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Show AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, VOL IV. J, tTtoRRENCE. (JEN. THE ENERGETIC LIFE OF ONE SELF-MAD- E MAN. Dll BMMt I loath KrmoTM One of tha 00001170 Moat Raniorkoltlo UnoplM of tha Triumph of reraavaraaoa Fortuna Slues tha War. Mods ENERAL JOSEPH T. Torrence, who LPT died In Chicago a Jj recently, native of Mercer county. Pa. He waa born March IS, 1843, hla parent being Jamea and Rebecca Torrence, both native of tha atate. Keyatone waa he to Sbarpaburg, Going by thare employed three year Mr. John P. Agnew, who owned and thence large blaat furnace, went to Briar Hill furnace In Ohio, where he worked In varloua capadtiea, finally learning the blackamlth trade, and rlaing to the position of assistant foreman, before he had reached hla 17th rear. Hla bualneaa connected with the furnaces waa made a careful study In all ita details, and he mastered It, both practically and scientifically. Upon the opening of the Far of the rebellion hla heart was stirred with patriotic ardor, and at the call of President Lincoln for 300,000 men he promptly offered hla services, enlisting as a private in company A, 105th regiment, 'Ohio volunteer infantry. Though young in years he had a strong and physique, and waa naturally of a commanding spirit, qualities and characteristics which at once led to his appointment as a officer. He served faithfully in the numerous engagements In which he took part, until the battle of Perryvllle, In which le received four wounds, being so seriously disabled that he was granted an honorable discharge from the army. vu her beanty, her cultivation, her matronly charms as the head of a splendid and hospitable home, only lately occupied,' which she beautified by her taste and adorned by her presence. But to those who knew her best these qualities were but the varnish on a lovely picture. She was perfect In her domesticity, in her household management. In her devotion to her home and family, and, what was leas to be ezpected, she was of unerring Judgment in the more weighty affairs of business. In all the large and extended enterprises In which her husband was engaged, she was her husbands confidant and adviser, and nothing to which she had given her unqualified approval ever went amiss. GEM WOUTII MILLIONS FOUND IN THE KIMBERLY MINES, SOUTH AFRICA. tha Other Faiucuo Moure Are bat Flgiulea Compared With It It It Clonal Guarded by Khudra M lulus Corporation. All SELVES. Oared of tha Cigar- OUR SUBLIMINAL How a Do Mag Bo ette llalAt. When a somnambulist Is put Into the hypnotic condition and then talks it Is found that the speaker is that same personality which spoke and acted during the time of ordinary somnambulism, showing that the personality which acts during ordinary somnambulism and the personality brought Into action by hypnotism are the same, says tha North American Review. This new personality has of late become a sub-- ; ect of great Interest and persistent study. Not only does It come Into activity In ordinary somnambulism and In the hypnotic condition, but also In dreams, In reverie, In abstraction and sometimes, apparently, in a normal passive condition. The second personality has been named the subconscious or subliminal self and It possesses many curious faculties which wo have not time to consider here, but whatever this subliminal self may be we have In hypnotism the means of experimentally reaching and influencing it, and this Is where the great power of suggestion appears and Is utilized. Suppose, then, the physician had a patient In the deep hypnotic sleep; the patient hears nothing, perhaps feels nothing. The physician then says to him: "When you awake you will take the book which lies on the table, open It at the forty-thir- d page and read four linos at the top of the page. He Is then awakened. He had heard nothing but his subliminal self, which has been made accessible by hypnotism, has heard and Influences him, to carry out the suggestion. He goes to the table and takes up the book, finds the forty-thir- d page and reads the four lines at the fop of the page; he has no thought but that he Is doing It all of his own accord, and so be le he Is obeying the Impulses of his own subliminal self. Suppose the patient to be a boy with the cigarette habit and the physician had suggested as follows: "When you awake you will no longer desire to smoke. On