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ostensibly were under a flag of truce
of the Mormons, which promised them
safe conduct.
1t was a full year before the news
of this frightful massacre reached the
ears of the outside world. Who was re-
sponsible for it? Who ordered it?
Were the Mormon authorities its au-
thor? These and many connected ques-
tons will never be answered know
ingly until the day of judgment, when
the secrets of all hearts shall be re-
vealed.
But, according to his own confession,
John ID. Lee, who at one time was re-
garded as one of the most influential
men in the Mormon church in south
ern Utah, largely aided in the plan
ming and carrying out of this atrocious
massacre. The Mormon church claims
that Lee and his fellow murderers
Matched out this plot without their in
structions, knowledge or connivance.
But Lee, when tried for his share of
the murder, and afterwards in writ
ten confession, distinctly charges that
Brigham Young and the other authori-
ties of the Mormon hierarchy gave the
commands which led to the perpetra-
ton of the foul deed.
This is the question at issue which
will never be solved this side of the
Judgment day. But there are pages in
the later life of Lee which have never
before been written and which were
discovered by Mr.. w. w. Bass, one of
f,.ai II xnf
canyon of the Colorado river, and my
self, from several reliable and differ
ent sources.
Pieced together the story is some
what as follows: After the massacre,
Lee claims to have acquainted the
church authorities with all its
details, and received instructions from
Brigham Young as to the distribution
of the property stolen from the emf
grants. For some years subsequent to
the deed he was in high favor because
of the implicit obedience he had given
in carrying out the alleged rules of the
church in the matter. But when the
Gentle world became so aroused that
the general government found it neces-
sary to endeavor to arrest the perpe-
traitors of the foul crime and see that
they were rightly punished, Lee claims
that the council of the Mormon church
determined to make him the sacrifice
which should appease the popular fury.
Brigham Young, however, was much
attached to Lee, as he found him most
useful in carrying out his plans in
southern Utah, where he is said to have
had great influence both with the Nor
mons and Indians.
Accordingly Lee was secretly warned
of the action the church had deter
mined to take and hidden to fee into
hiding. When the United States sol
diers visited his home near Beaver he
had fed. His last wife mo. 1S) states
that he told her that three others of
the perpetrators in the massacre ac-
companied him. Not having had suf-
ficient time to procure food they were
forced to subsist upon what game they
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THE ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.
incidents That Level the Barriers
Between the Different Grades
of Society

At a woman's luncheon the other day
the talk got around to human ethics,
and the singular identity of feeling in
all classes and conditions that moved
to mutual expression in moments of APP
peal. One guest told how, only the day
before. she rad smiled, even laughed
outright, with an utter stranger over
little street comedy. Another spoke of
an accident she just missed seeing and
of the wholesale way in which the pass
ers-by, rich, well-to-do and humble.
stopped and interchanged inquiries and
ordinations with each other concern
ing it. Another told how the most
prim and most strait-laced of spinster
aunts had once relaxed conventionality
and made common cause with her fell
low travellers on account of some quiz
zical railway experience.
"Well,'' said the hostess. who is also
an artist, coming up Madison avenue
at dusk one chill, rainy evening this
winter, | saw an instance of fellow
feeling that impressed me. A belated
street organ, run by seedy Italian and
a bare-headed woman, was playing a
waltz, and against the area railing of
the nearest house a young man leaned,
somewhat inertly, his hands in his
pockets and his hat pulled rather low
ever his eyes. He didn't look like
tramp, but neither did he look well
to do.
Down the street came messenger
boy in uniform, wi III the top of white
envelope showing out of his breast
pocket. AS he got near the young man
his face kindled, he held out his hands,
took few dancing steps and circled up
to him IN time with the music. The
other took the extended hands and the
two did bar or SC in company, when
the messenger let 60 and pursued his
way and the young Nun returned to the
fence Neither had said a word. They
had never seen each other before and
doubtless would not meet again, but
the music had acquainted them for the
moment, and the italian woman play
ing there in the drizzle also understood
and laughed merrily as the boy scudded
on his way."-N. Y. Sun.
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TRULY ExASPERATING.
He Hated People who Were So Pos
tive Yet He Failed TO Look
10 Home.

