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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-17

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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-17

Holiday Number) Full Of bright
aketcbcs-prose. poetry and illustrn-
tions-by bright writers and artists
Entirely original. new and entertain
ing. Mailed free TO any address on re-
celpt OF six 10Y cents In postage stamps
Write to Geo II. llenfford. Publisher,
as Old Colony building, Chicago, III.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-17

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
EGYPTIAN QUESTION NOW.
The Egyptians are Now Anxious to
Throw Off British Rule.

New York Dec. 2-The Herald this
morning published the following CORES
pondence from Constantinople under
date of November II. At a moment
when the Egyptian question is in a
semi effervescent state a nd may possibly
be the next to occupy the world the Wis
it Of her Mustaph Kamel head OF the
Egyptian National Patriotic party is
not without significance. One of Mus
tapha kamels objects in coming here
was to dispel any idea that the KhediVe
is not entirely loyal to the Sultan
AS regards the feeling existing among
resents the rising generatiOn-he said;
THE Egyptians. without exception, are
Disconnected with the British occupa
ton. They know that England today
is striving to blind Europe and the en-
tire world in order that she may place
her hand over the entire valley Of the
Nile The former confidence in the
word of the English no longer exists.
The British occupation has taught them
that in politics there is neither morality
nor honor.
But, why should the Egyptians seek
to get rid of British ruler They are
prosperous and well governed under it"
I'VE Egyptians wish to be rid of the
British rule" said Mustapha Kamel,
firstly, because it is our duty as a ma
ton full Of vitality. knowing it's rights
toward itself, and even toward the holy
Fatherland. Next, because the British
occupation ruins Egypt morally and
ma terially.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02

dramas on a sordid stage. There ne
makes them form intrigues and illicit
alliances. -cudgel their wits how to cheat
their weaker relations. cOnspire in Sc
cret to betray and entrap and kill. w hen
he has got them heaped up in squirting
mass like boys in foot ball scrimmage,
with corpse or two on the lower STRAIT
UNI. he proceeds to exhibit the artist
authors special gift, the knack of dis
entangling and Strengthening out the
survivors, leaving you staring at a Iot
of retailoTed men and women trying TO
look as if nothing had happened. None
of the tricks familiar to the theater ana
circus are lost sight of for moment
while the show is going on The Italian
character lends itself to just this kind Of
q story, and there is Shakespeare to
draw upon at need for ideas and easily
altered speeches and incidents So many
people enjoy plays and stories all the
better for being cast in foreign lands.
They are not able to criticise 50 keenly,
and where the author exceeds or falls
short of the natural it can be set down
to the dreadful queerness of the dago
nature, so different to our better brand
Mr.. Crawford was warned not long ago
that he was making far too many books,
four q year or thereabOuts if We are not
mistaken, and that his carpenter work
need not always be in mahogany. Still,
if he prefers, as he says he does. to live
in Italy rather than his native land and
spend there the money his books earn
here, it is idle to deny his right to do as
he DleaSeS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
CIVIL SERVICE IN KANSAS.

Tt is pretty hard to advocate civil ser
vice reform in Kansas stale offices for
the benefit Of subordinate officials now
in Office. when many officials spend
their spare time going about denoune-
ing the incoming heads Of their depart
ments.
There is good ground to believe that
the Populist state administration is not
going to go into the wholesale dis
missal minor clerks and attend
ants in the state Institutions as
the LeweIling state administration did.
and that a small measure of real civil
service reform is to be put in practice,
as it is at present in the national gov
eminent departments
Most of the scandals of the LeWelling
administration were caused by the
sweeping out of old employees with the
experience of years to provide jobs for
a swarm Of hungry office seekers.
This mistake is not to be repeated, if
we are to believe the statements of
some Of those prominent in Populist
circles.
In order to insure the success of civil
service reform which all of our best
citizens desire. the subordinate officials
should conduct themselves with dignity
and not indulge in pernicious partisan
ship.
form Of the civil service. if the persons
who are most to benefit by it, show
themselves hostile to the spirit Of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
sAM,L sMILEs Ar EIGHTY

