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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-22
MEMORIAL SERVICES,


For number OF years pas, the peo-
pie OF the slxteeuth ward OF thls ol,y
under the encouragement. and direction
81 their venerable leader. Bishop Fred
erlok Kraler. have comynemornted she
hlrih OF the Prophet Jofeph Smith
This year il 20 witness no exception y
she rule, as The announcement u oil-
c,ally made that on Friday evening.
she 3ard lns.,, meeting OF the mem
hers Uf shc Church bf that district, to-
iher with such friends as desire 20 be
present, will b. held. Services VIII
commence promptly az 1880 O'Clock. An
Interesting program of exercises VIII be
carried out. II will consist principally
OF musical SELECTIONS, Rotations and
shor, addresses. A cordial invitation IN
extended 60 all the relatives % the
Prophet Joseph and his Brother IIyrum
20 Attend and 30 all friends ami persons
who desire 20 be present on that occa-
sion. Bishop kesler announces tha.
everybody VIII be made welcome,
Have you cold7 A dose OF Ball
LARD'S HOREHOuND SYRUP al
bedtime Will Nm0ye Il. Price % cts
and 30 cts.-Z. c. ". l. Drug Dept.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-22

A cough IN not Ike fever II does
not have to run q certain course: cure
y quickly and effeotually with one
Minute Cough Cure. The best remeiy
Tor all ares and for the most sever
good. II. 3. Schramm, Prescription
Druggist, Mccormick Building corner
Main 81. and Elrst South.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-22

We have Just received very large
stock OF music boxes, direct from manu-.
faciurers, from Boots. TO 800 each. eau
ana make your selection for Christ
mas presents.
YOUNG BROS, CO,
IS Main street.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-22

Wholesale aud RstaIi-Au Sizes.
Office l2i Main street. Telephone. 1866
DIAMOND COAL & COKE co.
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athletic requirements, she retains her
sweetness and has the same womanly
reverence as Of old, for those things
it is fitting to reverence
So great is the desire of the society
girl today to excel In the art of fenc-
ing and become. like her colleg bred
brother, skilled in the use of the foils,
that nothing will suffice her but the
advent to this country of the cham
pion lady fencer of England, possibly
of the world. and she is coming, unless
she exercises the feminine privilege of
changing her mind. She is known
wherever devotees of fencing are as
photograph shows her in her fighting
costume.
She wears the correct costume
knickerbockers, a coat lined probably
with chamois leather, while in her
hand Is her glove, and under her arm
her mask; in her right hand her foil
appears. Her shoes are probably soled
with India rubber or list, so as to give
her good foothold. Miss Lowther may
be termed champion swordswoman of
England. l am not sure whether this
title would frank her throughout the
world; many Frenchwomen are very
expert at Pescrime. She has fenced
before the Prince of Wales, in public,
and would not mind meeting any
swordsman, one may with truth aver,
though the practice Of assaults be-
tween men and women is not likely to
become general. Men never put their
whole hearts into games or exercises
where women are their antagonists.
because their masculine instinct or
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connected with it that will ALWAYS miti-
gate against its popularity One is
that lessons are decidedly an expensive
luxury. In Paris it is different; in the
sales d'arme, there one can go in for
an assault and pay ones franc or two
when one likes, instead of taking a.
course of lessons. Another reason
against a very wide popularity for the
most delicate of the arts of arms Is
that fencing requires a great deal of
practice, considerable amount Of apti-
tude, and plenty of agility, before it
can be even in small degree brought
TO practical application. The majority
of women who learn in New York, do
so either because it is smart to fence,
or merely to keep themselves in good
health.
There is no doubt about it that this
exercise maintains the body in supple
ness and grace far more than any other
kind of pursuit, and wards off that bug
bear middleage. Another very salient
point with regard to 1t is that 1t is eX-
eroise for the brain. Whilst engaging
in assaults ones mind must be on the
alert; it has to tell ones hand what to
do. and, as the very element OF "as-
sault" is rapidity and quickness, it will
be seer that the understanding Is spe-
cially exercised. Diplomacy is also
needed, for the very essence of fencing
is TO gain an advantage over ones
enemy by strategy and dexterity of
movement with the foil.
