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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-23

Raisins are specially valuable in cases
whore sustained physical exercise is nee
essary affording both nourishment and
stimulus. A bunch of raisins eaten when
fatigued often serve the same purpose as
a glass of wine. Figs and dates are both
valuable in certain conditions. but should
be thoroughly washed and looked over
before eating. Green figs are an excel
lent food.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-23

Capt George t. Mitchell, who has been
military instructor at the University
Of Vermont. has been ordered to ia"
Philippines to take command of Company
NJ 18th cavalry. Captain Mitchell will
leave Burlington about August | for
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

That clock haunted me. As was
going out from that lonely room l saw
that the clock was going too but !
stopped III
'Not so fastw / Kissed, thrusting
back both It's hands.
Then / set thunder the mattress.
Heavensl could hear the clock
ticking IN the bed-tlcklng.
The clock had often alarmed me, but
never like that.
seized It IN my trembling hands
and gazed at its white face. 'Your
hours are numbered~ l muttered.
That was plaln-on the face OF II.
/ wound Il mp tlght-with rope.
Then I ran wildly down the hall.
The clock ran down tool
! sprang from the cllni and wntched
to see the clock spring. II dldl and
struck THEORETICALLY against the
rocks. and lay still with hands over
It's white face.
"Your time has come" shrleked-
"and gone,' / added sorrowfully, shak.
ing It ana holding Il to my ear.
Then l woke up!-Llppincotts.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

Lost legion. Of "thc Great Abyss" In
london.

Lost heEious Of "the Great Abyss" In
London.
London's wealth Is ever before US.
4 takes care that It shall be. But
D,ndon's poverty is hidden away In
vast areas OF agony with which rank
and wealth and fashion are as unfa.
miliar as they are with Franz Joseph
Land or Central Africa. The moment
that a small contingent from the mean
streets Of worklng.class London reveals
itself 20 the eyes OF the West there Is
an ouicry. Fashion turns shuddering
away, aud complains Of the men with
the begging boxes. wealth buttons its
pockets, and calls upon the authorities
n withdraw their countenance and
the bodyguard OF police from IN pack
OF imposters" And Fashion and
Wealth arc perhaps wise in their pro-
test II these unemployed workers are
allowed TO parade In search OF SYM
patty, we may ono day see all the lost
leglons OF "thc great abyss crawling
forth from the alleys and the slums
TO give The West an object lesson In the
poverty that the great city hides away
In It's hooks and crannlcs. The women
and the children. the onc.room helots
OF unpeaknblc slums. the diseased and
desperate outcasts Of our great guilt.
gardens. may form M I'm one mighty
mass OF misery. ana surge Into the
crowded thoroughfaros and arlsto-
cratic streets, which Fashion regards
MS It's own.
Picture, II you can. London given M
for one day. not TO the gay pagennts
which on great occasions glndden our
eyes and make our hearts swell with
pride at the vastness Of our empire and
the splcndor OF our court, but TO n
dead march OF London's lost ones.
Crowd balcony and windows with rank
and fashion. with the world n wealth
and tho middle class wcll.to-do. give
10 the fair maldens and matrons who
lead a life OF pleasure and NJ ease the
front places on the line Of route. Then
let the millions OF Misery Land Green
byl Such n spectacle. II Il could be
arranged. would be revelation which
would shock the national conscience
as II has never heon shocked before
From the windows and the balconies
the women Of luxury would shrink
back trembling, white.faced. terrified
And The men. the busy gatherers Of
gold and the Idle squAnderers OF II
would feel shame that no writer
story OF the clty's want and woe hal
ever made them feel before. Even n
one pictures what such n scene as thi
procession would mean, one feels th
hoitor OF Il. For the comfort OF Oh
prosperous citizen, that sort OF thin
must he kent within It's own area. to b
looked upon only by those who are o
the company Of woe.-Aien and Women
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

During the King OF Itniy's visit to
Paris his Majesty will be saluted by
the flag OF the Third Regiment OF zou-
ayes. which was decorated by his
grandfather with the medal or sar-
dinIn. IN recognition Of brilliant SER
vice 10 his cause at the battle OF Pal
ostro. In return, the regiment made
King Victor Emmanuel a corporal, ana
IN that rank he was formally enrolled.
After the dark days Of the Franco
Prusslnn war the survivors Of the regi'
ment returned from captivity TO their
quarters nj Constantine, where the roll
was called. when the Sorgeant-MaJor
OF the First Company came 10 the
name OF Corporal Victor Emmanuel
there was no answer. The Sergeant
Motor asked asnin: "Where was he
when he marched 10 the frontT aud
the whole company responded. "Ab'
sent" For the honor OF the regiment
an explanation was called for, and the
sergeant. consulting his papers, read
out with immovable gravity; Cor
porai Victor Emmanuel detached In
Italy. where he IS filling the post OF
King"
The excuse was considered satisfac-
tory. ana the King Of Italy remained
corporal OF Zouayes to the day OF his
death.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

