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clutching the branches and letting herself
down hand over foot while Miss Rhody
shut her eyes ard screamed, and the other
children ached with desire to do what Polly
I'D. And then Polly, at Miss Rhody's re-
proof, would burst into passionate crying
and run and hide her fsce in Miss Rhody' 8
throat and kiss and kiss her, and Miss
Rhody would feel her heart overflow on
Polly and on all the rest en- account of
Polly's tears and kisses. For all the chill
dren on the shore were Miss Rhody's I
don't know what she would have done If
there had been a Mather child, but fortu-
nately for the other children there never
vas one.
that sometimes great spiritual renewal and
JOY came to Miss Rhody. If she had her
srperstitions. you must pardon her; for if
she thought she saw the soul of little Mary
Burns lowering in a thin mist over the
body It had Just left. you need not believe
Marys mother. And as tie athink of
old Mr.. Brier ceased to lift his weary
breast and only moved his nerveless lips
and dIttered and fiuttered there till It
ceased II Miss Rhody saw a great white
putterny poised in flight above that falter-
Ing lip. 50 far as she was concerned she
really did see white butterfly, and II
meant whole gospels to her. She had never
let the children chase the white butterflies
since SIZE bad heard viii Mather relate
chinese ghosts. the white butterflies" she
said to the children. They are flying round
tne world to hnd way out Of 1t. We must
not hinder them
Miss Rhody was with Sally Lavender the
night that little Polly died. The child had
been in a delirfum, and Sally had sat IN
one side OF the bed holding her: Miss
Rhody on the other. Humphrey was pac-
ms up ana down the big outer kitchen. like
a WIG animal in a cage. and Polly having
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N ISS R h 0 D Y.
BY HARRIET PRESCOTT sPoFFoRD,

