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Show THE COUNTY REGISTER. Heglale. Pnbllahinx unipanr. I'll K AIM, : UTAH. tives one night stumble J up, Jlra Stewart and supposed they had caught the prisoner of Marysville escaping. To make the story short, Jim Stewart confessed. He was banged upon Cal-ifornia street wharf, the gallows being the derrick. Tho body was taken to an engine house, and Buffum relates: I was fond of dramatic situations and pro-posed that we should send for Berdue. This was done and in half an hour he stood in the presence of his dead rival, standing by the table on which Stewart was lying and gazing upon his fixed features. It was like a man looking at his own corpse." DOUBLES IN REAL LIFE. THE EQUAL OF THE BEST CRE-ATIONS OF FICTION. England Furnishes the Mont Important Case of Mistaken Men I It jr other lawn With Keiuarkahle Features. Among a number of New Yorkers recently tho conversation turned upon the subject of mistaken identity. It was agreed that the mistaken identity of tho dead is in no wise uncommon, and that tho danger to business and social interests in this matter is far more serious than one would think without reflection. The insurance companies realize tho ease of de-ception. Said ono talker: "I have never seen a play that turns on mistaken identity that had in it to me the slights est improbability, on that one point at least. I have known many people startlingly alike, and as for twins, everybody must have experienced the impossibility of telling them apart Phil Thompson, formerly member of congress from Kentucky, and his brother John ure not distinguishable to many of their friends when seen separately. The comical mishaps of the two Dromios of Shakspeare are entirely reasonable to me, and so throughout the long line of characters in the romantic drama, which is full of doubles. 'A Celebrated Case' has one of its strongest scenes in false imper-sonation. The New Magdalen' hinges on it. In any case, either of outward identity or mere impersonation, the dramatic possibilities are strong. For that reason I like Willard in 'John Needhum's Double.' The situation is possible, and it is intensely interesting to look into a man's soul under such conditions.-- ' The Tichborne case is the most im-- i portant in the annals of mistaken identity. Its proportions grew and grew, and the claimant was backed to such an extent with the pounds, shil-- j lings and pence of believing sympath-izers that it became a kind of civil conspiracy against a great estate. The ' story is recent and familiar and, as is j known, the structure of the claim fell apart and a year or two ago the obese duplicate of the vanished earl could be seen from time to time emerging from his lodgings in Fourth avenue, in this city, accompanied by a pitcher, in quest of his modicum of beer after the good fashion of the cheaply bibulous. He is probably living y in New York or Brooklyn. England, then, furnishes the most imposing case. France, naturally enough, supplies the most dramatic, and that was the original tragic happening upon which ' was based "The Lyons Mail." I The facts are authentic as anything ' in history that happened in the stirring times that lie around the French revo-lution. Only the issue was more tragic than tho drama, for the innocent man j was hanged. I In Pitival's Celebres" is . told the curious case of Martin Guerre, which happened more than three cen-turies ago. Martin Guerre lived at Biscay, and disappeared. Eight years later his wife was confronted by her "husband," who was identified and welcomed by her and others. Two children were born of this reunion. There was no suspicion, it would ap-pear from this, for several years, but from circumstances not detailed a trial came up. The man who had "exactly the features, stature and complexion of Guerre," was put on proof of his iden-- ; tity. Two hundred witnesses, equally divided in opinion, were examined. Four sisters of Guerre were positive that he was their brother. There were but two points against him. Guerre was known to be a most skillful wrestler and he was a poor one. Guorre's shoemaker noticed a slight difference in tho lines of their feet. Finally. Guerre himself returned from the wars with a wooden leg. and the case broke down. In his confession the interloper told how he had been accosted by a friend of Guerre by mistake. From him he had drawn the facts upon which he worked and had counterfeited the marks on tho body. This Armand de Tihl was hanged and burned before the house of Guerre. A remarkable case was told by Ed-ward Gould Buffum, a New York newspaper man, who had many expe-riences in California between 1846 and 1857. In 1851 San Francisco was ex-cit-over a case of assault, of which tho victim was Charles Jansen, a mer-chant on Montgomery street His clerks had left tho shop, when two men entered. One of them felled him with a bar of iron, and the two men then rifled the safe of several thousand dol-lars ' in coin and gold dust When found Jivnsen was brought around and was able to give some description of his assailants. Two men were arrested just as they were