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| were gathered up and taken to the
1 church tithing Office, where they were
sold at auction. l have been shown
people on the streets of Salt Lake who
wore some of this clothing. Books,
containing the names of murdered i'm
migrants, were also found, and were
produced at the trial, and among some
Of these personal effects of the muir
dered Mississippians were masonic
emblems. The wagons and stock
were taken to Salt Lake City and
placed in the church tithing Office TO
the credit of the church. This was al
SO proved.
The remains of the butchered immi-
grants were subsequently gathered to-
| gether by Maj. Carleton, United States
commissioner, and detachment of
| soldiers. He described the scene as
most horrible to look upon. ''Wom-
ems hair in detached locks and in
J masses, clotted with blood, hung to
the bushes and was strewn upon the
ground. Parts of little children's dresses
lay scattered about, and for mile
east and west, there CLEANED, bleached
white by the elements, the skulls and
other bones of the murdered immi-
grants"
He buried the remains in one
common grave, and over them erected
pyramid of stones, surmounted with
a cross of red cedar, on which he in
scribed: vengeance is mine: 1 will
repay, saith the Lord" At the foot
Z IL,
erected, on which was engraved:
Here 100 men, women and children
were massacred in cold blood early in
september, 1857. They were from Ar
kansas"
This report was also made to the
United States government by Lieut..
Carleton. But Brigham Young, as
governor of the territory of Utah, made
no report to the United States govern
ment of this massacre.
Shortly after its erection the cross
was torn down, the words obliterated,
and in their place was substituted:
vengeance is mine, and 1 have had it,
saith Brigham Young"
IL was charged that this was done by
the orders of Brigham Young, but it
was never proven. This dissertation
and Infamous boast of hellish assas-
sination was removed by the soldiers
and another cross substituted with the
burning Scriptural words: ''Ven-
geance is Mine; l will repay, saith the
Lord
But, Brigham Young was never
brought to justice. He sacrificed John
d. Lee, who was shot-he selecting
that method of death after conviction,
which is one of the provisions of the
laws of Utah.
liz his confessions, while in a mill
tary prison, the chief of the Danites,
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price. Their only hope was to find
some friendly Indians from whom they
could get sufficient food to last them
until they should reach southern Cali
fornia.
| At Parowar, about forty miles from
! Mountain Meadows, they were met be-
! yond the fortified walls of the town
by Bill Hickman and his Danites and
told shat they must pass to the west
of the town. The Mormon militia
! were then encamped within the walls
of Parowar, and awaiting the arrival
! of the immigrants.
The immigrants were directed to
| Mountain Meadows, some of the Dan
ties accompanying them. They were
| told that they could here rest and get
! provisions.
Mountain Meadows is a beautiful
| hlllock, or mesa, about one mile in
length by perhaps half that width 1t
has an elevation of about two hundred
| feet, with q gradual slope to a cool
| spring amid grove of elder and cot
! tOnwood trees Here was abundant
grazing, luxuriant verdure and the
| most beautiful Surroundings scene
that would seem to shut out all idea
Of the possibility of the terrible crime
that was to follow.
On the morning after their encamp-
ment the immigrants were fired upon
by what they supposed TO be Indians.
They made Z hollow square of their
wagons, in which were placed the
women and children, and for three
days they resisted the siege Several
were killed and others wounded One
of the enemy who had been killed was
found to be a white man, painted as an
Indian. On the memorable Sth of Sep
TENDER, 1857, 4 body of white men,
bearing a flag of truce, was seen to ap-
proach. The flag was borne by John
u. Lee. The immigrants naturally
thought that aid had arrived. They
were told that the hostile Indians,
were not favorable to any white men
excepting Mormons and that they had
better return to Salt Lake: but it
would be policy to appease the Indians
by giving TO them their guns. Some
OF the immigrants were distrustful.
and al were loath to surrender their
only means of defense. But. being
promised protection by the Mormous.
they yielded.
THE immigrants were formed in lire.
the men in front, women next. and the
children in the rear. An armed Nor
mon marched by the side OF each as
they fled out of the hollow square. At
a short distance from the edge OF the
meadow. squad OF armed Mormons
were concealed. Here the line % i'm
migrants was stopped, and at signal
each Mormon shot the immigrant by
his side, whether man. woman or
child With his dubbed rusket. he
beat the brains out OF his dying victim.
or, with his bowie knife cut the throat
OF crying child whose mother he had
shot to death. simultaneously, the
concealed assassins came upon the
scene and joined in the slaughter. This
feast OF demons lasted about an hour.
during which outrages more horrible
than death were committed upon WON
en- and young girls. after which tlev
were murdered By the fiends.
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HISTORY OF A CRIME.
Interesting Data About the Noun
tain Meadows Outrage.
Why the People of Arkansas Have No
Patience with Mormon Eissionaries-
Brigham Young and His Angels
OF Darkness.
Especial Salt Lake Utah) letter.

