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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-07-20

sisted between the two has always
been an enigma 10 the friends OF Cor.
don and can be accounted for only By
Gordon's deep Righteousness and his
desire to forgive. On more recent
occasion Ii Hung Chang's life was at.
tempted In Shimonoseki during the
progress OF the peace negotiations be.
tween China ana Japan In 1895. Here
he was attacked by fanatlcal jap.
who discharged a revolver point blank
In the ylceroy's face. The bullet has
never been extracted. Though he had
many faults, Ii Hung Chang has also
many redeeming qualities. lie is very
fond OF home life. and takes a deem
interest In the progress OF his family.
TO strangers he. like all his race, Il
most courteous. provided they do MOI
attempt to ram unpalatable truth
down Sls throat. He is extremely hos
pitable. and almost embarrasses IN,
visitor by his solicltude. lie is too ole
TO Institute any departure In Chimes
national life. and much cannot be-
expected OF him in his new post az
Minister OF Commerce Many as his
shortcomings have been. he has left
deep impress upon his day and gea-
eratlon.-New York Journal.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-07-20
The Mnllnn amino rund.

Robert William Perk. member OF
parliament for the Louth division OF
Lancashire. England, is the founder OF
the "i.OO0,OO0 guinea" fund for tho
cause OF Methodism. Subscriptions are
limited to Methodlsta OF England, Scot
land and Wales. and the fund after
being raised, viii be expended In that
territory alone, The basic idea OF the
fund is that contributions OF one
guinea shall be made by 100000 peo-
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-07-20

OF London society's most brilliant funo.
Ions. There the Prince OF Wales
spends a great deal Of his time. and
the Princess OF Wales has been long
Lady Naylor-Leyland's most ardent
friend. A year ago Sir Hubert died.
and now II il announced that Lady
Naylor-Leyland Ia engaged 60 Lieut.
Reginald Ward, fourth son OF the earl
OF Dudley. who IL member OF the
Royal Horse guards and In now In
South Africa. Lieut.. Ward Ia "a years
old ana his nanco 81. Her late hus.
band left her an immense fortune. and
besides her town house rhe has n mag.
niicent country house NJ Colchester
She has one son. who was born IL
1890.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-07-20

when Gambetto died the French
government desired that his body
should be plrced In the pantheon
Gambetta's father. however, objected
and so the interment took place at
Nice. After the death Of Gambetta
pere his sister agreed TO the transfer
OF the remains to the pantheon. The
exhumation Of the body and It's re-
moyal TO Paris will take place next
Jnnnnry.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-07-20
ACE DOES NOT DAUNT FER

A woman OF SO has Just started for
the gold flelds OF Cape Nome from san
Francisco. the oldest OF her sex to seek
her fortune in that bleak and inhoa-
pitable region. She is Mrs, Susan Wor-
den. and despite her years she is active
and enterprislng. She also went to
California by the Panama route forty
eight years ago. With her husband
and son she went into the placer
mines.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-07-20

Although Us years OF age. the Rev.
II. q. Chapman continues to preach
regularly. seventy-eight years ago he
gave up lucrative practice as a solic-
itor in London and started religious
work In connection with the Plymouth
brethren az Barnstaple. Since then be
has preached regularly. and old age
has in no way diminished his ugor.-
London Express.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-07-20

Col. Ward dlscourages the hope OF
callfornians that they may ind a mar
Net for their light wines IN the Philip
pines. The Filipinos. he says, are we'd
ded TO vino" concoction OF aniso
and fuael oil No light wine will ap-
peal TO a vino rppstite.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-07-20

