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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-09-20
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH
Text Of Address on Day Before
Shooting,
COMPLIMENTS ExPOSlTlONS,
says They Are the rimokccpcrs OF Pro
Eress-- Modern Inventions iiavo Drought
Into Close Relation widely separated
Peoples wonders ~ the Telegraph.

The following ~ the text OF President
MciSinlcy'a address at the Pan American
Exposition on the day before he was
shot Expeditions are the timckcepcfH OF
Vanccmcnt They stimulate the cnergyi
enterprise and intellect uf the people ana
quicken human genius. They go into the
home. They broaden and brighten me
mighty storchouaeH OF Information TO the
student. Every exposition, great or
small. has helped To some onward step
Comparison OF ideas IN always caucA-
uonal. and as such luHtruCtH the brain
aud hand OF man. Friendly rivalry, iol-
lows which ~ the spur 60 Industrial I'M
provomont. the inspiration To uiciul m
vcution and TO high cndchNor ~ All %
partmcntB OF human activity. II cNacis
a study OF tho wants comforts and even
the whimH OF the people, aud recognizes
the efficacy OF high quality aud new
prices to win their favor. The quest tor
trade ~ an incentive TO men OF business
to invent. improve and ccdnomiro In the
cost OF production. business life, whqther
among ourselves OF with other people, w.
ever a sharp struggle for success, ~ Nh
be none the less 20 IN the future. WIN
out competition We would be chhHlnk 70
the clumsy and untquatcd processes OF
/ farming and Manufacture ana the heth-
/ DDS OF business OF long ugo, ana INC
/ twentieth would be no further advanced
than the Eighteenth century hut'
though commercial competitors We are,
| commercial enemies We must not DC. lhe
| pan-Amorican exposition mas done W.
/ work Thoroughly, presenting In It's ex.
/ hiblts evidences OF the highest skill ana
/ Illustrating tho progress " the human
family In the Western hemisphere. inns
portion Of the earth has no cause tOs
| humiliation for the part II has performed
| In tho march Of civilization. II has not
/ accomplished everything, far from ". "
] has simply done IT. best ana without
/ vanity or boaktfulnCHH. ana fecogniAlnt
! tn manifold achievements OF others, ~
invites the friendly rivalry OF all IN,
powers IN the peaceful pursuits OF traa'
| and commerce. and viii corporate VII
/ all Ia advancing the hlNheht anu "'h
4 tngaNsafa az humanity
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-09-20

After all, how near one 10 inc olhtt -
every part OF the Nnld Modern inven-
lions have brought into close relation
widoly.HeparatUd peoples and made thsm
better acquainted Geographic ana poht.
icai divisions will continue 10 exist, but
dfatancea have been Udnctd. swift ships
and fnat trains are becoming coHmopol-
ian. They Invade Fields which a lew
years ago were inpCnotruhlr. The wollo
and with Increasing transportation IA.
ciiitlor come increasing knowledge hna
trnde Prices are nNCd with mnihemat-
Teal precision by supply and demand me
worlds nolling prices are rcEMA'.a ~
market and crop reports We travel
greater distances In "a shorter space OF
time ana with more ease Than was ever
dreamed of by the fathers Isolation ~
ma iourer poaHlblu or desirable,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
"A Mountain
~ ~ Maid

