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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
THE WEATHER.

Forecast for Virginia: Rain or snow In
morning; probably clearing during tho
day. north winds. much colder by evening
and cold wave during night; temperature
will fan below freezing by Sa. III. ON sun.
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New ToEK, March -Siegfried Wort.
helm, doing business under the style
OF A. Wortheim Il Co., importer of sui
phite pulp and paper stock. made an as
signment to day. His liabilities are not
definitely known, but are reported to be
howard OF S5fn.OOO
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w y. !2AEFF,
w Tune aud Rcpairer, 1870 Salem
avenue. Ertiers to Rollins Institute. - II
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Gus features are proving very attract
i've and have increased the attendance
wonderfully. Everybody likes to see
a circus and features OF this kind will
in all probability be kept up as long
as they prove q drawing card.
The great event Of the week here
was the arrival Of 29O West Point
cadets. The feminine heart has been
in hutter for some weeks in expecta-
ton of the arrival Of these toy sol
diers Of Uncle Sam. It was very anus
ing to see the way fashionably dressed
men and women followed the cadets
as they marched from the terminal sta
ton to their camp upon the grounds
near the United States government
buildings actually saw many fash
ionable dressed ladies sprinting in a
way that would do credit ITO Harry
Bethune in order to get to camp before
the cadets did so that they could
drink in all the glory of tinsel and new
uniforms as they filed passed upon hui
man forms. Men went wild also, and
in a brief period $4,000 people sur
rounded the camp which has been
named after Gen. Sheridan. AS large
crowds as this gather around the camp
every night to witness the dress parade
drill of the cadets. The four companies
are indeed revelations in the matter Of
perfection in military drill and have
individually less of the big head than
one would expect to find among them.
w. B. La Due, a Minneapolis boy, for
merly of the state university, holds
a very conspicuous place among them,
namely, cadet adjutant, with the rank
Of lieutenant. He stands second in his
class, and is a very bright and clever
scion Of America. Tuesday night the
Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania
and other state buildings which have
room for dancing were thrown open
to make holiday of reception and
dancing in honor Of the nations strip
ling soldiery. .5.f.[
Ralph Mckenzie.
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Density of the Earth.

The current number of Complies ken-
dus contains an account of an ingenious
REORGANIZATION of -he mass and densi-
ty of. the earth, by M. Alphonse Bergot
The method employed was to alter the
level of lake by the meter, and OBJ
serve the effect on O hydrogen CRAWL
meter, such as was used by Bouss:n-
gault and Mascart to. determine the
diurnal variation of gravity. The lake
Of Habaz-la-Neuve, i'll Luxembourg, of
seventy-nine acres area, was used for
the purpose on account Of the facility
with which the level could be raised
or lowered. The variation Of the mer-
curry column was observed by means
Of FiZeaus interference fringes, pro-
duced in vacuo., Two series Of readings
were taken for different displacements
of the level, whereby the mass Of the
earth was found to be 5.S5 BY 1927
grammes and its density 5.41, which
corresponds well enough with previous
determinations
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Remains of the Castle