1
casionally, short account of the
mobbing of Mormon missionary IN
Arkansas or in Mississippi is read.
| The act is attributed to the natural re-
! pulsiveness of all decent people to
polygamists. But, underneath, is 3
deep and undying hatred by the peo-
pie of those states against Mormons.
1t dates back to the memorable and in
famous Mountain Meadows massa-
Gre" Of more than a third of a century,
and that is why the people of these
two sta ties, especially. make no secret
OF expelling or killing all Mormon
missionaries that may come within
their boundaries.
At an annual conference one "Apos-
tie Farley s. Pratt, was sent to Ar
Kansas as q missionary early in 1853.
Near Little Roclz, he abused the hos
pitality of man named Mclean by
clipping with his wife. although Pratt
had several wives at Salt Lake. Nc
Lean overlook Pratt and killed him.
When the news reached Salt Lake,
Brigham Young, president of the
church. and who was also governor Of
the territory, appointed by the pres
ident OF the United States, issued an
order that no geatiles should pass
through the territory of Utah. This
was proven at the trial Of John d. Lee,
one of the leaders OF the massacre at
Mountain Meadows.
Shortly afterward a caravan of inn
migrants, numbering 1873 people, en-
tered Utah. They wore from Arkansas
and Mississippi. At Salt Lake City it
was the custom for immigrants to
camp Jew days, purchase provisions,
rcDlenish their stock, etc. But the
governor of Utah. Brigham Young, or
dered them to move on, and as COM
mander of the Utah militia he sum-
mOnsed them to enforce his order. The
militia was really the ''Nauvoo Lee
gion," which was under the immediate
command of opposite" George A. Smith,
.!ohn D. Lee, Bishop" Dame, and re-
inforced by Bill" Hickman, chief of
the ''Danites," who commanded a
special force of Danites, or Destroy
ing Angels
A church council' was called, and
an order was issued for the assassina-
ton of the. immigrants. This was also
proved at the trial.
Although the crops had been abun-
dant the immigrants were refused food
all along the line from Salt Lake
through southern Utah. The order
had gone forth that they were ''ene-
mics to the church." and no Mormon
would sell to them provisions at any
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Of the 12a only three were spared
babes, whether by accident or from
the surfeit of blood is not known, but
it was providcntial. They were identi-
fed in after years byrsouthern relatives,
and this identification strengthened
the circumstantiai evidence which
convicted Lee and Bishop Dame.
The bodies OF the immigrants were
stripped of their clothing and left up
on the meadows. to rot amid the
blood-stained vcrdure, and to be
preyed upon by vultures. wolves and
hyenas. no les, inhurnan than the Nor
mon murderers. The blood-stained
clothing, books and other personal eff
fects of the butchered immigrants
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EouorS Even.

Mrs. or agwater lin high glee)-I saw
the infanta when She went by in her
carriage, Josiah, and she bowed to me.
Mr.. Chugwater-H mph Where were
you?
Il happened to be standing right in
the crowd at the corner. Everybody
was cheering. As soon as / saw her I
bowed, and she smiled as graciouslv
as could be and bowed in return.
Samantha, listen, One beautiful
night many years ago ! went out to
take look at the starry heavens
Afar in the glittering vault shoue a
rondrously radiant and beautiful star
of the first magnitude. whose tram
scendent loneliness wrought upon me
10 such an extent That winbed at il
And that star, Samantha. winked at
Inc IN return. chicago Tribune
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LIVING ON SAMPLES.
A Smart Ran Who Dined on the Fat OF
he Land.

