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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-06-27

kings illness, and though the circum.
stanciality, detail and sources from
which they came precluded entire dis.
belief, there was disposition to
doubt the stories, and when the post.
tive categorical denial was officially
issued, they were dismissed as being
unfounded.
Hemorroids, apoplexy and lumbaao
were a few Of the kings maladies dis.
cussed in the clubs and drawingrooms,
and those discussing them recalled tho
stories Of the king even recently re.
iterated his belief that he would never
be crowned.
On the stock exchange the effect of
the startling news was Immediate.
Prices weakened, led by consoIs, by ,,
fall of II a point.
1t is privately admitted that hi,
ma1esty's condition is more seuioue
than represented by the medical buI.
letin.
Ills majesty, under ordinary condi.
tions. was not looked upon as a eo.
subject for operations, and though .o1
King passed successfully throug. the
orqeal, 1t is believed that fou, 4h 'ne
must elapse before he will + weeks
undergo the arduous labors /e aple 10
onation ceremonial. Their VI 'he CUT
can yet be indicated f. 'etore no aaIe
the coronation T carrying Out
Official Annour
on Ioement Made.
Official amour
serious illness dement's of the kings
bodies as spe were made to public
was sent t, sedily as possible. Word
acting q the house Of commons and
Churc' Lord Chamberlain, LORD
mar Aill. personally delivered to the
o. 4sion house, the official residence
bis majesty's illness and at the morn
ing's rehearsal of the coronation cere
mony in Westminster Abbey the bish
op OF London. the Rt. Rev. A. F. In
gram, at the request Of Lord EsheY
the deputy governor Of Windsor cas-
tie, made q statement as follows
II have to make very sad an
nouncement The king is SUFFERING
from an illness which makes an oper
alton necessary today. The corona
ton, therefore, is postponed"
The bishop requested the congrega
ton to join in the litany out Of the
coronation service and pray for tn.
recovery of the king.
During the afternoon the Earl Mar
shall, duke Of Norfolk, issued the fol
lowing notice:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25
ONE OF NATURES WONDERS

NOTHING IS MORE wonderful than
~ the forces Of nature Sometimes
they are exerted with a power as ire
mendous as it is sudden; sometimes no
warning whatever is given to those
who are destroyed; sometimes they
have ample notice sometimes the proc
ess is a work of days, of years, of
centuries. Natures work is mysteri-
ous unfathomable, always wonderful.
A tiny plant viii grow through mass
of granite until the rock is cleft One
drop of water at time will wear away
the hardest stone.
A curious illustration Of the irresisti-
BILE force Of nature comes from Stock
ton. Cal. The story says:
Two large mushrooms growing
through a heavy concrete floor in the
Miller warehouse clearly demonstrates
the immense power Of growing vegeta-
ton and are also attracting consider
able attention NJ. P. Stein. who owns
the building, noticed the concrete and
bitumen floor was being forced upward
III liIC SHAPE VI Two uiiAUCkS. ne COuk4
not account for the change in the
smooth surface for several days until
the bitumen split open and two mush-
rooms forced their way upward into
the fresh air.
by actual measurement the mush-
rooms grew through four inches Of
solid concrete and two inches of btu
men, and there was not a sign Of crack
in the floor before The fungus came
through. The pressure was simply too
great and the flooring gave way Doz-
ems of people have visited the ware
house to see with their own eyes what
they could hardly believe from others.
The bitumen and concrete are split
open for several inches on either side
Of the two mushrooms, which are get
ting to be Of quite a good size.
1t seems almost beyond belief that
a soft vegetable. such as a mushroom,
should exert a force strong enough to
crack a concrete and bitumen floor,
but other just as wonderful phenomena
have been observed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25
LORD PAUNcEFoTE.

