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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-05-15
OLD FOLKS.

ohed Thornton OF Arcade. n. Y. Is
nicely past his 1921 year, lie was one
OF twelve children and HIS own children
were also twelve In number.
Another OF the Old ladies who saw
Napoleon Is Mrs. Augusta Manthi5s.
who lives near Shamokln, Pa. aged
iOi. ana who was the subject OF q re-
cent thrilling fire rescue
John Rogers OF Oakland, Cal. Is lOi
years old, and veteran OF 1912 on tho
British side, lie was born In Malta
Another person who remembers 1872
Is Isabella Grayorat. a Chippewa. WHO
recently visited Detroit to give testi.
mony Ia d lawsuit, She passed through
the place in 1872. but her age Is un.
known.
Three singers are stin living who
took part In the FIRST performance OF
"EliIah" IN birmingham. England. 90
years ago.
Recent DEATHS John Swim. Della.
ware, Ohio, aged 1903. Mrs. Hannah
Cuddebach, Normiuon, same state, l05,
Louis Allard. Cohooa, n. Y, 100. Pos.
sum stove Ross, Maaainon. Ohio. est.
mated age, iOS
Patrick John llIndo OF Norwalk. Ohio
So just past 400. Pioneer william Scot
OF nclphos, Ohio. 10 the same age. an.
saya he's the only Jackson Dsmoera
living.
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was gone. and It's place was filled by a
morbid dread Of death. She read no
book but the Bible. and the blessed
truths we're all twisted and contorted'
seen through her gloom-seeking eyes
Because the sun must go down or DC
shut away for awhile she refused to
take any OF its brightness for her own
Because a pleasure must pass TO make
room for a pain. she entirely Ignored
the pleasure. and waited for the pain
Death was inevitable life uncertain
and 20 she fixed her thoughts on what
she knew was sure
Howard had grown used to H. Men
and children have the faculty OF adapt
ing themselves 10 circumstances. once
he reasoned. plead for the sunlight
brought flowers and sent In friends.
But that was long ago THE hght
mocks me-" she used to say. and the
flowers only faded. People chatter anu
take my mind from better things.
Life isn't worth the worry II costs"
And 30 he had given up, and had shaped
bis life according 10 what he thought
could not be helped.
But now Saddles pulse beat faster
and she was actually thinking. II
seemed strange to be Interested In any
thing again. Somehow, Mrs. Mohely'a
words kcpt her mind busy. Howard
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WAY wlREs co ovER AoosAc.
II u so Damp IN the Tunuei the In
suiation Wears Out Quickly.

n u 80 Damp IN the Tunnei the In
suiation Wears out Quickir.
1T f. strange how little pieces Of mis-
information viii travel and how gener-
ally they will be believed" said jew
eler the other day. For instance.
some newspapers started a little para
graph to the effect that II was lmpos-
sible to telegraph a message through
the Hoosac tunnel. on the Fitchburg
railroad. and this paragraph went the
rounds OF nearly every newspaper In
the country | had travelled on tho
Fitchburg. and had gone through the
tunnel. knew II was lighted by cleo
trlcity. incandescent lamps being used,
and / couldn't understand why II was
impossible TO make the telegraph work,
20 wrote to an official Of the road. ask
ing n the newspaper paragraphs were
true. and II II were TO give the reason
for the failure. received a reply say
ing that there was no truth In the para
graph. but that the wires were strun
over the mountains instead Of the tun-
mel NJ a matter Of economy. There Is
so much dampness In the tunnel that
the Insulation on the wires wears out
so fast that Il is cheaper to run the line
over tho mountain.
II have noticed another paragraph "a
the effect that there IL one red diamond.
Az n matter Of fact there are many red
diamonds. They are rare. especially In
America. but are frequently seen In In
dia. Baldwin. the white Mahatma. hni
couple OF red diamonds. number OF
pink ones and green one. He has
white ruby. paradoSlcal as that mas
seem. but a stones name depends on
TO composition and not its color His
diamond Ia not an emerald. because u
is green nor Ia his ruby a diamond be
caulo II II whlle"-Bufialo Times.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-05-15

