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Show YOL. II MARYS YALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2G, 1898. FOUNDED UPON FACT. LLEN TRESDON was a lovely specimen of Southern girlhood. All thought her worthy of the happy lot Dame ter of two Fortune cast her life in as the only daughter of a wealthy south e r n merchant, and the petted sismost promising young men. To say she was lovely comprises vastly more than beauty of form and face; for to be that, requires a pure, attractive soul and a quick, bright mind, radiating from the beautifully turned features and clear, smooth complexion. Yet Ellen Tresdon was supremely lovely. The home of the Tres-don- 3 was so inviting, with its Turkish carpets, luxurious seats, pictures, paintings, statues, statuettes and artistic ornaments, presented to you so naturally and easily by the graceful hospitality of its inmates, that few crossed the threshold without seeking it again and again. Of this interesting family Ellen was the pet and darling, while Charles was the honor and pride not that the youngest failed to come In for fully his share of love, but he was a mere boy, while Charles was the first born, the child of the bridal year, the link among which father and mother loved to be borne backward to the times when the honeymoon was a soft, tender, beautiful crescent arching their young lives a honeymoon which was taking all the days of their limited lives to fill up. Aye, proudly they loved him, and well they might, for he was all that ardent love and youthful freshness might be supposed to endow an offspring with. To Ellen he was an idol with whom, until lately, none had contested for the supremacy of her love. God has not made woman to live alone or man, either, as to that; her being Is incomplete, and needs to be merged into a stronger, grander life, and marriage alone produces, by the twain united, a perfected humanity. Recently these thoughts had been stealing through the secret chamber of Ellens soul, and with them form ol Edwin Mott entered its sacred arcana, and the of her heart had vibrated tlirmmgly to his touch. The first draught of love is to a woman's soul a nectar of new life; an elixer awakening every fiber of her being into ecstasy. And as Ellen stood before a mirror, where she had paused to glance over the completeness of her toilet, Charles raised his eyes from his book, and beholding in the face of his pet an exquisite beauty, outrivaling even herself, he cast the book away and stepped to her side. As Ellens arm glided about his waist, tlie glowing color suddenly re- - -- full-leng- th I 1 t V s ceded from her cheek, the head started from his shoulder and the beautiful ejes took on a tender look of reproof. Oh, Charles, is it possible that you carry concealed arms? What nead can my brother have for such deadly weapons? A slight flush came into the young man's face before the first reproving look those gentle eyes ever gave him, but he attempted to parry the direct question by light speech and laughing with David Hodge, you afterward said that it was well you were not armed, for had you been you would have killed him instead of soundly whipping him, as you did. Oh! Charles, how different life would be to you now than It is, even had you evaded the law, and that rash deed beeff done. How different it would be to us alk; what a black pall would rest upon True, most persons would call this an ultra view, but I cannot forget the anathemas of Jehovah against him who takes human life: and I would prefer to enter the presence of God slain than the slayer. Murder what a black, fiendish deed it is, yet the first men perpetrate it under passions maddening power. Oh! brother, put those arms away. To me the carrying of them smacks rather of cowardice than bravery. Granted, according to your ideas, that there may arise occasions when a weapon is necessary to defend ones life, jet surely the instances are rare in the life of a man who is just, honorable and courteous with his fellow-maand it seems to me (hat true bravery would prefer to take so light a risk to thus branding itself with such evidences of fear. Charles had never been dictated to by his little pet nay, scarcely advised. To her he had ever seemed too nearly perfect to need it; and now, to appease her fears, he took the instrument from his person and laid it aside, although it was to be resumed in the quiet of his room ere going upon the street. Three evenings after this that house, so blessed, so happy, so sought for years, was closed and darkened. The black pall had fallen upon it; and, though the two old people bore up for the sake of their boy, that none might say that they condemned him, the steel was rankling in their hearts and sore affliction filled them for their only daughter, who lay raving in wild delirium, a burning