I ORD PAUNCEFOTE. British am
l. bassador to the United States, is
dead in the harness. and his loss VIII
be sincerely regretted, not only i'm the
diplomatic corps of which he was the
dean, but elsewhere about the country.
Pauncefote had often been laughed at
for his little foibles and peculiarities,
but was a sincere friend of this country
and ne worked increasingly TO promote.
foster and encourage the entente cor
dale between America and England.
At the same time he was always
watchful of his counry's interests,
ever exacting the last 1.-THE of what he
considered his rights.
He claimed precedence once, in O.
matter of being seated at a dinner Ia
bic. over the vice president of the
United States. and argued stOutly for
the advantage. Some international
correspondence resulted and the affair
threatened to assume huge proportions.
In the end, Lord Pauncefote was de-
MED the precedence he sought. In jus
tice to his memory. it should be stated
that he made no claims whatever as an
individual. As the representative Of
his ruler, however, he let no Opportuni-
" for prominence pass.
Personally, Lord Pauncefote is de-
scribed as a kindly. genial gentleman.
gifted with a certain stately humor
and keen appreciation Of American
methods. All his life was spent in the
diplomatic service. 1t may be said al
most literally that ne was born in it,
for he came into the world in Munich
! Germany, in 1928, his father at the time
[ being England's representative there
Julian was educated for diplomacy. He
studied first in Paris. later in Geneva,
and finally in Marlborough college
Then he took up the study Of law, be-
ing called TO the inner temple in 1852.
In 1850 Pauncefote was appointed at
/ torney general at Hongk0ng, and four
years later he becalne chief justice Of
the supreme court there. In 1874 he
was l1nighted by Queen Victoria for
| distinguished services. and the same
year was made assistant under secre-
! tary OF state for the colonies. After
two years there he was advanced to
the post of assistant under secretary
of state for foreign affairs. and in 1852
he became permanent under secretary
of state for foreign affairs. It was in
1885 that Lord Pauneefote FIRST came to
Washington as minister plenipotenuary
from England.
Not many years ago he was elevated
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25
HOPE FOR IRRIGATION.

I T Is DEFINITELY announced from
Washington that the irrigation bill
viii pass the house by a large major
ity. All opposition to the measure viii
hardly be Withdrawn, but it is graft
flying to note that many OF the eastern
congressman are brosd-minded enough
10 favor government aid in the cree
ton and maintenance Of irrigation
works. Those who are against the bill
are either ignorant Of its provisions or
they are so nesr-sighted that their
range Of vision does not extend beyond
the confines of their own districts.
Those who have studied the PROPOSE
ton viii find it difficult 10 understand
why any congressman should oppose it.
AS it stands at present the proposed
law does not contemplate the expendi-
ture of a great amount Of public money.
not nearly so much as is annually
wasted on far less important matters.
As a matter Of fact. the government
win actually De the gamer, financially.
through national irrigation works.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25
MY BoYHooD HOME.

4 HOME in years agone was. mine,
a Not by the Avon, nor the Tyne.
Nor BY the stored castled Rhine;
Btt where the Deerfield. through the
Wound past the sunny Windham hills;
And softly flowed the rocks among
Where elms and birches OVerhunS'
And wild vines in iuXuriance etuh6'
Der land and water flingipg SHADOWS
And shapes weird as Pandora Ills.
A low-roofed dwelling, quaint and SCARED
Where balm Of giliads mounted sudIu'
a highway steep and Water-DdrreQ-
That struggled down beside the river
To cross cracking, rustic bridge;
a bit Of green turf near IT, lay.
Where. wearicd, one would cease from
play
At close of many dreary day.
And watch the lights and shadows qulFef
And steal athwart the eastern ridge
And Ger the neighboring thicket creep,
Where tumbIed down the mountain steep
brook with frantic headlOng leap.
o. eT which Old Birch HiU lowered lEoNi-
ing,
Like master on unru1y fold;
Its sides diversified and fret
BY copse and rock and rivuiet'
With Variegated coronet
Its ancient storm-scarred frontlet croWn-
ing
With flashing gems of green ana soiu-
Forests OF beech and maple ride
The steep and sturdy mountain slue'
And down the valley far and vide,
Old homes among the orchards nestled,
Hedged in by moss-growh, crumolhs
walls.
with strips OF pasture lands between;
While spruce and balsams, deeper green
Like vaulted corridors were seen
TO me a fairer sight than castleG
Gray battlements. or ancient mans
A lonely. deep emboNered spot
In SUMMER time was often sought.
And life's great future battles fought.
Which ]. with vigorous shout ana RAINY
Like oiden hero. ever won.
Q. fairy land. that bOyhOOd knew
Where wood flowers and wild berries
grew.
And shy birds sang the summer through,
Each rock and highland stream and val
les
VIII sFemory hold till life is done
y. ALBERT SHERMAN
MAY. 1902.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25

