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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07
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were two enormous screws astern.
The engines were mGrvels OF light.
ness. They developed 800 horsepower
with a weight Of about nix pounds per
horsepower. While no was expert.
menting. in 1895. Maxim's airship
pulled loose from the track, rose a
little and then came down abruptly
enough to be considerably injured
Since that time Sir Hiram has given
little attention TO this subject. stlll
he showed that Il was possible 20
attain q speed OF something like TWEEN.
ty.nyo or thirty miles an hour,
Prof Langley, who has probably
gone deeper In TO the philosophy Of
aerial navigation tfan any other living
man. improved on Maxim In two or
three ways. He made n model too
small to carry a passenger. but big
enough 10 test the merits Of the de
sign, Its length was 10 feet and the
distance from tip TO tip Of wing about
10 feet His steam engine weighed
only twenty.slx ounces and developed
one or one and cne'half horsepower
Finally he launched the ship from the
roof OF a houseboat on the water. so
that when II descended the craft
would not be injured. The trial flight
lasted a minute and n half. and devel
oped a speed OF twenty-five or thirty
miles an hour
The type OF alrshlD to which that
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07
Booth TarkInn,onla pIeture.

Booth Harrington. the novelist. al
ways sketches his stories In pictures
before no writes them in words. and
all of his stories lie hidden away In
picture form. lie 10 unwilling to
show these drawings even TO intimate
friends. His publishers have urged
him to allow them 10 use his own
drawings for illustration OF his books.
but he wouldn't hear OF II, wouldn't
oven let them see any OF the pictures.
Al last he promised them one OF tho
Vanrevel sketches, but he was canny.
enough not TO send II until too late
for insertion In the book. About tho
supplementary autograph edition no
did not know. TIE picture came In
time TO be clapped into that and there
Il Is. 10 the authors dihmay.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07
GIVING SERVICE TO GOD

For each one OF us. whether on
bed OF pain. In feeblencss and uncer.
talnty of purpose, such as comes with
ill-health or oyerstralned nerves. or
whatever else may be our immediate
condition. nothing Is more urgent,
nothing more behooyes us than to ask.
What wouldst Thou have me to do?"
For. whatever our state, however help.
less and incapable. however little sery.
ice 10 God or to our neighbor seems
within our power. there Is no doubt at
all as TO His willing us to do some
thing. Not necessarily any great
thing; II may be only some little mes
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07

Bishop Leighton Coleman OF the
Protestant Episcopal church OF Della
ware, has Just returned to his home.
In Wilmington. having completed his
annual vacation tramp Every year
the bishop dons rough suit OF
clothes and starts on an expedition oc
this kind His latest tour was 200
miles in the mountains Of Virginia,
Tonnestee and North Carolina, all on
foot lie travels incognito, stopping
over might wherever he finds II most
convenient and mlngllng With all sorts
OF people.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07

We may overcome depression by
duty. 1t is a blessed thing to have
something to do. Some disaster over.
comes US or great sorrow swoops
down on our spirit, and It seems as
though life can have nothing in store
that is desirable. But life still has It's
wants. e still has its humble duties,
and we take them up, almost mechan.
ically at hrst. but before long We find
that they are medicinal. Thank God
for something to do!
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07
MnncY ln nrchnrda.

Somebody in the East started q
newspaper paragraph about the emo
apple orchard owned by Foster Udell
OF Brockport N. y, from which he
this year sold $4,000 worth Of fruit.
Comes now n Western editor and tells
Of an orchard near Ieavmworth.
Kan, owned by Judge Welhousc.
The orchard covers $1,000 acres and
the Judges profit this year win rum
mp 10 $4,000. He has already sold
about $4,000 bushels OF fruit.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07

sage Of sympathy and comfort TO carr
to one even more lonely than we are;
II may be some tiny pleasure to a little
child, or kindly word or glance TO
one whose own fault has cut him on
from general kindness and pity; II
may be even only in humble patience
TO stand and wait till He makes His
will plain abstainIng the while from
murmur and fretfulness; but. in some
shape or other be certain that your
Master and Lord hears and will an.
swcr your question: What wouldst
Thou have me to do?"-H. l.. Sidney
Lear.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07