weather! And I'll be bound you amt any
rubberS Oh
LAS il rubberS-
You're allus so in the clouds, Rhody,
that You don't know where you set your
feet, an both of EN- hev ben in a puddle,
and if yo' don't take your death o cold
You better go home an go to bed an drink
a hot howl of thoroughwort tea"
"Ch. I'll Jes' toast 'em by the fire here.
You aIlus do hev good fire. Ann. hope
Wills got as good one wherever he is.
What in the world does VIII want with
a fire down under the equator?'
do you suppose that's where he is?''
said Rhody. wistfully. reaching the point
for which she started, her errand of con-
ISOLATION having been occasioned chiefly by
her wanting consolation herself, it may be.
My, how it blowsr'
"Or thereabouts," answered Ann, snip
ping off her threads
And you don't really feel concerned
about his being safe?"
We'll. you are soft, Rhody! For my part,
give VIII stick and a string and I'd trust
him against any storm that blows"
Rhody looked at her admiringly. You're
jes' the wife for him, amt you. Ann?" she
said. sweetly. IF I was sailors wife I
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dropped INTO momentary sleep. Sally had
just gone to him. 1t was just before dawn.
and great star. like shining tear. hung
on the sky. Suddenly the child awoke. an.
parently all herself. "Oh, it is dark, 1t il
dark. I am afraidr' she cried presentIy
Take my hand! Somebody! Lead mer'
It's all right. Polly. darling I'm here"
cried Miss Rhody. You're only dreaming
dear. Don't you see the lamp? Here's nv
hand" And then Sally came running back
She turned up the light, but 1t fiickered
and went out. She threw herself on the
ped again. and took PoIly's head on her
breast. Why" said Polly, 1T isn't dark
at all now. You brought the light In with
you, ma. Did You bring the people, too?
See them. see them! The pretty girl with
the sweetbrfer-the children's faces! oh.
they are like the blossoms in the apple
Tree, so many of them. 30 many Of them!
They are going to take me with them-yes
I'm coming" And as the breath left her
lips with the words, MISS Rhody declared
she saw al plainly as she ever saw any
thing In her life that girl with the sweet
brier. in one Light lovely as youth and Joy,
In another with the look OF age that Sally's
little grandmother had-saw, too, that
cloud of cherub faces, a wall Of them. like
roses thick upon golden trellis, before
Sally's desolate wall brought her back to
pain and grief and her consoling work
again. For Sally believed that RhOdy saw
It all. and grieved that she was not good
enough to see it herself. She was bereft:
but looking at Humphrey she did NOT
grieve for Polly. p.
Ann did not always 60 to sea with her
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her ounce preserves, that had candfed
through long keeping, in the old LoweH-
stahl ware that she sold next year to q
that portrait pafnted-the portrait she had
20 long felt the world would be poorer
without The artist, poor. wandering fed
low Of an uncertain talent. stayed with her
during the progress Of the work. and one
and another came to assist with great
frankness. both concerning the painting
and the sitter, but. ON the whole. not with
unkindness. She could never quite under
stand why Try Hodge alone looked with a
cruel criticism upon that painting, making
unpleasant remarks about the angles Of
the eyes, and saying that weather did
did, as you may say-coarsen the color of a
mans skin" To her eyes the colors were
Will Mather's, and so were faultless, and
she had the thing sent to Ann at last, feel
ing as if she had given her the worth of a
kingdom.
And so the years crept by Miss Rhody.
1t did not take many to fade her deli
cate tints, to bleach her pale hair, to leave
her the wrath of herself for thinness. to
settle her in her vocation as the village
nurse. But she would have told you that
she was happy. She enjoyed her evening
from the elder. her little tea gatherings:
Sometimes, when she was off duty. she had
childrens party in the old garden, with
as remained with tiny sandwiches, with
honey, after which repsst there were
games and forfeits, the children ador.ng
Miss Rhody on these occasions, although
when they met her in the street going
about her business with her basket on her
arm they recognized the basket with
slight sensation of awe, as the one in which
she had fiji st brought them to their moth
ers. and were persuaded that a damp place
at the fcut of the garden. where the ounce
bushes grew, and that was barred against
them by tangle of briers. in some mystic
rious way had to do with the filling of that
basket. But or these picnicking tea parties
Mss Rhody was as much child herself as
any of them, except. perhaps, little Polly
Lavender, who, after all, was more sprite
than a child. now whirling like dervish.
how laughing uproariously about nothing.
till she cried also about nothing, now
mounting through the scuttle and walking
the ridge-pole. with outstretched arms,
springing from the caves into a treetop,
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DCAANeHb ME UOOuS Awneel.
When the sword is a part of the makeup
| rs Is the case of certain branches of the
guards. 1t is not dispensed with for SO SIM
pie reason as its Inconvenience on the
wheel. 1t is the business of the soldier to
solve the problem.
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die!
Dangerous to Hearts.
Those who die on the wheel in Paris are
chiefly done to death by the coachmen, who
seem to have sworn to exterminate bicy-
| Giles. although, so far, they fear the au-
| tomobiles. Owing to the frequent acct
dents, an attempt has been made to ex-
clude cyclists from the more crowded
streets of tie city. 1t is not likely to prove
successful, for France is a democracy, and
every male Frenchman is a soldier, and the
soldier is a cyclist-which was to be dem
onstrated.
Soon every Frenchwoman will also mount
her wheel and away-and not for pleasure
only. Pleasure trips on the bicycle have
already destroyed the old-time amusement
of canoeing in river resorts near the city.
., In the last few months a sight has been
seen along the Paris streets which presages
death to another Partisan institution. This
is the "trottin'-the milliner's and dress
| makers girl. who "trots'' along the street
with her white pasteboard box, containing
the goods which she is charged with de-
ivering to the customer.
She has always been the delight of the
| music halls, in whose songs. la Yvette
GuiIbert, she was supposed to be followed
| by the ''vieux monsieur as who should
| say by the bald head Of the first row before
the ballet.
The naughty old chap will now have to
learn the wheel. with danger from govt
and varicose and all the other ailments of
| his age. For the shop girl has been seen i'm
! the land, with her box safely tied on her
back. her boomers well astride the saddle
and her haunting feet gayly pedaling away
| in the Paris winter to the fine ladies who
| would 4fain claim all the admiration of
men, young and old. 'a'-r-"'" 81
| STERLING HELLO.
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sets out with his basket Of gifts which he
has to deliver, is to put on his head the
round, stuffed ring which Will balance his
basket in its place. Then he mounts his
wheel, the basket is lifted on to his head
and he is off.
Some of these baskets are veritable gar
dens, yard and more long. They are put
lengthwise, for fear of collisions with pro-
jecting wagon tops in the crowded streets.
With what address the man spins along
the Champs Elysees, in and out of the long
line of equipages going to or returning
from the Bots!
have never seen an accident-but + have
seen the rider with his hands in his pockets
to keep them warm on the fresh wfntry
days, while his head bore his burden and
his feet guided his motion on the wheel,
which has come as blessing to men of his
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the fervent wheelmen, as cold feet may on
the days when skating Is in order. But
days Of either of these kinds are rare So
far there has been only single day when
the ponds in the Bots du Boulogne were
frozen over. and the frequent wet days OF
the Paris winter amount to little more than
Intermittent drizzles with dry spells in be-
tween.
Wheeling for business is quite as much
followed in January as in July. For
pleasure it depends partly on the superior
attractions of skating and partly on the
whims of the wheelman or woman. 1t is
quite like riding horseback in the Bois The
alleys between gray, leaf1ess trees are never
gayer with trim gowned ladies and correct
cavaliers than now.
It is the use of the wheel for business
purposes that is most interesting to the
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sort, an well as to all others. The sight OF
him is not rare at this season, when the
recognised mode Of responding to hospttali-
ty during the year for sing1a man--and
Paris Is the city Of old bachelors-is to send
nawsrs to the various hostesses.
EAeet On the Butcher Boy.
Another example ID the butchers boy.
carrying the poultry which n In demand at
this season in every apartment In Paris.
With him 1t has led to q change In the cos
TUNE which he still wears when ON foot.
That Is q long white apron with . BIB, lied
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= Ia RSS4 w l oAN
my wheel today, /"
said a Partisan, lit is
only because pedal
ing does not warm
the feet. The roads
could not be better
This Is the way of
the Paris winter.
There is seldom a
day in which out
door exercise is not
pleasant. When the
rain falls steadily the
mud may DISCOURAGE
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-07-08
CAPTURING cANEY.
oarelas oubans Display Daring cssrEs
IN The right.

