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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

The Cars American Driving Teacher
George J. Fuller the trottlng horse
expert. who sailed for Russia short
time ago. will have the pleasant task
OF teaching the car how TO manage
the trottlng horse. He has been ess
peclally engaged by the Russian COVE
eminent to instruct the army and the
royal family. Mr.. Fuller ls veteran
OF the civil war and is well over %
years old, He said to sportsman be-
fore leaving II know nearly every
trotting horse In the country. and I
think they all know me-"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

settled upon a farm. which they owned.
three miles south OF town. Here Mrs.
Watkins died In 1929, at the age Of 80
years. Her remains were buried In a
country graveyard close by, and rested
there until 1851. when they were re-
moved to Lexington by her son Henry.
The Henry watkins farm" which Ia
stll point OF great Interest, IL now
the home OF Mrs. Robert Mcconnell
The last ycstlgo OF the Watkins resi-
dcnce has given place 10 more modern
improvements
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

you advertised for a girl for light
housekeeping and"
well. this Is the lightest house in
the vicinity, It may be bigger than
some Of the others, but it's a frame
house. while they're all stone or
brick"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

But In the whirl attendant on such
an important event he forgot his plan
and II was not until the Kaiser Franz
Josef and his consort celebrated their
silver wedding In 1879 that the old va
let reminded his master OF that long
forgotten day. as he produced the with
cred bunch Of flowers The kaiser and
kalserin were much touched and a
command was given that the relic
should be placed under glass and fran
cd, so that II might be hung where
the kaiser could always see It.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

you and young Chubblelgh don't
speak to each other any more, Ethel.
What Ia the matter?"
Nothing, only he told me one day
when We were at the park that I ha 1
a sWanlike neck, and | told him he hal
swanllke walk"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

Little Helen oo-hool don't want
10 cake that nasty, bitter stun. Her
s's4ms But how do you know he
ngiu and bltler7 You haven't tasted
H. LATHE Hslen-You said II would be
good FOR me.--Stray Stories.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

Mother-"why, Johnny, what Is the
matter with your facet Have you
been fghtlng Agaln1" Johnny-"No'm,
/ amt been fghtin'. ] guess one o
them klssln' bugs must have bit me"
New York Journal.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

unsuccessful attempts TO solve the
problem. The box fits closely into the
partition. and all efforts to discover
the person In the rear room have been
futile
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

Some days after when the incident
had been forgotten, the valet was as
tonlshed to find that the lost posy
had been hidden deep down In the tu-
mic pocket all the while, aud was, as
a natural consequence. so withered that
he did not like TO show It TO the kat
ser As II was equally impossible to
throw away flowers picked by the fu-
ture kalserln, he hit upon the happy
idea OF pressing them, with a view TO
presenting them to his imperial master
on the latters wedding day.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20
AN EMPgRoR,s ROMANCE.

In the study OF Kaiser Franz Josef
OF Austria, who. by the way. entered
his 10th year recently. hangs framed
but wlthered bunch Of flowers, To which
a romantic little ltory II attached. A
few weeks before the announcement OF
his engagement Kaiser Franz Josef
and his fiancee were walking between
Ischl and Lauifen, when she saw a
meadow bright with gayly colored Wild
flowers. wait I will pick you a
posy," she exclaimed, and a few min
utes afterward handed her betrothed a
little bouquet.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20
wage. Of london mn Posters.

London billposters struck for 1926
per week. ffty-three hours to consti-
tute a weeks work.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

The future Empress Elizabeth took
the black velvet riband which bound
her magnificent hair and tied II round
the flowers. Offering them with a play
ful courtesy to the kaiser, who kissed
them before placing them In the outer
pocket Of his military tunlc. Sudden
ly as they neared Ischl, the kaiser dis
covered that the precious posy was
gone.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

Handout ~ 81 AZ yer rs..! hes
Tar wors. ~ Not wo' ~ rTSadsr
so,s redd ~ rsts de
Sss mir heed lpdt fSSs
qIr" H.' o"' 4A '0u
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

In some parts OF Russia the only food
for the people consists at present OF
acOrns. leaves and the soft bark OF
trees.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

II is not necessary TO hang up a code
OF home laws in TIE house where love
Is dwelling.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20
TANNING WILD BEASTS
ANIMAL TRAINER RECoUNTs
SOME OF HIS EXPERIENCES.