Dumont In another way Is being mada
by two Englshmen. Stanley Spencer
and Dr. Barton. The former aprang
surprise on the public last month
by making an unannounced ascent at
the Crystal Palace. London. and keep
Ing sloft long enough to travel thirty
miles. lie thus broke all records for
distance. The details OF his design
are not yet known on this side OF tho
Atlantic.
Leo Stevens adopts the Renard
plan. and thinks that he has improved
on Santos Dumont lie has one gas
bag inside Of another lie has adjust.
able water ballast. the receptacle con.
tanning which can be slid to and fro
ON a rod His chief novelty. though.
In his own estimation. is a pair OF
parachutes, which are folded up like
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07

told a man one day. runs paralyzed
10 Lexington avenue" Al another
time, one story goes. he was reading
to an outgoing platoon list OF some
clothing that had been reported
stolen. One item was kersey coat.
Next on the list. mon" he an.
nounced. In his rich brogue. SIS ker.
osone coat" II was this captain who
directed a patrolman TO open n win
dow in the station house and "putrefy
the air."
II was not this captain, but n ser.
geant now dead, who. while testlfying
In a trial at police headquarters.
asked permission OF the commission.
CT TO correct his testimony, saying:
''Mr. Commissioner. wish to re.
tract the ysracity OF my former state
ment."
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07
cHRIsTs POWERS

The risen Christ is able to save to
the uttermost all that come unto God
by Him. His arm brought salvation.
The offering up OF Isaac by Abraham
typed the Offering up OF the Son OF
God as an atonement for the sins OF
the world. There is one point OF con.
trast, rather than OF analogy. For
Isaac a substitute was found. There
was none found for Jesus. Neither the
cattle on a thousand hills. nor rivera
OF oil. nor all the creatures OF earth,
nor all the angels Of heaven could
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07

have stood in his stead. Other FONDA
ton could no man lay. None but Je-
sus could have made full atonement
for the sins OF the whole world. There
fore his arm alone brought salvation;
therefore he trod alone tho wine press
OF the wrath OF the Almighty. Had a
substitute been possible. one would
have been found; but there Is no other
name whereby we can be saved. But
He is risen. and ever liyeth to make
lntercesslon for us, and He is able TO
save TO the uttermost all that come
unto God by Him.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07
Jobertla FIyInn MaehIne. teI2.

OF saRtos-Dumonts belongs employs
a balloon for sustaining purposes,
This Is shaped Ike a cigar or sweet
potato. In order 10 minimize tho re.
sistance Of the air In moving horizon
tally Commandant Renard, Of the
French army was one OF the irst to
utilize this system lie drove his
propelllng screws with an electric mo-
tor and carried along a storage bat
terry. The latter was 80 heavy that
no one else Of any consequence has
adopted that form OF motive power.
The Fronohmnn managed to squirt NJ
the rate Of twelve or fourteen miles
On hour TOR a few minutes, though.
This feat was performed somewhere
between 1883 and 1885.
An attempt TO improve on Santos.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07

in Grmness and truth. There are
plants that arc lovely IN their dallcacy
but so frail as 10 be scarcely more
than a dream, so fragile are they But
when the two qualities. strength and
beauty, are uritod, we have a charac.
ter which wins the approval OF Sod
and tho commentator VI men.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07

A police captain who was dismissed
from the force this week was resnons-
ible for many amusing stories based
on his use-or misuse of words rays
the New York Evening Post Once
he assorted that he never paid any
attention 10 unanimous lottorH" on
another occasion he rs said 20 have re-.
ferred to his possession Of a vera
clOus" appetite. Third ayenut, no
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07

