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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-07-09
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bill would not in'h'-h 'h' money hee''
ed by the Government ani closed hyde-
clating that there was no more risht IN
abandoning the ifee coinage ct SILVER
than G'ere would be IN abandoning the
free coinage OF gold
senstor lillman's tariff amendment
imposing ataNoi 800 each on immi-
grants aud makingit mis- lemeanor lor
any allen who does not intend hccom
ing citizen To enter the United states
for the purpose OF engaging IN any me-
chanieal trade or manual labor until
silver is admitted to our minis for coin
age on the same conditions with gold
and At ratio Of 10 To !, received just
three votes, one from a Populist-Butler
--one from a Northumberland
one from u Democrat--Tillman; ~
votes We're cast against IL
Secret Service officials OF the rreaiury
nave discovered that the new 70 silver
eerI'hcate has been coun'erieited ny
'he pho'o-hthographlc process Inc
only counterfeit yet secured by the Of
hoia's lsA very o'h one not hke'y 10
deceive anybody even ia'rly expert In
handling money Much oil the printing
rs blurred ana indistinc'' and the green
II Ugh'er ihan that on the genuine GER
uhea'e' Handlers OF these notes VIII
loss nothing by observing them closely
The crooked patent attorneys are find
ing that Their road has become a rocky
one ana are beginning to iall by the
WAyH'de' Ever since hH became Com
missioner OF Patents Hon benjamin
bn''er"or'h has been gathering 'heev''
ience 'hat would enable him to protect
the poor Inventors from the allnrlng
schemes OF those who have been con
duennga business little better than
highway robbery under the protection
GRAND at the expense anu good name q
the United s'a'e'idovernmen' and OF al
honorable profession Commissioner
| butterwotth mas lately disbArred eight
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-07-09
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to convince all those Sho
get their WHISTLES,
WINES, BRANDfEs, BEER
and also CIGARS at J. II.
BALLS RESORT at Coal
vile, that he sells only
the BEST. He keeps
only hrst-class goods III
stock. Polite attention
assured. Remember
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-07-09

some Tor ten, SOME for twenty uud
some for iily years have suffered from
piles and then have been quickly and
permanently cured by nsiug DcWii's
Witch Hazel salye. John Boyden q
Son.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06
4 NcPvy Doctor.

The old gentleman was angry. That
was evident.
When it comes TO nerve" he said
that young Mr.. Kineen beats anything
that ever came down the boulevard"
What has he done?" asked the old
lady, anXiously,
Il had a suspicion all along that
Mabel got up those headaches purpose.
ly to have him called to attend her."
explained the old gentleman, land
now"
"He hasn't eloped with her, has hep
That's just what he has DONE" an.
swered the old gentleman, hotly. "And
that isn't the worst of it, either.
Here's note announcing that they are
married and a bill for professional
services that shows hat he has charged
up every minute he devoted to inducing
her to run away with him. It's a
mighty lucky thing that he didn't call
on me to ask for my consent or he'd
probably have an item in there of $500
for pulling my leg '"-Chicago Post
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06
eHtEitsfgfs4s-
THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND.
Brave Policeman Fields, OF the
Brooklyn FCrco.
How His Little Friends show Their
Regard for Him While lie Lies In
the Hospitnl-Their Floral
Offerings.
copyright, 1911

Brave Policeman Fields is the friend
of all the children in a neighborhood
where children are plenty. He knows
about G,000 of them by name. His post
is at the corner of Gates avenue and
broadway, Brooklyn, a dangerous cor
ner, because the trolley cars run on
both streets, crossing there, and the
elevated railroad overhead makes SO
much noise that one can scarcely hear
the cars on the street. Yet the 6,00C
children must cross there four times
daily, for in the neighborhood are sew
eral great public and private schools.
Yet not q child has ever come to seri-
Gus harm at that crossing, though the
trolley cars have kept Mr.. Fields
bumped black and blue most of the
time in his efforts to save his little
charges from being run over. He has
been on the force 27 years, and has
children of his own; so he always takes
the little fellows by the hand and walks
across the street with them, and keeps
the middle-sized ones from taking any
risks. Big and little, all say to him,
four times a day as they pass: Hello,
Mr.. Fields;" nobody ever thinks of call
ing him Officer Fields. The children
bring him flowers, and consult him
about their examinations" show him
their record cards, and make him a
close personal friend.
The local papers perhaps all had the
story about how runaway horse
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06

