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Show JL VOL. I. MARYS YALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, THE LATE MR.RUBLEK TWO FAMOUS AUThC R3 Strong Pri. c.lhip Enriched the Live. V1SCONSIN EDITOR WAS A DISTINGUISHED DIPLOMAT. SrrveJ as American Minister to Snltzer-lam- t from' 1869 to 1876 A Leader of Folitkal Thong Jt in MTaronsin for Many Tears. ORACE RUBLEE, distinguished editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel, who 'died recently, was one of the foremost citizens of State and city. For a decade he was of the chairman state central republican committee, and the influence of his vigorous mind was felt In all the councils of the party for that length of time prior to his departure for Europe. In 1869 he was pointed minister to Switzerland. He occupied that post in the diplomatic service until 1877, and on his return to Wisconsin he resumed his old place at the head of the committee and remained in it until he went to Boston in 1879 to become the editor of the Advertiser. In 18S0 he returned to Milwaukee and started'a paper in opposition to the Sentinel, but two years later the two were consolidated, and from that time on he was the commanding spirit of the newspaper. During the Hayes campaign his influence was felt keenly in political affairs, and it was owing to his efforts that the state went This republican by 10,000 plurality. meant a change of 25,000 votes within four years. Mr. Rublee was born in Vermont in 1829, and came west to set-- e in Sheboygan when 11 years old. In he entered the small academy that is now the university of Wisconsin. He paid for his education with the earnings he made at the printers case and began his career in journalism as a reporter for the Madison Ar- - the f Hoth. Her friendship with George Eliot was one that greatly enlisted Mrs. Stowea sympathies and enriched her life, says Mrs. James T. Fields in the San Fran cisco Chronicle. Her interest in any woman who was supporting herself, and especially in any one who found' a daily taskmaster in the pen, and above all, when, as in this case, the woman was one possessed of great moral aspiration, zed in its action by finding itself in an anomalous and (to the world in general) utterly incomprehensible position, such a woman was like a magnet to Mrs. Stowe. She inherited from her father a faith in the divine power of sympathy which only waxed greater with years and experience. Wherever she found a fellow-mortsuffering trouble or dishonor, in spite of hindrance her feet were turned that way. The genius of George Eliot and the contrasting elements of her life and character drew Mrs. Stowe to her side in sisterly solicitude. Her attitude, her sweetness, her sincerity could not fail to win the heart of George Eliot. They became loving friends. It was the' same inborn sense of fraternity which led her, when a child, on hearing of the death of Lord Byron, to go out into the fields and fling herself weeping on the mounded hay, where she might pray alone for his forgiveness and salvation. It is wonderful to record the influence of Byron upon that generation. It is on record that when Tennyson, a boy of 15, heard them say Byron is dead, he thought the whole world at an end. I thought, he said one day, everything was over and. finished for every one; that nothing else mattered. I emember that I went out alone and carved Byron is dead into the sand stone. half-para- ly al SWINDLING the hand as she came from tin tab-ifie- t, drs.-e- d in the white bridal nr-kwith a long lace bridal veil deUNIQUE CEREMONY RECENTLY scending nearly to the floor, being held la place by a wreath of roses on bet PERFORMED IN CINCINNATI- - k QUEER PROCEEDING i?y HE marriage of a disembodied spirit, a woman, and a man who is still in the flesh, is by all odds the strangest nuptial event in many years. It happened In Cincinnati. The was bridegroom Dr. a Stevens, wealthy Australian physician, and his ghostly bride was his sweetheart of forty years ago. There Is an uncanny Javor about the tale of marriage of the living and dead. Here is the story two tell: To W. R. Hearst, New York Journal: Mrs. Helen Fairchild came here and held a series of seances at No. 520 West es Dr. Stevens he handed her a beautiful bouquet of flowers, and as he stood by Dr. Rush requested them to join their hands. The ceremony was brief, but impressive and as soon as the benediction was pronounced the company waited for an invitation to greet the bride, but she turned and smiled sweetly. She kissed her husband and Mrs. Slossen, anti grasped Dr. Siossens hand. This proceeding occupied five minutes, when she bowed gracefully, and the groom led her back to the cabinet, which she entered and tjisappeared Dr. Rush then bowed, and, going to the cabinet, also disappeared. The groom conersed pleasantly with those present, and we then left. Dr. Steiens was a strong, hale man, about sixty years old, of medium height and white hair. The bride was seemingly eighteen, slightly taller thin the bridegroom. Mrs. Fairchild left the city shortly afterward. The marriage was not made public until recently. A friend of Dr. and Mrs. Slos-sehearing of it by a chance conversation with Mrs. Slossen, told a reporter. It thus gained its first pul) licity w'ithout our authority or consent New York Journal. n, Eighth street. After attending several seances, she told me