Blue Book. The Hard Part of a Sousa
March was Pie for him. He could close
his Eyes and run up the Scale and then
down again until he struck the New
toundland Growl coming at the end OF
Rocked IN the Cradle"
Then he went back ana Joined the Silver
Cornet Band On Decoration Day he was
up at the Head of the Line. Just behind
the Grand Marshal with the Red Sash,
ard he carried a Thby that looked like
the Entrance 10 Cave. His Uniform
was fancy enough for a Colonel on the
Governors staff,
When he swept down Main street scar
ing all the Horses and causing the Win
dow Panes to rattle, everyone along the
Line of March who knew Ote was proud
of himself
Sophy saw him and got ready to do
little Hedging. After the Parade when
he was in the BOn-TOn Candy Kitchen,
with Handkerchief around his Neck
ordering up Strawberry Soda, then Sophy
broke through the Circle of Admirers and
babe him Welcome. Otis gave her a cruel
Look and pretended that he did not re-
member her Name
Ihat Evening she saw him pass the
House three times with the Tuby on one
Arm and red-headed Milliner on the
other
MOARL: Adversely often matches out
the true Nobility of Character.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25
A QUESTION OF TIME.

NOES A TRAVELLER going east gain
- time OF does he gain it going west?
This is a question recently submitted
to The Herald and in turn submitted to
several distinguished gentlemen who
have confessed themselves unable to
answer it.
For example, a man boards a train
at Kearney, Neb. at 10 o'clock in the
evening. westbound. He retires at
once to rest and at s o'clock next morn
ing by his time, he is in Cheyenne.
There he finds that his watch is an
hour fast. In reality it is only 2
o'clock. Yet he has certainly passed
ten hours i'm his berth in spite of the
fact that, according to Cheyenne time
he has enjoyed only nine hours of re-
pose. Hasn't the traveller gained an
hour? If he had sat up until North
Platte, where the time changes. was
reached, would he not have gained an
hour by the simple act of turning his
watch back?
To continue the illustration would
he not gain another hour in the same
identical way Just as soon as he
started west from ogden on the South
ern Pacific? Would ne not continue to
gain an hour at proper intervals, until,
always travelling west, he reached
Kearney again? Would he not thus
gain an entire day? It seems perfect
ly reasonable, doesn't it?
And yet, the thousands who have
read that famous work of Jules Verne,
Around the World in Eighty Days. g"
win remember that Phileas Fogg trav-
eled east They viii remember his
thrilling enlightenment Of the globe, his
wild dash across the western prairies
and so back to. London and his lOdg-
ings. discouraged, disConsoIate and for
lorn because he thought he had lost.
Then, according TO the author, Fogg in
vestigates and finds that, travelling
east. he has gained an entire day and
so he walks in on the gentlemen with
whom he haA wagered, with his Here
I am, gentlemen"
How was it possible for Fogg to gain
a day travelling east? Go to bed at
10 o'clock in the evening eastbound
and wake up at O'Clock, your time.
If you have passed North Platte in the
meantime you find that. according to
the correct time, it is o'clock. You
can't possibly have had more than
eight hours of sleep. Haven't you lost
an hour? The Herald would like very
much to have some suggestions on this
subject. Otherwise, without any de-
sire to reflect on Mr.. Verne, it must re-
luctantly conclude that he was guilty
of a free use of romantic license in the
case of Phileas Fogg.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25

Every dollar expended under the
hoped-fOr law win be returned to the
treasury. and more.
Only the proceeds Of the sale Of land
in the arid and semi-arid states is to
be placed in the irrigation fund. 1t is
not proposed to give away the land
brought under irrigation in this way.
On the contrary it is to be sold for its
full value and the money returned to
the source from which it came. Lay
ing aside. therefore. all ethical cues
tons. national irrigation is good bust
ness judgment. The land which is TO
be irrigated is at present absolutely
valueless. Tt is not doing the govern
ment or any citizen the least bit of
good, except such tracts as may be
used for grazing purposes.
With water on such land it would i'm
mediately possess a market value and
would be greatly sought after by home
seekers from all sections Of the eoun-
try. The small farmer. Of the east with
his forty-acre patch Of rocks and fall
low would find here an empire such
as his widest dreams have never pic
tured. 1t is to these. as much as to
the westerner, that national irrigation
should appeal The country owes a
duty to itself in the reclamation Of
such territory as irrigation win re-
claim.
1t is not necessary at this time to
again call attention to the vast areas
Of soil which can be made to produce
crops of every kind. That feature OF
the case has been gone over sufficiently.
1t is enough to say that no undertaking
Of recent years can result in more good
to a greater number than national ir-
rigatiOn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25
1.-THE SCOTCH RESULT
Seeing the Point of the Joke in a
Plain Story.