HEAD In Lions Mouth-The Huge
Kings Of the Forests Are Hard to
Train and Arc Never to lie Depended
Upon.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

The skeleton alone Of an sv,.aEs
whale weighs % tons.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

or q thousand persons only ona
reaches the age OF 100 years. J
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

Pedro orlza left Spain, his native
country, as cabin boy OF the Spanish
cruiser vizcaya, which the powers sent
with Admiral Ceryera TO defend CUBA
against the American forces. Besides
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

y" NNT"'hpeI OF the Sphhlhh navy '"-
inc a good American sailor boy.
his cabin-boy duties. Pedro was also
something OF bugler on board the
Vizcaya up to the time when the ship
was disabled by few American shells
at Santiago one memorable July morn
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-20

DANIEL NJ. BOWMAN.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-12-07
IN THE OCEANS DEPTHS.



The temperature at the bottom of the
ocean is nearly down to freezing point.
and sometimes actually below it. There
is total absence of light, as far as
sunlight is concerned, and there is an
enormous pressure, reckoned at about
a ton to the square inch in every
thousand fathoms, which is 100 times
greater than that of the atmosphere we
live in. AT $500 fathnms the pressure
is 30 times more powerful than the
steam pressure CT locomotive when
drawing train. As late rs 1880
leading zoologist explained the exist
ence of deep. sea animals at such depths
by assuming that their bodies were
composed of solids and liquids of great
density, and contained no air. This,
however, is not the case with deep sea
fish. which are provided with air
inflated swimming hladders. If one of
these fish, in full chase after its grey,
happens to ascend, beyond certain
level, its Bladder becomes distended
with the decreased pressure, and carries
it in spite of its efforts, still higher in
its course; in fact, members of this
unfortunate class are liable to become
victims to the unusual accident of fall
ing upward. and no doubt meet with
violent death soon after leaving their
accustomed level, and long before their
bodies reach the surface In a distorted
and unnatural state. Even ground
sharks, brought up from depth of no
more than 500 fathoms, expire before
they gain the surface.
The fauna of the deep sea--with a
few exceptions hitherto only known as
fossils-are new and specially modified
forms of families generally inhabiting
shallow waters in modern times. and
have been driven down to the depths of
the ocean by their more powerful rivals
in the battle of life, much as the an.
Gent Britons were compelled to with.
draw to the barren and inaccessible
Businesses OF Wales. Some of their
organs have undergone considerable
modification In correspondence to the
changed conditions of theft new habi-
tats. Thus, down to 800 fathoms thcir
eyes have generally become enlarged,
to make the best, of the faint light
which may possibly penetrate there.
After 1000 fathoms these organs are
still further enlarged, or so greatly
reduced that in some species they dis
appear altogether, and are replaced by
enormously Icing feeiers The only
light at great depths which would
enable large eyes to be of any service is
the phosphorescenoe of deep-sea ami
mails.
We know that at the surface this
light is often very powerful, and Sir
Wyville Thomson has recorded one
occasion on which the sea at night was
"a perfect blaze Of phosphorescence
SO strong that lights and shadows were
thrown on the sails, and it was easy to
read the smallest print" 1t is thought
possible by several naturaists that
certain portions Of the sea bottom may
be as brilliantly illuminated by this
sort of light as the streets of European
city after sunset. Some deep.sea fish
have two parallel rows of small circular
prosphorescent organs running along
the whole length Of their bodies, and
as they glide through the dark waters
of the profound abysses they must look
like model mailships, with rows of
| shining portfolios.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-12-07
GERMAN KALI WORKS.
% Nassau ST., New York.
CONSUMPTION OF ALM0n Ds.


