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Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08

A well known sportsman who returned re-
Gently from a fishing trip down in the
Waubuncey country, states that the pot
hunters and farmers boys are killing great
numbers of half grown mallard in that vi
cinity. both on Langdon lake and the Bigelow
marshes. While this is all wrong, there is
nothing to be done, as Iowa's wild fowl law
opens the shooting season as early as August
liz
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08

Local gunners are not so ardent just now in
the pursuit of chicken as they were before
the law opened. 1t is pretty we'll understood
that the birds are non est and there Is a
lull in the departure of hunting parties.
This has lent additional attractiveness to the
trap and the shooters are all busily preparing
for the closing competitive shoots of the
season. The clubs standing up to date is
as follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08

At last my old business partner. William
X. Vanderbilt, has caught the fever and is
about to launch forth upon his career as a
turf man. In pursuance OF his plan to start
a breeding and racing farm in France he
has Just purchased from Pierre Lorillard
sixteen thoroughbred mares, all of which
will be shipped from Rancocas farm next
week. The bunch secured by Billy is from
the richest producing lines OF England and
America and cost Mr.. Lorillard more than
SIS, 900. What Mr.. Vanderbilt paid for them
ts not known, but as | expect to hear from
him soon he will doubtless tell me; then |
Will tell you. 1t Is his intention to breed
these mares to French stations and do all
his racing in France.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08

Arthur Valentine, the English lightweight
who bumped into New York a few days ago.
says that Peter jackson, the Midnight Mars,
is little better than a physical wreck. and
that he win never again be able TO withstand
the rlgors Of training fer a fight. The fact
that the East Indian has not even as much
as glanced at the wad Of Doodle Peter
Maher has posted to fight him lends the
color OF truth ID Valentines story. He says
the giant blacks American friends, II they
were to see him stripped, would not recog-
nize him as the splendid athlete they knew
here. Well. IL the big brunette purcaer is
gone, it is only another case OF stranded on
the shores of good fellowship.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08

AS the telegraph will doubtless tell us this
morning of the result CT the FIRST race b.
.ween the Defender and the Valkyrie, there
little call for any animadversion here.
II the Atlantic breezes did the square thing
by us We ought to be a winner ana tbot's
Ill there is to it.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08

TO all appearances the big fight Is now al
most a sure go for Dallas. Anyway. this
week will tell the story beyond the per-
adventure Of a doubt. All along it has been
asserted that Governor Culbertson was not
nearly as strenuously opposed to the mill as
he would have the reform element In the
Lone Star state believe he was, and now
that the law licensing Just this sort of a
pleasure is operative look out for thu going
up OF the big arena and a rush for seats.
Next week, when there will be positive as.
surity one way or the other, If it goes
forth that the fight is to take place. I will
give the red hots the benefit Of my opiuion
as to the outcome CT the events carded.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08

The English cricketers, representatives Of
Oxford and Cambridge. while still on their
sea legs. didn't have much trouble in waxing
the All New Yorks in their initial collision
last Wednesday. While the score was close,
3S1 to S79; the Britons conclusively proved
that Gowanus was far outclassed. Up in
Toronto. however, the Americans didn't do
a thing to All Canada but whale them by
140 runs. and this sort of evens up cur
cricket score. S. G. V. G..
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15

Helena, Mont, were long, serious
journey. Take peep into any museum
Of antiquities and see what hideous,
uncomfortable cars were used for those
journeys.
Now, gentlemen, look at our
modern New York, emerged from the
limbo In which II was plunged by the
barbarbity and unscientfc stupidity
of our predecessors Let MS admire
the efforts which have permitted us TO
cover our great city with innumerable
means OF communication, with aerial,
terrestrial and subterraneous routes,
Let us admire our elevated railroads,
raised upon magnificent iron edifces,
which add TO rather than 81 bstraot
from the general elegance, One hour
OF to-day is worth year Of the past
Don't you think, my dear fellow
progressionists, that In the way Of ma
terial needs, we have gained the sum.
NIT Of human Rmbitionl What Of all
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15
BLUE ROSES.
Ivy Continuous Selections They Can he
Produced.