A PRETTY SIGHT.
To see two of our modern girls of the
tall, athletic, willowy variety that is
so much admired, clad in the fencing
costume in favor with women who go
in for this pastime, turning, swaying,
and swinging swiftly around in the
excitement of the bout, is as pretty
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11ve men in his day, and who went to
the front at the head of three hundred
intrepid Arizona citizens, all as anx-
lous and as proud to die as Buckley
died-with his boots on and his face
to the enemy.
William owen O'Neill was born of
Irish parentage in St. Louis In 1860.
Coming East with his mother and
brothers, he graduated from the nation
al law school OF the District of Co.
lumbia. Later, out of seventy-two ap-
plicants for assistant paymaster Of the
navy, he passed at the head. There
was some delay in making the appoint
ment, and O'Neill, chatting for action,
went to Arizona, where. at different
periods, he edited the Arizona Miner.
the Phoenlx Herald and the Hoof and
Horn, a cattleman's organ.
Clear-headed and somewhat nro-
phetic, he decided that Arizona was
the place to get a foothold. He got a
half interest in several good mining
properties, and his wonderful energy
and leadership began to assert itself
The miners came to- him to settle their
brawls; the rangers accepted him as
the court Of final appeal, 30 equitable
and just were his rulings. Finally he
was elected judge of Yavapai COUNTY
and sat on the bench for some time
Subsequently he was elected sheriff
for three consecutive terms, ana while
in that Office demonstrated his courage
and fearlessness. None Of the despera-
does OF Arizona ran amuck more than
once In Sheriff O'Neills bailiwick
ONeill was the best armed man in the
territory, and also the best shot.
Finally, after many ups and downs.
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tory of the world. For two years the
Alabama sailed, sweeping the seas with
thoroughness which amazed the
world. With no ports save Englands
cnen to him he made a cruise of nearly
$4,000 miles, and his cruise was marked
and charted by burning ships.
The Alabama was no formida BILE YES
Sell Her tonnage was but 1000. Her
speed was thirteen k-ots, and her arm
ament was one eight-inch gun aft, a
seven-1nch 1O0-pourdcr forward and six
thirty-two-pounders. She cost S250. 00O
Her crew were mostly hardy British
tars, but on the decks were good Amer
leans, thorough seamen and daring
lighters. The crew numbered eighty
five men. The Alabama was furnished
by an English member of Parliament.
But hsr career Of daredevil reckless s
and her final capture is a story that
has no equal in the annals of the sea.
save in the eighteenth century exploits
of the freebooters.
In September, 1862, the Alabama cap
tured her first prize, the Ocmulgee, a
Wh2ler. The sea then was dott d VIII t.
with sailing vessels from N w England.
They proved easy prey for Semmes. H.
first plundered a vessel and then burn
ed her. The Alabama went every
where. She sailed and steamed up
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with desperate chances and five fights
with siX-shooters, in which he got the
crop on law breakers, he retired as
sheriff Of Yavapai county and moved
to Prescott, Ariz., where he ran three
times for congress- being defeated in
each instance by a small majority. His
next political venture, was to run for
mayor of Prescott. Hewas elected
unan1mously,sa and the only vote against
MIN was cast by himself Every man.
woman and ehi4d-in Arizona knew and
called him Buckley" and every one
loved him. "a ses8
When the war broke out Buckley had
oeen living somewhat quiet and I'M
eventful life. When Roosevelt's regi-
ment was being formed, he quickly de-
clded to raise company, and he got
quota OF troops together with such ra-
pldity that President Mckinley sent
him a telegram Of thanks. There was
not man in Arizona who would not
nave been glad to die by Buckley"
O'NeilPs side. $500
Nearly three hundred cowboys, min
ers, citizens and politicians of Arizona
enlisted under him, and the whole COM
pany rode down to San Antonio and
was received with open arms.
The women Of Prescott presented
him with silk flag (the first raised
near Sevilla, Cuba), and the men pre-
sented him with a revolver. Judge
Ling made the presentation speech in
these words: H'f 49,
Mayor ONeill, we want to give you
a mount. 1t is not full-grown but
merely Colt. We tell you that it
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flight. But Semmes was an American.