about to depart on a steamboat up the Sacramento. At that time James Stewart an escaped convict from Australia, was a terror. He was a great malefactor, but had always es-caped conviction. The detectives sup-posed that they had arrested this char-acter. His companion gave the name of Jo Wildred and the supposed "Jim Stewart" claimed to be Thomas Berdue. Those were the days of the vigilance committees. Jansen fully recognized his assailants, Berdue claimed to have come from a mining camp with his friend, and that he had never heard of Stewart. Half a dozen wit-nesses Identifiod him as Stewart on the preliminary trial, and the prisoners wsre sentenced to fourteen years in the penitentiary. Wildred was at once taken away, and Berdue was tint to Marysville to be tried for the mur-der of the sheriff of Yuba. He wa there identified and convicted as Jim Stewart. He was to be hanged in three weeks. In tho meanwhile a party of dctec- - A hows-eas- t contemporary makes the important discovery that George Washington couldn't spell." It would surprise it to find that he spclltd about ns well us the average dictionary in use when lit-- v:n loaniing to spelL ' There is no excusj for idleness in these days of industrial progress and development. The demands for the products of labor must in the nature of things keep puce with the increase in population. There is always tome-thin- g to be dona, and always a demand for labor. ETHIOPIANS MADE WHITE. Doctor Say This can Be I).m Through, the Transplanting of Kkln. Provided a victim could be found for the skinning operation, surgical skill is equal to the feat of turning a negro's skin permanently white. The ques-tion of the translation of color in tho. cuticle of the two races has been given a peculiar interest by an experiment In the grafting of the skin of a negro upon a white man, performed by Dr. Ege of Reading, Pa. The experiment of Dr. Ego was made for the purpose of healing a wound on the leg of a white man, and if it succeeded in this it was all that was expected of it. Not only did it do this, but as the wound began to heal Dr. Kge was surprised to notice the thirty particles of black skin trans-planted were gradually losing their color, and by the time the wound had entirely healed the new surface was as white as if the cuticle belonged by nature to the spot to which it was transplanted. This result was sur-prising to the doctor, because medical men have hitherto declared that color-ed skin wherever transplanted would retain its color. It seems probable now, therefore, that some of the theory of skin grafting may undergo a change, and that in the future one may be enabled to change one's skin as easily as the Parisian belle the color of her hair. A physician, in seriously discussing the matter, said that the original cause of the difference in the color of the skins of different races is still a matter of some dispute. Some author-ities on the subject maintain that it is attributable solely to climate. In con-tradiction to this, however, other authorities prove that the dark color of the skin does not depend on geo-graphical position, nor even altogether on radical purity, by tho fact that tho extremes of the chromatic s.'ales are found throughout the whole negro domain. The nihilists of Russia have made everything in that land wear a form of terror to "the powers that be." The Russian government has ordered that all tardine boxes be opened by the custom officers because nihilistic tracts were sent into the country packed into the fish tins. The gin and spindle made great revolution in the cotton world and now the picking machino will make another revolution with that useful plant. With tho new picking machino the field work on each bale of cotton costs $1.50. Before the introduction of tho machine the field work cost was i 16 a bale. and you will conclude that rerubs are quite expensive. Speciality in fruit growing can often be made very profitable, but the quali-ty must be of the very best Sheep manure contains a good per-centage of nitrogen in an available form, and hence is a valuable fertilizer. Good grade draft horses cannot be excelled for doing the necessary farm work, while they also sell readily ax good prices. In addition to farming, a good sys-tem of rotation and a variety of crops enables the farmer to make up a better variety of feed for his stock. One advantage with rye is that it will grow on thin land, can be pastured at any stage of its growth, or be turned under as a green manure with benetlt. In feeding for growth, vigor is an important item, and the quality of tho feed, as well as the conditions under which it is fed, largely determine the vigor. Because you have pure-bre- d stock is no reason for thinkiilg that there is no room for further improvement. It should bo understood that there is practically no limit to improvement. By feeding on tho farm the various products grown, and sending to market on the hoof, a much larger quantity of fertilizer is left for the land than the crop has extracted from it. Dogs, as a rule, are a nuisance on the farm, but if you must have one take a little pains to have