AemH1ns OF the Castle.
crowned and here he met. q violent
death at the hands of two of his fol-
lowers z.5a> b.r.
When Joseph Smith, the founder of
the Mormon faith, was killed in 1874,
many of his adherents followed Brig
nam Young westward to Utah, while
others rallied under the standard which
Strang raised as successor to the true
prophet. 'Strang was born in New York
state, became a lawyer and went to
Wisconsin to practice and soon after
locating fell in with the Mormons and
became so zealously true believer
that he early took high rank in the
church, and upon Smiths death was in
position to dispute with Young for
leadership and so influential that he
was able to keep a very. substantial
band OF the chosen ones together. He
led his adherents, to various points in
Wisconsin and finally took them to
Beaver Island to locate permanently.
The colony was formed in 1S49 and
comprised thirty or forty families and
year later the number had doubled.
On July 8, 1850, Strang summoned all
the people to the lawn in front of the
castle he had built, and was formally
| .. 4
to that time he had been ostensibly
opposed to polygany, but upon his. coro-
nation he came out in favor Of plu-
rality of wives, and urged the men in
his congregation to follow the example
he intended to set them in the matri-
monial line. Immediately following his
coronation he took two wives and their
appearance in the household was the
N s<,,,.n of
he had married as a young man. Dur
ing the four years following, Strang
added three more wives to his collec-
ton and had planned to take two more
when death cut short ~ his career in
June, 1855. Some Of the doctrines Of
the church as formulated by Strang
were peculiar, especially in matrinony.
The first marriage was publicly cele-
brated, while subsequent marriages
were secret, the ceremonies being
known only to the initiated. II a man
died without children, his widow en-
tered the household Of her husbands
brother. If they had children, then the
widow could select with whom she
would live and if more children were
born they We're looked upon as the
children of the dear deceased, and we're
raised up to his glory. Although
Strang had seven wives besides his
first one, yet polygamy never made
much progress among the people be-
cause marrfag eable young women were
scarce in those days. :
Strang built house for himself
which was called the castle. 1t was
two stories high, with q balcony in
front, constructed Of hand-hewed oak
logs, with beams of solid cedar. 1t was
veritable fortress and, although va
Gated nearly forty years and exposed
to the widest gales, it was in excellent
repair up to last fall, whea a couple
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HOME SACRIFICES
Lives That Are Dull and Prosaic Du,
Nevertheless Heroic. ..y.,--

Lives That Are Dull and Prosaic but
Nevertheless Heroic: $780,,
The college graduate often sacrifices
time, talent and opportunity in loyal
service to the interest of those who are
near and dear to him, says the Youths
Companion. .-
A Yale student had barely finished
his college course when his father
died suddenly, leaving large family
in reduced circumstances. The young
man had planned a professional career
for himself and had an excellent OPEN
ing in a Western city. Without a
murmur he remained in the East, OBJ
tanned a clerkship in an insurance Of
flee and earned what he could for the
support of the family.
Year after year he devoted his life
with cheerfulness to a business for
which he had no taste. 1t was plain
duty to help his mother and sisters,
and it was not shirked.
AS time passed he read law and was
admitted to the bar, but the neces-
sity of feeding and clothing those at
home forced him to remain an in
surance clerk. Meanwhile, college
classmates without drag upon their
careers We're rising steadily to posi-
tons of eminence in professional life.
Some men always get the burnt
cooky," he used to say, grimly.
That was his sole comment upon the
sacrifice of his youthful hopes and
ambitions to commonplace home du-
ties.
Another college graduate had hardly
received his diploma before he was
compelled to face poverty and family
disgrace. His father who had been
reputed to be wealthy, was an en-
beZzler and a fugitive from justice.
His mother and sisters were entirely
dependent upon his modest earnings
in brokers' Office.
He had planned taking an advanced
course Of professional study in archi-
lecture. His ideals occupation had to
be abandoned. He was in love with
charming girl, but ceased to visit
her, since marriage was out of the
question. An opportunity for years
travel in Europe at friends expense
was given up. s.,. .@..'.>*i..
Year. after year he maintained a
hard, bitter struggle to make living at
uncongenial employment for his mother
and sisters, to support his father
abroad and to overcome prejudice
caused by the family disgrace. He be-
came successful business man, but
was Drematurely gray at forty. His
life was haunted by the ghosts Of his
youthful hopes. IT, .st
Such lives do not furnish material
for exciting stories. They are dull
and prosaic, but are nevertheless he
roic. To give up all that is dear to
youth and to be loyal to family obliga-
tons sometimes is GROWING triumph
of unselfishness.
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POWER OF THE IMAGINATION.
How a Sufferer From Asthma
thought He had Secured Fresh
Air.

