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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

stamped on thom. The boys were 80
much astonlshod that they did not re-
sent tho extraordinary conduct and
Polly was half way home. running as
fast ne she could before they recovered
thomsolyea Old q. A. II. men even
now shake their heads when talking
over tho matter. but the citizens Of
Belleyille generally laugh AZ the whole
analr. Polly Is proud OF the English
blood In her veins. and resented the
tweaking her schoolmates gave to the
tail OF the British lion when the Ven
ezuolan question was discussed. Her
father. Lawyer George Biller, OF New
ark, Is jocular over the incident IN
school. and her mother regrets the no.
torloty which has been brought upon
her daughters name. Tho boys Of the
school are still expressing their ap-
proval OF tho pluck OF Miss Polly. but
the girlu are sarcastic In their crlti-
clsms OF her display OF spunk.
Miss Polly was snuggled mp In a big
chair when called upon. and was work
ing away upon some fancy dress cos
tune. all covered with spanglcs and
tlnsel. Her Intense patriotism for the
country under whose flag she wns born
only flashes out upon intense provoca-
ton. Otherwise she loves this country
ia which she has been reared and
cvlncoa no inclination toward growing
M into a new woman" who will
shout from a rostrum and make grand
stand plays" at the world at large. She
is a modest Girl, the idol OF a happy
home. and very popular In the select
society OF Belleville and upper Newark.
She laughed gayly when spoken to on
the subject Of the Dag episode. and
declared that folks took the matter too
seriously. and that anyhow It wasn't
right for her classmates to wave the
stars and stripes In her face when
everybody was excited with war talk.
Anyhow, hope people will let It
drop, now. I'm tired OF hearing about
It," she said. 1T is not nice for girls
to be talked about so much. Don't you
think so?"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06
wANrs rAe rools UNUSED
Railroads Invest Fortunes In saws, Ham.
mcrs and Axes


From the Pittsburg Posi-. Not many
people are acquainted with the fact that
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
aud the Pennsylvania company togcth-
or arc the owners Of n vast tool equip
mcnt which Is entirely useless 80 far
as It's owners are concerned. and what
Is stranger stlll Is the fact that they
never desire to see the tools in use and
are hoping that they will remain un-
used forever The equipment consists
OF $500 saws. $500 sledgc hammers and
1900 axes. all new and IN nrst-class
condition. while what has been said
above concerning this apparently use
less equipment may sound rather
strange. II can be best explained by
the simple statement that the tools arc
for emergency purposes only. and are
kept for the use OF trammen or pas
songers who may be called upon TO act
In the capacity Of rcscucrs In case OF a
catastrophe. This Is why the companies
don't want the tools TO be used. AMI
Il explains the necessity for having
30 much useless tool equipment. When
the manufacturers OF ears are making
contracts with any railroad company
they are supposed to figure the cost OF
such equipment In with cost OF manu-
featuring the cars.
All the coaches on the ilrst-class lines
as well ~ most Of the aecond-class
lines Of the country have saw, ham
mcr and AK and sometimes long steel
bar lncloscd In glass case ready for
immediate use In case OF accident A
leather bucket ~ also provided for each
car. which may be seen hanging mp In
a corner whore Il can be reached with
out delay Il was tho use OF these
buckets that saved the life OF the Pitts
burg and Lake Erie baggage master
who was plnloncd under the wreck OF
the flyer at Wampum last week. The
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

Randolph Churchilrs death occurred
early last year. william Waldorf AS
tor 10 the first one OF his family who
yonturcd outside the beaten paths OF
commerce and society. lie read law.
entered politics and wrote books. and
few years ago went over to England
and devoted part OF his ancestral mil
lions to printing periodicals and
newspaper, with the double view OF
cultivatlng and cnlightenlng the Brit
fab mind He had acquired a taste for
life abroad In residence OF three years
as United States minister to Italy In
Arthura torn. Mr.. Aator % irat rent.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

fiameu from the burning debris were
creeping gradually toward the Injured
man when the other trainmen and some
OF the passengers quenched the FIRE
with water carried In the leather buck
cts. The tool equipment In coaches OF
the Pennsylvania railroad lines repre-
sents a large outlay OF money. Includ-
Ing the cost OF the case the outfit for a
single coach costs not less than 81, and
as there are about $500 coaches on tho
entire system II can be easily calcu-
lated that the total expense amounts
TO more than 1880.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06
SAD TALE IN A WILL.


