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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-10

Few amusementa IN the world are
funnlor than the play OF dlncront Ideas
under similar sounds, and II would be
hard 20 md thing moro universally
Understood and caught nj than pun.
but there really ARE individuals No made
that a word can mean but one thing TO
them. and even metaphors must 10 on
an fours. Lord Morpcth used to toll OF
a Scotch friend OF his who to the re-
mark that some people could not feel a
JOS, unless II was irod at them with a
cannon, replied "Wcel, but hoo can go
IRE a jest out OF cannon. mons" A
lady once put conundrum to her rhou.
matte old nurse. asking her. why arc
you like a church window. sallyg" and
gave the answer because you arc
full OF palms" Whcreupon the Old
woman pl,yingly replied; "Oh. dear.
somebody been a-foolin' OF 70, honcyl
rhem's anudcr sort O. pa"~s ihoy's
been foolln' go, child"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-10

the recollection that he had placed n
phial Of vinegar ether In hls waistcoat
pocket instead Of leaving II In his wal
lot. lie felt that he WIS likely TO die.
aud he fanclod In his mind the scene
when the nowa OF hls death was carried
TO HIS family, his lifc from childhood
TO manhood passed before his minds
oyc. with an ita Joys and sorrows. lie
was aorenoly happy no he saw blue
heaven opening to receive him. while
roso and violet cloudn loated on the
horizon. consciousness ala not leave
him an little while after he strucl,
tho rock, aud pain was not felt till an
hour aftcrwnrd
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-10


For an ablo-bodlcd man 10 be caught
a third time begging was held to be a
crime deserving death. and the sentence
was Intended on NJ occaslons to be car
riod out The poor man might not
change his master ut will. or wander
from place to place. lie might not keep
his children at homo unless he could
answer for tholr time. n out Of cm-
nloymont, prcforrlng to be idle, he
might be demanded for work by any
master OF the craft to which he be-
lougcd and compelled to work whether
he would or no. n caught begging
once. being neither aged nor lnnrm. he
was whipped at the carts tail. II
caught n second time. his car was slit.
or bored through with a hot iron. II
caught third time. being thereby
proved to be OF no use upon this earth.
but to live upon II only 70 his own
hurt. and to that OF others. he suffered
death as folon. SO the law Of Eng
land remained for sixty years. First
enacted by Henry VIII. n continued
unrcpcalod through the rcisna Of Ed
ward and Mary, subslatlng. therefore,
with the deliberate approval Of both tho
great parties between whom tho coun-
try was divided. Rccousidercd under
Elizabeth. the same law was again for
mally passed. md q was. therefore. the
expressed conviction Of the English ma
ton that n was bcltcr for "a man not to
live at an than 70 live a prontlcss and
worthless life
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-10

An enthusiastic Philadelphia pholog-
uphor caught capital anap-ahot while
nc AHbury Park. showing a man who
was pitched out Of rowbolt Just aH IL
was being beachcd with a party from
yacht The man struck the water
hands first. and the camera caught him
with his heels high IN tho air While
travelling In the west the photographer
met a company OF gentlemen. and IN
the course OF conversation Hcashore ox-
perlcncea were taken up, one Of the
group related that while at Asbury
Park he had met a queer adventure
while coming Ia shore from yacht.
Tho amateur had the photograph IN
question with him and thereon pro-
ducod IT,, ploturing the very occurrence
OF which the participant was telling -.
Philadelphia call,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-10
EoR eHARp YouMo FoLKs.



spelling neo, and Pronunciation Matches
create Pun.
pronunciation match" i5 hne
way Of entertaining a party of clever
young people in a duli evening hour.
Any number can play one De- elected
aI leader 40 FIRST hc viii call out
letter as O. and each person must
think quickly while be- counts I'VE.
and be ready TO toll the name 81 ciiy
in the state agreed upon before the
contest begins For Instance. ine lead
or. while he counts Ave. points TO one
OF the company who must give the
name Of city beginning with The let-
ter a. - or G. a. the leader may an
nounce. When one answer has been
given. he quickly counts again. ana
points 10 another person. until some
ono fails 10 respond. when he is de-
clared leader and also pays a forfeit
II 10 very amusing and teaches people
to think quickly and kccp their wits
about them. n b. also sometimes
played by choosing sides. aa in a spell
ing match and In that case each ore
who misses takes his scat. and The side
which remains on the floor longest "a
declared the winner a new Kind OF
spelling bee Is what the following game
Is called. One Of the company begins
the game by naming a letter Of the al
phnbct, and the next must name an
other, which. In connection with the
FIRST viii help to make word, but
which Will not complete H. The roxt
adds another letter, and 10 on, each
aiming to put In a letter which VIII
not finish word This goes on until
Il becomes necessary Tor some one 10
complete %. and the unlucky one D.
compelled to pay a forfeit To illus-
trlic; The letter begins with T. The
next adds M, the next %, another aud
the next. Instead Of adding q. and CONE
plotting the word says T. The following
one gives n. ana the next. by a happy
thought docH not give e.. but says 90,
and then follow g. 1. and n. when the
word has TO be- completed iu spite OF
all. II "a about tho most amusing
game ! over Hnw played. and q Us also
quite inHiructlyo.-s ST. Louis Republic
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-10