wAsz E-gs2 EsS2sss 8 mountain
girl c-a@ Gay csGzT Ky was pu; On
ulG - LeG1sva2ss before the Cntted
States U&ss-sc: ce-rt rScsagG On the
charge 90 SANG El&eIs whisky, she
vas not lsss alone in her trouble, says
the CAscaSa Tribune BY the side OF
the Shrinking Nt-is mountain maid
"a, Mss AlScs C&Szlsaaa. Z OF the
proz3sst ss2-tseS q kentucky, the
belle q he New York horse show two
years sg0 and one o. the handsOmest
women il the south. Miss CastlemaT
and hs- mother had heard OF the
mountain girls sad story and they
went 70 her help because they be-
lieyei thai she was the victim OF spite
and persecution. and that while she
had disoosyed the revenue laws and
sold Illicit whisky as charged, still,
she had 6oze il only 10 ave her
mother AMI baby sister from starving.
So when the case OF the People IS.
Higrits' Was called the court room
held = notable crowd. Around the
mountain girl sa: Miss Castleman and
her mother, Mrs. Samuel 4. Miller,
Mrs Basil Duke, and other society
leaders Of Louisville. Gen. John r.
Castleman and Gen. Basil Duke. two
Of the most renowned soldiers of Ken
lucky, who during the long years CT
the rebellion wore with distinguished
honor the uniforms Of gray and who
a quarter Of a century later wore with
no less honor the old army blue Of
the Union in the wal OF a reunited
country against a foreign foe, had
come into the court to testify in the
little prisoners behalf. The story be-
gan with the breaking out Of a feud
between the Hignite family and the
Hignites refused TO make Illicit whis-
ky themselves or deal in 1t. Their
neighbors declared that some of the
Hignite boys were spies Of the gov
eminent. One night Cob Hignite was
killed while going home to his cabin.
Old nan Hignite and his other two
boys went out to avenge the murder
and all were killed. The night after
they were buried the little log cabin
OF the Hignites was burned TO the
ground and Mrs. Hignite and her baby
and her 17-year-old daughter, Ellen,
fed to the woods for refuge. The next
morning when they returned to the
ruins of their smoking cabin they
found a notice tackled On a tree. The
notice read:
EFF you 'uns go an don mex no
mo- fuss we 'uns won't do no mo- 20
yo' all"
The terrified mother took her chill
dren and fed through the mountains
towards Clay county, where her peo-
pie lived. For three weeks they van
dered through the mountains. Then
they sank down in the ruins Of an old
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
The Electric Eers Victim.

At the geological gardens a large
electric eel was swimming in his tank
with more activity than usual, when n
big cockroach fell into the water, and
in its efforts to get out made a disturb
ance on the surface which attracted the
attention Of the eel. The eel turned
around, swan past 1t, discharged Its
battery at about eight inches off, and
the cockroach instantly dropped stone
dead. It did not even move its anten-
nae after. The eel then proceeded to
swallow it's victim, and the narrator
goes on TO point out the curious cir
cumstance that the fish, which weighed
about twelve pounds, should find it
worth while to fire it's heavy artillery
at a creature an inch and a half long.
when he could easily have swallowed it
sans facon.-National Review.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
Why He Lost Faith in Wall Street.

Col. Edward c. James, the distin-
guished New York lawyer, who died
recently, once had an experience with
the firm OF Grant & Ward which ac-
counted for his occasional cynical re-
marks about Wall street methods as
he had found them. After IA years OF
successful law practice iii the northern
part OF this state. right after the war,
Col. James collected all his funds.
amounting TO about $4,000 and
turned them owe TO the firm OF Grant
& Ward, then at the height of its pop
ularity. When he decided TO draw out
his money Ferdinand Ward drew a
check for $500. 900. payable I his order.
with the remark that the additional
$500, 900 represented Col James prof
it's. This was evidently too good an
Investment TO break up. so the colonel
said that he would gladly leave his
money to pile up more profits at the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13

Between the islands paralleling the
coast of southern California and the
mainland there extends a deep channel
where several kinds of whales may be
found feeding on the vast schools or
jelly fishes which are nearly always
present. The whale most common is
the California gray, which goes every
year to the shadows of the Gulf of
California to give birth to its young,
then moving north along the Cali
fornia coas in what Is virtually n
great. procession. At this time the
channel is the sporting ground for the
huge animals, and nearly every steam
er that crosses sights a school, the
scenes forming one OF the attractions
of the trip, as the whales, far from
being wild or timid. sometimes evince
a playful mood, or, melted by curios-
ity, come near the steamer, affOrding
the passengers a near view of the
largest of living animals.
This social disposition has resulted
in several encounters between the
whales and vessels, in which the form
er have always come off second best.
Some years ago a steamer on the trip
from San Pedro TO San Francisco
struck some body, supposed at first TO
be a log. Several of the men were
thrown to the deck: the wheel turned
over so violently hat the helmsman
was also thrown down. and steamer
for a moment came to a standstill. All
hands were called, the pumps sounded,
and as the mate ran aft he saw a large
whale flashing the water astern. The
vessel had struck II directly back OF
the right paddle and evidently crushed
il down. rising yer 1t. This whale
drifted into San Cataline some days
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
Collision Between
Them and Ships of
Frequent Occur
renCe.~~
RUNNING ~
DOWN WHALES