tNeW lOrh IrIDune.3
William IngIis was a visitor at q
Scotch yacht club on the Clyde during
a regatta week, and one night he was
called on for a story. Knowing. he
says, from books and experience the
density Of ScOtchmen 10 American
Jokes, he told the broadest, most point
ed story he could think Of 1t was the
old chestnut Of the inebriated Irishman
who met a policeman and asked him
the time.
Three O'Clock, said the policeman.
'Oi didn't hear" said the Irishman.
Three o'clock" the cop yelled.
'ShUTe. Oh didn't hear that, either
The cop then hit him three whacks
on the head with his club. Did you
hear that2" he asked
'Shure, said Pat, ''Oi heard that.
and Oh do be fur thinkin' it's glad OF
am that Oh didn't mate We at twilve.
There was not a ripple Of apprecia-
ton on the rows Of Scotch faces be
fore him, said Mr.. Inglis They. one
and all, were blank, and slowly each
ScOtchman drained his whisky to hide
the fact.
Suddenly" said AR. Inglis. 81 saw
an old Scotchman in the far corner
break into a smile. Slowly he removed
his pipe from his mouth and blew out
a cloud OF smoke. 'Hoot. mon he said
but We Gamma blame the policemen. for
a that. II Go be a wee bit hard to be
asked the same question three times.
That is what I call the Scotch re-
suit" BlT. Inglis concluded.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25

Time. The Pilkins Girls had been away
to a Convent 20 have their Voices sand
papered and fitted to a Piano, and they
came back with the first Gibson Shirt
Waists seen in those Parts. Most of the
Girls south Of the Tracks were just get
ting wise to the Russian Blouse.
Along i'm May the Pilkins Family made
its annual Play to set the Prairies on
fire. Every Adult in Town. except those
who had Jail Records. received an En-
graved Invitation to come up to the Pill
kins House and take a peek at High Life.
Within three days you couldn't buy a
Yard Of Wide Ribbon in any Store. and
every Second Man in Mink PattersOn's
Barber Shop asked for a Haircut. The
r :. Y. +. down IN one Corner of the
Bid had some Of the Brethren guessing
for awhile. There was no need of putting
that on. Ii was an immortal CinCh that
every one would turn out, if he had TO be
moved in on a Cot About the only
Entertainments they had in Smartweed
Junction were Uncle Tom under a Tent
and the Indian Medicine Troupe There
fore, nobody was going to pass up the
Pilkins Jambaree. for there was to be
an imported Orchestra, costing SO. and
Meals provided and the City Caterer was
to bring his own Walters
Everybody went home early that Day
so as 10 take a good thorough Securing
before getting into their other Clothes.
At Dusk they began vending their Way
toward the Pilkins Place all looking a
little worried and apprehensive. They
were sorted out at the Front Door and
led into Dressing Rooms, pegged out along
the Walls, fed on MacarOOns and treated
to large Bunches of Bach Music Every
half hour or so somebody would say
something that would be a Cue for the
others 70 shift their Feet.
The Punch-BOwl got the Cold Eye until
it was learned that the Dye-Stuff was
Aniline and not Rum and then they
stood around and dipped in until they
were blue under the Ears.
About u o'clock the Japanese Lanterns
began to burn UP and a large number Of
People whose Feet We're hurting them
could be seen quietly Duckng. The
Home Paper said it was the Event Of the
Season.
MORAL: Eat, Drink and be Merry, for
tomorrow We Die
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25

