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Year: 1872

A Lady's Lite Among he Mornlons. A Record


OF PERSONAL Experience During a Period of


More than Twenty Years. BY Mrs t. b. H.


Stenhouse, OF Salt Lake City.


This is book Of remarkable interest on ac-
account of its literary merits, for which not very
much can be said nor merely for its facts
which add little that is new to the unsayorv
mass OF information already acquired in regard
to the Polygamists of Utah but because this il
she first woman's voice that comes in appeal TO
us from that frghtful prison house where the
sacred instincts OF wifehood have been Tortured
and outraged so long. Mrs Stenhouse's testi-
mony Is that OF an earnest and enthusiastic be-
lever in the Mormon faith during many years,
dating from time preceding the " Revelation
on Polygamy' true and faithful wife, consent
ing with grief and bitterness beyond expression
to her own personal share in the system, vet
never doubling them, nor for years afterwards.
that the Revelation was in truth from God, and
That the natural rebellion OF womanly instincts
against it was a selfish ard Internal one. This it
the phase Of the subject, which is a new
one to our apprehension that men and woman,
that women at least, can really believe in the
sanctty Of thing 80 monstrous and il ia the
saddest and worst of all. In other aflictiona
the sufferer can appeal from man to
God, and look to the next world as a refuge
from the woes of this, but these poor women
believe that it is God Himself who so oppresses
them, and that the life which il their misery /.
"for time and for eternity, world without end. ="


The more closely We investigate the subject
the more inconceivably frightful it becomes,
and the more intense must be the desire Of
right feeling men that condign punishment
should be dealt to the imposters who have led
so many into this delusion and that the prison.
doors may be opened TO the bound


The illustrations of this book are very OBJ
jectionable. They are wretchedly poor and
their flash style quite misrepresents Mrs.
stenhouse's text, which is az modest and simple
statement as any concerned with that subject
could be, and whose greatest peculiarity is
merely tendency to relapse into the Mormon
way of viewing things, which is much less strong
than Gentle" would consider warrantable.


Published by the American News Company,
New York. Received from E. S. r. Butler.
Year: 1872

After an adjournment Of week, the Huston
investigation was resumed at Baltimore this
morning. 1t was reported before the opening
OF the ecclesiastical court that Huston would ask
for cessation of the Investigation on the
ground that the accusation of seduction had al
ready been dispreved His friends, it is said.
urge him to that course, although there is vet
much of the testimony to be submitted.
Year: 1872

The Reading Daily Sun. a penny evening pa
per, made its first appearance on Monday. 1t
exhibits sprightliness to an unusual degree,
and it's well-hlled advertising columns seem to
indicate that it has come to stay. We shall be
glad if this is the case, and cheerfully addit to
our exchange list.
Year: 1872

--~AsontrAst with the body of sore-heads


.cn met at Cincinnati is the National Republi-
an Convention which oonvenes to-day in the
city of Brotherly love- Its members came not
as political tricksters to practice their
wiles and deceits upon each other and to
barter and bargain for nomination which is at
best but an empty honor but as the rspresen-
tatiyes of majority of the whole people to ex-
press the popular endorsement of the adminis-
tration and to re-nomnate it's distinguished
chief for another term of years. Their purpo-
ses are definite, their principles are unequivo-
cal and clearly defined, and the convention it.
self is an harmonious representative body.
Assembling under such favorable auspices, the
result Of the contest must be apparent from the
beginning
Year: 1872

The Senate agreed to the conference report.


A majority report of the Investigating Com
mittee of the New York Custom House was pre-.
scented, Mr.. Bayard, for the minority, asked
leave to make report during the recess and
have it printed
Year: 1872

The House passed the bill giving the Southern
States their quota of arms due from 1862 to
1869.


The Tariff and Tax bill was considered The
bill restores the tax on matches and stamps on
bank checks
Year: 1872

a conception of the fatefulness of the
tidings he bore, and he hesitated in the
task of disclosure.


"Chuck,' he said, "do you member
that day you found the Injun- trail ?"


She started, and nodded assent.