In a new apparatus for handling
goods arranged on shelves the upper
half OF the shelving Is suspended by
means Of puileys and ropes 10 slide up
and down In movable guldeways, with
clutches for securing the pulleys to re-
volylng shafts to raise or lower the
shelves
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-07-20

reached the advanced age OF 92 years,
Is Atill possessed OF that vigorous in
tellect tnat has been pronounced In
him during his life. His memory is
good. In speaking OF the free soil con-
yention In Plttsburg, which lcd up TO
the one in Philadelphia. he said there
was one incident that took place there
that has always left a marked impress
sion on him. During one OF tho ses-
slons there came a call for a speech
from owen Loyejoy. who resided In
Princeton and that year was elected
10 congress. Horace Greeley, he said,
rose and remarked that he did not un-
derstand that this convention was TO
be turned into an abolition meeting,
After that calls came from all parts
OF the house for Mfr. Loyejoy. and the
latter advanced TO the stage, and, Mr..
Bryant says, made one OF the strong
est abolition speeches he ever heard.
Mr.. Bryant, during the war and for
a number OF years afterward. was ae-
tive IN party matters. and held a num-
her OF important positions. In 1873
he became n supporter OF Horace Cree
ley. and since that time has been
identified with the democratic party.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-07-20
TasinE wealth.

A decision OF the Kentucky supreme
court gives TO a city the full amount
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-25
"Her Touch"

A sailor. who met with serious &C!
cident. was carried to the London host
pital. The poor mother hurried to the
building to see her son. She was met
by a kind but firm refusal from the
house physician; but nothing daunted
she pleaded for admission to the poor
fellows bedside. Who could resist q
mothers entreaties? The safety on
the patient lay in his being kept abb
solutely quiet; but the physician con-
scented to her admission on condition
that she did not speak word. she
stole softly to his bedside, and gazeo
as only a mother can at her uncon
scious boy. She dare not speak, but
mothers love was not to be denied al
EXPRESSION, and gently laying hel
hand on his fevered brow she left ]
rest there a moment. and then noise
lessly crept from the room. I'm
watchful nurse heard the comatos
) sleeper murmur the words, He
toucbw and rousing himself. he add
} ed. ..Surely my mother has been here
; 7 know her touchr' All! there was a
electric thrill of sympathy in tina
+ toucb which told its own tale to I'll
: dying man.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-25

There is a prospect that Curriers'
restaurant, on Futon street, New York,
may be converted into playhouse,
where continuous vaudeville Will hold
forth. Merchants in the neighborhood
and their clerks are having heated dis
cussions over the probabilities OF sue
cess or failure Of tho enterprise. The
idea is TO give performances during the
day. with especial attention to the
,unching hour-say from II to 2:So-
when tables will be plentifully sup
piled with the best that the market al
fords. A citizen can pay 81 at the door
and rot only obtain an excellent meal
INIT see a rood show while eating.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-25

11ea. VINO . Q Ds1ng VINO answers -
All our necessities. who II being VINO
Soes not forget the body BY giving
everything to the soul. and who does
INST reduce man to the level OF An an
imal. which eats and drinks and sleeps.
woman has always been and always
will be, powerful-all powerful-on ac-
count Of her beauty, and we poor sery-
ants Of nature can neither dethrone
her nor make her move by unaccus-
toned ways Only we ought to ex-
tend the physical beauty Of q woman
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-25

enough tender stuff for our lambs.
They were travelling slowly, and MT.
Martin determined to get ahead. so
we made night drive. overlook them,
made a circuit around their camp, ana
the next morning our lambs were lead
| ing the way.
New Mexico is always dry region
and the spring had been unusually
dry so that the grass was not very
good and the dust something terrlpie.
Dust. by the way, is always the worst
feature of the trail. The cloud that
hangs over the flock looks, from a
distance. like the smoke from pral-
RE fire. Our faces were black most oL
the time. We all wore eye shields OF
tinted isinglass to protect our eyes,
otherwise some of us might have gone
blind.
After we had passed Las Vegas
some fifty miles from Santa Fe' we DE
gan to descend from the high leVeiS
to the lower plains, and the hills were
almost impossible.
From Las Vegas on into Colorado I'M
grass was burned brown with TN
drought. and water was scarce. "
course we had to depend on ponds
streams for our water supply. Som
of it was pretty thick-"thick enough
Il the boys said, ito carry in gum!
\ sack" But man is not at all pal
ticular when he is ION the tral''
# Sheep are not heavy drinkers and ca
10 do without water if there are heav
no dews on the grass, but on this occ
a. sion the air was so dry that dew
,s were very light, and much of the tin
Is there were none at all. Flnally,
Id were without water altogether. al
for five days the sheep had no wat
he ut all. We boarded the little we ma
mt but at length it was all gone. +
the two whole days, in intense July he'
xit we hadn't a drop for ourselves. L
n sheen had been five days without
I ter when we approached the Canadi
NV River. We were fully mile from
an. hank when the poor animals scent
as the water and stampeded. we
ing our very best, but we might as "
to have tried to stop The wind. In
pos. mad whirling rush. gathering sp
was as they went. the bands crowded
vas rether and reached the river IN
the dense. struggling mass. They plum
,ate in. climbing over each other, ana
,ose ing up until it looked as II we mi
hen lose them all. We, OF course pun
ond after them, towing, dragging
throwing sheep out Of tbs Isvsr' Y
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-25