a good ono. As with other animals it eosts no more to keep a good one than a poor one. Wheat bran, middlings and rye make a good feed for growing pigs. If the rye cannot be readily secured oats can bo used instead. They can he ma-terially increased in value if they are ground. Hints for the Howe. Strawberry cream, honey paste and cucumber butter form part of the list of new greases for keeping the face and hands smooth. A cup of mashed potato mixed with a teaspoonful of sugar at night will lighten the batter in the morning and tho expensive egg will not bo missed. The torturous hinge can be rendered noiseless by the uso of a black lead pencil of tho softest number, the point rubbed into all crevices of the hinge. A bright little housewife is reported by tho Philadelphia Record as having caught eight mice on sticky fly paper placed over night ou the kitchen floor. In England celery is much used as a last course at dinner, dipped in grated cheese that is, the cheese is passed with it and the celery dipped as it is eaten. Don't neglect to have your name plainly painted on all jugs or bottles that are sent to the store for vinegar, molasses, etc. Then you will be sure to get. your own back again. Brown some flour and make a gravy of boiled milk, with salt and sugar, and it will often cure bowel complaint, either with children or adults, if no other food is eaten for a clay or two. An excellent way of testing tea is to put a teaspoonful in a glass of water and shake it thoroughly. If the tea is pure the water will he a clear amber tint, but, if adulterated, strongly col-ored. FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. WHEN AND HOW TO BECIN FARM G. Keeping ltees for Incidental Income and Household Convenience A Talk Abo-i- t Diversified farming The Home, Ktc. tVhen and How to Begin might Iks taken in two classes the apiarist by profession, whose entire revenue comes in through the hive, the honey producers, queen raisers and bee dealers; and secondly the larger class, who keep bees, or if they understand how. would keep them for household convenience or the in-cidental income. Every farmer to-d-has a bearing tree, bush or shrub in his garden, because the first cost is little and tho attention is inconsidera-ble. Many a hive would stand under the laden limbs to add to its product, the most delicate relish, did not the cost nnd the care appear so forbidding. The latter consideration need be no hinderance; use tho time that would be lost, a few minutes at noon when the first mellow days have come in the spring. Then and supply deficient stores that the queen may se the hive in good season with a multitude of gatherers. This gives her the timely chance to provide her forty' to fifty thousand hand's. Fifteen minutes will bo time enough to manipulate three or four hives. It takes but an instant to slide the empty combs into the center, which is the seminal spot and nursery of the bee hive; to sift the full combs to the out-side, if the stores are short; only a few minutes arc needed to set over the combs a feeder or a pan of syrup float-ing a thick cloth upon it. No more care until the flowers begin to appear. Then, in a minimum of time, the surplus boxes arranged during the leisure of winter in frames or crates as desired, may bo slid in above the brood cham-ber and everything is ready for the inflow of the harvest. "But tho swarms?" In this busy age we cannot watch and wait upon tho whims of an insect, nor ein we allow to vanish in mid-ai- r a working power worth from three to five dollars. Later on we may look a little more into this question of swarms before the season comes when the troop of bees seem ready and mad for motion. In all the other management how-ever, how insignificant is tho item of time and attention. But the outlay for a few Bwarms is a matter of personal judgment like the purchase of a quince bush or pear tree. The plant may be procured in various ways, and for a person of a mechanical turn, tho ex-pense noed not be appalling. In tho next place it may be well to Inquire and. Jiow. a man or woman might best and most cheaply commence the keeping of a few colo-nies, t. e. enter the second and the wider class of s. Practical Farmer. Diversified Farming. Diversity is healthy in all things. Tho individual who runs entirely to one special object may become a spe-cialist, and may possibly excel in one particular walk of life, and the partic- - Throe persons who ate food cooked I in a new tin pan were .attacked with ' severe cramps and vomiting due to ' lead poisoning from which only prompt medical attendance saved their lives. I It Is stated that glycerine washed into flannel after it is wrung from the warm rinsing water will render it most agreeably soft. Half a spoonful of ; glycerine to a pound of dry flannel is the usual allowance. A fresh egg will sink in water be- - ; j causo of the water in it It will lie on j its side also rather than endwise. Should the yolk bo plainly distinguish- - j t able upon being held up to a strong i ' light the egg is good. jj j Incalculable? harm is done to both j tho health of a child and to the in- - tegrity