Produced.
A wcll-known naturalist recently
wrote; 1--WE may have yellow rose,
but Il is pretty well agreed that II We
ever sec blue one II will be by a
process % continuous variation and
selection" lBy this Il Is meant that n
a blue rose Is ever produced from red
variety, for instance. the change will
not be sudden one. leap from one
color TO the other, but the result Of n
gradual progression through series OF
steps leading regularly from red TO
blue. In fact, Il has been found that
both plants and animals exhibit ten
dcncy toward definite succession Of
colors, and certain colors have been
regarded as representing higher stages
OF evolution than others. Tho change
toward these "highcr" colors are usu.
ally continuous, and require n series OF
variations, while ON the other hand,
instances Of sudden rcvcrsion TO
"lowcr' colors are not common. Red
Is regarded as higher color, In this
sense, than yellow The yellow prim.
rose sometimes varies TO red, but the
change IN never sudden or discontinu.
Gus because II Is change in the dircc.
/ ton Of progression. Hut from red 10
| yellow the change sometimes occurs
| by u jump, No 10 speak, because
II * going backward The same
thing seems TO apply In the ease Of
birds. Red and green species Of birds
may vary To yellow, but the utmost
efforts Of breeders 10 produce red
cannrics from yellow ones have only
resulted In an orange hue
Although there IL no relation appar.
cnt between the two phenomena, yet
II n Interesting, In connection with
this subject, TO recall the fact that
among the stars certain colors appear
10 characterize different stages Of
change or evolution. Rcd stars, nc.
cording 10 the testimony Of the spec
troscopc. differ widely in their cons,l.
tuition from white or yellow ones, aud
II has been thought that varying color
may give a elcw to progressive changes
Ia the heavenly bodies. Sirius. Tor In.
stance, n said TO have changed FROM
red to white, and some have suspected
that Arcturus Is fading from red to-
wnrd yellow Thus science, as II
clears up one mystery, reveals another
awaiting IT, turn TO be solved. hut u
all knowledge could ever be attained
/, would II continue TO be sought a.
eagerly as before?
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15

the river. Here and there Is n little
village with IT, adjacent grave yard
and little patches Of rice irrigated by
bitches aud troughs IN traveller has
plenty Of opportunity 10 see all that Is
TO be- seen, for the steamers nrc com
pcllcd 90 travel very slowly, and even
then they seldom reach Ticntsin with
out grounding ON mud banks
A recent writer in the Fortnightly
Review says that Tlcntsin Ia rcvcla'
ton. The big cities Of the south have
much that Ia picturesque about them,
but la Ticnstin there l. nothing bright
or attractive outside the foreign quart.
or except the clothes Of It's inhabitants.
Tho city N the home Of IL Hung
Chang, and the splendid hospitality
with which lac has time again treated
his guests from other lands pcrhaps
accounts In part for the very glitter
ing estimate of his character, patriot
ism, and ability which has been spread
over western lands. This Ia the head
quarters Of his European trained sol
dicrs, over 30, 900 In number, who, II
was supposed, would prove almost In.
yincibc In time Of war They met the
Japanese, however. at Ping Yang, and
were put 90 flight as easily as the UNI
trained soldiers OF the Chinese em-
peror.
III Hung Chang has been credited
with advanced ldens and IA great Hiding
for all things western, and II Il sur
prising that he has not done something
TO improve the sanitary condition OF
this city. There il no large Chinese
town more filthy than Ticntsln. Every
foreigner who visits II carries away u
vivid Impression Of dirt, heat, and bad
smells The city, though II has near.
million inhabitants does not spread
over NO much territory rs many a
smaller Chinese city. II is the com
mercinl port OF PclSin, and here arc
stored vast quantities Of wheat, rice,
millet, textiles, and prepared meats
which come up from the south by wny
Of the Grand canal 10 supply the mil
lions of northern China with the II ean'
Of subsistence. Commercially, Ticnt
sin is far more important than any
other city In the northern part OF the
empire.
Like Pekin, the city, outside OF the
foreign quarter, consists chiefly o.
mud, brick, and bamboo houses, only
one story high, and huddled together
with little semblance OF arrangement
Nobody ever heard OF the streets In
: north China town being III for traffic
; md those Of Ticnthin, unpayed, nm
even, and full OF ruts, are bad cnougl
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15
IInnnr. for Lord Ian.dnwne.

