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iuu niuiiinuito.
How They Were Exiled From
Illinois in 1845.
. frho?ehl?ton??I okatchMare written
for tb? Tsuxihah by a Mormon minister
?ho m?nv yean, agoli?e,i in Olarlubtirg.
hot whom now a maiden t of Utah.?Ed. J
IjYo. t,?Continued from bul ueek.]
St. George, Utah. )
March 25. 1893. f
By daylight the next morning
we were on the inarch /or water.
We made about 15 miles when we
reached Walnut Creek, halted for
breakfast and remained the
balance of the day.
While here one of our men
killed a young buffalo; the meat
was nice, sweet and tender.
When on the march to day we
could see at times more than five
hundred buffaloes at once.
On the Uth. of September
about noon the command arrived
at the Arkansas River $nd camp
ed.
At this point the river is four
or five hundred yards wide and
was nearly dry. The banks are
low and a rise of four or five feet
of water woulioveflow the bottom
land for miles.
As I stood on the bank and
looked across I could scarcely
see that there was any water.The
view presented, was a beautiful
bed of sand from bank to bank.
I took off my shoes, rolled up my
pants and crossed over to get
wood for ourcookf.. There were
little channels of water, clear as
crystal and about one foot deep.
I could not help admiring this,
to me, beantiful and singular
river.
From this point we marched up
the river for about one hundred
miles, camping every night on
its bank.
In places the river was dry.but
by making a b*le in the sand
a foot deep we were enabled to
get plenty of water and strange
to say, where the water was run
ning our men caught lots of fine
fish: Cat, White Bass,and Buffalo
fish, by spearing them with their
bayonets.
Along here our teams began to
grow weak and thin iu flesh. The
grass was eaten off by the buffalo
and other wild animals.
For days we were not out of
sight of great herds of buffalo,
elk, antelope, wolves and badgers,
and I wondered why they had
not left that part of the country
to hunt better living,for I thought
a sheep could not hnd gross
enough to live on, and yet, the
buffaloes we killed were always
in good order.
On the 15th, marched 12 miles
and crossed the Arkansas and
camped.
On the 16th, camp did not
move; the day wasspentin wash
ing, cleaning guns and drawing
provisions, etc.
Thursday 17tli. This morning
berore taking up the line nf march
we burned one of our brethern,
ho died last evoring, and it was
believed his death was hastened
by being forced to take calomel,
he begged the doctor not to give
it to him.and for refusing he was
cursed and insulted by the doctor,
whose name was Sanderson.
On the night of our brother's
death there appeared to bo. as
was said, a star moving in all
directions. Captain Davis of
Company "E." exclaimed. "See,
see, I delare it does move," this
aroused the camp from their
?lumbers. I looked with all the
eyes I had. but could see nothing
of the kind.it was so with others,
while there were a number de
clared they saw what appeared
to be a star dancing.
Here we left the Arkansas
river.
Two buffaloes came running
near our lines when some thirty
muskets or more were fired at
them breaking the leg of one.
The other, so far as I know
escaped, without a hole in his
robe. That day and the follow
ing, men and Uams suffered with
thirst, the weather was excessive
ly warm and every canteen soon
emptied. Men gave out and had
to be hauled to camp in wagons.
We passed a small pond of filthy
water, made so by the tramping
and droppings of buffalo and
other wild animals that abounded
in the country, but this the men
did not seom to mind. They drank,
and to some extent refreshed!
but O gracious, how sick it made
some of the men.
,,, ? H. W. Biglek,
.% Gewgt, Utah.
[Continued.]
The Bc?t Education.
On the subject of the best educational
course for a young roan of to-day Prof.
F. A. Walker, president of the Massar
cbusctts institute of technology, has
this to asy: "I bellero that in the
schools of applied iciencc Slid technol
ogy, as they are carried on Uwlay inftjfi
United States?involving the thorough
and roost scholarly study of principles
directed Immediately upon useful arta,
and rising* in their higher grades, into
original investigation and research?is
to be found almost the perfection of ed
ucation for young men. Too long have
we submitted to be considered as fur
nishing something which in, indeed,
more immediately and prsctically use
ful than a so-called liberal education,
but which is, after all, less noble and
finer. T<". Ion;' hav our schoolsOf aft j
plied science and technology been pop
ularly regarded as affording an inferior
substitute for classical colleges to those
who could not afford to go to college, j
then take a course in a medical or law
school ond then wait for professional
practice. If I did not believe that the
graduates of the institute over which I
have the honor to preside were better
educated men, in all which the term
educated man implies, than the average
graduate of the ordinary college, I
would not consent to hold my position
for another day."
