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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-03-17
WONDERFUL THlNoe.


worm Ut mH Enough
II ants were large enough thei
would rule the earth. As II IL thei
predominant the politics Of their owl
sphere, and have many human char
acteristics
The longest time for which an am
sleeps is three and half hours. on
awakening they stretch their legs,
yawn. and then carefully clean them.
selves by applying their legs TO their
mouths and rubbing them over their
bodies, very much in the style OF
cat washing her face: after which they
comb and brush their heads and bodies
with the natural comb which nature
gives them.
The most remarkable thing about
this IL that almost every necessity for
which We are Obliged in our case 20
employ more or less complicated mo.
chanical contrlvances Is provided for
by the physical structure OF the ants.
Ants clean themselves both before
and after sleep, and also after eating.
Frequently one ant will lick and brush
another all over. limb by limb, the ant
operated ON aprawlIne on her back. 70.
Taxing her muscles and ABANDONING
herself TO the enjoyment OF the opera
ton.
They are great hunters. attacking
snakes, lizards. rats. mice. ceutipedea
and beetles.
They even kill the great African py-
IL l. . N.aa
killed an animal. he dare not gorge
himself with Il tiil he has made a wide
circuit. and satisfied himself that there
are no driver ants I'm the nolghbor.
hood. n. however no meets with any
he abandons his prey TO them. and dis.
crectly retlres. A certain species ac-
tually keep cows, in other words.
plant lice When the ants arc hungry
they actually milk the aphidca by tap
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-03-17

Golfers Weekly: It Is certainly not
true that small hands are bred by
choice descent. for In one family tho
hands OF both women and men are
found different in size and In every
other quality. The individual woman
OF the people stretches and hardens
her hand and batters her nails on her
own account, so that months OF care
would not retrieve Il; but doubtless
her baby hand was much the same as
a rich woman's in her own babyhood.
English women and Americans. with
their blonde hands. are admired de-
liriously for this one beauty by the
darker races. But at any rate TO Eng
lish eyes there is loneliness also in tho
fine hand that has clear brown color In
place OF white-a rare beauty. for tho
blonde woman has usually the finer
form OF hand; but somewhat dark
must have been the tender inward OF
the hand" that played on the virglnals
OF Shakespeare.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-03-17

A beautiful Canadian wha .iolnad tina
Chinn Inland mihNon ~ the wife vi
the Rev. Riquhart. Belgian mission.
airy. has Just reached Taohieulu with q
terrible story OF cruelty and suffering
among the fierce mountain tribeamen
OF Thibet. Her husband was brutally
murdered. and her son died from ex-
haustlon. Their bodies were taken
away and mutilated. She was chased
through the mountains on the border
OF China and Thibet. and was shot at
time and again. Passing through
countless dangers. and without tho aid
OF n single native servant. she travelled
on for two months. and finally reached
a mission. Her clothes were almost
torn away. her shoes had given out.
her feet were bleeding from the sharp
rocks. She was nothing but n pitiable
wreck. She writes TO friend In shang-
hal OF her bereavement and the cruelty
OF the Thibctans 10 her husband. and
says she Is preparing TO 20 back TO the
Wild men OF the snowy China noun
tains.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-03-17

people chip on fragments from
Kravestones. said a traveller. ito car
ny away as souvenirs. and twIgs and
leaves from trees. and that sort OF
thing, 80 that II Ia sometimes neces-
sAry TO protect these objects 10 sava
them. But the most curious thing
ever saw In the way OF souvenir grab
bling was in the catacombs OF Paris.
where one OF party OF sightseers, fol.
lowing a guide along the passages
lined with human bones, pulled out q
tooth from a skull"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-03-17
sannrn. Color v.lus..

M. villars. French photographer,
claims TO have overcome dimcuity
with which all photographers are ao-
quainted--nRmely To photograph In a
picture the so-oalled non-actinic col.
orH. M. Villars, having exposed plates
wrapped up In black paper TO Roent.
gen rays, finds that they are modified,
becoming sensitive to all colors--
green, yellow. red, and even infra-red
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-03-17
Denver.
nNAIIA


Cats make tho most careful toilet OF
any class OF animals, The lion and
the tiger wash themselves In exactly
the same manner as the cat. wettlng
tho dark, Indla-rubber-like ball OF the
fore foot and inner toe and passing II
over the face and behind the ears.
The foot is thus at the same time a
face sponge and a brush. and the rough
tongue combs the rest OF the body.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-03-17
MINING NOTES.

