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Enlightenment n Factor IN Deter
mining Responsibility for Conduct"
The People OF Missouri and the
Saints"
THE Question Of Slavery"
Political Fears OF the Missourians."
The Saints and the Indians
THE Unwisdom OF the Saints
The Real Cause OF the Missouri
Prosecutions"
"Retributlon."
This last subdivision, IN which the
writer considers the price paid by Mis-.
souri, for her violation Of law and her
own constitution in dealing with the
Iatter-day Saints, is peculiarly inter-
esting. and illustrates the writer's
comprehensive treatment Of the whole
subject Of his Introduction, and is
therefore given IN full
RRTHBUTIoN
But what OF Missouri? Missouri.
who had violated her constitution which
guaranteed religious freedom 10 all
who came within her bordersl Mia
scuri, whose officers from the COVER
nor down, entered into n wicked COM
spiraCy, contrary to all law and righte-
BUSINESS, ana drove the Saints from the
statel Missouri who had violated not
only her own constitution by becoming
a. party 10 "a ltl4hlbNN I'lbtf ullNNt. bAA
had also violated the spirit or our
times, and outraged the civilization OF
the nineteenth century OF Mia-
souri, Did she pay any penalty for
her wrong doiug' Are states such en-
titles as may be held 10 an accounting
for breaches Of public faith and public
Unconstitutional inmoralltes? Is
there within the state public con-
science 10 which an appeal can be
made and iu the event Of the public
conscience being outraged ia there
retribut0n2
[ answer these questions In the af-
flrmauve, and hold that Missouri paid
dearly for the violations OF her guar
antees Of religious freedom. and her
lHVlossness and her crur.tes praCtised
towards the Lstter-day Saints,
! have already ref rrcd to the rela-
tionship which the state of Missouri
sustained 10 the great question OF slav-
cry. Hy the political compromise
which bore her name Missouri became
a "cape of slavery thrust into free
territory" Except for the state NJ Mis-
souri, alone. her southern boundary line
was 90 mark the furtheunost point
uorthvar3 beyond which slavery must
not he extended into the territory NJ
tho United states. I'm 1854, however
the Missouri compromise was prlctiC-
ally oyerthoWn hy the Introduction
into Congress of tho "kaNsas-Nebrls-
ka Act' by stephen a. Douglas,
United states senator from Illinois.
This act provided Tor the orgauiz1-
tiCn OF two ncy territories from the
Louisiana purchase. west 81 Missouri
and Iowa The act proposed that the
new territories should Doe open 90 slly-
cry. n their inhabitants desired lt,
This left the question Of slavery 10 the
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IS Close Of the Missourian Period Of Cburc6 History
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that jackson county land in payment Of
The debt. Gods wrath hangs over jack
son county Gods people have been
ruthlusslN driven from o., and you VIII
live TO see the day when IL VIII be
visited by lire and sword The Lord Of
Hosts viii sweep n win the bosom of
destructou The fields and farms and
houses viii hC destroyed and only the
chimueys win be left TO mark the desc
latou. "
General Doniphau suid TO me that
the devastation of Jackson county forcl-
bly, reminded him OF this remarkable
prediction Of the Mormon Prophet
(SigucD l.. NJ. LAWSON.
There Is a prediction Of tho Prophet
Joseph" remarks Elder Wells, I'm COM
mentiug upon Mr. Lawson's story, mot
before put into print. and history has
recorded it's complete fulhllment'
That a just retribution overlook the
entire state, as well as the inhabitants
of Jackson county and other western
counties, / think must be- conceded by
an who are familiar with the events OF
her history I'm the civil war, That which
she dii to am inonensiNe people was
done TO her inhabitants especially to
those living within the districts former
ly occupied by The Latter-day Saints.
only the measure melted out TO
the NisHuurluu- was lcuped mp,
pressed down. and made % run over.
The MlssOuri9us had complained
that tho Latter-Gay Saints We're east
eim men. whose manners habits Gus
toms. ana even dialect We're different
from their own; minutes Of Citizens
meeting, Liberty Clay county Church
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as much IN the last two years. IN the
abduction Of slaves aa all the rest Of
the Southern states. At this moment
several Of the western counties are des-
olated. and almost depopuatel, from
fear OF bandit horde, who have been
committing depredatlOns-arso theft
and foul murder-upou the adjacent
border C'The Fight for Missouri,
(Snead) p. l4)
Brigadler- General Daniel NJ. Frost.
who had been employed I'm REFRESHING
lawlessness IN the western counties OF
Missouri, IN reporting conditions pre-
vaillng there in November, 1860. said:
The deserted and charred remains Of
once happy homes, combined with the
general terror that prevailed amongst
the citizens who stiIl chung to their pos
sessions gave but too certain proof OF
the persecution to which they had all
been subjected, and which they would
again have 10 endure, with renewed
violence, SO soon as armed protection
should be Withdrawn" In view OF
this condition OF Affairs" continues the
historian OF Missouri / am quoting,
land IN order to carry out fully Cover
nor Stewards order 10 repel lnyusiOns
and restore peace to the border, General
|, Frost determined 20 leave a consider
able force IN the threatened district. Acc
cordiugly. battalion OF volunteers, con-
sistng Of three companies Of rangers
and one of artillery was enlisted, and
Northumberland John .. Bowen who
afterwards rose TO high rank iu the
Confederate service, was chosen 10 the
command american Common
woalths Missouri" p 2jS
with the organization Of this force,
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and perhaps owing also, In some de-
gree, 10 the inclemency Of the season,
jayhawking,' as such, came to an end,
though the thing itself. during the first
two or three years OF the Clyil war,
and, I'm fact as long as there was any
thing left on the Missouri side Of the
border worth taking nourished more
vigorously than ever, The old Jay
hawking leaders. however, now came
with United states commissions IN their
pockets and at the head OF regularly
enlisted troops. In which guisc they car
ricl on a system Of robbery and muir
der that LETT a good portion Of the
frontier south Of the Missouri river as
perfect a waste as Germany was NJ the
end Of the Thirty Years war; Gamer
lean Commonwealths. Missouri p 259)
INCLUDED JACKSON COUNTY.
While this description confines the
scenes OF violence and rapine TO the
border counties south Of the Missouri
river--it included Jackson county, how
ever, which was one of the heaviest suf-
ferers both I'm this border warfare and
subsequently during the Ciyll war
still, the counties north Of that stream
also suffered from lHwlessness and yio-
lence
AZ the outbreak Of the civil war. Mis-
souri, was peculiarly situated. She was
surrounded on three sides by free
States. The great majority Of her own
people were for the Union, hut her
government, with Claiborne Jackson
as the state executive, was In sympathy
with the South As the extreme South
ern states one after another seeded
from the Union, Missouri was con-
fronted with the question: What posi-
ton ought she 20 assume In the Inn
pending conflict. The question was re-
ferred 10 a state convention in which
appeared no seccsslOuists, Indeed the
people Of Missouri iu this election by
q majority of $4,000 decided against se-
CossiOu The convention, n setting
forth the attitude Of the state on the
subject, said that Missuuris position
wac. Evidently that OF a state whose
interests are bound up IN the mauten'
aucc of the Union and whose kind feel
iugs and strong sympathies are with
the people OF the Southern states. with
whom we are connected by ties OF
friendship and blood We want the
peace and harmony Of the country re-
stored, and we want them with US. To
30 with them as they are now e.. .
Is TO ruin ourselyce without doing them
any good" t"Amarcau Common
wealths, Missouri Carp p. 2ss)
While this doubtless voiced the
sentiment Of a great majority Of Mis-
souri's people the government ~ the
state and many thousands OF its inhobl-
tents symp1thized with the south The
general assembly of the state author
tied the raising and equipment of large
military forces held subject, OF course,
10 the orders OF the governor, under thu
pretenae of being prepared 20 repel IN
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with the general government and some
with the state.