A cow belonging to a well-to-do
stockman of Manhattan recently gave
birth to a pair of singular animals.
They resemble colts more than calves,
although both possess rudimentary
horns and hoofs of cattle, but in all
other respects they seem to be young
horses, having long, flowing manes and
the tails of colts, only these latter arc
unusually long and bushy. One is a
male and the other is a female, and
both are well-developed, well-shaped
animals. The mother, however, seems
to know that there is something abnor
mal about them, and has declined to
allow them natural nourishment, so
that they are to be brought up by hand.
Wiien a New Yorker bought the
other day a little household Boodh 1st
shrine the oriental vendor caressed tho
lacquered case with its tiny hinged
doors, showed the beneficent little god
standing upon tho sacred lotus, and
said: "On holy days and at prayer
times you have it open, thus, so that
you may see the god and he may look
round; but in business hours you shut
up the doors and hook them. thus. Just
same all the world over." There is
more than a grain of truth in John's
pi: .losophic observation.
"ire eastern shore of Maryland has
be* n besought t<ygive India the sweet
potato for a food for tho often famine
stricken millions of many % East India
provinces. E. B. Francis, director of
lands in the Punjaub, has written to a
Mr. Bennett, of Accomac county, asking
for "roots well packed," as it is desired
to introduce that vegetable into India,
in the hope that the soil and climate
there will bo found peculiarly favorable
to it
A Philadelphia humorist sent for a
veterinary surgeon the other day to
come to his residence and attend to a
horse that had been hurt. When the
doctor called he was invited to walk
back to the yard and there he was
shown a toy horse, one of tho legs of
which was broken off. Tho doctor ex
amined the horse carefully and recom
mended a little glue and a wire splint,
and then sent In liia bill for five dollars.
There is a great stir ab Port Penn,
the headquarters of tho Delaware bay
shad fishing industry, becauso of the
proposal to establish a quarantine sta
tion at Reedy island opposite the vil
lage. The Island is a long, narrow strip
of land behind which vessels often take
refuge when the bay is stormy. It is
tho winter home of many thousand
crows and at ccrtain seasons a good
stand for gunners and fishermen.
Tins estate of Benjamin Potter, of
Kent county, Del., about fifty years
ago, was left in trust for the benefit of
the poor whites of the county not with
in tho almshouse. The attorney for
the estate is about to distribute among
tho poor Sfi.OOO, accumulated surplus
from the proceeds of the estate. Tho
property consists of about three thou
sand acres of farm land.
A girl bet a kiss against a dollar
with the editor of the Wasco (Ore.)
News that Harrison would bo elected.
The stakeholder of tho dollar was a
homely old maid, and when he claimed
the kiss from the girl he was coolly in
formed that the stakeholder held both
bets and would cheerfully deliver them
on demand.
A YOUNG woman in a Pennsylvania
village the other day asked the post
master for some stamps. "Which kind?"
he inquired. "The ones with the whis
kers." she replied, and he at once gave
her some two-cent stamps on which is
the picture of Columbus with his twelve
hours' growth of whiskers.
Of all the problems that to-day con
front tho American people, possibly the
most serious, as far as truth, honor and
justice arc concerned, is thatof handling
in a right way the complicated and
vexatious Indian interests of the north
west.
Apropos of Hawaiian annexation, it
is an interesting fact that the York town
saluted the stars and stripes ou July 4
lv>t In United States territory two tho*
sand eight hundred miles west of San
Francisco
" RAM'S HORN" BLASTS.
One of tho best of housekeepers Is tho
woman who hates dirt.
People who wear loud clothes arc do
ing their best to mako up for some con
scious lack.
Some birds are so taken up with their
bright plumage as to forget that they
have very black feet
The character of lovo is the same,
rommcr and winter. It docs not chango
with circumstance or climate.
No mas ever gets to tho top any
where without being tried in fires that
prove there is good metal in him.
TELEGRAM'S NOTES ON
Improvi
AN EXCELLENT SO
A ITMlirornlan'M I'Ijiii nf Nnmherlnff ( mm.
? try Ilon*??. |
A practical method of numbering
country houses nr.,I makhtt; count? J
, roads had been established In Contra
Costa count;, CaL Tlila method?known
I as the ten-block system?hns rearived a
I country-wide attention aml'ikaDction.
I Besides tlie (.Teal conrcnlenco which
I the system ha* given tlie residents of
Contra Costa county, it bids fair to be
j one of tlie greatest aids In th? furtlier
[ ance of fr?o rnral delivery that has vet
l>een suggested. Tho plan was devised
l| hy A. li, Bancroft and was carried ont
by private citizens, officials giving their
approbation as soon as tlie new scheme
was seen to bo successful.
