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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-04-05
CHAPTER ".
A \ or SUSPENSE.

how the men sent to execut,
Judgment on this poor cir
would proceed. as they rode slow
" down the hill into camp. Their,
was 70 doubt in any ones mind
what they would do in the end
But how and BY what tortuou'
roads of cruelty and delay and di,
may would they proceed By
what cruel cat-ard-mouse mean,
would they proceed to teach their
terrible lesson of the Vengeance AM
the power of Dan, "a serpent by
the way" ian adder in tn,
path"l
When the sun shines hot and
clear, a photograph is taken al
most instantly, which will endure
a long, long time.
And so it is in and with scenes
like this. The blood was at tevel
heat. The imagination was lik'
flame. Terror Of what was t.
happen fastened all things there
firmly as il the world stood still
forever. The heart after Il littl,
time almost ceased to beat.
Before us to the south and far
away cleaned the great sea of salt
in the morning sun. a green Is
land of trees where Il thousand
cattle fed, the property OF tire
Mormon chnrch, lay far away to-
ward the other side. 1t was but
dimly visible. yet beautiful. peace
full in its far tranquility as a pct
ure of Paradise.
AS the eyes strained and swept
across the cleaning sea of salt and
rested on this beautiful island, they
seemed 10 want to remain there.
YOU could not turn your head
away or withdraw your gaze.
There was a fierce fascination that
kept the strained eyes looking
down and out steadily toward that
dim and distant isle of peace and
beauty, which Was irresistible.
The tired eyes wanted to rest there
forever. Or did the eyes so desire
to r>mnin there tar away in fields
Of beauty and Of peace, to escape
the threatened scene Of blood and
peril at our feet.
Beyond the broad and cleaning
levels of this sea of salt, still re.
vond the verdant restful isle, and
night above and over the few scat.
tered fields aud tarm-huuses on the
near shore, shot tie snow topped
towers of the Walsa'ch. These
magnificent mountains drew AT
impossible wall, a crescent to the
east and north. around the incipi
ent Mormon city. These mighty
tower, of snow, this strange new
people. mad on the subject of re
liLip q, called their flowers q
strength" They likened them Il
the white towers that were about
the mighty walls Of Jerusalem o
cd. Everywhere, in all thing,
around them, they read the fulfill
msnt Ct prophecies, Bible tradi
tinns and Bible truths. The DIES
crts and the walls in the deserts
the balm-of-gilead trees, even tn,
l%ocusts that sometimes devourtC
the land-in all these they read
imagined, believed implicitly, tina
they had heard, thousands ofmile.
away from all the world, found {
new Jerusalem ; THAI they wer,
indeed the children Of the los
tribes-the children of Dan indeed
that should Judge the people of tn,
earth as they passed, and be as -
serpent by the way" an adder il
the path"
To the east of this remnant of
dried-up sea, and close upon til,
salt-white shore of it, there gushec
from the rocky hillside a little riv
or of boiling water which sen
forth its stream in the early morn
ing in a perpetual drift of snow,
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-04-05
.hnye tie Mnrlnnn CITY.

