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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04
QUEER MONEY.

The Circulating Medium That n Tray
eirr Pound In Mexico.
Here IL an amusing account OF a
traveller who went many years ago to
Mexico, and found the natives using a
strange kind OF currency. Says he: IN
one OF the small towns bought some
lines, and gave the girl one dollar in
payment. by way OF change. she re-
turned to me forty-nine pieces OF soap
the size OF a small biscuit. looked
at her In establishment. and she re-
turned my look with equal surprise,
when n police officer. who had wilt
messed the Incident, has,ened to inform
mo that for small sums soap was legal
tender In many parts OF the country.
II examined my change. and found
that each cake was stamped with the
name OF town and OF n manufacture
authorized by the government. The
cakes OF soap were worth three farth-
ings each. Afterwards. In my travel.
frequently received similar change.
Many OF the cakes showed signs OF hay-
ing been In the wash-tub. but that
discovered was not at all uncommon.
Provided the stamp were not oblltorat-
cd, the soap did not lose any value as
currency. Occasionally a man would
borrow n cake OF n friend. wash his
hands. and return It with thanks.
made use OF my pieces more than once
In my bath. and subsequently spent
them. "-Harper's Round Table.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04
A COSTLY MISSING LnrreR.

"narher.~ Instead ~ "naker." Makes
Dlnrrence % SASH 60 westcrn Union.
The Insertion OF the letter r." In the
name Of n. w. Baker promises to cost
the Western Union Telegraph company
about $4,000. In the suit brought by
Baker to recover S11GO, loss caused by
the delivery OF n dispatch from Austria
Tia TO Abram Barker, Jury In tho
United States court yesterday returned
a verdict for plaintiff for SSSii.bi. after
celebrating about an hour Judge
llaniord Instructed the Jury that n tele-
graph company was charged with the
duty OF exercising a high degree OF care
aa TO promplntss. and that any neglect
entitled the parties injured to damages.
Bakers measure OF damages was the
amount he would have realized had he
accepted a eabled offer. less the amount
he received The defense moved for a
non.sult on the ground that the terms
OF the telegraph blank especially ex-
entitled the parties injured TO damages,
either for mistake or delay, and also
aa the error was made In Australia by
a connecting line, no responsibility
could attach. particularly M the cable
gram was addressed Barker" and was
actually delivered to Barker Mr.
LOWS, for Baker, Insisted that eondi'
tons In a telegraphlo message exempt
Ink the company from lossea could only
apply TO a sender. not to one receiving
the cable; also, that. though the error
was made In Australia the Western
Union was liable. as Il contracted will
the Australian company as It's agent
and that the mere fact that the mes
sage was addressed Barker" could no
excuse tho failure TO deliver TO Baker
where the contents OF the message
could show II was for the commission
merchant. The non-sult was refused
The ease will prohaly be appealed.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04

r,..f tftrfv SOME one else win iet you
tta,s that We toli the truth when they
hcir themselves 10 what D. there
There were two things perfectly evil
fant Ono. thnt the writer of Che let-
trr really had access in some mystofi-
one wtv DO che strong room and the
otbrr That be- had discovered that The
police haI boon put upon BIZ track.
g., BE- uena determined that some on
tto directors. who could conveniently
do % should visit the strong room at
the umo indicated in the letter
Tho pinn was carried out But. a.
might be expected. The directors were
mad alone. The police had advised
Thorn too vel los that; ANA hhlt
dozen of the best detectives wcro
placed in such a way that any ono
would have suppofcd that they formed
one group.
They waited there the whole night
tong. hut nothing was seen OF heard
Thclr labor was in vain. About four
O'Clock in the morning the detectives
WHISPERED that % was needless lpr The
gentlemen 90 remain any longer. th1y
themselves would walt aH long na the
gentlemen choose. but the hour tor
breaking Into the strongest of nll
atronr r1lma-lf % could D. broken INTO
at aii-wnH long pnat
Tho nczt mornlng the board held an
extraordinary meeting. in order % dis-
cuaa the result OF tho efforts ~ the
gentlemen who had been nll night in
mo vault. After "a long argument
about nothing. "a porter entered win
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04
CURIOUS FACTS.