fever scorching out lifes vitality. Oh, what a change! Their noble boy their pride and hope a murderer and a refugee from justice, and their idolized daughter at the gate of death. Charles Tresdon ana Edwin Mott, after a gay evening, with more than a usual amount of wine coursing through their veins and mounting to thetr ' heads, quarreled over a trifle; word3 became hot and insulting; and Charles, mad with wine- - and hot words, draw and fired, and Mott, his companion and friend, fell dead at his feet fell dead without a weappn about him without having raised his hand against him. An hour afterward Charles, pale and haggard, announced his deadly crime to Ellen, and she sank lifeless before him. He knew not then that a terrible blight, other than his crime, had entered her soul. She had just decided to confide all to him, and sat waiting his coming to share her great happiness with him, when his pale, haggard face startled her from her sweet reverie to hear the curse upon her house and feel the double curse upon her heart. Years have passed since, but Ellen has never breathed her double grief to Charles, and by her request her parents have been silent as to the revelations of delirium. The old people did not long survive the terrible shock, and at their death Ellen crossed the ocean, and now she and Charles live in a foreign land, and though their heads are silvered by time, neither has ever thought of leaving the other, and the Italians say never were two such seen; so tender, so gentle and loving to each other, so inseparable, yet so evidently saddened by some terrible loss, and never seeking others, yet ever, when met, gently courteous. All honor and love them, yet the two are so evidently knit together by some great grief that they seem sufficient for each other, and none intrude. The foreigner knows not that the sister dares not leave the brother alone with his remorse and grief. Oh, surely murder is a dreadful thing, and carrying concealed weapons a dangerous custom. n, Monte Carlo Profit. Monte Carlos gambling bank took in 14,950,000 francs during the year ending Oct. 31, 5,000,000 francs less than the year before. Among its expenses were, for Prince Albert of Monaco, 2,000,000 rancs; for police, education and other public charges, francs; to the directors and officials, 1,000,000 francs; for the theater, rejoinder. music, sports and charity, 800,000 Why, pet, you would not have me francs; advertising, 300,000 francs. A less cautious for my very precious life hundred thousand francs was spent to than other men. You must know that get unlucky gamblers out of town, and I value it more highly if my sweet sis another hundred thousand to keep dees not. them from committing suicide. NeverWith these light words Charles tried theless 35 persons killed themselves to hush an answer with playful kisses, on account of gambling losses during but Ellen would not. the year. at listen must least Brother, you to me.- - This thing is too important, Wanti a Girl Who Won't Hee-Hae may lead to too serious results. Morehead (Ky.) Advance: The editor house that through years has gladwould like to have a young lady who Think to resounded step. light j'our ly what an ixward shudder would creep can set type without trying to run the into my soul as I clasped the hand of editor. We know we are not pretty blood. Oh, brother, put those weap- and sometimes go around with our ons away, and leave God to care for shoes off if our corns hurt us, but that the life he has given, and even if it is our own business. We dont proat by any man, come to the worst, dear as you are to pose to he me, I would rather have you take woman or child. This is a snap for some quiet girl who aint afraid of death than human life, member when you had that dispute homespun socks. Rc-th- i ) i I hee-hawe- d r I f 4 1 FUN IN DAWSON CITY. MNCE ALL YOU ONE DOLLAR WANT PER. AT rrofeloul Vlth the Gambler and WhUky Seller, Wli lre the Revol ver to Admonish Keluotnut Debtor home Phase of Life. Is one there place in the whoto world where money has no value it is in the Klondike. You see this exemplified in the social life if such it may be called of the mining camps as you see it nowhro else. In the Klondike gold is a common commodity. The principal diversions of Dawson are the gambling saloons and the dance halls. The most profitable Industry is the sale of liquor, the saloons pay-in- g ro revenue to the government. Beer and whisky sell for 50 cents a drink The gambling saloons are run wide open, day and night, and the dance halls never close until daylight. Swift water Bill owns some Of the richest claims on Eldorado creek, and when he breaks loose the duct is sure to fly. Bill took a seat at the faro table, and in just one hour he had lost $7,500 In gold nuggets. Things dont seem to be coming my way tonight, he remarked