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1""" ISSUED SEMI'WEEKLY, l. m. geist's sons, PubUshers. } % <s!}ainilg J^spaper: 4or ft* Promotion of the jgolitiral, ?orial, g^rimltiiral, and (Eommerrial (Interests of the people. { ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKYILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER *24, 1903. ISTO. 94. oAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAi I (She SKI < < 1 B.K * Auth * "The Man Fr< 4 "Glengarry School Daj 4 J Copyright. 1899, by FLEMI 4 #? ? ? ??fTTVTf?T?VT1 - CHAPTER XIX. through gwen's window. fTTTi'IEN I told the Pilot of Lady | \y | Charlotte's purpose to visit tersj Owen he was not too wen iMgaBi pleased. "What does she want with Gwen?" he said Impatiently. "She will just put notions into her head and make the child discontented." "Why should she?" said I. "She won't mean to, but she belongs to another world, and Gwen cannot talk to her without getting glimpses of a life that will make her long for what she can never have," said the Pilot "But suppose it Is not idle curiosity in Lady Charlotte," I suggested. "I don't say it Is quite that," he answered, "but these people love a sensation." "I don't think you -know Lady Charlotte," I replied. "I hardly think from her tone the other night that she is a sensation hunter." "At any rate," he answered decidedly, "she is not to worry poor Gwen." I was a little surprised at his attitude and felt that he was unfair to Lady Charlotte, but I forbore to argue with him on the matter. He could not bear to think of any person or thing threatening the peace of his beloved Gwen. The very first Saturday after my promise was given we were surprised to see Lady Charlotte ride up to the door of our shack in the early morn ing. "You see, I am not going to let you or," she said as I greeted her. "And ue day is so very hue for a ride." I hastened to apologize for not going to her, and then to get out of my difficulty rather meanly turned toward the Pilot and said: "The Pilot doesn't approve of our visit" "And why not, may I ask?" said Lady Charlotte, lifting her eyebrows. The Pilot'9 face burned, partly with wrath at me and partly with embarrassment, for Lady Charlotte had put on her grand air. But be stood to his guns. "I was saying, Lady Charlotte," he said, looking straight into her eyes, "that you and Gwen have little in common?and?and"? He hesitated. "Little in common!" said Lady Charlotte quietly. "She has suffered greatly." The Pilot was quick to catch the note of sadness In her voice. "Yes," he said, wondering at her tone. "She has suffered greatly." "And," continued Lady Charlotte, "sue is Drigiit as tne morning, me Duke says." There was a look of pain in her face. The Pilot's face lit up, and he came nearer and laid his hand caressingly upon her beautiful horse. "Yes, thank God," he said quickly; "bright as the morning." "How can that be?" she asked, looking down into his face. "Perhaps she would tell me." "Lady Charlotte," said the Pilot, with a sudden flush, "I must ask your pardon. I was wrong. I thought you"?he paused?"but go to Gwen. She will tell you, and you will do her good." "Thank you," said Lady Charlotte, putting out her hand, "and perhaps you will come and see me too." The Pilot promised, and stood looking after us as we rode up the trail. "There is something more in your Pilot than at first appears," she said. "The Duke was quite right." "He is a great man," I said, with enthusiasm; "tender as a woman and with the heart of a hero." "You and Bill and the Duke seem to agree about him," she said, smiling. Then I told her tales of the Pilot and of his ways with the men till her blue eyes grew bright and her beautiful face lost its proud look. "It is perfectly amazing." I said, finishing my story, "how these devil may care rough fellows respect him and come to him in all sorts of trouble. I can't understand it. and yet he Is just a boy." "No; not amazing," said Lady Charlotte slow ly. "I think I understand it. He has a true man's heart and holds a in it T'vo soon 111 on lilco that?not clergymen. I mean, but men with u great purpose." Then, after a moment's thought, she added: "But you ought to care for him better. He does not look strong." "Strong!" I exclaimed quickly, with a queer feeling of resentment at my heart. "He can do as much riding as any of us." "Still." she replied, "there's something in hie face that would make his mother anxious." In spite