A whale when struci, by a harpoan
cannot swim faster than nine miles an
hour.
During the last four years 10000 per-
sons In France have put an end 90 their
own lives.
The skeleton Of an average whale b.
said To weigh no less than atty thou
sand pounds.
Some Of tho condors shot In the An
des mountains have spread OF wing
from nfteen 10 twenty feet
Copper wires are used for MeXlcan
telegraph lines. so that they viii hold
the weight OF the birds ana monkeys
that crowd them at night
The oldest book In tho world IL said 20
he the Papyrus Prisse m the National
Library 90 Paris. which r. attributed TO
the thlrty-fourth century before Christ
The gum on the back Of The postage
stamps OF the United states IL made
from alcohol one part, ncetlc acid ore
part. dextrlne two parts ana water
ave parts.
Two slclllan scientists. Grassl AMI
Rovelll. have recently discovered that
the houseny II the intermediate host of
a specles OF tape worm which does
much harm among chickens. The
chickens eat files whose bodies contain
the larvae OF the tame worm.
The military workshop OF Puteaux, w
France, Is turning out leather tires Tor
the army cycles In place OF india rub
her ones, which are difficult 10 repair
when they break down, Leather tires
can be sewn without much trouble by
The cvcllst or a nelghborlng shoemaker
Moreover. they are lighter than rubber
ones. and less apt to slip on wet pave
ment or asphalt.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04


in view OF tAsrseent ehongesr said
Mrs. Bloomer q.tdedly There sbouid
DO some alteraliaas In the old nursery
rhymes before lAsl are allo,ved In any
modern house.
"such IA whm ny dearr. osi,cd bcr
husband.
well. | was plnkng Of nat rbvme
Polly. put the k,,le on ,nIied Mira
Dloomer.
1T does sound absurd In ihoso dovs -
admitted her htrAahi
Absurd she u,lalmol .rrs nh
solutcly idlotie, i should h. changed
to read while o Harry a make n
seem sensible"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04

rigorous search had been Instituted,
the gentlemen were locked In,
Al last one of them VINO paced the
floor impationily. beginning 70 think
that perhaps after an u was only a
clever trick, cried out;
you ghost. you secret visitor. you
midnight thief. come outl There u
no one here but two gentlemen, and
myself. n you are afraid. l give YOU
my word that tho police are not here"
II was moro In Jest than In earnest
that Major Cllnord-for Il was MILL
tnry man-shoutcd out this absurd
speech. His establishment. however.
was great. when. Ia reply o. what he
had said, he heard voice, saying
III you have kept your word, I VIII
keep mine, tut OUT your light aud
then IN come"
The major aud his fellow directors
ala not much like putting out the
light but they were not towards, and
after some domur II was done,
When the Hight was out they waited
IN silence, while the major Traspcd
firmly m one hand "a revolver. For 70
/ little while low. grating sound was
/ heard, then the falling OF heavy
/ body, and the next instant man was
visible, standing In the middle of the
/ vault, with a dark lantern IN MS hand.
Tho man soon spoke for himself aud
/ the directors listened Ia astonlshment
/ 10 appeared n az ne was "a poor man
and obtained o proarlous lving IN a
strange way, when the tldo was low
II n the custom OF certain class of
I people unknown 90 refined society O.
enter the sewers 20 search for ans
articles of value that may have been
accidentally washed down into them.
one night ho discovered an opening
leading Ia some place above. Their
was "A large. square stone, which h'
found could be easily raised. lie lls
tened Tor some time. aud finding al
was silent, lifted up the stone with
!, out much difficulty, and found. nftc
some little Investigation by the ligh
OF hls lantern. that he was Ia th
strong room OF a bank
lie told his WIFE, who was womai
OF much superior education TO hl
own. OF the whole nffair, and then d
wrote as We have seen, TO the al
roctora.
The mystery was now cleared ur
and the directors. calling Tor lights
examined the place carefully, an
fully verified the mans statements
The directors felt that they owe
the strange man a debt OF gratitude
! There was inaalculahle wealth hide
, there, In the shape OF not only note
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04
IN A cHInesr rHeArrR.
law Against Having Women on a.
slaEe !. nIEId and unaIierahIe.