Lord Lansdowne, late yiceroy OF In
dia aud formerly governor general OF
Canada, who has been made q knight
Of the garter. Is the third successive
marquis Of his line 10 receive this
honor. Seven dukes Of Devonshirc In
succession have been X. G's., six dukes
Of Richmond and of Rutland, five
dukes of Bcaufortnnd Of Northumber'
land, three marquises Of Salisbury and
three earls Spencer OF the ordinary
knights Earl Fitzwiiliam, who was APP
pointed In 1869. Is the senior since the
recent death OF Earl Grey; Of the royal
extra knights the Duke Of Cambridge
who was made X. q. by King William
~, In 1888, Is the most ancienti he Is
the only knight now living who has
not received the honor from Queen
Victoria.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15


D. to form some slight conception Of
the true philosophy OF progress and to
realize that, after all. IL is only rcla-
tive. Yet the nineteenth century can
be considered only ~ a mere initiator,
an cxperimcnter, a feverish seeker, n
sowcr Of ideas and OF projects which
the twentieth century, more positive.
more scientific. better balanced and
less sentimental and idealistic, must
realize
Three methods Of traction dominate
The present. Each II comfortable,
speedy aud economic. They are steam,
electricity and cyclism, the latter rep.
rescnting automatic motion In still
undcvclopcd stage. All indicate the
greatest triumph Of man over mere
brute force. as represented by the
horse, and offer advantages 80 real and
so apprcciablc as to give indubi,ablc
evidence that Ia the immediate future
our cuurscrs will bc reduced from the
rant III ncccssarics 20 that Of luXurics.
Then, the horse RELOCATED 10 the same
leisure cnjovcd by the bovine species,
there would no longer be heard along
the highways the rythm Of trots and
GALLONS, no joyou, ncighings, no stcr
ferrous brcathings Of nags oppressed
with burdens In their place would re
sound the heavy roll Of wheels, tn,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15

Miss Virginia Fair, the only unmar-.
rled daughter OF the late ex-senator
Fair. who died the other day In Cali
fornia, aud whose millions are being
contested, IL one Of the most attractive
girls In the swell set she IL little,
plump, with harmonionsly proper
toned figure, lovely mech and arms,
and piquant round face, with a tiny
mouth, perfect teeth, fascinating tip-
Tilted nose and big brown eyes, dancing
with merriment. Her hair, which Is
ripping apd jet black, She wears
bgushed "A Japonaise She dances
very wen. leading editions not in'
frequently; has wonderfully rich
contralto voice, and is an extremely
bright eonversntionallst, She wears
very handsome gowns-in fact, she and
her handsome sister, Mrs Herman Del.
riehs, are two OF the best dressed
women In society, She speaks French
and spanish 1uently, and Ia very
charitable,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15

river route and sometimes the road.
The distance by the road Ia eighty
miles, but rs the Pei Ito Is rcmarlsa-
bly, crooked stream, the distance by
river is nearly doubled. II costs about
$40 TO buy transportation for ono from
T;entsin to Pel,in, and the passenger
has TO supply his own provisions. The
quicker route is by way Of tho road,
and pair Of mules sometimes trav'
erses the rough highway in forty-eight
hours, though this speed makes hard
work for the animnls.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15

the san Francisco, Chicago and New |
York limited ncrophagus, which
makes a journey across the continent
a pleasant days outing, can not surely
be surpassed in swiftncss, In security
and In comfort Our electric steamers
put London and Paris among our next
door ncighbors. say nothing OF our
acro-cyclcs, whose use u 10 wide
spread among our modern population
that the skies OF to-day have more
men sl,imming through them than
there were birds In the prehistoric
times
These scientific conquests, gentle
men, have, In addition, Increased the
moral and physical health Of the In
habitants Of our planet; the diseases,
the wars. the revolutions which for so
many centuries afflicted our poor
humanity IRE ut last erased from the
register OF our misfortuncs, II may be
said that all these calamitics and
disasters had only one cause, the
stagnation of being, the egotism
OF nations, their proyincinlism, their
Ignorance OF each other-ln word,
the inability under which human be.
ings then suffered to get outside OF the
four walls Of their own being, TO judge
thcmsclvo. impartially, We have
realized 'he words Of now forgotten
poet Of whom these barbarously word.
cd limos have survived.
On. wad some power the gifte gle US
TO see oursel's as ithors zee rs.
cit Is more than sixty years ago,
gentlemen, that the govornm cnts Of
the world, DESTROYS OF escaping from
the follics OF socialism and anarchy,
realized this truth. A celebrated
philosopher In an equally celebrated
congress showed In 1885 that travel was
the bulwark OF safety OF our social
institutions. But II is unnecessary for
me 10 recall TO your attention the bene-
fits which spread all over the civilized
world from the congress at Washing
ton, which gave America, Europe, Asia
/ and Africa their first true Independence
| and assured the tranquility OF the
future. by common international ao'
cord, you will remember, II was deter
mined TO develop TO the utmost all
| methods Of transit, all possibilities Of
communication TO multiply railways
electric cables and ncrial motors,
and give free passage In these rolling
hotels 10 citizens Of all countries ON
the unanswcrnble plea that as all
roads were In common the means OF
transport should, like the road belong
TO the individual An admirable sys'
tenn Of internal taxes permitted tho
realization OF this program, and We
must admit that II is this system OF
free locomotion which has made ma
tions and cities lose the petty jealous
les, miscalled patriotism, which ar
rayed one against the other, and The
resultant mental stagnation that
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15