Through Natives Theft
The fllng Of the will Of August Kuu-
man by Surrogate George 5. West Ia
Camden yesterday brought to light a
very pathetic story says the Philadel-
phia Press
August kullman was the promising
son OF a methodist episcopal minister.
stationed at Sea Isle City, Miss AIDE
line c. Weathgby was the daughter OF
the Rev Samuel c, wcathorby. a
methodist episcopal minister. who was
stationed ut Haddonneid. The young
people became acquainted ia attending
religious gatherings and an attachment
was formed which terminated In a mar
riagc. which was attended by many
prominent persons from all parts OF tho
state. A short time before the mar
riage took place there were urgent calls
Tor missionaries In India. and the two
decided after marriage to devote their
lives to missionary labors
After the ceremony they started for
their field OF labor ut Asauool. Bengal.
India. They reached their post OF duty
In February. 1895. one month after their
marriage. and entered upon their du-
ties. They had been laboring but
short timc when the natives began to
die OF cholera. The young missionaries
we're advised to save their lives by go
ing to other parts. but they decided to
stay and minister TO the sufferers.
In order to av1ld the disease they de-
cidod TO drink no water. a. II was de-
clared TO be polluted and the cause Of
the spread Of the contaglon. They pur-
chased n COW and drank the milk. and
were free from tho dreaded disease.
From tho meagor Information at
hand II appears that on July 2j one OF
the natives. during the absence OF the
missionary and his wife. drank a guam
tity OF the milk and. IN order TO con-
ceal his crime. he procured Some OF the
contaminated water from stream.
which was placed In a receptacle with
the milk
when the missionaries returned from
their miaflon OF love and labor with tho
natives they were very thirsty and
drank considerable Of the watorcd milk
They ate light supper and attended
a prayer meeting During the service
Mr.. Kullmnn was taken ~ and was as
sisted home. ON the way Mrs. Kull-
man was attacked. All night long ihe
husband and wife. attended by other
missionaries. fought with the dreaded
plague. being unable to account for tho
attack, as they had escaped 10 many
months. In n strange country. hun
dreds Of miles from home. they tossed
on their couches, Offering each other
all the encouragement possible under
the circumstances Al o'clock on the
morning OF July 90 Mira Kullman be-.
came unconscious and died. -Four
hours nftorward Mr. Kullman died.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

ed Lansdownc House rs residence.
paying $4,000 annually. lilo then
bought a London residence and subsc-
Qucntly purchased Clivcdcn. an estate
on the Thames. from the Duke OF West
Minister, Here II was that Mrs. Aator
died Shortly after her death her hua-
band discontinued the printing OF tho
Pail Mall Budget. an illustrated week.
~ belonging TO him. lie assigned tho
somewhat strange reason for permit
ting the periodical TO die that his wife
had taken an active personal interest
In the Journal. and he sought TO honor
hor memory by stopping the publlca-
tion. Enterprislng Engllshmen arc
now irrvinH a pepur caiira the New
nndrc,. which IN dress. style and scope
Of subject In a reproduction OF the AS
tor weekly Mr.. Astoria Income r. rated
~ high NJ 100000 per year and his
operty Ia valued all the way up to
Si5O,00O.0OO. lie has three children.
Waldorf. boy Of 10; Pauline, 10 years
OLD, and the fourth. John Jacob. . years
old. lie recently said that he would
never live In America ngnln.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

gagementS at Fort Fisher and other
rebel batteries at the mouth OF the Cape
Fear River. After these events he was
transferred TO the Pawnee and subEe-
quontly TO the Catskill. On Jan. 10,
1868. Lieutenant Dunce was commits
stoned lieutenant commander and In
trusted with the command Of the Die
tator and subsequently the ironclad
Monadnock. In the assault and cap
ture OF Morris Island July, 1868, he had
command Of one OF the boats employed
In landing troops on Folly Island.
which was so successfully accomplished
that the army was In a great measure
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06
JUSTICE BREWER.