Martin at once informed me OF the
fraud. and / stopped the count ana
hailed our Mexican friend. To our
accusations he replied with a digm-
fed mo sabe." Martin then hustled
nm the swarthy Interpreter. ana we
gave them some lively talk, but It ie1'
the senior quite undisturbed. the IN
ternreter finally told us the greaser
"wouldn't do it again." but that oia
not settle for what had been recount.
90. The delay was annoying ana II
took us the whole of that day to count
the 1900 wethers and get them out
SO we could hold them safeiy 'na'
night.
The next morning the wethers were
started on their thousand-mlie Trip "
Nebraska. The $4,000 animals wef'
divided into five bands. each In chars'
of a herder on foot. One extra mar
won't along to act as night watch
The cook travelled in the wagon AM
the foreman of the gang, Tom Oar
rett. rode on horseback.
The day after starting the wetner
Martin and 1 undertook to count ID
70 OOO lambs. AS on the first day. -"
were well under way when we DISCO,
, cred another fraud. One OF my me
detected a "greaser" in the ACT
driving a small band, which had pee
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-25
WANTS TO SELL HIS BODY.

contortionist Wants . Cuatomer fes His |
Corpse.
Although by no means desiring to
shufie OF this mortal coil, Walter
wentworth wants to sell his body. He
has done it twice already In his HE
time. and now, although in his seven
ty-ffth year, he is looking about for
another purchaser, and If he finds one,
he thinks he has a good chance OF sur
y,yinz him, too, says the New fork
Herald. Walter is what Is ordinarily
called A freak" He is contortion-
lat and the queer things he does Win
bis legs and his arms, and even MS
animal column, are enough to make
the ewes of the ordinary person Duise
out to a dangerous extent. Even pnysi-
cians are puzzled at the curious way
n vh,ch he handles himself, and II
vas a doctor who first suggested 10
wertworth the idea of selling MS
body. It was just sixty years ago that
wentworth ran away from MS nome
near Detroit, Mich, to ride race noreee,
Then he Joined a travelling circus anu
vent the whole world over. Win al
his knocking about and the seventy
nve years he carries. he Is just as i've.
" and supple as 15-year-oid boy. -
was while he was being exhlolteo ~
Detroit in 1870 that he got chance &c
sell himself. DR.. Cove was greatly III
terested in him, and offered $loo Iol
his body after he had done with !.
for dissecting purposes. Wentworth
iumped at the offer; the money wa
paid down. The doctor, however, con
: veniently died within few months
Wentworth came to New YORK nv
. years later, and was able on the tri
to persuade DR.. H. L. Wilder OF ID
9 Kings county hospital to take stoc
. in him at the same price, a case
y getting in on the basement floor II v
Wilder should live. He thinks u
:. Wilder will be unable to I'LL MS pa
# Of the contract. He is therefore an,
4 ious to find somebody else VINO WI
= invest in him.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-25

dant chances for fraud. From what
follows you will understand why L do
not give the Mexican's name. The
corral was filed with sheep and took
nv station at the chute to count as
they streamed through. Now, 1t IS
dizzy work counting sheep. l could
counr ND to about 500. and then l
would become so dizzy watching the
swiftly moving stream of animals tha'
In would have suddenly to shut tnt
gate that closed the narrow exit
which was just wide enough for
sheen 10 pass through. This done,
would lot down the number in m!
notebook and then let my foreman
John Martin, take my place as long a
| he could stand it. We were gettin
nlong nicely. and had counted up
lGOOO. when Martin made an unpiea'
mt discovery. The gate when wa
the sentrancc TO the first corral wa
next to the partition fence. and u
asrcascr-' VINO VAS tending the gar
4 was forcing sheep through the zoos
4 fence back into the first corral, whe
they would be counted the secon
k3uooi
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-25