...-.,o, corr,o q led with all con.
e -l'I,"'',s Onature will be the
.eai,ina ~ m on route, for the
Ill ,,il,,eda sort of homely
,lt..1., LIN ate the connection
- s,,oc,,icnt a, of hot pastry and
~ " s,,ai,ina ooehe country doctor
~ -, odent "Petrolcusc'
w." aa H. no :, Iieates, by petrol
80, "a t,rn,Hith small drawers
~ ~ ',aSioi.as ere the heat will
-, ~, n ~ 10 temperature his
~ 49, enti.scptic potions,
his neutrality-suspicious. """ "
jectors, a. ,,u srood ,long
1, ..nrnrn y, Try giddy In color,
- ana,, =, Ies so as 10 exhibit
- c,scs tlemphng bats for
-u1aoo coor, country dudedom,
In, o,hoss I've "bargain cars
,,i,,,a r.i,I, q bits of bric-a-brac
in the shape'S' Po'S' ''"' "
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15

commissioners that the very fact that
she h woman will enable her TO
make arrests without the aid ofa billy
or hoodlum wagon. When she Is
called upon 10 arrest particularly
bad man she thinks that all she will
have 90 do IL 20 smile gently upon him,
and he will Immediately become docilc
and manageable. Anyway she asks To
be given trial, and the commissioners
are half Inclined To accord H. There
Is one thing In her iavor-she wouldn't
be wording the bartondors for free
drinks, nor be munching up the
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15

Is transacted which was erected by
European architects. Another view
gives a glimpse Of Victoria road, ON
which the town hall is situated. This
part Of the city Is lighted by gas and Is
near the river front, where the entire
foreign population live. This Is the
only attractive part Of the big town
for the Chinese quarter Ia uncleanly
aud II decidedly unwholcsomc.
The traveller who gets his frat idea
81 China a. he enters the mouth OF the
Pei ho Ia struck with the cxtnordi'
nary natncss and monotony Of the
country. There Is nothing pretty or
interesting about the Hat region be-
tween the mouth Of the river aud the
big town where the Graud canal Joins
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15

ly been appointed secretary 10 Mgr.
satolli, the papal delegate, In place Of
Rev. Dr. Hector Pnpi, who Mt present
fllls that office, but Is about 10 surren-
der Il In order 10 enter tho Society OF
Jesus" Rev. DIR. Hooker was born In
Albany ~ years ago, whore his father,
Myron II. Rocker, still lives and Is
editor OF the Press and Knielerboelser.
His uncle is Thomas N Rocker Of tho
New York Tribune Father Rocker
was graduated from Union college, and
went aftcrward TO tho American coli
lego 10 Rome, where he distinguished
himself. Mgr. Satolli, who Is also
archbishop OF Lepanto, was then
teaching In the college, and the bright
young American priest became one OF
the favorites OF the future papal dele
gate Soon afterward he was APP
pointed 10 the chair OF dogma In tho
propaganda, and still later was made
vlco rector Of the college by Mgr.
O'Connell. IL Is believed that DIR.
Rocker may be, the bearer Of some In
taresting instructions from Rome re-
qardlng the government Of the Catho''
| lie church In America.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15

