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The Conservative, 1901-10-24

in the world considers wonderful, but
that amt what makes you lone and
lorn. You git that feelin' when you
look at your wallet.
"You want better things to eat
than you are gettin' now; you want
clothes like folks wears that comes
here from New York, Boston and
Philadelphy you want house with
a lot of soft t-bottomed chairs in it,
and, most of all, jist now, you want
four red hosses and kerridge with
your coat of arms painted on both
DOORS
1T don't worry you none to think
that you've spent your life sawin'
wood, hoein' corn and squashin' tater
bugs you don't feel no sorrer when
you consider that you amt done moth
in sence you was born that it will be
wuth while putin Oh your grave
stone. If you only had the money that
some folks has, you'd be the happiest
little deacon in the world.
cts jist the lack of spondulix
that's up-sot you, deacon. That's
what's filled your heart with hate
and envy. 1t ain t no fit frame of mind
for nobody to git into, least of all a
deacon of the church. Instead of 60
in about sayin,' I'm a poor, lone,
lorn deacon, and everything that amt
lone and lorn goes contrary with
me, you ought not to rest day nor
night until you git that cussed sperit
out of your system. If you cam t do that
you amt fit to be the deacon of no
church i'll Ogunquit. IN. Y. Times
The Conservative, 1901-10-24

persition once I've heard it a thous-
and times. I'd like to run across the
feller that could show me what it's
standin on. Hanged if 1 can see any
legs under it,
'The time 1 went to South Dakoty
1 had couple of hours to spare in
New York, and went down and tux
look at that ere Brooklyn Bridge.
Do you know the fust thing that come
into my head when I seen that
bridge? 1 says to myself, says I,
That wasn't made by no man. That's
as much Of a meracle as anything I
ever read of in the Bible. If had
stuck to that idee l wouldn't be no
foolisher than them is who says man
can be millionaire without Robin
somebody. The buildin' of that ere
bridge looks to me to be terrible
sight more of an achievement than the
accommodation of as much money as
the bridge cost would be.
II was readin' in the paper day
or two ago about the new steamboat
that had jest got into New York.
She's 700 foot long and so big guess
you could put all Ogunpuit inside her
if you TUX the houses apart. A man
made that ere vessel. Why don't you
call him robber and hoss thief and
tell folks how he billed and ct both
his grandmothers? Accordin' to my
Judgment he's done somethin' that's
consider'bl more wonderful than the
gittin' together of a fortune.
81 seen you whitewashin' your old
hog pen t'other day. You handle the
brush pooty good, deacon, but your
work won't live all awful while after
yon' re buried up there in the meetin
house buryin' ground. Why don't
you hate folks that's paintin' things
so wonderful that when you come
back to airth thousand years from
now you'll see their pictures hangin'
up in pictur' galleries and sellin at
the rate of over 81 900 square foot !?
Why amt you got as much right to
hate the feller that has the gift of
paintin' and uses it as the feller that,
bein' born with business head OH his
shoulders, has managed to turn a
stream of cold cash into his office
safe?
Like Dickens Character.
10 VITO
The Conservative, 1901-10-24
Like Dickens Character.

"My darter Annie reads consider
BILE off and on, and once in while
she reads aloud to me. I've jist
thought of something she read out of
a book feller named Dickens wrote
They was all old woman in the book
that was all the time sayin' las nigh
as [ can remember, I'm a poor, lone
and lorn critter; everything goes con-
trary with me.
"You and the rest of your million
aire haters is like that old woman
That's about the size of it that's all
the sense they is in it. You are a
lone, lorn critter. You aint done moth
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27

colors change with every movement OF
the wearor and Of the beholdor'a eye.
The makers OF the dress received
81 900 for Il. and complained that the
price paid was barely remu~neratlve.
The gown contains millions Of K
tromely nnc and delicate strands OF
pure spun glass. made and woven into
glass cloth by hand In Dresden. Ger
many. The cloth was brought to
Paris by n prominent French Dress
maker and made into the dress. which
required 1--WE months and two days 20
complete The dress was cut in the
latest Partisan fashion. Il took over
fourteen yards Of extra wide glass
cloth. 30 yards Of spun glass braid
snd 20 yards Of glass fringe, making
In all "a yards. TO make up this gar
mcnt Many would suppose that this
great quantity OF cloth. braid and
fringe would make II rather heavy,
but Il does not weigh any more. n as
much. az an ordinary evening gown.
Its minute strands are 80 artistically
woven ana interviewer that II Is per-
fectly flexible. as q silk dress would
be, and can be worn like any other
garment with perfect comfort and
freedom.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27