FORGOT YOUR NiGHTCAP. SADlEV'
talked softly for little while. straight
oncd her pillows. kissed her forehead.
and then left her,
1T IL hard TO sco him learning TO do
without me, why have not noticed
q beforo7" And 10 thinking. she sat
up. brushing back her hair with both
thin hands.
Made tapped at the door When she
stool beside the lounge her mother
looked at her eagerly. "Madie. 40 and
ask Mrs Mosely to como and sec mo
In the morning. please"
Something like hope grew In tho
poor. miserable soul. Was there a way
out. and aid this CHEEKY little woman
know that way? n life was so poor a
thing. how was II that Mrs Mosoly
managed to enjoy II so7
Sadie was too excited 10 sleep. but u
was n healthy excitement, When at
last ,he did lose herself. her slumber
was sweet and refreshing. and she was
astonlshod TO ind that she had forgot
ten the oplate that had so long been n
necessity.
When Howard came In next morn
ing and noticed the little white folded
paper on her table. he looked at her
wonderingly.
was there anything neglected. dear
You didn't get your powder" he said,
Il forgot Il. Howard"
Forgot your nlghtcap. sadler' and
she actually smiled. for he had not
called her by her name for 70 long.
Then Mrs Moscly came. why. you
are In n new ROOM she began. then
flushed and stopped. for she romem'
bcrcd resting with Emmie Just outside
the window.
The two women were alone. now
and Sadie held out her white hands
Eyes. heard, and sent for you: helT
me. II there 10 a way" she said pito
ously. and Mrs. Mosely. dear little won
an that she was. Just dropped down
on her knees and put her arms abou
Sadie. and cried. aA tonder-hoartet
women will. you know.
"a way3 Why. bless your soul. yes
child. there Is way. DO you suppose
that the Father wants his poor LITTLE
girl TO shut herself away from all the
good things lie has taken pains TO &c
ready for herr No. my dear, even I
you had consumption. or some othe
awful thing. there would be no need o
that when it's only nerves and things
why there isn't one bit OF sense In II
The hope hds gone out OF you. and 20,
need to get Il back. You've let you
viii dwlndlo away, and you need Il
get II stronger. ! don't suppose yol
could be as strong as your Irish cook
but you caa be full OF life, n you viii.
sn lie listened 20 all this and 10 mucl
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Now she thought them all over. Her
ardent lover 10 determined to win her;
her proud husband. 30 passlonately de-
voted TO her: how the memory thrilled
her even now a. she lay white and stlll
on her pillow.
with the sweet old pictures In her
mind. she heard the door open. and her
husband came In. A little indefinite
pain seemed to clutch at her heart. lie
was not less tender than OF old. not
less gentle. but there was a change. lie
spoke to her and touched her as
mother speaks 10 and touches a little
helpless child. There was nothing OF
the old passionate love In his manner.
and. for the arst time. she missed Il
and longed for H. The great tender
ness had satisfied her before. She
closed her eyes. and he stroked back her
hair. She remembered how he used to
admire II Now there was much Of
pity In his touch. not sympathy. for
he could by no means understand thu
weakness OF his frnil wife. but Just
loving. tender pity There no longer
seemed to be aympathy between them,
lie IN learning 10 do without me.
giving me up, little by little. even
now" Sadie thought. and tear drop
ped heavily upon the pillows. There
was no bitterness In her heart. no fool-
ing OF Jealousy toward the one who
would sometime an the place that used
TO be her own, As Mrs, Mosely had
said. II was only natural and right.
and aho knew that the thought OF such
a possibility had never entered How
ards mind. She felt that he was not
conscious OF the change that she now
saw 80 plainly. She pictured TO her
self the brightness that would one day
on the now dismal home, for that How
ard would choose bright. healthy
woman, she well know.
Emmio and Mrs. Mosely, dear?"
mo, the new room had tired me,
che replied.
I'm sorry; l met them. and hoped
they had cheered you up until Emmlo
told me. should think Mrs. Mosely
Just the woman 20 help sick folks"
Perhaps she Isl"
Howard used TO reason with her
row he never tried. Il seemed impos'
sible TO interest hor, or TO take hoi
thoughts away from herself Yet IN,
doctor had said that she had no really
serious disCase-nothlng that ought moi
yield TO treatment. but Sadie had de-
elded otherwise, She believed an hol
nervous fanclea to be real. and they
had gone unchecked 80 long that che
was an AFFECT slave 10 them. Her vii
seemed paralyzed, her interest In no
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fnatf haven't hod mine yet Tor
left Susie to wait upon her father.
wanted 10 come to you nj once"
II didn't think anyone cared 20
much; but | never take anything but
a cup OF tea, in the morning" sadie
said.
"Oh, we'll. that was In the used 10 be.
We aren't going 10 bother with that
old blotted page, now that we've turned
n new leaf" and there was a CHEEKY
breakfast.
In few days Mrs Mosely announced
her intention Of going on a visit to
her mother. and asked Sadie TO accom-
pany her.
why. It's been 30 long since went
out doors even: the world would seem
30 big and strange to mel" Sadie said
pitlfully.
Thank the Lord. n In big enough for
us to move about n little. and strange
enough to interest us. Howard says
you may go. and no shall take you.
for mothers Ia such a honey sort Of
place"
And Sadie went She knew nothing
Of tho daily letters that went back TO
Howard. nothing Of the anxious ones
that came to the old farm. nothing Of
the careful watching and management
that made her days Just the pleasant
ones that they were.
Life and health began 10 come timld.
iy back 10 her. So rciolced at the
pink flush on her checks and the new
light In her eyes. She was GROWING
more and more like the woman she
used 10 be. The weakness was loavlnp
her. the melancholy slipping away
Life began 10 assume new attractions
and she saw the end Of n. not as n,
old. dreaded darkness. but simply as d
going farther on. II was slow WORK
but It was sure There was no back
ward glance. Every stop TO which sh'
mountod was bcttor. plcasanter place
and she remembered too wildly IN,
horrors Of tho valley up from whlc.
she had come. TO risk even a gianc,
back at the gobllns and ghosts TIM
pcopled H.
After n time, Howard came for her
An. yes. there WIS the old light In MI
eycsl She was no longer an object o
pity. lie had no longer TO reach dow
In hls efforts TO comfort her. but ils
straight across 10 one on MS high
plane as himself And In n momon
he felt II. and gave her back all tina
he had unConsclously withdrawn. won
derlng NJ the renewed Joy and content
mont, and taking Il gratefully. with
out understanding.
But wise little Mrs Mosoly knew
only she laughed and chatted abou
everything else. Just as II she hadn'
an a.-Womnnkind.
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GOSSIP OF THE STAGE.