"Do ye member my talk about them
two levers O. yourn2 Eh? Well, Tom
amt a-comin' any more, cause hes
now l can't help it, darter-Tom's
dead"


She must have known it in her heart
before, she changed so slightly at the
word. Perhaps she had only hoped
against hope, having long ago learned,
as she lay on the couch he had made
for her through the summer night, that
the man whose heart had been meas
ured in the strength and sleeplessness,
and honor, and courage of a great love
would have returned had he been alive.
She only arose and tottered to the bed
side, whose topmost cover was bright
serape; but she never left it again. The
one mighty love of a life in whose
sordid surroundings it was the one
glimpse of something brighter and hap
pier, was as much reality as though it
had been plighted a thousand times.
The ancestral courage and hope which
had come to her through such degen-
crate veins helped her to die.
Year: 1872

Forget theei IF to dream by night,


And muse on thee by day
If all the worship deep and wild,


A poets heart can pay 80
If winged thoughts that fit to thee
A thousand in an hour


In busy fancy blending thee. f,sr
With all my busy lot
IF thou callest these forgetting thee,
Indeed shalt thou be forgot.
Forget theei Bid the forest birds


Forget their sweetest tune :; 90 2-Gt
Forget thee Bid the forest buds


TO swell beneath the moon; =. -.
Bid the fairy evening flower forget ~
To drink refreshing dew;
Thyself forget thy own dear land.


Its mountains white and blue;
Forget each old familiar face,
Each long remembered spot
When these things are forgot by thee.
Then thou shalt be forgot. yH
Year: 1872

Much interest has been excited in
maritime circles 10y the invention of
an iDeXtinsuishable and self-igniting
signal lamp, which is likely to be of
great practical value under many cir
cumstances. Its peculiarities are that
it is self-igniting, that its flame can
neither be ex,inguished 10y water nor
any other means, and that it il in
capable of setting fire to objects; while,
at the same time, its light is extremely
brilliant and of long duration. The
new lamp consists of a cylindrical yes.
sci of tin, with a cOnicsl point, and
provided below with tube six inches
in length. The vessel is to be filled
entirely with fragments of phOsphide
of calcium, and the tube sOldered up
air-tight. SO that the preparation can
be kept for many years without change.
When the lamp is to be used, the tip
of the cone is to be cut off, and an
opening made at the end of the narrow
tube referred to, and the lamp inserted
in wooden float and thrown into the
water. The water penetrates through
the lower end of the tube and comes
into contact with the phOsphide Of cal
cium, and is decomposed, with the
formation of phosphuretted hydro
gen gas, which is developed in great
quantity, and which, escaping through
| the open tube of the cone, becomes
ignited and burns in contact with the
atmospheric air. An experiment was
lately made with this signal light, III
which the lamp was thrown over
board from q asteamer, and drawn along
behind by means of string, at short
distance from the stern. When the
lamp touched the water brilliant
flame shot out Immediately from the
opening; and, although it was con


tinually dragged under water by thu
motion of the vessel, the light remain


ed unextinguished even after the lamI


was submerged. After a time thu


string was cut, and the lamp al)owe'


to float behind, and it was visible for ,


long distance from the light dissent


mated around it.
Year: 1872

OWING to larger area of soil now
under tea cultivation in Japan, it is
said that five times as much tea will
be offered to the market than was
five years ago, Notwithstanding the
severe winter that has been expert
enced this year.
Year: 1872

NO man will attract more attention o
or receive greater applause than the
one Who endapgers his life by climbing
upon steeple or some other fearful
height in mid-air. The city Of East
Cambridge, Mass, was set all agog the
other evening, by a young mao who
climbed to the top of church spire to
dissngsge broken vane that was in
danger Of coming down upon the
heads Of psssers.by. He attained his
periloue emiDeuce by taking light
hooked ladder, with which he climbed
from point to point, dragging 1t after
him and planting it ahead at every
stage. When he accomplished BIS
object be found his ladder so firmly
hooked on the spire that be could not
get it off, and there it was. A hook
and ladder company rescued him after
several hours, the whole populace
watching the proceedings with intense
interest.
Year: 1872

The Chicago Post says a charac-
teristic of the umbrella is its Pretean
power of changing shapes. You may
leave bran new mulberry silk with IN
ivory handle at any public gathering,
taking therefor check, and within
three hours it will transform itself in
to light blue or faded brown cotton,
somewhat less insize than circus tent
with q handle like . telegraph pole,
and five fractured ribs.
Year: 1872