When the tansrs nov burn blue.
Ana the comfortefs ere few.
And that number more than true.
Sweet Spirit, comfort me-
When the priest his last hath prayed.
And nod 20 what is ~
Cause my speech is now decayed.
Sweet Spirit. comfort mo!
when, God knows. I'm tossed about.
Either with despair or doubt,
Yet before the glass be out.
Sweet Spirit. comfort mel
When the judgment Is reveard.
And that open'd which was sealed.
Nhcn TO thee / have appeard,
Sweet Spirit, comfort me-
Robert Herrich.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07
HOW. TO HAVE THE BEST

never makes a mistake. n VIC res i.ze
this and act accordingly we do wisely
ANY other course on our part is a
mistake for which we shall surely
suffer, As quaint George Herbert
says:
III thou DO ill-ths Joy fades. not the
pains.
II thou do well-ihe pain doth fade. the
JOY remains"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07

In Gcd's service the only gain is in
accepting that which God chooses for
us day by day. Whether II seems to
DO what we most shrink from, or what
We should welcome as most desirable.
Gods choice Is sure to be the best for
us. and in the end We shall find It 30.
God knows our need, and he is ready
TO supply It. We are often mistaken
as 10 what Is best for us. but God
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07
&1lE.I5giousNq5t2>
TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.

In the hour OF my distress.
When temptations me Cypress.
And when ! my sins confess.
Sweet Spirit. comfort mel
When ! lie within my bed
Sick 90 heart and sick in he1d.
And With doubts disseminated.
Sweet Spirit. comfort me!
When the house doth Sigh and veep.
And the world L. drown'd In sleep'
Yet mine eyes the watch do keen.
Sweet Spirit. comfort me!
When the passing he'll doth toll.
And the Furlps IN o. shnu
Come TO fright u parting soul,
Sweet Spirit. comfort me!
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07
STRENGTH AND BEAUTY

Strength md beauty blend In all
truly noble character. Strength alone
Is not always lovely; 1t may be stern.
oppressive unjust, cruel or selfish.
Among animals. hugenoss IS not H.
self winning; Il may be very income
ly. though strong, Beauty alone may
not be pleasing, being weak, lacking
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07

II IL fitting that we should recognize
tho comforting fact that each one
leaves his own little bit of work on
the great edihce which God is rearirs
through the centuries. and which is to
be at last for His own habitation
through the Spirit. In the
words OF the appropriate inscription
on the monument to the Wesleys in
Westminster Abbey. God buried His
workmen, but carries on His work"
When Moses dies. God has Joshua
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07
OUR WORK GOES ON

fully trained to take his place; when
Elijah steps into the chariot that is
to take him to glory, God has Elisha
there in readiness to receive his fall.
Ing mantle; when stephen is stoned
to death, Paul is prepared by God TO
take up his mission, Thus though the
man disappears, his work is carried
forward, and Is. through the energiE.
Ing influence OF Gods spirit, made op-
erative all through the ages.--wiliam
NJ. Taylor.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07
DOING A GOOD WORK

Probably no man in the west is do.
Ing more for ;he unfortunate than is
John L. Whitman. the chairman Of the
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07

hold Il to be fact that II all per-
sons knew what they said Of each 9TH
en- there would not be four frlonda In
the woII-pascal.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07

To do good ana De eviily spoken Of
Z ..;RC'y.-Alexander the Great
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07

Whose life Is devoted to the better.
ment OF the condition Of the unfnrtu.
nate. and the uplifting Of the fallen. !
John l.. Whitman Moral improvement
Association OF the Cook County Jail.
Thousands OF people are committed to
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-11-07

Many a woman who makes a man n
mighty poor wife makes him n rich
husband.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-05-13
Material For Manure.