jclow them, aud vet tar above tn,
nv. and to the east and to tn,
north, and above our own camp.
here was drawn in a precise lcve
he definite and unmistakablc shor'
and surf-line of a great dried-ul
sea. Hundreds Of feet above I'll,
lack and heavy waters of Sal
Lake. YOU can see where the surf
cared in storm and tempest whei
he world WAS young, tore III,
'ocks to splinters, fashioned a
rms, and washed a pcbblet
trand. These marks will remain
While the mountains remain. Al
round. high up and on the hill
op, you pick up sea-washed pch
lies, pctritcd sea-tish of a forgot
zen age, stones with sea.mGss an'
Sra-sliells encascd in them. aht
andlcss evidence that the ships q
solomon might have sailed thes,
mountain-tops, seeking the land o:
)phir.
And yet here was pitIiul man, il
the heart of all this mystery, in the
presence of ever-patient and indus
trious Nature us she tried to fash
ion a home for him glorious and
beautiful, cutting his fellow-man''
hroat before he had vet fairly Sal
down to the possession Of it al.
Was there not sorrow enough
here?
Why. these Mormons had beer
riding, racing, dashing about fol
lays a d.days to find a single vic
tim to murder. And now the,
had found their victim. She mus;
lie. She was already in some
sense dead.
Some one had seen the hand o.
the giant shoot high and straight
nrd perpendicular i'll the air as th'
Danites rode down from the hill.
They answered with the e"mc en-
phatic and 81 ent sign. What did
1t mean! AS they approached the
camp, he also approached. He
came with 4 heavy. massive, anG
deliberate tread as if he owned tho
earth. lie took possession Of tn,
place. They entered the camp to-
gethcr. The men looked at the
giant for their orders. lie motion
ID them to diSmount. They die
So, and stood Il little apart. hold
ing their hungry and tired horse.
by long rawhide tcthcrs rs the,
bent their sleek necks to til,
ground, ratified their steel bits il
their teeth, and ate of the greer
and abundant grass rs if it never
had been or should be stained with
blood.
| know You are clutching your
hand here W tn ftrocity toward the
4
: one party, end shame and pity for
the other. You would have fought.
died then and there, or destroyed
these destroying angels, would
) youl
Not so. Drawer men never were
known than the pioneers Of these
days. But there somehow fell (;
fascination on all and always, from
these swift and silent fanatics-tht
fascination of the serpent when il
looks in u birds eye-that paral-
Yves the worn and weary pilgrim'
I in these early days. And Won
, search the chronicles in vain for
one single act of suceessful defence.
+ Not one of a Thousand murder,
ever met with any real resistance.
p Some believed that this new r.,
p ligion would cover the earth. Mtr
10 who had abhorred it had seer it,
audacIty and powe r so Suddenly ano
e wonderfully developed here in
| these mountains OF Mexico, that
, no wonder they were appalled, an,
t silent before its executors. 1t hat
5 its believers, too, in every camp.
No one dared complain to hi.
2 neighbor, not even to his owl
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A SroEr or II EARLY DAYS o.
MoRMoNIsM.
Bv JOAQUIN MILLER.

Iurnon oF SONGS or THE sfEnHAs." I'm
pAaI1Bs." NKNoRIE ASp NINE" Erc.
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An Old ColOred WomaH's Expe-
rience in the Black Republic.
Special Dispatch to the Register.

Special Dispatch to the Register.
ATLANTA, GA, April l2-Maria
Rouse, an aged negress from Liberia,
was cared for at the city prison la.t
night. She left Alabama in 1878,
with party of seventy-six negroes,
for Liberia. Most of them died with
fever, while only two have been able
to get back to America. Only ten Of
the party survived in Liberia. For
six years the old woman has been
trying to save money to get back 10
Alabama. Negroes over there, she
says, are not paid over three dollars
a month for work. She says they
Can hardly work for the jigger flea,
an insect which burrows down under
the skin of the feet, lives and breeds
there, and literally eats the feet up.
She said many had their feet cut eff,
as the aeas cannot be moved when
once they burrow under the skin
making horrible sores. She had saved
ffty.slx dollars in six years, which
paid her passage to New York, leav'
ing a few dollars over. She left for
Alabama this morning.
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Dearh Of An Original Edgefeld
Lady. =

Mrs. F. B. McBee, wife Of Frank
B. McBee, Esq, of this city, died on
Sunday night at twelve o'clock, aged
35 years. She was native OF Edge.
feld, being married in 1869. Her
maiden name was Eliza T. Williams
and she was graduate Of the Green
vile Female College. The deceased
was devoted member Of the Baptist
Church and kind and affectionate
mother and wife. Her excellent 9usli-
ties had gained her large number OF
sincere friends who held her in the
highest esteem. She has been quite
i'll for more than year and he's borne
her sufferings with a patience and
fortitude which added sincere ad-
miration to the devoted affection with
which her friends regarded her. She
leaves husband and three children.
-GyeenriZe Nc1cS.
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The new standard time Of the rail.
ways has come already into almost
universal use. Returns made to the
secretary Of the Time Convention
show that of the one hundred priDci.
pal cities of the country, exclusive Of
the cities on the Pacific coast. seven.
ty.eight have adopted railway stand.
ard time as their official local time.
The Pacific lines, including the Un-
ion and Central Paci6cs, are to adopt
the standard time when their spring
schedules 60 into effect, and it is ex'
pected that the entire Pacific coast
will then come into the system. 1t
has been quiet revolution, but much
more thorough than the most can
euiEe friends of the reform expected
within so brief a time, and it is easy
to see now that the towns still adher.
ing to the old order of things will
inevitably be forced into the new
system before long. Excepting in
Ohio, where six sites, and in Penn.
sylvania, where three cities still main
tain their old local time, there are not
more than two cities east of the
Rocky Mountains where local time
different from the railway standard
is now used.
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Alleged Discovery Of the Original
Mosaic Manuscripts.