the contrary, the very thought of it will be disagreeable to you and you will avoid It altogether. He awakes, he knows nothing of what THE LATE GEN. TORRENCE. has transpired, but he finds he no longHe was afterward given a light pension er has the desire to smoke and consefrom the government quently he ceases the practice. In 1869 he removed to Chicago, being called thither to take charge of the A Famous Faster Dead. furnaces of the Chicago Iron works, A Cleveland dispatch to a New York and in the following year became connected also with the Joliet Iron and paper states that the noted "long fastSteel company. In addition to his other er, Dr. Tanner, waa cremated or crushed In the burning of the Whitmore-duties, he superintended the construccompany's plant tion of furnaces at De Pere, Wls., and Robinson under a huge pile lies and two and built later Mich., Menominee, of debris. Iron for the Joliet Improved furnaces Dr. Tanner's real name was Francis and Steel company, and had charge of them until he became consulting engi- Harrison, and he achieved fame of a neer for the Green Bay and Bangor certain kind by his long fasts. He has been heard of but little of late years. : Furnace company at Chicago. Several years ago he sold his wife to a hla Hla good judgment, In managing men, his German named Adam Hlld for 10 and nes;-hls'aeminent fitness for leadership, and his an old sewing machine. Hlld married familiarity with military matters made him a conspicuous figure among Chios go's prominent public-spirite- d mqp 'and at their solicitation he consented, his overwhelming 'notwithstanding ' duties, to accept the colonelcy of the . Second regiment, I. N. G., to which position he was elected and duly commissioned by Governor Beveridge In 1871. After the law organizing the guards Into three brigades he was recommended to Governor Cullom as a most suitable man to be appointed brigadier general of the First brigade of the Illinois National Guard. Governor Cullom acted on the suggestion, and sent him his commission. This was just on the eve of the riots at Chicago in July, 1877. DR. TANNER, After organizing his stuff he, at the woman and the Monroe Mr. then of recently, when he went Heath, requestmayor of Chicago, established his head- to the workhouse, she applied for a quarters In the office of the chief of divorce, but was refused. and at once proceeded to organ police, ' lze cavalry and artillery forces to preDrinking Rain Drops. serve order, and placed guards at the The interesting doings and peculiari-- Water and gas works to forestall any ties of a young kingbird, kept a capattempt of the rioters to destroy them. tive, are described by Mr. H. C. Bum-pIn Science. The kingbird lives on Subsequently he became one of Chi business men and Insects, which It generally captures on csgos leading amassed a fortune In the Iron Indus- the wing, and the young bird that Mr. try. Bumpus experimented with caught fallOn Sept 11. 1872, he married Miss ing drops of water by striking at them Elizabeth Norton, the accomplished with Its beak, but could not be Induced daughter of the late Jesse 0. Norton to drink from a dish after the manner of a chicken. This leads Mr. Bumpus of Chicago, and by her had one daughter, Jessie Norton Torrence. The sud- to suggest that kingbirds may be In the den death of Mrs. Torrence Oct 12, habit of quenching their thirst by seis1891, the! result of an accident while ing falling drops of rain. taking a tide with her daughter, was a Bedforshlre, England, has a magissevere bVw to her family and wide 'circle of ift voted friends. In the words trate ninety-seve- n years of age, and Mrs. Torrence vu one of still In active service, who recently, on f anothc a type of 'omen, peculiarly the prod- the occasion of the dedication of seme uct of th fresh, free, rigorous weaL new church bells In his parish, climbed T the w Rid she was only known for to the top of his belfry. ed cool-head- ed . ct - us I I HE greatest diamond In the world, the most valuable gem ever discovered, Is at last to be cot and put on the market. Any lady or gentleman who has an odd 12,000,-00- 0 or 83,000,000 lying around loose In the house may now enquire this gem as soon as the cutting process Is finished. In the rough the diamond was valued at 82,600,000. How much the cutting nay enhance this valuation or depredate It only the future can tell. If It (alls Into the hands of