with the general government and some
with the state.
MANY BATTLES FOUGHT.
on the Goth Of April, 1861, the state
militia under the governors orders cap
ulred the federal arsenal at Liberty,
Clay county and in the 10 months fol-
lowing that event over 300 battles ana
skIrmishes were fought within the lln.-
its Of the state and II Is assumed
that in the last two years Of the war,
there were half as many more; ana
60 may be said OF them continues our
historian. that they were relatively
more destructive Of life. as by this time
the contest had degenerated into a dis
graceful internecine struggle, Amer
lean commemorative, Missouri" ?. 3i2O
In the fan of 1854 General sterling
Price penetrated the state at the head
of 1900 mem captured Lexington, IN
Ray county, and Independence, IN jack
son county. and thence made his es-
cane into Arkansas. In the course OF
this raid he marched l,4A miles, fought
As battles and skirmishes, and according
to his own calculation destroyed up
wards Of ten million dollars worth or
property a fair share Of which belong
ed to his cEu friends CHlstory OK
Missouri" Carr .. 800. General Price
was tho Colonel Sterling Price, VINO
held the Prophet Joseph In custody at
Richmond IN 1885, who shackled the
brethren and whose scurrllous guards
were so severely rebuked by the Proph-
ot.--Hlstory of the Church, Vol III, p
EOS, notol
i'm August. 1868. the celebrated Mil.
tary order No. II was issued from Kan
sas City. by General Thomas Ewing,
by which "all persons living in Cass,
Jackson, and Bates counties, Mo, ana
I'm that part of Vernon included In this
district. except those living within one
mile OF the limits OF Independence,
Hlckman's Mills. Pleasant Hill, and
HarmsonUue. and except those in that
part OF Naw township, jackson county,
north of Brush creek and west Of tho
Big Blue embracing Kansas city ana
Westpou are hereby ordered 20 re-
move from their present places or resi-
dpnce within 10 days OF the date hereof
Those who, within that time, estab-
llsn their loyalty TO the satisfaction or
the commanding officer Of the military
station nearest their presen. place OF
residence win receive from him certl1-
Gates stating the fact Of their loyalty,
and the names Of the witnesses by
whom % can be shown All who re-
ccive such certificates viii be permit
tej 10 remove 10 any military station
I'M mis- district. or To- any part of the
state of Kansas except the counties on
the eastern borders of the state, All
others shall remove out OF this district,
Oflrerg commanding companies and de.
tacbments serving I'm the counties nam
ed Win saa that this paragraph is
promUtlv obeyeI. History OF Cald-
well and Livingston Counties" D. 81.
,.-,, ,,,......,..,,-,.
CRUEL t"EDIIloN'
Tho .sf-,o,itI,,. NJ rho last ol,rso ~
commanding otacars was RICHLY fol.
lowed. and within tho listrie. named
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artillery AL OF which were prs..5
command OF ll6ut-Col. Jotn under
TO do the very thing ,.. owen.
prayed might be- done D .t.' mad
History OF Missouri. Car. "a f.' s.sa.
even THIS provision tu. .la-. hu,
tlou aid not avail; tor tna.r III CO.
hawking enemies soon rr.n..5-..,i .aH'
new conditions (which viii ..0.4'er
the next paragraph Under vi..L n
murder. -'' and
a MOB MILITIA
The state authoritIes OF ATI.r,,-.. ...
verted the mobs which had ,rr-5.. 9",
the Saints, burned their nomaa e',j j' ~. 10
waste their lands, into 4tlf, r,r,'.a,ll
Which gave the former mob Local . ,'i
tus, under which guise thew nr5r5,..,
the saints compelled Them IN ,is
away their property and agree ia lsass.''
the state To resist This wob.v,1,.,,e
was to be guilty 0f treason. but ,L.
people " western Missouri .vod p, .
a like policy pursued towards mc,.
They suffered much iu Jackson ana o.t
err western counties M Ule h8r3ar v...
previous 70 the opening OF fHa rtU
war. from the inrO3ds of abolition oiar
haWkers' Don the interest lf .u.....,sr,.
For a time this was n par. yuarrsssaa
by the state militia under ecu. Fro,,
and by the permanent force Stationed
on the border under Hout-C0. Bowen
But later ana when the 'ivi' war broto
out these old 'j3yhaWkns" 'e31a,,
nov came with United States cam.
missions I'm their uOgkofs and no 81.
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(To be continued.)
LONG LIFE AND A MERRY ONE
Strenuous Americans OutIive the In
doIent Africans.