Monaghan pheasauts have been sue
ccssfully introduced for game purposes
IN various parts OF Oregon and wash
lng,on In the last few years, and now
an attempt Is being made to propagate
them for the same purpose In Cali
iornia. a number have been imported
into Santa Clara county from oregon,
and lettuce seed Is to be planted by the
mountain springs to provide food for
them They are protected by statute
for three years,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-10

was baptized by John The professor
and his party carried the latertscientihc
anparaiur. and Herr Vogcl's forthcom-
INK book on Palestine will throw new
light upon many interesting things In
tho land whore the Savior lived and
preached
The railroad leading TO Jerusalem
has no branch TO the Dead Sea. aud the
travellers rode for ton hours on horse
back before they heard the roar OF the
waves Of tho largest inland lake. which
IL popularity supposed to llc silent and
calm. Surveying the country from tho
top OF Noun Olives says Prof Nugel
Il judged the distance from Jerusalem
TO the Dead Sea to be- not more than
three hours ride. but soon discovered
my error afior travelling through the
barren and stony landscape
VERY frequently We had TO lismount
for fear OF breaking our uccka in climb
ing tho procipiccs or descending into
the Wnbi8 Valley Anor about iour
hours ride we came 10 q great white
mosque. erected over the grave Of
Moses. ro We were told Tho Mosloma
seemingly never heard NJ the passage
IN Holy Scriptures which says and no
ono hos found HE grave mp 10 this day.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-10

a novel drink Tor the breakfast on a
hot morning Is "egg coffee" which,
with bread and fruit to make up the
necessary bulk Tor the stomach, hna
been found an excellent repast. II the
coffee 81 10 be- served cold. shake an
egg, SOME bits OF sugar aud Ice together,
then add cold cafe au Init. II hot H.
Quid Is used, put the esq. cream and
sugar In glass and shake thoroughly;
then add the hot coffee. string quick
Try AN the time.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-10

Christ Is the example for humanity.
no one and only periec, man. lie Is
the perfect ideal Of every pure soul
Every human being has some ideal,
ana the nature OF the ideal will deter
mine the character The tendency OF
human nature Is constantly downward,
ana the only hope for a lost world Is a
perfect moral idea.-R Rev W. G. Par
'rldgc.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-10

FULTON Democrats There ought to be
a broad fraternity. charity and unself-
lsnn,sa among editors, The profession
should stand as high as those OF the
elefsy The law or medicine. II IL does
NOT IN any community, Jealous and IT.
r''aole editors are alone to blame
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-10

fiE German travel
ler Prof a. w.
NogcI describes
In Vom FEELS zum
Nicer a recent Wis
Il to the Doa Sea
and round about
Jordan as tho
Bible calls the
neighbor hood Of
tho holy river
where Jesus Christ
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-10

NE CAN HARDLY
pick up a daily
paper without read
inginit the account
Of an embezzlemen;
by some man Of
hitherto unques-
toned integrity.
The fall Of such a
man. looked upon.
as he has been. as
aplllar OF honor In
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-10

for Jericho. after filling our bottles
with Jordan water Tor bapt5mala at
home"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-10
STORY OF AN ERROR.
sELFisHNEss DELIVERED ITS
VICTIM TO nADHOUsE.

How Trusted Trrssursr stole .fonsy
which lie Never Uacd Detected
Ito Went Mad aud Now cries "An
Error"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-10
A SWIM IN DEAD SEA.
Visrr 70 RIVER WHERE CHRIST
WAS BAPTIZED.

nccr On sale and Floats 90 Ict"- On
nsrseha,k Through the Country Round
Ahuu' iordan Tho Alleged crave Of
Moses
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-05-28
FROM WASHINGTON.