later, and was towed into one of the
little bays of the coast, where it was
cut up by the fishermen.
During the summer Of 1900 the
steamer Hermosa killed a whale off
San Pedro, which was at least 50 feet
in length. The steamer was blowing
along at a rate of II miles an hour
when suddenly a large whale rose to
spout directly in front of her, placing
itself inadvertently across the bows. so
that the blow was struck fairly. The
shock created a sensation on board,
and the blow was so violent that sew
eral people were thrown from their
feet. 1t was supposed that the vessel
had struck a rock; she stopped for a
few seconds. trembled. then rose about
three feet, heeling slightly, then re-
sumed her course, passing through a
mass of blood which Colored the water,
showing that she had plunged into
some large animal. A dead whale was
sighted two oil three days later. and
FOR several days. on account OF its size,
il drifted up and down the coast with
the tide. defying the efforts of ~specula-
tive fishermen to secure it. Finally a
heavy sea tossed ii on the coast at the
resort of Redondo, where ii was hauled
in at nigh tide and when the latter
went out it left a remarkable spectacle
in the remains Of one Of the largest
of living animals. 4 long wound told
the story of its contact with the
steamer.
Doubtless II the records of shipping
disasters were examined many in
stances would be found where vessels
had crashed into whales with results
fatal to the animals and more or less
injurious TO the vessels.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
CHAPTER xxyv.

They're gone. miss" haurtea Tyvveg
They're clane gore, Oh. do0t look
at me Ike that with his eyes miss
the eyes he fixed on me when they
asked him 10 point out the thief"
But the latter part OF his sentence fS2
on deaf ears The papers were gore
the papers which, Ia her possession
might have redeemed all. Once more
the structure of her newly-oo-u hope
proved TO be built on the sand. oCc%
more she lay, crushed and hopeless
among its ruins
A sudden kindly impulse stirred her
toward the poor wretch covering near
her. II prompted her TO stretch cut to-
ward him her hand.
You meant to serve me. TyrreH,
she said. and I thank you. I can o1e'
You no other reward. for to-day You
are richer than the daughter OF your
old master"
For months the man had listened only
TO harsh commands and brutal threats,
which lowered him to the level OF the
dog.
He heard now what seemed TO him
the voice OF an angel speaking. He fell
on his knees beside her. and. catching
up her dress. raised II TO his lips.
"Shure, / never can do ye no good
| now. Miss Beatrice: and it's l as has
/ brought all the harm upon ye."
You? Oh, no, TyrreIl. 1t is your
new master. Oh. what might not these
| apers have done for me-" she walled.
in fuller realization OF her loss. And
now-and now" Her voice died in a
| sob. Why did you take them-why
/, did you steal them from me?" she
asked, bitterly.
"Bekase you seemed talking 10 ma in
the dark, miss-bekase We said they'd
prove the young Teller inherent. God
knows l wish We had EN-. even II II
did. I've a great mind 10 tell We all the
truth. Miss Beatrice Maybe as it'd
help ye, and as for me, anything's bet
ter thar this dogs life, with his eyes
| ever peering. staring at me in the dark
ness or the light It'd help me pay my
debt 10 him, too. and / hate him-aye,
I hate him. I was only a drunkard
| and a thief once. Miss Beatrice. It's he
as has made me a villain"
What are you talking about, Tyr
! reIl? Tell me, and tell me quickly"
And ven save me, Miss Beatrice
ven save me from the prison, or maybe
WORSE"
Eyes. yes. I will save you. More
than that. Tyrrell. I will help you to
lead a good and honest life. Only tell
me what you have TO say. You-you
stole the papers long ago? 1t was you
who were the thief on that dreadful.
I s~E.7 7 . 10 MT Cn2'
Yes. miss. it's all tru The master
dismissed me, as you remember. that
very day-dismiss,d for drunkenness
and without a character. 7 deserved IT,
miss: but ii didn't make It none the
| aisier. Besides. / was not quite over
my spree. Well, / had been up 70 the
village all the evening. It was past
midnight, and I was half-drunk yet,
when 1 saw a light in the masters IL
brary.
CTo He C~ontinuedJ
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
CTo He Continued.D
Ar Edwards Coronation.