of my repudiation of her suggestion I found myself for the next few minutes thinking of how he would come exhausted and faint from his long rides, and I resolved that he must have a rest and change. By the time we reached the canyon the sun was riding high and pouring Its rays full into all the deep nooks where the shadows mostly lay. Down In the bottom stood the cedars and the balsams, still green. We stood some moments silently gazing into this tangle of interlacing boughs and shimmering leaves, all glowing in yellow light, then Lady Charlotte broke the silence In tones soft and reverent as if she stood In a great cathedral. "And this is Gwen's canyon?" "Yes. but she never sees it now," I r PILOT I ? i cojvjvon I or of ^ om Glengarry" ? rs" bl d "BUck Rock" ING H. RCVELL COMPANY J ' rff f Tf TTffTTV VTV VT V V T V f said, for I could never ride through without thinking of the child to whose heart this was so dear, but whose eyes never rested upon It. Lady Charlotte made no reply, and we took the trail that wound down Into this maze of mingling colors and lights and shadows. Everywhere lay the fallen leaves, brown and yellow and gold ? everywhere on our trail, on the green mosses and among the dead ferns. As we began to climb up Into the open I glanced Into my companion's face. The canyon had done Its work with her as with all who loved it The touch of pride that was the habit of her face was gone, and In its place rested the earnest wonder of a little child, while In her eyes lay the canyon's tender glow. And with this face she looked In upon Gwen. And Gwen. who had been waiting for her. forgot all her nervous fear, and with hands outstretched, cried out In welcome: "Oh. I'm so glad! You have seen it and I know you love it! My canyon, you know!" she went on, answering Lady Charlotte's mystified look. "Yes, dear child," said Lady Charlotte, bending over the pale face with Its halo of golden hair, "I love It." But she could get no further, for her eyes were full of tears. Gweu gazed up into the beautiful face, wondering at her si lence, and then said gently: "Tell me how It looks today! The Pilot always shows It to me. Do you know," she added thoughtfully, ,;the Pilot locks like it himself. He makes me think of it, and?and"?she went on shyly, "you do. too." By this time Lady Charlotte was kneeling by the couch, smoothing the beautiful hair and gently touching the face so pale and lined with pain. "That is a great honor, truly," she said brightly through her tears?"to be like your canyon and like your Pilot too." "Yes, dear child," said Charlotte, "1 love it." Gwen nodded, but she was not to be denied. "Tell me hrw it looks today," she said. "I wan to see it. Oh, I want to see it!" Lady Charlt te was greatly moved by the vearnintr .11 the voice, but, control line; herself, she said gayly: "Oh. I can't show It to yon as your Pilot can, but I'll tell you what I saw." "Turn me where 1 can see," said Gwcn to me, and 1 wheeled her toward the window and raised her up so that she could look down the trail toward the canyon's mouth. "Now." she said, after the pain of the lifting had passed, "tell me, please." Then Lady Charlotte set the canyon before her in rich and radiant coloring, while Gwcn listened, gazing down upon the trail to where the elm tops could be seen, rusty and sear. "Oh, it is lovely!" said Gwcn. "And I see it so well. It is all there before me when I look through my window." But Lady Charlotte looked at her, wondering to see her bright smile, and at last she could not help the question: "But don't you weary to see it with your own eyes?" "Yes," said (Swell gently; "often I want and want it, oh. so much!" "And then. Guvn. dear, how can you bear it?" Her voice was eager and earnest. "Tell me, Gwcn. I have heard all about your canyon flowers, but I can't understand how the fretting and the ; .tin went away." Gwcu looked at her first in amazement and then in dawning understanding. "Have you a canyon, too?" she asked gravely. Iauly Charlotte paused a moment, then nodded. It did appear strange to me that she should break down her proud reserve and open her heurt to this child. "And there ar-> no Mowers, (Jwen; u*>t one." she said, rather bitterly, "nor sun nor seeds nor soil, I fear." "(ill, if the Pilot were here he would tell you." At this point, feeling that they would rather be alone, I excused myself on the pretext of looking after the horses. What they talked of during the next