AN Illinois lawyer writes to g friend in
New Haven that he is one of $4,000 Re-
pubhcALs in this State who are "all resolv-
ed TO forget past differences and unite upon
any good man that will deliver our country
of the political cOrmorAnts and piundsrers
that are sucking its life away
Year: 1872

1t is great mistake to suppose that
money spent in reasonably inn
proving the appearance of a place is
thrown away. 1t may be doubted whether
there is any more direct method to in
crease its pecuniary value. Certainly its
market value will depend very much on
its outward appearance. Tasteful and
well-painted buildings, we'll arranged
yards and gardens, with neat fences,
shade-trees properly disposed, good farm
fences and cleanly kept fields, will set Oh
farm to great advantage and make an
amazing difference when it comes to be
sold. And even if it be not sold, these
things will add amazingly to the enjoy
ment of it by its possessor, if he be not
blind to everything but the dollar. Every
man too. owes it to the community in
which he is living to contribute to the gen.
eral reputation and to public enjoyment
| by making all his surroundings as attrac-
tive as possible. There is such thing a
paying too much attention to outside and
to show but there is reason in all thing.
and a measure of time and attention, and
expense, should be devoted by every on.
to making his farm and his home more at
tractive every year that he lives.
Year: 1872

Some good suggestions in the matter of
making apartments comfortable and taste
full at the same time are made by the New
York Evening Post: There are great
many houses magnifcently furnished,
but comparatively few which succeed
in combining comfort with splendor.
Many of the most exquisitely furnished
rooms are totally destitute of the latter
are surrendered to a cold gaunt finery en-
quisitely depressing. The most thorough
ly comfortable room is half library, half
drawing room. Let there be book-shelves
to the height of five feet round the room.
Cover the tops of the bookcases with
marble, and place plenty of china, which
always look cheerful. Let the walls be
hung with pictures and paints. Place
vases of flowers here and there. Let o
small table, with judiciously stradaling
legs and happy turn for recovering its
balance when it gets knocks which will
send an ordinary small table over, befor-
ever in reach OF each easy chair. Let the
small table always carry after dusk an an
tique silver candlestick, of Queen Anne's
or George the First's time, if possible
modern plate in general is inferior to that
from 1000 to 1750-holding huge wax
candle. Let every chair be low, the seat
very long-this, for men at least, gives
rest-and whatever else you neglect. do
not omit to have the hind legs Of your
chairs shorter than those in front. Have
footstools lurking in corners-not where
they will be stumbled over. In winter let
a glorious wood fire blaze on the hearth
Don't let the room be too tidy or too un-
tidy. Have books, newspapers, and work
lying about. A writing table near win
dow. Good pens, sharp pen-knives, nice
paper. Keep an eye on the thermometer.
Allow no too loud ticking clock in the
room. Let delightful, ngratiating man.
nered dog-who as William III, said of
Godolphin, is never in the way never out
of the way, never commits a breach of
canine deeorum, and is ever ready to re-
ciprocate caresses-lie on the soft, thick
hearthrug. Fill this room with pleasant
people as often as possible. Here are a
few hints for the reform OF those cham
bers of CHASTITY splendors to which we
have alluded, and which at present are as
cheerful as the long gallery at Chensey
WOld
Year: 1872

1t is good sign when a leading paper
published at a commercial, or at political
metropolis, proves itself the right thing in
the right place, by using its commanding
position to sean the whole horizon Of it's
proper sphere, and discern what is going
on in remote regions, as we'll as in the vi
cinage; and by giving unmistakable warn
inc if it discovers mischief brewing in any
quarter, however distant. This is what the
Madison (Wis.) Democrat does, as witness
the following extract under the above head :


Whatever general the citizens of this state
feel ia the doings of the national legislature at all
times they have special interest in the legislation of
the present session of Congress and will watch its pro-
ceedings with more than ordinary solicitude. The
people of Wisconsin and the Northwest are urging
upon Congress the Importance of the Fox and Wis
consin River Improvement, and are hopeful that the
government will take charge of this enterprise and
push it to early and final completion:





The northern part of the State has two measures
before Congress- in which all the representatives. OF
this State should take special interest The citizens
of Superior have asked Congress for that protection
against the encroachmcnts of Jay Cooke and Duluth
which the administration has failed to afford The
Duluth canal is serious injury to Wisconsin and de
mands the efforts of her representatives to Sc
cure its defeat The State has already contributed
s. 1000 in the way of attorneys fees TO secure an in
junction upon this work. but by the operations of Jay
Cooke and other capitalists the canal allowed to
be completed The people of Northern Wisconsin are
also interested in grant of land originally made tc
the State TO aid in the construction of railroad from
Lake St Croix to Lake Superior. These lands were
bestowed by the State upon corporation subject tC
she conditions of the grant, one OF which was that thu
road should be completed within a given time, Tha
period has expired, and those who have purchased
Year: 1872

those lands at an advanced price, ask an exten
sion of time for the building of the road.


This measure also meets the opposition OF power
fl association which has undertaken the construction
of a railroad in Minnesota to connect the Mississippi
with the head of Lake Superior. On general prnci
pies we opposed donating the public lands to
corporations of any kind but the circumstances OF this
case make it an exception. The grant had been
made actual settlers had purchased of the lands with
the expectation that this road would be constructed
the war and other interfered to delay the un
dertaking and they now have right to demand the
only proper relief the government can afford, the ex-
tension of the time for the completion OF the road
This is question of vital to the people of the
whole state as it seriously affects the growth and
prosperity of Northern Wisconsin, whose wealth and
resources are as yet almost entirely undeveoped-
Year: 1872




Douglas county, have been thinking and
talking railroad for many years. 1t has
been almost the only topic of interest to
our property owners heretofore. And this
was as it should be, for without an estab-
lished connection with the railway system
of the country at large, the finest CONNER
cial site of the present day would be val
Ueless.


But Superior has secured her railroad,
and now while it is building, although our
interest in this, and kindred enterprises
will continue unabated, we need to give
special attention to the development of a
manufacturing interest in this place. 1t is
needless to say that nothing short of the
successful establishment OF manufactures IN
Superior will ever give US permanent pros
perity.


Towns, like the human body, must have
their life blood, their vital circulation. And
nothing but productive labor will feed this
life-current Even the loudly trumpeted
Philadelphia speculation across the bay
cannot long subsist on what its Gollah can
bully from the Northern Pacific, and brlbe
from Congressman. 1t must come down to
the hard pan Of manufactures and farming,
or be deserted village.


Superior, we trust, will be wise enough
to work for solid prosperity at once, and
build from the ground up. Real estate
sales. railroad cash, and freight transfers
are good in their place and degree, but the
foundations of city lie deeper than these
things. Although we have every reason to
believe that this region will yet, and soon,
be extensively cultivated, our Immediate
efforts should be directed to securing pro
ductive establishments in the town itself
as larger and speedier prosperity mast
result from the same time and labor given
to efforts in that direction than III any
other.


We do not advocate the hiring few
manufacturers to come here by offering al
enormous bonus to each. If 1t could bt
afforded, it would be the poorest policy IL
the world The only manufacturers who
will do us particle of good are those tc
whom tie situation itself is bonus-thosC
whc can see that an early establishment a
this point in the present condition of th'
northwest is worth having-and there are
very many who can appreciate the condi
tons when fairly presented.


But while these conditions will be fairly
and fully presented in the TINES, that set
ting forth of advantages will be useless j
when manufacturers have been led to come
here and look around, they find no one t.
take a special interest in their enterprises
or ald them in selecting a suitable site tha
can be purchased at reasonable rates.


What we need in the matter is the i'm
mediate formation Of an organization
among our citizens for promoting manutac
lures in Superior. Such an organization
ought to be already working up this impor
tant subject. We will obtain in the future
as in the past, only what we work for.