The residents OF the East Tennessee
mountains celebrate Christmas day
with a barbecue. An OK or steer Is
prepared for roasting. the interior is
allied with chickens. ducks. wild tur-
keys and birds, and the whole Is sus-
pended over a huge wood fire which Is
built In some convenient outdoor To-
cality.
The guests come from adjacent
counties In great wagons covered with
cornstalks, from beneath which black
Jugs are drawn and their contents
sampled.
There are side-lssues in the shape
OF small fires at which the boys roast
the fat coons captured In their coon
hunts, and there is a fiddler who no
sooner starts up THE Arkansaw Tray
eler" than old and young begin to
dance.
Ice cream there Is none and bon
bons are unknown. but cider and gin
gerbread abound. Often girls. escorted
by their admirers, Will walk seven
miles to attend.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27

Myriads OF British and American
tourists are at this moment dolighting
themselves with the g%randeura OF AL
pine travel. Nothing in the world's
history Is more impressive than the
story OF the Alps. Ten or twelve mill
lion years ago. possibly far more. u
long unseen line OF weakness. n crack
or assure In the carth's crust
stretched away from France eastward
hundreds OF miles. on this line fol-
lowed huge volcanic %outbursts. Next
ensued a vas slow subsistence. which
went on through geologic epochs. UNI
III whore Mont Blanc now rears It's
summit 1880 feet was a sea ringing
an old continent. Large rivers emptied
into IT, Deposits OF mud. sand. gravel
were laid one on another as the sink
ing went on. until the layers became
$4,000 feet. nearly ten miles, thick.
Then at last commenced n great up
lifting. the struggling subterranean
forces raised a huge load. For agea
this went on until the rocks, crumbled.
crushed. contortod. rose above tho
waters, and continued TO rise, forming
lines OF mountain chains and making
Switzerland q tableland. Every hour
since then rain aud snow. river. gla-
clor and avalanche have been Eculp-
turing into peaks and carving into
lakes and valleys that vast platform
with its recent sedimentary covering
and prlmoval granite core, The re-
suit IN a land Of unequal grandeur.
Find you this In the guide book2 Not
a word OF IT, Yet Professor Judd in
his charming Volcanoes" (Kegan
Paul. told the tale years ago In half
n dozen pages, Would not the travel
er look on the Matterhorn, the Jung
frau. the stupendous splugen, the
slve Gotharg, the Mer der Glace. the.
deep Lake d Geneva. with auickored'
interest had he this story before himf
And Il can be told so easily; but 'tis
not therc.-London Telegraph.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27
the WORLDS SHEEP.

Among domestic animals the sheep
is the most useful 10 man. In tho
British Isles alone there are 20, 900. 600
sheep. The worlds total stock is
$40, OOO. 900. or fully 100, 900 900 moro
than all other domestic animals com-
blned. II might be possible to dis
pense with tho $500. 900 toni OF NUT
ton the world deyours In the course OF
a year. though IL comprises ono-nfth
OF the total meat supply; but what
we could not do without Is the wool.
Great Britain alone exports 3ii 900, 900
10. weight OF wool In a year. turning
this vast amount OF fleece into mate
rial valued at 1920. OOO. 1000. The world
at large works up very nearly i2,O0O,-
900 ions OF sleeps wool In the same
period. This is a hugely greater
amount than that OF any other mate
rial used for cloth-making. Cotton
only runs $1,000 tons. and the other
forty hbres In common use do not all
together aggregate half OF this amount.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27


This angular and tlbby stced
Is famed Tor neither grace nor speed
And yet lts worth is recognized
When once a week 'tls exercised,
For maidons then upon It place
The trappinRs OF the human race.
The Tirc-Dogs.
Upon the hearth these faithful Dogs
Guard z%ealously the blazing logs.
They boast a lengthy pedigree
Jf ancient English ancestry.
Their breed Is growing very raro:
am In luck to own a pair.
The Monkey-wrcnch
Thou art. to womankind at least,
a willy and unfriendly beast.
Elusive. slippery and wild.
Although with man thou'rt tame and
mild.
Since thou 20 him art such n friend,
Perhaps from monkeys men descend.
Tho sewlng-nec
This Is, In truth, a busy Beet
II huns about the family tree.
To string II oftontlmos contrivos.
Aud on a dish OF gossip thrlves.
Whene'or It's haleful buzz / hear,
" possible | disappear
JEANNE Belts Hartswlck.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27