hour 1 never knew, but when I returned to the room Lady Charlotte was reading slowly and with perplexed face to (Jwen out of her mother's Bible the words "for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor." "You see even for him suffering," Gwen said eagerly. "But I can't explain. The Pilot will make it clear." Then the talk ended. We had lunch with Gwen?bannocks and fresh, sweet milk and blueberries? and after an hour of gay fun we came away. Lady Charlotte kissed her tenderly as she bade Gwen goodby. "You must let me come again and sit at your window," she said, smiling down upon the wan face. "Ob, I 8ball watcn ror you. now good that will be!" cried Gwen delightedly. "How many come to see me! You make five." Then she added softly, "You will write your letter." But Lady Charlotte shook her head. "I can't do that, I fear," she said, "but I shall think of It." It was a bright face that looked out upon us through the open window as we rode down the trail. Just before e took the dip into the canyon I turned to wave my hand. "Gweu's friends always wave from here," I said, wheeling my bronco. Again and again Lady Oharlotte waved her handkerchief. "How beautiful, but how wonderful!" she said as If to herself. "Truly, her canyon is full of flowers." "It Is quite beyond me," I answered. "The Pilot may explain." "Is there anything your Pilot can't do?" said Lady Charlotte. "Try him," I ventured. "I mean to," she replied, "but I cannot bring any one to my canyon, I fear," she added in an uncertain voice. As I left her at her door she thanked me with courteous grace. "You have done a great deal for me," she said, giving me her hand. "It has been a beautiful, a wonderful, day." When I told the Pilot all the day's doings he burst out: "What a stupid and self righteous f/vr.i r Hovo hoon t T npvpr thonarht there could be any canyon In her life. How short our sight Is!" and all that night I could get almost no words from him. That was the first of many visits to Gwen. Not a week passed but Lady Charlotte took the trail to the Meredith ranch and spent an hour at Gwen's , window. Often the Pilot found her there. But though they were always pleasant hours to him he would come home In great trouble about Lady Charlotte. "She Is perfectly charming and doing Gwen no end of good, but she is proud as an archangel. Has had an awful break with her family at home, and It Is spoiling her life. She told me so much, but she will allow no one to touch the affair." But one day we met her riding toward the village. As we drew near she drew up her horse and held up a letter. "Home!" she said. "I wrote it today, and I must get it off immediately." The Pilot understood her at once, but he only said: "Good!" but with such emphasis that we both laughed. "Yes, I hope so," she said, with the red beginning to show in her cheek. "I have dropped some seed into my canyon." "I think 1 see the flowers beginning to spring," said the Pilot. She shook her head doubtfully and replied: "I shall ride up and sit with Gwen at her window." "Do," replied the Pilot, "the light Is good there. Wonderful things are to be seen through Gwen's window." "Yes." said Lady Charlotte softly. "Dear Gwen! But I fear it is often made bright with tears." As she spoke she wheeled her horse and cantered off, for her own tears were not far away. I followed her In thought up the trail winding through the round topped hills and down through the golden lights of the canyon and Into Gweu's room. I could see the pale face with Its golden aureole light up and glow as they sat before the window while Lady Charlotte would tell her how Gwen's canyon looked today and how In her own bleak canyon there was the sign of flowers. to be continued. An Estimate of Mr. Cleveland.? Every few days there is evidence of the extraordinary popularity of Mr. Cleveland with the masses of the people. And in this feeling is the proof that the people of this country have not strayed too far from the old ideals as those who have their eyes fixed upon the showy vulgarity of our big money centers are loudly asserting. For Mr. Cleveland stands as the perfect representative of old-fashioned Americanism. He is neither a dollar hunter nor a dollar worshipper; he is the exact reverse of the type of bluster and bluff; and he makes the seeker . . n %. r, 1 rv/\oitinn" on/1 i ?Y> ito _ aiin nuv. uu jjuoiuuii auu mc muiators of the vulgar aristocrats of Europe look cheap Indeed. Now, as when he