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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-07
MAKING A MAN-oF-wAR.
n H. Tirst Buiit on Paper. Then NJ
Wood. aud LASTLY Of steel.

Wood. aud Lastly 81 steel
4 man-oiwar is built upon paper
before a single plate Of steel Is forged.
Not only Is the design and model
made. and q sketch 10 show how she
l. floating on the foamy deep. but
every piece that enters into her con.
structiOn. whether II b. Of iron or
wood ur steel. Is measured and drawn
out with oven greater care than an
architect exercises In designing tho
details of the mantels and door lambs
and plumbing u house. Not only Is
the length and breadth Of a ship de-
cidcd upon Ia advance, but the naval
constructor will tell you 10 an ounce
how much water she will displace
when her armor and guns are placed
upon her, how many times her
propcllcrs will rovolve In minute
with given pressure Of steam, and
how many tons Of coal IN hour mRst
be consumed 10 drive her AZ a certain
rate " speed.
The science Of ship-buildlng has
reached such perfection that u the
forty ships that compose the new navy
of the United States only two have not
fulfilled or exceeded the plans and
promises Of the mon who designed
them. with reference 10 horsepower.
speed aud other qualifications The
Atlanta and Monterey did not develop
quito the horsepower that their en-
gincs wcrc designed 10 give, and their
builders had 10 pay forfeit. Tho
Castinc and the Machias were found
10 b. top-hcayy when they got all their
armor on, but that was AN error Of
Judgment. They were given too
many guns for their tonnage. but tho
defect was easily repaired.
When the plans Of ship arc givcn
10 a contractor the first thing he does
Is 20 reproduce the design. orat least
cross-scciion full size. with chalk on
the floor Of hiz loft, and wooden pat.
erns are made from the chalk mark
for the Use Of the founders In casting
her ribs aud beams. Then a
wooden plato il made for oycry
steel plate that Is needed and
marked with white paint 10 correspond
with that itrcprcscnts ON the pcn-and.
ink design Then the kcol Is laid aud
the skeleton rivctcd together until Il
stands Out IN the air like tho sisel
buildings that are now being con-
structed fifteen or sixteen stories high
before brick or u Stone Is laid for
the outside walls.
When IL comes time 20 put on the
plates, says tho Chicago Record, the
wooden pattern Is used fret TO sec n
Il Is a perfect IL and 20 mark whcro
tho rlyct holes must bc made. Tho
steel plate Is then laid upon II, the
places for the rlvct holcs are marked
and then drilled, and finally II Is fast
oncd by rcd-hot steel bolts where Il
belongs. In q ship OF 5000 tons there
are over 1000 or 5000 liicrent pieces
Of steel and 10000 or 10000 steel
riycts,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-07

Holywcu, In North Wales, ma,
soon become an English Lourdes,
The well Of ST, WinefrIdc, which gave
the place It's name, has recently h,-
gun again to perform miracles The
latest euro Is that Of little girl, who
recovered her voice ON entering the
water. A blind woman got back her
sight, a deaf and dumb boy his hear.
ing and speech, and pilgrims arc bs.
gInnIng 20 lloclI 10 tho nlace
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-07

petite for supper Ills wife--yes In
deed. he had wife. II Il strange
how naturally one who knew Wesley
Strrriti at this time might, In telling
the story OF his lie, forget 20 men
ton the existence Of Mrs. Sterritt
There was little about Mrs. Sterrltt
except her existence TO be mentioned
In that connection Even In the ae-
count given by her old neighbors OF
tho marriage the one time In her
lie when she said II will'-sho was
made subordinate and incidental To
The consideration 81 grist mill,
which Wesley was commonly said to
have married, the wife passing as o
sort Of incumbrancc upon the proper
IS. Poor woman' Her Identity, OK
cept the mechanical part Of II, had
fadcd away into that Of her husband
--hcr mentality II that isn't In itself
too positive term bore 10 his the
relation Of shadow % substance.
She pcquieseed. always acquiesced,
simply ncquiesoed In what he said
ami did
Martha said no abruptly, when
she had finished with the dishes and
began with her knitting a, usual,
"im going TO buy that lot | wa.
talkln' about yistiddy The brick
bo'din house place jlnin' the church
drs sterrltt was vaguely startled
ana suspicious lie never made her
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-07

The total railway mileage was AT tho
end OF the year 1892 iO6.il6. Tho
American continents have more than
ono-half Of tho railway mileage OF the
world, and the United States comes
pretty near cqualling Europe, Asia.
Africa and Australia combined Tho
total capital invested In railroads At
the beginning OF the year 1898 was, in
round numbers, $50, 10000, 0lO, an
average cost milo for the entire
world OF little more than $4,000,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-07