the Land.
He was yveE-bred and when he chat
| ted of sights in other lands one did not
feel like doubling his word. He talked
of the execution of pirates in China
| described the diamond mines OF Kim.
| berley, and when he dyelt for a few
minutes on the great exposition in Paris
| It was an easy step to Chicago and the
| World fair
'EXpositiors are snap for fellows
whoare broke, and I'm awfully near it. =
is that soT' queried an interested
listener.
Yes he confined. For six months,
when the Partisan show was on. lived
like lord and it didn't cost me a sou.
either. Had a course dinner every day,
too, from soup to cognac and cigar
cites. l guess the graft ought to be
just as good in Chicago"
How did you do it?" eagerly ques-
toned his companion. whose outward
appearance did not betoken wealth.
Samples, samples" responded the
man of the world. You see, the man
ufacturers of all kinds of prepared
food always haze samples of their stuff
on exhibition. The soup man, the
maker Of beef tea. the preservers of
game, the Gamers Of beef and other
meats. the people who put up all kinds
OF fruit are each and every one repre-
sented. So are the men whose brands
OF coffee are known all over the world.
In Paris they all had miniat ure kitchens
where they prepared the goods and all
you had to do was to walk up to the
exhibitors booth and look interested
and you would be politely requested to
test the food. OF course it was i'm
possible to refuse the invitation and If
you made a few eulogistic remarks it
was nearly sure thing that you would
get second helping"
81 should have thought they would
have got on to you in a week or So
well, | had to be somewhat diplo-
matte, but by skipping the soup every
other day. only calling on the beef
tea man twice a week and other
wise judiciously distributing my
patronage I managed to avoid any I'M
pleasantness. Before I'd been at it a
WIN iA.-1 G., otSAii, w AOuCC. CstII IL
what you've mind to, which worked
like a charm
you had it down fne."
81 had
SIT would pay fellow to trot round
after fairs if he could be dead sure not
to call too often on the same man.
Practice your memory on the high
iii, do I,
to start
''I'l think of that. mister"
"Say," queried his interested friend,
"you said you were broke.
"And was
''Then where did you sleep?"
"Sleep? Why, in one of the numer-
GUS sample beds, to be sure. Chicago {
News
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BACTERIA AND TOBACCO.
"A Theory That incubation May Improve
the Flavor OF the Leaf.

the Flavor OF the Leaf.
1t would hardly be imagined that
there was much connection between
bacteria and tobacco, but the progress
in the science OF bacteTiology, which
is now making such rapid strides, has
shown that such is the case. Although
some bacteria are SO deadly, others are
found to be of the greatest possible
service to mankind. 1t has been dis
covered that these minute organisms
play an important part in determining
the quality Of tobacco. The leaves of
the tobacco plant before they are
worked UP into cigars and finally
handed over to the public undergo GER
tain Preventative changes. 1t was
formerly supposed that the alteration
in their condition thus brought about
was due to purely chemical changes,
but some experiments recently made
are regarded by the Louisville Courier
Journal as going TO show that these
important results are brought about
by special nlicro-orga nis1I1S. IN a pa
per read before the German Botanical
society. Suchland gives an account Of
his Investigations on the bacteria
found in different kinds of tobacco.
He has examined ferInented tobaccos
from all parts of the world, and found
that they contain plenty Of micro
organisms. although but Jew varieties,
as d rule, but two or three different
species in any particular brand, and
but rarely micrococcus forms. He
finds that pare cultures of bacteria OBJ
tanned fromio kind OF tobacco and
inoculatcd on to another kind gener-
atcd ii theelatter q taste and aroma re-
calling the taste and aroma of the
original tobacco from which the bac-
terra had been in the first instance OBJ
tanned. TiEis discovery suggests great
possibilities Thus. it is limited that in
the future it may be possible to raise
the quality Fisherman tobacco, not SO
much by careful culture and judicious
selection Of varieties, which has SO far
proved comparatively unsuccessful, as
by inoculating with pure cultures of
bacteria found in some Of the fne for
eign tobacco. whereby corresponding
Preventative changes may be induced
in the German EGv material, and the
quality improved accordingly. 1t will
be highly interesting to watch the
future results,of this transplanting of
bacteria; if successful they viii lead to
notifications and improvements in
many industries
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The drummer courhed.
An American Girls Joke.

mischievious American girl was re-
Gently in Dresden. when the stoiiditv of
the sentinels pacing up and down like
automatons attracted her notice. She
was seized with a sudden desire to test
this cast-iron rigidity, and. waiting
until the sentry had turned his back,
she slipped into his box When he
came back. she popped out her head
and said: Boo The soldier dropped
his rnus}1et and bolted. while the proud
American girl. having routed portion
OF the German army, demurelv re-
joined her friends The emperor heard
OF the incident and expressed desire
10 see the young woman. but she de-
clined to enter into an amnesty with
. conquered power.
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PETTY JEALOuSlES.
Only Small souyssand Narrow Minds VIII
Permit Their Indulgence.