Has Lately necoms Prominent IN Con.
ne'tion with venezuelan Commisaion.
Justice David Josiah Brewer occu-
pied seat On the bench OF the Inferior
and supreme courts OF Kansas al
most continuously from 1869 until 1881.
when De was appointed TO the United
states circuit court iudgoshlp. In 1859
ne was elevated TO the supreme bench.
judge Brewer Is 81 years Old and has
been Judge Tor thirty.one years. lie
was born In smyrna. His father, Jo-
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

high school there Is a bright girl named
Polly Biller Her parents are English
and some OF the more mischloyous
boys took delight In teasing Polly
about the way In which the Americans
would once more whip the British
should the scare oyentuato In war. Pol
~ took all with reasonable good ma
ture but when one OF the boys during
lunch hour waved the stars and stripes
In her face her British blood rose In
rebellion. snatching the nag from the
boys hand she tore It to pieces, dashed
the remnants TO the ground and
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06


AZ sale OF seized and unclaimed
goods al the custom house In New York
Guy Tuesday the sharpest bidding was
for 1867 packages OF cigarettes con-
slgred TO Della Fox, the comic opera
singer. by a London admlrer. Each
package contained six cigarettes aud
each cigarette had genuine gold foil
mouthpiece, fourteen carats fine. Fur
thermore. each cigarette had Miss Fox's
name printed on II In gold The cigar
ettes were wrapped In red silk paper.
The tobacco In the cigarettes was the
finest perlque. The London, or invoice,
valuation was s2iI5O. II was said that
the cigarettes sold In London for $50
per 1000 The purchaser was a dapper
little man who gave the name OF NJ.
zekey. The bidding started al S25 and
he raised every bid against him with
great promptness until he reached $l2O.
The crowd that surrounded him said
that he bought the cigarettes for Miss
OK.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06
The witness outwltted..

on one occasion magistrate asked
woman what Is your age, madam"
whatever you choose. sir" answered
the lady. You may put down 40 years
then" said the magistrate TO the clerk.
what Is your occupation. madam"
"slr." said the witness. you have made
mistake OF ten years In my age"
Put II down So years then" said the
magistrate. your residence-' Sir, %
exclaimed the lady. my age Is 80 years,
not 55" at last we have your state
ment," said the magistrate; and he pro-
ceeded with the examination
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

japanese. almost for the first time.
are advertising In New York for places
as house servants The japanese pop
ulatlon In New York Is extremely small
and II is composed In considerable part
Of well-to-do young men. students and
others. japanese lads have for many
years been employed as wardroom
servants on board some United Staten
men OF war. There Is a tradition In
the navy that the only way to obtain a
Jap servant Is through some other Jap
servant. Japs are strongly attracted
TO this country. and II Is said that some
who come out here as servants belong
to families OF good position at home.
Naval officers never tire OF praislng
japanese servants as seen aboard shin
and In their native Japan. One officer
who kept house for time In Japan
declares that his japanese major domo
could accomplish anything on amaz-
lngly short notice, and whatever he un.
dertook he did we'll.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

OF the most sublime porte-Abdul
Hamid, Sultan OF Turkey, defender
OF the faith. etc. etc. During the re-
cent trouble Sir Phillip was asked by
a correspondent II he had heard OF any
new massacros about to be enacted In
Armenia (sir Phillip Is a close associate
OF the SULTAN and he replied. Go to
tho American Ambassador. he can prob
ably tell you" Had these words been
uttered at any other time than during
the excitement following the receipt OF
the presidents Venezuelan message.
they would have created a sensation OF
no small magnitude. II is not Inn
probable that Sir Phillip win soon be
called upon for an explanation.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

Live cattle are now shipped from the
pampas OF the Argentine republic, via
Italy, even to Switzerland. whore. how
ever, the poor beasts, reduced TO skin
and bone by the long sea and rail voy-
age. are received with supreme con-
tempt. Tender horse met with greater
favor than Is accorded to this coarse
and tough South American beef.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06
MRS. pRAEp.