Recently the Australian minister of
public instruction offered prlyc for
the best work Of fiction In prose or
verso written In any Of the nineteen
languages Of the empire. Compcti-
tors appeared from all nationaliiics
but tho Italians, and on inquiry for
the reason the answer given was that
the educated classes In Trieste, Tyrol
aud Dalmatla arc rredcnlisls, who
would gladly enter u competition
started 10y Italy, but could not accept
an offer from Austria.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-07

kept with them. Or left with no guido
~ all There are some persons To
whom the canary with its sweet sing
ing. naturally appeals. but again there
are others for whom IL has few charms
and who would vastly prefer the com
pany Of a parrot with H. powers Of
conversation and its queer ways The
singing 81 canary bird is pleasant
and sometimes really artistic and Il
hgds its ground by the power Of IT.
Nnlru
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-07

Appointment pitisburg surgeon say,
that II children nrc taken In hand
when quite young thcir noses can be
adapted TO eyeglasses without danger
Of much pain, and he j. willing to
mako the experiment II any mother
will furnish the subject. llc will
charge nothing. His idea II 10 cngraii
u protubcrance on zach side Of The
nose as sort Of saddle for the gla..c.
TO rcst ON. Thoy would be- no dlslg.
urcmcnt, rs the glasses would cover
thom. Whom man was formed glasses
were unknown, hence many noses
were unprovldcd with tho necessary
hump to keep them ON. II Is highly
important that this oversight should
be rcmcdicd,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-07

20 hIs own advantage In many bar
rain-but Wesley had n though ma
turc provided special compensation
for the shortcomings Of personal at
fractions q peculiar Indifference a. To
cXtcrualities, whether his own or
those Of other people llc was one
Of those people who could swap a
bushcl Of corn for bushei OF corn
and profit by the transaction. main
tanning reputation for fair measure
and inch.for.inch honesty. lie re-.
moved az 10 from Flat Rock 10 shiloh.
lie was rapidly advanced 20 $40 n
month aud then 10 a partnership In n
iry goods store. lie soon became sole
owner Of the business lie added a
line 81 scnooi books aud collins. -four.
i,hcd for ten or twelve months, In.
surcd everything aud got burned out
lie went 90 Fairburn. lie hourished.
Of course. lie expanded, as II were,
20 the limit Of his opportunities. Hls
enterprise was revelation 10 his
competitors. lie had toys for Christ.
mas. Valentines for the 18th ~ Feb.
ruary flags for the Fourth Of July.
There were rumors that he had sold
whisky very profitable that, because
very risky. the town aud county being
dry-but the grand jury never did
anything with 10. aud Wesley con.
tnucd TO prosper lie attended
church aud Sunday-school regularly.
ingratIating himself 10 degree with
the denomination that had most ad.
hcrcnts la the nclghborhood Event.
uaily he began specializing In cotton.
llo sent mysterious kilograms In
cyphcrs and received equally mys.
tcrious answers Tho telegraph OPP
orator told all about u, conhdcntlally.
The rumor was speedily corroboratcd,
~ u could be In none bat "a small
town where everybody knows every.
body else and everybody olso's bush
ness.
Fuirburn held Ia breath while
the expression il semi. hgurativo
Of course in expectation Of a catas'
tropho. the sudden annihilatlon Of
Wesley sterritt The negroes who
heard the white folks whispori ny
about IL, looked for the earth TO open
up and literally swallow him up
There was no financial crash, no
crack Of doom, no sensation Of any
sort The man simply continued to
prosper The town voebed ~. eyes
aud looked again, to be certain Yves.
ley was stlll there, aud then dcllbcr.
atcly settled down To the conviction
that he was great tlnancicr--a mau
who could hold his own In conflict
with the money kings In Wall street
lie came 20 bc regarded AZ an oracle
Ia the matter ~ speculative invest.
mcnts. No list Of trustees or directors
could be- complete without his name.
Tic was offered the mayoralty aud
declined the honor His store burned
up. fully insured "a fact which some
cnylous people aud tho Insurance nd.
justor, referring 10 the similar ex'
pcricncc ln shiloh, made q suggestive
coincidence but Wesley collected the
money aud removed IN Atlanta lie
siaricd business Ia Atlanta lilo
was amply successful lie was dis
satisfied
Onc evening, after good days
business, he went home In a thought.
iui, silent mood lie had little ap
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-07