There is always large amour; Of
coarse material in the barnyard that
has little or no plant food i'm il. cspe-
ciolly II it has been exposed. Such
manure IS no; worth taking to the
fields. AMI II turIcd under il will make
the soil dryer in summer. Such mate
rial should be made the foundation fof
a new heap, so rs TO rot 10 down to less
bulk but also Go use 10 as absorbent
matter for fresh manure.
Personal interest. o. course. has been
factor IN all this. bnt genius and com
mcndablc desire for bcttermcnt and the
accomplishment Of good ia the world
have bccu lrcgt factors in this won
dcrfully advanced movement Amer
icnn manufacturers load the world i'm
these great economic .'ridp-. inG the
demand abroad for their products. con
stautly .urr.Hs iug Yarii.. ib's claim
fW th.'s $500 aud ng Huts SO other
country Iu thc world ns been able
to advance tho price OF labor Hfty ppr
cent. Hud set reduce tht cost of pro.
ductIon more han 300 per cent q
people who u do chat expand the
area Of thD fu try necessarily The
parts OF ODD. .rld that won't improve
OF adyanc. u human bottcfment sim.
piy have to got ont OF the Uuy of those
who DO % is thc order of Inevitable
law. not fate Indiana Farmer
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-05-13

We spend millions OF dollars every
year I'm our municipalities for pcri-a
mont pavements. and more millions IN
the country fer better highways. and
then permit the use OF the destructive
narrow tire. VI is impossible 90 estl.
mate the amount OF annual damage q
good pavements and good roads result.
ing from the use OF narrJw.tired We.
hicles. In the city trucks with heavy
loads cut up and rut the pavemcr r..
making II necessary 90 expend in the
aggregate throughout the country Ill.
lions of dollars for repairs. ard the
same is true Cf rural conditions. II is
high time that city and country rnitcd
their influence IT. advocating the ndcp.
ton OF state, county and municipal
legislation which Should provide fof
the equipment Of all wagons with vice
tires. The Co1ntic- of Monroe and on.
tario Of New York State. have recently
adopted resolutions favOriic such "a
measure. with n provision for e. So
pcLal;y for q breach Of the ordina ace.
This is matter which demanCs tho
immediate atte1tion r Municipal On.
cers.-.lunicipal Journal and Engineer
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-05-13
The Farmers WorkshoD.

Every farmer should have n conven.
lent workshop as measure of econ.
omy, and the winter is the time Ia
work in il.
Ii is hardly TO be expected that the
plows, wagons. harrows, forks, shovels.
and other farm tools have passed the
summer and fall without breakage of
greater or less degree. and now is the
most opportune time for repairing
them.
y workshop should be supplied with
all OF the most necessary tools in the
use of which some one or more of the
men folks" will be somewhat skilled.
Next to having the tools and knowing
how to use them. is their being well
arranged-a place for everything and
everything in its place-so that no time
need be lost in looking for them.
Especially in the busy summer sea-
son time is money, and n marked say
ing in both will be made if the tools
are in order and in their proper places
1t is poor economy to have to run
TO the shop, one. two. or three miles
away, when an axe helve is to be set
in, or rake wants a new TOOTH
New York Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-05-13
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big furniture house Well. lie was
found to be short in his accounts. con
victed of embeZzlement and sent to the
penitentiary. leaving his young wife
and baby in absolute penury. She
sold everything the first year to keep
him supplied with the extras that are
not on prison menus she denied her
self, looking fer work of any kind, and
finally awaking to the realization that
there was nothing between her and
hunger except the few good garments
that remained of her once splendid
wardrobe.
"She sold them. and I'm utter gener-
o3lty wrote hopeful letters to her hus-
land even when her prospect doomed
blacklist. She could hardly sew. knew
nothing OF business, had neither means
FOR time TO learn shorthand or type
writing, and soon found that even the
petty positions open for yoLng women
in the big stores, paid next to nothing
Assailed on all sides by rascaI3 OF the
uDclean and impcrtincnt tyre. vino
would have favored her Oh accour {
of her beauty. she could Do - Uettcr
than fill an occasional vacancy rs .ex-
ira IN some store She tried writing
at home hut found that the pittancc
for addressing 10000 envelope would
not keep her and her baby day. Tie.
in cooperation. she began ~ steal. tim.
illy at Grst. but finally with q bJlcncss
ana shrewd dcxtcri.y tlat fer q time
meant case and even luxury fer her
and the baby.
"Shc fixed ~ q snug little fat in
Cincinnati, but with hc- weather eye
on possible detection. held on ID the
s1ualid room in Covingto1. where she
had bid her misery and her shame from
tho fair-weatber friends Of her early
married days. She made no effort T.
conceal nor condone the crime for
which she had been arrested. 7 rot
bail fer her, and. as VIC left the jall
together, what do you suppose she pro
p0sed2 Simply that she go back with
her bsby to the dirty. bare room In
COvlngtou. and, leaning wholly upon
her story cf rinching want. throw her.
self wholly on the mercy Of the rich
merchant she had robbed. No lawyer
could have devised q letter plan, and
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-05-13
Coaxing the Rain Drops.