The Novelist whose airs. Tregaskiss"
Has Made STIR.
Mrs. Pracd. whose last novel, Mrs.
Tregasklss," has created favorable
impression. was born IN Queensland.
Her father. Murray Prior. was active In
public afairs there. A nephew OF
Praed, the poet. was her husband. Her
first novel was published In 1880 and
called IAN Australian Heroine" MO
loch." "The Head station" OUTLAW
and Lawmaker" are some Of her books:
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

came before him In 1883 he held the an
ti-railway laws enacted by the state
legislature 10 be unconstitutional.
When Harrison organized his cabinet
he had a strong disposition to hand
out one OF the portfolios to Judge Brew
er, and late In the year made the Kan
aan man n Justice.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

A new method now comes from
France by which fruits are preserved
by means OF alcoholic yapor. The fruit
Is placed In a room containing open
vessels with alcohol. The room Is then
closed to prevent the entrance OF fresh
air. and It is claimed that the alcoholic
yapors produced by the evaporation OF
the alcohol preserve the fruit fresh for
an indefinite time
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

stowaways usually receive scant
courtesy from the indignant officers OF
the ships on which they steal passage,
and usually, too. scant rations andplen-
~ OF work, With prospect Of jail at
the end Of the trip. A stowaway on
one Of the Pacific steamers. however.
on a recent trip from Yokohama 10 Ia
coma, received not only the best OF
treatment, but a substantial present OF
money when he left the ship. The yes-
sci encountered heavy storm on the
voyage. and the stowaway, who was
working about the deck distinguished
himself by great bravery at one OF the
most perllous moments during the gale,
The officers made up purse Of $40 for
him to help him on his journey after
he left the ship.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

acre has been a decline In the con-
sumption OF beer In England during
tho past half year. In Scotland and
Ireland there has, on the other hand.
been an increase, The net result. how
ever, Is loss to the exehequer OF
f3s7Gl.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

slab Brewer. was u missionary to tho
Grccm In Asia Minor. The boy was
brought to America early and was cdu-
Gated In this country. lie was gradu-
atcd with honors at Yale In 1866. and
after O course az the Albany law school
went TO the territory OF Kansas ana be-
gan the practice Of HIS profession llo
was lrst elected Judge In 1862. soon
after the admission OF the state. Il was
a decision while q judge Of the supreme
court mat brought Justice Brewer into
national prominence In a ease that
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

7 Is asserted by
foreign gosslpH that
shortly after the
prescribed term OF
mourning william
Waldorf Astor will
marry Lady Ran
dolph Churchill.
Mrs. Astor. former
~ Miss Paul, OF
Philadelphia, died
Dec. 20, 1894. Lord
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06
THISGIRL HAS NERVE
SHE RECENTLYT RoD UPON THE
AMERICAN FLAG.
The Daughter Of English rarcnts. Polly
hilier' became ENasprratcd at the
Recent outhurst Of old Time American
Patriotism.

HEN THE EX-
element conse-
qucnt on President
Clcvoland's Ven
ezuclan message
was at It's height
an incident oc-
cured in Belle
willie. n. j.. which
Is still causing
much discussion.
Atten ding the
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

New silver coinage, OF the value OF
100000 has been sent from the mint
10 the Scottish banks, In Wow OF tho
deficiency OF silver In the north This
is the largest supply OF new coins even
introduced into Scotland at one time,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

Indebted to him. His last sea com
mand was on the Atlanta. For two
years he has been on shore duty as
president OF the naval college at New
port when he left Washington II was
with sealed orders for the Caribbean
Sea feet.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06
REAR ADMIRAL BUNCE
MAN WHO COMMANDS OUR
CARIBBEAN SEA FLEET.
lie Recently Had secret Conference
with the President lie Hear. sealed
orders with the American squadron
to Venezuela.

EAR ADMIRAL
Francis NJ Bunco.
u the United states
navy commanding
the North Atlantic
squadron. Is one OF
the veterans OF the
service. lie was
lately called to the
capital on q
hasty. and. OF
course. secret mis-
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06
A MAN OF MILLIONS.
WILLIAM WALDORF AsToR FOR
SAKES HIS COUNTRY.

Declares from Ills Home In England
that Ito WIN Never Return TO Amer
lea TO Lve-ro Marry an Es-Ameri.
can Girl. Lady Churchill
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

A farmer In the Kansas cyclone dis
trlct was building n stone wall. He was
putting It there to stay, building II Ave
feet across the base and four feet high.
4 stranger came riding by. and seeing
Tho -'ro tn' farmer was taking said to
him = " seem 10 be mighty careful
above that wall. yep" replied the
farmer, I'm or building her to stay"
"I'aln't no use" replied the stranger;
"ltn blow over Just the same" wall
let her blow ever she'll be foot higher
II she does" replied the farmer. con-
tinulng his work.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

Specd-iS7l knots. Dimension
Length on water line, 257 feet: beam,
81 feet: draft 10 feet 8 inches: dlsplace-
ment, 2.0S9 tons; two propellers, driven
by vertical triple expansion engines
horse power. 5.227. Coal capacity. $40
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06

The above Is a likeness OF Sir Phillip
Currlo. British Ambassador at the court
Evening star., 1896-10-31
Gold, Silver 8 snd Wheat t.:
The Farmer and the
Coinage Question: ''-'
Mr.. Dodge's
Figures.