was In office, he Is "plain as an old shoe"?an honest, common sense citizen. discharging his public and private duties in a quiet, matter-of-course way that shines resplendent in comparison with those who are so strong on what other people should do, and so weak and shifty when it comes to their own ought-to-do. Mr. Cleveland has solved the problem of what our ex-presidents should do?has solved it as Washington solved it at Mt. Vernon, as Jefferson solved it at Monticello.?Saturday Evening Post. A Mknack to Society.?The Colonel ?Well, boys, this is my last night at the club. I've got to be a fearful menace to society, so there's nothing left for me to do but go away and be a hermit for the rest of my life. The Chorus?Why? The Colonel?Because I've lived here so long I know everybody's family history. The Chorus?What of that? The Colonel?And, counfound it, I'\e got into the habit of thinking aloud. ittisccUanrous grading. BRIER PATCH CHAMPIONS. How Undo James Scoggins Settled Giant Pete Westmoreland. Editor Yorkville Enquirer: As T?e Enquirer from time to time presents the familiar names and faces of persons we have known for a long time?ever since our childhood?a reminiscent spirit Is aroused and we often tirnuM IIIta fn orlH onmA. 1 tff I lllill ?> C tlVUkv. ?>nv ww uuu WV...W thing that has apparently been omitted. The name and face of Mr. James Scoggins, as it appeared in last Tuesday's paper, recalls several incidents that might interest many of your readers, who may not be familiar with his earlier life?only one of which I will mention now. In his earlier days Mr. Scoggins was without doubt one of the finest specimens of physical manhood in Western York and he always bore the reputation of a man who had the courage to maintain his natural precedence. The incident of which I am going to speak took place at what Is known as the "Brier Patch" muster ground, near Smyrna church, a short time before the beginning of the Civil war. It was customary, on muster days, to have liquor on m? gruunuo. n might be a candidate's or some one who wanted to turn a little booze Into money. In the latter case it was not looked upon as it now is for a man to sell liquor. In fact, some good men? men of means and character did it. Anyway It was always convenient for those who would do so to get tight, and sometimes pretty drunk, Just as the spirit moved them in that direction. At the time of which we speak the crowd was pretty well liquored up, among them Tom Lanier and Tom Whltesldes, (who, to dlstnlgulsh him from several other Tom Whltesldes, was called "Bad Legs." How or where he got this sobriquet I never knew, unless it was from just such occasions as this, when his Jower extremities afforded such a poor means of locomotion.) Mr. Whitesldes though, was a first class gentleman, and related to some of the best families in Western York. But, like many otherwise good men, liquor sometimes got the advantage of him. The shooting match was a very common pastime with some people, and Tom Lanier made it a specialty by which to increase his income. He was acknowledged to be one of the best marksmen in the country, and many times he was employed by others to do their shooting at the muster ground matches when they had bought chances. On this occasion Tom Lanier claimed to have won a very fine gun from Mr. Whitesides. (Whether Mr. Whltesldes had ever wagered the gun or not I do not know). But he was shooting with the crowd and Mr. Lanier undertook to take the gun away from him by force. A tussel ensued, which was followed by blows, and finally the two men fell with Lanier on top. The crowd gathered around and cries of "Hands off; let 'em light it out," "Don't part 'em, men; don't part 'em. Let 'em have a fair fight," while all was going the same way?against Whltesldes. Mr. Scoggins was always a quiet man and never took stock in any such carousals. Yet, he would not stand by and see a man Imposed upon when he was unable to help himself. Pressing into the crowd and seeing into what hands this traveler from Jerusalem to Jericho had fallen, Mr. Scoggins stooped down to pull Lanier off him, when Pete Westmoreland, who was a stout, heavy-sot man, a blacksmith by trade and as plucky as a bald hornet besides, struck him such a blow in the back of the head that Mr. Scoggins said that he "could see stars all over the ground." Pete had struck such a blow that the force of it had staggered him back a few steps. As Mr. Scoggins