that some important event would happen soon, and she would invite me and the doctor. She said a physician from Australia met her in San Francisco and attended several of her seances, at which a beautiful spirit always materialized, In whom she recognized a former lady friend in England. They had been engaged to be married, but she died before the marriage could be NUMBER 31. RUSSIAS DISPENSARY SYSTEM. A Curious African Fly. The most wonderful creature of tba insect family is a South African fly called the tsetse. The bite of this fly, which is not larger than a comniofr hbney bee and of very much the sanw general appearance, is certain death to the horse, the ox and the dog. This be- - Monopoly of t he Sale al Spirit, by tbo ( row n. The extent of the system of monopoly of the sale of spirits by the crown in Russia is desoritn'd by our consul-gener- al at St. l'etensburg In his last lxmdon Times. report, says the The system was first introduced In 1S93 In the provinces of Ierm, Ufa, Orenburg and Samara, and was extended a, from July 1, 1896, to Bessarabia, Kleff, Podolia, Ekaterinoslav, Poltava, the Taurida, Kherson and To these provinces the Tchernigov. system has been applied, with eome modifications, which local peculiarities and conditions have necessitated. The modifications consist principally in the acquisition by the government of corn brandy from small brundy distilleries, whereas in till four eastern provinces such purchases were confined to large distilleries. Moreover, brandy distilled from grain and potatoes will be acquired by the government in preference to that obtained from the residue of sugar made of beet root, the brandy distilled from which has a peculiar taste, which renders it rather unpalatable. would appear that the sale of Scotch and Irish w hisky, gin, rum, liquors and other spirituous drinks, excepting wine, beer, porter and meiul, comes under the operation of the new liquor sale monopoly law and that It will rest with the ministers of flnanoe and- - interior to issue or withhold licenses for the sale of those to private individuals. The ordinary corn brandy, or vodka, of the country in its various forms Is, under the new regulations, sold from shops and depots maintained by the government, which, however, as in the case of spirituous drinks of foreign or-Vol-hyni- SHOPKEEPERS. New and Ingenious Dei ices Practiced by Rendez-Mo- l of the Capital. A fashionably dressed Parisian the , Not to lie Pleased. n In a bank in Edinburgh the clerks are presided over by a rather impetuous manager, whose violent fits of temper very often dominate his reason. For instance, the other day he was wigging one of them about his bad Look here, Jones, he thunwork. dered, this wont do! These figures are a perfect disgrace to a clerk! I could get an office boy to make better figures than those, and I tell you I wont have it! Now, look at that 5. It looks just like a 3. What do you mean, sir, by making such beastly figures? I er I beg pardon, sir, Explain! suggested ihe trembling clerk, his heart fluttering terribly; but er A 3? well, you see, sir, it is a 3." roared the manager. Why, you idiot, it looks just like a 5! And then the subject was dropped for an indefinite , period. persons were being served. He selected a cigar, which he lighted, and stood for a few moments as if waiting for something. He then turned to the shop girl and asked fer his change out cl the piece he had given. The girl denied that she had received any, at which he appeared very indignant and said that if she looked in the till she would doubtless find it, adding that it had a certain mark on it. The girl, to satisfy him, looked and found a piece marked as described, and, apologizing for her mistake, was about to give him the change when two gendarmes, w'ho happened to havs observed his maneuvers from the outside, entered and took him into custody. He was taken to the commissary of police, where he was recognized as a skillful practitioner of the description of thief called rendez-mo- i. Ills plan was to send someone into the shop-- , some little time before him to purchase a trifling article with a marked piece, and then tc enter himself and act as described, by which process he managed to get from 40 to 50 shillings per day. AUGUST well-know- His Queer Collection. A collection of 20,0u0 buttons, iulut) lng specimens of those worn on all tba uniforms in the world, has been left by a rich Englishman named Hamilton, who died recently in Vienna. He had also brought together 332 fans which had each belonged to beautiful women aThermann n, he cried, thats funBy thunder! You see, I brought the dog to the station intending to carry him as far in toward town as Jefferson Park and there I had intended to kick him off. Hes a blamed nuisance around the house, and I wanted to get rid of him the worst way. Much obligod, Jodyngs. But Mr. Jodyngs, with his mind dwelling on his dollar, was a pillar ol siknce. Chicago Record. y, self-kicki- IIow Ettgloa Fly An eagle circling in the air maintains ills wings steadily motionless, but ha THE REMARKABLE Mrs. Fairchild left San Francisco and arrived here, en route to her home further east. The gentleman followed her here and insisted on having seances every day in the morning. His name was Dr. Stevens, his fair ladys name Emma. At one of the seances he attended Miss Emmi materialized and consented