To the Editor of The Evening Star:
Commenting on the advantages enjoyed
by the farmers Of the present day, the
Prairie Farmer Of August 10, 1890, says:
when our fathers were boys, say twenty
five or thirty years ago, a man could raise
and harvest ten acres of corn; in this latter
part Of the nineteenth century he can raise
fifty to seventy-five acres. In those good old
days, the haying took a barrel Of whisky
and half dozen good strong men to secure;
now, with the mower. the horse rake, the
loader, the stacker and hay carrier, three
| men will do large hay crop.
"We see at once the advantages the
farmer of today possesses over those who
titled the soil only thirty years ago.
Now you very plainly see that the one
man can now accomplish at least six times
as much as our fathers did.
Eve may attribute this wholly to the aid
Of machinery in our work-we see plainly
what science is doing for US; we see what
has been discovered. We see at once our
marvellous capability OF production over our
fathers"
And see the following from the Prairie
Farmer of 1891:
A Relic of the "Good Old Times"
Farmers cannot realize how unstable
and unremunerative were the products of
the farms Of their forefathers, or how dear
| and difficult to obtain were the products OF
manufacture. What is now necessity to
comfortable existence was then unknown,
CT practically unattainabie by men of mod
crate means. Their. families were fed from
the growth of the fields, and clothed with
the product of domestic looms. Little was
purchased from beyond the boundary Of the
farm, both because there was little to buy
and still less to buy with. There was no
surplus, as rule, that could fiji the family
treasury, offer inducement to extravaganza.
or lay up stores for rainy day or de-
clining years. Life had Its compensations;
industry was a necessity, wants were few,
rural tastes simple and natural, and con-
sun1ing ambition less controlling than at
present. In hill toWn.of one of the east
ern states, almost exclusively agricultural
still. in a country store'is .a-daybook of q
former proprietor, bearing date 1917, in
which these items'- appeaf IN charges to
customers, according to the United States
statistician's report:
Evening star., 1896-10-31

or by the law Of supply and demand. a 16
to L silver dollar contains but fifty cents
worth of silver, and no act of Congress can
Increase that value. No legislative enact
ment ever has or ever will change the
value Of these precious metals Hence,
should any future Congress authorize the
free coinage of 10 to 1 silver dollars. those
dollars would possess only half the pur-
chasing power of gold dollars. Every mer-
chant would have sold price and silver
price for every article he had to sell, and
the silver price would be double that Of
the gold price. So also in the valuation OF
all other property there would be a gold
price and silver price. The only per-
sons who would be benefited by the free
coinage Of IL TO 1 silver dollars would be
dishonest debtors. who would be enabled
TO pay their debts in those dishonest and
iyirg dollars. And, therefore, the confi-
dent prediction by the peripatetic. illogical
and windy champion of the free coinage Of
hfty-cent silver dollars, that the authori-
zation OF the coinage of such dollars by
our government would at once give to
those dollars the value and purchasing
power of gold dollars. is more than absurd
1T is absolutely idiotic.
ZENAS C. ROBBINS.
Evening star., 1896-10-31

Orleans there are now something like go
0oo.Ono worth of gold and silver. During
my stay in our Philadelphia treasure house
l was shown the different methods by
which Uncle. Sam guards his hoard. Every
atom of gold and silver is watched. and
although the mint hfs handled more than
n billion and a half dollars worth of bull
lion since 1t was founied, Only small
part has been lost Still the temptation to
theft is great, and every now and then the
Treasury Department finds shortage in
some of the mints"cr in the government as
say Offices in different parts of the west
The true details of such thefts seldom get
into the newspapers. They are filed away
in the records of the Treasury Department
and in the minds of the detectives and Off
cials who have aided in exposing the
crimes. During the past week l have heard
the stories of number of such robberies.
and, in my study of them, l have had ac-