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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

All OF the big trees in the county
are not In California. One OF pretty
good size was grown on the BlgeloE
ranch near salix. Iowa, at the south
east end OF Browns or Horseshoe
lake. The tree was sold TO the school
district near by by A. +. Bigelow. and
II furnished enough fuel TO do The
school all winter. and there ia NOR
than enough OF It to do It anotheI
season.
The monster tree was Ave feet and
Ave inches in diameter at the butt
and. Notwithstanding It had a large
hollow space in the heart OF II, Il has
yielded thirty cords OF wood. valued
at t5i. Il is not all reduced as yot
This is thought to have been Tho
largest tree in Woodbury. county and
perhaps one of the largest In this
part OF the country. II has attracted
a great deal OF attention in past years
especially among hunters ana Usher
men who have visited the lake near
by TO enjoy their sport.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

In the borderland between the
Rocky Mountains and the great plains
OF America a number OF streams be-
have In a remarkable manner, The
water runs for a time over sandy bot
tom and then disappears. II is be-
lleved that II continues 70 now, very
slowly. of course, some distance be-
low the surface.
A unique instance is now reported
from Utah by the United States Geo
logical Survey There is creek
which rises In the uinta mountains,
and which In the summer time loses
itself IN a rocky opening, or sink.
fourteen miles from It's head Mr.
Prall, one OF the photographers OF the
survey, says that on almost all sides
the walls rise from the surface Of this
pool about seventy-hve feet or one
hundred feet. The water has slow,
circular motion, such as might be
produced by inflow at less than a
right angle or by suction from below
Measurement above the pool shows
that the amount OF water In the
stream is ninety-slx gallons per sec
ond. The only apparent outlet is a
narrow channel. through which very
little water passes, and even this en-
tlrely disappears after a few hundred
yards. About seven miles away a
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09
Gl5y.lgf.Sl5ijlI
H'''TI''

on here's to the man with a hand like
ham
And INST just as hig as his heart.
To the biz manly chap, De De banker on
drudge
owning railroads or driving a cart;
To the man who looks steadily straish'
In your eyes
And gives you a grip like n viao-
such men us decided long since once io'
an
That they'd rather be men than be mice
He may have a skull like the crust Of
the earth.
And a jaw like the Terrible Turk
His hands may have spread ON the helNe
Of pick,
or at some other mental work;
But his heart you'll md Eood as nugget
OF gold.
And twin always be faithful TO YOU
Ihen here's TO the man with hand ike
a ham
And a soul that Is loyal and true.
He may not be versed In tho dining
rooms ways,
He may never have donned dress suit,
But he will stand fast while you're true
TO your trust:
Your honor he'll never dispute.
For he's Just the friend that will night TO
the end.
TIL there's no further use to resist
God bless him. this man with the hand
like n ham.
And heart Just az big az his fst.
3. W. GILLIAN In Los Angeles Herald.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

Natural soap mines are the latest
discovery in the northwest, Consul
General John Bittinger at Montreal
writes to the state department that
several soda lakes have been found
in the foothills near Ashcroft British
Columbia. Their bottoms and shores
are incrusted with a natural washing
compound containing borax and soda
Tests prove the substance TO be equal
to the washing powders in common
use. Trial by blaoksmiths and farm
hands shows that II will remove
grease and dirt quicker than soap. A
syndicate Of British Columbia men
has been formed to put the product on
tho market About 275 tons Of the
material have been cut and taken
from the lake.
II is handled precisely ms Ice ID
handled. The blocks are more than
nine inches in thickness. are sawn
into pieces OF fifteen by eighteen
inches and weigh fifty pounds each.
II is estimated that this lake alone
contains 10000 tons. Indicating thai
the industry. II successful. will reach
large proportions.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

There are probably very few per-
sons In New York who are aware OF
the fact that In Central Park stands
an oak which was planted by King
Edward VII. Of England.
This interesting tree stands on tho
west side OF the Mali. near the bronze
statue OF the Eagles and Goat. II was
planted by the king more than forty
years ago, when, as the young prince
OF Wales, he made his first and only
visit to this country.
The royal tree" Is In an excellent
state OF preservation. although II ID
crooked and stunted In growth. des-
pite the particular care which tho
park gardeners have devoted to II.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09
EASING Lon ooRPvLENT ProPLr