a. particularly skilful man he may easily add 8500,000 to It If, on the other hand, the cutting la unskilfully done, 8500,000 may be cut off with equal ease. The stone has never been out of the possession of the great diamond syndicate, of which Cecil Rhodes Is the head, and which controls the entire diamond output of South Africa. It was found by one of the syndicates workmen in June, 1893, in the Jager Fonteln mine, near Kimberly. It Is known as the Jager Fonteln Excelsior. From the moment of its discovery up to the present time It has been guarded as carefully as the treasure In the Bank of England. To make Its security all thq greater, strict secrecy has been observed as to its exact location. It was first kept under military guard at the syndicate's South African place, and then sent under special escort to London, there It has remained ever since. But, beyond the fhet that It Is in the city somewhere, no one has been permitted to know anything about 1L The secret of Its location has been kept by the officers of the company and a few trusted employes. No effort has heretofore been made for its cutting, because a customer for a two and a half million solitaire Is not to be picked up every day. As the cutting process Is very expensive, the syndicate did not care to go ahead with the work until there was some prospect of a sale. It takes an emperor or a' king to secure control of such a stone as this, and the emperors and kings of Europe are rather hard up at present. Who It is that has finally promised to take the Jager e Fonteln Excelsior syndicates hands Is not known. It Is rumored In London, however, that like all the other great things In the world, the big diamond is coming to America to some great American millionaire. Compared with the Jager Fonteln Excelsior all the other great stones at present In existence are as hazel nuts to hens eggs. It weighed when exhumed 960 carats. Its extreme girth In width waa 5 Inches, and its extreme girth In length was 6 Inches. Its greatest length on any side was 2 inches, and Its greatest width on any one side was 2 Inches. Its smallest width was 1 Inches. Altogether it Is not unlike a small baseball in size. There are perhaps a half dozen diamonds In the world that will rank with the Jager Fonteln as among the greatest gems In existence, though none of them approach It In any sense, either In value or size. The Mogul diamond, which is among the Persian crown jewels, weighs 280 carata It Is one of the chief assets of the Shah of Persia, and all sorts of fabulous prices have been offered for It The Orioff diamond In the sceptre of the Russian Czar weighs 104 carats. According to one story, it formed the eye of an Indian Idol and was stolen by a French deserter; another that It belonged to the Nadir Shah of Persia, and on his murder came Into the hands of an Armenian merchant, who brought It to Amsterdam. It was sold to Russia In 1772 for 8450,000, with an annuity of 84,000 and a title of Russian nobility. Among the British crown jewels is the Kohlnoor. This stone has had a most remarkable history, and until it fell Into the hands of Queen Victoria caused wars innumerable. At a date not fixed by history, it was discovered In the Gani mine near the famous mines of Golconda. In 1526, at the sack of Delhi by Ala Ed Din, the Sul-ta- n of the Mogul dynasty, It fell Into the hands of the conquerors, who, it Is related, esteemed It at the sum of the daily maintenance of the whole world. At this time it weighed 793 kamtu. The gem passed along from generation to generation, until the Emperor came to the throne. This old gentleman became tainted with western heresies, and concluded that the Mogul in Its state of cutting was not fashionable enough to serve for court purposes. So he had a western lapidary, Borglo by name, take It under euntrart to rut it aecordlng to European Ideas. Borglo was highly pleased at the commission, but before he got tarough he devoutly wished that he might have been drowned before tbs off-th- NO. emperor ever sent for him. For six months the stone wiu in the lapidary'i hands, and when he had finished his Job he returned it with much pride to Its royal owner. It took the Emperor Aurengzebe Just three seconds fo order that Borglo should be boiled in oil. torn limb from limb, have his head cut off and nailed to the city gates by the ears, and to undergo various other equally pleasing and cheerful