The Uncle Sam and the lIumbug' IN
Payson Canyon, will be vigorously
worked during the season, and so'ne
good shipments are expected.
The Colorado river is q perfect store
house Of gold and II looks rs II th's
section would witness another siam
pede before the season Is much further
advanced,
Mineral. Idaho, Is taking on lively
air as the smelter started "Wednesday
morning with force Of hfty men,
while ten six.horse teams are kept
busy hauling coke for the smelter.
The gasoline hoist for the Fremont
mine at Diamond has been received NJ
Silver City, and will soon be hauled 10
the mine and put In place and In oper'
alton. The hoist house is all ready Tor
the paint.
The Carbonate Hill mine, new
Morgan county BONANZA, was In tine
market last week with ashipment' and
IL is promised that the mine will make
sn o1ee'.Sn' L reeoru sp,s ss''
The sedalia copper mine one OF t"e
richest copper mines In the United
States, located about two miles and
half from Salida, Colo, was sold on
,ar,,as o.. aon.,aora,,or NJ $40.
400
WINE cleaning out ana putting !"
shape for future operation n smart on
the properly OF the south sunbeam
Mining company at silver city, th"t
was abandoned twenty-three years
ago the management has encountered
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a1a.,'
The iargest'shipment OF silver bull
lion ever made out OF Anaconda was
sent east last week over the Great
Northern express by the Anaconda
Copper Mining company. There were
ninety-onc bars OF the white metal,
valued at 100000 or Whereabouts. IL
took TOO large drays to haul II from
the works to the depot where II was
n Sherin ueeu' conveying 'ne oAoE'
erl'e 0'aims OF the ohokerlte Mining
company s''uA'cu near T. N''uhc''oh'
=" H. o. Nroup"' 'no rroNo a'sayer'
was n'eu ior reeoIu last Week ihe
properly was oougn' ny MI hroupa
Nv sner'ns saie Blk months ago Tor
'''@OV' o" Judgment "Rh'ns' 'ne com
Pany III iaVor OF Mr. hroupa' mr.
NrouPa sueu Tue company ior services
IN '"P'''"'0'ue'' VI '"o '"'"e"
,ha ,ovarno,,s annoin,.a Tor tho i'm.
nor,an, nosi,,on -, s,.,. engineer. /.
one ., a.. hes, Lno,.n ,rinIng ergin.
o.r. IL Ir,ah and Md. has hes,
,ha oht.,o, con,.tnJ p ma Inmar,,
.,aT Co., ,,n,ioro ., voars .nd h..
dona ,,,o .,rvo,in, n.o.ssi,n,ed IN Tho
dovoionmon, ., ~. ma lamar and
Golden oa,a ,n,n.s ,,voo ~ the great.
a., ola nrodno.rs In ,hts tn,or.no,n.
tain r.,,on
There Is an awakening OF interest In
mining In the southern part OF the
state and Iron county, with It's very
racoIv,nn NOR. a,,on,Ior M ~. hands
., ,n,nina .n and ,nves,ors than aver
ho,ora oonnar and cola heing the
n.,,I mot couch, t,r although thera
90 -. -, a. la nronsr,,.s n,
aicar.n, no,v,s ,,hIoh ,sui ,ndopb,.
al, ha 80 aS,anstv.,, on.ra,ed and
a.r.,onod In ,ho no.r ,,,rr.
At the Sickle mine In Calavaras
county, Cal, two miners, named Oris
Bronzich and Joseph Raggio, had
charged series OF holes and were
splitting the fuse when one OF the
blasts went Oft prematurely, knocking
ooth DOWN hronhieh Jay unconscious 's
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-03-17

The first and only newspaper ever
published In Lapland was Issued a few
months ago. II has six subscribers.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
LOADED WITH PEARLS.
Francois Book Cupidity Checked by
Collector Bidwell.

