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The courier., 1901-01-05
WHEN A MANS FORTY
BY MASTHA PIERCE.
For The Courier
| |

II am glad you came today, Mr.. Van
dervert," said Kitty. II was just wish
ing to see you"
"You fiatter me Miss Kitty. To what
kind deity am l to give thanks for this
sudden accession Of INTEREST,""
"Sit down." said Kitty. showing d
chair toward me, and as far from her az
she could without seriously disturbing
her pose. She was looking particularly
we'll, against pile Of cushions on the
divap.
with pleasure" said, pushing the
chair as near her as l could and sitting
as close as possible. MRS. George was
embroidering near the window.
"You are not 90 industrious as your
sister," 1 remarked.
"Upon what data do you base your
rather broad, and. permit me to remark
in passing. Intentionally uncomplimen.
tary statement?" Kitty inquired, glanc-
ing lszily at her hands. They were
shamelsssl, empty Of occupation but
very pretty and apparently not unwil-
ling to be admired.
'Your sentences are 30 long and in
volved," remarked, that l sometimes
fail to follow you; but l think you &C.
cused me Of failure to appreciate the
beauty of your hands. You misunder-
stood me totally l think them"
"You are perfectly disgusting, Mr..
Vandervert." said Kitty. putting her
hands behind her. but it was then,
you will observe everlastingly too late).
"You accused me of not being indus
trious."
Absurd! You cannot accuse any one
Of not being anything"
"You did," she asserted. land without
gUund. 1t does not follow that be-
cause | am not forever embroidering
pillows, no sane person wonld ever at
tempt to rest upon, that l am idle. l
am quite as industrious as Mrs. George.
1t chances to be in different way, that
is all. What good do you suppose she
expects to accomplish by the industry
of which you are a witness? She is
embroideriug sofa pillow, gold dragons
on black satin for Sans smoking room.
Sam will never put his head on those
fiery animals. We all know perfectly
we'll, that his heart is ever true to cer-
tain old, disreputabIe, red velvet cush.
Jon, and he refuses to let his head rest
on another. Yet there sits Sue, ab-
sorbed in the dragons, and Of no use to
anybody. While 1, the idler. entertain
you, and au use myself, and all the time
am sweetly engaged in doing nothing
Behold her strain, her oyes!
81 much prefer that she would strain
her eyes rather than her ears | said,
taking Kitty's hand.
II don't see what difference it Makes
kaid Kitty, taking it away. III l had
The choice given me. should strain my
ears"
81 do not doubt it," 1 said promptly.
Because" pursued Kitty, my eyes
are precious to me. They are to every.
body"
81 fear they are," said despondently.
"You have not asked me, Mr.. Wander.
vert" remarked Kitty. after silence
not too short, not too long, but Just
right. "You have not asked me-
But will" said promptly.
When" said Kitty, land what!'
"Now," said |, land any thing. Every
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-10
TEACHERS WERE
PROBABLY MISLED
By a Circular Relative to Cost of
Living at Manila.
Commissary Privileges to Civil
ian Employees Taken Away
Last June.

Washington, Sept. 5.-The cabled
report from Manila to the effect
that the newly arrived American
teachers, at a mass meeting yester-
day, decided to cable to the pres
ident, complaining that promised COM
missary privileges were denied them,
and that they found their expenses dou-
BILE what they were assured they might
expect, attracted considerable atten-
tion at the war department. The priv
ilege of purchasing commissary stores
at the government warehouses in the
Philippines was taken away from ali
civilian employees by an order of the
secretary of war, issued in June, and as
that order was widely published, it was
presumed that the teachers who sailed
subsequently to its issuance were aware
of its existence. The letters and circu-
lars issued by the war department to
applications for these positions in the
Philippines contain no direct statement
upon the subject of comm:ssary privi-
leges, but the promise that they would
have these privileges might have been
assumed from some statements con-
tanned in manual of information rel
ative to the Philippine civil service, -
which was published in Manila early in
the present year, and to which atten-
tion was invited by Colonel Edwards,
leh a. nj q 6iriS nf inc nj,
in his circular to applicants. This PAM
phlet, in setting forth the conditions
| in the islands, for the information oi
Americans seeking positions in the
civil service there, contains the follow
ing regarding the purchase of commits.
saries:
"Many of the Americans secure rooms
with private families and board in
messes, the provisions being purchased
from the commissary. The food obtain.
ed from the commissary stores is the
best aud the average cost for room and
board for those who live in this man
ner is about S35 month.
| sit is also proposed to establish
| stores similar to the army commissary
stores for the benfit of civilian EN-
ployes. The stores will be well stocked
with provisions, groceries and Other
necessaries of life, and civilian EN-
ployes, probably, will be able to pur
chase from these stores at about 10 pei
cent above the cost to the govern
ment."
The pamphlet containing the above
statement was mailed to each of th'
teachers appointed, but attention wa
not called to the fact that the privileg,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-10
He Knew the Fact.