IFrom the New York Tribune.l
Samuel Smiles the author of self
Help" and other we'll known books for
boys and young men, is now over 80
years old He is living quietly at his
suburban home near London, writing a
little now and then. and looking after
his literary interests. Mr.. Smiles has
led a stirring and successful life, being
successfully merchant, railroad mana
ger and author. His son, Samuel
Smiles Jr, who is a member of one Of
the great English tea importing firms,
is accounted one of the ablest business
men ia London He is a man of de-
lghtful personality. His tastes are ar
tistic, and he is the author of several
papers on artists, and one or two books.
Speaking recently of his father, Samuel
Smiles, Jr., said When / was a youth
I was determined to go where I should
not always be known as my fathers son
and where I could make a name for my
self. So [ went out to Australia which
was the end of the earth in those days.
Imagine my disappointment to find that
even there could not escape my faith
er's name And the position that I Sc
cured there was really owing entirely to
the name
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
HoRsELEss MAIL WAGONS
From Harper's WeekIy.l

from Harper's Weekly-l
New York will be greatly interested
in the horseless mail wagons which it
is announced TO be the purpose of the
postofHce department to introduce here.
within a few weeks. Inasmuch as fly
ing machines are still slow in getting
of, horseless wagons and street cars
that run by compressed air are the two
novelties that we expect to see next. OF
the two, the wagon will be the more in
teresting for we are used to seeing
street cars run without visible motive
power, whereas wagons not drawn by
beasts, though common in Paris, and
not so rare as they have been in Eng
land, are not yet at all familiar in New
York If the postohce find them cheap
and efficient for its use, their intrOduc-
ton for other PURPOSES may be expected
to follow at once. 1t was only about
month agO that the electric and steam
wagons in England got the privilege of
unrestricted use of the highways Now
word comes from London that Is large
factories in England are at work on
this class of vehicles, and that London
IS likely to swarm with them by next
spring American manufacturers, as
well stated the other day in the Weekly
are ready to rush into the same field.
and only wait for the hour to strike. It
viii strike very promptly after horse
less mail wagons are seen in successful
operation in the streets of New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
nrALEDoN. FIT. sMIrH's FANG
MAN

IFrom the Cincinnati Enquirer1
George Maledon, who claims and is
undoubtedly entitled to the distinction
of being the champion hangman of the
country, and from which grewsome ser
vice he has accumulated q sufficient
sum to buy a fine farm in Kansas, has
announced his retirement as an exc
cutiOner and expects to pass the rest
of his days on his farm.
He has lived in Fort Smith 90 years
and during that time was the official
hangman of the United States court,
and superintendent every legal eNecu-
ton that took place in this federal jul
dicial district. He has hanged 50 men
and has certainly earned the title of
1.-THE American Jack ketch. 1T was
his work on the scaffold here that gave
to Fort Smith the name of "Gauows
City" by which il is known all over
Arkansas, and the Indian territory.
George MaledOn is a small man who
talks with a German accent and has a
decided TeutOnic cast of cOuntenance.
He takes the same pride in his work
that a slzillful carpenter would in a
neat job he had done. and he loves to
talk about his work with strangers
who visit Fort Smith. He says that
he had a certain rule that he followed
in hanging men and that it depended
on the weight of man how far he
would let him fall.
Heavy men did not require the dis
lance to dislOcate their necks that
light man did. He refused to say eX-
actly what his rule was. but declared
that it was infalible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
END OF THE .cHEsAPEAKE.a
TFrom Harper's Round Table.l

