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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19

"The mountains are constantly NOV.
Ing" was the remark OF an officer OF
tho Denver and Rio Grando Road no.
comfy In speaking OF tho great land.
alidoa In the canyon above Glenwood
Springs. Colo. we find from actual
experience IN maintaining tunnels.
bridges and tracks In the mountains
that the mountains are moving. Il
costa a railway passing through the
mountains a great deal OF money In
the course Of ten years TO koop the
tracks In line. and maintenance OF
tunnels Is even more expensive, Drive
stake on the side OF mountain.
take the location with the greatest
care, and return after few months
The stake Is not In the same location.
The whole side OF the mountain has
moved. This experiment has often
been tried and Ia all cases the result
proves that the mountains are NOV.
ing. The mountains are gradually
seeking the level OF the sea"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19

In Alsace recently four.ycarold
child, the daughter OF workiugman.
became very m one day. but speedily
recovered, and for some days after.
ward dlsmayed her parents by eating
good deal more than a child of that
age Is wont 10 eat
Instead, however, OF growing fatter,
the girl grew thinner. and doctors.
who were summoned To attend her.
were unable to explain why the food
dld her no good, Finally the riddle
WAS solved. for serpent about
twenty inches In length Issued one
morning from the chlld's mouth.
The serpent was killed and sent 20
tho univeraity OF Srasburg, and since
then tho little one has enjoyed OK.
collont health. Il Is supposed that
tho child swallowed the serpent while
drinking some impure water.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19
Ia old amlmmInn HoIe.

nc CNa 1fslWlfWAWD FNANNH
We have bathcd iu the warm. clear wn-
tcrs where the Indian healed his
We have plunged In CLEO to the wave
tossed sea and have dived In the
salty main:
nut memory ever takes MS back with
longing In our soul.
To jump once more as In the days Of
yore In our boyhood's swimming
holei
Twas just below the high trcstie. and
nn the trains passed near
We waved wild hands from the warm
shore sands and gave them lusty
cheer.
Happy young rascals were we then. play.
Ing a thoughtless role.
For never n care could reach US there
at the dear old swimming holei
The big boys dlyed from the trestlo.
some ten foot high or more.
While the young ones dropped. feet
first. or hoped from the old spring
board on shore.
And o. the thrill Of that moment when
our first high dive was made
From the trestlea hight In the cnvious
sight Of the others who were
afraid
How well We had noted the dangcr-tho
spot where the barbcd wire lay.
The Rlaas-strewn place. and the jagged
face OF the rock where the big
crabs stay
over there Is the sunken log: and here's
where the blood-suckor lies:
on the other bank. wnere the weeds
grow rank. were the snakes and
singing flies.
But o, we would love these dangers
could We only meet them today
II we could cheer when the trains passed
near ana shout Ia the boyhood way
In spite Of the great green ocean there's
longing In our soul
To dive once more rs In the days OF
yorc In the dear old swimming -holei
Colorado Springs Gazette.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19

Provide yourself with an old hat
and an ordinary black pin bent in the
shape OF the letter c. Put the hat on
table, crown upward, and secrete
the pin in your right hand. You will
borrow the hat from somebody in the
audience. on receiving II. take It In
your left hand. and while walking to
the table place the right hand inside
and quickly push the point OF the pin
up through the crown and stand the
hat on the table. You make a few
passes over the hat as II you were
mesmeriEing II. Lay your left hand
fiat on the hat slip your second fin.
ger in the hook and slowly lift the hat
from the table. After this bring the
hat TO the table, remove the hand, and
in returning the hat you can easily
withdraw the pin.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19
How "Road.Runners" KIN Snakes.