IN The tight.
JuraguA, July Sin the ospturs OF
caney, which occurred Friday. GareiaS
command showed both daring aud
sLlil. Garcia had 1000 mes In the
battle.
Garcia was stationed near Gen. Law
ton on the right Lawton's division
opened the ere. Garcia advanced rap
Idly through tho brush, his men being
used 10 the country, made greater
Roadway than the Americans, aud
opened tho hght on III Paso, near o.
ney. Captain Cgpron came up and
Joined with the bAttry and the Span
iards we're forced TO retire.
After tho enemy had been driven
from M Passo, twsnty.one shots had
been arcd by Capt Grimes and Capt
capron from that position into the
outer fortiacations OF Santiago before
response came. When Il did coms,
however, II came with unoxcellsd Ao-
euraoy, shots aud shells from the three
inch rifles, evidently taken from Ad'
mirAl Cervera's war ships, and
mounted behind the Notifications
The Spanish gunners raksd the hill on
which III Paso stands aud which mean
time hAi been made the headquarters
Of Gen. sumner aud the Cuban Geuer-
erals Garcia, Castillo, Capote and Eabi.
Que she'll struck a large sugar store
house on the rcd corrugated roof on
which stood some CubAns viewing the
aghL Tho roof fell and all Of the
Cubana we're wounded aud three oi
them win die.
A detachment Of zoo cubana went
forward from ~ Paso, aud then Col,
Wood, with tho rough riders, the First
and Tenth cavalry, started down thu
hillside straight for the enemys forti
| flcatlona
Away TO the left, Gen. Lawton's a.
vision. ChAGees mon and Capr0n'i
battery, was meantime fighting leroe
| ly with tho enemy intrsnehed in and
about Caney, The spAniards contested
every inch Of ground bitterly and
fought with unexpected eoolness Hn'
courage, but the unresistibls onward
movement Of tho Americans slowly
forced them back on and beyond
cansy
About II o'clock the terrible nr'
from Capt CApron's guns and the mus
lsets OF the men broke tho spanish lin
aud a retreat began toward the line o
outer Qualifications The enemy tool
the trail known as the main santiaR,
road and Capt, Grimes's battery begar
pitching shell into TO the retreat whlol
turned into rout Garcia with 200
Cubans was sent 10 head OF the Span
iards Heavy lighting soon occurred
and a large detachment Of Kent'a re
seferve was sent TO Md Garcia.
The dead IN many instances we're lof
on the field. the wounded Dc nsr Jinl
all attention, hence the lis, IS uot p
complete. Some days l.J ..sps.
fore the entire loss "a known.
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lubricant from between tho Journal and
its bcar'ne. while ln motion. 90 Will as.
sHrodly cause friction. and tlis E.lI be
followed hy heat Heat VIII uusa cN-
.1Hslou OF the metal. and ODE uI,ycu
expansion OF paris will accordingly ln-
crease the heat 10 is the mission OF
on 10 form % aim or films about NOV
ins contracting parts. and thus lnbricato
the surfaces. Hut when the 90 is too
ueht the films cannot form or u
formed. are scmpod on cycle me-
chanlca are well aware that Two METAL
lic surfaces can bc TO htiod that they
VIII OF themselves mako an lmpcne-
irnblc aud perfect Joint Knowing
these facts. common sense teaches that
In the Journal or Joint whore motion
is required the journal should be 30
adjusted that 10 viii rcyolvc freely, ana
yet without any porcoptlhlc play. THIS
viii allow the lubricant room TO enter
between both the journal and the bear
ms The lubricant viii then form D.
cushion. avoiding the friction and In
surInr safety and smooth running.
Friction and heat are also accounted
FOR Ia cycle Journals and their bearings
| from the latter either being out OF line
or subjected to severe pressure. OF by
reason Of strain causing conclusion
The surfaces ~ both the Journal and
bearing receiving the full force OF th'
shock will surely become heated. u
not destroyed A fabrication 10 moth
INK more than the Introduction OF
suitable body between one or two re-
volving or sliding parts, TOT the sol
purpose Of forming a cushion hctweei
the two 20 reduce friction. We must ar
range Tor the free application aud per
mancncy Of that cushion by correct nd
iustmcnt Of the parts TO be fabricated
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Would Not stay sold.