Ten days later she vetoed the Noun
tam Trip because she had got next to a
Nantucket Establishment where Family
Board was Sc a Week, with the use of
a Horse.
on June 1st a friend showed him how
Dy aklng two Changes and hiring a
canoe he could penetrate the Deep Woods
where the Foot of Man had never TrOd
and the Black Bass came to the Surface
and begged to be taken out
On June 18th he and Wifey packed up
and did the annual Hike up TO Uncle FoS-
ter's Place in Brown County. where they
ate with the Hired Hand and had Greens
three times day. There We're no Screens
on the Windows, but by climbing a Hill
they could get a lovely View of the Pike
that ran over 10 the County Seat.
MORAL: IL Summer came in the
Spring there would be a lot of Travel
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25

because he was about two Notches below
her in the Social Scale. Sophys father
was an Auctioneer and Agent for a
Patent Churn-
The Young Man. whose Name was Otis,
removed the Calf from his Quiverlng
Bosom and began 10 lay Plans to humble
her Pride, After placing his Milk Route
in the Hands of a Reliable Agent, he
went up to the City and began TO take
Lessons on the Horn. He practised until
he was able to crawl inside of big Oom-
Pah and eat an of the Low Notes in the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25
HAPPENING OF THE EXPECTED.

IT WAS REALLY bound to happen.
sooner or later. For ages uncounted
men have been putting up with it, hop
ing against hope that a reform would
be instituted. There is no historical
justification for it, but it is perfectly
reasonable to suppose that Eve kept
Adam waiting while she peeled the
apple. The chances are that he came
home from far corner Of the garden,
all hot and sweaty and tired from wor-
rying about stocks, or the beef trust.
or how long it would be before the
birth Of Andrew Carnegie.
Here he comes home just so dog
weary that ne hardly feels like putting
on fresh fig leaf, and fairly raven
Gus. Dinner ready yet, Evie?" he
asks.
No, Addie. dear" she says. I've
had some company today. Old Mr.
Serpent was here and he stayed till
the last minute don't understand
Why it is people will go visiting just at
dinner time; especially when they must
know I haven't got a girl" And then
poor old Adam just had to sit down
and cool his heels while Eve hunted up
a clam shell or something and peeled
the apple.
So it has been ever since. But at
last the worm has turned, as worms
and long lanes are alleged, on infor-
nation and belief, to do sometimes. In
the Associated Press dispatches of yes
terday was brief story from Chicago.
where time is so precious some of the
elevators don't stop below the nine
teenth floor. 1t said, coldly and briefly:
Angered because sufficient haste
was not made with his evening meal.
Frederick K. Eberhart shot his wife
four times at their home. killing her"
Strangely enough. Eberhart is said to
be a waiter. Consequently, he should
have been able to wait himself, or wait
on himself However. that is beside the
question
Sympathy in cOpioUs volumes viii
doubtless go out to the unfortunate
Mrs. Eberhart but she is an unwilling
martyr in a great cause Thousands
upon thousands Of husbands in this
smiling land may get their dinners a
few minutes earlier as a result of this
sad occurrence. It is likely to spur
every housewife to renewed efforts at
promptitude and in the end the dinner
hour may become. in the language of
the 'pote, a grand, sweet song.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25
Modern Fables.
By George AIDE.
The Modern Fable of What They Had Laid Out For Their
Vacation
Copyright. 1902 by Robert HoEard Rus

copyright, 1902, by Robert HOWARD Rus
sell1
A MAN who had three weeks Of Va
n cation coming to hira began to set
busy with an Atlas about April 1st
He and his Wife figured that by keeping
on the Jump they could do Niagara.
Thousand Islands, Atlantic City, the
Mammoth Cave and cover the Great
on April 10th they decided to charter
sippi
On April 20th he heard of Cheap Elk
eursion 10 California with a stop-oyer
Privilege at every Station and they be
gan 10 read up on Salt Lake and Yellow
stone
On May LIST she flashed a Prospectus Of
a Northern Lake Resort where Boats and
Minnows were free and Nature was ever
smiling
BY May 10Th ne had drawn Blue Pen
eil all over a Folder of the Adirondack
Reglon and al the Hotel Rates were set
down in his Pocket Memorandum Book
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25
lRaItimore AmerIcanl

IllaILIIEIUIE INIT IlFIIIF|
Isn't This awfulg' asked the common
looking man on the crowded street car.
Isn't this awful? Why, there are al
ready 165 people on this car"
1T IS awful, agreed the person au-
dressed. who was street railway mag
nate. 1T Is awful. There ought to be at
least twenty more in here. I'll take that
conductors number and have him on the
carpet tomorrow