more, sealed within radius of ten
miles frGn tho dome ~ tlr capitol.
They are making history for the fu-
tire, and it is well that they are doug
SO.
AT recent meeting of the society a
paper was read which gives n history of
the first mayor of Washington. Rob-
ert Brent filed that office from 1902 to
1912; period of 12 years, and at time
when the capital city of this republic
was little bit OF a village.
George Washington had seen the frui-
ton of his dream of II stable republic.
He had sheathed his sword, delivered
his farewell address, and declined a
third term of president Of the new re-
public; had gone to his country home
at Mount Vernon, and had been gath
cred unto his fathers. He had seen
the city founded. He had builded here
city residence, which still stands. He
had turned over his high Office to his
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06
THE cHILDREN's FRIEND,

dashed up Gates avenue one day not
long ago, just as school was dismissed
and hundreds of children were in the
streets. Mr.. Fields was as watchful
as ever and called to some bystanders
to look after the children while he
sprang into the road, grasped the horse
by the bits and stopped it; but not un-
til he had been thrown down and
frightfully injured. A great piece of
flesh was stamped out of his side by
the maddened beasts koof; but the
worst hurt of all was a smashed ankle,
in which the bone was not merely
broken, but broken to bits. He was
taken away to the hospital, and there
were 6,000 small mourners left in the
neighborhood - for the children
thought he was surely going to die.
The teachers thought so, too, and de-
livered lectures to their classes about
courage and duty, with the hurt police
man as an example.
"Yes," said the sergeant at the desk
in the police station, of whom 1 asked
about the patients condition, "he's get
ting along all right now. You ought
to see the flowers the children have
brought in here for him. A lot of them
came in the other day with some of
those flowers that have leaves like a
pears-Jim, what's the name of those
fowers?"
Jim, patrolman, who was sitting
with his coat off in the reading-room,
could not remember.
"Well, they, were beauties, anyway.
We sent the bunch along to the hos
pital. We'd have sent it just the same
if it had been a cabbage, for 1t was the
spirit of the thing that Fields would
think of. Yes, he'd be glad to see you.
He can talk with people now.
When 1 reached the hospital, Mr..
Fields was lying on his back in neat
white bed in sunny ward, where there
were several other beds just ike IL,
each holding patient. He looked thin
and weak, and his voice was sort ana
gentle, as pluclSy mems voices are apt
to be. Some of the flowers the chill
dren had brought him were on table
by his side.
"a great many of them come here to
see me-" he said, looking at the MOVERS
81 was sorry TO have to be SHUT up
here during the examinations and the
schools closing up--so many OF the
children going out of town and all. But
I'm getting along well. My ankle has
panied me good deal, though. It's
,, hard to lie here all day doing nothing"
asked him about the runaway
horse. and his eye kindled as he said,
with keen, professional pride; Every
one that saw it said it was the greatest
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06
SOME EARLY HISTORY.
Robert Brent, First Mayer OF the
City of Wa shing5on.
lie Wns Appointed by President JEFF
fcrson, and Many Institutions
Founded by Iifm Are Exist
ing at This Time.
Especial Washington Letter.l