was 10 be hers. bot his? Gathering up
the long rustlng train 81 her BALL
dress. she mounted the stains pushed
open the door o. DTS drcs Ing room
'Edwin-my Goll"
Tho cry broke from the Inns that t.d
grown stih and s,ill She crcnt f.
ward Her white arm and wll.t stru X
against his uplfcd hand
Edwin Why did you do thlsg Yo,
were about to take your llfcl why?
Why?"
Her hands closgd upon BIS wrist.
The t'co-liko pressure recalled him
'1m the trance In which he had stood
mil then.
why not7" lie spoke hoarsely
Can you love mc2 Can anything re-
call the words You uttered two weeks
ago."
"Edwlnl Forgrt thom' Forget"
81 thought I knew YOU. ho went on
as before. "T thought I knew You az
cold-but not-not as You revealed
yourself that day. / always hoped.
hoped for your heart some time. That
afternoon | saw you and your heart as
they were, You have what you wish
a fortune. Me YOU will not need"
II dol" she cried. "You must listen
to mo. You must understand me.
though I scarcely understand myself.
My heart was cruel and cold because Il
had never been awakened. never
knew you as you areas the man you
arei"
.
Edwin Thompson and his wife have
been abroad two years. Theirs Is a
harmonious household. Their fortune
generously expended draws society
about them. But Mrs. Thompson has
ceased to be q society woman"
Since when have you so changed.
Roso7" asks her friends.
She smiles in a sad yet happy way
and replies;
Since my last New Years ball"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27
How the Roy. view IL.

Say" said one small boy the other
afternoon, has your mother begun e
hurl tn Santa Claus gag into you
yet?"
Jaw. sure" was the reply. 81 bin
gittin' that fr n couple o. months now.
Ev'ry time I make n break she points
her finger at me and tells mo Santa
Claus amt a-goln' q bring me nothiu'
n don't get next & m'self"
what dye do them
Jaw. what else would I do but let
her 20 on thinkin' that ! blleye In
Santa Claus?"
That's right. all right" said tho
other boy. 'Y' might ies' as wen let
'cm keep on thinkln' you believe In tn
old fake. II makes EN- feel god, an
You get more wen they think you
blieve In SANITY. too"
Sure thing. An. say. It's a good
game T. write down on a piece o. pa.
per what you want tn old dub T. chuck
In your stoclin'. an han IN list L
your mother. She wants You Z keep
right on blievin' IN his old whisker-
lets. an she don't. want 4 disa9point
you, an she's ilble e put mos o. tn
things you ask fr in your sockin'."
"Oh. always work that old one"
said the other boy. ind then they went
on playing shiny.
And a mar who had overheard the
conversation stro'led away with a feel
Ing that the world Is growing a bit
hoar aud sad.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27
A cAvr.

There Is n cave near Cole Camp.
lately brought to notice by the sinking
OF a shaft in a hunt for zinc ore. which
regard as n OF the most beautiful
works OF nature In all cave forma-
lions. The cave Is twenty feet high
from roof 10 floor. circular In shape.
with a diameter OF twenty-eight feet.
The roof. floor and sides are lined
with a fine grade OF hnryte (tin they
call II In the country white as snow.
and on this white background iron
pyritos have seemingly been sprinkled
In small particles, aa though put on
With a pepper box Continual contact
with the water In the cave gives tho
pyrito the appearance OF Furnished
gold. From the roof hangs great long
calcite %stalactltos. with highly polished
surfaces and colored TO perfection
From the floor have grown stalagmltes
OF the same character. color and an
pearance, but with this wonderful dif.
ferenco-oach ono OF the stalagmltes
10 tipped with a beautiful cube OF lead,
as clean and bright as n Just made.
This cube OF lead, placed as II Is, 80
bright and fresh 10 mind, IN the
strongest proof OF the present growth
OF lead that | have over seen, and |
Imagine Il wonld be highly interest
Ing TO scientific men. On the sldes OF
this cave there are panels OF lead that
are eighteen inches square. inserted, as
II were, In the baryte. How thick or
how far back the lead extends has not
yet been detarm'Nei. The calclto for
nations on the sides resemble In ap-
pearanoe the stalactite. with this diff
ference, that they are pressed against
the sides, very much after the man
ner n has OF crossing the arms on
the breast The roof OF the cave Is
thirty-slx feet from the surface. and
one OF the most gorgeous sights /
have over seen under a bright light.
The owners OF the property are to
pump the water out next week. and
with some biologists that I have in
vited, will examine Il during the fair
week at Sedalla. For an attraction |
know Of nothing more beautiful, and
could II be arranged TO take the lin
Ing Of this ave out and reproduce Il
at the worlds fair at 81. Louis. ! am
sure II would be very attractive to
all, including tho scientific and the
lover OF art in nature Worlds Fair
Bulletin.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27
n1nnrsr rrnorrAN nAILwAr.

