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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-22
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SWf'NH NRhhNh'h ANNeaNs
Rear Admiral Terry. commandant at
the Washington navy yard. tells an
amusing story about court martial re-
quirements In the navy. Admiral Skier
rett was then a captain. and an officer
who had been charged with an offense
and ordered under arrest presented
himself wearing his full dress uniform,
but having no sword Il can't arrest
YOU" said Capt. skerrett, looking for
the missing sword, unless you come
prepared 10 submit your sword TO me-"
The officer explained that he had not
received his sword from home, al
though II had been expressed to him.
well, you'll have to get one" was
the reply. so the officer sklrmished
about in the navy yard for some one
who had n sword to lend. Finding
one. the offender returned to Capt.
slterrett and was promptly and regu-
larly put under arrest according TO
regulations.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-22

The heroic equestrian statue OF Rob
ert 70. Lee, In Richmond. Va. Is boz
lleyed 10 have hundreds OF pounds OF
honey concealed inside Of IT, For
months bees have been going in and
out OF the parted lips OF both tho hu-
man and animal figure. Tho insects
were hrat seen there last summer. aud
doubtless have been making honey
ever since There Is no way TO get
inside either figure without doing IT.
reparable damage. but fear Is enter
tanned that yandal hands may mako
the attempt
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-22

Only twelve out OF the 400 enlisted
force on the receiving ship Richmond.
at the League island navy yard. or
dered TO learn the words OF the star
spangled Banner" gave evidence re-
Gently that they knew the song. says
the Philadelphia Press. Capt. Leary,
OF the Richmond. sent forth the order
that no leaves OF absence ashore would
be granted unless the men showed that
they knew the words OF the national
anthem. To ascertain how many OF
the sailors and landsmcn really had
memorized the song Capt Leary de-
oided TO hold a /. Il examination. In
the morning. after the men had been
lined up at roll call Chaplain Morri-
son requested all those who knew the
words to step forward. To the sur
prise and dlsmay Of the officers only
twelve stepped out from the ranks.
To relieve the nervous tension and
merriment the Lieutenant In charge Inn
mediatoly gave the order to "air beds"
Some Of the sailors say that while the
captain has authority to compel them
20 learn rules Of ordinance. ne has no
right TO order them 20 learn "Tho Star
spangled Banner" As a large major
ity OF the men who crave leave OF alb
sence declare they will not learn tho
song, the situation promises interest
Ing Developments.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-22

President Roosevelt" said an old
resident OF Washington, has many OF
the tastes and traits Of Gen. Grant. OF
course he IS more loquaclous. and do
not doubt that he viii make better
administrative officer, but. like Gen.
Grant he doesn't wish 10 have sort
OF halo thrown around him because he
Is the President Of the United States.
He walks 10 church and he permits his
children 10 romp. Gen Grants chill
dren were not 30 young as the Roose-
welt heirs, but Just the same they
ruled the unofficial end OF the White
House. Gen Grant walked nearly ey-
orywhore he went, and a stranger who
had never seen hls portrait would
probably have taken him, on one OF
his trips from the white House 10 the
capitol, for countryman seeing tho
sights lie was the greatest window
Razer / ever knew. Anything novel
would attract him. can see him now,
IN my mind. with the inevitable cigar
between his teeth. standing In front
OF some store on Pennsylvania avenue
looking at baubles designed TO attract
women and children. And 80 demo-
cratic was President Grant In his
habits that the crowd passed him by"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-22
oArrAIN AmrnN.s sAMrLrs.