LONDON, April S;-Literary circles
and the learned societies are excited
over another discovery of snndry
musty scrolls Of parchment cont '1,a tain'- y
ing what is alleged to be the original
manuscript of the Mosaic books of
the Old Testament. The scrolls are
said to have been found in Arabia on
the route that the Israelites must
have taken after their fight from
Egypt towards Palestine, and have
been brought to St. Petersburg,
where they are now being examined
by Dr.. Harkavy.
DR.. Ginsburg, of the map and.
manuscript department of the British
Museum, being asked hi; opinion 2as
to the genninenees Of the alleged dis
covery replied that the most natural
supposition was that the present
manuscripts were audacious forgeries,
like those attempted to be palmsd
off upon the Berlin and British mu
seums by Solomon Shapiro. who com
mitted suicide last month. Still, he
was not prepared to give positive
opinion to that effect, but was wait
ing with intense interest, which was
shared by ali the professors on the
staff Of the Museum, for the report
of DR.. Harkavy's investigations.
D.. Hsrkavy, he said, was one OF
the most accomplished of living He
braists, anl it would be impossible
to deceive him as to the true charac
ter and value of the alleged discovery.
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PrOmiscuOuS PrOWling Around.

It is right and proper that candi.
dates should be presented-to their
constituents upon suitable public &C.
caslors, in order that they may see
what manner of men they are; but
this promiscuousprowling around the
County, invading the domestic circle
for political purposes and taxing the
resources Of the hospitable housewife
and generous farmer,is is an intoleiable
nuisance which would be more hon.
ored in the breach than in the OBJ
servance. Let the good people Of
Aiken make up their minde to turn
over a new leaf and frown down
these unwarrantable intrusions upon
their privacy and this unnecessary
draught upon their resources.-Aske''
+ PecoTIe.
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Refusing Money for a Verdict.

Amusing scenes occur in the Court
House as well as on the stage, and the
Court officials and spectators were
witnesses Of little incident on Fri
day morning which excited the risl'
bles of those who appreciated the
situation. It is custom, and for
what reason few people know, and
therefore consider it "more honored
in the breach than the observance,
in the South Carolina Courts of Com
mon PJsas for the attorney of the sue
cessful party in suit to hand the
foreman ofthe jury dollar in money
upon the rendition of the verdict
Our friend Mex. Scott, for the fist
time in his life, was foreman of a
Common Pleas jury, and when the
verdict in the case of Agnew as
Adams had been rendered, Judge Ba-
con, counsel for the defendant, step
ped forward and rendered the .ore.
man dollar. The foreman looked
at the attorney in astoniabment and
rejected the filthy lucre. The lawyer
insisted on paying the dollar, when
the foreman inquired why it was ten
dered. When told it was for the ver
dict, the foreman grew red and pale
by turns and Indignantly spurned
the offer. The lawyer explained, the
foreman rejected, the lookers'on gig
glsd,S She experienced jurors were
ticklA at the scene, and not until
the foreman was assured by his com
rades of the jury that it was all right
did he Danish the thought that the
lawyer wished tomake it appear that
the verdict had been bought. When
the scales were removed from the
foreman's eyes, he remarked: II
thought it doggoned strange that a
lawyer would try to buy the whole
twelve men with silver dollar.
The foreman had no scruples about
showing the dollar after the custom
had been explained to his satisfaction.
-Re9'stcr.
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Senator Butler Vindicated.
From Southern cartstian Advocate

From Southern Christian Advocote.
Mr.. Editor :. Your denunciation oi
Sanator Buffers ground of opposition
to the Blair Educational Bill gave oc.
casion for equal surprise and regret
to some Of your readers. We can
not zee /" betrayal of trust in bis
refusal to surrender the educational
Il. e., sociaD interest Of the mass Of
the people OF the United States into
the hands of the party controlling
the U. S. Government. There has
been repeated evidence since the days
Of negro legislation, forced upon
South Carolina by o. S. bayonets, as
to what the result of such surren-
der amightsAessa and acknowledgements
thize with the sentiment that the su-
preme question in debate was not so
much one of constitutional right or
policy, as Of self-protection,
TIE bitter sectional spirit illustrat-
ed by Senator Sherman, who would
not trust the South to administer the
fund provided by this bill, the intro
duct;on Of amendment after amend
ment fixing the distribution Of the
fund with the q. S. Government, and
the fear lest these conditions should
be overlooked by men of both parties
in their anxiety to secure the money,
presented the whole matter in new
light. The humanity Of North and
South was invoked to break down
space enough in the walls of constitu-
tional defence fer the admission Of
this votive Offering to Minerva. Who
could say what use would be made
oil it?
Our Senator merits grateful con.
mendatioD for rising high enough to
look over the immediate golden ad-
vantage, to the cost of enjoying it.
LAICUs.
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The New Baptist Church at Lees
vile,