The highest railway In Europe 10
now being built to the summit OF the
Jungfrau, 1880 feet above sea level.
The track will run through n tunnel
winding round the solid body Of the
Eiger mountain as far as Eiger sta
ton, about 1O.5S7 feet above sea-level.
which is to be laid open by galleries.
It will continue in a straight line for
some distance, falling then In the de
rection OF the Jungfrauioch, keeping
2ss feet below the surface OF the ridge.
and finally curving round the upper
most solid block Of the mountain,
reaching Its end point on a plateau
1890 feet above sea-leyel. II Is ex-
pected that the arst station, at Eiger-
wand. 9.4OO feet above s%ea-leyel, will
be al Elsmeer. az an altitude Of l0,S7O
feet. this will be the highest railway
station In Europe. The length OF the
line will be a little over seven miles
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27

One Of the most extraordinary trees
In the world Is found In Madagascar.
Il Is known as the tangen tree, and
because It abounds In poison the name
tanghlnia v~enenifera nas been given
to II by botanists. In the o. 'inal rec
ords Of Madagascar It hef Siayed a
notable part until quite recently.
Whenever an accused person was
brought into court, fruit from the tree.
about the size OF an apple, was handed
TO him by an attendant Thereupon
the Judge. who was surrounded by
several witnesses. babe him eat the
fruit. and assured him that II It pro-
duced no III effects he would be
deemed innocent OF the charge which
had been made against him. On the
other hand, II the poison In the fruit
killed him, he would be considered
guilty. Many unfortunate persons. Il
is said. lost their lives In this way.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27
ABOUT OSTRICH FARMING.

For the past fifteen years ostrich
farming in Cape Colony has been a
highly successful industry. In the past
ten years ending In 1899, before the
beginning Of the war, the number OF
the birds increased from ll5, 900 TO
26i 900. Twenty-Five years ago the
statistics Of Cape Colony said that
there were only ten tame ostriches In
the colony, The birds each yield about
a pound and a half OF feathers every
year, the average value being Si2 a
pound. The finest feathers, OF course,
the the wing feathers OF the male bird,
which are long and white and bring
from $50 TO $40 a pound. Il takes
eighty OF them TO make a pound. The
wing feathers OF the female ostrich are
much lower In value because they are
always gray. The supply was much
smaller when II came wholly from
wild birds and the best quality OF
feathers frequently brought as much
as Sl35 a pound. As each male bird
yields only about twelve or fifteen OF
these feathers and as there is always
a steady demand for them the price
Is not likely to fall much until the
ostrich farming industry becomes
larger than It is now.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27
CHRISTMAS BELLs.

Softly sIlvcrn, and golden clear.
lHe passing bells 1f Che passing yesr.
Hlrr QUIT ring uut' I'D chimes,
Is knoll Tor thc rose, the summer
dead.
Tor the lavish autumn full richly sped.
And the bI0sH1Wy April times.
Softly sIlyeru. % christmas bclisi
Your llns0mc ciumur ur falls or swCll8
lu a horus rihyl rIuElur.
UJrk' hark' 10 Hwoll8 Into upper afr,
To join the stave ao fine. so rare.
The earth. the heavens. are singing.
Richly silvcru and high and far.
As the dazzling CLEAN of a falling star.
Huris Co the angels crying
Peace upon cafthi Good VIII to- mon''
Ana betIs from hamlet, plain and glen,
Ia hlah accord replying.
Frank LDHliC's Magazine.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27