He did not know it, but his powder
was aged and damaged. His shells
were defective; they would not explode.
His guns were old and incapable But
Senmes knew his hardened, toughened
crew; he knew his own ability, and he
would not finch. The Alabama open
ed with her starboard battery. Semmes
tried to close, but the bulwarks of tbs
Alabama were torn away and the pivot
gun was disabled. The Alabama be-
gan to leak. She hardly responded to
her helm. The Kearsarge continued
with as deadly fire as that Dewey
served the Spaniards. An elevcn-inch
shell exploded in the engine room. The
Alabama gave the death SILVER.
Sails were set in the hopes Of reach
ing the French coast, where thousands
were lined up to see the great duel.
"All hands save yourselves" was
given, and the wounded dispatched in
the only boat which was not shot TO
pieces. Senrmes and his officers, in full
uniform, stood on deck. The Alabama
was rapidly sinking, it's famous career
was over. Senl1nes stepped to the edge
of the deck and threw his sword into
the sea. Then he followed.
He was picked up by the English
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close to New York. and there got news
papers from prizes. From these news
Papers Semmes took the list of depart
ing vessels and laid in wait for them
BY means Of these newspapers he also
managed to elUde the fleet of pursuars.
Semmes kept book in which he en-
tered the value of his prizes from the
captured manifests. The Confederate
congress voted to give him half the
value of each vessel burned. The prize
money was divided according to rank.
Only one Of the Alabama's officers ever
realized cent, and he sold his hypo-
thetical share to a British speculate
for per cent of it's supposed value
Semmes' career flied England with
wonder. AS report after report came
in of captures and fights, as the little
sea hornet darted here and there, and
left in it's wake long line of plundered
ships and burned vessels, the English
were filled with a desire to gain pri-
vately from Semmes intrepidity and
recklessness. A syndicate was formed
to buy captured ships. 1t was proposed
to land them on the Hottentot coast.
AS surety good English gold was
gwen Semmes and his crew, but the
syndicate got no, prizes.
So semmes made his mile
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cruise in two years. He had captured
demanded sixty-thrae American
vessels. Fifty-three had been Destroy
ed, nine released on ransom bonds and
one made into a tender. The Alabama
had inflicted an incredible loss on
American shipping. Suspected Ala
bamas had been sighted by war vessels
from the North time and again, but
never the sight Of the hull of the real
vessel had been seen. Merchantmen
were continually on the watch for this
ubiquitous vessel, and they trembled at
the sight of every unknown craft. 1t
was an evil day for shipping. This
spectre of the deep swept the seas ev-
erywhere, and there seemed to be no
safety whatever.
But on June II, 1854, the Alabama
was sighted in the harbor of Cher
bourg, France. The North thrilled with
the news. and all manner of boats
started in pursuit. The Kearsarge was
at Flushing, England, and Capt. Wins
low steamed for battle. The Alabama
was both steam and sailing vessel. Her
screw could be hoisted cut of the water
when she wished to sail, and each
method of propulsion was entirely in
dependent Of the other.
Semmes might have escaped by
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stranger things, including a settlement
of West Indian aborigines, who some
how have solved the problem of SIR
yival in the heights of the Sierra de
Valcarras. north of Bayamo.
Like the remnants of our Tennessee
Cherokees, the poor highland refugees
were first forgotten, then tolerated.
and at last rather petted; their neigh
bors suspect them of heathenish prac-
tees, but are withal proud of them.
as the car prides himself on the last
herd of urus cattle that roam the for
est of Byalistock.
How they subsist in their cIefts of
granite rocks seems rather a mystery.
but they probably gather berries and
celotas Ga sort of edible ACORN to exc
out their scant crops of Indian corn, or
pay furtive visits to the fishing brooks
OF the foothills. AS a rule they avoid
the haunts of the race whose ancestors
drenched the soil of Cuba with the
blood of its native children.
They contrive to pay tithes to the
priest of the next pueblo without ever
troubling him for his ministrations.
but the sterility of the sierra has in
duced the neighborhood to. connive at
their otherwise objectionable offense
of desiring nothing but to be left alone.