Wonderful sagaclty Is shown by the
bird Of Southern California known as
the 'road.runner." As these birds
can outrun tho swifest horse they
usually choose to escape pursuit by
their speed. The road-runner, how.
ever, has one mortal enemy. tho rat.
uesnake. This reptile is fond OF de-
vouring the road-runner's eggs when.
ever It comes across n nest in the
sagebrush. But the birds ofssn have
opportunities OF reyenglng themselves.
Whenever they come across a sleep
ing rattlesnake summing himself on a
warm rock they Immediately prepare
trap for his destruction. Prickly
pears abound In those regions. The
Soadrunners, generally a pair, at once
begin picking up the spiny.covered
leaves OF this plant and plllng them
about the sleeping snake In a circle.
When their work Is completed they
give their enemy few pecks to awak.
en- him, and then retire to watch the
result.
In vain the rattlesnake tries TO es.
cape. The ring OF priclSly leaves hold
him a prisoner At every move he
makes the spines prick him. until at
last In despair he turns. bites himself
and dies
Travellers often come across these
circles OF dried leaves, with the dead
snake in the center. ~ FIRST no white
man would believe the Indian tales
OF this strange method the road.rln.
ner employed in killing their mortal
enemy, but they have since been oh.
served in the act by several eminent
naturaliats, who have corroborated
the stories told by toe Indians.
The male bird is not larger than n
common barnyard rooster. and his
feathers are as gayly colored as those
OF the peacock, The hen Is OF a dark
brown sagebrush color.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19

machine. Very WELT We will make a
boring machine by following the laws
OF gravity and equilibrium. We need
only few things, sewing needle. n
cork, two pocketknlves Of equal
weight and bottle closed with n
cork. We insert the pin In one OF
the corks and the eye end OF the sew
ing needle In the cork. closing the
bottle. Then we open the two pocket.
knives and insert them In the free
piece OF cork. as shown In the illus
tratlon, Now we have to balance the
two knives ON the pin. For that pur.
pose we place the pin on the tip Of
one finger and have somebody else
move the knives to and fro until the
balance Is reached. Then we place
tho whole apparatus on the point OF
the needle. as shown In illustration.
Tho balance Is easily reached by
slightly moving the pin one way or
the other. When the balance is I'm.
ally reached we set the knives aud
cork with the pin in motion by blow.
ing at II. As the sewing needle is OF
hard steel. the pin OF softer metal. the
turning motion OF the needle will bore
hole In the pin like a boring ma.
chine.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19

An English scientist noticing the
mysterious way IN which sounds some
times are lost In space recently under.
took an interesting experiment In a
balloon. He found that while still
within talking distance OF earth all
sound Of the human voice was
quonched In the mere indistlngulaha.
Bile hum Of the human hive. Equally
lost was the striking OF clocks aud
ringing OF bells. but a dogs bark rang
out clearly SO. also. the below OF a
COW far out In some field. would pono.
trate above the babel OF n busy town.
while the screochlng OF railway Wills.
tlea pierced tho sky mp to three miles
and. gathered In from vast areas. Oft
on reached an Intensity positively
painful. The strangest OF all acoustic
phenomena IL the unnccountablo ri.
lenco which sometimes ensuos when
sound IL 60 be expected In many
caaea II has been proved that, speak
iHE literally. the lost sounds ISSUING
from point on a aoacoaat were not
oxtlnguiahcd. for they wore heard
diatinotly farther out At sea Heavy
Haiuica unheard by people within
twenty or thirty miles hnvo boon
plainly audible al a much greater dis
lance, and this apparently not In a a..
rectlon favored by the wind The
scientist who conducted the balloon
experiment offers the theory that con
dltlons OF the aerial currents rather
than the direction Of the wind arc TO-
apOnslble for these phenomena.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19

The posse came down iihe me wDlf on
the fold
win zines and pistols sdi sho,guns un-
told
around.
Like the roll Of the surf on the shores
Of the Sound.
Like police on the street when the town
D. Hfrruo.
That drath-deallng posse nt sunset was
seem
Like police on the street OF general
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19

A number OF prominent Japanese
scientists are at present engaged
upon a series OF experiments for the
artificial production OF rain by means
OF electricity. The first trial was made
In the Fukushima prefecture. and the
results obtained were very satlsfac.
tory. Operations were begun at IL in
the evening. but no change was noted
until Q the next morning, when clouds
began TO gather in the vicinity of the
place where the experiments were
being held. Rain soon began to fall
over an area several miles In extent.
and continued without intermission
for twelve hours.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19