raised up he saw Pete's eyes flashing fire, while he said with an oath, "Pete's a hoss." Just then he made another lunge, but as he got within proper range he met a blow from the sledge hammer fist of Jim Scoggins which sent him backwards with a momentum somewhat similar to that of a pair of old fashioned winding blades that had i-ist their equilibrium while running at i high speed. This broke up the fun and ended the chapter. j. l. s Etta Jane, S. C., Nov. 20, 1903. ANTS AND PARROTS ARE FIERCE. So Says a Man Who Has Lived Where They "Rule the Roost." Lions and tigers are all very well in their way, but as really fierce and invincible creatures, ants and parrot bear on me paim. Parrots, when in their native wilds, live In flocks and guard themselves by a complete police system, which enables them to marshal their collective force quickly when any animal or bird attacks one of their number. They seem to be disciplined and trained In fighting together, and all other birds and animals are afraid to attack a parrot unless the bird can be caught alone. Even then a shrill call summons the parrot army to the rescue. It is said that in the forests all parrots die of old age and that none is ever killed by birds of prey <>r other wild animals. The soldier ant is not only invincible when attacked, but will make the attack himself with great fierceness and put to rout even a lion. A missionary recently returned from Central Africa says'of these ants: "One sees them busy in innumerable battalions, ranked and disciplined, winding away along like a broad black ribbon of watered silk. Nothing can stop them nor change their route. "For an inanimate object, they turn aside and pass on. If it is a living object which bars the way they assail it venomously, crowding on each other's backs to the attack, wh le the main army passes on, business-like and silent. "If the object is a trench or a stream, they mass themselves on the edge of the water and remain quiet for a while. It looks as if they were holding a council to consider what should be done next. Then, suddenly, the word 'forward' is apparently given, the mass stirs and the army launches itself upon the waves." A multitude of the soldiers thus is sacrificed for the common good, and these legions which know not what it i<j tn ho hoAton. nass on over the bodies of the victims to their destination. A lion, tiger, man, or even an elephant, caught in the path of the ant army finds safety only in flight. Otherwise the fierce warrior ants swarm upon him and tear him with hundreds of thousands of sharp little Jaws, which will eat him to the bone If he does not escape out of the line of march. MORMON SECRETS EXPOSED. Gentiles Making a Hard Fight In Utah. Mormons and Gentiles are engaged in the bitterest campaign they have fought since Liberal days. It is preliminary to a demand for an investigation of the situation in Utah which will be presented to congress at its next regular session. The promoters of the investigation declare that the movement has the support of 500,000 women and preachers. Memorials urging the Investigation are being signed all over the country. The right of United States senator eiect, tieeu smuui, a. luuniiuu apuauc, to sit in the senate is one issue involved. The proposal to admit Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma to statehood also figures in the fight. When Utah was admitted as a state it was under the condition, implied at least, that the Mormon church was not to take part in politics. The church was especially desirous of statehood, it is alleged, because the Edmunds-Tucker law would thereby be nullified and all prosecutions for pollygamy would be In the state courts. Now that statehood has been secured it is charged that the church has become all powerful in politics. It is also charged that high officers of the church are living in polygamy. The Gentiles declare that the Mormon church has built up one of the strongest and most powerful political machines in the world. It already controls Utah elections, electing Democratic or Republican tickets at will; and it is now asserted that the church has laid its plans to hold the balance of power in the United States senate by electing senators from Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Oregon. The purpose of the Gentiles in the present campaign is to defeat these Mormon plans. In the Republican primaries after Senator Reed Smoot and the church leaders had