law Against Having Women on th,
stage i Rigid and unsiterabie.
We entered the building assigned Q,
"The Ascending Luminous Dragon" By
small side door and proceeding for
some distance along a very narrow,
whltcwashod passage and down a ilisht
OF steep and narrow wooden steps we
arrived at the kitchen OF the establish
mont where Celestial cooks were
buHIly preparing sayory 90 dishes for
the performing company Our place.
however. was not there so on w went
u9 two more flights Of equally steep.
dark and uninviting stairs. Though a
door at the top we walked unecromo-
nioualy into the holy Of hollos,' other
wise the green room" Here DC act
ors were In various stages Of Inrsonal
adornmont some applying comcticB.
others dressing. while many more.
smoking and chatterlng. were tehoar-
sing their peculiar parts. which % our
uniui0rcd eyes. seemed 10 be composed
Of the most absurd and extrawgant
antics. Here and there were acatirred
small tables. around and upon Which
those OF the performers whose arts
we're over llstlessly rccllned. Habili-
ments and garments Of wonderful cut
hung around the walls and were seat
tered about the floors and tables In
reckless profusion. while huge chests
containing property" were deposited
al intervals around the room. From
there was the direct approach on to th'
stage
The artists were exclusively Chinese
and. despite the desperate makeup. nj
men. No woman is allowed on IN
stage Of Chinese thoater In any ca
paclty whatever. Strange as II MAJ
sound. the omission Is. however, hard
~ noticeable. for tho get-up OF the mel
lmpersonatlng female characters Ia 81
perfect that II is with difficulty on
can really be convinced that the nm
alterablo law on the subject has no
been infrlngod Nevertheless, In II
stern rlgldlty Il ~ as unaltorablo as
law Of the Modes and Pcralans
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04

a. an ldlo attempt 10 frlghtcn them had
not their attention been moro strongly
called 10 the subject by the following In
cldcpt.
A heavy chest had been forwarded by
the Parcels Delivery company, directed
20 the Directors OF the Bank OF Eng.
land The chest was, OF course. opened
before Thorn at once such a thing hclns
very unusual, and found 10 contain "A
larro packet 81 most valuable papers
ana securities. which had been safely
hopoaltcd IN the vault. win them was
tthc following letter
'ro the Directors OF ihc HANK o. Ems.
d-Gcntiomen. Ny husband. who u
an honest man. wrote 90 you last week
aud told SOU he had found a way
whi,h ho believes ~ known only 10 hlm-
SELF. N getting into your strong room
ana offered. II you would meet him
tiorc tonight. TO explain the whole mat
ter
"iie has never taken anything from
that room except the enclosed box.
You net detectives upon him, ana he
took tho box 20 show that he could
70 there 10 be- chose
.sue gives you another chance, Let
"A few gentlemen ho In the room alone
ana my husband VIII meet you there
al midnight Yours very respectfully
"Encn smith,"
The nuly tflng that was evident was
that tho writer. "Ellcn Smith was a
bettor scholar than her husband The
Detectives were shown the letter and
acted accordingly, The clcvcrcst mcu
were posted Ia the room.
IN the morning they told "a atraHse
story. Thcy said they saw llgnt at
about ie o'clock. n seemed 10 come
from "a dark lantern; but directly thes
ran 10 me spot from whence the light
proceeded n went out and tie strictcal
search had discovered nothing.
Every night the stdctest watch wai
oct. but nothing turned up until, on
the morning when the next Sitting Of
tho board was 70 be held, another let
tor was found upon the table OF tn
strong room. How Il got there. con
eldcrlng the room was guarded day ans
night. was mystery. It's contont
were as follows
IT was for your own good that YOU
were warned that the strong room o
the bank IL not really safe AZ an
time any one can enter Il. II w.
wished 70 steal We certainly woul
never have told you about Il or ID
turned that box.
N the police are there tonight "
win never explain the easy way O
getting into your sirong room, bu
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04
pApER sAlLs roR sn1ps.
innovation In the Equipment 81 New
aud speedy Yacht

Innovation In the Equipment of a New
aud speedy Yacht.
An innovation In yachting circles Oh
now being talked Of. nothing lels thau
sails made Of compressed paper the
sheets being ccmented and rlvc,cd to-
gethor In such a way as 20 form o.
smooth and strong scam. Il appears
that the FIRST process Of manufactures
consists IN preparing the pulp IN the
regular way. TO "a ton OF which lB added
l pound Of bichromate OF potash. IS
pounds Of glue. 30 pounds Of alum. ~
pounds Of soluble glass and 60 pound
OF prime iallow. these ingredients bee
Ing thoroughly mixed with the pulp.
Next the pulp ls made into sheets by
regular plpcr-maklng machinery end
two sheets are pressed together with o
glutInous compound between. 80 ns %
retain the pieces firmly. making the
whole practically homoge Tba
next operation BE- quite Important ald
require specially machine 1.
great power. which is used ln c1mpres
ning Che paper from thick. sticky
'"''t 20 very iNln, inugh one liH
now solid sheet is run throrrd 20 BATH
or aulphurlc ac'd. To- which 10 pcs ctr.
ot daiillci w1tor haH boon added. frdn
"hich 90 cmortes TO pass bolReoa r.1.,
rollers. then through % bath cf ua
monia thcn clear water. ana G1my
through feli rll.cfa. after which 3. g.
dried end polished between h-l'c.
mo'al cylindcrH The popsr r,suiuas
from this process e. 100 fhse'1 OF OF
binary width ard thickrcls cf cotor
duck. ], ia rl--tic. air tight. durable.
light and pafsclacd OF other nesdcl
qualifications 60 make it available Cos
light aallmaklng. Tho mode Of rut.in Z
the sheets together d by havlag eye
on the edges OF The sheet. or cloth. 90
as to admit tho edge OF the other shca.
Whea the split Is closed. ccmentoi ant
rive.cd or aewed II closes completed,
and firmly.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04
RAr-cArcHlNo CLANS.