Strenuous Americans Outlive the In
doIent Africans.
1t seems that we are all wrong
about the hurtful and life-shortening
effect of American hustle" Our ma,
tional motto may be said to have been
"a short life, but a strenuous one"
We were willing, as a people, to have
the span shortened a little if only
we could have something worth while,
something active and effective, going
all the time. But it seems, according
to the latest bulletin of the census
bureau, that the fast life is also the
long one, says Harpers Weekly. Our
|'median age"-that is, the age which
is such that half the population is
under it and half over it's more
than seven years greater than it was
century ago, and increases from dec.
ade to decade. We are SURPRISING
easy-going foreign countries in this
respect; we are surprising even the
loose jointed, indolent, beautifully re-
Taxed, never-worrying African in our
midst; for whereas the median age OF
our American whites is 23.4 years,
that Of the deyil-may-care colored per-
son is but 1873. Lately much confu-
sion has arisen in the minds of many
Americans over the statement made
by certain eminent neurologists that
it is next to impossible for a man to
"oyerwork," provided his bodily tfunc-
tons are kept in good order by tenn
perate and wholesome living Other
physicians, to be sure, tell us that
hurry and worry spell death. We had
accepted the latter Judgment, with the
qualifying reflection that no matter
what science tells us, it always seems
to have another think coming" This
census bulletin which links the long
life with the fast one appears to be
tba other think
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Mistakes in Encyclopedias.