experiences. In cutting the diamond, liorgio had been comin pelled to reduce it fits. That the job was scientifically and rt'(lcally done from the lapidary's standpoint cut no figure with the enraged monarch. He wanted the gem trimmed up according to western Ideas, but he didnt by any manner of means Intend to lose of it. He was finally prevailed upon to pare Borgloa life, but got even by confiscating all the property possessed by that unfortunate Individual, which waa not inconsiderable. It has been conjectured that In cutting It, the. diamond was divided, and the other half became the Orioff stone. In Its reduced form the atone passed along from generation to generation, causing wars and riots Innumerable, until In 1849, upon tljy conquest of the Punjaub, it passed froih the ownership of Runjeet Sing to that of Queen Victoria. It has since been re-cand now weighs 106 karats. three-quarte- three-quarte- rs ut, PERSIAS TURQUOISE MINES. Only tha Moat Primitive Method Are In Vogue. The only turquoise mines In the world that have been worked extensively or that have produced gems perfect In form and color, are those near Nlehapur, In northern Persia, says the New York Times. The British at Meshed recently visited the mines. He says that on approaching them from Nish spur, after entering the low hills and gradually ascending, one arrivea first at the villages inhabited by the miners, which are on undulating ground about 5,000 feet above sea level. After another gradual accent for about a mile by a 8ery good road, the foot of a hill about 1,000 feet In height la reached. All the mines are on the south face of this hill and from the first to the last the distance as the crow files is not more than half a mile. The Retell mine, which le the only one now worked on a large scale or with vigor, produces Q;e greeter part of the turquoises at present sent to market It la near the top of one of the highest ridges at an gllltude of about 6,000 feet above sea level. The entrance la a hollowed-ou- t cave, about twelve yards across, with a vertical shaft some five yards in diameter. Only most primitive methods are in vice-cons- ul vogue. For Curling lUlr. Natural curling hair Is one of the greatest ornaments a woman can have. It 4a true that Invention has reached such a pitch of perfection that nowa- day! It la Impossible to detect the real from the artificial waves, but at 111 everyone will agree that there Is a certain amount of satisfaction in doing without the Irons and the curling pins, no matter If the effect may be the same or noL Young mothers may he glad to know that a babys hair may often be encouraged to curl naturally If It is brushed upward or twisted round the finger while It Is wet. Brushing downward rather encourages a childs hair to grow straight. The upward brushing Is not becoming for the time, and this is no doubt the reason that so few care to persevere with the one afterwards. Idea, but It well Of course. It Is not every head of hair that responds to the treatment, but in many cases It hits been successful. Soft soap Ig a very good thing with which to wash the children's hair, hut remember It froths a great deal, and very little will suffice. If you use too much you will find a difficulty in rinsIn order to ing it out thoroughly. keep the hair bright and clean, you must pay particular attention to your brushes and combs, as well as to llie hair Itself. Sec that they are always clean, and If possible hare two brushes always In use. Boston Traveler. Dervlf.lir' Mill of Mail. The old sloiy that the dervishes p obsessed swords and coats of mail d:it.;n,-- i back to the Crusades 1b confirmed by the capture of some of these inter-stinrelics after the recent engagf in. nt on the Nile. The history of the armor and weapons used originally l:i luh";-tinand found again after 7hi years in the Soudan, would make a breathless chapter of roo.ance. History plays tie romantic drama oil a scale Dial the most daring melodramatic plays right may envy, for who, even on the stag'-- , would have ventured to make the officer of a British expedition In the Soudan encounter A rah warriors c lad in the mall of Ktcliard Cocur de Leon's knlghta? e, llrrlln fiwlnin. L made known hy a correspondent in Berlin. The hutch-er- a of that town are in the habit of informing their rustoniers of the days on which fresh suiisHges are made hy placing a chair, covered with a large, clean