A mans ideal Of womanhood n gen
orally worth knowing, and for this
reason the following sentence from m
article In the Humanitarian. written
- Prof. Mantegazza, will be read with
interest: I'm order to approach to the
perfection required in the future, wsm-
an should try to improve herself phys
ically. morally and Intellectually
three adverbs which represent the
great human trinity, three gods In ons
god the god Of happiness, who Is the
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-25

me Germans say 'Wie bednden sie
.,chf. fHow do you and yourself?) OF
"Wie eehtsi" GLOW goes IT'D; the
dutch "Hoe vaart gij?" Glow do you
fare7), the Italians. Come state thew
4. Won etand!); the French Comment
Won. portez-vous" Chow do you carry
vourselfO. In Spain. as in GERMANY
the usual greetings are Como esta
usted?" (How are you) or que IA
Va ?" (How goes it?). The Greeks say
"Ti Kamete?" (What do you ooO'
vhi,e In China the expression d.
"Have YOU eaten your rice?"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-25
a o.os Al, Round laan.

Corporal Lorns Stewart OF G
Company. writing to his home IN
Prince Edward island. says: i spent
ALI morning In having bath, wash
ing my shirt, socks. towels. and darn
ing my socks. can make porriose.
tea. coffee, cocoa, pudding. soup. DOH
vegetables, try besfsteak. wasa' darn,
sew, clean cooking pots. wash oisne.
or do any sort Of housewsrk. SUCH Is
the result of campaigning. ! am 60
ing out to service when 80 nome Sc
n you knew of any one wanting
cook. housemaid. or general servant
Just recommend me; l am equal =
anything from nursing kamr DAD
10 washing the older children.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-25

counted and turned out, around
through a ravine and back towards
the host of sheep waiting to enter the
first corral. We stopped the swindler
in time, however. I then scattered my
men out at all points where fraud
might be attempted, and then proceeu-
ed with the count.
The morning after we had counted
the lambs we stated them a1ter 'ne
others. l hired a horse from oah'a
Fe stable and went with them Tor y
short distance, riding on ahead WIFI
! Martin to overtake the first outnt
, convinced that the men knew theil
: business and would make the grea
/ divide without serious trouble, re
T turned to Santa Fe. Then, as Ill!
e business interests would not permit
j. longer absence, I returned to Nebras
n ka nv rail. AS to the details OF I'll
e trip. Mr.. Charles Taylor, who was Oh
s of nv herders and Is still In my Ell
s ploy, will give them:
e 7 started as herder with the ouhc
:; of lambs which Mr.. DAILY had pousl
In santa Fe, and was with the OUT
e. for the whole trip. There were SON
'e features of the trip which might nav
Is been called hardships, but l myse
enjoyed it. have worked with snet :
H. the greater part of ten years. ana I
O. not mind a little inconvenience.
he Our $4,000 lambs were run ID 8
ed hands. with a herder IN charge
n each. so there were five herders
IN sides myself. Mr.. Martin was foi
n. man of our crew, Frank Willis W
er cook on our wagon, and Jonn MOI,
nd was night herder. We lett santa
" ON the list day Of May, and the wee'
~. or was hot. On the second day
ut discovered that the wethers WI,
ey were ahead Of us were getting
lid hest of the feed and not ieaV'
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-25
dS7S7S7<dST>>rS'>>'S'>|'
IA THOUSAND MILES WITH
|, AN ARMY Or SHEEP.
By r, H. Daily, Of Omaha, Neb.