IFrOm Harper's Round Tablet
An English Journal contains the fol
lowing item for the truth of which we
cannot, Of course vouch, but it is inter
esting, if true:
1T is not by any means widely
known" says the Journal, that the
Chesapeake. famous for her historic en-
counter with the British ship Shannon
ia 1913, is in existence today, but is used
in the somewhat inglorious capacity of
q flour mill and is making money for
hearty Hampshire miller in the little
parish of Wickham After her capture
by Sir Phillip b. " Broke she was ta-
ken to England in 1914 and in 1920 her
timbers were sold to Mr.. John Prior,
miller of Wickham HAMS.
MIR. Prior pulled down his own mill
at Wickham and erected a new one
from the Chesapeake umbers which he
found admirably adapted for the pur-
pose. The deck beams were % feet long
and served without alteration for joists.
Many of these timbers yet bear the
marks of the Shannon's grape shot ana
in some places the shot are still to be
seen deeply imbedded in the pitch pine.
The metamorphosis of man of war
into a peaceful life sustaining -four mill
is perhaps as near an approach to the
prophecy that spears and swords shall
be beaten into plows and pruning hooks
as the conditions OF modern civilization
will allow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
ITALY ~ coNNEcTICUT.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
The Hartford Courant tells Of an Ital-
ian who is building a house in Con-
necticut which is to be a reproduction
Of an old century house in Italy. The
man and his wife and children are do
ing all the work. 1t has three stories,
each story being quite low, and is en-
tirely made out of stone cobbles and
broken fragments found on the ground
or in the ledge near by. The corners
are nicely built Of brick i'm indented sec
tons. The doorways and window open
fras are also of brick The windows in
the second story are slightly arched,
and in the third story have Roman
arches The cornice is Of brick with or
narnental projecting points The inside
partitions are built of the same kind Of
stone and are about % inches thick. The
house is perfectly square with a fiat
roof.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
TALKING IN PARIS rBEArERs.

IFrom the St Louis Republic.l
Talk about disturbing the audience
Of a theater." remarked gentleman
yesterday, g" you ought to see how par
ticular they are in Paris. No such free
and easy ways as those tolerated here
are submitted to in that city. I re-
member attending a theater a few
years go with a friend, also an Ameri-
can. It was Saturday Afternoon, and
the theatet which was not one of the
highest priced, was crowded We got
good seats and all went well until
made some sotto voice remarks to my
companion. L spoke in a low tone and
one which would have disturbed no
body in this country. But you ought
to have seen how those Frenchmen and
women looked at US. We were trans
fixed at once by a dozen pairs of an
cry eyes and the man who sat next to
US clinched matters by eXclaiming
aloud: Monsieur vOulez vOus vOus
taire? This was only a shade potter
than will you shut up, sir2' and he
meant it. we tok the hint and we shut
up for the rest of the matinee"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
IDEAL NATIONAL FLOWER.

FFrom the Philadelphia Ledger.l
When the flower is found which can
arouse widespread and genuine patriot
lie enthusiasm, or has become associated
closely with some great and universally
beloved man or woman. it will become
the national emblem without the neces-
sity Of legislative action, except as a
formal ratification of a universal senti-
ment. Under such circumstances only
Will people relegate their personal floral
favorites to a second place. lit viii not
matter. when this event happens, Wheth-
er it is a plant useful to man or weed;
it viii become the national flower just
the same. lit was this sentiment which
made the thistle the national flower Of
Scotland and the corn-dOWer the ma
ti0nal flower of the German empire, and
it must be a. similar chain of circum-
stances which gives US a national flow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
MARION oRAwFoRD's STYLE

(From the Philadelphia American.)
The taste for meiodrama is so wide
spread that any story teller is sure of an
audience of all classes as long as he can
keep up the illusion without a break from
first to last. Few can manage this
Great gaps insist on coming between
the tableanx the author is prone to use
these for the display of his gift of word
painting or character analysis. to the
disgust of the average reader W no pays
for the story undiluted with authorship
Mr.. Crawford is a skilled workman at his
trade which is that of painting pane
ramas of life chiefly Italian life. from
the standpoint of an artist who regards
thunder and lightning as the chief
charms Of the sky. The people he loves
are the unl0vely actors Of unwholesome
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
sTHE DEMoN OF THEFT AND
MURDERn
From the New York World