A dealer tells a story Of a machine
that he once took In trade. but which
he could hardly keep sold. II was
thoroughly up-to-dato In appearance.
and In flrHt-claaa order. 10 he readily
disposed Of II. The next day the Gus
toner returned. said II ran hard and
paid more money for a different ma
chine. Shortly after Il was sold again.
and with like result. The machine was
carefully examined, ana ovorhaulod a
second time. but no defects were found
and the wheels spun beautifully. II
was sold and traded back three or foul
times. and the last buyer disposed OF I
himself privately In very short time
When no weight was ON H. II ran will
great freedom. but aa soon ma ridden
Il seemed TO bind somewhere In a mos
unaccountablo manner.
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Moltkes retcenco was 80 proverblal
that as the Kings birthday approached.
there used 20 be bets among the Of
Acors and the general stan 90 10 how
many words Moltko would use In pro-
posing the toast OF the day Some
hacked a nlno-word speech, others put
their money on eight words Moltke'a
habit was 10 say ITO the health OF his
Majesty. Emperor and KING" or ITO
his Imperial Maiosty's health" In ;he
year 1884 an oyster breakfast was
stnkod on the marhal'a not using
more than nine words But, because he
began with the word Gentlemen" INC
bet was lost The loser comforttd
himself by saying. Hes arolng. Il
Moltke. he getting loQuaclousl"
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DEMANDS sunRENnsa.
n,srdsBsfuss sd wo N nd Caiidrsa
sent Gus a. f.r Ct

n,srdsBsfuss sd wo N nd Caiidrsa
sent Gus O. fae &C
Wa,hip ton. July 5--laft.r has
Santiago az his mercy His iiues o..
tend from the tay on tn north Co The
san Juan riyur ON tho south The
Spanish hold tho remainder Of the
ground to the bay which is but O. com.
paratiycly narrow strip. A truce has
been arranged pending demand Tor
surrender, which cNpircs at noon to-
day. The orig iuai time was fixed at
10 o'clock, but was extended at the re-
quest Of foreign counsels TO allow
women and children and foreign rcsi.
dents TO leave the city. They asked
permission 10 remain OF Caney and for
provisions The latter could not be
furnished, owing TO inadequate mean,
oftrAnsportion
When tho news OF the destruction Of
the spanish feet reached the lines in
front Of Santiago, they broke into
cheers. The bands played the Star
spanglod Banuer." and "There1l be q
Hot Time In Old Town Tonight"
which the men ehecred wildly. The
spaniards we're sullen aud undsmon-
strntive.
Following lie the correspondence;
Headquarters United States forces,
near sau Juan river, Cuba, July g. 1898,
500 a. ia. To the commanding gen.
cral Of the Spanish forces santiago lie
Cuba Sir; shall DO obliged, unless
you surrender. 10 she'll santiago de-
Cuba. Please inform the citizens Of
foreign countries and all women and
children. that they should leave the
city before 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. Very respectfully your obsdisnt
servant, R.F SHAFTER,
"Msjor-Gensral."
Folloulngis the Spanish reply with
which Colonel Dorst has just returned
at $50 p. IN;
Santiago de Cuba, 2P. m, July ..
1898. His exosilcney, the general
commanding the forces Of the United
statss. Ban Juan river sir / have
the honor 70 reply 70 your eommuai-
cation OF today, written At $50 a. IN,
aud received IL At p. m, demanding
the surrender OF the eityi on contrary
case, announcing to me that you will
lombard the city and that l advise
foreign women and children 10 lears
the city before 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. Ia Ia my duty TO say 70 you
that this city will not surrender. and
that / will inform the foreign eensul'
aud inhabitants Of the contents ofyoaI
message. Very respectfully,
JOS. TARAL.
"command er.in-chief Fourth oorPs.-
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A valuable Instrument.