A man who has done a great deal
Of work in correcting some large die
tionaries, encyclopedias and historical
reference works, who has studied ten
languages and who is we'll, posted on
a number of foreign lands, examined
over $4,000 pages of an encyclopedia
recently published in this country.
Much Of the work he did without the
publishers knowledge. Though this
encyclopedia was considered to have
been edited very carefully, ne discov-
cred over 1000 mistakes in the first
volume alone. In the following vol
umes he found many thousands.-Suc-
cess Magazine.
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END OF OLD HAUNT
THIEVES MARKET" OF MEXICO
TO BE DONE AWAY WITH.
For Years the Scene of Deeds of Dark
Crime-Thers Trade in Stolen Ar
ticles Was the Chief Element of
Business.

"The thieves market of the city of
Mexico, famed in guide book and tour
ist romance, is undergoing at present
an encroachment that threatens to
place it shortly in the realms of real
history said Mayor Dudley of that
city, according to the Denver News.
THE ground is being cleared over
nearly half the space formerly occu-
pied by the market and the perma-
nent booths are being torn down and
regretted in the smaller space left
Tradition has it-and most happily
for romance in this fascinating land,
traditions in most cases are still as
market stands on the ground of what
was once part of the spacious gardens
of the new house of Montezuma.
I'm the long days gone by this gar
den OF spacious proportions was the
scene of many dark and dismal crimes
and many were the rObberies and acts
of violence that occurred there, for
tit was on highway much used, and
when night had fallen was very dark
and dangerous.
1.-THE tale goes of the murder by a
powerful officer of the sweetheart Of
one of his retainers, crime that
ranked in the breast of the poor In
dian until, not long afterward, he took
revenge and his master lay dead,
killed in a drunken stupor by the
wronged servant
"The wronged man, rifling the mas
ter's pockets, carried away with him
from the house all the trinkets and
valuables on which he could lay his
hands. Then he hied himself to the
protecting shade of Montezuma's gar
dens, where he hid himself under the
trees until the coming day should
waken the city and he could pass be.
yond the guard without molestation.
But when he had been hidden only a
short while, the alarm having spread,
a servant, more jealous in his own
interests than to revenge his masters
murder, found the guilty man and
quickly and thoroughly dispatched
him.
"A neighboring gully, which had
perhaps served a similar purpose be-
fore in these thrilling days, concealed
the body, and the third murderer
made away with the goods, this time
to keep them safe and secure until the
excitement had blown over.
Then, on the very spot which he
had stained with the blood of his fell
low servant, the wretch set up tiny
stand, with the twice stolen goods as
the basis of a little stock, which he
sold to the tourists of that day as they
passed by the stand in their visits to
the famous gardens.
From this rather thrilling begin
ming grew a classic market, until to-
day there is the world-famed VIOLA
DOR where things fly in and out, once
and for many long centuries a
thieves market 1t is not so many
years ago that one counted this mar
ket as one of the places wherein to
look for goods that had flown away
from the house in some mysterious
fashion, but now one can say only
sadly (from the buyers point OF view
that that day is long past
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FOOD IN SERMONS.
Feed the Dominic Right and the Ser
mons Are Brilliant.