as he arose from his seat. "Let the house have a drink at my There was a rush for the expense. bar, and waiters carried drinks to the various tables where games were in progress. That round cost Bill $112. Then he lighted a dollar and a half cigar and strolled out. The gambling saloons, in external appearance, are very much like all other buildings In Dawson, except that they are larger. They are built of logs hewn on three sides and solidly chinked with heavy moss. The roofs are made of poles, on which a layer of moss fully ten inches thick is laid, and then a layer of dirt about twelve inches deep serves to keep out the cold. Heavy embankments of earth piled up against the huts on the outside seive as additloia protection against the chilling blasts of the Arctic winter gales. Games involving $5,000 and $10,000 are running night and day. Professional dealers of banking games receive $20 a day. The manner of hazarding money is unique even in a mining camp. The player takes his seat at a faro table, passes over his sack of gold dust to the dealer, who drops it into a srnill pigeon hole. The chance of overplaying his sack devolves upon the players honor. He is given full credit and can call for as many chips from the check rack as he desires. As the checks are passed out a tab Is dropped on his sack. At the conclusion of the play the chips on hand are credited to the account of the sack. The dealer hands the playfer a slip of paper showing the condition of the account, and the latter takes it and his sack of gold to the bar. If he has lost he weighs out his gold dust, or, in the event of winning, the barkeeper doe3 the payAbout 4 oclock one morning a ing. miner known as Shorty left bis seat at the table where he had been playing all night, saying that he had gone broke. The dealer handed him ais bag of dust and his slip, the latter corresponding almost to a grain with the value of the gold. Shorty walked over to the bar and invited ? couple of other miners to have a Then he was seized wit! a drink. fatal fit of forgetfulness. He edgnd toward the door and was about to push it open when the bartender called to him: Say, Shorty, havent you forgot something? Forgot hell! exclaimed Shorty, and the door swung out. .When it rebounded it stopped F loon; society is the dance hall. I got into the Morning sstar about midnight, although the dancing began as early as 7 oclock in the evening. The building Is a large one, built of logs, but with a floor of rough hewn boards. It answers every purpose, however, for tha mazy waltz and the two-steare not popular with these boisterous revelers. They prefer the Virginia reel, or the plain quadrllle( with lots cf room to throw their 3?t about. atYou could cut the tobacco-lade- n mosphere with a knife. To one side, extending the entire length of the room, was the bar, and the three dispensers of drinks were kept quite as tyusy as the fiddlers. A poor quality Of champaign sold for $30 a pint, and a somewhat better brand brought $10. Of course the men greatly outnumbered the women. There were probably a dozen of the latter, some of them young and quite pretty. They have little or no time to rest between the dances, and when the morning sun peeps over the eastern mountains the finds them a jaded and somewhat bedraggled lot. But they charge a dollar for every dance, and Cripple Creek Carrie, the acknowledged belle of the dancing set, has been known to make as much as $100 a night tripping the light fantastic toe. Most of the men wore their ordinary working clothe, with top boots or heavy, spike bottom shoes. Their heads were covered uy broad brimmed hats, which they never removed, and in their mouths were cigar butts, which seemed equally staFist fights foim a mild sort tionary. of, diversion at these affairs, usually brought about by a dispute over who shall dance with the women. Occasionally the evenings festivities will conclude with a shooting affray, and along toward morning, when the corn juice has commenced to get in its fine work, a popular form of amusement is shooting out the lights. But as a rule fisticuffs find the greatest favor. p BILLS NEW A NUMBER 43. COMING.' CHANGE IN THE CURRENCY SYSTEM. to Re Reduced Design Some of the New Note to Resemble Thoae of the Rank of ftTntySevea to Nine Rnglaud. HE multiplicity of the designs of our paper currency, and the astonishing ease in which the present series of silver certificates can be counterfeited, have made necessary an entirely connew issue, cerning which the following statement is made by Claude M. Johnson, director of the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing: "The new designs ordered by the secretary of the treasury will' be used for all the greenback Issues of the government, namely: $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, A $1 silver $30, $100, $500 and $1,000. certificate will bo recognized from a $i United States note not only by the text of the bill but by the color of the seal and the number, which are printed by the surfaco process. For Instance, the seal and the number on the United States note will be red, the seal and the number on the silver certificate blue, and the seal and the number on the treasury note some other positive color, easily distinguishable from either blue or red. This will enable the accounting officers of the government, as well as the banks, to recognize the character of the note, although the general design will bo the same for all three, and when all, or most of the rium Iiidlan Fat Boy Federal authorities on the Maricop., and Pima Indian reservations, near lveriertiiicates nov In use. til the other bills are laced like Bank of England notes, their backs being green. The idea of treasury officials having debeen to reduce tho twenty-seve- n signs at present In circulation, consisting of greenbacks, Sherman notes and s'lver certificates, to as few designs as possible, the simple expedient has becu resorted to of malting all bills of one particular denomination alike, and making the difference between the one and bill as marked as possible, and the difference between the five and bill and the other denominations so plain that the design alone will enable every one handling money to recognize the various denominations without further scrutiny. It has been decided with regard to the back of tbe notes to have them nearly all alike. Green will continue to bo d the prevailing color, so that the name of "greenbacks, by which Americans have been accustomed to refer to their paper currency, is in no danger of being retired. One very marked improvement that the new bill will havo in comparison with the old is that on the broad expanse of green there will be a large white space. This may not seem a very important matter to the average citizen, but nevertheless It will cause a deeper wall to be heard In the camp of the counterfeiters than anything else about the new bills. For years experts havo been wrestling with the problem of how to assure the Instant detection o the absence of silk threads, a peculiarity of genuine notes with which counterfeiters have always had trouble. Experts have agreed that this white space on the green back of the bill will effectually solve the problem, as the absence of the threads is plainly noticeable on white space. Although the designs have practically been decided upon, and will take the shape described abovp, the new bills will not be ready for circulation for several months. The getting out of new money Is necessarily a slow process, and It Is well for honest men that It Is so. Tho engraving of United States bills. In the elaborate manner that Is necessary, Is not a work of days or of weeks, but of be at least months. It will six or eight months before the engravers will have completed their work on the new bills, and a further time will elapse before they can be printed and dried ready for circulation. two-doll- ar ten-doil- ar time-honore- Three German DrnmatUt. A timely and pertinent paper by J. Firman Coar, in the Atlantic, under the title of Three Contemporary Ger- man Dramatists, treats of the present literary movement in Germany, which rs taking dramatic form, and out of M. CLAUDE JOHNSON, which there promises to grow a sec(Director of the Bureau of Engraving ond period of rare literary productiveand Printing.) ness. Mr. Coar likens the present paper money now In circulation, is re- movement to the Storm and Stress tired and placed under this plan, there period of the latter part of the last will be but nine designs, whereas now century, out of which arose Goethe, we have twenty-seveI believe that Schiller, Heine and other great writthe people will become so much more ers. The dramatists selected for treatfamiliar with these nine designs than ment are Wiidenbrueh, Sudermann and twenty-sevenow they are with the all of tho first rank, and Hauptmann, in circulation that the difficulty of sucthe last of whom, by his recent processfully passing a counterfeit will be duction, The Submerged Bell, has Increased materially. The design will stirred the German people as nothing bo more in accordance with the conhas moved them since the appearance notes ventional bank than were the of Goethes Faust." Mr. Coar skillsilver certificates recently issued, but fully compares and contrasts the chief it will bo the effort of this bureau to works of these three men, and exmake them as handsome and artistic plains and analyzes the thoughts and as possible under the circumstances. motives that underlie them. It is the desire of tbe treasury officials and the bankers of the country to have ANCIENT CRAVES. an expanse of exposed paper, a plainly engraved text and