Douglass Dunn and hia brother.
small boys OF Merchantsyllle. N. j.,
went TO the Delaware for stroll yes.
torday, aud while walking along the
bank saw n huge bird struggling In
tho current Douglass stripped and
swan for the bird when he reached
Il he was amazed to find II bigger
than he had supposed and fun OF fight.
He bravely attacked II. however. and
managed 10 tug II ashore. As soon aa
they we're out OF the water the bird
renewed tho battle with fresh ylgor
and gave the lad a dorco fight, but IA
the bird had one wing broken the boy
succeeded In mastering II before his
brother came up They tied It's legs
and head and luggod their prize home,
whore they learned that Il was a gray
eagle, II measured nearly Eve feet
from tip to tip Il had been shot and
crippled by n gunner.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19
ID {l9l5EE2

tpothless mouth. The knuckle Of the
Index finger forms the nose, above It
are the eyes by draplng the face
with towel We have the feature OF
an old woman especially effective
when the light Is not very bright.
After a little practice you will succeed
In moving the thumb representing
the lower lip and chin up and down.
while you sing a song In a nasal voice
or carry on a conversation with the
audience In the voice OF an old WON
an. To make the audience laugh
heartily let the old woman cough and
sneeze and open her mouth wide while
she Is laughing To make the decep-
ton complete It is advisable to stand
behind n sheet drawn across the room
and let the doll perform la Punch
and Judy
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19
Lunatle's Wonderful eseape.

An extraordinary adventure befell a
lunatic near observation-disclosures, En-.
gland. the other day. Having effected
midnight escape from four attend
ants, the search after him was fruit
less until his father. a gamekeeper.
noticed some tracks In a field These
were followed and were found to lead
TO dlsused woll, upwards OF sixty
eight feet deep Tho lunatic was at
the bottom, and after some difficulty
was dragged up by n rope Curlously
enough, no was unhurt, although no
must have fallen or jumped to tho
bottom. He had been In the well thlr-
~ hours.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19

An interesting relic OF the Inflated
town OF Saint Pierrc-to-wit. an old
fashioned Martinique doll-has been
Installed at the Museo PedagogiQue.
where there are dolls representing
many French reigns and nearly all the
French colonies. The doll from Mar
Unique left the island a few days be
fore the great eruption. This play
thing is survival OF the time when
black slaves wore certain stuffs in.
troduced into Martinique by the Nor
mans. who originally colonlzed IT, As
did the planters wives OF former times
and as do the negresses OF the pres
ent day, she wears a red and yellow
handkerchief tied round her head,
with the ends rising up above her
forehead, and a gown OF coarse eta
mine or canvas cloth. so called be
cause II preceded the hair sieve as a
strainer. and a cambria apron OF stun
that In the early days Of the last cen
tury the children OF the Saint Pierre
Orphanage used to weave. The gown
and apron are much longer than the
rudlmentary legs. The head is large.
and the body stuffed with bran. The
doll was found with other toys in
press after the decease OF n very old
lady. who received II. when nearly
grown up. as a relic Of her. grand.
mothers childhood. The fashion In
which II is dressed prevailed from the
time the island was first colonlzed by
Normans. In the plantations. almost to
the present day.-London News Paris
telegram.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19
Prisoner Aaks Tor Death sentence.

Convicted by jury In tho Norfolk
county court, Va, OF numbering his
wife. William Treadwoll will not sane.
ton the application OF his counsel TOR
a new trial. He declares that no pur.
chased the pistol with which he kill.
ed his wife with the intention OF kill.
Ing himself as well, lilo desires that
no new trial be requested and that
sentence upon him DO executed as
soon as possible. The man appears
to have no desire to live, The case Is
one OF the strangeBt ever tried In a
Virginia court. After shooting his
wife the man turned the pistol upon
himself and was weeks recovering
from the wound.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19

She was one OF Fortunes favorltcs
rich, talented. beautiful. and young
and as she walked down tho aisle
TO the strains OF the Wedding March"
some mayellod at her wondrous
beauty, while a few worldlyminded
whispered. What a shocking matchi"
The bridegroom was handsome, but
comparatively poor. For his sake sho
had rejected duke, two earls. and q
host OF lesser lights In the way OF
bankers and diplomats: for had no not
met and defeated single-hanGed tho
finest opponents OF the game and now
reiolced In the proud tlto of Cham.
plon plrgpong player OF the stato?"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19
Hypnotlred Fish.