A small boy had a dog that was
rough, as most small boys dogs are.
and a young girl who lived next door
had kitten, sly as all cats are. One
day the small boy came nonchalantly
into the girls presence, and after some
desultory conversation he said:
you know my dog Barca and your
cat Darling?"
Yes"
"Well, my dog had a piece Of meat.
and he thought your cat was going TO
take 1t away from him."
Thought exclaimed the wise little
girl. what makes you say that the
dog thought? You know dogs don't
think; they instinct"
"Well," said the boy. 81 don't care
whether he thought it or whether he
Instructed it; but, anyhow, he killed
your cat."-London Fun.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-10
Place Packed to Point OF
SuffOcatiOn.
In Speech Declared lsthmian
Canal and Pacific Cable
Must Be Built.
rIade the Rounds of Principal Parts
of Fair Amid HuZZas of Multitude.

Buffalo, y. Y. Sept. 5.-President' IS
day at the Pan-American exposition
ran its course under very auspicious
conditions ard was attended with every
circumstance in keeping with its high
import. President McKinly, with Mrs.
Mckinley at his side and surrounded
by eminent persons of high official rank
in the service of this and foreign coun-
tries, faced a vast throng of people in
the esplauade at noon today and de
livered an address that brought forth
the thunderous applause of the multi
tude. Never before has such a crowd
gathered hin the exposition grounds.
The people were packed in the es-
pianade to the point of suffocation and
|overfiowed down the court of fountains
and to the vacant spaces In front of the
government buildings to the left. The
Presidents words were
LISTENED TO ATTENTIvELY
by the audience. His references'to the
name of Blaine as the man inseparably
associated with the Pan-American
movement; the statements that reci-
procity treaties are in harmony with
the spirit of the times that the Ameri-
can people must build the isthmian ca
nal and the Pacific cable and encourage
our merchant marine service and that
isolation is no longer possible or desir-
able were particularly well received.
The Presidents progress through the
exposition grounds to the stadium and
thence to the various buildings and ex-
hibition of Canada and the South Amer
lean republics was one continuous ova-
ton.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-10
The Talk of the Day.

Here is snake story from The La
con (Ill) Journal: Every well regu-
lated printing office has watering can
in which water is kept to wet the type.
For want of better place, the one in
The Home Journal office is usually
kept on window sill on the north side
of the room. One day during the re-
cent drouth two of our printers were
sitting on their stools at this window
sticking type, when they were nearly
petrifed by the sight of snake pro-
truding its head above the sill from the
outside. The boys almost broke their
necks in getting away. Reaching over
into the pan, the snake took good
drink, and, before the startled printers
could secure a club with which to dis
patch the reptile, it had disappeared.
The next day at the same hour the
snake came for another drink, and this
was repeated the third and fourth days,
but the last time it was attacked from
the rear by big Thomas cat that
makes his home at Lester's livery barn,
next door. 1t was a lively fight for a
few seconds, but the cat was too much
for the snake, although it was fully
four feet long, and the reptile made a
shoot for the rear of the Office. The cat
was after it like streak of lightning,
but the snake found hole in the brick
wall and disappeared under the build.
ing. That was two weeks ago. Before
that time the printing office was over
run with mice, but since then there
hasn't been mouse about the place.
Any of our readers who are troubled
with mice are cordially invited to come
and borrow our snake for a few days"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-10

The General Land Office has been
making a new examination of the pet
rified forests of Arizona. The silicifed
logs lie in great abundance within an
area of eight square miles in Apache
county. Some places they lie more
thickly than they could have stood
while living as trees, and it is thought
that they must have been carried there
by swift current of water in the mes
ozoic age.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-10

of buying supplies at the government
commissary had been discontinued. The
government was compelled to cut off
this privilege, both to stop the frauds
which were discovered to be due to its
operation and also to satisfy the regu-
lar merchants in the islands, who were
complaining bitterly that the furnish
ing of supplies by the United States
was closing one of their main channels
of revenue.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-10
IRON AND COPPER AND WHERE
THEY ARE FOUND.