Doctor Declares u T. the Natural
Kennedy ZOE Too Mech lat
In the restaurant nearly everybody
was too fat and the physicians. in
Guiding oil those pendulous paunches
and double chIns In a snccring glance.
remarked, why Will men and women
be dlsagured with corpulencc when tho
remedy IS so simple and sure? What
is the remedy? why II is. OF course,
the natural one that would occur to
an animal or savage II Is fasting.
Let the fat man or the fat woman fast
a week. two weeks three weeks. or q
month-tast TN he or she be thin
enough-about once a year. say. and
corpulonce. that most unsightly and
unhealthy condition. would vanish
from the face OF the earth.
81 suppose these fools are afraid to
do this" the physician continued, &C
cording TO the Philadelphia Record.
"Thoy think. probably that before they
would get sufficiently thin they would
starve to death. But the picture Of
the Cuban and the Indian famine vic
Tins answer that fear well enough.
None OF those folks died OF starvation
ell there was nothing left OF them but
skin aud bone. Fasting would be q
very good thing for fat people TO dc
regularly. They would then keep al.
ways ahapsiy. During their abstinence
they would live on and consume their
own fat az alternating animals do. -
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09
HAVE GOOD ROADS IN GEORGIA
1000 Miles 81 Then Bunt In Ten Year,
Largely ny Convict Labor

1000 Mnss Of Then Bunt In Ten Years
Largely by Convict Labor
In improving It's highways the state
q Georgia COW leads the rest OF the
South. Nearly 1000 miles OF graded
roads have been built In the state in
tho last ten years and under law
passed in 1891 the various counties
now raise 100000 annually for road
making and mending.
The state now permits the employ
ment OF chain gangs OF misdemeanor,
conviots on road making as a relief TO
hired FREQ labor. Tho convlcts are
uuartered In movable camps and dur
ing the winter In county barracks.
which have all the eonvenlences OF n
we'll regulated prison.
The only persons In the state who
object 10 this method OF improving the
highways are the convicts and the
opinion does not count
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

sufficient vitality, an operation for
ovarian troubles, Not a very cheerful
prospect, 10 DO sure. !, however, was
advised 20 try Lydia II. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and SAM
ative Wash; did so, fortunately
for me. Before a month had passed I
felt that my general health had Inn
proved In three months more / was
cured, and : have been In perfect
health aimee. / did not lose an engage
ment or miss n meal.
Your Vegetable Compound IL GER
tainly wonderful, and we'll worthy the
praise your admiring friends who have
been cured arc ready 10 give you.
alwAys speak highly OF II, and you
will admit l have good reason 70 do
so."--MRa. q. BRUcE, Lansing, Mich.
5000 fsffsit n above tsstinoaiai 10 rot esssias.
The fullest counsel on this
subject can bo secured Without
cost by writing 20 Mrs PinlSham,
Lynn, Mass. Your letter Will be
entirely confidential.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

There is In Ventura. Cal. a magnl-
hcent specimen OF white la Marque
iose. II was planted from a cutting
10 November 1915. and has been
trained over n large arbor. Its main
item. Immediately above the ground.
measures two feet nine inches in cir
sumference. Two branches start
nom II. ana each is two feet one inch
back and pruned heavily each year.
and last year over a wagon load OF
prunings was taken from II. For sew
sral years the boys and girls OF Ven
tnra have counted the number OF
blossoms every March and April. For
I've years they have averaged over
$4,000. and last April they numbered
n,6iO. Botanists say they can dis
cover no sign OF degeneracy due TO
old age or rare fecundlty In the won
derful plant
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09
A Wonderful Clock.