to a spirit marriage. Dr. Stevens accordingly made preparations by buying Cowers, and asked Mrs. Fairchild to provide a couple of witnesses. Mrs. Fairchild wrote Dr. and Mrs. Slossen to call at 11 oclock a. m. Wednesday-- . No other invitations were issued, and the only ones present were Dr. Stevens, Dr. and Mrs. Slossen, Mrs. Fair-chil- d and her eldest son, who acted as master of ceremonies. Dr. Stevens eeated himself a short distance in front of the cabinet, and Dr. and Mrs. Slossen were seated near him, facing the cabinet. Young Mr. Fairchild also sat near. Mrs. Fair-chilas usual, wound the music box and stood hereof in top room, oi'side the cabinet, walking back and forth by us. The day vva LCiutilul, and toe sun shone brightly in through the lace curtains of the room. Every move made was plainlyvisible. They waited but a moment, when, with a noiseless tread, a gentleman, dressed a la mode, stepped out of the cabinet. There was nothing ghostlike or uncommon in his dress or manner. Mrs. Fairchild announced the gentleman as Dr. Rush, the former dean of the Medical University of Pennsylvania. He soon began to address Dr. Stevens on the appropriate subject of marriage. He must have talked five minutes at least before he turned to the cabinet and took the fair bride d, and was twice president of the Young Mens Blaine Club of Cincinnati. He ;nduced a strong delegation of Cincinnati officials to attend the meeting in Buffalo two years ago, at which the American Society of Municipal Im- -. The soprovements was organized. ciety met at Cincinnati last year, when he was honored by being elected first vlco president. He is married and hai one daughter. ' fellow-townsme- ny! New self-mad- ban station leading a most reprehensl-ll- e dog. Leading is hardly the word, for in reality lie dragged the unwilling animal after the fashion of a sled. With coaxing words he lured the scraggy beast on, and finally he got It safely stowed under the bench oil the shady side of the station. He bought a paper then, anil settled down to wait twenty minutes for the cityward train. Mr. Huffman and Mr. Jodyngs had marked the approach of the old man and had smiled somewhat at his trouble when the dog had pulled back with greatest force. "Its funny, isn't It, said Mr. Jodyngs, that an otherwise reasonable and sane man will take up with such a dog as that and treat it as a pet? Mr. Huffman assented, and said he (supposed the old man would go into paroxysms of wrath If anything were to happen the dog. That suggested ail idea, and Mr. Jodyngs nearly buret with laughter as he thought upon that idea. "Suppose we steal the dog and put It on the northbound train, and when the old man finishes his paper and goes to take tlie city train he will be furious. This was Mr. Jodyngs idea, and Mr. Huffman came near exploding. It was so funny. Mr. Huffman sat dow'n next the old man, so ns to conceal the workings of Mr. Jodyngs, and Mr. Jodyngs, with suppressed snorts of laughter, untied the twine and hauled the dog around the corner of the station and into the express office, where he paid a glad dollar and expressed the sorry beast to a fictitious John Smith at a station a dollars worth up the line. The old man continued reading, while the up train stood at the platform, and ho dkl not wake up until the whistle of the incoming cityward engine was sounded at the road crossing. Then be looked hastily for his dog. Where's that dog? he asked of his who had d gathered about in obedience to the invitation of Mr. Jodyngs. With fierce peals of laughter Mr. Huffman told him that the household pet was on the way to Milwaukee. Mr: Huffman explained the joke, and clapped the old man on the back in delight. , The face of the latter was a study, lie looked jir.M.r1jJjuffman wonder-ingl- y. HERMANN. President of the Municipal lift provement Society. August Hermann, the newly elee'ed president of the American Society ,or Municipal Improvements, was born in years Cincinnati, Ohio, thirty-seve- n ago, ahd has lived there ever since. For six years he has been a member of the city board of administration, having departcharge of eleven municipal ments. He is also a member of the board of water commissioners, and ha been a member of the board of educae man. Early tion. He is a In life he became a printer, and worked for several years as a compositor on the Cincinnati Enquirer. He gained recognition and prominence as a citizen by the interest he manifested in public affairs. He is active in politics Him to tiet Away with Ilia Dog. The old man came down to the subur- They Helped city-boun- other day entered a tobacconists shop in the Rue St. Honore, in which several HORACE RUBLEE. gus. Later he became editorial writer of the State Journal, and was afterward part ow ner of that paper. It was while at the head of the State Journal He that he rose rapidly in politics. was an able and forceful writer and a Horace thorough student of politics. Rublee was distinctively a journalist. Able as he might hate been as a politician he was never what has been called a boss, better call him an adviser his chief power in the world around him ran through the channel of the newspapers he directed. His instinct as a mere youth urged him to the adoption of journalism as a profession, and he was right 'in his choice. Imperturbable in character, he had all the force that goes with imperturbability. This