Capt. George p. Ahern. Ninth United
States infantry. chief OF the forestry
bureau OF the Philippine archipelago
who has prepared a book on the woods
of the Philippines. has been in Wash
ington experimenting tine publishing
OF the reports Of his bureau. which will
soon be issued by the war department
He has also an exhibit Of Philippine
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-22

Howard Sloan and Henry n. Wal
n and forcing her to surrender her
( money she had In the bank)
he GASES they build their houses boz
Meath the palms. which afford much
needed shade from the hot sun. Sun
dried mud bricks are the chief thing
used In making these houses. Palm
Trees provide any timber necessary.
Tue houses are two stories high.
Blt for the low doorways one would
mink they were high walls only All
me Internal light 10 obtained by open
lnsa on the courtyard round which tho
house Is built.
The Arab home Is somewhat OF a
prison for the women. who arc rarely
seen abroad They take their walks
upon the FIAT roofs. which are common
% ail eastern lands. But few Arabs
i've In houses. They are great wan
aerers Wherever you travel in Al
seria you nre always meeting large
caravans on the move. These Befoulns
I'VE In tents, which are simply camel
cloths stretched over boughs. For the
most part they are poor and live on
me produce Of a few sheep and goats.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-22

George W. Carleton. the New York
publisher who died recently, opened
book store on Broadway nearly half
century ago. and II became line lite.
Tafy rendezvous OF the time. He pub
hshed "Artemus Wards" first book,
and also tho books Of Bret Harte and
other leading noyellsts.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-22
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
SOME SHORT STORIES FOR TINE
VETERANS.

Estimates Of the Navy for the Fiscal
Year Ending Jane so. 1908. show
the Need of sos.0io.osA-Navy's In.
creased Cost
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-22

He--Yes, know two men l thor
oughly admire. she-lndeed? Who's
the other one
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-22

Requests for Mckinley Autographs.
Among the papers Of the late Presl-
dent Secretary Cortelyou has found
5000 requests for Mr. McItinloy'a auto
graph. tho accumulation OF the sum
mer.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-22


earrings TO the value OF $500 and $50
In money. Then the bandits lowered
the price OF freedom to $1,000. FL
nally they agreed to let her 20 II
she promised not TO inform the au-
thoritles OF the kidnapping and would
give them checks bearing her endorse
ment for the sum OF LOO The quar-
tet represented themselves as tho
worst gang Of burglars that ever in.
vaded Philadelphia and threatened 20
murder her II she informed on them.
The imprisoned woman was in a
wretched state Of mind. fearing her
life might DO taken al any moment,
She was let go finally and sent away
in closed carriage so as 10 confuse
her as 10 the locality She said she
suffered torturea while IN the power
OF the kidnapers, being bound and
gagged during her four days combine
ment.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-22

Upon her release the woman told che
particulars TO her lawyer. who engaged
the sheriff to hunt down the guilty,
and soon the four accused we're brought
In. The first was Knight, stonog-
rapher on tho Philadelphia North
American; then Dunlop, a barber, and
Wallace, a society reporter on the
Philadelphia Press. and lastly sloan.
the leader and a bad man generally,
who has been connecting evil schemes
for years with the idea OF getting
rich out OF them. He induced the 9TH
or young men to 90 into the Goodrich
plot. believing there was big money IL
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-22

Minnesota IS called the Bread and
Butter State. and rightly too for last
year her mills turned out 5000. 500
barrels OF -four and ohurned over co.
OO0. 900 pounds OF butter
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-22

Byron spent The leisure hours OF
nearly four years In the preparation
OF the fra. two cantos OF Childo
Harold.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-22

Miss Eleanor Gist has been engaged
ior MiaH Grace Georges company.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-11-22
TO TELL OF TURKEY.
WOMAN KNIGHT ERRANT COMING
TO AMI RioA.