Fully and interestingly described in
the illustrated booklet containing large
indexed map, plainly indicating the
region in which this valuable ore is
found, now ready for distribution by
the Chicago & North-W estern R'y.
Copy will be mailed to any addres:
upon receipt of two-cent stamp by w
B. KNIsKERN, % Fifth avenue, CHI
cago.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-10
MAUD MUELLER,

On Summers day,
Raked the meadow sweet with hay.
The Judge rode slowly down the lane,
Smoothing his horses chesnut name,
Maud Muller looked and sighed ''Ah.
me-"
That the Judges bride might be.
| could then discard this rake so rusty,
And buy one from us bright, strong an
trusty.
Ny garden tools would all be new,
As also my kitchen utensils, too.
I'd have laon mower, and hose so
nice,
And a new refrigerator to keep the ice.
And screens for the windows, to bar out
flies.
can get at
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-10
THE DEPARTURE,

al when train moves by we feel regret
10 see the faces pass, although unknown:
While who may tell the hearts unuttered moan
Der one dear face that. when we cen forget
The others all, stays with us. vivid vet
BY features, smiles and words which, having
flown
About us like pet birds, their each sweet tone
And look are ever in our pathway met;
SO when OF two one leaves the House of Time
The other. waiting, cannot help but grieve
For the lost friend, to whom in sorrows cline
Each memory in its Loneliness must cleave
While the sad soul tries through i,s raou;enn
rhyme
few tear glistening strains of hope to weave.
William Struthers
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-10
The Amendm ent,

In bank in Philadelphia is display
ed prominently this sign: Gentlemen
viii Please Not Smoke In This Build
ing" To which somebody, evidently
lover of the weed, annoyed by the
manners of the clerks, has appended,
at Makes the Clesks Sour and Enyi-
ous,''
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19

eecd Judge foreman. and he released the prls-
uncn The work uf administering the estate
as then continued until the work was passed
mrr 20 tho brigham Young Trust eomTan
When Apostle John Taylor was elcctcu pros
drnt Of the church In 100 George O. Cannon
All. although the frst presidency was subse-
qusntly rcorgnuixcd twice, Ia 1850, when Presi-
lont TAYLOR died and In ispS when President
Noodrun died. President Cannon aud Joseph
n Smith continued 10 be the presidents couu-
olors through all the changes.
President Cannon leaves a family consisting
Of Ave wives aud twenty-soycn children, furty-
one grandchildren aud one grcat-grand-child
His nrst vile, Elizabeth u Cannon, by whom
10 had eleven children, died In iHis In salt
Lake city. Seven OF the children born Of this
union are also dead, aud these are nll the
lfaths that have occurred In the family.
Tho I'VE wives still living are Sarah Jane
nnnon, Eliza n Cannon, Martha 4 Cannon,
nniiy n. Cannon ANA Caroline Y Cannon
they are given In the order Of their marriages
The yOunrcst " the daughter Of President
Brigham Young, and IN the one who was with
Mn In Monterey through his sickness ana az
kIs death She II the wife President Cannon
eontinued 10 live with after the manifesto u
nc church against polygamy, aud was known
Ths following children survive him, John Q
Cannon, Mary Alice Cannon, Emily Cannon
Wiley, Sylvester q. Cannon, Frank J, Can
non Angus J. Cannon, Hugh J Cutnon, kos-
anna j. Cannon Irvine, Joseph j, Cannon, Pres
ton j. Cannon, Carl q Cannon, William n,
hester II, Cannon, Amelia \ Cannon Cham.
beriain. Lewis II Cannon, Brigham n. Cannon
willard n Cannon. Grace n. Cannon, Rad
eiiTe y. Cannon. Epsy 4, Cannon, Collins n
cannon Clawson Y Cannon, MILFORD y Can
non, Aurciius Y. Cannon. Georglus @. Cannon.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19
Want Amerlcan. to Police rel,ln.

