of reckoning
by the aid of the fingers; performing all the
operations of addition, substraction, multiple
cation and division, with numbers from one
up to hundred thousand. Every finger Of
the left hand represents nine figures, as fol-
lows: The little finger represents units, the
ring finger tens, the middle finger hundreds,
the fore finger thousands, the thumb tens Of
thousands. When the three joints Of each are
touched FROM the palm towards the tip, they
count one, two and three of each Of the de-
nominations as above named. -Four, five and
six are counted on the back of the finger joints
in the same way e; seven, eight and nine are
counted on tie right side of thej joints from the
palm to the tip. The fore finger of the right
hand is used IS the pointer. Thus, 1884 would
be indicated by first touching the joint Of the
fore finger next the hand on the inside next
the joint of the ring finger on the inside, and
finally, the joint of the little finger next the
hand on the outside. The reader will be able
to make further examples for himself The
writer alluded to asserts that the correctness
Of Chinese computation thus performed IS
proverbial.
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mendous trouble, if not anarchy. Congress
seems to be supreme in the counting Of the
votes It seems to have the power to reject
the vote of any State at its pleasure. There
is no revising of its errors in the Supreme
Court, or any other tribunal. Here an op-
portunity is given to corrupt majority in the
House to throw out votes enough to defeat the
will of the people without any remedy. At
the last Presidential election the vote of Geor-
gia was not counted, and it was threatened
also to throw out New York upon some vague
charge of fraud if its vote had been decisive
of the contest. This ought not to be permit
ted. Above all other officers, there ought to
be- method by which man, conceiving HIM
self chosen President, could legally contest the
choice of his competitor, and in case of sue.
cess be put in possession of the Office. The
sooner this is done the better Cincinnati
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the hungry, crawling sea-the western wind
dank with foam and face rose through the
binding mist, beautiful and sneering, as he
had seen Ninon Pignolet when she passed him
at the Mardigras ball-a soulless, revengeful,
animal-look in her brilliant eyes. And anon
the scene changed, and he heard voice call
ing, "Waldemar- -Waldemar- not leave
mew Then he started wildly, and found the
sun beaming through the window. Oh what
a relief. All shadows-all remorse-all good
resolutions faded away "like the morning
cloud and the early dew"
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