The peoples of the old world look upon
their ancient places, their ancient
towns, cathedrals and courts with a
yeneration akin to idolatrous adora-
ton.
The people of this new world are lv-
ing only in the living present, and look
upon antiques very much as Tennyson
expressed his disrespect for titulaI
and hereditary nobility, when he said
The gardener, Adam, and his wife,
smile at the claims of long descent"
1t is now more than 400 years since
the discovery of the new continent was
heralded to the world. We take no aC-
count of the discovery by Eric the Red,
for nothing came of it, save a historic
and reliable account of the discovery
by that bold and piratical buccaneci
Norseman. We reckon only from the
time that Columbus and Amerigc
Nespucci, and their successors, tray
ersed the dangerous billows of the All
lantic to discover FL Dorado.
Four hundred years! Think of it.!
We are not beginners in this wonderful
world of the west; and yet we have
nothing which savors Of antiquity. We
have ignored, and many OF us have de.
spised, all efforts to chronicle tn"
achievements OF our immediate ances.
tors. Mark Twain received yociferant
and long-continued applause when he
said: Il am not proud of my family
am trying to do something which will
1,n NV Co,r,il,- ,,,.,,fl Df ma -
That cpitomizes the popular senti-
ment. Nevertheless, there are far
sighted people in America to-day whc
are building monuments for the fu-
ture; making histories of localities and
| local events, which will be valuable, and
be better appreciated when this con.
| tinent is cider; and, / may say it, more
civilized. There will come Il time whcr
| boys and girls will not only study the
outline history of the origin and devel
opment of this great republic, but wher
they will study the development of theil
counties, townships, states and i'm
mediate environments.
We had Il quadro-centennial eXpos
ton in Chicago a few years ago. Tha'
enterprising demonstration was
STARTER to the whole world, when it.
magnitude and magnihcence We're IN
| derstood. We had centennial eXposi
tion of our national independence il
Philadelphia in 1876. We have since
had centennial exhibitions for sevcra
states and sections. The people of Ten
nessee are now inviting our entire pee
pie to unite in celebrating the centen
NAL of the formation of that common
wealth; and the president of the repub
| lie has seen fit to lend his personal in
| huence and presence to commemorate
the event.
In spite of clamors from thousands o
well-meaning and patriotic citizens
the state of Wisconsin has placed il
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06

OF all Victoria's ministers she liked
Disraeli most and Gladstone least. Dis
raeli made her empress of India, and
she made him earl of Deaconsfeld. He
fattered, Gladstone dictated. 1t is said
that once Victoria objected TO signing
a bill.
"But you must, madame" urged the
Grand Old Man.
Must, sir? You forget. 1 am the
queen of England"
You are, madame" returned Glad
stone, "and / am the people of Eng
land"
She signed the bill. But that is one OF
the reasons why she has no love, and
never had any love, for the foremost OF
the democrats in England.-Detroit
Free Press.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06

ing 10 days. AT 81. Mlchae4s translerl Is
made from the ocean TO the river I / u
hon) steamer after uelay or feW
days "hicA is hat-pcttomed and which
reaches dawson CITY at the mouth OF
the A'choyhe iNer IN 10 70 ~ Gays.
hu'-"hA 'nls Is very important pul
--""Ieaa the Traveller lanns aL 81
'ileNatlS hC' Iattf IMAM August 20 ne
slIlu5 " Epou chtAce lof " N@d one
'"'heIj Oh H"u4h& 'he tkoH cioseu by
zee ~ INA, case ne can cAooSe between
slteuul"s 'Ae elGHI winter months on
me n'e~N sea coast "l 9t' A-.chAelS or cf
WANING l''oo mites o" me "kon TO 'le
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'',- a. ~ L'eNS W '-''Ne '"e journey
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'Le no, 4N.o.4uS Ne, - Is more G'rec' ana
. i,'oD I,-,',, 80, ,'Io' .,i .'','u t"e o'e
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,,bara ,be ,.n.+t oon I,a ,,,",ha.oS yyY l-'''o5'
trorn 1nr1oT 80 Hroo - opatSa" pat t+"StT, tCc
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nan ba onaanaI 80 assist tha .no,.or.r 80, 80.
orar CbuIlot r,as,sl-and bori,n % safaI-.
orossed II he rpmst b,iiG Loa+ 70 +a,;
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has ioprn,.v of about Zoo miles 10
A"S Iou- NY ~ 49, ~ 'ltt'rS Hn,,,. -
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06