Twenty-one Million Pounds Eaten In the
United State Each Year.
Boston Transcript. M ~
There are, roughly. speaking, 2l,00o,-
600 pounds of almonds consumed in
the United States each year, some
eaten with raisins, some used in the
manufacture of candy, some ground for
cream and fiayoring extracts. and some,
of an inferior quality, used for per-
fumery and soap. The State of Cali
fornia produces about $4,000, 600
pounds of almonds in year, or two
thirds Of the amount required for
domestic consumption, and the other
almonds are imported from European
countries, from which, until few
years ago, all the almonds were sent.
The figures of almond importstions for
the fiscal year 1898 show importations
of about 7,000,0U0 pounds. OF this
amount 1850, 600 came from Spain,
] 800, 600 from Italy, chiefly Sicily, and
the balance from Greece and Poi tus al.
Cocoanuts to the value of about
5000, 600 year are imported into the
United States from foreign countries
or from countries which were under
foreign jurisdiction at the time of the
last annual Treasury report. Before
the beginning Of the Cuban war for
Independence the importation of cocoa
nuts from Cuba int, the United States
was to the value of about 5000, 900 a
year. With the beginning of the war
it declined, and under the present
tariff the duty on cocoanuts further
reduced the importation from Cuba,
through large increase in the ship
ments of ooooanuts Is expected this year
under American jurisdiction in Cuba
and Porto Rico. The competition of
American with foreign cocoanuts, the
latter from the West Indies and South
American States. has been more active
than in tho case of almonds, for the
reason that the chief source of supply
of American ccoanuts is Florida,
which is in closer proximity to the
New York market. The annual product
OF Florida couoanuts amounts to about
1000, 600 pounds of the value of about
$500, 600 o year, and the conditions as
to almonds and oocoanuts are in this
particular reversed. California pro-
duces just twice as many almonds as
are imported into the United States,
whereas Florida produces just one.half
as many cocoanuts as are imported.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-12-07
AULD DADDY DARKNEss.


Aud Daddy Darkness creeps frae his hole,
Black as a blackamoor, bin as a mole;
Stir the fire till it loves, let the hairnies sit
Aud Daddy Darkness is no wantit yet.
See him in the corners hidn' frae the LIGHT,
See him at the window gloomin' at the
NIGHT;
Turn up the gas LIGHT, close the shutters a ,
An Aud Daddy Darkness will flee far
AVA.
AVA to hide the birdie within its coy nest,
AVA TO lap the wee fooers on their
mither's breast,
Ava to loosen CATER Toll frae his daily ca i.
For Aud Daddy Darkness is kindly to a.
He comes when we're weary to wean's frae
our waes ..
He comes when the bairnies are gettin' aft
their claes;
To cover them sac cozy, an bring bonnie
So Aud Daddy Darkness is better than he
seems.
Seek yer cen by wee tot. yell see Daddy
then.
He's In below the bed claes, to cuddle We
he's fain;
Moo nestle in his bosie, sleep and dream yer
Till wee Davie DAYLIGHT comes keekn'
owre the hill.
,' --Bairnhood Ballads,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-12-07
NUTS AZ room.
A seasonable Thought Ms Well as n Change
for the Menu.