NJ ]. King. a retired farmer OF Char
don, Ohio, is Arm in the belief that
fish reason. and can also be hyno.
liEed. Five years ago Mir King built
a pond near his homo and stocked It
with mountain trout from a govern.
mont hatchery The dsh thrlyed and
developed remarkable growth There
are over 1000 trout In the pond now.
aome Of them weighing two and half
pounds
Mr. King exercises a wonderful IN.
ilucnce over some OF the fish. He can
reach down and take some out OF the
water. pat others on the back. while
hundreda OF them win eat out Of his
hand
one large trout he claims to be able
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19
Dgsl2Tsl5I! Ss.RJLzIQ

10 hypnotic. when he takes II from
tho water. after a series OF strokes on
ita sldes wlth the hand. tae 6sh ap.
pears 10 be- dead. not a movement Of
ita gllls being viaible
Another trout viii. before being fed
at wave Of the hand make a circuit
Of the pool, jumping clear out Of the
water al intervals Of Ave or ak feet,
and sometimes turning a somorsault
In rs career
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19
stranne Meetlnn on RelatIven.

Charles Gardner. who was kidnapped
10 years ago az the age OF 12 from his
home near Quincy, lll, by two tramps.
mot his father at Wichita, Kan. a few
days ago by accident. Recently Gard.
ner's parents moved to Andover Kan
Father and son met at the postohlce.
and recognized each other Young
Gardner says that the tramps took
him 10 Fort Worth, Tex. where no
was compelled to beg. and no finally
eacaned.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19

The inhabitants OF the Square OF
Vanguard, Paris. noticed for some
time past young man who was cvl.
dontly In the last state OF poverty. but
who shared his meal OF bread each
day with the sparrows, After some
time the birds got to know him. and
descended IN roefs the moment no
appeared. Tho residents in the square
took great interest In the proceedings,
whlch they regarded "a a touching
evidence OF humanity under ragged
shirt Unfortunately for tho young
man, one more curloua than the rost
watched him closely. and observed
that when the spnrrows came to feed
out OF his hand they were transferred
10 his pockets. When arrested tho
young man faid that he cooked and
ate the sparrows because ot hls In.
ability Of getting food otherwise.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19
ta.Year.old Bride Wants SEPARATE

-NeaE-Clu pIluc wants separation.
A very precoclous child is wilhel.
nina Mcintyre, OF Bethlehem, Ky. VIII
helmina, who is ~ years old, became
a bride April 2, marrying a farmer 45
years OF age, and now she has brought
action to annul the marriage, The do
nestle bliss of the Unmatched couple
was early disturbed. the husband abus.
Ing tho bride, so she claims, and she
asks for $4,000 damages In addition TO
the annulmont. The ceremony uniting
the child In marriage TO the farmer
was performed with the consent OF
her parents and they are the moving
spirits In the enort TO annul the mar
riage.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19
Roeater Methers ehIeks.

a Hallowoll, Me, rooster Is mother
ing flock Of little chickens. Incl.
dental TO this story comes the nows
OF n tragedy OF previous occurrence,
when the mother hen mot death be.
meath the wheels Of an electric car
The head Of the flock cares for tho
little chickens with apparently a full
realization OF the duuos incumbent
upon him,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19

Who can bore a hole through n pin
by blowing at It? 1t is impossible,
everybody will declare; to do It you
need a sharp instrument or a boring
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19

In the rattle Of money one hears the
rustic OF silk. the clatter OF silver
service containing rich vlands and
many other delightful melodleS.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19

1.-THE possibility Of the use OF
hypnousm In conducuns a
- courtshlp. this mysterious
49, power welded by a shrevd
man 10 win a beautiful bride.
the subsequent guidance Of the wife
by continued practice Of this magic
influence. form the basis Of most
romantic story that Il claimed TO have
just been enacted In real life.
Such Is the theory held by the
friends u Miss Maud shonieldt Of
Omaha. who recently married Philip
Doromua Watkins, formerly OF Boston
or its possibility the reader must him.
self juice The story as II comes
from the west. Is as follows:
a Pullman coach attached to train
bound westward from Omaha fur.
rished the FIRST scene OF this strange
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19

grown.up people as well as with young
folks. All you have to do is to paint
Two eyes, and underneath them a nose
ON the knuckles Of your index and
third finger, as shown in the lower
part OF the illustration. The thumb
pressed against the index finger and
moved up and down will represent a
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-19
The slneinq Doll.