Onlv Sinait rOUssF2nu Narrow NEEDuS w Ill
Permit Their Indulgence.
There are few things in the world
more deadly to ,the happiness of the in
dividual and corlmunity at large than
the Indulgence of petty personal zeal
ousies. There is nothing more I'M
calIed-for, nothing more narrowing to
body, soul and spirit, than the con-
slant irritation that such littlencss
gives rise to. Because some one re-
ceives more notice than some one else;
because ones confidential friend ex-
presses pleasure in the society Of an
other; because there is evident gratif-
cation IN such"sOciety, the gree n-eyed
monster Immediately goes to work.
and there are heart burnings. little
malicious remarks, half-told truths
that are worse than the most infamous
falsehoods, andiall OF the thousand and
one little petty bits of spite that no one
knows so well how to indulge as the
Jealous soul
To have ones pleasure DESTROYED be-
cause some friend receives attention:
to emhitter ones days and nights be-
cause some agreeable thing is said or
done for an outsider, and to allow
these sentiments to work in the heart
until it changes the entire character OF
the individuals is one of the most pitt
full sights in the world.
1t must. indeed be a small soul that
can SO narrow itself; an infnitesimal
mind that is capable of little acts of
this sort. 1t takes but triiing aGdi-
tional provoeation to permit misrepre-
scntation and falsehood, all Of which
seems sometimes to he justified by the
individual who INDUCES in it. unless.
indeed, it is done with reckless Gisre-
gard FOR the consequences either to the
victim or the one who is guilty of such
ungenerous and unchristian behayiOr.
IN. y. Ledger
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FACTORIES FOR DOG FEED.
A Place Where Sustenance for Arissoc-sti,
Canincs Is Manufactured TIhoIesaie.

Place Where Sustenance for Aris.oc-stic
CANNES Is Manufactured Wholesale.
One of the two factories in this coun-
try for the making of patent food and
| patent medicine for dogs has been de-
scribed in the New York News. The
| founder of this establishment was a
Scotchman. He was employed in Lon
| don kennels, studied the needs of
| dogs, thought out special treatment
| for them and finally took out patents
on foods and medicines, and in this
unique business amassed a fortune.
| On the ground floor the visitor enters
the receiving room of the raw materi-
ais. Thousands OF pounds of butch
ers' scraps are brought here in the
| course Of month. Oatmeal in whole
sale quantities and tons of herbs are
used. The old-fashioned dogs bane.
boneset, catnip and beef-root, under
various scientific names. find use as
food or as medicine. The second floor
is occupied by four curious machines,
with great cylinder attachments. At
ter the fat and meat have been sorted
they are ground separately in these
machines and then placed in great
wooden tubs where various mixtures
are added.
The next process seems SO much like
the ordinary bakers work that one is
quite disposed to taste things, and
when the round and square cakes of a
tempting brown have been taken from
the brick ovens one really envies the
aristocratic dog. After cooling, the bis
cults are packed in neat pasteboard
boxes. According to size these boxes
are labeled for pet dogs, for grey
hounds and St. Demands. There are
especially prepared dishes for cats.
Sufficient food to keep pussy FOR two
days may be had for fire cents But it
costs pretty penny to keep dog. A
large dog must have six or eight cakes,
besides quantity of meat. The meat
costs probably about ten cents and the
cakes are four cents apiece. The most
interesting department is that of the
patent machines, at the top of the
building. The mixtures of herbs and
chemicals are boiled in great kettles,
and the liquid is brought up to this
floor to be put in bottles of various
sizes and labeled ''cure for mango"
Eminent for sprains,' and to pre-
vent badness" Sure cures for seven
teen diseases, and pills as well as liquid
medicines, are made. This curious es-
tablishment also makes dog-collars,
dog soaps, crates for carrying or ship
ping dogs, dog brushes and combs,
blankets and macintosh waterproofs,
with hoods, for greyhounds.
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GETTING A START.
The Successful Citizen Makes tho Drum
mcr Uneasy.