To the list Of remarkable clocks in
the world, that just completed by n
bohemian In Chicago. who has been
at work on II for nineteen years. will
have to be added. II Is more than
eighteen feet high. and is fifteen feet
square at the base. A miniature earth
circles around the dial. and turns on
It's axis every twenty-four houra.
while the sun. moon. Venus. Mars. sa-
turn and other planets are represent
ed In their proper places. When the
clock strikes door opens. and n pro
ccssion OF all the presidents OF the
United States issues. followed by az.
ures which symbolic It's growth.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

W. w. Reed. wealthy land owner
and oil operator, was walking along
n public highway in Indiana recently
when n severe storm was passing
over. He was carrying an umbrella,
which was struck by a bolt OF light
ming and torn TO pieces. His clothing
was torn into ribbons and scattered
about the road. He was found a short
time later In nude condition and
thought TO be dead. He was carried
into a nelghboring farmhouse, where
he recovered. and does not seem "a
suffer any bad effects from his
strange experience.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

The Inhabitants OF Freiburg. in
Baden, seem determined to make
heir town. II not the most beautiful
In the world. at any rate unique as re-
CARDS floral decoration. The town
council have decided that all owners
Of balconies shall be provided free OF
charge by the town gardener with
trailing creepers. such as ivy, Virginia
creeper. etc. in order that the town
may assume the character Of the
hover city"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

A remarkable arrangement for In
terviews between solicitors and clients
prevails at Holloway Prison. England
The Interviews take place In glass
box within large room. The solicit
ors and the clients are seated at q
table. where they can discuss the case
with the utmost freedom. without risk
Of being heard. The warder who
promenades outside the glass box can
see everything and hear nothing. and
he can especially detect any attempts
to convey correspondence to or from
the prisoner.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

While boring for oil the other day
at Engle. N. NJ. In the heart Of tho
famous Journey OF Death Desert" an
arteslan well OF water was struck
which will be more valuable TO tho
region than an oil well could have
been. During the Mexican war n
detachment OF soldiers had to cross
this arid region. and out OF 1866 all but
fourteen perished for want OF water.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

Il appears that the greatest yeloe-
ity OF a rife ball is not at the muEzls,
but some distance In front An aver
age OF ten shots with the German In
fantry rife has shown muazle veloe-
ity OF 2,06S feet per second. with a
maximum velocity OF 2.132 feet per
second OF ten feet from the muzzlo.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

Sydney. the capital OF New South
Wales. is working for a greater sgd
ney through the annexation OF out
lying suburbs and towns.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09
SURGICAL OPERATIONS
How Mrs. Bruce, a Noted Opera
Singer, Escaped an Operation.
Proof That Many Operations
for Ovarian Troubles are Un-
necessary.

"DEAR Mrs, PfNKnAM: Travelling
for years on the road, with irregular
meals and sleep and damp beds, broke
down my health 30 completely two
years ago that the physician advised a
complete rest, and when ! had gained
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

One OF the largest tusks ever found
in Africa was recently brought into
Zanzibar. and since then has been
shipped to London. whore In due
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

II Is difhcult for nations 10 get away
from the aboriginal idea that the sur.
est way TO have peace is to Jar the
enemy into a comatose condition.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

EIects OF big feast are almost as
bad as effects OF a big drunk
Each experience man has makes
him either better or worse.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

The total number OF books issued in
Germany was for 1895. 2s.607; 1896.
1889; 1897. 2s.s6i: 1898, 2s.7so; 1899.
13.7i5: 1900. 29,702.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

lumber OF springs have been discov.
red, One OF them comes up in o
hole twenty feet deep and twenty
I'VE feet across. The opinion is OK
pressed by the geological survey ex-
perts that the water which disappears
N the upper pool flows underground
deep below In the gravels which form
NE bed Of the stream, and In times of
rainfall heavier than usual appears
aeain In part In the large springs be-
low.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES do not
stain the hands or spot the kettle lex
cept green and purple). Sold by drug
Qist3, lOc. per package.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09
MILLIONS use CUTICURA SOAP