Estolle, Maude and May Robbins
lstood In the window with Their heads
close together.
IT am so sorry" whispered Estelle.
Il do SC want to make mamma and
papa q New Years present and / have
spent all my money-every cent"
80 have l." said Rosy, "and ! have
mot kept even a piece Of ribbon or an
Gee of worsted,"
II Is too dreadful" Maudo whisper
"a. III that horrld Miss Croker had
not insisted upon our buying those lit
tile books at the fair we would all
have had plenty OF money. / wonder
how long she is going to stay. She is
so fussy." said Maude. Nothing suits
her. Sometimes she says: This egg
lis too soft. Lizzie; take II away and
bring me another Then Lizzie makes
up a face and have to laugh"
"Well but Maude." said Estelle. who
was the eldest, that is wrong. The
girl who is hired to wait on the table
should never make faces, no matter
what happens; and you must never
laugh at her again. I I'm sure Miss
AlCroker saw you this morning"
- but she is fussy," ssid Ray, land !
Aish she would go home"
"Mamma likes her" replied Estelle.
[ou know she was mammals teacher
CO and some one left her a big for
and so she stopped teaching"
nd mamma says. too. that she is
charitable and gives heaps and
to the poor people" put in Ray.
Then I wish she had bought those
oks herself instead OF making US
l1spend all our money" grumbled
Maude.
III we had been honest and said
right out. I want all my money for
myself perhaps she would" said Es-
telle.
Tomorrow Is New Years day, It
is too late TO get anything now" sigh
cd Ray,
II we only had some OF that lovely
wool Miss Croker has been winding
for the last three days. we could knit
mamma some beautiful mats for her
arsssing case. / could knit one be-
tora9ark," said Estelle, mournfully,
build you. my dear?' said a voice
10 behind them.
The three children turned and saw
ISIS Croker sitting in a rocking chair
Pit behind them. They did not
Nov how long she had been there or
eos much she had heard, but she had
AS'se large balls OF brilliant colored
FNl In her lap.
IRE you sure, Estelle, that you
~ make a mat before dark?" said
~, Croker. looking over her spec
at the three blushlng faces be-
Nv Yer, Maude and Ray answered
.Tt very shyly.
In" aid the lady. sit down
MY .n the sofa and / will give you
@~ % Of these balls OF wool"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27
A nnrss WADE or GLASS.

One OF the most curious objects at
the Paris exposition was a dress Of
glass. The fabric closely resembles
rich silk, is quite comfortable to wear.
strong and durable. It consists OF
threads Of glass, which, when spun
out TO great hneness, lose their brittle
ness. The dress, which is said 10 be
the only ono OF It's kind, was bought by
a young concert singer, who now
wears II at her public appearances.
The glass from which the threads we're
originally made was perfectly clear.
but the fabric when made up has a
curious green tint In daylight. At
night K has a strange irridescence. It's
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27

He who has well nigh nllod. Dor.
chance unprohtably the space allotted
to his little episode In the universal
record, whose fingers tromble over
perhaps. the last leaf OF his auto-
biography, win do well to look TO the
rounding OF his final period; while the
youth who has just commenced hlz
life journal cannot be too careful that
1t shall contain no entry which. dying
he would wish to blot
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27

Christmas day ia nowhere antiol-
pated with more pleasure or celebrated
more j~oyially than among the tackles
on board the men-of-war. Wherever
the ship may be on Christmas. and
the navy is usually scattered all over
the world, the day is Invariably set
aside for a general iolllacatlon. Tit
elaborate Christmas dinner. the dec
Grating OF the ship. the skylarlunr
and games have become tradition In
the navy. The officers and men alike
ali Join in making the day a very
merry Christmas,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-27
NEW YEARS ADVICE.

There r. n foe that watches
Your comfort TO destroy,
Assuming shapes Of evil
To Interrupt your Joy.
To keep him at n distance
Should be your purpose true.
SO never trouble trouble
TIL trouble troubles youi"
Each day he may remind you
or sorrow that's In store:
Each day with hints and shadows
PerplcN you more aud more;
But 10 not forth to meet him
Az many people do.
And never trouble trouble
TIL trouble troubles youl"
It's time enough to worry
when misery appears;
TITS tlmc enough for weeping
when there's excuse Tor tears;
So ever at the fountain
Ofiprnycr your faith renew,
And never trouble trouble
TAN trouble troubles your
For they who borrow trouble
Are never out OF debt.
Der every fuuclCd evil
They worry. fumc, and fret;
And if you would De happy
Another courfc pursue,
And never trouble trouble
TIL trouble troubles your
Anticipating pleasure
May give relief from pain;
Anticipating sorrow
IL never any gain.
And II you would be cheerful
In mind ana body, too,
Then never trouble trouble
TIL trouble troubles youi"