The internal revenue receipts for the
past ten months aggregated sl2l &C.,
sT0. an increase over the like period OF
1895 of 81 900. 1876.
Minister Taylor was instructed b.
Secretary Olney to make vigorous pro-
tests to the Spanish government relat-
ing to recent edicts prohibiting ex-
portations of tobacco from the Island
OF Cuba on the gI junds that il amounts
TO a practical confiscation of goods in
Cuba owned by Americans.
The exchanges at the leading clear
| ing houses of the United States during
the week ended on the 22d aggregated
1901 ,339, O29, against S1,019, O09,27S the
previous week. The decrease, compared
with the corresponding week in 1896.
was los.
In the United States there were %.
business failures in the seven days end
ed on the 22d, against 224 the week pre-
vious and 20T in the corresponding pc
ROD of 1895.
Official statistics of the produc-
ton of salt in the United States during
the year 1895 show the total prodnc-
ton was l3.665,649 barrels, valued al
s4.223, Os6, an increase of COZ, 900 barrels
over the previous year. but decline OF
$500. 900 in value.
The supreme court has sustained the
validity of the appropriation to carry
out the sugar bounty act, reversing the
action of Comptroller of the Treasury
Bowler, who refused to permit the pay
ment of the bounties.
In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the 25th was: What,
s.. pa. 600 bushels; corn, s,97s.0OO bush
els; oats. 100000 bushels; rye, 49,
600 bushels; barley las. 900 bushels.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-05-28
THE EAST.

Resolutions were presented at the
Presbyterian general assembly in Sar
atoga, n. ", denouncing Sunday ex-
cursions, Sunday baseball games, Sun
day theaters, Sunday bicycle pleasure
riding and the greed of gain, which
compels thousands against their vii:
TO work on the Lords day.
At the age of 60 years ex-United
States Senator William A. Wallace, OF
Pennsylvania, died in New York. He
was senator from 1875 TO 1881.
Abbey, Schoeffel g. Grau, controlling
the Metropolitan opera house and Alb
bey's theater in New York and the Ire
mont theater in Boston. failed for $780,
600; assets, 100000.
The election of officers of the Amer
lean Baptist Missionary union resulted
at Asbury Park, y. j.. in the selection of
Rev. Henry F. Colby, ID. ID. of Ohio, as
president.
Percentages of the baseball clubs in
the National league for the week ended
on the oath were as follows: Cleve
land, .667; Cincinnati. Gas; Boston. .62i /;
Pittsburgh. 500; Baltimore, .552; Chi
cago, .54s; Philadelphia, SIT; Washing
ton, .4s3; Brooklyn, .414; New York,
.379; St. Louis. 367: Louisville. .233.
Near Boston the schooner Mary
Sprague collided with an unknown
schooner and sank her and nine men and
one woman were drowned.
John Goldman. Theodore Clinket and
John Fox were drowned in che Della
ware river by the capsizing of n boat
All were residents of Philadelphia.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-05-28
WEST ANN eOiITu

At Bronham, Tex, John rutherford
and his son, Brody Rutherford. and Joe
Goodson were executed for the murder
of Thomas Dwyer on January 90.
Populists of the Second Tennessee
district nominated William G.. Oliver
for congress on free-silver platform.
The democratic state convention at
Columbia. S. c.. declared for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at a
ratio of sixteen to one and the dele
gates to Chicago were instructed to
vote for Senator Tillman for president.
Republicans OF the Eighth Indiana
district renominated Charles ii. Henry
for congress.
In SEWER county, Tenn, white caps
went to whip Rufus Ingle, a peaceabie
farmer. and he shot Huston Burnett,
the leader, dead. and fatally wounded
three others
In East Los Angeles, Cal, Charles NJ.
England, a young sttorrey, killed his
wife and then committed suicide No
cause was known.
Seven miles south of Emporia, Kan,
farm property was damaged and
orchards and crops ruined by n cyclone
A cyclone passed through the Usage
reservation in Oklahoma, devastating
farms and ranches and killing num-
Der of people.
A boiler in the Davidson Bros saw.
mill near Marietta, Ind, exploded, IA.
tally injuring Thomas and Eunice
Davidson and Frank Battran and
wounding six others.
Wyoming democrats in convention
at Laramie elected free silver delegates
to the national convention.
At Grayson. Ky, James Dewitt was
hanged for the murder of his wife on
November Ia. 1895.
A gas explosion wrecked two build
ings at Coffeyville, Kan, aud David
Carter was killed aud Is othes persons
were injured. two fatally.
On the Omaha road freight train
was derailed at Lemars, Ia, and Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest IIildebrand. OF Beat
iice, Neb., who were in the caboosc
were instantly killed.
A boiler In a tile mill at Upton
o., exploded, killing Alexander Moore
and his son Charles. proprietors of the
mill, and ten employees we're injured.
wreckers who for the last two years
and half have been busy clearing M
the worlds fair grouu6s in Chicago
have completed their work.
Silver men will hold a national con.
| ference at Columbus, o., on June 3.
A cyclone in Oklahoma territory
wrecked 20 houses at Edmond. IL al
White Eagle and several at other places
killing ten persons.
Eureka Camille Storey, widow of tho
famous editor, Wilbur +. Storey. died
at her home in Chicago. aged 81 years.
1 At her home in Carroll Ia, Mrs. Mar
: garet Kelley celebrated her I0s-h b:rst,
day anniversary
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-05-28
Ten ARE DEAD.
Awful Havoc Created by Cyclone In
Oklahoma.