of a second set of teeth in al- - j lowing the temporary teeth to become decayed and abecssed, causing pain and suffering and frequently indigestion and all its accumulated evils. ' When children have taken cold there j is nothing bettor to give them than molasses, butter and vinegar; to half cup of molasses take a teaspoonful of butter and two teaspoonful of vinegar; j cook a few minutes and give a little frequently. Quite young children can take this. To fumigate a room after contagious j disease: Put sulphur (brimstone) in a tin pan, set it on a brick in a tub having a little water in the bottom, sot it on fire aud hasten fw.n the room, ' having all cracks tightly stuffed, even j the key hole. After six hours open j and air the room. Coffee and tea pots become discolored on the interior in a very short time. ' To prevent this about every two weeks ' put into them a teaspoonful of soda and till them two-thir- full of water; let boil two hours. Wash and rinse well before using. In this way they will al- -; ways be sweet and clean. Husk mats are tho best boot wipers in muddy weather. There is some one in most neighborhoods qualified to in- - struct in their making. It is a nice business to do in a rainy time; the husks are damp and pliable then. A : person can make a dozen a day and sell the surplus in the village for 25 ; cents each. The 'real Boston baked beans" served for its Sunday morning break-- i fasts are eo.iked thus. They are soaked during Friday night in cold water. On Saturday morning the water is changed j and then gently parboiled for two hours. then rinsed and put in an earthen pot with a good sized piece of pork with a lean streak in it, then slowly baked through the day and left in the oven through the night, having plenty of water in tho pot during the process of j cooking. ular vocation chosen may yield him a handsome return. There are, how-ever, but few Edisons in. their way in any walk of life. A Beecher could and a Talmnge may fill churches or taber-nacles, yet the majority of preachers are about as dry in their utterances as they generally are in their finances and luxuries, and to them diversity is a per-fect God-sen- The old sermon, with a hew face, can bo and is burnished up to pass muster on many different occa-sions. With farmers the diversity that suits them is of a different nature. Their stock in trade cannot be carried about in mouldy manuscript, neither can the improvements, made to one field, bo transferred at will to another, yet di-versification can be so cosmopolitan in its ramifications, as to blend in one harmonious wholo, to tho material benefit of the farmer. Diversified farming will undoubtedly yield a surer and safer return to the ordinary farmer than special farming, yet tho farmer himself should be the best judge of his own varieties. Climate has fully as much to do with genoral surroundings ns soil. Sorghum and leets may be made to yield big returns where a corn crop might be a failure, or clover fail to get up a decent stand. Again it may be folly in some districts to devote much time to anything else than raising cattle or sheep. Each locality has, by the laws of nature, and the trend of civilization, an adaptability to some lines of husbandry, and is unsuited to others. The husbandman's safest course is to be well informed on the possibilities of his soil, and diversify his operation as the climatic conditions safely justify Indicator. Stock and Farm Kotes. The sleeping quarters of the pigs mutt be dry. Avoid under-feedin- g as well us over-feeding. A patch of rye makes a food pas-ture for ewes with lambs. It is not a good plan to uso fresh, coarse manure in the potato patch. Allowing the horses to stand on wet manure will make their feet tender. Bran, oilmeal and middlings, scaled, make u good feed for the laying hens. So far ns it is possible the most profitable plan with stock is to feed them to maturity. A scrub sire, crossed or bred with grades or even pure-bred- s. will grad-ually tend toward tho scrub. Bran contains less oil and more b:ne material thnu eornmeal, and is better for growing stock. Pedigrees that are merely lists of names of progenitors are of no value as evidences of individual merit. Figure out the difference in the cost of growing a goo 1 colt and a poor one, Tiie newspaper space for vhich as-piring statesmen would givo their very boots and buttons, and which they can-not get on any terms, is liberally con-ceded to an elephant walking a plank from a two-stor- y stable. This should teach us that notoriety in these later days is not least of all a question of original eccentricity. A CHAPTER ON CHARITY. The Time for Its Etrrclse Is the Tresent Time. The reader is doubtless familiar with the poem, "If I Should Die t" It is a picture of the love and tender-ness that would be exhibited over the lifeless clay; of the forgiveness of im-perfection and of the bestowal of flow-ers upon the casket Then the writer pathetically appeals for such manifes-tations of love and friendship while life lasts, and the feet are weary and the eyelids are drooping. The words of a gentleman who recently died