| The Successful Citizen Makes tho Drum.
mcr Uneasy.
81 got my start in queer way" re
marked a man of evident wealth, as the
drummer finished a story.
How was that?" inquired the drum
mer.
TWENTY-FIVE years ago." continued
the successful citizen, Il was travelling
with sideshow and the business went
to pieces, leaving me it's creditor for
wages to the amount of one hundred
dollars, and no assets but the stock in
trade. This was divided and my share
was an anaconda about eighteen feet
long and as big around as my body. It
wasn't fat, though, | think, for all.
was about the only thing it had to live
on for several weeks before the fail
ure. Be that as it may, l took the
snake and started for ST. LOUIS.
where I proposed to exhibit it.
had him in box in the baggage car.
and somehow he got out and started
through the train on an exploring ex-
petition. Just as he was :crossing the
platforms of the second and third
coaches, the couplings came loose and
there's no telling what would have
happened, for we were going up a
heavy mountain grade. if the snake
hadn't twisted himself around the
brake rods and railing and hung on
1t was big strain on him, but he
stuck to it and I'm lawyer if he
didn't hold that train together for two
miles, and, no doubt, saved the lives
of all the passengers in the rear coach
es. They thought SO, anyhow, and
made me up a purse of five hundred
dollars"
The drummer coughed.
What became of the anaconda?" he
inquired casually.
He gave me my start replied the
narrator. You see, the five hundred
dollars wasn't a drop in the bucket;
but when we got the snake loose the
strain on him had stretched him out
twenty feet longer, and | went into St
Louis with snake that no other eX-
hibitor could hold a candle to- and If
you don't believe me. | can show you
that snake stuffed and hung up in nv
hall at Denver"
The drummer got up with the air of
a man who was uneasy
You ought to sell it for telegraph
pole" he said reproachfully and went
out.-Detroit Free Press
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"Bill" Hickman. has written, which is
on record, that Brigham Young gave a
written order to use up" the immi-
grants. and states that he saw the or
der. and that at the military council"
there were also present Apostles"
George A. Smith. Daniel II. Wells.
Bishop" Dame and John D. Lee.
But Lee and Dame were made the
scapegoats for the principal criminals.
J. NJ. SCANLAND.
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Spring PoCitry-

''E-asmus, you are sure these are
spring chickens"
Yes. missus- Dey whar broughten
up rite under my own eyes"
--You watched them growing all last
spring.
Yes. missps-zn' all spring afore
dat. Yah-dey IS spring chickens -
Texas Siftin-x
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1T amt no wonder that city peo-
pie don't live long" said old Mrs.
Jason. Law, me. if / had as many
neigh bors to look after as folks that
lives in cities must have I'd be dead in
Jess n u year. "-Indianap polls Journal
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"A private soldier, walking arm-in-
arm with his sweetheart. met his
sergeant when about to enter cheap
restaurant. He respectfully introduced
her to him: Sergeant, my sister,"
Yes, yes" was the reply, II know;
she was mine once. lie Iittoral.
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Az D
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THIS operation illus

THIS operation Illus
Pho Nocpc trated IN a $50 page book
A'o''o" on Dermatology and
Md Beauty, treating of all
Mdu6 skin aud scalp blemishes
the care of the hair and
Straight. eompIexion. etc. This
book sent sealed to any
address for 1ec, and with 1t a sample SIZE
cake of WOODBURY'S FACIAL SOAP
for the skin, scalp and complexion, the
only soap invented by Dermatologlst'
1t can be used in salt water. At drugg-
lists or by mail, 3 cakes for S1.OO. John
H. Woodbury., Dermatoiogist, 12o West
42d ST., n. y. city. Careful men use
Woodburys Antiseptic Shaving Sticks
or BARRIERS Bars-Sticks, 25c: Bars, l5c,
two for PC.
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A lady, riding IN Brooklyn street
car, was 50. a distracted that she paid no
attention 10 the conductor when he
stood before her TO collect her fare As
z gentle reminder OF what he wanted.
he prodied her in the ribs with his fin
ger. The thrust was so violent that
the woman tainted.
AT Z studio reception in Boston.
recently. two ladies were seen ~ pause
before 4 bust OF Mary Mag,ialene and.
after 4 long investigation. expressed
their deep ppointment because !.
looked so unlike Miss ilcott. whose
bus; By Elwell they had heard was on
exhibition in the studio.