didn't have money enough to pay his
house rent and went to Alaska. lie
returned July 10 with $4,000 in gold
nuggets.
Still another notable case was that
Of a man 80 years old, poor and with
a family Of seven children. That was
was one year ago. he left his home
in Seattle, and when he came hug., he
had $1oO,C0o in his pockets and had
mining property worth over Si,OO0,O0J.
There are dozens Of such examples of
luck, but we have no room to more
than hint at the case Of the poor Swedc
who went to the gold fields two years
ago. He returned this summer with
$4,000 in gold and sold all interest in
his claim for $1,000.
But are these true stories? the reader
may ask. The answer is to be found
in the fact that the United States as
say office at Helena, Mont, received
nearly $4,000 ounces of gold by the
steamer from Klondyke, and there are
other assay offices.
It must not be supposed that every
man who goes TO the Klondyke is as
fortunate as the examples quoted. From
time to time we read the walls of the
unlucky ones in the paper, who, nat
urallv. advise others not to go to
Alaska.
And now brief description of the
new FL Dorado will be in order. The
greatest discoveries have been made il
+1,a atraornc NortviD1 from the eoSt inf
the Yukon. They are all in British ter
ritory, in that vast region marked on
the map as NORTHWEST Territory"
which is one of the provinces of the
dominion, of Canada. So, while they arc
often spoken of as the Alaska gold
fields, as n matter of fact all the rich
placer mines about which the sensa-
tional stories are told are not in Alas
ka. but just across the border in John
Bulls domain. The one hundred and
forty-frst degree of west longitude,
-hich you can see on your map
retches from Mount ST. Elias to the
rctic ocean, is the boundary line, ard
,yond a few feet at Fort Cudahy anda
W at Forty Mile there is no dispute
out it, and the relocated mounted
,olice >of Canada keep the best of order
n the new mining camps. Virtually,
is far as climate is concerned, the gold
ields might as well be in Alaska. The
old sets in early in September and
asts till the middle of May; and it is
o cold that it is extremely hard to en-
lure unless one has good constitu-
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06

Statuary hall, in the national capitol, a
statue of Father Marquette, the pioneer
of the frontier who brought Christian
ity and civilization to the great lake re-
gion.
In the same hall of notables in mar
ble, the state of Illinois has erected Il
statue to Gen. james Shields, who was a
soldier of the republic and senator
from three sovereign states.
We may never be able to explain the
manifestations of civilization which cX.
cavations have developed in Yucatan,
and other portions of the continent on
which we live; but the time is already
upon us when we must take cogni2uncc
of the immediate past, and build monu-
ments for future generations to study
and admire.
Everybody regards it as unfortunate
that the government should have per-
mtted the spoliation and destruction OF
the theater in which President Lincoln
was assassinated; and everybody who
comes to Washington applauds the en-.
! terprise of the gentleman who pur-
| chased the house in which Lincoln died,
and preserved it practically as it was
when that awful tragedy was consum-
mated in The death of the great cmanci.
pator.
In the immediate and distant future,
antiquarians, the men who write real
and authentic history, will want to
know all about the national capital.
We know that L'Enfant, a French en-
gineer officer. planned the city, and
that it has grown into magnifcence in
accordance with the lines drawn by his
inspired pen. But we do not all know
the growth of the municipal govern.
! ment; and, but for the thoughtfulness
of body of antiquarians now living,
who dip deep into the future, we might
lose the records of the municipal growth
of the most beautiful city in the world
The Columbian Historical society. OF
this city, is composed of gentlemen OF
scholastic requirements, and all ot
them possess something of persona
pride in the capital city where the,
have long resided. and which they hav,
seen grow into proportions of metro
politan pretensions. These Learned
gentlemen look forward to the tim,
! when there will be 100000 people, o,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06

ton, is strong ard healthy ard IS wcil
provided with warm cicthiug and furs.
The mercury goes down between 60 ard
20 degrees below zero, and during
storms 90 or 80 degrees warmer is equal
~ hard to bear. But, well provided in
the matter of clothing, with plenty of
food (for one ought to and generally
does have voracious appetite in the
Arctic regions), there is no reason why
healthy man, not too old, should not
stand the Alaskan winter or even be-
come acclimatcd. Apart from the rea-
sonable prospect of success in working
a claim the novelty of hyperborean eN-
istence is not without its charms, and
it is said that those who have become
accustomed to living within the frigid
zone find that life in the temperate re-
gons is not as comfortable.
Alaska has a summer, short, close,
muggy and uncomfortable. Those who
have tried both say that they prefer
the winter. During the winter the sun
is invisible for many weeks, its place
being in a measure supplied by the
flashing splendor the Aurora Borealis
and the marvellous brilliancy of the
stars. When the sun returns to warm
the frozen earth the daylight lasts for
"a hours at stretch for this is one of
the lands of "the midnight sun"
The Yukon is one of the greatest
rivers in the world, and is said to be
longer than the Mississippi. While it
has not been thoroughly explored so
far it is known TO be navigable for large
steamers for at least $500 miles. The
Yukon and its numerous tributaries
swarm with FISH. no finer salmon in the
world than the Alaska variety, and in
the dead of winter one has only to pick
Il hole in the icy covering of rivers or
lakes to get an abundance Of good,
large fish Beside fish the miner and
traveller can often get n shot ut Il moose,
and bear meat is to he had in the tim
bered part of the region.
There are two principal routes to the
gold fields. One is by sea from Seattle
to the mouth of the Yukon (port of St.
Michael's) voyage of $500 miles, last
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06