in Chi-cago, "If you have flowers to give me, give them while I live and can enjoy their sweetness," have often reminded us of the sentiment of that poem. And how often are we reminded of them by the treatment of the dead. We are not considerate enough in our inter-course with our fellow men. We come in conflict with them upon various questions which arise; and although we may know very well that they are just as honest in their convictions and po-sitions as we are in ours and somo-time- s, perhaps we know very well that they are more honest than we are wo become angry with them, nnd say harsh, unjustifiable things about them. If we hurt their feelings, we not only do not care, but rejoice. Yet we know that we are wronsring them, or if wo do not know it, wo are so thoughtless that our thoughtlessness is crime. Sometimes the best men who have ever lived have been favored for years by denunciation and slander simply be-cause they could not agree with some-body else. At last the crape is hung upon the doorknob, and the wronged brother was sleeping behind the barred shut-ters the sleep that is wakeless. The silence within the house of bereave-ment appeared to flow out and sur-round the lips that had so often curled in scorn as the name of the dead was spoken, and about the heart that was hard enough to be just. Then reason begins to assert itself, and humanity begins to triumph over inhumanity. Justice ascends her throno from which aha had been east by the brutality of human nature. The man who so long had "hated" the dead, says to his own soul: "Well, after all he meant right and was a good man, a better man than the average; perhaps I have been doing him an injustice, and I will lay upon his casket a bunch of eloquent flowers to proclaim my regard for his mem-ory. " But the ear that would have been charmed by such words is forever deaf; the eye that would have been glad-dened by such sentiment is sightless; the heart that would have leaped for joy at such a manifestation of willing-ness to do justice, is still forever. "If you have flowers to give me, give them whilo I can enjoy their sweetness." Western Rural. Bismarck's fate is an example for statesmen who lag behind the times. He has been a very groat man, but when he secured the reunion of Ger-many, and gave her that enthusiastic impetus, which taken at the flood-tid- e, leads to prosperity, he forgot that ho must change his methods to suit the passage of years, and, consequently, he is left high and dry on the shore like a grounded ship by tho receding tide. HOW TO BATHE. lie Clean and in All Likelihood Yon Wilt he Healthy. The first and common object of the bath is cleanliness. The great import-ance of abstersion, and the necessity of keeping the skin clean and in its normal activity will be more fully appreciated when we consider tho importance of tho function which the skin has to perform. One-thir- d of all the morbid matter in the system aris-ing from tissue change is thrown off through the skin, the other two-thir-being excreted by the kidneys apd lungs. The excretion through the skin is accomplished by the action of about 2,500,000 of little sweat glands. Each of these glands is surrounded by a plexus o"f blood vessels, and has a duct extending to the surface, the average length of which is one-four- th of an inch. The aggregate length of these ducts as computed is about ten miles. Think of it. A system of human sewerage ten mile in extent! The doleterious effect upon the organism caused by a stoppage of this great Bystem of drainage will be perceived at a glance. The effete matters of the body, which in a state of health are excreted by the skin, nature now en-deavors to get rid of through the kidneys and lungs. The effe.-- t on these organs of the great increase of functional activity necessary to maintain the harmony be-tween tissuo waste and tissue repair results in their disease, and the entire system becomes deranged from the poisonous effects of this accumulated matter. Then, too. In health inspira-tion is carried on, in a measure, through the skin by the absorption of oxygen and the giving off of carbonic acid, thus aiding the lungs in their interchange of gases; in this manner a direct effect is produced upon these organs by a checking of the normal activity of the skin. It Is not tho many lowly but the few - miih.tyuiof. .the" .Wh(iJ)atjt,and...lft, greatest noed of hearing and hearken, ing to the prince of peace. Tut the lowly are not without their responsi-bilities. They so exalt those who are great through wealth or accident of birth as to flatter them into the belief that they are demigods, whose passions and ambitions are not to be restrained by a moral code meant only for com-mon folks. The man who is idle is so through his own volition, not bocauso there is a lack of employment In a majority of cases it is not a question as to whether there is anything to be done, but whether the laborer is willing to do it The man who is really wanting work can always find it It may not be just tho kind of work ho would choose to do, but it will get him a living while ho is looking for some-thing