"By George" said a Hyde Park man who
was riding downtown in an early train Il
detest people who are so blamed positive
about everything"
1T is disagreeable habit the pas
senger who sat next to him admitted, 'and
it always pleases me to see such people con-
fronted with proofs that they are in the
wrong"
yes, it does me, too. Ny wife's cousin
has been visiting us for several days, and
he's one of those know-it-all fellows You
can't tell him anything. Yesterday morning
he was reading about this Dreyfus trial,
and | gave him a pointer on how to pro
nounce a French word that was used, But
do you suppose he was willing to admit that
knew more about it than he did?'
Il suppose not.
''No! He sat there, right at my own table.
and argued with me for 20 minutes trying
to show that / didn't know what | was
talking about. Such people make me
weary"
why don't you get a French dictionary
and prove to him that he was wrong?"
'Oh, | looked it up yesterday and found
that | was mistaken myself, but what makes
me mad is the fact that he was so blamed
positive about il. "-Chicago Times Herald.
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HOMEMADE HAY RACK.

inch stuff. Three strips Id 1x4 are
bolted to those arms in such manner
that they will pass at center without
interfering. This will form wings ex-
tending over wagon wheels. If desired,
bottom crosspiece Cd, large or small il
lustration) can be made inches wide
and mortised to receive arms, doing
away with staple mentioned above. For
the front guard two pieces Ks at base
tapering to inches at top, slightly
curving in toward center, and three
crosspieces mortised into this will make
it complete. This can be bolted inside
to bed pieces by short bolts or full
length rod in such a manner as to per-
NIT folding down when not in use.
Folding stakes can be placed at back
end or left off, according to choice.
This is termed a three-piece rack and
can be removed or replaced convenient
ly by one person.-R. Logan, in Farm
and Home.
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To Cure a Cold In One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money lift fails TO cure. 25c.
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WHEN WHITING TO ADvERTIsEKs
please state that you saw the Advertise
ment In this paper.
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Thought He Had Her.

At military bazaar an officer thought
he fancied certain article exposed for
sale at one of the stalls, and he was GER
tain he fancied the lady who presided at
the stall
He remarked, therefore, that he
thought that particular article very
pretty. The lady said:
.'Yes. it is very pretty. My mother
sent it."
"Ah. really" pursued the officer. de-
termined to discover the name of the
owner of the eyes that had bewitched
really. let me see-I think have
met your mother. Her name is"
"The queen of England" answered
the lady.
The officer did not wait for the fan
cied article.-Spare Moments.
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Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg Co, Columbus, O.
Northumberland is good for ca
tarrh. | have tried it and know it. 1t
relieved me immensely on my trip to
Cuba, and | always have bottle in
reserve. Since my return ] have not
suffered from catarrh, but if ] do i shall
use Pe-ru-na again. Meantime you
might send me another bottle.
Yours, Amos j. Cummings, NJ. c.
Summer catarrh assumes various
forms. 1t produces dyspepsia and
bowel complaint. 1t causes biliousness
and diseases Of the liver. II deranges
the kidneys and bladder. Summer ca
tarrh may derange the whole nervous
system. when it is known 10 the medical
profession as a systemic catarrh. Pc
ru-na is specific for all these forms of
catarrh. Pe-ru-na never disappoints.
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio,
for free book on summer catarrh.
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BETRAYED HIMSELF.
An Unwritten Chapter in the His
tory of John D. Lee.
How the Ringleader of the Mountain
Meadows Massacre Escaped, Was
Captured Years Afterwnrd,
and Executed.