\ I have for years been engaged at
various times in the handling of sheep,
being what is called "sheep feeder.
IA feeder is a man who receives
sheep from the ranges into the feed
lots, where they are fattened for mar
ket: and he is distinguished from .
.'breeder," who grows his sheep OH
the range. Some years since con-
tracted with a Mexican gentleman Nv
ing in Santa Fee, in New Mexico 10
buy 10000 New Mexico sheep. O"ihs
to some difficulties with the railroad
company In the matter of feight rates
IL determined to have the sheel
"trailed through" to Nebraska, whicl
In Western parlance means drlvins
them overland. My ranch and FEED lot'
were at that time located at Stevenson
In Central Nebraska; and 1t was u!
| intention to get the sheep to my yaros
there fatten them on grain' ana thel
send them to the Omaha market.
had contracted for the sheep II
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-25
Doctors Advice Free!

About Tetterine. DR.. NJ. Il. Fieioer
of Eclectic P. O., Elmore Co., Ala,
saws: "I know it to be q radical cure
for letter, salt rheum, eczema ana ali
kindred diseases Of the skin and scalp.
I never prescribe anything else in all
skin troubles" Send Doc. In stamps
for box of it, postpaid, to the Man
ufacturer, J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah
Ga, if your druggist doesn't keep It,
The matrimonial game Is q tie when maj
to discover that neither possesses 1t.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-25

This was done, and so they were aoie
to get across without loss.
OF course we had to replenish our
stores occasionally, and our GUN
would 90 across country to some ,o"n
near ms when we needed sometnihs'
Our principal fare was bread. paeon
and gravy. Bread was DaKeu e,e,y
day in the big camp kettle. 1t misnt
no supposed that we had mutton ZOE
dinner sometimes, but we ola no''
though we had nearly $1,000 sheep ~
front of us. Very few sheep men wiz
eat mutton. 1 myself would have 10
he very hungry indeed to eat 1t.
We followed no roads, but strucA
ont across open country wherever 1or-
age was good. At night we always
tried to find a hillside for the camp'
sheen have a great many peculiar no.
lions. and will only lie down quietiy
on A hillside. We made only aoou'
eight miles day. as we gave 'no
sheen plenty of time to Craze. WINE
the rest of us slept the night watch
went his rounds, moving ABOUT Tue
edge of the camp and keeping sharp
look out for wolves. Both our outn'
and the flock of wethers were man
aged in the same way.
Passing through Colorado we oftei
had TO cross ranches, for there is Du
little open range left in the eastern
| part of the State. And sometimes )"
!. were hard pressed to keep from dam
= aging crops. On several occasion
4 ronchmen demanded small damages
S which Mr.. Martin always PAID.
e It was early summer when we star
r cd and we kept on through midsun
v nSer in the dry heat and aikah a"'
d till the grass was Drowned by fros
J. Across Nebraska we took the straigh
est line for the Platte River to g
a water. We reached the river opposi
70 North Platte-the very first town na
ta seen in a journey of nine hundr'
q miles.
~ On one occasion we approached
- large cornfield, and found that '
Nv could save three miles by goll
Of through it instead Of around. Mari
%. said, simply, 'Take 'em through a
nv we did. On the farther side STOOD
Of man with shotgun waiting for us
,s- whats the damage" asked a
he Martin.
NO "Twenty dollars. and not CT
M less" answered the farmer. Mar
Maid him the money and on we we
,cb We reached the little town OF st
rh+ enson on the evening of the last {
tft of September-just five months If
mo the day we started. The second Dul
,yo had oyertaken us, and we W
,o,f through the town with our twer
CON nine thousand odd sheep. The fog
Do dust we raised nearly smothered
town.
ak / enjoyed the whole drive, ana
of all came through in the best OF hea
no. found I had gained twenty pou
oro. in weight and never felt better.
was (SigneO CHAS. TAYLO
iris The sheep came through their Il
Re sand-mile drive In good condltl
9TH. much better than If they had
we shipped" in. Since that time m
b,ch other .sheepmen have followed my
the ample and trailed In their she'
wing The Wide World Magazine.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-25

n, finest natural hsrbor In Puerto
Rice IL at Jobos, on the southeast
east. II Is large enough and deep
snsuxh to accommodate ships OF any
draught, but it needs an improved en-
trance. In addition to the commercial
value Of Jobos harbor, It has . strate-
gie importance not surpassed In this
part Of the werld. It II perfectly shell
tsreA and screened. A naval neet sta
tionsd there might block any Euro
pean expedition directed toward Cuba
M isthmus canal, or the Pacific coast