LEEsv1LLE, 8. c.. April 4.-On last
fourth Sunday the first regular ser.
vice was held in our new but incom;
plete church house. Although the
morning was unfavorable we had q
good congregation. We shall never
forget the brotherly kindness Of Revs.
]. E. and Pierce Watson, the PASTORS
and members of the Methodist church
during the months We worshiped..in
their house. About three fourths of
our church remain unceiled owing to
our inability to raise funds with which
to complete it. A debt of about two
hundred dollars has been created in
bringing the work up to where it
now rests. Without the further aid
of brethren, sisters and friends, thor
oagh completion will be considerably
delayed. This is not desirable. We
want our houee complete and fur
nished. Just small amount from
the hands of the Lord 3 willing work
ers will do this.
At the risk Of incurring their dis.
pleasure. I will state that Miss Carrie
spann, Miss Lucille Spann, Miss Ly dia
Herlong, Miss Sue johnson, Miss
Mamie Bouknight and Miss Annie
West gave us bell. Miss West is
the only Baptist of the elk. Again,
a brother to day handed me superb
ly finished pulpit Bible and hymn
book given by Miss Lillian jones, Of
Edgeield G. Fl.
May the beautiful mansion in heaven.
Be opened to receive these workers seven.
Bro. ]. G. West, Treasurer, will
gladly acknowledge the receipt of all
funds intended for us.-Reu. Joa6
Edwards IN Baptist Co,w,cr.
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sena2 Butlgr On The Blaine Bill.
\ IN prediction is, that if this
moneSs appropriated under this bill

u prediction is that if this
moneSs appropriated under this bis bill
and aegSenatrs to mark nay pro,
cictioaEtea years will not roll round
beforehe National Government will
Ehaye dptror of every common school
in the United statea.'''
In DR. last issue we alluded to the
xcellatspeech Of this able and wise
senato[ a careful perusal since that
time siengthens US in support of the
views b clearly, 60 forcibly and
SO apolrfully presented BY him
in his htagonism to q bill which in
the ,lonI run will carry along with IL
more pison than Q cocoanut ever
held ofhilk. The language 50 foTci- ,;i.
bly, pa3ented above came from mo no
veal. sless consid dsration Of the
grave Tpject at issue, but was the
outgro1th Of thoughtfulness, states
manshb and desp seated wisdom.
In gaden words he calls upon his
brotheEenators to mark his predic-
tion, anLWith steady hand and fore.
sight 81 pictures in letters of tire,
mendoul weight the result Of his
propheS. " Not ten years" for US
to be asorbed IN the whirlpool of
Federallinterierence and oppression.
"Not en years" before a perfect
army d scoundrels will invade our
sacred auntain Of learning, and un-
der the lhadow and shield Of the pa
ternal Hovernment obliterate end
so!pe asa the sDeN defined lines ans 3
marks aslp existing. I" Not ten year"
before tih melting horde of revenue
officials fill be succeeded by the crew
who viii Estear in their hands federal
power, II their hearts hatred, and in
their pSkets the whole sum appro
priated. Not ten years" before
self respect, appreciation and honor
will forcs Us TO have our own private
schools, psbe paid out of our own
empty psckets, in order to save US
from a tontact which the Federal
Government has attempted to force
upon uaa but which thus far it has
failed to accomplish. /" Notten years
before thszsalous labors Of an honest,
hard wotAing, struggling people,
proud ofltheir energies, will be re
manded to back seats, overshadowed
by Federes vampires and irreaponsi-
lie trickatsrs.
These are the deductions 10 De
drawn, amp we could go fugther-but,
no, no, thk tale is written, it is told,
il i i tsas sss ssss!ass}P
said, well done. good and faithful
servant" He is indorsed by psarly
every thinking man in our country,
and the coated pill is SO nauseous
that it will not stick even upon the
weakest stomach. All hail to our no,
bic Senator
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Hendricks Says He Is Not in the
Race.