Assisted by cuupRA oDsEr for preserving purifying, and but
the skim cleansing the dandu tho
and hands, Tor baby aes chng and ehang and for all the
Boar Of baths annoying rron niammaons,
excavations
lucrative Weaknesses and for ansepc purposes which readily
mothers
emoent properties derived from CUoUR great skin with tho
purest cleansing Ingredients aud the refreshing flower
No other indicated be compared with for preserving purifying
beauihg the skim scalp hair and hands, No other foreign
domestic to soap however expensive is be compared with for athe
OE PRICE, the skin aud complexion soap the toilet and
baby soap 1 the world.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

EVuV
10 crulia
N1nvnnuIBo uckened
VNltIOtNN instantly itching irritation
- sooihe and heal and cUTCua PiLIs aol coal
blood humu hair Al
POTTER Dhuo hoton
celebrated
omp
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09

n TRS. COL. =. J. GRESHAM, Treas
MI urer Daughters OF the Confeder-
~ acy, and President Herndon VIII
lage Improvement Society, writes the
following letter from Eerndon, Fairfax
county, Virginia;
Herndon, Va.
Tho Poruna Medicine Co, Columbus, o. ;
Gentlemen-'I cannotspealS too high
" OF the value OF Peruna. / believe
that / owe my life 10 its wonderful
merits. suffered with catarrh OF the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-09
Announcement

During the summer of 1902. in
struc.ion in all the subjects required
for admission to the best colleges
and scientific schools will be given
at Cotuit Cottages, a Summer
School OF Secondary Instruction,
Cotuit, Massachusetts,, under the
direction of Principal Charles E.
Fish The courses of instruction
are for the benefit of five classes of
students:
/. Candidates who have received
conditions at the entrance examina-
tions.
2. Candidates who have postponed
examinations until September.
8. Students in Secondary Schools,
who, by reason of illness OF other
causes, have deficiencies to make up.
4. Students in Secondary Schools
who wish to anticipate studies and
save time in the preparation for
college.
5. Students in college who have
admission conditions which must be
removed before the beginning of the
next Scholastic Year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-09

The postoiflce authorities have wise
~ taken several links out of the
Wilkes-B Barre endless chain,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-09
Up to the Courts.

Y Y is EXPECTED that to-day in
Chicago the bill for an order
~ temporarily restraining the COM
bination of packers better known
as the meat trust from violating the
antitrust law. and possibly ask
ing for the confscation of GER
tain freights in transit illegally, will
be filed by the legal representatives of
the United States government Then
the battle will be on in earnest.
Attorney General Knox has given to
this issue his undivided attention and
he has had the benefit of the ablest ad-
VICE in the country. He evidently
thinks Che has a case or he would not
50 ahead. There would be no benefit
to anybody in a move of this kind de-
signed solely for temporary effect.
phe, United States is not a party to
persecution, or pretence. The fact that
IL is going ahead means business. The
meat trust has got to produce evil
dence overthrowing the evidence in the
possession of the government or it will
81 down in the ruins of its own greed.
The case Is a test one. Upon its de-
Termination largely depends the future
course of the department of justice.
Whichever way it goes, something will
dfop. 'F
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-09
THINGS woRrH NorrNa.

Compiled for The Tribune by Walter J. Ballard
Mark Hanna Is a large employer Of labor, and
unlike many men, his sympathes are with the
men he employs. lie pays good wages and his
workn,en are his friends. One Of his great aims Is
to secure industrial peace. For years when labor
and capital have cashed lie advocated fair com.
promises, and in doing SO he never sought to
give labor the worst of 1t. lie is broad enough
TO recognize the fact that unemployed capital
Is useless, and that when used in manufactures
labor is absolutely essential. Labor and capital
are partners In progress, but the man with means
dare not ignore the rights Of men who increase
his profits Without them he would be helpless.
The government Of France has appropriated
S12O,O0o for the maintenance of the French gov
crnlncnt exhibit at the Louisiana purchase expo
sition. Representatives of the worlds fair now in
Paris write to headquarters that the expenditures
OF private exhibitots from that country at the
big exposition will reach fully half million
dollars
"senator Lodge, Of Massachusetts,, made an in.
teresting journey TO Russia last year. and in
the May scrbner's he gives his impressions OF
that great country which is SO hard to under.
stand. Senator Lodge is not optimistic about the
economic future Of Russia taking a somewhat
different view from that recently expressed in
Scribners by Mr.. Nanderlip and Mr.. Norman. lle
sums it up by saying that the truth is that
the Russians arc primitive people aud at the
same time an old people. A primitive people
Is economically wasteful, and the Russian sys.
TEN is wasteful and inefficient to the last dc.
gree" ALBANY Journal
"Thc United States has an enormous surplus
product, which must be disposed OF in the out
side world. Europe could take little more than
at present. We must look to the far East. par
a
Philippines. III China is the greatest opportunity
for market that the world affords today. We
sell less than 10 per cent. Of the amount China
buys Under the mastery diplomacy of William
Mckinley our merchants had secured the open
door III China. ."--Senator Foraker
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-09