The length of the trains Of the gowns
which will be worn by the British peer
esses Of the realm at the coronation
will vary according to rank.
a duchess will have a train three
yards long.
A marchioness, two and a half.
Countesses are limited to W. yards.
Viscountesses, to one and a half
yards.
Baronesses are restricted TO a one
yard rain.
Only peeresses in their own right
that is to say, who w their peerage
not to marriage, but to their birth. or
else to a special grant by the sover-
eign to them in person, will ave the
right TO have their trains borne by a
page who must o be over h age OF
fourteen.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
A Novel May to For. ole

The versatility OF man is pretty ap.
to overcome any difficulty which may
arise. Recently a breakdown occurred
on board a ship and il was necessary
TO bore a number ot holes in a fat
bar OF iron in order TO repair the
break. The engineer was without the
appliances required for the purpose.
but he performed the work in a novel
way. With a piece OF chalk he ma,k.ed
the places wnere he wished the holes
n then fired a s0-csliber bulle,
through each from a rife.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
AND THE MOONSHINE
WHISKY WHICH SHE
SOLD.

hut. They could go no further. All
through the night the baby moaned for
food. II was easy 10 see that Its lit
tie life could not last much longer.
In the morning Ellen staggered out u
the hut door.
Ellen" called her mother, come
back, We're a~-sIaryin!, but were Hlg-
mites to tn end. and we amt a-goin'
10 ask favors of anyone"
Il hain't a-goin' ter ask favors'
said Ellen. but I'm goin' TO get you
all suthin' TO eat"
The girl went blindly down a tran
that she recognized. II led her straight
TO Jim Clark's m~OOnshine still. Then
for weeks Ellen Hignite peddled moon
shine whisky for jim Clark. The story
spread all around in the mountains
and the people came for miles TO BUY
whisky from old Bob Hignite's glr!,
the 'prettiest gal in Kaintucky.' Jim
Clark's still couldn't keep up with the
demand aad jim Clark fairly coined
money and grew fat laughing at the
bargain he'd made. 4 few days later
a federal marshal started from Louis
vile for Clay county. and IN his pock"
ct was a warrant for the arrest OF Eli
len Hignite on the charge OF selling
liquor without a government license.
The girl heard the marshal was COM
ing, but she did not run away. Il sold
ticker" she said. y sold it to save
ma and the baby from a~-starvin'. But
I'm a Hignite, and l run from nobody"
The next day she was arrested. Jim
Clark got away.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
OLD WORD oDDrrIr,
Ann1ities wer. Refill
tine Eishteenth centnrd

"EFA
,Ss Eishteenth c]ent "si.td
Some curious relies q,
century have Just been ns eisi
secluded corner Of MartSoVer'
Lombard street. "a
A wooden box, which 49,,
time out OF mind, was rs IAN
way for other things, ana %
found several bundles n, II
eaten wooden sticks, vb,oS J
there since 1853. They wers aaa
annuity tally-st!cks e1ca
Each stick is a little owe,
and has a string tied arours
string, even the sticks tbar-
partially succumbed to The ~N
time. and the figures WRITE,
In Ink in the dawn OF the
century were as lagible az ,s.s
were written yesterday ~.
range from l7O5 to I-i2 TN
good Ink in the reign OF Ones
One Of the tally-s,'ck,
name Moreau, and stood for ~
Of GA. There were notches No.
large and small. to denote 49,.
Of money.
When you lent money! :, o..
eminent in those days" said ~. ]
officials IN Martins BANK. WIN. J
ing the sticks. the particular. ".
down on two parts Of a st,ck mi
chequer kept one part and van III
other" They were all nipe,v.tm.l
annuities.
THE last time our peon,. IL
them was evidently about I7, III
box, as you see, is lined with
the Whitechapel Evening Post ~
ruary in that year.
THE total amount represented
whole boxful IS $40. l was IN
We might be able 10 claim some
from the Exchequer with them
money part OF the matter was
many years ago."-London DanvJ
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
Va Enifh I'm PRAYER.

The cashier Informed me- 81
president. that he was strongly
ed TO skip with the funds pu' !
locked himself up with them,
over them all night, and finally
came the temptation"
IT know IT," said the cher u
ct had a detective at the oool,
each window, and one on wv
while he was praying."-Atian'
stitution.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
Rap,d Postal Service in Berlin.