First Statesman, from the ',iccn.h
ward This paper says that In this
matter ms aldermen must take tho
initiative,
second Statesman What's nisho.
aytiyc?
First Statesman DarnAuo, But n
It's somethln' In tho city hall and amt
screwed down you can bet there alut
none left TO take Chicago Record
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-07

do you believe in tho force OF
habit" said one girl,
''Emphatlcally,' replied the other
''liorbert said was so stunning IN
my riding habit that he couldn't hcl.
proposing
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-07

Ilobhs-I wonder how Il Is a mans
wife Is 80 quick to lind his slippers
and things when he's mlslaid them.
Bibbs, bitterly Because It gives
her chance 10 make remarks about
his not knowing whore he put them 80.
Chicago Record.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-07

Anyhow can induce Charlie to
proposeg
Mabel-Get somo one TO tell him
you'd be sure to reject him.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-07
No Usr

Hor1so - Why didn't you deionl
your wlie's suit for divorce?
Saidso-l have know for years
that what she sOid was law =, New
York World,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-07


was a thrifty soul
and cnterphsing
In early youth he
was n crossroads
genius
No casual OBJ
server would ever
suspect him of
shrewdncss-af fact
which he turned
The record-union., 1894-09-14
MISCELLANEOUS.
NOTICE OF SALE OF BONDS.

DURSUANT TO A RESOLUTION OF THE
i Board OF Directors CT Modesto IRRIGATION
District, duly given and made on the 2Ist
day Of August, 1894, notice is hereby given
that said Board of Directors will seII r. rho
highest and best bidder the bonds OF said 7irri-
cation district TO the amount Of eighty-t yco
thousand five hundred dollars $50 SON
bes ring interest at tue rate of & per cer,f ,oor
aunum, payable semi-an nualiy on. the lst
day OF January and July of each year on the
presentation OF the interest coupons at the
ofIce OF the Treasurer OF said district
SAID bonds are issued by the board of Di-
rectors OF Modesto Irrigation District in ac
cordanca with aud by the authority of an An
OF the Legislature of the State OF Calitornia
entitled IAN Act TO provide for the organiza.
ton and government OF irrigation districts
and other property, and for the Distribution
OF water thereby tor irrigation purnoSes ,;
Approved March 7. 1877.
Said bonds VIII be sold for cash. and for not
less than 80 per centum of the face value
thereof
Sealed proposals and bids for the uurrbasa
of said bonds will be received by the said
Board of Directors at their Office in The C1ty
OF Modesto County OF Stanislaus, State of
alornla, ana may be addressed to or lef.
with G. 5. Abbott, the Secretary of said board
at Modesto, CAL, at any time after the date OF
THIS notice and until $50 O'Clock p. ". on the
9TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1894, at which
time and place the said sale viii be made
Said bonds will be each of the denomination
OF $500, and Will be negotiable in form and
will conform IL all respects to the require
ments of said Act
The Board of Directors reserve the riohr To
reject any or ali bids
BIDS must be sealed and addressed to the
Secretary of said board, and indorsed: "Pro-
posals for Modesto Irrigation District Bonds"
Done by order OF the Board of Directors of
Modesto Irrigation District, August 2I 1894
w. H FINLEY, Pres sdent
C. S. ABBOTT. Secretary auo3-21t
The record-union., 1894-09-14
California Fruit sales.