An instrument has been devised foi
measuring and registering upon dia-
gram the inequalities and the shape.
number and depth Of the dcpreaaiona Of
any road upon which II may be used,
says the English Cycllst, and tho Road
Improvement Association are consider.
lng It's use In order TO be- able 10 dem
onstrato the condition Of any highway.
Some interesting pictures would be
produced n a few Of these instruments
we're put In use over some OF our ooun
try roads
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For Chain fabrication.

The following method ~ cleaning
and lubrlcatlng a chain 81 recommend
Cd: First, clean the chain with kero'
aono or benzine. Then put II In an
empty skillet aud heat II until II IA Jus,
warm enough tho, hoO TO melt the
grease In stick graphite Rub the
graphite thoroughly on both sides Of
chain. and the heat viii make II run
into the Joints. A. the grease viii
harden. the chain will run q little stln-
~ for a few minutes. but after that will
run finely from three TO i've hundred
miles.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-07-08

Presldont hyde Of Bowdoin College
once said The best exercise 10 that
which reaches the largest number and
does most for the weakest men; sec
ond. the best exercise Is ,Dat which
makes the hardest work attractive.
third, the best exercise 10 that which
most successfully co-ordlnatea body,
mind and viii. intercollegiate athlot-
lcs cannot be made the basis Of a ma
tlonai system Of physical training, ~
Il stimulates only the few 20 action,
The weakest mon the who need phys
teal education moaiar eliminated
from the ranks Of inter collegiate ath.
lotics nj the outset"
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DISASTER
PASSENGER STEAMER SUNK AND
600 PEOPLE DROWNED.
Two Hundred Mru aud one Woman saved
-Coiiisiou u,,urred 600 Miirs
on Sab'c leland.

lla.iiaS July G-The Allen line
steamer GiIion arrived IN port this
morning and announced that she had
collided with la lourroync. siSty
miles off sable island, about . %. M.
and that the latter sank shortly after
ward. Ia Bourroync was bound from
New York 20 Iluvrc having left New
York Monday She carried o. passcn-
ger list of more than -O0 Of which 200
men aud one woman alone were saved.
All the Bourgoynes crew were
drowned
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o,,rhsard a, Tho State Capital

Cleveland Leader. We'll" said one
atatesman to another. Il see you're
member OF the committee that was APP
pointed to investigate the finger nail
Ole trust"
Yves. and wen BRING EN- to time, too.
you beti"
"Just my darnod luckl I haven't
been able to get on an investigating
committee this winter and my place is
mortgagod for ST.OO0i"
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which "a ON good roads over fine roll
lhg country. with one long. hard hill
each way and many lessor rises. the
round trip being forty-four miles.
The lowest gear In the party was
On 80 and the highest was So. aud extra
sprockot wheels were carried In order
that changes might be- made ON the
way, 10 desirable. when eleven miles
out ono rider became disguised with
Die So'a gear and changed u 20 u o-s'
and was then able TO proceed with
much greater comfort. Another
ehangcd bic sou to 20. and thereafter
found riding moro enjoyable. When
MoulHowu was reached the one with
~ 40 gear "wua aa fresh as NJ the be-
ginning while the one with 81 was
used w." and those who had reduced
their gears during the ride had bene-
hicd materially by H. The return trip
vas made against head wind, and tho
experience Of the outward trip was re-
pcated
An experiment was also made with
tho two combinations Of sprockc'
wheels that give a seventy gear. VIZ.
sx2O and i0x25. the larger chain WHEEL
being first used. and then beini
changed to the smaller ones, and u
was found that with the smaller sprock
cts the chain ran more pleasantly an'
freely and with less feeling Of drag.
As result of the trip. u was con
cluded medium gears are decidedly th'
best for long runs those from 6s 40 L
n so giving the best satisfaction. an'
that medium nprockots. not larger thar
nine-tooth rear. ensure better runninl
than the larger sizes.