Marie Tempest is negotiating for tho
American rights OF the new Gilbert and
Sullivan opera.
The Rise OF sllas Lapham" is being
dramatized by Paul Kester. with tho
collaboration OF the author, william
Dean Howells. and William II. Crane Is
TO produce the play.
Next season In Hoyt's Midnight
Bell" Digby Bell win tako the part
originally played by seabrooke. that
OF Deacon 'fidd, and Mrs. Bell known
as Laura Joyce viii play the role OF
the school mistress. first created by
Isabelle Coe.
Louis Harrison has been engaged for
leading part In new piece BY Chew
or Goodwin and Woolson Morse. which
Is to see the light IN Chicago. There
arc three acts. and the characters OF
each act get lost and do not roappear
IN the succeeding acts. all except Mr.
Harrison.
| define an actor as a man who can
play at least one part In Shakespeare
aud play II we'll. The part may be a
trivial one or an important one, IL may
be in comedy or In tragedy. Shakes
peare. In my opinion, Is the crucial test
OF an actors intelligence J. Fer
guson, In Dramatic Mirror.
Very few people know" says Henry
Irving, that Edwin Booth and played
together in Manchester In 1860. | was
young man then, and Booth was In
tho midday OF his marvellous career,
We were together six weeks, My feel
Ing for him was one Of love and rover
encc. sometimes believe that / shall
never look upon his like again, But
over an his life was the shadow OF a
great tragedy You could read It IN
hia face nd e tlnEod an he said and
did"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-05-15

Nelson was one OF ourselves. Where
we went he went. lie was specially
fond OF following our trap. and nothing.
not even doggic friends could divert
him from his faithful attendance at our
wheels. One summer We were staying
at tho west coast village Of Saltcoatu.
where the sands are broad and fiat,
and VIC often drove along the roai
skirting tho bay. Nelson followed. OF
course. The dogs OF the village seldom
molcatcd or interrupted him, but one
rash little terrier repeatedly rushed
out OF his garden gate as we passed
and BIT at Nelson's heels. Time after
time Nelson declined to notice the In
suit. but one day his patience evidently
became exhausted. Turning around he
caught the unhappy terrier by the back
OF tho neck. carried him down the
sands and into the water chest deep.
put his paw on him and drowned him,
and then carried him back to the dry
sand and laid him out there. One
crunch OF his jaws would have done
the deed. and more quickly. but II
seemed IA II Nelson had no personal
luminosity TO the dog. On AZ least had
suppressed Il. but had concluded that
the world was better wanting such a
snarling eur. Spectator.
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iIrr... . VIZ, worth Initiating.