Philadelphia Tunes
We have little idea in this country
to what considerable extent the nut is
used for food in few foreign lands. Our
consuls have been sending information
ON this subject from far and wide, and
the facts here given are condensed from
q number of these reports. We are
trying to teach foreign nations that
Indian corn is an excellent article Of
food, but most of the European peas.
ants still believe that maize is fit only
to fatten hogs and beef cattle. Many
of these same persons sit down to a dish
Of steamed ehestnnts with much relish
and are content if they have nothing
else
Throughout the centre of France,
from the Bay of Biscay to Switzerland,
there are large plantations and almost
forests of chestnut trees. The nuts are
very large, resemble the American horse
chestnut and are extensively eaten by
the peasantry and animals. In the fall
and winter the poor often make two
meals day ON chestnuts. They are
steamed and eaten with salt. OF milk,
and physicians say they are wholesome,
hearty, nutritious and fattening. In
some parts of France walnuts also are
regular rticle of diet, but they are
losing ground as an article of food,
because of their compai alive scarcity.
Walnuts arc also used to make oil, and
the con, cts in some prisons are ems
Eloyed c...ckine the nuts and picking
out the kernels, from which tho oil is
expressed.
Almonds grow well in the middle and
southern part of France, and while the
shell is soft, green and tender the nut
is sold largely as u table article. The
meat is white and creamy. Hazelnuts
are always high priced and are luxury.
The peanut is rarely eaten in France
though tho taste for it is growing II
is imported in enormous quantity for
its oil A few years ago there was
good deal of talk about the merits of
bread made of peanut -four, and it was
thoroughly tested in the German army,
whore, for little while, it was a part
OF the ration issued to number of
regiments. 1t was declared to be too
highly concentrated and an irritating
kind of food, and the soldiers didn't like
il. Tie use of peanut -four was accord
ingly discontinued.
In Italy almonds are eaten while
green or soft, as dessert, by the well-to-
do, but the poor cannot afford them.
Chestnuts are the only nuts that enter
into the regular diet of the Eeople.
Almonds, fi!berts and walnuts are more
OF a luxury and are served as dessert
or with wine Mt social gatherings.
The chestnut almost takes the plaHe
in Korea that the potato occupies in
tho western world. 1t is used raw,
boiled, roasted, cooked with meat, and
in other ways. In Syria nuts are not a
Fart of the regular diet, but enter in
The composition Of some peculiar native
dishes. Nuts in this country, !" writes
and for consumption by the natives at
night, just before going to bed"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-12-07
ANIMAL FRIEND sHIps.
some Curious Attachments That Exist u
Nature.

some Curious Attachments That Exist In
Nature.
London Mail. -,
When a creature has no sharp teeth
or claws, or prickles, spine, or nara
she'll. and no means Of running very
fast to get out of danger, what is he TO
do? "Get wiped out in the genera
struggle for existence" seems the only
natural way
Yet everywhere you can find such
creatures, and far from being exter,,
minated they manage to increase and
flourish amazingly. and this simply by
the exercise Of their wits, or the mnoh'
developed instinct which does duty Tor
wits.
The favorite device for any defence-
less creature is to get some other
stronger and bigger than itself to affora
it protection. Of this a most amazing
instance is to be found any summers
day along the mouth of tho Thames.
In the shallow channels between the
sands may be seen floating hundreds
of transparent iellyfish.
If you look carefully, you may see
underneath the larger OF these creatures
and right among their long tentncles Q
number of tiny white shrimps. II used
to be supposed that tho iellyiish lived
on these shrimps, but it is now ascer-
tanned that so far from this being the
case, the smaller fish is living under
the protection of the medusa.
The jelyfish floats along, collecting
food with its long arms, while the
little shrimp remains in safe shelter
and lives on the remnants. Taken
from its protector the shrimp dies
almost at once. No one knows how
this strange partnership first started.
1t seems rather ono sided affair; but
that it exists any one can SEQ for him
self.
The sea cucumbers also give shelter
TO tiny salt water fish, which, if not
thus protected, would soon die, and in
similar fashion the big Brazilian cat
| fish saves another species from ex-
tinction by allowing them to live in
| his mouth.
A curious lizaid, known as tine
tuatera, inhabits the Chicken Islands
off New Zealand. 1t does not find
much food for itself, whereas the
petrol, which also lives there, gets
plenty of fish. The lizard, however, is
able to burrow, which the petrol can
not. The two creatures have, there.
fore, entered into partnership where.
by the petrol nests in the lizards
burrow, and the lizard profits by the
remains of fish Mr.. and Mrs. Petrol
bring home.
The remora, tho sucking fish, may
distinctly be said to live on its wits.
Right on top Of its head il has de.
veloped sucker, by means of which il
attaches itself firmly to some big fish,
such as shark or whale, and is sc
towed in safety over whole oceans
picking up plenty OF food on the way
There ARE dozens of similar instances
Look at tho hermit crab. which care
fully selects an empty shell in which
to hide his tender body, or the little
pea-crab, which shares its food with /
mussel in return for the protection o
| the latterfs she'll.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-12-07