large couuter numExcavations have shown the manber. ner of burying which prevailed in old In those but circumscribed circles of commercial life where filthy lucre is the chief commodity dealt in, and where those who handle it do so behind lorkcd steel doors and barriers, and impregnable cage-worabove statement regarding the new design for bank bills will be especially welcome. In exact proportion to the amount of gratification tbe news will afford the legitimate dealers in money will be the unhappiness it will create among those who tempt fate by counterfeiting Uncle Sams currency. These are the objects at which the treasury department officials have been aiming, and they bave succeeded well, for every one who has seen the designs for the new bills declares that for simplicity and uniformity they are superior to anything hitherto turned out by the bureau of engraving. Beginning with the small and humble one dollar note, which will be the denomination TOMB AT CARTHAGE. most familiar to the majority of the A recently found tomb Is one in Carthage. be will this appearance people, haif-bul- lt of the most patriotic of bills. In the In the form of a tent, in the side of a face of rock. foreground will perch the American eagle, a bird whose widespread wings The Carthaginians placed their dead are a welcome sight to every patriotic in these strong receptacles and knew American citizen at any time, and will they were secure. be especially so when seen on the new A Carious Salt at Law. one dollar bill. In the background is A fruit dealer in Sedalia, Mo., who the dome of the capltol and over all floats the Stars and Stripes. The de- ordered a car load of watermelons for sign is an exceedingly pretty as well a day when Bryan spoke there, as he as a patriotic one. The design for the says, to 20,000 people, did not receive bill has not yet been them until the next day, when Senator new quite completed, but this much is Foraker spoke to a few hundreds. known, that the most conspicuous There was not much demand for waterpart of it will be a portrait of George melons on that day, and the dealer h3 Washington in the lower center. Sup- sued the shipping firm for losses by porting the portrait of the father of the delay. his country will be two partially drapMost people would be content with ed figures In a reclining attitude. This lot if It was only a lot of monc. of their the unlike that $2 is not design n. TIMA INDIAN FAT BOY. n Phoenix, Ariz., report the death of the famous Pima fat bov, who was but 15 years old, yet tipped the scales at 440 pounds. Occasionally used to come up from the reservation on a visit to Phoenix. This was excitement enough for one day in Phoenix. Crowds followed hi.n about the street and stared at him a though he were a curio in a museum. He was a great favorite among his own people, and great preparations were made for his funeral services. Hook Hound in a Woman' &kin In Camille Flammarion's library is a volume of the famous astronomers works which bears the unique title It Is unique "Souvenir dUne Morte. because the title is wholly Incompatible with the contents of the book, which is mainly devoted to scientific matters. However, when one hears the story that is told of this little volume It does not appear so strange after all, though interest in it grows all the greater. It is said that Mr. Flammarion, meeting a beautiful lady at a reception one evening, openly expressed his admiration for her really lovely shoulders. So impressed was the lady that when she died her will directed that enough skin be taken from that part of her person to bind the next the next work of the distinguished scientist. This was done, and the book referred to is the result. Married In a Harm Henry Wayman cf McClur Settlement and Mrs. Catherine Coleman of Scott, Pa., were married in a barn in the presence of 300 people, who came from miles around to witness the After tbe ceremony they marriage. IN A DANCE HALL, received tbe usual congratulations and tnlf way, obstructed in its inward pas- many availed themselves of the opAt one sage by the body of a dying man. A portunity to kiss the bride. flash of flame and the report of a pistol end of the barn was an Improvised tafrom somewhere in that low ceilinged, ble, made with boards laid upon sawsmoke-lade- n the horses, and a sumptuous feast wa3 room, explained draught of cold air that came in spread upon it, comprising chicken dooi. pie, baked beans, potato salad, roast through the haif-ope- n Shorty was buried the next day. In the effete beef, roast pork, mince and pumpkin East there is a fine distinction drawn pies and plenty of good cider. between the society man and the club Love and a canal boat are both inmu. The same distinction is drawn there. The club is the gambling sa ternal transports. Mr. k half-carve- two-doll- ar |