Charles II. Patterson, a manufacturer
OF Dayton. o.. speaking In New York
recently. told how he had made money
by being kind TO his employes-i 900
girls. lie started a school TO teach
them how to work more intelligently,
gave them Ave minutes for rest and
cnllsthonics morning and evening, put
stove and colored woman In each de-
partment and served coffee and soup
free started laundry to save them
the trouble OF taking their aprons home
to wash. bought 1000 aprons for Thorn.
fitted mp room with cot and medl-
cine chest. and says It all paid-the best
OF girls eagerly seek the work. and
they work willingly and well.
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ABYSsINIA.
racu About the Country In which tho
Italians Poll.


Itaiians Foii.
The chief exports are gold ivory,
slaves, coffee. butter. honey and wax.
Abyssinla IL a very mountainous
country. Many OF the peaks are always
covered with snow.
The literature OF Abyssinla amounts
to little. What there Is deals with
religious matter.
Tho country Is so situated that tho
climate Is one OF the most salubrious
on the face OF the globe.
The area Of the country rs about 20O.-
900 square miles. Its inhabitants num-
ber little over 100000.
Adowa. where the Italians met de-
feat. Is the second city In Abyssinia.
having about 1000 inhabitants.
The people are mostly agriculturlsta.
Cotton. cloth, leather. parchment. iron
and brass are manufactured.
The majority OF the inhabitants OF
Abysslnla are OF the Caucasian race and
are well formed and handsome.
The language Of the religion and liter
aturo OF the country is the Gccz. which
belonga to the Ethloplc class OF Ian
guagea.
According to the Abyssinlnns the
queen OF sheba was their ruler and
from her son Monelek their kings arc
descended.
The Gala race. which came from the
south. constitutes n large part OF tho
soldlery. They are fierce and turbu-
lent.
The word Abysslnia Is derived from
tho Arabic word Habeseh. meaning
mixture, and refers to the mixed char.
actor OF the people.
Abyssnia Is one OF the most ancient
monarchles In the world. Until recent
iy, however, the king was generally
afraid OF his chiefs.
The prevailing religion OF Abysslnia
Is a very corrupted form OF Christian
ity. It is professed by the majority
OF the people and by the reignlug prin-
4 ccs.
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AAAAAMhANH AAhh"
sang bllthely and butterflies noated
laEily In the soft air.
But all sweetness and beauty was
shut away from Sadie Bascome a. she
lay In her darkened chamber. knowing
nothing OF the lovelineas outside her
closed blinds.
The door opened. and n little girl
came In. her hands full Of roses;
Mother. two ladies have come to see
you: they are waiting on the veranda.
shall bring them INF"
"No. Made. moving from my old
room has upset me 10. Say ! am not
40 we'll. and take the roses away"
The child went out. and Mrs. Baa-
come closed her eyes YEARLY. The
now room was a great trial TO her.
pleasant M they had tried 10 make =.
She felt no curiosity as 10 who the two
callers we're. and cared nothing for the
roses her little daughter had brought
Presently she heard voices. Made was
practiclng In the parlor. The two
ladies we're resting on the yeranda Just
outside the closed blinds Of Mrs. Bas'
comes window
III "a such n pity: I feel 20 sorry for
Howard" said one Of the ladies'. and
Mrs naacome recognized the voice aa
belonging 10 her husbands cousin.
"Ycs. but pity Sadie most How.
ard viii console hlmaelf-mon always
do-and the children have Sara; but
really. Sadie ~ 20 blame for giving
way. A man has a right 10 expect some.
thing else. 4 firm will and undauntoh
hope would cure her; without these
she will die Just Of no disease at all"
and then Il Will be- M say. How
ard has a big. loving heart, Emmic
and some other woman Will MI II when
Sadie IL gone. II II only right and
natural that II should be 10. But We
have rested now. let's be- golngr
Sadie Bascome lay back on her pill
low. her heart beating rapidly. Yes
II was true: Howard. n handsome
happy-naturcd man. ntlll young and
full Of energy. would not waste his life
grlovlng for the wife who had only
been a sort Of shadow against his
brightness That he loved her, Sadie
knew we'll. She thought OF their happy
counting days. OF the few bllasful years
OF welded life. What a lover he had
beenl The memory Of those old days
had not como TO her In such long time,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-05-15

The late Charles Carleton Coffin. the
author who FIRST won fame as war
correspondent. was once asked the
secret OF his style, his graphic doscrlp-
tlons having given his letters from the
front their great attractlyoncss. lie
answered that he had no other method
other than to write his story naturally.
40 II he were talking, and then To go
over hla copy and strike out oyory word
not necessary to the souge. "Carloton's'
plan embodied a principle OF which
many advertisers have since 0ya.lod
themselves, To be- natural 81 to hn sim
otro; to be concise Is to be vigorous
and those are cardinal ylrtucB in the
economies OF publicity. Philadelphia
Record.
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ONLY A SCORE LEFT.
Tho Annihustion Of snahc River In
dians UeEsn In 1898.