From the New York World.l
IF the coal companies OF coal com
bines or coal trusts use their power to
the end of draining off into their own
treasury as much of the poor mans
money as they can or dare to the inn
poverishment of the poor to the reduc-
ton of their comfort and to the sapping
Of the currents Of health and life, then
such companies are possessed Of the
demon of theft and murder And this
IS no more applicable to dealers in coal
than TO the dealers in any other COM
modify"
These are the words Of DR.. Parkhurst.
carefully thought out. as he himself
SAYS. committed to writing and deliver
ed from his pulpit
Nor was DR.. Parkhurst alone in at
tacking the great OVershadowing evil
ln this republic. Not only in this city
but all over the land on THANKSGIVING
day clergymen sought to arouse their
congregations to sense of the inn
portance of the second of the two great
lessons of the campaign. For that cam
paign showed, first, that the people of
thls country were unalterably in favor
Of honesty, public and private, and Sec
0nd that they are watching with an
impotence that cannot be restrained
much longer the tyrannies. the en-
croachments, the arrogance of the plu-
0pOlies.
Demon of theft and murder is
strong language But is lit too strong
to apply to corporations and trusts or
gained under gentemen's agreements
to m0nOpOlize the supplies and raise
the prices Of food, clothing and warmth2
The lawyers and other participators in
these rings denOunce such language as
anarchistic. But they have no right to
use that epithet. Tt is already appr0-
prlated to partially describe their con
duct in saying to the people, IF you
don't like our methods and our prices,
then freeze, starVe and go naked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
BADPRAYER FOR COMSTOCK
A Poor Man Hopes the Censor May
be Hungry Some Thanksgiving.

New York, Dec. Anthony Comstock
discovered Frank Alcott going into a
house on New England avenue. near
Summit n. J., on Thursday. asking for
something to eat Comstock had the
man arrested
Aleott was arraigned in the police court
at Summit yesterday. but Mr.. Comstock
did not appear
The prisoner. who is about 80 years of
age said he was a native of Havre de
Grace, Maryland. and usually worked for
farmers. He said he had Travelled many
miles in search of work. He did not sue
coed and was footsore and hungry, and
was asking for food when apprehended.
Justice woodruff discharged him, and
after a substantial meal of cold turkey.
furnished by the jail warden, he left re-
marking 4 hope Anthony Comstock
will, before he dies. know what it is to
be hungry on THANKSGIVING
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
NEED OF DISSECTION LAWS.

IDr. Thomas Dwight in Dec. Forum
While 1 consider it a debasing sup
erstition to hold that dissection is an in
one to say that the body should be de-
Gently treated, and that the grave
should be rendered inviolable Human
ity demands that the feelings of near
relatives. poor or rich. should be re-
Spected. Enlightment demands that not
a single unclaimed body that is needed
for educa ton should be lost These de-
mands are not antagonistic; on the con-
trary, the most perfect solution of the
problem secures both. This solution re-
quires that the law be imperative: leav-
ing officials no discretion but directing
them to give to the schools, under pen
atty. all the bodies that properly be-
responsibility, it protects them from at
tack Wise and strict regulations should
prevent the surrender of any corpse
without due inquiry The law should
likewise demand bonds from the schools
for the due observance of the above
Finally. all trading in bodies should be
punished with the greatest severity, the
penalty being imprisonment without
the alternative Of a fine.
Till the law does all that it should
for medicine, in many places the gravs
viii be unsafe some new horror will
disgrace both science and our laW-giV-
eTs. The demands of medical education
are both 50 just and so imperative that
they must not longer be neglected The
cry of humanity, that no wrong be
done, is equally urgent. We cannot
hope that superstition and prejudice will
readily die out. but the Intelligent COM
munity must rise above them. Till this
question has been fairly met. we can
not boast that cur civilization equals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
CoULDOCK's RETIREMENT.

LFrom the Philadelphia CALL
Charles w. Couldoek. who has been
acting in Wilton Lackaye's company,
has decided to return to his daughters
home in New York and make no furth
er appearance on the stage. He is 81
years old and very deaf. His last reg
ular appearances We're made in the
noisy melo-drama Humanity" but
the explosions We're too much for his
nerves He has a small annuity Sc
cured to him as a result of the famous
performance of THE Rivals" given for
his benefit ten years ago. He is a fa-
rniliar figure at the theaters. One night
last winter he sat in the first row Of
orchestra seats watching Sara Bern
hardt in Camille" In spite of his
half century OF stage life, he wept like
a child at the pathetic scenes Of the
NAV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
AUrUMN ROAD MAKING.