CHICAGO, Sept. 13.-The Earl Fruit Com
pany sold California fruit at auction to-
day at the following prices: Tokay grapes
81 SO91 80 per crate; halfcrateS IokaV
grapes, S5c@S1 40; Muscat grapes, 81 3Ol
40 per crate; halfcrates Muscat grapes, so
99oc; one car Malaga grapes averaged 81 per
halt-crate; Bartlett pears, 81 S092 per box.
Buerre Hardy pears, 81 30@l 40; BuerTe
Cla1rgeau pears, 81 1901 90; Clapp's Favor
lite pears, 81 25@1 50; Kelsey Japan pluus
oo@9oc per half crate.
CHICAGO, sept. 13.-The Porter Brothers
Company sold at auction to-day two cars of
California frult at the following prices: Bart
lett pears, - o5@2 20; Buerre Clairgeaus,
5 6oQ2 20; Buerre Hardys, 81 90; half
crates Iokays, 90c@S1 20; Silver prunes.
81 10; German prunes 6oc@S1 Is; Ickwith
plums, Sota Soc; peaches, 75@95c
NEW YORK, Sept 13.-The Porter Brothers
Company solo at auction to-day California
fruit at following prices: Delicious pears.
81 50; Buerre Hardys, 81 5o@1 So; half
crates Seckel pears, 81 O5@l 10: Cling
peaches, 81 %; Japan plums, 95c; German
prunes, So@9oc.
Boston, sept. 13.-The Porter Rrothers
Company sold at auction to day California
fruit at the following prices: Half crates Mus
cats. 62c@S1 . ~; -Bartletts, 81 25@l so;
Salway peaches, 95e@S1; Late CraWfords
75@95c; White freestones, 62@s5c: clines'
62@So.
MINNEAPoLIs (Minn.), Sept. l3.-The por.
ter Brothers Company sold today at anction
two cars of California fruit at the foIlowing
pears, 81 so; Buerre Hardy pears. 81 256
j 80; Howell pears, 81 80; Susquehanna
peaches, 81 15; AcDevitt cling peaches So@
9Oc: Muscats, Soc@90c; Tokays, 81 O5@l 81,
OMAHA (Neb.), Sept. 13.-The Porter Broth
ers Company sold to-day at auction Califor-
MIA fruit at the following prices; Ounces.
81 80; pears, Soc@Sl 20; halt boxes
The record-union., 1894-09-14
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

7 I'VE OAK CONSOLIDATED GOLD MIN
I ing gCompany-Location of principal place
of business, Sacramento City Cal-Notfce is
hereby given that at a meeting of the Direct
ors of the Live Oak Consolidated Gold Mining
company, held on the 4th day of September
1884, an assessment of ten cents per share
was levied upon the subscribed capital stock
OF the corporation, payable at the Office of
SAID company, No. ola Ninth street. Sacra-
mento City. Cal, and to the Secretary thereof
on or before Tuesday, the I'd day of October
at P. NJ
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
tober. 1894. will be delinquent and will be
advertised for sale at public auction and, un-
less payment is made before will be sold on
the 23D DAY OF OCTOBER, 1894, to pay the
delinquent assessment, together with co sts of
advertising and expense of sale.
A. MEISTER, Secretary
Office: No. GA Ninth street, between and
y sacramento CITY, Cal. se6-4tTh
The record-union., 1894-09-14
NOTICE Or SALE.6F REAL ESTATE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE
IN undersigned, the guardian of the persons
and estates OF JOHN EITEL and SOLOMON
EITEL, minors, that under anu pursuant to
an order OF the Superior Court OF the County
of Sacramento, state OF California made on
the 4th, day OF May, 1894, in the matter of
the estates of said minors, she will, on or
after the 18TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER. 1894.
sell at private sale, for cash, in gold coin of
the United States, subject to confirmation by
said court, to the highest bidder, the follow
ing described real estate, viz
Parts of lots and Z, in the block bounded
by / and j, and Third and Fourth streets in
the City of Sacramento, County of Sacra-
mento, State OF California particularly de-
scribed as follows:
commencing at point on the north side of
j street, said city, l40 feet west of the west
line or Fourth street, thence north 100 feet to
the alley; thence west along the alley : feet
thence south 80 feet; thence west 8 feet:
thence south 100 feet to the north line of !
street; thence east 20 feet to the place of BE-
ginning together with the improvements
thereon.
Offers or bids for said property will be re-
ceived at the office of Johnson IL johnson, No
5O4 } street, Sacramento, CAL, or by the said
guardian at her residence, No. 100 ] street,
sacramento, CAL, and such bids must be in
writing.
DATED August %. 1894.
ABBIE j. EITEL, Guardian.
JOHNSON " JOHNSON, Attorneys. au3o-td
The record-union., 1894-09-14
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
STEALING A MAROH ON NATURE
A Scheme to Inoculate Corn and Oats
With Bacteria