The Princes. usirie lien Ayad, wife OF
Former Diplomat Of Ottoman I'm
Pirs, IA Carrying on = Crusade Against
social Conditions.
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white settlement, on August 6, these chil- dren, along with their parents, were each given their allotment of land, which com prlses 160 acres of their own choice any where in the country. The parents were allowed to take the land for them, but the title remains vested in the youngsters them selves, so the parents, no matter how eager may be their desire to convert these farms into cash and squander that, cannot do so. These children are all assured of tract of land that will be quite valuable when they have attained their majority.
 One little gir! is worth $20, 900 in her own right. She is Kiowa Annie by name, and her farm lies near the new town of Hobart, in the rich Washita Valley. Her father, by chance, selected this farm for his daugh. ter, not knowing that the home-seeke when they came in, would choose to erect a town near 1t. But the farm is there, and the town is growing. By the time Kiowa Annie reaches her majority she can lay her farm out into town lots and realize fortune from the sale of them. She is now four years old, and is being sent to the govern ment schools at Darlington.
 These little girls are for the most part quick to learn, and when sent away to the government schools learn rapidly. The chil. dren of all these tribes have to be sent to the government schools according to the laws governing them. The eachers at once dress them In little white gingham . dresses and remove the leather dresses and moccasins of the redskin. They are robbed of their long Indian names and called by shorter ones of the teachers own make.
 If they are apt to learn, and most are, they complete the common school course in six or seven years and are then sent East to the government schools, where the higher branches are taught Some of the young full-blooded women who have returned from these schools during the last few years have been married to white men and now make the best of housekeepers.
 In tepee life the Indian is unique. It Is given nothing to play with except the toads that hop about the tepee doors. It has no playmates except those of it's own rela- ton, and it receives but few caresses from Its parents. The squaw mother Is in the habit of putting her baby to bed at dark they sleep in little sacks, open for breathing pace-then she goes away to a dance or something of that nature, leaving the child to its own resources. If it cries no one comes to soothe it, so 1t has learned to go to sleep without 1t. So crying has come to be almost unknown among these children
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them all in the house and up one of the dozens of little halls that connected all of the rooms. At the end of this hall was an other little hall that led back to the door again, so when MT. Fox was going up one hall, MT. Beaver and his family went down the other and out the front door. Then MT. Beaver shut and locked both doors of his house, so that Mir Fox could not get out. q guess that will fix MT. Fox all right" said Mir. Beaver to his children, and then they all went over to the other side of the pond to take dinner with their second cousin.
 When MT. Fox had got his breath he started to look for the Beavers. He came to one hall after another and went down them all, sometimes in the water and some- times out of it, but he could not catch a glimpse of single Beaver, and no wonder either, for at that minute they were all eating dinner at the other side of the pond
 After while Mir. Fox got tired of hunting for something he could not find, and he tried to find the door, so as to go home. He dlved down first one little passageway, and then another, but he always bumped into walls at the end Of each one. He panted so from diving so much that he used twice as much air as usual, and at last he found that he had used up all the air in the house, and was completely tired out besides. Still, he did not dare give up, although he was no nearer the door than when he started, for he knew he would smother to death in a very few minutes unless he could get out of that house and breathe some fresh air. He ripped and tore around like mad, but 1t was all of no use, and he was just about to give up when the whole roof fell off the house, and the air came in with a great rush Mir. Man had been rowing about in his boat on the pond, and he had carelessly rowed slap bang into Mir. Beavers house and knocked the roof off.
 Mir. Fox sat perfectly still for a minute breathing the fresh air and resting, and then he got out of the hole where the roof had been, swan to the shore and went straight home. He never dived after any of Mr. Beavers family again, and to this day he will not go into the water bit more thar he can help.
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A farmer was given a fine St. Bernard puppy by friend one winter and installed him in woodshed, near the kitchen. It so happened that two grave old cats, each with a family of kittens, had their headquarters in this same woodshed, and they decided that the puppy was not fit to move in their circle of society, for he was very rude and clustering, as most puppies are. The cats flew at poor Don, as he was called, and gave him fearful clawing, while the kittens sat on pieces of wood and told their mothers to go ahead and win.
 Dons master took him to the barn and told him to make himself at home. and Don went up to a glddy young calf and smiled as hard as he could trying to be friends. The calf was very silly little thing and cried for its mother as hard as 1t could. Ifs mother was tied by thick rope In stall, but she broke the rope and showed Don that he wasn't wanted in that barn by toss. ing him through the open door with her horns.
 Don never forgave that COW, and he would go into the barn and make faces at the calf, which would shout as loud as 1t could for its mother to come and rescue it. This would set the COW almost frantic, and she would rip and tear about her stall in a most undlgnifed manner. When at last the calf was sold Its mother blamed Don for It, and every time she saw him she would do her best to get at him and hook him.
  turned out In the fields to graze during the day the farmers small boy had the office of bringing them back to the barnyard at night.
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Tbe Misontbropio Cow.