MANY rerspns.
Philadelphia Record.
Many persons who visit Niagara
Falls find they have great desire 20
leap from various points ON the several
bridges or from ono Of the numerous
points of observation. For this reason,
after once having experienced the
fascinating sensation that coaXes them
or to death in the deer and rapid rum
ming waters, they never go near any OF
tho seductive points without being IN
company with some one who will guard
them from harm as result of what
perhaps, might be termed by some
their weakness. =.
Many people who have wished
Niagara have confessed that tho waters
of the beautiful river had q weird
fascination for them while standing at
places whore death would be easy by
simply letting go ones hold and slip.
ping into the river, and people saved
from suicide there have admitted that
they knew no reason why they should
end their lives, but the scene was so
delightful that it coaxed them to seek
the peace of death there.
In other places than at Niagara tho
public comes in touch with folks who,
when on an elevation, have proneness
10 jump Off, and for this reason they
keep away from all such danger points.
An interesting explanation of this
desire is that given some years ago by
Prof Lowe, Of the Army Balloon
Corps. He had frequently invited
newspaper correspondent to make an
ascension with him, but each time the
invitation was declined.
Later he told the professor of the
temptation he had to jump from high
places, and that he feared making an
ascent. For this he was laughed at,
the professor stating that the reason
people had such desires was that they
were full of electricity; that the mag
netic current in the earth was the
attraction, and that what he was
standing on carried the current. lilo
also said that up in balloon the con-
tinuity was cut off. Finally the man
made an ascension, and found that the
desire to jump was not present. 1T Is
q curious statement
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-12-07
oDD BARGAIN COUNTER.
IL Sells Lave Erocs by the Dozen TO An
glers for BHit,

eiers for Bait.
The most remarkable counter in any
department store will close its business
shortly, after summer of astonishing
prosperity. Itswas located in the sport
ing goods department Of one of tile
largest retail establishments of the city,
in the conner devoted to fishing tackls,
The stock iu trade of this counter,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean, is frogs,
net dressed, ready for the table, but
very much alive and kicking, and
covered with the slime of their native
marshes. The frogs are small, too
Just right bait for tho greedy black
bass and Eiokerei of the streams and
lakes around Chicago. They are sold
to anglers at % cents a dozen, and the
demand is immense.
On the day before the Fourth OF
July this counter disposed of 500 dozen
live frogs. Three attendants were kept
busy all day catching them and hand
ing them out. Many other days showed
sales MS high as 300 to 500 dozen. With
the close OF good fishing weather in a
week or two, the counter will be shut
up for the winter.
The frogs are kept in the store in a
large wire-netting cage, covering six OF
eight feet of the counter top. A
shallow painful of water and weeds
affords them congeniaI surroundings in
which they appear to thrive. They
are fed regularly. At night, the en-
ployes of the store say, the frogs hold
most musical soirees. Patrons are
served their frogs in small cotton bags,
filled with kicks and sguirms. The
stock is replenished daily by new
frogs, caught in the marshes few
miles from Chicago. The novelty has
proved such a success that it will
likely be adopted by all of the large
retail establishments next summer
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-12-07

Cut cold boiled potatoes in one-half
inch cubes. To two cups cubes allow one
and one-half cups sauce made of one and
one-half tablespoonfuls of butter, The
same amount Of flour, one-quarter of a
teaspoonful of salt, one-eighth of a tea
spoonful pepper and one and one-half
cups milk; arrange alternate layers Of
potatoes. sauce and grated cheese in a
butttered baking dish. Cover the top
with buttered cracker crumbs. Bake in
a moderate oven twelve or fifteen min
utea.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-12-07

MY dear" said The banker TO his
only daughter. Il have noticed young
man attired in dress suit in the par !.
lor two or three evenings each week of
late. What is his occupation?n
"He is at present unemployed
father" replied the fair girl, dreamy,
PARKWAY lock in her big, blue eyes,
but he is thinking seriously Of ac-
cepting position of life companion to
a young lady of means. - hicagoNows
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-12-07

After the Boom -.'When l came to
this town. said the man on the dry
goods box, everything / bad in the
world was tied up in red baudanna
handkerchief. l.t s1S
And nowg'' asked the tourist, who
was waiting for train.
"And now.n replied the man,
everything I've got in the world is
Tribune.