HOW tnE COUNTY, DocroR WILL TRAVEL
whirr Of machinery, the scream OF
warning whistles. Everywhere steam
or electric carriages, everywhere coal
ing or petroleum stations, everywhere
watcr tanks for the boilers, rcstaur'
ants for travellers, blacksmith shops
for repairs in the machinery, villages
transformed into miniature towns and
"haysccds" Into Sorhi.'''@'y" go -
follt. the entire landscape invaded by
automatic cars and aerial yoyagers' fly
inc like birds through he air.
Such vehicles will not be without
character, and will lend Individuality
40 the scene. Specially remarkable
viii be the large family ear, - or cN'
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15

the problems left TO MS by our an
ccstors remains 20 be rcalizcd7 we
have tanned and domcsticated the elcc.
trical forces to perfection. Aerial
navigation. which for so long tortured
the brains Of inventors and had at last
almost been abandoned as an aoso'
lutcly Uiopian idea, is with us q mat
ter OF tho most elementary nature.
70 employ an old saying Of the past
Il has entered definitely INTO
our manners The aerial elec'
tro-cable, which in less than
two hours puts us in communication
with any point from Maine 20 Florida
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15

In the department Of Canal, France
among the mountains Of Auvcrgne, an
attempt Is TO DO made to return 10 the
manners OF primitive man. NJ. Ora
wolfe, a painter, has acquired large
tract Of land, ON which five married
couples will live In the cayerns and
raise few animals and simple crops
for their food and clothing He claims
that one hectare two acres and halil
should supply all the needs OF single
individual.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15

Doctor Bohring OF Vienna, VIII" DIS
covered the new remedy for diph'
iberia, was asked what Prof Koch
thought OF the serum. He replied;
DIR Koch is one Of It's warmest adj
vocates. have learned much from
Koch, negatively us we'll as positively
inasmuch as his experience taught me
not to make premature announce
msht VI my discovery
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15

to bring almost any spring cart b
speedy grief The streets are the re-
eeptaeles for the refuse OF all tho
houses built along them, and there are
no contractors to haul away the moi
some garbage, whose smell ascends TO
heaven. In dry weather the reads are
many inches deep with dust. Tho re-
suit Of Tientsin's sanitary condition is
that II is very unhealtSful place,
where some epidemic or another Is
nearly always breeding. Smallpox Is
found there nearly all tho year round.
After few hours inspection OF the
Chinese quarter, the stranger inyaria-
bly, turns with relief TO tho more pleas
ant foreign city along the river and to
tho wharves, where all Is hustle, and
whore are crowds OF vessels OF every
sort from housoboat TO gunDoat,
Visitors to Pekin sometimes take the
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15

HESE PICTURES
show some Of the
better aspects Of
the big city Of
Tientsin, seventy
miles up the Pei ho,
and about eighty
miles from pckin.
One picture shows
the town hall In
which the business
OF the municipality
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15
a SMILE roR A cLun.

ah' would We Woman Policeman
Thinks She Can Make Arrest.
There is nothing that some woman
VIII not attempt, We have women
lawyers, women doctors, women cdi-
tors women bartcuders, women bar
eers and the Lord only knows what
lIcic Is u woman who wants TO be a
policeman. She is Mrs Lily A. Thomp-
son OF Washington, u, C., young,
beautiful, accomplished and refined.
In urging her special fitness for the
work, she has explained to the district
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15
IN OLD TIENTSIN CITY.
SOME ASPECTS OF ~ HUNG
CHANCES STRONGHOLD.

The River FRONT l. the Only Agreeable
Part Of This Typicaiiy chinese Town
Disease, Are Constantly BelnE Bred
By Dirt
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15

weakened and demorallzed the world
until about l9i5.'
Fantastic as Is the philosophers
speech, may II not have an inherent
possibility? The locomotion OF the
future viii be the grand factor in de-
veloping the humanity OF the future
and realizing the poets dream OF
The parliament OF man, the federation OF
the world.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15
ocoMoTIoN IN

OCOMOTtON IN
{ he nineteenth
century has been n
great aud wonder
full, perhaps in
many instances, an
amusing thing To
look over the mum
berless types Of 10.
c o m olives and
steam cars invented
from 1914 to 1905,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-15
LOOKING FORWARD"
A PEEP INTO THE FUTURE OF
THE WORLD

when Al Mankind WIN lie United and
Anarchy and Socialism WIN lie no
More WIN transportation solve the
Living Questionss