In this ten-block system the roads
sro first named, thorn bciri" ai little
change mado as possible as" they pans
through different towns. TheWmbers
begin at the county soat or oh branch I
roads at tlio end nearest to it, Tlie roads I
are measured and blocked u(T, 11,era be- I
Ing ten iranginnry blocks Of MS feet I
each to the mile. Theso have only I
frontage, not depth or thickness. The
numbering is in order fro*n the conrt- I
honsc or county sent the even numbers I
T, nDrt th? Mpoi the lt?t I
st<Jc. J he sumu numbering is observed
whether the blocks are occupied or not.
thus providing for the building of
houses on vacant lots. Where moro
than one house occurs in a block, tho I
alphabet is brought into use as 101 a.
101 b. etc. There are tiveniv road
numbers to tlie mile. On the fence or
post marking a division of blocks the
numbers are placed on either side of a
line showing the division. On the right
I '? markud "121104: on t iie left
1011108. At tho end of each mile, or
ten blocks, an X is printed inside a
! Tho half-mile is indicated hv a
Y m a semi-circle.
By this exact division It 1s a rerr sim
ple matter to calculate t >,? distance.
As there are two numbers in each I
, block, divide the house numbers by
two. which will give tlie number of
blocks from the starting point There
being io blocks to the mile, divide this I
"Til *?. 10 ?r point "ff onc decimal
and the distance In miles and tenths is
shown. If a house number fa odd, add I
? one to complete the block before divld- I
ng by two. The accompany ing cut
shows a section of a Contra Coyta road
with the mile, half mile and block
marks. The mile, 102, is 51 miles, and
tho house number, 105, Is 5.S miles from
tha county seat
The settlement of the country or the
growth of towns along the rouds docs 1
not Interfere with the system. Within
the town, tho town streets and town
bouse numbers govern. When the
town limits and streets are pnsscd.
and the country road reached, the
country liouso numbers govern. The
first one used depends upon the dis
tance it may bo from the courthouse,
the starting point of measurement, and
they continue regularly from that
point \\ hen a roud enters a town tho
town streets and numbers govern until
Its limits are passed again, when tho
country road, name and honso numbers
are resumed, tlie numbers always de
pending upon their distance:from the
starting point In this way a road may
pass through half a dozen towns, and
the numbers on each side of the towns
always indicate tho true position of tho
house and the distance from the com
mencement of tho rond. , :
Directories of the country houses can
bo easily mado. and, by knowing the
exact distance and having carefully I
?a'| guide, country
travel will I* accompanied with much
less of the blind groping, methods I
?hich it is now necessary for strangers |
Money for a IIohU Uurcau. I
Representative Durborow (IlL) has
secured the Insertion in thoagricultur
al appropriation bill of nn item appro
priating S10.000 for the establishment
of a rood bureau. Tlie new bureau Is
to be placed under tho direction of the I
agricultural department Tho object
11 '".J" spread knowledge regarding!
tlie building and maintenance of good
roads. An export on rood making will
t? P acod In charge of the new bureau,
and it will be his duty to prepare and
modify the road laws of the various
state, with a view, if possible, of cs
tabllslung a national law to control the
roads, or rather to Induce tho states to
adopt uniform laws on tho subject
rhere ?s widespread interest in this
ubject and while tho proposed appro
priation is small it will serve as an en-1
tering wedge and Mr. Durborow looks
forward to great results therefrom.
THE ROAD movement. ,
" '? Cabling ?trenKtJi In All of thai
Wntt.ru state*. I
good roatis, begunl
Jel? a?" 'n most unfavorable!
conditions, is rapidly essoining national!
E- rumors, at onetime the!
bitterest opponents of Improved roads, I
advocoting the construction ?fl
S i f frraTel0'1 highways,
and this year the governors of various
messages,0?* 10 th" tholrj
in xnesxaws oz Illinois tn? coniracv
labor system ban been abolished by
law. New modes of employment must
be found for the thousands of prison
ers housed in penal institutions. Joliet,
where the principal penitentiary is
located, is the eentcr of western stone
trade, and it is not surprising tbalt" Gov.
AltgHd Htitrjjcsted the employment of
a portion of the convicts in the prepar
ation of stone for rood purposes.