How Sufferer From Asthma
Thought He had Secured Fre.b
Air.
An unfortunate asthmatic, compelled
TO make hurried journey from home.
arrived very late at night alta coun-
try inn, where lie had never, put up
before, says writer in Hygiene.
Completely worn out, he partook Of
supper and was then. shown into a
huge, old-fashioned bed room, the fur
Their portion Of which was only dimly
illuminated by miserable candle. He
was not long in throwing off his clothes:
extlnguishing the candle and slipping
INTO bed. The feeling of being in a
strange place and the rapid mental
review OF many incidents of his DAVIS
journey, with the closeness of the heat.
combined with the late supper brought
on q Wakeful, nervous condition which
INDUCED an attack Of asthma. GasDing
Tor breath, he scarcely knew what to
90; to get up and grope about such
large room in quest Of door or WIN
dow by which he could admit more air
seemed beyond his powers. All at
once he remembered that somewhere
at the far end of the room he had no.
tlced, while undressing, a reflection as
from glass. This, he promptly con-
Guided must have been the window.
and, Selling stick which he had placed
on a chair by the bedside, he hurled
it through the gloom. His coniectures
were confirmed to. his satisfaction, for
the gathering on the floor of the pieces
OF broken glass showed him that he
had not only guessed rightly as to the
position of the window, but had also
succeeded in smashing one of the
panes. In his imagination the air of
the room became cooler and fresher.
and the paroxysm of difficult breathing
soon ceased, the result being that he
fell into a refreshing slumber which
lasted till morning. Upon his awaking
he was surprised to find the daylight
streaming into the room from direc-
ton exactly opposite to that in which,
overnight, he imagined the window to
be situated. Turning to glance down
the room, he discovered that he had
smashed a quantity of glass, surely
enough, but it had formed no part of
the window, as he supposed, but the
front of glazed bookcase.
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of sailors dropped ashes from their
pipes one night and accidentally set
it on fire. All the nails and iron work
in the structure We're wrought by hand
and everything was Of the strongest
and most substantial A. few blackened
logs is all that is now left OF the castle.
A little back OF where the castle stood,
still remains the wreck OF what was
once the kitchen and store house. a
level piece Of sandy soil on the bluff in
the rear. Of the castle is pointed out as
the site of the tabernacle, and north
OF the tabernacle in a grove was the
house in which Strang kept his wives.
Under the rules of the household the
wives took turn in being queen, each
occupying the throne one day and then
stepping down for the next. The queen
Of the day would be the household SER
want the next and would gradually
work up in rank until it again came her.
day to be queen. Strange was an ex-
cellent manager and from all accounts
had no family troubles to keep him
awake nights.
An unWarranted interference with
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would succeed to the throne lived. u
still standing, and is one Of the few
frame houses on the island. The pl.in-
fcipal saloon is an old Mormon house,
ana the nails used in the construction
ana the hinges and bolts on the doors
are all hand-Wrought There are sever
al other Mormon houses along the
shore, and all are sadly out Of repair,
although still occupied.
Inc solid democracy Of the islanders
is explained by the activity and zeal
<. Of Rev. Father Gallagher. He has adj
m in to the spiritual wants Of the
people for twenty-seven years, and in
his way is as much Of a monarch as
Strang ever was For many years
all disputes about property and rights,
disputes which in other communities
are settled in the courts, were taken to
him for adjustment, and his Judgment
was accepted as law, and no expense
was connected with his tribunal He has
unbounded influence over his people,
and in politics he is an earnest Demo-
crat. On the wall Of his study. in a
little frame, of gold, is a steel engraved
portrait Of President Cleveland. Be
low the portrait is Cleveland's auto
graph and presentation to Rev. DR..
gallagher. The donlini is very proud
or this gift from the president, and
reels that this little souvenir is ample
recompense for all that he has done for
MS party. Father Gallagher is widely
known in the state by reputation, but
very few have met him personally. At
nome ne is the embodiment of geniality
and hospitality, and is exceedingly fond
OF telling stories, and his stories are
none the less interesting from the fact
that they relate chiefly to his own ex-
pe1ences on the island, and are tine
tured with fine Irish brogue.
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SMITH WAS THEIR KING.
THE MORMON MONARCH WHOSE
REIGN ENDED IN TRAGEDY.
Shot by His bjects-An Out-of-thc-
Way Settlement ON Lake Michigan
The Community Is Not Prosper-
GUS Now. & KS a .st s5ff4 n I'll