more congenial to his tastes. A New . he: What makes this life worth living. Tell me, when all has been said and done! she: It is the rapture of forgiving, When you yourself are the guilty one. he: "What makes us all so opposed to dying When so much of heaven we all have heard i she: Because when we're dead there's no replyi-ng,- And women must have the finul word. he: What is your idea of heaven, Of heaven on earth, perhaps, I mean? she: A place where the men are all twenty-seve- n And I am the only girl just eighteen. he: What's your idea of a perfect poet. One to whom all should bow the knee she: How absurd you are! Well, if you must know it, The poet who writes of love and me. Neither General Grant nor General Sherman liked broad stories, and did not care to listen to them. This fact was soon found out by persons thrown Into their company who had a predi-lection that way. An exchange relates of General Grant that somo one in a company where he was began to relate a stjry, and by wav of preface said: I believe there are no ladies present" "No," said General Grant, "but there are gentlemen,'.' which put a quietus upon the narrator. m i Not Engagement Bracelets. If a young man has any true regard for a woman he give3 her a gold f ribbon bracelet, perfectly plain, save I for an inscription, and clasps it upon ' her arm. It should lock and the key be carried by him who purchased it. These are not of necessity engagement bracelets; they mean, merely, truo regard and a desire that this state of feeling shall continue. If regard has deepened into love, and a blessed feeling of possession, a little verse is inscribed upon the bracelet, tolling to all who care to read that two more lives have been made happy in loving each other. A pretty verse upon a New York engagement bracelet ran thus: The violet loves a sunny bauk. The cowslip loves the lee, The scarlet creeper loves the elm And I love thee. A Pennsylvania judge has hold that these characters L. S. on legal papers, following the lines of signature, are not necessary. They have always been regarded as essential to the . soundness of a legal document in that state, as they are in many others. The letters stand for the words locus segell, which mean "place of the seal," and they come down from the times when individuals used seals with their sig-natures, as states, courts and cor. poratioas use the m now. f" Young Swell on Parade, An amusing sight on the avenues these pleasant afternoons is the ap-proach of a group of young swells. They come in groups of two or three and appear as if they had been dressed and drilled for the afternoon parade. Their clothes are cut on exactly the same pattern, they assume the same vague expression of countenance, and even carry their canes in the same way. They hold their canes in the middle with the head down and about a foot and a half in front of them. This last requires quite an effort, and it is no wonder to me that these youths look so pale and exhausted. I am quite sure that if they were addressed they would identically make the same reply, at least they don't give one the idea of originality. New York Letter. The Booka We Borrow. There is much negligence shown in the matter of returning borrowed books, and this often by persons of whom one would expect better things. For months after a book is read, it to He about the house, and no especial effort is made to return to its owner. That a book should be return-ed as soon as read, just as particularly as one would return a tool after using it or a garment after wearing it. would appear to go without saying. Yet it is not always the case Harper's Bazar. You know some one who is in hard luck, of course. Tho woods of the world are full of unhappy people, who imagine that they are heirs to misfo-rtunewho parade their k and refuse to be comforted. There's no sun in their sky, no moon in their night nothing but dark days and bhu-- clouds sorrows unending, fate unbending. Day in and day out they pour into your ears a tale of woe nnd the world's cru-elty. They are on the outside of all that is good and cheerful and hopeful in this wonderful old world, and finally they believe that lifo is a failure and they are useless Footballs of fate, they roll hither and thither, never stirring until they are kicked hy the toes of the trampers in whose pathway they lie. Of course they are believers in luck and nothing but luck. It Would Attract Attention. "What would you advise me to wear this winter to attract attention?" asked an elderly spinster whose cheeks car-ried an extra quantity of rouge. "Well," saUr the dressmaker, "you might try the sign, Fresh Paint' " Too IHany Negative. "No, Mr. Van Dusen, said the proud young Boston beauty, as she flashed her glorious orbs upon him, ' I shall never allow no man to hug me." And Mr. Van Dusen promptly folded her in his arms. Life. I All Ilia mean Acta. I A candidate for office is very much. like a drowning man. All the mean j acts of his life are quickly brought up. before him. Puck. No Meddlers Wanted. We all respect thot .'ho know more than we do; but we don't wish them to run our business. Puck. |