Awful Havoc Created by a Cyclone In
Oklahoma.
Guthrie, o. T., May ga disastrous
cyclone and waterspout passed over
this section Thursday night, causing
great damage. At Edmond 20 houses
were demolished and two persons, Har-
vey Rich and his daughter, were killed.
Al White Eagle, 80 miles north, three
cyclones formed within the short space
of one hour and swept toward the Usage
country. Twelve houses were demol-
ished and 40 or so head of stock were
killed In the vicinity of White Eagle. At
Black Bear John Rodgers and his wife
were killed by falling timbers, while a
farmer named White was killed and all
the members of his family injured by
their houses being blown down on them
The storm came up from the south
and Travelled north, where il met an
other storm coming from the west. 1t
is reported that $4,000 damage was
done to property and stock In the Usage
country. Several lives are reported
lost, but particulars are hard to obtain.
At Cushing five persons were killed.
their houses being blown down on them.
Eight cyclones have occurred within
q radius of so miles in this section with
in five DAVIS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-05-28
ELECTED BISHOP TO AFRICA.
Methodist Conference Bestows Honor
Upon Dr. HartzeII.

Methodist Conference Bestows Honors
Upon Dr. TIartzelI.
Cleveland, o., May 26.-Only four days
remain of the session of the general coz
ference of the NJ. L. church and the dele
gates are determined to make as good
use of the time as possible. To that
end resolution was passed Monday
morning limiting all speeches to five
minutes.
Very few of the many important mat
ters now incorporated in committee re-
ports will be passed upon by THIS
session. Only the reports which must
be acted upon in order to insure the
progress of the church during the com
ing four years will be considered.
DIR. Joseph C. Hartzell. of Louisiana
was elected bishop to Africa, on the
second ballot.
Rev. NJ. C. b. Mason, of the Savannah
conference, was elected to succeed DIR.
Hartzell as one of the secretaries of the
Freedman's Aid and Southern Educa-
ton society. He is colored man.
The most turbulent scene of the con-
vention, by long odds, occurred Monday
dItcT1OOu ONCI tlic HutSeOh VI roy htP
resentation. 1t took place during the
consideration of the report of the COM
mittee on constitution. Alexander Ash
lev, of Washington, ID. c., introduced an
amendment providing that every annual
conference should elect as many lay
delegates as ministerial. This brought
on a fight.
1t finally ended in a motion to lay on
the Ia BILE the amendment by Mr.. Ashley.
Bishop Hurst, who presided during the
afternoon. put the question and declared
the motion carried. So great was the
dissatisfaction of the laity over the rul-
ing of the chair that Rev. Luther ID.
Wilson, of Baltimore, poured oil on the
troubled waters by moving reconsider
alton. At last Rev. A. J. Kynett per-
suaded Ashley that he would better in
troduce his amendment in a different
form later on. The clause was there
fore passed without amendment.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-05-28
LATER NEWS.