made a bitter fight to nominate Mormon candidates the Gentiles succeeded in naming a non-Mormon ticket. Although Salt Lake City has been overwhelm* 1 ? T> tVin Ar lilgiy nepuuuuau iui jco.io, wu? ....... mon church is now trying to elect the Democratic ticket. There is a local issue to the campaign also. The church owns the three great public utilities, the electric light and gas system and the street car system. and has just put a new telephone system in the field. It is making an especially hard fight to elect Mormon city officials who are friendly to these monopolies. Senator Reed Smoot, an apostle of the Quorum of Twelve, is the master mind behind the Mormon fight. He directs to the smallest detail the church's political campaign. In their campaign the Gentiles are making use of the testimony taken before Judge Anderson, of the United States court of Utah in the case of five Mormon foreigners who made application to become citizens of the United States. This testimony, it is asserted, exposed the secret doctrines of the Mormon church. As a result of the hearing, Judge Anderson held that persons who had taken the endowment oath of the church were not fit to become citizens. The hearing occurred in 1889 and it is explained that the testimony has not been heretofore ob tainaDie. John Bond described the ceremony of the oath in the endowment house as follows: In Its administration the one going through takes the right hand of the party that officiates there, presses the knuckle of the index finger; that was a token of the lesser priesthood, as I remember, that was binding upon me. As far as I remember I took the obligation, pressed their thumb with the index finger; that is the Aaronic or lesser priesthood; this confined me to believe every doctrine that was taught by the Mormon church, especially against the government of the United States, as I understood it. The penalty of divulging that, I was to have my throat cut from ear to ear and my tongue torn out. I was required to hold my hand to high heaven in the presence of those there, that they might see that I granted this act to be done. This is the first as far as I remember. The second one I was put under was to avenge the blood of the prophets against the government of the United States, teach that to my children and my children's children from generation to generation, and everlastingly keep after them. The penalty, I believe, was that the heart, or the bowels, would be torn out?something to that effect, so far as my memory will carry me. I was under obligation to sustain and uphold the subject of polygamy. The question was put to my wife, with other women: "Are you willing to allow your husband to have more wlvee than one. All those that are in favoi of that says "aye;" contrary, "no." They were all ayes. Martin D. Wardell testified that he had seen the penalty for breaking the endowment oath inflicted. He testified: It was in the latter part of 1862 about twenty miles this side of Greer river, upon a man by the name oi Green. They were coming to Salt Lake City, returning from the states; they had been here once. It was the loot nf tho f>h?r<?h train. W. H. Game was captain of the train. Well, when we got about twent} miles this side of Green river, Capt Dame came and took me by the shoulder and he says: "We didn't do much last night the brethren hasn't got cleaned up; will take an early sit to-night, and let then: have time to finish up." He took me by the shoulder and led me outside of the train and pointed over, and I seed eleven men, dressed in buckskin clothes, in a circle, and the horses outside. "Now," he says, "these are mountaineers." And finally about 9 o'clock three men comes up and they call on this man Green; he was In his wagon and didn't come out. He was a little afeard. They called him once or twice I got up. I was In the wagon with my family, and Just as I got out thej took the man, and there was two 01 three around, these men that I mention now?and they pulled the man oul of the wagon by the coat and he stood on his feet, and he hadn't stood more than about three minutes?maybe three minutes?until a man took him by the hair of the head, and the other cul his throat, and when he laid down thej Kio /ilnthoa nnH tnnk a belt from him with $5,000. When we commenced to make trouble about It John W. Young told ue if we didn't shut our mouths the) would serve us the same and leave ui for the wolves to eat Capt. Dame said that