New YORK Aprlll2-E1 Governor
Thomas A. Hendricks, oflndiana, and
his wife arrived here to-day from B-e-
men. He is reported as saying that
be has abandoned all idea Of having
his own name considered by the Con.
vention as Presidential candidate.
His health while better since his trip
to Europe, is by no means fully re!
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ASermOn In a H0mely Anecdote.

A big country lad once asked bis
father for a dollar with which to buy
bosom pin.
~ think" replied the father, as be
looked down at the boys big bare feet,
"you had better take a dollar and
buy pair Of shoes."
"On no, answered the son, 81
can go barefoot very well; but am
dying for bosom pin.
Are there not many people still liv'
ing who are going barefooted that
they may wear boeom pins ?-C2euc'
land Leader.
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The People Of Georgia Show How
Soon a Good Man is Forgotten
by Their LaxneSs in Hen
oriRg his Memory.

AUGUSTA, Ga, April 9.-Wher
the late Gov. Stephens died move
,ment was put on foot to purchase
Liberty Hall, in which the dead
statesman had spent bis life, and erec,
Upon the grcand a monument to his
memory. After most strenuous eff.
forts the amount collected thus far
is only $37l.95. So it is very likely
the project will have to be abandon
ed. What makes this apathy to
ward the collection of money for such
a monument more remarkable is the
fact that hundreds Of young men in
Georgia owe all they have to the late
Governors generosity during his life.
For the last forty years Mr.. Stephens
never had less than ten beneiciaries
receiving education for which he fur
nished the whole means. These men
have gone out into the world, entered
the trade Of Law, many Of them
amassed fortunes, while all of them
are well 10 do. notwithstanding all
this, when a modest sum is askedto
ce~pspgate the name Of their ben.
efactor most niggardly replies are
received. This shows how much graf.
.itudel this people have. The body OF
the late Governor, which yet reposes
in Atlanta, will be removed to Craw.
fordsville in few weeks, where it
will be placed beside that of his
mother, whom be never saw. Mr..
Stephens used to tell that when a.
boy it was his wont to 60 to the grave
of his mother, and, Flying upon his
back thee, he would look up into the
passing clouds and endeavor to catch
glimpse of his mothers face there,
Now he is to repose by her forever
Coalrle7. Journal.
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Genuine American Trichinosis.
! A Case in a New York Hospital--How
1t Is Caused and How 1t May Be
Avoided.

New York, April lo.-Antoni
Pisino, the young Italian who wa
taken to Bellevue Hospital Monda.
night suffering from what was fount
to be trichinosis, is recovering.
The trichin@," said DR.. Biggr
who has charge of the patient, "ar'
becoming encysted and as soon as stha
process is over they will not be capa
Bile of doing any further harm"
How does man get trichinosis?'
the reporter asked.
From eating raw pork. OF course
the pork must contain triohira. bu1
tits just as essential that the meat
should be raw, for if the meat were
properly cooked the trichina would
be killed"
"But how does the trichina get
into the pork in the first placer"
From the hogs eating the raw
flesh Of other animals, particularly
the entrails. The process is like this.
The hog devours the flesh Of an ami
NAL containing the eggs or cysts Of
trichin@. When these embryos get
into the stomach the process Of diges.
tion dissolves the cysts and the living
trichiun are set free"
DR.. Biggs showed the reporter a
trichire that had been removed from
Pisinos arm, through the microscope.
The worm looked to be a little more
than an inch long and was curled up
like the letter Ca
"Tne actual length Of the trichira. :"
said DR.. Biggs, is about one twenty
eighth an inch, and its diameter one
six-hundredlh of an inch. We re
moved from Pisino's arm piece Of
muscle about as large as small pea.
l calculate that it contained from
400 to 500 trichinn Professor Vir-
chow estimated that in half pound
of ham infected with trichine'there
were no less than 100000 Of the
parasites. u
How could trichinosis be pre-.
vented ?"
by abstaining from eating raw or
only half cooked pork. Another and
perhaps better way is to have all pork
examined before it is sold, as is now
done in Germany. Professor Virchow
said that be found trichine in one
out of seventy. FIVE American hogs
examined by him, while among the
hogs yraisedd-inzv vGermanyzhervenlys
found one diseased carcass IN T,UuU.