ISpeClaI PaSauena tCaI,) Isetter.I
September, 1857, there occurred at
Mountain meadows, in southern Utah,
an event that, when the news was pub
lished, thrilled with horrors the whole
civilized world.
A party of emigrants from Arkansas,
after passing through Salt Lake City
on the way TO Los Angeles, Cal, was
set upon by Indians and disguised Nor
mons and 100 men. women and chill
dren, some of them lying sick and
wounded in their wagons, were ruth
lessly murdered. What added fierce in
dignation to the horror with which the
news was received was that the mas
sacre took place while the emigrants
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time to get them above ground that !
decided to procure some assistance
which would not only be available for
the job in hand, but for future refer
ence. ! concluded if ! could get crow
bar with an upturned end, which could
be hammered out to a point at the
blacksmith shop, that it would answer;
but, failing in this, took stout, sea-
soned post about four inches in diam
eter and six or seven feet long and had
it shod with heavy piece of iron with
an out-turned point. With this imple-
ment, after working them loose, it was
very easy matter, with the use of an
other post for fulcrum, to pry out the
old posts, no matter how tenaciously
they stuck.-Guy E. Mitchell, in Farm
and Fireside.
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In many farmhouses all the scraps of
fat. cooked and uncooked, are thrown
together in a large tub or kettle, where,
exposed TO air, it quickly becomes ex-
ceedingly offensive to the senses. One
wonders how it can be that such stink
ing grease can be changed into good,
cleansing soap. But it is said the expla-
nation is that the thorough boiling
which the grease receives with the I've
destroys all the offensive germs. But it
only does this after much of the value
of the grease has been destroyed. Get
a cake of potash and make a strong I've
of it. Throw this over the grease and
fat, entirely covering il. The grease
will be partly turned into soap by this
and will keep sweet without any waste.
American Cultivator.
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HANDY POST LITTER.
Although Extremely simple the Im-
plement Here Described Never
Fails to Do Its Work.

During the slack of work have been
doing some fence building, changing
the boundaries of a large field. which
has necessitated the moving of some so
or 90 cedar posts still in sufficiently
good condition to replant. These posts
bad been set, not driven, and had not
been pointed, so that getting them out
of the ground appeared at first a diff
cult task. Although the sod was wet,
yet after working them loose in all di-
rections they stuck so persistently and
required SO much Juggling, effort and
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Am EXcelIent CONFEDERATION.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co, illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and feyers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK N. Y.
For sale by all Druggists. -Prce SOC. per bottle.
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SAN FHANDIbCOt Ol8I.
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK, N. Y.
For sale by all Druggists Price SOC. per bottle.
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A WAGON HAY RACK.
How One Can BE Made at Home That
Will Prove Satisfactory for
Several Seasons.

In constructing a hay rack for an or
binary high wheel farm wagon take
for sides or bedpieces (aa) 2xsx14 feet
long; red elm timber makes the best
material, as it is light and durable. To
these bolt four crosspieces (b) to the
under side 1hx6 inches wide. In the
center place good strong staple
through which the lower ends of wing
arms pass. Arms (c) are made of 2x4-
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why sheDidIt.

1t was evident the moment she en-
tered the parlor that he was angry.
what do you mean by suing me for
breach of promise?" he demanded. II
never proposed to you in my life"
"Why, of course you didn't" she an
swered in conciliatory tone. and |
wouldn't have accepted you if you had.
But YOU know l am going on the stage,
and / must make some preparations. -
Chicago Post.
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E1hibfts nt Pnrfa.

There will be large exhibit from this
country at the Paris exposition in 1900,
which will prove very interesting to all who
may attend, but no more so than the news
that the famous American remedy, Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, will positively cure
dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation, bilious.
ness and nervousness. To all sufferers of
the above complaints a trial is recommend
ed, with the assurance that when honestly
used a cure will be effected. 1t also tones
up the entire system.
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"Not n Pound of Anything. sir.''