b Beaver Island, the largest island in
Lake Michigan and situated far up
toward the northern end Of that body
Of water, comes as near being an ar
cadia, little paradise on earth, as any
other place in the world. The island
has population of 800 or 1000. The
people are nearly all Irish. There is
neither doctor nor lawyer among them,
the Jail erected ten years ago has had
but one inmate since it was built and
SO unanimous are the people politically
that in the last election only two Re
publican votes were cast in total Of
200. The people are all Catholics and
one church is enough for the entire
island Six months in the year the
island is completely cut off from the
outer world except by sledges drawn
by dogs across thirty miles Of ice to the
main land, yet in point of intelligence
and general information regarding the
worlds progress the islanders compare
favoably with those who have greater
advantages, says the Washington Star.
Beaver Island was once the seat of
an empire and numerous relics of
monarchial days are still to be seen
scattered around the harbor at the
northern end Of the island 1t was the
home Of James J. Strang,, the king Of
the Mormons., It was here that he was
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Rev. Father Gallagher.


island, and marauding Of this nature
to them was like horse stealing in
Texas-one of the most serious of
crimes. According to the tenets Of the
Mormon church it was lawful to de-
spoil the Gentiles, and the church re-
ceived one-tenth Of the plumber. Nu-
merous robberies on the islands and
mainland, even as far south as Grand
Haven, were traced directly to the
Mormons, but not so con:lusively as
to amount to positive evidence III court.
Strang himself was arrested for trea-
son, piracy, stealing government tim
Der, and other offenses, and was taken
to Detroit with twenty-six Of his follow
ers for trial He was acquitted and
soon after published book claiming
that this was a vindication, ana calling
attention to the fact that many of his
people had at various times been arrest
ed, but had invariably been acquitted.
The fishermen all along the shore were
sure of the piratical proclivities Of the
Mormons, and the news of Strang's
death was the signal for a general up
rising. Crews started out from Charlie
voix, Harbor Springs, Traverse City,
Mackinac and st. Ignace. and uniting
their forces, made general raid on
the island and the little village of ST.
James, which was the Mormon capital.
The tabernacle was wiped off the face.
of the earth. The kings woman's
dered of everything valuable, and the
people We're given notice to get out on
short notice or stand the consequences.
A boat was placed at the disposal Of
the inhabitants, and they rapidly scat
tered, families going to Charlevoix,
where they still live; some going to
East Jordan, at the head of Pine lake,
and many going to Milwaukee and Wis
cons:n. Not Mormon remained, and
none live there now, but among the
present inhabitants are many who
came III Immediately after the chosen
people We're elected, and have vivid
recolectons Of the exciting scenes Of
forty years ago. The Mormons We're
Industrious and on the road to prosper
ity, but their successors have not been
so Successful in raising crops, and the
village to-day wears a discouraged,
worn-out aspect, and it has been TWEEN
ty years since q new house was built.
In the interior the farm houses are the
same in general appearance as the vii
lage, and many Of the houses were
built by the Mormons. In the village
the site and adjoining kitchen Of the
castle are pointed out as the chief point
OF interest. The dock near which
Strang was killed is still standing, bad
" dlapidated. The house in which DR..
Mccullough, who, it is said, instigated
the assassination with the hope that he
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Dock Where StranE Was Killed.
had trouble and the contumacious con-
duct of Mrs. Bedford furnished pre-
text to punish her husband on the old
score. He was strung up to pine
tree, which is still standing, and given
forty three lashes on the bare back.
Bedford left the island as soon after
this as he could get away and, going
to Machinac, was joined by Wentworth,
who had a grievance Of his own against
the king. They waited a few days
and then secretly returned to the
island and concealed themselves until
an opportunity came for action. In
June, 1855, the United States steamer
Michigan entered the harbor and, an
choring near the pier sent for Strang,
to come down for an interview. About
in the evening Strang responded to
the summons. In reaching the dock
his pathway extended between two
long piles of wood. Bedford and Went
worth were concealed in the wood
pile, and as Strang passed they fired,
one with horse pistol and the other
with a navy Strang was wounded in
three places, and, falling. grasped Bed
ford by the leg. Bedford struck him
over the head with his weapon, and
then the assassins fed to tie boat for
protection: Strang was MORALLY
wounded, but lived long. enough to he
taken to Racine, Wis, where he died,
and his first wife, who had left him
when he adopted polygawy as one Of the
articles of faith, was by his bedside
and tenderly ministered to him in his
dying days when all others had desert
ed him.
Bedford and Wentworth were taken
Oh, the steamer to Machinac to he tried
for murder. The trial was a farce,
and resulted in an acquittal. Bedford
returned to the island, and lived there
until he shot another man in drunken
quarrel, and then he fed for good and
died about two years ago in Eaton
Rapids. His wife and three children
still live in Charlevoix. The prompt
acquittaI of the assassins is explained
by the hatred felt on the neighboring
islands and among the people living
Oh the mainland toward the Mormons.
While a majority of the Mormons were
Industrious, honest and thrifty people,
and made fruitful gardens out of sandy
fields, yet the most influential men,
bers in the community had strong
tinctlrc of the old-fashioned piracy in
their blood. Numerous raids were made
on the nets and boats of the fishermen
who lived and operated near Beaver
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Things to Know.