The first time he went for them he took Don along for company, and the first cow Don spied was the one that had tossed him out of the barn. He went up to hcE politely and asked her how she felt that evening, but she evidently did not feel well, for she frowned terribly and galloped at Don as hard as she could, with her horns lowered until they pointed straight at him. Don did not like the look of those horns, and he started for home as fast as he could run to see if supper was ready. The COW galloped after, but she i could not run nearly so fast as Don, and he easily got away.
 The next evening Don went again with the small boy to bring In the cows, and this time his particular enemy was waiting for him. She immediately gave chase, and Don ran just fast enough to keep out of reach of her horns. She followed him clear to the barnyard, where he jumped throughthe bars of gate and escaped. He repeated this for several days, and the COW would always pursue him madly as long as he was any where near her.
 After a time Don formed bad habit Of going out into the field in the daytime and getting the COW to chase him. He would run to q fence and slip through or over the rails, but the poor COW, in trying to get through or over, would crash into the fence. breaking it to pieces. She never learned that there was no chance of her catching Don, for he would artfuly keep just few feet ahead of her, barking and fourishing his tall in most provoking way. At last the COW broke so many fences in her useless pursuit of.Don that the farmer sold her and ended Don's fun in this direction.
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At this time of the year ice-skating Is still thing to be looked forward to, but roller skating is not, and, in fact, 1t would be hard to find better weather for this exhiarating sport than we enjoy the present season.
 No doubt many of our readers have seen skate sails in use, and will remember how their fortunate possessors fly about over the ice actually like the wind and far outstrip- ping their companions, who try in vain to keep up with them by skating their best
 A skate sail Is sail so constructed that boy can hold it before or behind him, and, holding his skates perfectly still, like the runners on a sled, let the wind blow him along over the ice at merry clip. It is one of the most fascinating kinds of sport you can imagine, and far excels sailing a boat in the water in speed, safety and comfort.
 Skate-sailing on ice is still some time be. fore us but here Is a way to make a skate sail that you can use equally well with ice or roller skates, particularly If your rollers are the bicycle kind, with two narrow rubber wheels each.
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Here is a trick that is a very effective one to use at a party, and, although it appears very strange to the spectators when well performed, still 1t is most simple. Take a pasteboard hat box and cut circular hole four or five inches in diameter in the center of the cover. Get two pads of plotting paper, each composed of six or eight pieces. Place the box on a table facing the company and tell them that you are about to make some ghosts for them-one for each.
 Take the pad of plotting paper into another room and then pour on one small quantity of muriatic acid and on the other similar quantity of aqua ammonia, both of which you can get very cheaply at any drug store Be very careful to keep the two pads from touching each other. Carry them into the room and put them in the box one on top of the other, clapping on the cover of the box at once. The box will immediately become nlled with thick white cloud,
 Now turn the box over so that the hole In the cover is pointed directly at one of the party. Tap the box sharply on both sides at the same time with your hands and ghostly white ring will come out of
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A GRAMMATICAL PUZZLE.
BY GLADYS RALsToN BRETON.