The experiment shown in the Illus.
tration is bound to find favor with
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-02-12
The Difference Of an Iacl,.

At ono Of the reunions Of the Army
of the Cumberland several former ef-
fcers Of the Union army fell to dis
oussing the wounds they had received
during the civil war. At last one of
their number turned to Colonel b., a
tall, fine soldierly-looking man, who
had remained silent, during the dis
cussion, and said:
"Well. colonel, ycn seem to be the
only one of the party who escaped un.
injured"
"Oh, no, 1 didn't" answered tho
colonel, quickly. II was shot at An.
tietam. A bullet went through my
nose, taking the gristle out" HI
wriggled his nose from side to side te
|sprove the truth of his statement.
"Ah, well, you were quite fortunat,
after ALL" said MajorM., consolingly
"1f the bullet had struck half an inc,
further in, your soul would have bee,
launched into eternity"
"Yes," said the colonel, "and if tn
blamed thing had gone half iuch fur
ther out it wouldn't have hit me a
ALL"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-02-12
: Thomas Estrada Palmer the fir

= Thomas Estrada Palmer the first
pzos;aent-eieot os Cuba, is the de-
scendant of q distinguished Castilian
family and has been called the Crank
lin Of Cuba" Palma at one time
conducted school for boys at Cen
trail Valley, Orange county, NY.
When you lack energy, do not relish
your food, feel dull and stupid after
eating, all you need is dose Of Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
They will make you feel like new
man aud give you an appetite like q
bear. For sale by Orr Gray Drug Co.
The marriage of first cousins is
forbidden by lrw in Pennsylvania, the
statute Of prohibition going into effect
January 1, 1902.
The man who was "born tired"
should use Prickly Ash Bitters. It
makes work necessity to give vent to
the energy and exuberance Of spirits
generated by functional activity in
the system. Evens Pharmacy.
- A man may be known by the
company he keeps, but he is seldom,
found out until about six monthe
after the wedding.
Stops the Cough and Wesks or the
Cold.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure
q cold in one day. No cure, No Pay.
Price Is cents.
- Pretty girls can see no reason
wig other people should not Judge by
appearances.
True art lies not in conoealinq
art, but rather in selling it for good
price.
To Cure Cold In 0oe Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab.
cts. All druggists refund the money
IL it fails to cure. E.. w. Groves
signature on every box. 25c.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-02-12

up. Ii was ali caused by fool opera
tor, who forgot to give me an order.
de fed the country. After that
something always happens on the an .
nsversary. Once an engine wheel
snapped of and went whizzing across
the prairie, but I stopped before any
damage was done. Another time I
dropped q pair Of trucks before I got
three blocks from the station. So il
has gone. Some day it will be serious,
l suppose"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-02-12
THE ANDERSON INTELLI(4ENC JEFF.

age il somo care was taken to help q
boy decide what he proposed to pre-
pare himself 20 DO and ne was brought
into some sort Of contact with b.. work
while he was yet boy.
Even il tho boy should afterwards
conolade TO change his FIRST purpose,
the practice and experience had in his
first selection would not be lost. The
contact Of the country boy with farm
life and hia experience and training
on the farm is well known to give him
preference in the city over the city
boy with no training at all in almost
any competition fora Job.
1t 10 pitiable the number OF we'll
instructed youth tho colleges are turn
ing out who have selected no parsicu-
lar occupation, and who at twenty -one
years are, in many cases, more help
less in q matter Of actually doing
something than farm boys twelve
years old.
In saying this there is no purpose
to disparage education. On the con-
trary, the room for further develop
anent of education is practically un-
limited. But the number Of college
graduates who each year start out
hunting positions, who are willing to
undertake almost anything but who
are actually qualified to get no full or
valuable result in any way, would be
very materially reduced if the boys
could be induced to make some
effort to get some idea Of the practical
side Of his future occupation while
yet young. Such apprenticeship or
other work Of training would put to
profitable use much time that the city
boy now spends in idleness or puts to
worse use. The boys Of the South
are usually Of the most excellent me-
terial, and with little judicial aid in
boyhood to help them prepare for q
life occupation it might be made much
easier for them to prosperously en-
bark ct about twenty-one years Of age
on their life's voyage"