The damage by the cloudburst at
North McGregor. To-. TO the Milwaukee
railroad is fully Sis, 900.
A good sized war was waged at Fort
Branch, Ind, the Goth, when a circus
steamboat landed and began the sale
of liquor. A posse of citizens attempt
cd to arrest the boat gang and a battle
followed. in which several were
wounded and five killed.
The gold reserve the Goth was sl11,-
1876. 035.
At Victoria, B. c., the Goth. bridge
broke down. throwing an electric car
into the water $50 feet below. There
were nearly 900 passengers aboard and
the car was completely submerged,
drowning all excepting some who were
standing on the platform. Sixty-one
bodies have been recovered.
Gov. Bradley, of Kentucky. was in-
dicted the Goth by .be grand jury at
London for failing to file description of
certain lands uuder the recent tax
law.
The court of appeals for New York
decided the Goth that the Raines excise
law was constitutional.
The larger portion of the town OF
Deresanto, Ont, was destroyed by fire
the 26th. Loss, $3.50,
A cyclone struck Cairo. H., the Goth.
The steamer Katharine was caught
and capsized. The passengers were all
drowned. OF the crew only the cap
, tain, engineer and clerk are known n
have been saved. Among the lost is
Captain Rittenhouse. superintendent
of the Cairo Ferry company. Thirteen
lives were lost
Malone. n. Y. had $4,000 fire the
Goth.
His Majesty. the Emperor Nicholas
Alexandrovitch, aItocrat of all the
Russias. and Her Majesty the Empress
Alexandra Feodorovna. were crowned
at Moscow. the Goth, in the Cathedral
of Assumption with the utmost cere-
mony and in accordance with all the
religious forms and ancient rites
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-05-28
woman's Relief Corps.
The news Condensed.

The State Medical society will hold
It's 5Oth annual session in the assembly
chamber in Madison. beginning June 3.
in the internormal contest at White
water, first honors were awarded to
John McGovern, the Platteville COM
petitor.
The firm of L. ID. Thorp & Son, doing a
mercantile business at Egg Harbor,
made an assignment for the benefit OF
their creditors. Liabilities were s12, 900.
RESETS, $4,000.
Work on the fish hatchery at Bayfield,
will begin in a few weeks, and the build
ings will be completed by September L.
The franchise of the Milwaukee, Ra-
cine & Kenosha Electric Railway COM
pany for a right of way through the city
of Kenosha for local line has been ac-
oepted by the company. Work has al
ready been begun on the new road from
Milwaukee to Chicago.
/. ID. Thorp & Son. Egg Harbor mer-
chants, made an assignment with liza
bilities of $4,000. The assets will cover
this amount. A. ID. Thorp, county treas
urer, was appointed assignee.
The funeral of DIR. Oscar o. Baines.
who died at Chicago, was held from the
Congregational church in GAINESVILLE.
E. p. Redden, of Ashland, disappeared
last fall while on hunting trip and the
other day his body was found floating
in Chequamegon bay.
William and Abbie Rogers. claiming
TO be husband and wife were arrested
at Oshkosh on a charge of robbing
safe in Menominee of s3o1-
Reports from the farming districts
in Douglass county say thousands OF
strawberry plants were killed by frost
The new Rhode opera house was
opened in Kenosha by Clay Clement In
"The New Dominion" The affair was
made one of the SWEETEST society events
in Kenosha this year.
The Lumberman's bank at Shell Lake
completed it's organization by the cleo
ton of Artemus Lamb as president, and
opened for business.
A neatly-attired worm medicine VEN
dor, who sold white -four for his medi-
cine, victirnized many residents of Su-
pe,ior of sums ranging from so cents to
two dollars.
The annual sale % lands for taxes took
place in the treasure-'s Office at Ash
land. Sales were father light.
A man supposed to be named Greene,
working on the new railroad at Mani
towoc, while sleeping in the yards was
killed by q train.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-05-28
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In China the Indo-China line steamer
Onwo and the coasting vessel New
Chwang collided and 252 lives were lost.
In Paris tom" Linton, Welshman.
beat the bicycle record from the afth
mile upward. covering so miles within
an hour.
Amid a grand display of imperial
pomp and splendor the car and czarina
made their triumphal entry into Mos
cow.
A picador, Jose Mata, was gored to
death and four other performers were
fatally wounded and six horses were
killed, all by one bull, at bull fight
i'm Monterey, Mexico.
The steamer LauraJa, which left
New York on May ., landed on Cuban
soil all the men and ammunition she
carried for the insurgents.
Turkish soldiery in the island of
Crete. breaking all restraints, poured
through the streets of Khania, shooting
and pillaging Christians. The consuls
all telegraphed for war ships.
Indians in Mexico killed IS persons,
several of them being women and chill
dren, on the Loios ranch.