force manifested itself in a masterly style, charged with a causticity of ridicule and a veritable weight of invective that struck deep and won many a battle for him. As an editor he was gieat, and as a director he was able. He was finely educated and never spared himself in study. IT AMUSED THE OLD MAN. y. bead. As she approached Harried to a Pretty Spirit Bride Dr. Stevens, A Deluded Enthusiast, Made Happy by the Most Astonishing Wedding Ever Heard Of. 1. SPIRIT WEDDING. ing the case, it is almost impossible t cross some of the South African deserts, because the animals used on such journeys for carrying the water supply of the party belong almost invariably to either the ox or horse species. Liv ingstone, the great traveler, lost forty-throxen on one trip from the effect of the tsetses bite before he became aware of the actual cause of the trouble in the herd. One remarkable feas ture of the tsetse is its perfect to the human family, a probiDg into a mans flesh by the insects otherwise poisonous proboscis causing no more inconvenience than would the sting of a sweet bee or the bite, of a mosquito. As the reader will naturally infer from the numerous times we have referred to the bite of the tsetse, its poison is not inserted by a sting but always by the proboscis, which consists of a lancet, well protected by two external shields. Horses, cattle and dogs bitten by the tsetse soon show symptoms of brain disorders which terminate fatally within any time from an hour to ten days. St. Louis ee harm-lessnes- igin, reserves to itself the right of allowing private dealers, such as grocers, etc., to Sell vodka, and the right of doing so will be granted only to persons who may be considered thoroughly From July 1, 1897, the trustworthy. monopoly will be extended to the provinces of Wilna, Vitebsk, Kovno, Minsk, Moghileff and Smolensk, and from Jan. I, 1898, a further extension of the system will embrace the provinces of St. Petersburg, Novgorod, Pskov, Olonetsk and Kharkoff. It is too early yet to form a positive judgment whether the monopoly of the sale of spirituous beverages by the government has answered financially all expectations. But the first essay in its application to four of the eastern provinces of the empire has proved so satisfactory in general effect as to justify the gradual extension of the system to other parte of the empire. This gradual extension is now in progress. The Duchesne and Their Dogs. Recently there has been much discussion as to who among Parisian ladies owns the most beautiful dog. The prettiest terrier certainly belongs to the Duchess de Chartres; the Marquise King Frempehs Throne. King Prempehs throne, footstool do Ja Valettes greyhounds are celeand umbrella, which were captured by brated and Count Horace de Choiseul the British force dining the Ashanti possesses a splendid Newfoundland. The Duchess dUzes has a splendid Danwar, have been presented to Queen Victoria. The throne, an elaborately ish dog and Mme. Standish owns a wolfhound of great intelligence. of Eucarved armchair, apparently ropean construction, is studded with numerous round-heade- d nails. Th footstool is of barbaric design and the Tangled- on the Proper Word. voluminous folds of the deposed west Foreigner (wishing a piece of tongue) African monarchs great umbrella are I will thank you, my dear madam, ado-'neto pass me that language. with a curious deice. Washington Times spreads his tall as wide as possible and works it like the quarter revolution ol a screw. The 'reactionary force which he thus displaces drives him forward, and, by exerting more force of pressure with one side of his tail than with the other, lie diverts his course either to the right or the left. The change In the birds position is attended with short, quick motions, as the point of one wing is stretched forward, while that of the pther is turned backward correspondingly. These short, convulsive movements of the tail escaped the observations ol the ornithologists until quite recently, end the fact of them not being noted caused many exhaustive articles to be written on the Mystery of the Eagles Flight. Stein der Weisen, the Austrian naturalist, appears to have been mothe first to notice the rudder-lik- e tions of the eagles tail. He- - says: These motions of the tail would probably have escaped me also, but for the fact that 1 had so often observed the peculiar construction of the side tail feathers. It is interesting to the naturalists and the laymen alike to know-thathe mystery of the eagles flight has at last been explained. St. Louis Republic. Hopeful. from London visiting Scotland, having heard that a man residing in the district where he had put up had just completed the 100th year of his age, and being anxious to see the centenarian, paid him a visit. In the the cockney course of conversation congratulated the old man on the healthy appearance he had at his time of life, but, says he, I presume you do not expect to see the end of anIm noo very sure other 100 years? about that. You must mind Im a heap stronger the noo thin whin I started wi the first hunner, was the old mans reply. A gentleman Tit-Bit- s. Where He Failed. ' You know Fakely, mind-readeYeast: Yes. Crimsonbeak: the r? Well, yesterday he'had to go back to the house three times to ascertain why his faife tied a little piece of cord around his finger. Yonkers t |