apron, at the able of the shop f'nrlnu door. correspond enacted la his establishment that on no pretence SOME STRANGE. QUEER AND whatever might a female venture late Ills presence. A gemleman died re CURIOUS PHASES OF LIFE. really in Vienna who used to adopt extraordinary measures to avoid conl'ha Dying t'allfurnlau," a 1oeni Sari tact with womankind. At the theater Laws nnd Custom It was his practice to book three sea to Wonira llalrre A Parrot that Kills Mievp Thinking and the middle one, so that n female kIiuuIiI nut by any Doga, possibility It next to him. When traveling he would an entire compartment IE up nearer, broth- in orderengage to avoid the risk of having a er, nearer. woman in the and he invsrl For my liinba are ably chose the carriage, mail In walking for the growing cold, reason that ho was least likely to find And tby prexonv-a female there. The man's hatred of someth dearer. the sex was Indeed carried no far that When thy arms In his mortal he orders entirely liuiiM-keep- by ence, and a rigid rule waa oix-up- s around me fold. rs 1-- A curious custom IN T1IK ODD COliNKlt. !. I am dying, broth- gave for the pureluiKu of six feet of ground ou either side of his grave, in order that In death a female body should not corns within that distance of his. A man now living in a laindon suburb er, dying. Boon you'll mins me from your berth, has a similarly pronounced hatred at And my form will soon be lying the gentler sex. Being wealthy, he Neath the ocean's briny surf. keeps up a large staff of servants, but no female is to be found among them. Tell my father, when you meet him; Men and boys have to do all the doThat In death I prayed for him. mestic affairs of the household, even to Prayed that 1 might some day greet scrubbing the floor and making tha beds. Women even the relatives rf him, la a world that's fro from sin. the servants are strictly forbidden the place, and any menial transgressing Tell my mother, God assist her. the rule by admitting a person In pettiNow that she is growing old; coats is Instantly dismissed. An That her sun would glad have kissed opulent gentleman In the north of Engher, land, who for years shut himself out When hla Bps grew pale and cold. from female society, died not long since, leaving a will, the terms oC whloh displayed in an unmlstakablo-manneHarken, brother, catch each whisper, 'Tis my wife I apeak of now; hla hatred of womankind. Tell, oh! tell her how I missed her. Ignoring the females entirely, all his When the fever burnt my brow. male relatives were provided with legacies, but on this condition vlx., Tell her she must kiss my children. that the single ones were to forfeit Like the kiss I last Impressed; their Inheritances the moment they Hold them as when last I held them. married, and the married ones were Folded closely to my breast. not to come Into theirs while their wives were living. Twas for them I crossed the ocean. What my hopes were Ill not tell, A Parrot that Kllla Sheep. But they gain an orphan's portion, Writing in reply to a statement by Yet He doeth all things well. Mr. Alfred Russel Wallace tbat the kea or mountain parrot of New Zeato them their Savior, Bring early deserted the natural forests and land, Putting all their trust In Ood, berries for the pickings of the farm And He never will forsake them. era slaughter-yard- s, then for tha Uvw For He says so In his word. sheep, and finally by a refinement oT evolutionary adaptation, for tha deliTell my sister I remember cate fat which overhangs the sheep's Every kind and parting word; kidney, Mr. Taylor While sends to the That my heart has been kept tendei an interesting account of the Zoologist With the thoughts her memory actual frets which he hss had the stlired. The-kes- , best opportunity for studying. he says, could not hare deserted Tell them I ne'er reached the haven. its berries, for to hla knowledge. It kc. Where I sought the precious dust. only found above the forest line; where But I gained a port called Heaven, berries do not grow. Its food consists, Where the gold Will never rust. chiefly of the lichen on stones. It did not train itself, via carcasses, to eat Urge them to secure an entrance, live meat, but hit on the practice. In find For they'll their brother there. all probability, hy accldcnL Mr. TayFaith In Jesus and repentance lor White was farming sheep on the. Will secure for each a share New Zealand mountains before