New York, November 20.-Late this af-
ternoon a rare assortment of valuable
pearls was spread out in Collector Bdwell's
office. Tomorrow they will be taken to the
appraisers stores where the government
experts will pass upon their value
The pearls were seized by Special Treasury
Agent Theobald from Francois Book, a
dealer in jewels and gems, of Providence,
r. l. Book arrived on the French liner
Bretagne, but preceding him had come a
cable message to the custom officials tell
ing that the Providence man had pearls of
great value in his possession. To the in
spector Book declared he had nothing du-
table. He declared also he was going to
Mexico at once and said nothing about his
business in Providence. So Special Agent
Theobald and the inspectors made a rigid
examination into his baggage and his
pockets.
In Books trunks were found three pairs
of worn shoes tied together, heel and toe,
and wrapped compactly in newspapers. In
side each pair of shoes were many pack
ages of half pearls. There were two quarts
of the gems altogether. They were of all
sizes, and until the experts examine them 1t
will not be known what are genuine and
what are imitation.
These half pearls are used extensively in
the manufacture of jewery and the imi
tation article is expensive. Both the true
and the false are dutiabe.
When the officers had secured all the
pearls from Books trunk they examined
his wearing apparel. In the inside pockets
of his top coat were found a package con-
tanning forty beautiful specimens. In the
tail pocket of his cutaway coat was another
package, and there were more in other
pockets. The custom officials are inclined
to think that the pearls found on Books
person are genuine. and that the others are
possibly limitations. rough estimate of
the value of the entire seizure is $4,000.
Book does not speak English, and says he
was born in Austria.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
A LAD ACCIDENTALLY
KILLED WHILE HUNTING
fully Wall of AvondaIe Looked Down a
Gun Barrel and the Weapon
Was Discharged

Yesterday afternoon, while out hunting
with other boys, !Tully Wall, a 14-year-old
lad of Avondale, was accidentally shot and
killed.
From all that can be learned of the affair,
Wall was looking down the barrel of the
gun, which was accidentally discharged by
another boy, Wlpo was playing with the trdg-
ger.
The shot entered the lower part of the
jaw, producing wounds, from the effects
of which the lad died shortly afterwards.
All of the boys Who were with Tully at
the time claim that the killing was purely
accidental.
The deceased was a son of L. s. Wall,
foreman at the Southern Railway shops, at
Avondale.
He had gone with several either boys to
the woods, a short distance from Avondale
park, for THE purpose of hunting, and while
returning home about o'clock he met with
the accident that cost him his life.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
RAILROADS
Meeting of General Freight Agents
Midway People

The general freight agents of the south
eastern roads will meet in Atlanta on
Thursday or Friday of this week for the
purpose of considering what advances is to
be made in the coal tariffs.
An advance will go into effect on Deem
ber'1 ON all roads out of this territory, but
the rates to adj points have not yet been
fixed. An advance of 20 cents per ton on
domestic coal to New Orleans has been an
nounced to take effect at that time.
The midway performers who held forth
here during the State Fair have all left
town. The majority of them went to New
York and Chicago For two or three days
prior to their departure the passenger
agents of the different railroad lines We're
after the business. Each agent wanted
them to go over his line and exerted every
effort to that end.
The Southern and Central of Georgia car
ried those that went to New York and Sa-
wanna, the Alabama Great Southern those
to Chicago and the Kansas City, Memphis
and Birmingham the balance to Kansas
City.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
ANOTHER ACCIDENT
AT THE POWER HOUSE
Electric Car Service Crippled by Hroken
Observation-Disclosures VIII be Used
Temporarily at Night

Z he electric car service of Birmingham
is again BADLY crippled as the result elf an
other accident at the power house of the
Consolidated Electric company.
AT late hour Sunday night engine No
s of the Consolidated company broke its
eccentric and before it could be stopped
other parts OF its machinery had heen badly
damaged.
1t will be two or three weeks befory;he
broken eccentric can be replaced, and in
tine meantime the other engines Will not be
able to generate enough lectrcity to run
the cars, to light the city and to supply the
company's customers.
Electric motive power for the city and
suburban cars is generated by engines No.
1 and ), while engine No. supplies the city
lights and commercial wires.
By running the two remaining engines
and dra wing the power house at East
birmingham the cars on the electric lines
are enabled to run on schedule time dur
ing tine day. AT night, however, when the
city and other lights are turned on there is
not power enough left to run all Me cars.
While this condition lasts the discarded
dummies Will be put on tine East Lake and
Ensley lines after sunset each day. These
trains will leave the city every forty-five
minutes
The electric car service on this division,
Which includes Tie North and South High
lands, the Ayondale and the Elyton lines,
will not be interrupted.
The Consolidated Electric light COM
pany expect to have the broken machinery
replaced Within two or three weeks.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
GOVERNORS CANDIDACY
Conference of His Friends Held Yester
day-Morgan Movement