Let us take counsel III respect to tn
question of manufactures, from our meth
DDS and success in railroad matters, and a
we worked for and gained Il railroad il
1871, let us work for and secure manufac
lures in 1872.
Year: 1872

from lands end to lands end, that all may
read, and reading, believe, that for the
countless millions who are on the road to
an unsinsly grave with bilious com?lAints,
there is but one truly great and reliable
remedy, and that is
Year: 1872

Why is it that the minor poets of the pres
ent day are so given to bowling? Perhaps it
would be more civil for us to designate their
style as "world-weary' "or heart-broken," or
something of that sort. But ''howling' is the
word we mean, and we ,ciu say 'howling."
Take up magazine, and, nine cases out of
ten, instead of finding there poem, dealing
it may be with some of the sad experiences
that must come in life-but in a brave, health
full spirit-you will find some weak wall of
the SIT might have been" school, of aspira-
tions for-the writer doesn't know exactly
what, and very likely wouldn't care about it,
if he or she did know, and despair, that is
evidently the result of too strong coffee and
not enough exercise. Far be it from us to
refer lightly to the poets who 'learn in suffer-
ing, what they teach in song" who make
true and noble use of their own sorrow, IN
helping their fellow men to bear theirs; 1t is
not of them that we speak. 1t is OF the NOR
| bid class of writers who think that to be 6tase
is to be brilliant, and to be cynical, the climax
of human wisdom. 1t is perfectly easy, every
time your next door neighbor gives aparty and
doesn't invite you, or your new kid gloves split
in the aggravating way peculiar to such, to as
sert in rhyme that ''this world is all feeting
show" and only side show at that, and to ex-
press your rooted conviction that everything
in general and mankind in particular, is
a hollow mockery, Ifyou think it would be
any relief, by all means write your sonnet "To
Despair'-pile on the agony-speak of your
self as misunderstood and blighted being; it
won't hurt anyone else, and may amuse you.
After the poem is finished, read it carefully
(if you're a woman have ga good cry and
cup of tea) tear up your verses and lay them
gently in that part of the cooking-stove where
the Goals are reddest, and our word Tor 1t,
you'll feel better. But don't publish such
poetry. A writer does not know what good
or harm a few verses may do. BY their strong
helpfulness they may cheer up some poor
soul struggling against hard circumstances,
Year: 1872

And now railroad is projected through
the valley of the Nile. How will the num-
mics like this innovation? What will be the
emotions of some ancient Egyptian, who has
slept for unnumbered ages in the mysterious
heart of a dusky pyramid, when he hears
the shrill prosaic scream OF the nineteenth
century locomotive? The Sphinx will, we
hope, celebrate the occasion by getting up
some new conundrum in place of her prime
val poser. OF course Yankee powers of guess
ing will prevail against this original prototype
of Joe Miller. 1t is quite possible that the
crocodiles may make it a little lively for pas
sengers at first.
Year: 1872

A Pennsylvania paper states that table
spoonful of quicksilver was lately found in an
old grave in York County, supposed to have
been taken by the dead man during life, in
the form of blue mass as medicine. This is
a tough story to believe, but they must have
practiced medicine with heavy doses in that
neighborhood, some years ago.
Year: 1872

Somebody has discovered where wo-
man fails. Says a scribbler: Did you
ever see woman threw a stone at q
hen2 II is one of the most ludicrous
scenes in everyday life. We recently
observed the process-indeed, we paid
more attention than the hen did, for she
did not mind it at all, and laid an egg
the next day as if nothing had happened.
In fact that hen will now know for the
first time that she served in the capacity
of target. The predatory fowl had
invaded the precincts of the flower bed,
and was industriously pecking and
scratching for the nutritious seed or the
early worm, blissfully unconscious of
impending danger. The lady now ap-
pears upon the scene with a broom.
This she drops and picks up a rocky
fragment of the Silurian age, and then
makes her first mistake-they all do
it-of seizing the projectile with the
wrong hand. Then with malice afore-
thought, she makes the further blunder
of swinging her arms perpendicularly
instead of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
stone flies into the air, describing an
irregular elliptical curve, and strikes
the surface OF the earth as far from the
hen as the thrower stood at the time,
in a course due west from the same, the
hen then bearing by the compass NNE.
by half E. At the second attempt the
stone narrowly missed the head Of the
thrower herself, who, seeing that any
further attempt at the kind would be
suicidal does what she might have done
first, starts after the hen with an old
and familiar weapon. The moral of
which is: Stick to the broomstick.