the kea-halearned Ita bad habits. Suddenly-I- t Hark! 1 hear my Savior speaking; to be found that some of began Tis His voice, I know so well; which had missed a shearing When I am gone, then don't be weeping. and had long wool would die tn the Brother, here's my last farewell. night, and on skinning a small round hole would appear far down tha back, and fatnni. Sir In the cause of which was unknown. One There Is but very little poverty and day they discovered the kea In the act of committing ita felony, and thenceabsolutely no starvation in Switxer-lanwar. The kea Is a Every Swiss is horn a native of forward there was dull green bird of the parrot type,, sonic one commune, and is in possessknown aa Nestor notabilis, and Its ion of papers to prove himself such. A and of seeking habit of sheep-killin- g he able is his he retains health, as long to earn enough by houcat work to keep out the kidney fat has always been held up as one of the most striking Inhimself; but should he through or olil age lie unable to earn his stances of rapid (adaptation on record. own living, he considers it no disgrace Mr. Taylor White, however, thinks that to accept assistance from the commune the adaptation was occasioned by of the long, and possibly tbat ho helped to support during his frozen wool to the lichen on which the prime, and the commune is bound to bird feeds; that it never touches ths is If hla for waul. anyone provide he la arrested end Sidney fat at all. but simply want begRinK or Wood. his papers are examined; should they is for he the kept Do Ior, Th,kT prove to be in order night, fed. and next day he Is conducted i gomP eiht. years ugo a strange dog across the frontier of the canton In tlio panle IO my place and took up Ita shod direction of bis native commune, and wjt), rap. disregarding all my negloct-- It is the duty of the next canton to for- - j e(j i,0K,itaIiiy. n persisted in being my ward him through the next stage tow- companion, followed me constantly. ards his destination. If a man Is idle One evening I was called some disand will not work the commune would tance In the country to see a patient. rather pay his fare to some distant This evening 1 compelled the dog colony rather than keep him In the behind. On my return home-late- , 1 was met near my barn place. by the ('rime is very rare In the rural dis- dog. After unhitching my horse X' tricts, and the offender la generally undertook to run the buggy lfcto the found to be. a foreigne- r- most often an shed. At every attempt the dog threw Italian laborer in a lit of sudden rage. himself brfore my feet, retailing me. Most of the villages employ an inhabipreventing me from advancing. After tant to act aa policeman, though some- several attempts I pushed the dog times two or more villages will com- asldo, when be rushed to the open bine to secure tin services of one man shed door 'and began barking and between them. In other ways the comgrowling vigorously. I then discovermune cndeavi -- a to watch over the welled a man secreted behind the door, being of its Inhabitants for Instance, who. when discovered, beat a hasty at St. Merit? a law exists that no one retreat. may venture on the Ire of the lake until A Great t'orporalloa. the president has declared it safe. Some The greatest corporation on earth Is of the laws are rather curious, and In the London and Northwestern Railon Is absodancing Sunday Appenzell way Company of England. It has a lutely forbidden, while at Welson only and a revenue ofl J the pastor and the doctor are allowed j to ride, drive, or use a toboggan on 86.500 an hour; hss 2,300 engines, and! Christman Day, Easter Sunday, and employs 60.000 men. Everything If made by the eompany bridges, enHarvest Thanksgiving Day. gines, rolls, carriages, wagons and an innumerable lot of other things, eves Wnuirn llalrre. the rosi scuttles snd wooden limbs fox Henry Cavendish, the famous chcm- Repairs to th 1st, had such Inveterate abhorrence of cost 8130,000 a month. way permanent female society that from the precauDxrivatlna of "Milliner. tions he took to avoid personal contact "Milliners" were of old "Milanera, I with any member of the sex he earned for himself the sobriquet of the Wom- aluslon to the city of Milan, which used an Hater." It Is said that he used to to set the fashion to the north Th ull matters of tsate. with his carry on communications r the-ahee- p d. th jVltartiift pe |