A few personal and political friends of
Governor Johnston, perhaps half dozen in
number, had a private informal meeting in
Birmingham yesterday to consider the mat
ter of Governor Johnston's candidature in
Jefferson county for the United States SEN
ate.
Whilst no definite action was taken at
the moment, 1T was agreed by Governor
Johnston's friends to form a committee
and organize for a vigorous fight for the
seven votes of Jefferson in the democratic
caucus of the general assembly in Novem-
ber 1900.
A vigorous movement is also in progress
in Jefferson county to organize a powerful
committee to be charged with the duty of
seeing that six representatives and one
senator shall be nominated whose duty 1t
shall be to vote in the democratic caucus
for John Tyler Morgan for United States
senator.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21

The most truthful and picturesque of the
American home plays, "Shore Acres" con-
tinues to grow in popularity from year to
year, and the profits gained through this
work have brought the author, James A.
Herne, independence. This work has often
been compared to the poems of James
Whitcomb Riley, for, like him, 1t expresses
by indirection just as common folks do in
life 1t expresses sorrow, not by direction,
but by the choking voice and by the trem-
BILE in the chin, and its humor Is spontane-
Gus and native to the groups from which it
proceeds in utterance. Laughter abounds,
and something sweet and solemn runs
through the whole story. 1t has repose
in its action. The actors come and go care
lessly or busiiy, like living figures. There
is no center of the stage, no declarations,
no asides, no soiloquies, almost nothing to
make against verify. 1t has no villain, no
wronged woman, no hero, no "highfalutin"
speech in its entire length; nobody is killed,
nobody falls down cellar with a piano, and
vet the play has achieved a remarkable
success. This is the eighth season for the
play, and Mr.. Herne feels confident that 1t
will continue to please for many years to
come. Arrangements have been made to
have this play produced at O'Brien's opera
house tomorrow afternoon and night.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
QUESTION. NOW UP
TO JUDGE GREENE
Anti-Pool Selling Law to be Given
Another Test.
PROSECUTORS ARE ACTIVE
Rule Nisi to Compel Justice Benners to
Issue Warrant for Rearrest of the
Alleged Violators-Appeal
to Supreme Court
PROSECUTORS ARE ACTIVE

The leaders of the opposition to pool sell
ing at the fair grounds race course have
begun active proceedings, and the consti-
nationality of the anh-pool selling law will
be given test before Judge Samuel E.
Greene of the criminal court today.
The issue will arise from the refusal of
Justice OF the Peace Benners to issue a
warrant for one of the men who it is al
legged is engaged in selling pools on horse
races The justice of the peace has been
served with a writ of mandamus and he
must appear before Judge Greene and show
cause why he refused to issue the warrant.
This will again. bring the question into
court.
Last Saturday Frank Leslie applied to
Justice Benners for a warrant for the ar
rest of 7. G. Hewlett on the charge of vio-
lating the anti-pool selling law. Justice
Benners refused to issue the warrant.
Yesterday morning e. III. Cabanfss, at
torney for Mr. Leslie, filed in the criminal
court a petition asking that the rule nisi
he issued against Justice Benners. Judge
Greene granted the petition and issued an
order directing Justice Benners to appear
in court at o'clock today and show cause
why he should not issue warrant for the
arrest of Hewlett.
Judge Greene's order reads as follows:
1.-THE foregoing petition having been duly
presented to me, 1t is ordered that the clerk
of the criminal court of Jefferson county
assure rule nisf to I. H. Benners as justice
of the peace in and for beat 81 in Jefferson
county, Alabama, commanding him to APP
pear before me, the judge of the criminal
court of Alabama, on the 21st day of No
vember, 1899, at o'clock p. m, to show
cause, If any there be, why the writ of
mandamus should not issue, as prayed for
in the petotion. S. E. GREENE.
Judge of the Criminal Court of Jefferson
County,"
If Judge Greene, after hearing the case
today, directs Justice Benners to issue a
warrant for the arrest of Hewlett, the-lat-
ter's arrest and trial will follow.
The case will go before Judge Feagin, of
the inferior court, for trial. Judge Feagin
has already in a recent opinion held the
anti-pool selling law to be unconstitutional,
and will in all probability reaffirm his form
er decision. An appeal will then be taken
to the criminal court, and later to the SUI
preme court if Judge Greene sustains Judge
Feagin's decision.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
JURY FIXED THE
DAMAGE AT $4,000
Verdict in Slender Smiley Breach
of Promise Suit.
RENDERED IN CITY COURT
Defendant Failed to Answer and Judg-
ment Taken by Default-T ell-Tale
Letters in Evidence-His-
tory of the Case
RENDERED IN CITY COURT