ni,ai,cs That nidn't Propose to 10 De
Sourcd by ricbciam Vo-nn.
They tell big stories about the feats
OF Puge, Sound clam1. but the one told
by Edward A. Chase OF the North raci.
ic Fish Company % just % tri1e ahead
Of most OF them. says Tacoma Ledger.
Saturday morning whom Dr. Clgsc
went into hl1 warehouse he heard 70
rustllng IN a box OF clans on Ia.
yestlgailng he found that a rat mad
Invaded the box. and just as he ap-
preached, the jaws OF n monster elan
shut down on the rodents tail. hold
Ing II fast. The rat sQucaled. but the
clam held Il tight. Mr.. Charc. anilc.-
patlng the comment OF friends who
would cry clam story" when he would
relate tho circumstance. called wlt-
ncsses. and then SGT about oxtricatlng
the Imprisoned rat The result was
that the rat was released. but got away
minus an inch OF his tail. An hour
or so later Mr. Chase returned TO the
warehouse TO fnd that another daring
rat had yenturod Into the box. and IN
an attempt to pull somo OF the
clamu out Of the shell with HIS forcfoo,
had also been made a prisoner by the
clam shutting down on the member.
For several hours the nrmly attached
pair were exhibited. and then the rat
was killed.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04

MARY" said Mrs. Hume to her Irish
domestic, take this tape-line and
measure the width OF your room. l
am going to give you a new carpet"
In a few moments Mary called, Mrs.
Humew
Eyes. Mary"
Il can't measure It."
why not9"
"The tape-llne liant long enoughr-'
Ilarper's Bazaar,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04

Edward Robiusea Of Nevn'', ~
went to cincinnaa ro,s ess'' IT., KY ~,
cured a license to nary Ruth \ mnson.
A Newport girl. They Ver, . ,.a',.,od
by squire Mcclurf Of Nero,. -''' Who 'S
ala not examine iAe lis,s,D.U l,.. vino
Then they went o. p,lS,.' ', ,r,n
when the squire maze bis r,tp,e ~ u ,ho
county clerk he sas that ths ,,oorse
was Issued In ONO and The ,., -,
by him was Illegal The pa,,,,' 49, 49,
recalled from their nea'ynoop ~, " W.
reeted the mistake y a ,er,n.a, VI in
Cincinnati.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04

Mrs. Bellenold TO her daughtor-
Dukane Is over head and heels In love
with you, dear.
Miss Belleneld-so Is Mr.. Gaswell,
mamma.
Mrs. Bellonold-But you must remem-
Der that Mr.. Dukano is six feet tall.
while Mr.. Gaswell is only about ayo
feet seven in height.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04

ana The most valuable securities. bot
also DO solid bullion and hard cash.
The very atrictest search proved
that nothing had been taken besides
the box. which was returned Intact
when this point was fully settled q
was agreed by the directors that me
mysterious visitor should be- rewarded
for bis honesty. and % was currently
reported that they settled upon him
a liberal annuity. sufficient 20 support
him in comfort for the rest OF hla
davn.-noaton Globe.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04