A shrewd attempt to steal march on
nature is now being made by agricult-
urIsts which, II successful, NAV bring
about revolution in farming practice.
The point which there il Just now much
striving to elucidate is whether the ex-
crescences which naturally form on the
roots of clover, peas and luguminous
plants, and which enable such plants to
decompose the atmosphere and use its
nitrogen. may not be also made to grow
on corn, oats and other plants of the
grass family. If this can be ACCOMPLISHED
it will be possible to make corn, oats and
wheat renovating crops. as clover and
peas now are. The process of expert
menting is to inoculate corn and oat roots
with the bacteria taken from the warts on
the roots OF clover. This is ticklish pro-
cess, as the bacteria from clover have
most conservative habits and die outright
IT they are transferred suddenly to an
entirely different kind of plant So thew
are cultivated at first in a culture media.
only a portion of which consists of a
watery solution of clover.
So far the experiments have entireIy
failed on oats, but they have been partly
successful on the roots of Indian corn
The corn plants whose roots were inoeu
lated were slightly more thrifty and had
more fine roots. 1t was bacteria from a
corn extract that was tried upon oats. 1t
is possible that II an oat extract had been
used better result might have followed.
If individual plants of corn or other
grains can in this way be given the power
OF appropriating atmospheric nitrogen.
and the necessary notifications in their
nature can be continued in plants grown
from their seed, one of the most import
ant discoveries of modern times will
have been reached. 1t will mean thor
ough revolution in farming. Farmers
will no longer need heterogeneous man
ures. or even clover as niUrogen-catcb-
ing crop, but will be obliged to furnish
only the mineral elements of crops. leav-
ing science and nature to supply all else
required. Chicago Record.
CORONADO yyATER, ,McMorry sole agent
The record-union., 1894-09-14

a resolution to propose to the people of
the State OF California an amendment
10 the Constitution OF the State, amend
ing section one of article TWO thereof
relative TO the right OF suffrage.
Section /. Every native male citizen
OF the United States, every male person
VINO shall have acquired the rights OF
cltlzenshlp under or by virtue OF the
treaty OF Queretaro, and every male
paturallZed citizen thereof who shall
nave become such ninety days prior to
any election, OF the age of twentyeone
years, who shall have been resident of
the state one year next preceding the
election. ana OF the county in which hs
claims his vote ninety days, and in the
election precinct thirty days, shall bs en-
Titled 10 vote at all elections which are
now or may hereafter he authorized by
law; pfoUided, no native OF China, no idiot,
no insane person, no person convicted of
any Infamous crime, no person hereafter
convicted OF the embezZlement or misap-
preparation of public money, and no per-
son who shall not be abla to read the
constitution In the English language and
write his name, shall ever exercise the
privileges OF an elector in this State: pro-
Wded, that the provisions of this amend
ment relative to an educational qualifica-
ton shall not apply to any person pre-
vented by a physical disability from
complying with its acquisitions, nor to
any person who now has the right to
vote, nor to any person who snail be
sixty years OF age and upwards at the
time this amendment shall take effect.
The record-union., 1894-09-14

Section 3. The Legislature. by general
and uniform laws, may provide for he
formation of new counties; prouded,
however, that no new counties shall be
established which shall reduce any
county to population of less than eight
thousand; nor shall a new county be
formed containing less population than
i've thousand; nor shall any line thereof
pass within five miles OF the county seat
of any county proposed to be divided.
Every county which shall be enlarged or
created from territory taken from any
other county or counties, shall be liable
for just proportion of the existing debts
and Liabilities of the county or counties
from which such territory shall be taken.
The record-union., 1894-09-14
AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR.
Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. 12.

Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. 12.
A resolution proposing to the people of
the State of California an amendment
to section seventeen, article one, of
the Constitution of the State OF Cali
fornia.
Section II. Foreigners of the white
race, or of African descent, eligible to be-
come citizens of the nited States under
the naturalization laws thereof, while
bona tde residents of this State, shall
have the same rights in respect to the
acquisition, possession, enjoyment, trans
mission, and inheritance of all property,
other than real estate, as native born
citizens; proolded, that such aliens own
ing real estate at the time of the
adoption OF this amendment may remain
such owners; and p1'0Uided further, that
the Legislature may, by statute, provide
for the disposition of real estate which
shall hereafter be acquired by such aliens
by descent or devise.
The record-union., 1894-09-14
SUMMER RESORTS.
ivy LODGE"
santa Cruz. Cal.

CEEECT PRIVATE BOARDING. BEAU.
- tiful grounds, sunny rooms large library.
music rooms. etc. Fine table. Four acres In
fruits and berries Easy walk to the beach
or Postoflce. On car line. Terms from $40
up, according to rooms.t -
MRS. L. u. MCCANN.
The record-union., 1894-09-14
AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE.
Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. IL.

resolution proposing to the people of
the State of California an amendment
to section seven, article eleven, of the
Constitution of the State of California.
Section Z. City and county govern
ments may be merged and consolidated
into one municipal government, with one
set of officers, and may be incorporated
under general laws providing for the in
corporation and organization of incor-
porations for municipal purposes. The
provisions of this Constitution applica-
bic 10 cities, and also those applica ble to
counties, so far as not Inconsistent or pro-
libited TO cities, shall be applicable to
such consolidated government