The man who failed to fix his lealxy
roof because he couldn't repair it while
it was raining ana it didn't need fixing
in fair weather. has thousands OF broth
er pupils of his school Of philosophy in
all sections Of the country
They don't repair the public high
ways for the same reasons. During the
autumn when the weather is usually
dry, the roads have become fairly good
without any particular attention being
paid to them. The farmers have time
to do more or less work on them then
but. pshawi what's the use of fixing
roads when they do not imperatively
demand it2
The following spring the rain comes
and the roads become impossible, but
the farmers are then too busy to give
a moments time to road building.
And 50 it goes, year after year. How
are the roads in your vicinity? Ism
there q lot of repairing that should be
done now so that the highways may be
serviceable next spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
vICToRIAs DRIVE A OsBORNE
[From The chicago News.l

from the Chicago News.l
All those who have visited the Isle Of
Wight residence of the queen, Osborne.
viii remember the magnificent avenue
Of giant trees known as the Queen s.
road, which lies between the two lodge
gates of the park. This favorite drive
of her majesty forms part Of the oval
over which many an enthusiast has
trained for the annual ten mile cham
piOn race. The new land steward at
Osborne is going to put an end to this
and the extensive alterations in the Os-
borne gardens viii include the purchase
of this road and its closing to the pub
lie. 1T really ought to belong to the
Osborne park, as the queen owns the
land between it and the public high
way. which, running parallel to the
Queens road, viii suffice for the public
and cause il no inconvenience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
rHoUeHT-wEIGHING MACHINE
TFrom the Medical Record.l

TFrOm the Medical RecOrd-I
The cerebrum is the organ of the will
ana it is known that in the exercise Of
its function there is an increased sup
ply of blood to that part. Prof Mosso,
an Italian psychologist, has invented a
thought weighing machine, consisting
of delicate balances SO cOntriVed that
they weigh the varying amount of blood
in the brain. The activity of the brain
is in direct proportion to the amount Of
blood therein. According to local
newspaper report the machine is 50
delicateIy constructed that it readily de-
tects the difference in the exertion re-
quired to read Greek above that neces-
sary to read Latin. Every youngster is
ready to believe in the machine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
TOMATOEs AGATN.

(From the New York Tribune)
The charge that the tomato produces
cancer is no longer credited. but now DR..
w. Il. English of the Western University
of Pennsylvania says that it acts as a
heart poison and in aggravated cases it
sets up an active fermentation in the en-
tire alimentary tract. The heart action
is rendered irregular. the sufferer gasps
for breath and the steady use of the
vegetable as a food is likely to produce
organic as we'll as functional trouble. He
admits that the symptoms of poisoning
are not marked except in rare cases
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
CLEVELAND AT THE PLAY.
N otabIe Welcome for 1.-THE Seats of
the Mighty"

washington. Dec. 2-Herbert Beer
bohm Tree was seen in Gilbert Parker $
play, THE Seats Of the Mighty" for the
first time in America last week at La
fayette Square theater- He was well
coined by the capitals wealth and fash
ion President Cleveland was in a box
with Private Secretary Thurber In
with Lady Pauncefote and the guests:
the former French ambassador. with
Nine. Patenotre; representatives of the
diplomatic corps, Postmaster General
Wilson and many army and navy Off
GERS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02

To Topeka: Don't make so much
worry about starting creamery. If
you had stopped talking and gone to
work YOU would be spreading creamery
butter on your pancakes nova bilene
Reflector
We are spreading creamery butter on
our pancakes and much comes from
Dickinson county What we want to do
is to make enough creamery butter for
Missouri, Colorado and Texas to spread
it on their pancakes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02

The state of Iowa has s45o.0Oo out
standing warrants with no cash to pay
them. Iowa, we believe did not go
POpulist. Eastern papers viii please
rub The scales Off their eyes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02

If the quarrel as to who shall CON
troll the federal patronage Of Kansas
keeps up it may be that Mr. Mckinley
may conclude to do it himself.