III Hung Chang has applied to Gem
eral Chaifee to leave behind when he
departs, Captain Tillson aud sufficient
number Of men to police the Chinese
city, rs the Chinese earnestly desire
their detention, fearing that the dis
trict will not be well looked after
when controlled by other foreigners.
An expedition consisting OF 5000
German and 5000 French troops have
left Pao Ting Flu to drive from tho
province several thousand Chinese who
refused TO obey the order Of III Hung
Chang to keep to the boundaries al.
ready arranged.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19

took the lead he was the first 10 learn n Ia
wniiau Language. and later translated ne book
of Mormon Into that tongue, He returned to
California In irhi, and Tor a time assisted Apos-
Tie pArlcy r. Frat on his Autobiography. and
then came on 10 Salt Lake. ON his arrival he
WAS made one ~ the presidents Of the thlnieth
quurom Of seventies, and soon afterWafds was
ordered 10 prepare for b second mission 70 the
Sandwich Islands
Hut before President Cannon started q this
mission he was called 10 California 70 as,lsi In
the publication Of paper there, lie departed
from salt Lake In May, is,a, and upon biz arri-
val la California was chosen To have chang u
the mission work In that state and Ofrson
This work he performed IN connection viii the
publication 81 the Western STANDARD the
church paper Of the coast and the publlcailon
u the Took of Mormon In the Hawaiian Ian
ruAgo.
When news was received that Johnsonsauy
WIS moving toward Utah. President Caunon
started at once Tor home. and arrived 10 Salt
Lake In January. isis lie was NJ once mldo
ndiutaut general Of the army being uflanligd
by brigham Young 20 resist Invasion, aHd sodn
after was sent 20 Fillmore. Utah. 20 puhlllh
the ncscrct NCws, when salt Lake was abin.
dnncd, lie kept at this work until september.
lshs, when he was sent uTon "A mission 10 H.
eastern states. The call reached him u Pa.
sOn when he was on his way 70 salt lake. ahl
In thrcc-quartcrs uf an hour he was fcady %
start
The work In tho eastern nold was Of a ysy
delicate nature, requiring the highest type q
diplomacy because NJ the extreme hlttefuts
that existed among the people against The Nor.
mons ON account uf pulYrnmY. Ny means 4
letters of introduction from Governor Thomai
4, Kane, President Cannon succeeded In rraet.
lug many men high lu authority and Ia LAWN
before them the true state of Affairs in utat
lie had charge OF the eastern mission durtg
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19
Small Powers Demand Large Indemnity
From China.

Small Powers Demand Large indemnify
from China.
Notwithstanding the report from
Pekin Of the slow progress Of the ne
gotiations there on the subject Of in.
demuity, the officials still hope that
way will be found out Of the compli-
cations. Later figures are coming in
respecting the indemnity claims which
slightly modify these claims a. reported
from other sources
For instance, the French claim Is
now given as sj6,OOO,O 600, instead Of
sG5, 100000 The Russian claim is only
So, 900 and that Of Great Britain
about s27 100000. The Japanese claim
also has been cut down to less than
s20,ooO,OOo. Germany's claim is elastic,
ranging from sGO,OO0,OO to $40. 900. 900.
The little powers, those that furnished
no troops at all, or an insignificant
number. loom up with big bills. Bel
gium wants sG.OOO.OOO, aud similar
claims are preferred by Holland and
Spain
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19

agricultural department for any A.
sIstance II can render II has pointed
out that the action Of the British gov.
crnment Is a severe blow TO American
beef and cattle exporters and produ,.
crs aud means not alone the los, In
government trade hut a. Is feared I,
VIII serve very materially toward In.
citing a prejudice ON the part Of m.
people OF Great britain against the
beef aud cattle OF this country
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19
GOVERNOR ALLEN EXPLAINS.
Tell. why People Are EmiErntinE From
Porto Rico.

Tells why People Are EmiEratinE From
Porto Rico.
1.-THE emigration Of Porto Ricans
from the island has not been such as
to attract any special attention. says
Governor Allen Of Porto Rico. II
think the number leaving the island
has been less than 5000, all told, and
that has boon very small percentage
Of the population.
"As to the cause Of this immigration,
| would say the men have found OPP
portunitics to better their condition
and to make better wages elsewhere.
A number went TO Hawaii. aud he
lieve others have gone to South Amer
lea to work In connection with the con-
s;rustion Of railrond
1.-The Porto Ricans are waking up to
the fact that the outside world has
present opportunities, and when the
chance presents itself Il il but natural
that they should avail themselves Of II.
II ia but reasonable to suppose that
emigration from Porto Rico would
be proportionate 10 that Of any other
country"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19
GLACIER MOVING ON DAWSON.