conscientious, Woodworking and
eminently successful clergyman
writes: 81 am glad to bear testimony
to the pleasure and increased meas
ure of efficiency and health that have
come to me from adopting Grape-Nuts
food as one of my article sof diet.
''For several years l was much dis
tressed during the early part OF each
Gay by indigestion. MY breakfast,
usually consisting of oatmeal, milk
and eggs, seemed to turn sour and
failed to digest. After dinner the
headache and Other symptoms follow
ing the breakfast would wear away,
only to return, however, next morn
ing.
sHavjng heard of Grare-Nuts food,
T finally concluded to give it a fair
trial. QUIT the use Of oatmeal and
eggs and made my breakfast of
Grape Nuts, cream, toast and Postum.
The result was surprising in improv-
Cd health and total absence Of the
distress that had, for so long time,
followed the morning meal. My diges-
tion became once more satisfactory,
the headaches ceased, and the old
feeling of energy returned. Since that
time, four years ago, have always
had Grape-Nuts food on my breakfast
table.
'T was delighted to find also, that
whereas before l began to use Grape
Nuts food | was quite nervous and be-
came easily wearled in the work of
nrenarfng sermons and in study,
marked improvement in this respect
resulted from the change in my diet.
am convinced that rape-Nuts food
produced this result and helped me
TO a sturdy condition Of mental and
physical strength.
81 have known of several persons
who were formerly troubled as I was.
and who have been helped as have
been, by the use of Grape-Nuts food,
on my recommendation, among whom
may be mentioned the Rev. -,
now missionary to China" Name
given by Postum Company, Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason"
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellville," in each pkg.
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10 IL AGAIN.

The paper was fresh from the press
The neatest / ever have seen;
A marvel of printing, no less,
All errorless, type whole, and clean.
SO, heaving a sigh of relief,
I halted my hurrying pen; ~
Abrupt came the voice of my Chief, >,
'"Thats good. Go and do it again!
o. daub it, or scribble, or till.
or build. as il seems to you best,
And look for reward where you VIII,
But dream not fruition means rest;
For, sing the most glorious lays.
Or drain the most pestilent fen.
The Voice, e'er 1t ceases 70 praise;
viii bid you. Go, do 1t again!
Old laurels must wither and fall;
Win others, and never demur-
That, longing for manger and stall,
Your lot is the lash and the spur.
When Gabriel blows from the skies
Awakening the ashes of men,
The Worker shall hear as they rise,
"Wel, done! Do it over again.!
Arthur Guiterman, in New York Times
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Why Touch-Me-Not.

The columbine, geranium and lock
spur we think of together, because
they are all named after birds-the
dove. the crane and the cranes bill"
and if you notice the seed pods of a
geranium you will notice that they do
look like the long bill of a crane. The
touch-me-not gets its name from pc
culiarity of the seed pod, too, but not
a popularity of appearance. 1t is the
pod you musct not touch, for if you do
it will burst and out will fly the seeds.
st. Nicholas.
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AGONY OF SORE HANDS.
Cracked and Peeled-Water and Heat
Caused Intense Pain-Could Do
No HouseWork-Grate
to Cutcura.

"My hands cracked and peeled, and
were so sore it was impossible for me
to do my housework. If | put them in
water [ was in agony for hours; and
if tried to cook, the heat caused in
tense pain. [ consulted two doctors,
but their prescriptions were utterly
useless. And now after using one cake
of Cuticura Soap and one box OF Cutl-
cura Ointment my hands are entirely
well. and am very grateful. (Signed)
Mrs Minnie Drew, IS Dana ST, Rox'
bury, Mass"
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RIVALS TO PRECIOUS STONES.
Beautiful Semi-Gems Cause Slump ir
Diamond Sales.

Talk about yellow peril! jewelers.
face enemies that are green, brown,
pink and blue, in the form Of neck
1aces of seni-preciOus stones, which
have become so popular they have
caused a slump in the sale Of dia-
rnonds. Many women who would
scorn 10 wear imitation gems, TO mat
ter how attractive they were. are
ready to adorn themselves with chains
of kunzite, onyx and jade, for those
minerals make no pretense of being
other than they are and are wonder
fully effective. Mrs. George Gould
has a necklace Of the water stones OF
Uruguay which she sometimes wears
with White gowns. They are semi
transparent, and every one holds
drop of water in its center which
moves with every motion. With sim
pie attire, such ornaments are much
more suitable than pearls.-New York
Press.