he had apostatized from the church once, and he had apostatized again and gone to hel now. Andrew Cahoon, who came to Utat in 1848, and was eighteen years t Mormon bishop, was sworn and testified that he had taken the endowment house oath. He gave this testimony: y. Was there any portion of the obligation relating to obedience to the priesthood? A. Yes, sir; the idea was that the) were to yield Implicit obedience at al times, in every respect to obey the priesthood. It was considered no crime to take from those who opposed the church, because they were the enemiei of the Kingdom of God. Q. Did you ever hear that doctrine taught ? A. Oh, yes; oh, yes. All of those that pretended ?to lead and guide ane govern the church taught that it was lawful to take anything from our foes from those that were enemies to the Kingdom. The teachings of the leaders of the people was that the King dom of God was set up on eann am that they were bound and pledged tc sustain and build it up in conflict with all other powers and governments The king of that kingdom that was se< up on the earth was the head of th< church. Brlgham Young proclalmec himself king here in Salt Lake Vallej before there was a house built, in 1847 Mr. Dickson: Have you ever heart the leaders of the Mormon churcl pray for the overthrow of the govern' ment. A. I have, many times. Joseph Silver, who was baptizec into the Mormon church in 1848, wh< afterward held the office of the Melch' izedek priesthood and was ordainec a "seventy," gave substantially thi same testimony with reference to thi endowment house oath. He also ex> plained that there was a slit in the en clowment garment over the heart, sig' nifying that if the oath was broken b] the recipient his heart would be take: out. Under cross-examination he tes titled: Q. How was the blood of thi prophets to be avenged? Was any' thing said about that, or was It jus merely stated that they should avengi the blood of the prophets? A. Why, as I understood it then, b: /loo?Min?lnn oo far ns nn.qsible nf thi entire government of the Unite< States; and let me here state, if I ma; be allowed, that that has been th? whole gist of the thing. James McGuffie, who went througl the endowment house in 1865, testified After we got our washings ant anointings they began to instruct us and they required us to take oath witl uplifted hands to do all in our power and to teach our children and oui children's children to do all in theii power, to destroy or uproot the Amer ican government, for the reason the; hadn't punished the murderers of Jo. seph and Hyrum Smith. Q. What was the substance of thi oath that you took by which yov agreed to yield obedience to the priest hood ? A. We took an oath that we woul( obey the priesthood in all things; w< were members of the Kingdom of God citizens of the Kingdom of God, an( the government of the United States? we were to be their enemies on accoun of them not avenging the blood of Jo seph and Hyrum Smith. We were t< obey the priest in all things, tempora and spiritual, politically and socially. Charles Giimour added these detail: of the ceremony of the oath: There was an arm shoved through i door that was there, and there wa what looked to me to be a Unite< States cavalry sword, and the bod; was shown, only to the elbow, and tha came through the door, and It twisted and the effect of the light from th' window on the sword was exceedlngl: i startling; that was when these oaths against the people and the government i of the United States were being ad ministered. Apostle John Henry Smith, a leading man of the Mormon church, also tes tilled. He denied that he ever toolc an oath against the United States. He admitted that he was a polygamist. On cross-examination he testified as fol. lows: , i Q. Do you understand the revelation to be to this effect, that if the first wife refuses to consent to her husband taking a second wife she shall be damned? ? A. I understand that principle; a good many women have taken that chance. Under the Mormon theory they shall be damned. Q. Are not the Mormon children Instructed to pray to the Lord to avenge ! the blood of the prophets? ' A. I decline to answer. , 1 Q. What penalties were attached to a violation of the covenants that you ' took In the endowment house? ' A. I decline to make any statement 1 Q. Wasn't one of the penalties that 1 you would have your throat cut? A. I decline to make any answer. Commenting upon his testimony