Part Of Town Uninhabitabie aud Traits
Obiitsrsted.
Dawson arrivals say the Klondikc Is
In the throes Of "A glacial phenomenon.
Two months ago Il glacier made It's APP.
pcarnncc on the hillside bacl, Of Dnw-
son. The ice Of the glacier Is from
twelve To fifteen feet thick In places
aud besides rendering that section Of
Dawson uninhabitable, threatens to
render the trail leading to the GENE.
teries impossible during the summo.
Such result. II Ia predicted. can be
averted only through the construction
OF series Of culverts and bitches. as
the broiling summer sun will keep tor
rents Of water flowing from the ice
mountain.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19
Toledo's Mayor Aftor Ooporatlons,

Mayor Tom l.. johnson OF Toledo,
Ohio, has decided that the corporations
doing business In that city do not pay
their lust proportion OF taxes, and has
taken steps to have their assessments
Increased. A force Of clerks has been
ma, 10 work preparing list OF all the
Eig concessions, together with blue
,,rInts 81 their establishments and the
go they paw. When full infor-
eaton has been obtained tho mayor
proposes 10 20 before the city board oi
and demand that me COT
porntions be compelled to pay what ne
terms EQUITABLE taxes.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19
Mrs. Nation Arrested at Kansas city.


Mrs. Carrie Nation was arsested in
Kansas City Sunday night on the
charge Of obstructing the street and
hauled to the police station IN n patrol
wagon. She was released on cash
bond OF 50 aud her case set for Mon
day.
Mrs. Nation lecturcd In Kansas City,
Kan, Saturday night and came over to
the Missouri side Sunday morning.
She started on u tour OF investigation
among the downtown saloons in the
evening
A crowd Of 1000 men and boys fol-
lowed her, aud at Twelfth and Walnut
streets, where there are saloons on
three corners, she was arrested because
the crowd following her blockaded the
street She roundly lectured the sa-
loon men whom she visited.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19
Governor Dockrry Opposed to Compulsory
Education.

Governor DoclScry OF Missouri has
vetoed the compulsory educational bill,
entitled "An act 10 enforce the consti.
tutional right Of every child In the
state to an education, to provide for
truant or parental schools and attend
ance officers In cities Of 10000 popula-
tion or over, and to prohibit the EN-.
ployment Of children during school
hours The governor said;
The bill violates the constitutional
requirement of uniformity In legisla-
ton, inasmuch as II makes improper
classiiications and arbitrary distinc.
lions between children OF the same age
aud residing In the same district aud,
therefore. obnoxious TO the constitu-
tional prohibition against class legisla-
ton.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19
Governor uunt Talks About Martial law
In Occur d'Aienea.

IN Occur d'Aienes.
Governor Hunt was asked Monday
for a statement In view Of the tragedy
in the Occur d'Alenes, following on the
heels Of the proclamation abolishing
martial law. lie said:
THAT affair might have happened ut
any time during the life Of martial
law. While martial law was on. the
civil courts were In control Of the situ-
alton. and any crime would have been
examined into and prosecuted by those
courts, Just as IL will be now.
81 am satisfied ps per cent OF the
people In the Occur d'Alene section
desire law and order to prevail, aud
that they will see to II that 1t does.
"The officers assured tue they were
able to maintain order, and believe
they are. ! believe that any criminals
will be arrested and punished just "a
quickly and effectively there as Ia any
part Of the state
III further .troublc occurs there
the governor was asked, "wiil you put
the county under martial law aRain?"
~ will not consider declaration Of
martial law IN Shoshonc county until
the officers thereof have advised me
that they are unable to maintain or
der"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-04-19
burlington Surveyor. sun at Work.

A Cheyenne dispatch says; The re-
port that went from Chicago to the eff
feet that the burlington has withdrawn
Its surveying corps on the line OF the
proposed Salt Lake extension is not
true Engineers are now at work in
the vicinity Of Gurnsey completing the
surveys of the liuo through the Lara
mic mountains.
Engineer Ensign says he has orders
to hurry the work along, as contracts
are to be let for the construction Of
the road as far as the coal fields north
of Rawlins at once.
Officials here believe the company
will push the line into Salt Lake as
soon as possible,