Some years ago, the Graphic is in
formed, the warden of the peniten
tiary made an offer to ihc county
boards of northern Illinois to deliver
poanded rock, free of charge on board
cars, to counties willing to pay the
freight charges. He did not receive
one favorable* response at that time. 11
AS ILLINOIS BOAD OP TO-DAT.
is safe to say, however, that a renewal
of the oiler to-day would produce
scores of applications.
The demand for good roads is not a
craze. Illriois lends the western states
in population, prosperity and general
intelligence: It should lead the west
in the .establishment of an improved
system of highways. To accomplish
this most desirable end, the people
must be taught that money spent for
good roads is a permanent invest
ment returning usurious interest
The Iowa Road Improvement associa
tion recognizes this fact, and at its re
cent session at Dca Moines adopted a
resolution favoring such changes in
the revenue laws as would provide for
the levy of a general county tax upon
all property located in cities, towns and
country, to be devoted to the improve
ment of highways. The Iowa proposi
tion is fair, equitable and timely, and
worthy of thoughtful investigation by
state lawmakers everywhere.?G. \V.
Weippiert, in Chicago Graphic.
ROADSIDE TREES.
I'Unlrra Rhonltl Look Before R*"
clnntnK OpflniUoiii
The neighbor whose farm adjoins
mine on the west loiil his ax to the root
of a long row ol roadside trees last
weok and hauled the 111 to his wood pill*.
They were of various kinds, including j
elm, maple, chestnut and cherry, prob- j
ably thirty to forty years old. and |
planted by a former owner of the place.
1 inquired its to the object In cutting
down such trees, and the answer was:
"I bought this farm for a living for my
family, and 1 find that tho roots of
these trees extend Into the field two or
three rods, and to this extent and the
whole length of the flold the land is
useless for any crops 1 want to culti
vate, and the loss is more than I can af
ford to give to shade trees, which yield
nothing, while they take tlie fertility
of tho soil." This is certainly a prac
tical view of the subject, and from ray
neighbor's point of view lie is right,
for lie is not farming for fnn or for
sentiment, hut for bread and butter for
himself, wife and children; lie 1ms not
an inch of land to spare for any other
purpose, and if he succeeds in paying
for the farm out of tho crops raised on
it, he will do well and deserve com
mendation for bis industry and econ
omy, even if lie had to cut down a few
roadside trees, which strangers and
neighbors admired while passing along
the highway. WKou men with little
means have to pay $100 and upward
per acre for land for farming purposes
they arc not likely to get much time to
sit in tho shade and poetize over rural
scenery and prospective pleasure, which
rarely or nuver comes to hltn who earns
"his bread by the sweat of liis brow."
If the former owner of my neighbor's
farm had looked ahead far enough to
have plunted a row of slicllbark hick
ories?which he could have obtained in
the forests near by?or have planted
English walnuts, or even the common
butternut, instead of fruitless forest
trees, the present owner may havo al
lowed them to remain, boca'use they
would have borne something of intrin
sic value. This is only one instance
among thotisnnds proving that if wo
take no thought of posterity we may
be sure that posterity will care very
little for us or our works.?Andrew S.
Fuller, in K. Y. Tribune.
,\ lliuidy Wagon Scut
It is tiresome to ride In a lumber
wagon to and from town. If you havo
no spring seat onu can be made quickly
at slight expense. Two boards aro
one is eleatcd to ride tlie box and not
slip off. A cushion may l? strapped
to the spring end.?N. E. Homestead.
The I'lret Kauri)tial
In .the matter of road reform the
IlrstRtep seems to be the widening of
tho tires of vehicles. Without it per
fect roads ure practically impossible.?
Uucyrus (O.) Telegraph.
Russet shoes for men and women fiom
$1 to $:t at \V. M. Osburn's 3rd st. 16-tf.
THERE IS GREAT EXCITEMENT
Among Rlieumatio sufferers over tho
now remedy thatis being pnt up in New
York City. It is olaimed there has never
been a ease where it has failed to oure.
It is called Dr Drummond's Lightning
Remedy for Rheumatism and is Bold for
85 a bottle. Tlie remedy is oertainly
making for itselt a world wide reputa
tion, as the country is full of Rheuma
tism. The manufacturers Bell it on an
absolute gtiBrantoe, and offer to refund
the money in any case whore it does not I
work a perfect cure. Sent by express i
prepaid on receipt of prioo. Drum
mond Medicine Co., 48:50 Maiden Lane,
Now York. Agents wanted. 10-2
We have just printed a lot ol
new blank warranty deeds, with
the new form of acknowledgment.
They are printed on triple extra
whito bond paper, and they havo
no superior in the State. Each
deod is on a sheet 8jx28 inches.