It was recess at the village school, and the boys and girls were making the most of that short 15 minutes by laughing, talking and eating all at once.
 Would you han this in?" questioned small miss between her bites of golden gingerbread, holding to view composition with an ink spot decorating the center.
 "No; unless you do it over, you know what'll happen" was the answer, accom- panied by wise nod.
 Say" queried little boy, "Alice Wilcon, junction means what?'' "Don't bother me, Dick. Oh, there's Emily and Dorothy! Say, girls. do you remember the city we were to write about?' "Yes, it's Dover but don't know what to write; come in and let's help each other. '" Their place under the chestnut tree was soon taken by another group of youngsters.
 "Can you spell pronunciation? asked one.
 "P-r-o-no-unice-I've forgotten!" "Do you love school? When it closes I'm glad!'
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could find the door of MT. Beavers house. but at last he did find it and got inside. He was in a narrow hall so small that he could barely stand up straight, and that was full of water, too. He was almost suffocated from being so long under water by this time, and he hurried up the hall as fast as he could, passing several other little halls all full of water on his way. He came to a part of the hall that was out of the water just in time to keep from drowning.
 Mir. Fox sat down and took long breath. My! That was a close shave! I thought I would never get to the top of the water that time. Now, I wonder where all those Beavers are, anyhow?"
 The little Beavers had been just outside their front door washing their hands and faces, so as to get ready for dinner, when MT. Fox dived in the water, and when they saw him coming toward them they ran and told their father at once. Mir. Beaver led
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GHOST RINGS::" A PRETTY PARTY TRICK.

the hole and float directly at the person fin front of it. By shifting the position of the box, and aiming the hole at different ones, you can send one of these rings at each person in the room. They will be greatly surprised, and will dodge and try to get out of the way, as a general rule.
 By renewing the supply of chemicals on the pads of plotting paper, you can after ward amuse the company by taking turns a. projecting these rings at a doorknob, or some other prominent object, stringing several of them upon it before they melt away and disappear. If two of the rings should knock together in the air, they would bend and straighten out again with out losing their form, just as an elastic body of more solid material.
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Wby Foxes @aDDot Dive.
BY RAYMOND FULLER AYERS.

very great many years ago Mir. Fox could dive beautifully, but now he can not dive at all, and only swims when he has to in order to get away from dogs or some enemy He almost lost his life through too much diving at one time, and this is how it happened:
 Mir Fox had been fishing all the after noon without catching single fish, and he was fearfully hungry, too He did not have single thing in the house to eat, and he made up his mInd that he was going to have something good for dinner, no matter what happened. Just then he saw MT. Beaver swimmlng about in the water, with lot } of the children coming along behind him. "Mr. Beaver made fun of my bushy tail onee,' said Mir. Fox to himself, "and have good mind to eat him and all of his family if can catch them, just to get even." He knew that, although he could swim very well, indeed, he could not hope to catch any of the Beaver family that way, for they could swim like fishes. He tried his best to think of some way to get them out of the water, but be could not, and just as he was about to give up he saw all the Beaver family give the water loud slap with their tasls, all at once, and dive under the water. He watched for long time, but they did not come up again. Then he knew that they had gone in their house, which was built so that although the roof and most of the rooms stuck up above the water all the doors were under the water, so that the only way to get Into the house was by div Ing down to one of the doors.
 He was sure that he could catch the whole family If he could only dive down deep enough to reach door of the house. He took of his coat, vest and boots, laid them carefully on the bank, took long breath ] aHd dived his best. He had to swim around under the water for minute before he
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stand between them, by binding first the projecting ends of the frames to the end of the six-foot stick, with copper wire, then the four-and-one-half-foot crossplece, then the ends of the frames on the other side. The wire in these places should be wound just as tightly as you can do 1t, and when this is done your sail is ready for a trial. as in figure g.
 You. can sail beautifully with this wheP. ever there is smooth, open space that the wind will strike, such as the paths in some of the parks or level road that has not too many wagons to make it safe.
 You can steer yourself by pointing your feet in the direction you want to go. and if you are going at high speed directly be- fore the wind you can easily stop when you wish by turning your sails edgeways to the breeze You can use this sail for both Ice and roller skating, although, of course. it will work much better on ice, for then you will have plenty of space to sail about h. no one to run into and nothing to obstrust the wind. ;s 4