Some interesting experiments for the
artificial production of rain by means
e electricity have been carried out in
Japan. The probability of greater sue
cess being obtained by this means. in
lieu Of the system of detonating ex-
plosives in the upper air strata. has
often been advocated by scientists. says
the Scientific American. This attempt
by the japanese however. is the first
practical effort II prove the truth of
this theory, and 1t was attended with
conspicuous success. The trial3 were
made in the Fukushima prefecture.
Operations were commenced at II in
the evening, but there was no sign of
atmospheric change until 8 o'clock next
morning. when n cluster of clouds was
observed over the hill On which the ex-
pertinent was held. At length rain be-
gan TO fall. followed by sec nd fall at
IL q. m. and aftcrward n q irI. fourth
and Gfth-thc last being about 80 in
tho evening. The area upon w .ich tho
rain fell extended over many miles. As
a single experiment OF this description
Is scarcely conclusive. the scientists
who carried out these particular trials
propose - repeat them, with n view TO-
establishing the feasibility Of a., idea.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-05-13
London,s Immensitv shown.

The immensely Oh London can only
b. understood when we come 10 deal
with the many sides OF the peoples
lives. Every year about 10000 babies
are born i'm London. There are always
more boys born than girls. More than
800 out OF every 1000 never live 20 be
two years old. over 10000 little collins
BEING used every year to bury their
remains. More than 10000 people die
every year in London warehouses; and
innrmarios; but in spite OF the fact
that about 5000 LondOners 90 TO their
last account. there arc $1,000 more per
sons alive in London each New Years
Day than there were on the previous
occasion a
There are more ihau 1000 weddings
each twclvcmonth 5000 Of which are
celebrated in the churches OF the Is.
adjustment. Strange as u may seem.
seeing that we have bad compulsory
education now FOR over thirty years
there are every yeas more than 1000
persons married in London who can
neither read nor write
IL b. q common mistake 20 suppose
that everybody who can comes 10 Lon.
don aud that the population is Ia.
creased almost entirely ~ this process
A. matter Of ,act close upon 10000
Londoners leave the metropolis every
year Tor She country or Tor places
abroad. London Express
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-05-13
Give the Cows Sunlight.

The one thing that we think quite
or exercise is that OF which they are
most frequently deprived in the old
fashioned stables OF those who believe
in having them out of doors during the
day. and it may be that il is so neces-
sary TO their well being that 4 few
hours outing may do them good
enough to countcrbalance the injury
done by being ont in the cold
Sunlight is us necessary to the thrifty
and healthy growth of animals us OF
plants. Every stable or place where
they are kept should be well lighted
upon the south side. not only by having.
plenty of glass, but that glass kept
clean enough TO allow the sun to pene-
trate II freely. We have seen glass so
Opaque with cobwcbs and dirt as TO
admit only enough light to allow one To
gropc his way about in semi-darkness.
The dim religious light" OF the an
cient and some modern churches is not
good enough for n barn. We do not
care for blue glass or other stained
glass. but want Il clear. clean. trans
parent glass, that Will let I'm the full
rays of the sun. Even double sashes of
glass now cost but little more for the
space they occupy than the siding and
painted clapboards, or n shingle sash
with curtain to shut out the cold
Mt night
Not everyone can afford new barns
with the modern improvements, but
many old ones could be so changed at
small expense as 10 make the stables
much warmer and lighter. and when
this is done they well be found Il bet
ter place for dairy cows than the
barnyard when the temperature is be
low freezing or when there Is cold
wind or EMBELLISHMENTS Plough
man.