The way in which Dewey arranged
getting supplies out of Hong-Kong was
simple. The little merchant ship Zafiro,
which Dewey bought in Hong Kong be-
fore he set out for the Philippines. acted
as the carrier. 1t was commanded by
Lieut. Walter Mclean. Whenever the
Zafiro left Manila bay with dispatches
the admiral would say to Mclean in his
most emphatic manner: Now, sir,
don't you bring a thing from Hong
Kong, sir, not pound of anything, sir;
not single package" Then the Zafiro
would go to Hong-Kong and anchor in
Chinese waters. Coal coffee, hard
bread and all manner of supplies would
mysteriously come on board and not an
officer ever saw them loaded. Anybody
could go to the Zafiro, put on anything
he liked and no one would stop him.
n Y. World.
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Pnnn RnIIion Protest..

Il understand from my daughter
tibet you was teachin' her plane trig-
nomertry."
''Yes, Mr.. Bullion"
well, | won't hev it. I'm ready and
willin' to pay any price you mention.
but she's got to hev the ornymental
branches or she'll go somewhere where
she can git them. Don't You teach her
nothin' that's plain. Cleveland Plain
noa1or
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Are you the mar who advertised for
n track walker?" he asked, as he put
his head in the door of the railroad Of
fee.
Yes" said the man at the desk;
what qualifications?
Been an actor three years. - Yon-
kers Statesman.
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saved by her Husband.

Yeast Ny wife spends money as fast
as she gets it.
Crimsonbeak- But she's not extrava-
CANT.
sNof extravagant
.No; she doesn't get money fast
enough 10 be extravagant. Yonkers
Statesman
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A Case of Doubt.

Doctor-7James, did that lady in the
waiting-room come in her own coach or
a trolley carr
Servant Trolley car, sir!
Doctor-Thanksi I couldn't tell
from her dress whether to prescribe
three months at Newport or sulphur
and molasses. Puck.
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An Argument.

Here the voice - counsel for the defense
thrilled with emotion.
Gentlemen Of the jury" he cried, you
cannot believe the prisoner to be the cool,
calculating villain the prosecution would
make him out TO bel Were he cool and cal
culating would he have murdered his wife,
as he is accused of doing? Would he not
rather have spared her in order that she
might be here at this trial TO weep for him
and influence your verdict with her tears?"
Only the thoughtless think lawyers do not
assist the ends of justiee.--Detroit journal.
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c. R. MORSE, Publisher.
ThE MlssloN OF MUSIC.