That the postal service of Berlin has
long been the model (as yet unatta.n-
able) for the rest of Europe is vel!
known. But il is not equally matter
of common knowledge that the excel
Ience of the Berlin postal arrangements
Of yesterday no longer satisfies the
postal authorities Of today. The lat
est innovation has been a still more
frequent clearing of the letter boxes
and a more rapid delivery than ever.
The letter boxes in the principal thor
oughfares are now cleared every fifteen
minutes during the busy hours or the
day. The rapidly of delivery of letters
recently resulted in the saving OF a
human life. A girl determined TO COM
NIT suicide, wrote to her parents OF
her intention and posted the letter,
which was delivered within an hour
Of being posted. This enabled the
father to hurry off in a cab TO the spot
in the ~Thiergarten which his daughter
had mentioned as that where her body
would be found, to catch her alive, box
her ears and take her home.-Harper's
Magazine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
The Philosophy of the Enlightened

When we get what we want We are
always disappointed TO find that it is
not what we wanted.
What sounds so sweet TO the human
voice--to the one who is doing the talk
ing2
The knowledge that virtue is its own
reward is what deters many from well
doing.
TIE trouble with most reformers Is
that they waste their time and energy
trying TO reform somebody else
When a man or woman asks for a
candid opinion 1t may safely be taken
for granted that 'candied" is meant
Smart Set.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
Useless Precaufion-

Mr.. Tellit-I heard at the club to-day
that Mrs. Ketchum's husband had run
away with her.
Mrs. Tellit-That isn't strange. She
only married him because she was
afraid OF getting left.
Mr.. Tellit-Well. isn't ~shee-Judge.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13

Iess
She-I think the doctor Is Just as
mean as he can be.
He-what's he done:
"vacYinated me on the right arm.
and l can't use IL at all"
1T might be worse"
"I can't see how"
He might nave vaccinated you on
the tonyue."-Yonkers Statesman
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
WEIGHTS AND MEASURE
Two Proposed systems-Th. nsl
and the DuodecimaI Substitute
Metric system.

Metric system.
In view OF the recent tsvorahI
port OF the house committee IN
OF the Kin TO officially substitI
metric system OF weights and |
ures. II may be interesting to
mind the very serious obie
which have been urged agains
general adoption Of the former.
ara based on the fact that there
much more perfect system with!
most an easy reach-a system
shas stood the test Of time, and |
has largely persisted in France|
Germany for the practical dafyy
ness needs OF the people, despite
legislation Requiring the use Of I'll
called decimal system. This Is thsl
decimal system, which makes n
instead OF ten It's basis. The great
vantage claimed for twelve Is Its 4
ibility by two, three, -four and
whereas ten can only be divided e
ly by two. This repeated divisioJ
subdivision into aliQuOt parts
been shown by Mr.. Spencer to bel
sisted in. and, in fact, essential 4
conduct OF the small retail trada
world over: that IS. in weights
measures and in money matters.
Although We have practically 4
ed the decimal notation in our 4
tary system. halves and quarters
very largely used. and stock excl
quotation are given IN halves ouaI
eighths, etc. The scheme OF the
decimallsts is to add two new digI
in place OF ten and eleven, so thA|
would represent our present Il
and then 10 use twelve in duodel
system exactly as ten Is used 4
present metric system. One ha1
would be equivalent 10 our pTsssul
100000 TO 2.9S5,S94.-New YORK \
mercial Advertiser.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
Tnpfession,

"I presume" said the sarcasu.
tocrat. that you consider your,
example OF honest worth uH
eted?" r
NO. mister" admitted M :
Dawson. II consider myself ~
fieS''
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
His Trouble.

What brought you here, my poor
mani" inquired the prison visitor.
"well. lady" replied the prisoner. Il
guess my troubles started from attend.
in too many weddin's."
"Ah, o learned TO drink there, or
steal. perhaps?"
No. lady; I was always the BRIDE
groom."-Philadelphia Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13

same rate. Two days later the firm
failed with a crash that shook the
country and Col. James found that he
had lost his money. and that the cffer
of the $500, 900 check was simply a cool
u to staye OF his claim. Fortu-
pately ne had his law practice to fall
back on
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13
Accepted.

I'm a seIf-made man -,
pompous individual, with DIS CIV
banded. .-,,,,sr
The other looked a. him en-,
your excuse Is satisIA
he.-Brooklyn Life
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13

A fool at home will be none the wiser
when abroad.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13

AbssI
Heapf
wafer
the pr
vsterU
meacee
Th0 n
eznplox
0fthes
alAsGsf
properS
They
unuisd
and MAJ
ing M
c1@sful.
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