That meat should never be placed .di-
rectly on the ice, as it's juices will be
absorbed; put it on a plate and set it
in a cool place. That if dish towels and
cloths are boiled up in water with am
monia every second day there will be
less trouble with sticky dishes. That
common salt rubbed into the roots Of
the hair will remove dandruff; rub a
little in at night, and in the morning
the salt will all be gone, and after q
few applications the danuruff, too, lsay-
ing only a slight dampness That a
piece Of chamois fitted to the heel.
bound on the edges with tape and kept
in place by an elastic worn over the
stocking will save much mending. That
castor oil applied to warts once a day
for from two to six weeks viii remove.
them
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The Grievous Results of Flirting.

The Grievous Results of Flirting.
The habit of what is called flirting.
which some young men and women in
dulge in, is severely condemned by the
Peoples Journal: %@.- VI r..
1T is through Irritation, which has ad-
vanced to something like fine art.
that many manageable young folks
lose their chance in life. Filtration de-
stroys confidence between the persons
who indulge in it; it prevents the nat
ural growth of mutual esteem: it Is not
q q. thing of good faith. 1t is an error to
suppose that love making and Irritation
are identical; they are, in truth, anti
thetical. Love making is tender and
ennobling, while Irritation is cruel, fool
ish and demeaning. The one is the
prelude to welded happiness; the other
is inimical to it. Young men and wonl-
en- should exercise their reason while on
the lookout for suitable life partners:
yet many of them give encouragement
to f1irters, silly flirters, who are taken
up or thrown off, with results that are
often grievous indeed. .;l
This is truly q sage discourse Of the
Peoples Journal upon a serious sub
ject. We are inclined to think that it
is sound in the main; we guess that it
is worth the notice of those concerned.
We therefore present it here, in the
: interest Of ill young people Of both
sexes, including those Of them who are
summering away from their homes in
the city at this pleasant season Of the
year. 'l@
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the rights Of the female population
was was the immediate cause of the kings
DOWNFALL dow and death. He issued an edict
compelling all the women HI to wear
boomers. "a small contingent reb-
e!led against this order, among them
MIS-. Wentworth, Mrs. Bedford and
MIS-: Mccullough. Strang swore q
mighty oath that his edict must be
obeyed, even though he. waded ankle
deep IN blood. Mrs. Bedford still con-
tinued rebellious and rejected the
boomers with scorn and contempt.
Strang and Bedford had before this
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Caution Needed.

A tourist had visited q small historic
town. He was shown the massive
wall that surrounded it, and the i'm
mense town gates.
''You need to be very careful" he
said, gravely, to the official who was
mis- escort.
why SO ~
Sometime when these gates are open
the village may get lost"
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That sam, old Trnnhl.,

You've bought . bicycle, ehs
Well, that beats riding in street
ear, doesn't it? .= .st.5.3$
''Oh, / don't know. AS it is. OH
fellow, frequently have to give s.sz.
my seat. - rut b. s,