Henry G. McMillan, one of the leaders ! in the Gentile campaign, said: 1 "The purpose In publishing this evi1 dence at this time Is to show that a ! man who is a member of any one of the three quorums which constitutes 1 the government of the Mormon, church and are the fountain of authority in that church is not a loyal citizen or tne United States, and cannot, by the most L liberal construction of his covenants 1 and obligations, consistently qualify as : a member of either house of congress. * The issue of vital importance is the ' question whether Mr. Reed Smoot, an ' apostle of the Mormon church and ' senator-elect from Utah, is a proper 1 person to be admitted to a seat in the senate of the United States. "The decision of Judge Anderson 1 shows conclusively that the Mormon people are under the rule of a power ' which denies them a republican form of government. The rule or government of this people is administered by ' co-ordinate quorums of oath-bound of~ fk-lals who are absolute in their authority?having no constitution to limit or 1 lefine their power. 1 "The first quorum consists of the 'prophet, seer and revelator* and his ' two counsellors. The second quorum, which is eo-ordinate with the first, conslsts of the twelve apostles, who are : also 'prophets, seers and revelators. To the second quorum Mr. Smoot be' longs. 1 "According to Apostle John Henry 1 Smith, the first qummm of 'seventies' is ' a third co-ordinate quorum. This ' oligarchy recognized no authority on 3 earth, temporal or spiritual, superior to Itself. i "Every member of this organized power owes his supreme allegiance to ' the organization to which he belongs. He can obey the laws of the country 3 and support the constitution only when they do not conflict with the will of i his quorum. "As one of the quorum of Mormon apostles, Senator-elect Smoot must 1 place the will of his quorum above the constitution of the United States or the 1 laws of the land as Interpreted by Its " supreme court. He cannot by reason t nf thin hleher nil parlance narticiDate i In any attempt of the senate to en1 force certain of its laws in territories ' under its exclusive Jurisdiction. "He must also, of necessity, be un1 der the control and subject to the dic1 tat ion of his associate apostles and ' prophets in his official acts wherever he may be, so that in the United States senate he would not be the represen1 tative of the legislature which elected } him, nor of the people of Utah, but the mouthpiece of the despotic hier* archy which, having dictated his elece tion, will dictate his vote as senator."? e New York Sim. INQUISITIVE BEAR. r Investigated a Can of Nitroglycerin, i With Immediate Results. "If you want to kill a black bear deader than an Egyptian mummy Just get him to wrestle with a few cans of nitroglycerin," Is the advice of Mlt chael O'Brien of Williamsport, Pa. ' And his word goes a long way since his experience in Potter county the f other day. e O'Brien is an oil well shooter, who 1 has met with many strange adventures i during the time that he has been haule ing explosives over the Potter county mountains, but none will compare with i that of which this tale relates. : O'Brien was bound for the Gaines oil 1 field, driving through the mountains i, with four cans of the well-shooting i explosive in his wagon. The lone , traveler camped at noon in a little valr ley and rode one horse to a small r stream down the slope for water, lead ing the other. While the horses were f drinking: they suddenly snoriea ana - broke into a wild run in spite of anything O'Brien could do to stop them. i He had just time to see a big black i bear shamble out of the edge of the - woods and make for them on a trot. Down the road the horses and rider 1 tore. Glancing over his shoulder Mr. 2 O'Brien saw the bear stop, sniffle at the wagon, and then, with a shove of 1 his big paw, send a can of nltroglycer in tumbling into the road. The next t thing O'Brien knew he was picking - himself up out of the dense under3 brush along the roadside. His horse 1 was not to be seen, and down where the wagon had stood there was nelths er wagon nor bear. Trees had been uprooted and devastation reigned on a every hand. Half an hour's search re- ? * s vealed one foot of the bear and a hub 1 of one of the wheels of the wagon. y Later both horses were found unhurt, t ?Detroit Tribune. 1, ? ? e tif Opposition inflames the enthusii' ast, never converts him.?Schiller.