One dozen. 60 cts.. by mail. tf
Are you all run down? Scott's Emu
sion of Pure Norwegian Cod Liver Oi
and Hypophosphites of Lime and Sod;
will build you up and put flesh on
and give you a good appetite.
Boott's Emulsion cotm Coocto,
C*ld*.
all Anaemic
Prevesta wasting .
?oat as palatable aa milk. Cetoaly
the Krnulnr. Prepared by Soott &
Tlowne, Chemists, New Tort. Bold by
all Druggists.
CHOLERINE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Swiokley, Perm.?Wo had an epidem
ic of cholerine, m oar physician* called
it, it) this place lately, and I made a
great hit with Chntnlwrlain's Colin.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I sold
four dozen bottles of it in one week and
have since Bold (.early a gross. This
remedy did the work and was a big ad
vertisement for me Several persons
who had been troubled with diarrhma
for two or three weeks were oared by
a few doses of this medioine.
P. P. Knapp. Ph. G.
25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by H.
L. Wells, druggist m
A North Carolina man is said
to have traded one of his boys to
a neighbor for an old male. He
remarked, on making the trade,
that "the boy was too lazy to
work and all that the mule needed
was fattening."
THE HOMELIEST MAN IN
Cluiksbnrg as well as the handsomest,
and others are invited to call on any
druggist und get free n trial bottle of
Kemp's Balsam for tbe Throat and
Lungs, a remedy that is selling entirely
upon its merits and is guaranteed to re
lieve and cure all hr oniu and Acute
coughs, Asthma, Brononitia and Con
sumption. Large bottles 50 cts. and $1.
Here is a somewhat belated
item from a Georgia weekly ex
change of the~15th instant: "We
learn that the late James G.
Blaine is dead. Full particulars
in our next iasue." .
A MILLION FRIENDS.
A friend in need is a friend indeed, and
not less than one million people liavo
found just such a friend in Dr. King's
New Dioovery for consumption, oongli,
colds. If you have never used this
great cough medioine, one trial will con
vince you that it has wonderful curative
powers in all diseases of throat chest
and lungs. Each bottle ia guaranteed
to do all that is claimed or money will
be refunded. Trial bottles free at Clay
ton & Dent's drug store. Large bottles
50o and $1.00.
MtentUn Ladlm.
Miss Maggie Tricket mi
specialty ol teaching the Nil
Garment System and dress
ing of every description
ladies are cordially invitedt
at her rooms at the Chapin 1
opposite the Episcopal c
on Main Street. Clarksburi
W. Va. 53
FOR SALE?
Two story residence on 1
ble street, lot 100x300. El
location. For price call
address, Lee H. Vance 4
Pike street.
Cures SickHeadi
Below we give the nan
our agents in Harrison i
who have bought and pa
"Susanna" and who will s
the demands.
Cunningham Bros 4
Clarksburg; W. Homer,
Creek: Perine and Davis,
Hope G.W Morrison, Mt
J. H. Smallwood, Wilsonbi
Zents. grocer, Clarksburg;
Barres. Bridgeport; Mike
Jarvisville; Bartlet and D
West Milford; Mike Dolan
Summit: T. L. Bailey, Rej
villc; Mrs. W. B. Stephei!
amce Dale; R. S. Ogden,!
P. H. Wilcox & Co., Wjatt
Lib Jarrett, at the blind
store. Shinnston; E. A. \
Salem; H. W. Winter. F1
ton.
All persons should sei
pamphlets when out. A
Dr. L. A. Davidsc
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~DRK5>??'?Steam Enoini;
A5Wf qqI l:ER S,g CIRCULA
STEf-P Saw MitLS r
=-?Cl.ark f 5 burgh.w.','
G. W. & H. M. SHUTTEWORTH
DEALERS nsr
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, GROCERIES, i
WARE, BOOTS AND SHOES, SALT,
NAILS, TIMOTHY' SEED AND
GARDEN SEEDS.
ZEIX'S
WALL PAPER, SYRUPS, OILS, MO
LASSES, FLOUR AND MEAL.
PRODUCE BOUGHT.
CCCR. <32 WATEE STREE
Goods Delivered Free in the City.
Hursev - Insurance ^ Arei
LEE. H. VANCE, Proprietor..
AH the Best Companies Prompt Paym?
Losses.
Pike Street, .... Clarkst
Wanted
White Oak Plan
Walnut, Poplar, Ash Logs and (
ber, Staves, Etc. _ J
PRICE fl
Offloe ftnd I?rd? neu B. A O. Depot, Clukibnrg. W. V?.