nation nor the persons from whom 1t
defendant company nor its stockhold-
ers, directors and officers, ''have
planned or intended that the stock of
the said railway companies acquired
by this defendant, or any part thereof,
should be held, used or voted by 1t, or
by its officers, agents or proxies for
the purpose Of combining, consolidate
ing or placing upder one common
management or control, the railways of
the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific companies, or the business
thereof; or for the purpose Of mon
opolizing or restraining competition
between the said railway companies;
or for any other purpose than the
election by each of said railway COM
panies of q competent and distinct
board of directors, able and intending
to manage each OF them independent
of the other and for the benefit OF
their shareholders and of the public"
Denial is made that the holding
company had. has or can have any
purpose or effect to restrain commerce
or lessen competition. The defendants,
in conclusion, say:
I. The antitrust act" was not intended TO
prevent or defeat an enterprise, in aid Of a great
competitive interstate and international CON.
mcrcc, merely because such enterprise may carry
with it the possibility Of incidental restraint
upon some commerce, ritling both as respects
territory and volume.
9 Nor was the act intended to limit the power
Of the several states to create corporations, define
their purposes, fX the amount Of their capital,
and determine who may buy. own and sell their
stock.
s. Otherwise construed, the act would be un.
constitutional, bccausc
The power to regulate commerce with foreign
nations and among the states does not give con.
gress the power to regulate any OF the matters
above mentioned in respect to corporations Great.
ed by the states; and because
Persons may not be deprived of their property.
without due process OF law. by taking from them
the right to sell it, as their interest may sug
gest.
1t is evident, from this summary of
the defense, that the case Of the gov
ernment will be hotly contested and
that the issue is by no means one
sided. Yet, however the Supreme
court may hold, the raising of the issue
was clearly necessary in the public in
terest,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-09

speak for the attorney general. Like
the belated registration of Colonel
Watres' name In Blair 1t seemed to
be purposely irregular.
But, as in Blair, Mr.. 1Ilkln waived
the irregularity of form and promptly
accepted. There are no strings to his
acceptance. 1t Is unconditional. If
Colonel Watres has reasons to offer beA
fore the voters of Wilkes-Barre why
they should not instruct their dele
gate for Elkin the opportunity will be
his TO offer them in the open, with u
fair chance for rebuttal Such a frank
canvass with contestants facing each
other before the people should have
been the rule throughout the COM
monwealth. 1t would have eliminated
entirely the element Of dictation and
assured genuine expression of party
preference.
1t is this whole-souled manliness OH
John Ekin's part which has made him
the idol of the young Republican stall
warts of the state.~ He is absolutely
clean-handed and straightforward and
there isn't streak of the trimmer or
gutter in him. His declaration of
loyalty to the next nominee is on par
with his fearlessness in political strug-
gle. With him the expressed verdict
Of the majority is final. 1t is unfor-
tunate that the Republicans of Lack
aWanna are not better acquainted with
Mr.. Elkin. TO know him is to admire
him. Those who are interested in the
current canvass are advised to attend
the meeting tonight in Willes-Barre.
A joint discussion between two such
distinguished Republicans ought to be
interesting and instructive.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-09
Characteristic.

HE MANLINESS character
istic of John p. Elkin was
- we'll exemplified in his
= prompt acceptance of Col