A verdict for $1,000 was rendered yester-
day in the city court in the case of Lizzie
Slender VS.. James b. Smiley for breach of
promise.
Miss Slender alleged in her complaint,
which was filed in the early part of the
summer, that Smiley had made her promise
of marriage and that she had in her possess
sion letters and other evidence to sustain
her suit.
Smiley failed to answer the suit, and on
October % Judgment by default was entered
with lief to prove damages.
Yesterday Miss Slender, with her mother,
sister and few friends appeared in court
with her attorney, Richard II. Fries, to
give evidence as to damages suffered. The
plaintiff produced several letters from the
defendant which contained references to
their engagement Miss Slender stated
that the date of their wedding was fixed for
last December, but at the request of the
defendant she had consented to a post
ponement until December of this year. She
claimed that the first intmation she had
of his intention not to live up to his agree
ment was the announcement in the local
papers of his marriage to another girl
After reading these notices she consulted
with friends and the fling of the suit
against Smiley followed.
Smiley failed to make answer to the suit
and the judgment by default was rendered
as stated above.
The plaintiff is very pretty German
girl who has been in the employ of Dr.
Joseph R. Smith for number of years.
The defendant is a member of the well
known firm of the Warner-Smiey company,
undertakers and livery stablemen.
In May of this year he and Miss Velma
Brown, of North Birmingham, We're mar
ried.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
DR.. HUGHES BACK
FROM WASHINGTON
Says He Is Not a Candidate for
National Committeeman.
WON'T AN TAG0NlZE VAUGHN
Attended Meeting of First-Class Post
masters of United States and Re-
forms Were Discussed-Inter-
est Over SenatorialFight
WON'T AN TAGONlZE VAUGHN

Postmaster ]. w. Hughes has returned
second annual convention of the frst-class
postmasters of the United States which met
in that city last week.
When asked concerning the rumor that he
would be a candidate for national republic
can committeeman from Alabama, DIR.
Hughes said:
81 am not and will not be a candidate for
national committeeman. While 1 appre-
ciate the compliment of my name being
mentioned in connection with this position,
l recognize fully the personal and political
relations existing between Mr.. Vaughan,
candidate for state chairman and myself
and owing to that fact, taken in connection
with the other reason that We are both resi-
dents of the same city, I do not deem it
proper that l should be a eandidae. The
election of Mr.. Vaughan as state chairman
1 regard as being for the very best inter-
ests of the republican party in this state,
and deem his election for that position as
being paramount to the aspirations of any
man fer national committeeman"
DIR. Hughes says that the Alabama sena-
torial fight is attracting great attention
in Washington and that every one is anXi-
Gus to know the outcome.
In speaking of the meeting of the post
masters association he said that the at
tendance was very large and that the ses-
sions were both interesting and beneficial,
and that several reforms were discussed
which will improve the service.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21
Phil and Nettie Peters

Last night was another demonstration
that Phil w. and Nettie Peters are among
the most popular show people that visit
Birmingham. The vast audience that greet
ed the return of these favorites at the AL
ditorium shows in what high esteem they
are held by the amusement loving people
of this district. There was not a dull mo-
ment during the entire evening. The per-
Torrance opened with beautiful tropical
scene, presenting regular minstrel first
part. Then followed an olio of specialties
which would do credit to many an organi-
zation charging three times the price. The
feature of the entertainment was the song
by Miss Nettie Peters, introducing the Ell
tire company in international dances. The
engagement will continue throughout The
week, with matnees on Thursday and Sat-
urday A change of programme is an
nounced for every performance.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-21

City of Mexico, November 20.-Reports
received by the liberal party general COM
mittee from all over the republic show
many demonstrations on the part of ehe
people in favor of the reelection of Presil
dent Diaz and he will be the unanimous
choice of the national convention of his
party. The report telegraphed abroad that
he intends refusing denomination has on
ly the basis of natural disinclinationi 10
continue in office and his desire to take a
well earned rest but the pressure upon
him to accept the denomination is almost
Irresistible, coming not only from the lead
ers of the liberal party, but from many
eminent men in the conservative party,
who are averse to any change.