''Play me something that shall fit
Mood and time" the maiden said;
LET joy find a voice in it,
Let us fancy care is dead.
Let it sing of sunny weather,
Heart as light as any feather,
While the red rose, on its spray,
Bids us sip life's sweets to-day
Pain and loss, ard care and SORROW
Let us think of them tomorrow!
Spring is here but will not stay
Let us enjoy it while we may,
So play something that will fit
Youth and all the joys of it,"
Then the gay, glad, care-free measures
OF the old blue Danube's' strains
Sent its thrill of wordless pleasures
TingIing, wine-like. through her veins.
''Play me something that can voice
Thoughts of love" the lover said.
81 am dumb before the joys
Life has in my pathway spread.
Bliss that Is akin to pain
Makes my heart ache with it's strain
Speak for me" Then low and sweet
Music speaks. His pulses beat
Swifter in strange ecstasy.
Love! o sing 1t, wind and sea!
Sing IT, wind that wooes the rosei
Gladder yet the music grows.
Rapture seems to give it wings
Like a lark Il scars and sings!
And the soul that could not find
Words with which to voice its bliss
Feels that music was designed
For such ministry as this.
s'Play me something that shall bring
Peace to my poor heart" said she
Who was all too sad to sing.
Let some great soul speak for me"
Slowly, lowly, on the air
Came a sound like that of prayer.
. 4, ,, -, rain
Seemed to cry human pain,
Sobbing sorrowfully beneath
Notes that told of life and death.
She who listened seemed to hear
Choirs of angels coming near.
Holy voices in the room
Made sweet sunshine of its gloom.
And it seemed as If peace
Never known before was there,
Bidding doubts and sorrows cease
In Beethovens wordless prayer.
''Sing me something that shall be
Like a message from above,
Out of Gods Infinity,
Earthward sent from those love"
So said he whose thoughts went out
Toward the land we dream about
When the friends of old have gone
on beyond the hills of dawn.
To Gods New World. Sweet and low
Sang a voice of long ago.
Out of Heaven it sang to him,
And the old mans eyes were dim,
As he listened, in the spell
OF a rest unspeakable.
For the music that he heard
Was an echo, far and sweet,
OF a song too grand for word.
Sung before the Kings white seat
--Eben E. Rexford, in Ledger Monthly.
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wild Indians, in alliance with the Nor
mons? is it because his high-toned
honor forbids him to bear witness
against his brethren? Boshi'
1t was not long after this that Lee
paid a visit to one of his families at
Deputy United States Marshal Stokes.
He was found in a log pen used as
chicken house, hidden under straw.
The arrest was made on the morning of
November s, 1874, just about IL years
after the massacre took place. At his
trial it was soon made evident that the
church no longer intended to protect
Lee. The prosecution was largely aid
ed by Mormon witnesses. / have a let
ter in my possession in which Lee
claims that one of the twelve apostles
came to him and his lawyer and stated
that it was the intention of the church
to prevent the conviction of Lee; that
certain men had been selected for the
venire of jurors, and that out of this
panel the required number had been
chosen, all of whom wore a secret mark
under the lapel of their coats; and that
if Lee and his attorney would accept
these men as the jury they had already
been instructed to bring in verdict of
mot guilty" In his book on the sub
iect Lees attorney, w. w. Bishop, says
something to the same effect. Whether
this alleged treachery be true or not, it
is certain that the jury as chosen
brought in unanimous verdict of
guilty. Lee was sentenced to be taken
to the scene of the massacre and there
shot. An appeal was made to the SUI
preme court, but the judgment and SEN
tence of the district court were sus-
tanned, and on the Esd day of March,
1877, on the very spot where one of the
most horrible crimes of modern times
was committed platoon of soldiers
obeyed the orders: Ready! Aim!
Fire!" and John ID. Lee passed to his
eternal account.
O. WHARTON JAMES
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The Price OF Asparagus.

At dinner one day Mr.. Gladstone re-
marked that the best asparagus was
two pounds sterling bundle. Mrs.
Gladstone. who was present, was moved
to say: How can YOU possibly know
that? l am sure we have bought none.
mo. my dear" was his instant re-
ply; but when / see new thing in the
shops always like TO inquire the price,
and | went into a shop in Piccadilly this
morning and asked what the remarka-
bly, fine asparagus they had in the win
dow was selling at" Truly the old
smile of the elephants trunk was not
inapplicable TO the intellect of Mr..
Gladstone The Life of Gladstone
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Would he BAD Form.

"No real gentleman, Mr.. Hopkins, would
ever have his photograph taken in dress
suit
"What do you mean, Miss Simpkins?'
I'm order to do so he would have to wear
it in daylight The Rival.
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Genius.

'How is it Wilkins over there looks so
cool when everything else is sweltering?"
"Ah, Wilkins is smart Do you see those
old papers he is reading? Well, they contain
the account of February's blizzard Every
time Wilkins begins to feel the least bit
warm he reads about the twenty-some be-
low zero and shivers. His scheme is cooler
than fans and cheaper than ice. Chicago
Evening News.
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Via Big Four and Chesapeake G. Ohio Ry's.
One Fare Round Trip; tickets on sale July
HIP l3-good to return until July 3lst Can
be extended to August 18th, For full infor-
nation and description pamphlets address
J. c. Tucker, G.. n A., 234 n Clark ST.,
Chicago.