Tho Annihiistion Of Snakc River in-
dians UeEsn In 1898.
Capt Jim mot the Bannock captain,
accompanied by Camas Jim and two
other Snake river Indians. paid q visit
10 Gov Mcconnell the other day for
the purpose Of receiving Information as
90 tho game laws and soliciting a square
meal. says tho Boise Statesman. The
governor gave them document. with
a flaming ribbon attached, setting forth
,hc law and stating that II applied with
equal force to white men and Indians.
The visitors are members OF a remnant
Of a small tribe Of Indians that have In
hnblted the Snake river valley for no
one knows how long. The tribe was 10
small that the government never placed
them on n reservation. There arc only
twenty OF the tribe left. The annihil-
alton Of the band was commenced In
1868. when four men who lived at tho
Salmon falls ferry killed something
like fifty OF them. One OF the men, n
follow named Beach. had shotgun and
discussion arose as to It's efficiency rs
an Indian killer. To test it's merits a
band OF Indians was induced to come
into n narrow pass near the house OF
the mon. when Beach opened FIRE and
the buckshot fairly moved them down.
Later an attack was made by the
men on an Indian camp and twenty
six redskins were killed.
Since then disease has played havoc
with the tribe and but twenty OF tho
Indiana remain. They live on tho
game and nsh caught during tho fall
and spring.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-05-15

Georg Ebers. the Egyptologist, has
discovered that many OF the queer
medical receipts found In old English
and German books came from the an
ciCnt Egyptians. They were not known
10 the Greeks, but were spread from
salerno, the great medical school OF tho
Middle Ages. to which they must have
come through Coptic and Arabic trans.
lntlons.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-05-15

N Finney county.
near the western
border OF Kansas.
thousands Of acres
were planted to
wheat. and II seem
ed the sanest OF
projects TO build a
grist-mill to grind
the crop. This was
undertaken near
the Arkansas river
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-05-15

According to the latest statistics, the
public debt OF the European nations
aggregated s23 1000, 900, or about S6t
per capita for the whole population.
The heaviest per capita OF the Indebted
ness, fl60, 10 In Portugal. France comes
next with SiS5, England's rate Is about
Sl06. switzerland IS the smallest So.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-05-15

smlth-You are IN rather a ponsivo
mood tonight, Jones.
Jones-ioa, Just got a bin for tho
diamond pin my wife presented me for
my birthday and I am wondering
where the pCnsos are 10 come from TO
settle H.
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Make up your mind"
II think l have done that"
IAN right. now you want sunshine,
and something TO eat, and an entertain
ing book Yes. know. AS sadie
glanced at her well worn Bible-"but
You need something olso; you've spoiled
that book. and made Il toll You lots
of things that are not so TN pick
you out some verses, ana YOU can take
Just one wee one M a time, and that's
enough until your mental digestion is
stronger. And TN Just sond You over
ono OF Josiah Aliens WHO'S books
They are Just as healthy az sunshine.
And now. shall / get you some break
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-05-15

II n next 10 impossible to cite an
instance IN which a dog Identifies an
object by It's hue and ,hore Is little posi-
tive evidence that the rEorquadrupeds
have much sense OF color. Domestic
cattle are 40 FAR affected by violent con-
trast OF white and dark that the pres
ence OF black, white or very clearly
spotted animals In the herd sometimes
remlts In calves being thrown OF tho
same color or markings. but. though
red 10 said TO initiate a bull and to
excite hunters by association OF ideas,
the latter statement rests partly on sur
mise. The writer has seen a sotterreiuso
10 retrieve n black rabbit. becauseit ap-
paron'ly thought It's master had shot a
black cat. But a houGe-liying dog shows
no preference for q rcd carpet or rug
over blue or a yariegated one and
expresses no surprise or curiosity
whether its master wears "A red uniform
or black evening suit Mono Of thccats,
whether wild or tame. show any par
TALLY for bright huos. and among an
the strataRcms used from time imme-
mortal by hunters the use OF color as q
lure for Quadrupcds Is notably absent
Exchange.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-05-15

sho-what are you going TO do fo
Easter. Fred?
Nothing What will you 10?
sho-Eyorythlns.
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IRRIGATION THECURE
FAILURE or CROPS DisBEART-
ENED FARMERS OF KANSAS.

Many Moved Away and Towns Duin-
died to iiamiets. hut a California Man
Demonstrated what Could lie Done by
Irrigation. v