trick they ever saw; and no one hurt
but myself"
1t would have broken Mr.. Fields
heart if any of those 6,000 children had
been injured; but as no one was hurt
but himself he seemed pretty well sat
isned on the whole. 1t was hard to
get him to talk about himself. but his
eye kindled at mention of the children
who missed him so much.
Just as left the bedside the captain
of the precinct came in, all cleaning
with gold bands and epaulets.
Mr.. Fields lives in tiny frame house
on VERIFIED street. He has had 13
children, of whom six nave died. The
other seven are the pride of his heart.
One tiny man was clambering over the
high steps of the house when l asked
him what he was going to be when he
grew up.
I'm doin' to be pleeceman ike my
papa" he said, "an' wide in the cars"
The fact that policemen in uniform
pay no fares on the street cars had
deeply impressed little Albert. He has
n sister, baby Ethel, only is months
OLD; ana then there are May, who Is
10, and Loretta, who is 10, and Clara,
Walter and Maud, who come along be-
tween.
THE day the newspaper said Mr..
Fields was dying" said Mrs. Fields,
1--WE were fairly besieged here. The
street in front of the house was full of
children, and they kept ringing the bell
all the time to ask about him. But he
had no notion of dying. He's always
been steady man; never smoked in
his life, nor drank drop. and that
helps him now. He's never been i'll.
He wouldn't take as much as a spoon
full of brandy, even when he was hurt.
Everybody knows Mr.. Fields. The peo-
pie who live in the big house on the
avenue-Tve forgotten thename-called
on him yesterday and brought great
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06
HE NEW ELDORADO.
Wonderful Riches OF the Yukcp
River Gold Fields.
Located i'm IL wild Country. Far from
the Comforts of CiNiiizntion-How
TO Get There-Cost of
the Trip,
Especial Letter.l

Within the past few weeks the news
papers have been publishing wonderful
stories of the lucky miners in the gold
fields of the Yukon river, and all over
the United States and Canada mems
minds are stirred with the golden
possibilities. 1t has long been known
to prospecting geologists that the
streams tributary to the Yukon, and in
some places the great river itself,
wandered DER sands of gold," but 1t
is within the past few weeks that the
discoveries have been made that have
turned the eyes Of the people thither.
Some of the stories read like tales from
fairyland. One man, for instance, who
went to the Klondyke last winter from
Michigan, and who lived for months III
q hole in the ground, suffering great
privations from the terrible cold and
half starved, had almost decided that
there was no gold in Alaska, when one
day. after a 20-mile tramp, he came
upon a little stream" 10 quote his own
words. (which cmptied into sort o.
n basin. The water was clear and the
gravclly bottom was covered with mug
gets" OF course, he plunged into the
icy stream and picked up all the gold
in sight (And thrre are not many Of
us who wouldn't endure very icy water
for such a priza) That was the begin
ming Of his luck, and when he re-
turned to his home in Michigan two
weeks ago he had deposit check for
$4,000. and owns an interest in sew
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06
Ter Idea.

Professor-In China criminals are
often sentenced to be kept awake until
insanity and death result. Now, how
do you suppose they keep them from
falling asleep?
Little Girl oldest Of small family
Il expect they give 'em baby TO take
care ON. Y. Press.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06

bunch of roses. There were 100 in the
bunch if there was one"
Mr.. Fields will have all summer tc
get well in, and there are thousands OF
little folks who hope that, when the
schools open again in the fall. he will
be at his old post as well as ever.
OWEN I,ANGDON