F. l.. Oswald.
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SORRY SHE STARTED IT.
MISS sehenck, of Babylon, Is
Swamped With Chain Letters.

Miss Schenck, of Babylon. Is
Swnmped With Chain Letters.
NEW YORK, July 16.-Miss Natalie
Schenck, of Babylon, L. l., who started
a letter chain to raise money for the
Red Cross ice fund, is sorry she set
the dime-raising machinery in motion.
Miss Schencl1s intention was patriotic
ana pralseworthy, but the young phil
anthropist was not a student in arith-
met1cal progression. Her modest lit
tie appeal to three or four friends was
just the sort of letter that a brave lit
tie American girl, her heart overflow
ing with sympathy would write, and
1t was just the same righteousness
prompting it that concealed its possible
results.
Miss Schenck had never read of the
blacksmith who offered to shoe a horse
for penny for the first nail. two pence
for the second, four pence foq. the third.
and so on in doubling until when the
TOUR hoofs with twenty-four nails each
were shod the price was far beyond
a kings ransom. Or, If she had read
1t, she never applied it to her own pref
ty plan.
The letters began coming in-two.
four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two, sixty
four, one hundred and twenty-eight-
until the list began to frighter her.
persons who had no knowledge OF Miss
Schenck's family and its respectabillty.
and who intimated that she was act
uated by selfish motives.
These animadversicns however, were
few and far between when it is con-
sidered that up to this time she has
received 0000 letters. and that the
postoff1ce at Babylon has been so tax
ed that the mail pouches were INSULT
clent, and sugar barrels were employ
ed to transport the endless chain from
the postoffice to Miss Schenck's house.
Yesterday 1900 letters were deliver
ed to her, and. appalled, at the magni-
tude of the task, her family makes a
public request through the newspapers
that the endless chain be broken.
Miss Schenck has turned in nearly
$4,000 up to this time. But she Is sorry
that she permitted the genius of the
endless chain to escape. and Is ex-
tremely anxious to bottle him up again.
Use the Long Distance Telephone to Miune-
sofa, No. and So. Dakota cities and towns.
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, DUCKS. Every time it bucks head it to-
ward Spaniard. and you can rest as
sured that one more Spaniard will bid
his godfather, the devil, good morn
ing"
Buckley" then went to the front.
ready to give his colt all the bucking
In sight. He wrote his friend Thur
low Weed Barnes a letter from San
Antonio, which closed with these char
| acteristic lines:
Il am ready to take all the chances.
Who would not gamble for new star
in the flag?"
Buckeye sobriquet was acquired
through his willingness to buck any
game ever heard Of. He "bucked" ev-
cry obstacle in his path, too, and
bucked" his way to prosperity and
into the respect of his fellow man.
His father was Capt. John O'Neill. of
the famous Irish brigade of the Sec
ond army corps during the War Of the
Rebellion. His brother, Eugene Brady
O'Neill, is now on his way to Manila,
a first lieutenant of volunteers.
His wife still lives to mourn the man
who, no matter, where he happened to
be when away from home wrote her
a letter every day.
Buckley" was ever brave. At Bal
quiri Corporal Cobb and Private Eng
lish. of Troop d, Tenth cavalry, fell
from the lighter and dropped in the
sea. BUCKEYE instantly sprang over
board and was swimming with strong
strokes to their aid when the lighter
swung around In the tide and crushed
both before the courageous "Buckey"
could reach them.
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feverish in consequence of hornet
sting that would not disturb the euua-
nimity Of a backwOodsman for more
than ten minutes; and the natives of
the West Indies, too, appear to become
inoculated and callous to the virus of
their flying and crawling tormentors
The sting of a hairy spider might
brighten foreigner out of his wits.
but would hardly induce native rural
list to drop his hoe; though, on the other
hand. he might be routed by the ap-
proach of creature that would mere
ly excite the curiosity Of a foreign ma
turalist.
The object of superstitious dread is
the horned lizard of the West Indies
coast jungle, another luminous worm
about the size and the shape Of an ear
wig.