Along with this comes new appll-
cation OF NJ. Mo.asan's discoveries
which It Is said. viii cheaper the
manufacture OF alcohol TO 20 centImc1 a
lltre-loas than 1--WE cents n quart. This
Ia enough to make any temperance adj
yooate's hair stand on ond. II Is In the
laboratory OF NJ. Bortholot that the ex-
perlments have been carried or. This
distinguished chemist has lately pre-
dictod good time coming when food
aud drink ahall be furnished by arti-
fetal products small In compass. and
at next TO no price at all n. Molssan
Is the dlacoycror OF the artificial pro-
ductlon OF the diamond. Along the way
he extracted from his electrical fur
naces q product that Is likely to prove
OF more practical use. This 10 car
buret OF calcium which decompoacs
water at the ordinary temperature, Civ
ing rise TO the hydrocarbon gas called
"aeetylene." This. In ita turn. when
subjected 10 tho action OF anlphuric
acid. has been found by ". Berthelot
to undergo a Transformation into yorlt-
able aleohol.-Paris Correspondence
Now York Evening Post.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04

thing VOW is au safe hand you're BANS
his safe. butt / knows hetiur ! hin i"-
side thee Bank the laft mites hhnh VOW
nose nuinn aboWt no. Butt hum NOT
thiof. 40 BIO ycp viii melt mce in tha
rrrt auunf rom, uorh ari the money! w.
al tWeif mite lie ixaplain OIL 60 yeuW'
Lett oncy D hor 2 cum ai0wn and say
muffin 90 nobody -Jn1. hmilu.
The detectives looked grave. There
was n plot lt work. they saw. ana Win
their Usual penetration thcy ai once
penetrated fhr deepest depths oi the w
iQuity.
There o. vory large room under
ground where Doe huge wealth ~ thH
bank ls terafted-mi millions of English
rotdrtisne. hare of gold and hundred
weights ~ Hittr with myrlade ui noics
90 nn incaiUuiahie amount
Tho detectives. OF cuurse. knew that
this rnum must be the place which the
writer of the letter had dealgnaicd az
"tho gfri squaf rom"
40 nne from outside could enter. hnt
OF course the police well understood the
trick There must Do some confederate
within the tarh. and one of the cone
spiraiom bcinn more cownriiy Than tho
rest. had resolved 10 betray hiu fellows
to save himstif
an night i0ng che detectives were se-
crcicd in fhe room. but they saw moth.
inr and heard nothing. with the sxcep'
ton that some aaid they heard about
o'clock strange sound which thcy
could not account for
The next night was the same. and IN.
next. and the neNii ana when the board
day" of the bank came around the a.
rcctnrs would have treated The ANAL
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04

a 10 EN- TUI~
LoCH has Just pub
llshed In London a
report which sub
stimulates the bib
llcal story that the
Jews ercapod across
the Red Sea dry
shod Mai. Gen.
Tulloch for the last
year has been max
Ing ntal
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04
THE RED SEA MIRACLE
mAJoR-oENERAL TuLLocH SAW
THE WATERS PARTED.

Caused by Great storm u Point. IN the
h'h'e Narrative verified by Arohsoio.
F''' Who Have Been over tho
Houte.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-10-04
TIE BANK MYSTERY.

Nr day the direct
ore % the Bank of
England were much
puzzled and not a
little amused when
che secretary read
60 them at their au-
nuai sitting the fol
lowing iii-spcit and
somewhat curious
letter.
Two rintlimin NJ
Bank Engianii WOO
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-28

TOLEDO, Augu't 27.-Tho Toledo OK.
position races opened to-day with fair
weather and good track. A big list OF
horses arc entered, and some good rnco4
are expected this week The feature OF
tho day was tho p OCCASIONAL bicycle rae.
Ing. The track was in excellent cOndl.
ton for these raced. Tho first race wa,
tho one mile flying start between san.
ger, TYLER and johnson, paced by a
tandem. They all crossed the tape well
punched with the tandem setting a
terrific pace. and droppod the men
at tho head OF the stretch, where Tyler
shot out OF tho bunch, passing johnson,
and won out by yard. Johnson beat
Sanger by about tho samo distance.
Time, 2:ll!.
Tho second race was tho mile handi-
cap. This was won by Tyler, lsCralch);
Woinig. no yards, second; OConnor,
40 yards, third. Time, 2:2j.
SAUCER, paced by two tandem tennis,
went half nlc.apainst time. mud made
the circuit in 5S! seconds, flying start.
Summarizes:
Frat race, 2:lI trot-RuSSelmont won
in straight heats Time, 2:lGl, 2I4t,
9lsH.
Second race, $3.50 pnco-JoH Davis
won third, fourth aud fifth heals. limo,
2:lO}, 2:2l !, 2:gl!, Silver Mahor won
first and second boats in 2:lsi, 2;29l.
Third race, 2:3j pacc--Robutt Wilkes
won first, second aud third heats. Time,
O.lGl. g:lT. 2:lOi