Among the strange birds that haunt
the virgin woods of the West Indies
there is a pigeon as large as golden
pheasant, and species Of hornbfll that
rivals the restlessness of a jackdaw
and surpasses all other birds in the
airy gracefulness of it's motions. Light
as a sprite, in spite Of his top-heavy-
looking appearance, he will swing
around his perch or hop down and up
left and right in a zigzag of bewilder-
ing rapidity, or trip from side to side,
with quivering wings, as if trying to
reel.
Cuba also boasts the smallest bird
and the, or some of the, largest but
terfiies. One daylight marvel, the Pa
pilio turnus, has swallow-t tailed wings
as large as sack leaves, and with a row
of yellowish brown hair along the in
ner rim. It's twilight rival, slate
colored moth, measures ten inches from
tip to tip, and is heavier as we'll as
| much larger, than the emerald colibri,
humming bird whose eggs are smaller
than the tiniest peas and are Matched
in a nest hanging to the under side Of
a leaf like messy gall apple In the
neighborhood Of Cienfuegos it is so
common that it is often caught buzzing
| about open windows, but the attempts
to domesticate it are baff1ed by the
difficulty of ascertaining it's congenial
food.
HEATHENISH PRACTICES.
1t is too small to prey on such game
as common-sized house flies, but all
| mother nature provides board for
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| northeast coast to the western water
shed, since some of the subterranean
streams seem to flow in a direction op-
posite to that Of the surface brooks.
Hundreds of predatory ours are also
victimized with poisoned slaughter
mouse refuse, and those caught in
traps are reserved for the matanZas
or beast fights, of the larger cities It
would be mistake to suppose that
the Sunday afternoon amusenents of
Spanish sportsmen are limited to bull
bats. In default of black cattle they
compromise on bulldogs, and in times
of distress make shift with whatever
ours, cats, pigs or rats they can lay
hands on; and in the seaport towns
crowds often assemble around a big
glass globe filed with combative fish
OF the stickleback variety. After watch
Ing the melee for awhile two of the
apparent champions are picked out
and marked with shreds of parti-col-
ored ribbon, lightly fastened to their
splnes. The rest are delegated to SUBJ
ordinate vessels, and the two protag-
| onists at once become objects of eX-
citing Wagers
Mantanza patrons also stake their
coin upoE more than half-wild boars,
and Upon rats or gophers pitted ag5 ms.
an enterprising variety of black snakes.
In the open forests of the highlands
| ing through the grass in fierce pursuit
Of fugitive rodents-gophers or hutias,
| with great odds in favor of the ser
| pent. unless it's intended prey should
| contrive to reach the shelter of cliffs.
| On open ground his chance of salvation
| depe nds upon his ability to save him
self by timely high jump, for the
racer snake runs him down again and
again, and at last manages to catch
him in midair and strange him, after
e brief 1ough-and-tun1ble combat
amidst whirls of dry leaves.
| Tarantu!a fights, too, come off In sea-
son, and foreigners learn to get rid of
many geological bugbear notions. In
the sandy coast plains, where tarantu-
] las and scorpions most abound, they
| are not dreaded much more than our
| wasps, or the "cow ants" of our gulf
| states.
! SUMMER CAMPERS,
| on their first encounter with the in
sect plaques of the lower ATTITUDES, may
be kept awake by woodticks, or get
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the hatred in which he once was held
ny the North and the terror he once in
spired.
Semn es was born in Maryland in 1sO)
lie was appointed midshirman when
he was seventeen, in 1895, but 1t was
1895 before he entered the service. He
was made lieutenant the next year
ard during the siege Of Vera Cruz com
manded battery. He received COM
nand of the United States brig Somers.
named after the gallant hero of Tri-
Eoli, but the Somers went down in IL
gale. Somers seems to be an Inflated
name for American war vessels.
Until the Civil war broke out Semmes
was inspector of lighthouses along the
gulf
Raphael Semmes started in at once to
serve the Confederacy. He made a trip
through the North ard bought war ma
terial and hired mechanics skilled in
the construction of guns and ordnance.
Thousands of tons of ordnance and
powder were shipped South, and Sem
mes on his return received command
of the Sumter. She was blockaded at
Gibraltar, so he sold her and wtnt to
the Azores to take command of the
Alabama.
Then started a career which can
scarcely be duplicated in the naval his