The Governor OF the Island OF ST.
Helena shows In bis annual report, Just
Issued In London, that while the pres
ence OF the Boer prisoners improved
the financial status OF the island. II in.
creased the cost Of living and the
rate OF wages. The island. too, was
deforested. owing TO the heavy call
made for wood fuel for the prisoners
and troops. Large numbers OF the
laboring class, the report continues,
have emlgratcd to South Afrlcai
should considerable emigration take
place. Il would quite paralyze any pro
gress In public works being made In
the Island.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13
FEASlNES


The old beau was tarying to make
himself look youthful. Gle IL dyeing
for love-" they mmented.-Chicago
Post.
In running brooks some find their boolSsi
n they, as has been stated
In startling terms, are full Of germs,
Warrington Star.
Dorothy-"what is a bibllomaniac,
Professor" "Oh Miss Dorothy, a
bihllomnnlnc is d man who would
rather read book catalogues than
books."-I.lfc.
Number 4il-"Somctimes ! git rock'
less an think III 90 West an make
me pile holdln' up rains" Phyllis
McCllnk dat be romanuci
You could marry me when you'd got
out OF jailr'-Puck.
Dlggs-"My wife Is n wonderful vo.
callst. why. have known her to
hold her audience FOR hours" Bigga
-"Get outw Dlggs-"After which she
would lay Il on the cradle and rock IL
to sleep"--Ncw Yorker.
When four walls bar me out from her
Who makes the world for me,
II IL who am the prisoner
And she the one that's free.
The Century.
"In few millions years." said the
scientist, "the sun will cool and the
coal fields will be exhausted" "Weli"
answered the wan, woary-looklng man,
"that will make life easier for us
weather prophets. Notwithstanding
ton Star.
"what Il your definition OF 'graftr
said the inqulsitivo person. Graft"
answered Senator Sorghum, "is made
up OF the perQulsltes that come to some
others fellows office. and 70 which
You cannot lay any clalm."-Wnshing'
ton Star.
doctor" said the sweet young thing.
'I'ye been told that eating cucumbers
win remove frocklos." 80 II Will, un.
der one condition." replied DIR. Grnn.
"And what IL thatT "That the
frecllcs are on the cucumbers."-Phli.
adelphla Press.
The Doctor-"Profossor Pathol Ia at
work ON the llhrctto OF a modern musi-
cal comedy" The Surgeon dn SURPRISED
why, how did he come to enter the
neldg" Tho Doctor-"lle's trying TO
diagnose tho cnse Of the chap who
wrote the thng"-puck.
"rhe beauty OF this great and glorl'
Gus republic" said the native, proud
Is, els thai any boy born here may be.
come President. 'Fawncyw exclaimed
the Britlshcr. IL was under the im'
preston that the President had 10 be
nj least forty years OF age. don't y
know" Philadelphia Press.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

lifted her In his arms and carried her
20 the house and laid her on the he'd.
That evening, just about shutdown.
Walter Mather came driving MP with
a spanking bay team. aud new piano
box buggy; but WIda was TOO indis.
posed 10 see him. and apparently crest.
fallen no drove away without even
asking why.
The next night by common consent
OF Wilda and her father. Theodore took
her back to her school; her swollen and
bllstercd feet handagcd and oncascd In
her fathers slippers; but II was her
last as well as her first term Of school
for that night she made her choice. and
a wise one II was. too. Wayerley
Magazine.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

The icmmlng Myodes lemmuD, or
which pair may now he seen in the
geological soclety's small mammal
house. has not been exhibited In tho
menagero for a long time. This crea.
ture, which occurs In Norway In far
greater numbers than any other rodent
IL remarkable for It's peculiar mlgra-
tory habits. AZ certain times vast
swarms Of them descend from the
mountains and. overcoming every OBJ
staele on land and swimming rivers ana
lakes. travel in straight line for the
sea, into which they plunge and are
drowned. Closely related to the yoles,
the lemmlng Is not unlike a small
marmot IN appearance. II freQuents
swampy ground. but selects the dry
spots 10 make the shallow burrow Il
lives I'm. Il Is curious fact that, ex.
cept when migrating. II shows rather
an aversion 10 water. The lemming
is courageous little creature and
evlnces great excitement at the slight
OF an Intruder squeaklng and grunting
after the fashion of the guinea pig. It's
food consists Of grass. moss and all
kinds OF roots. II is probable that the
extraordinary mlgrations are brought
about by a scarcity Of food.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13
II ia believed that the battleship Mas.

It is believed that the battleship Mas
sachusetts dlslodged the rock on which
she struck. One OF the plnnacles OF
Dry Ledge, or Bar Harbor, seems to
be missing. and It is supposed that II
was knocked down by the impact OF
the collldlng vessel. A danger TO nayl.
CATION may thus have been removed,
but a S5,OO0,O0O battleship Is rather a
costly implement TO be used In ram
ming down harbor distractions.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

The Moorish sultans army is n Won
derful affair. It fights by making a
noise rather than by killing the enemy.
The army consists OF 5000 men. Some
are armed with discarded British Mar
TIM .uonrys. others with homemade
limitations OF the Martini.Henry. which
jam and refuse to FIRE, while others
have the old llntlock muzzle loader
which is OF doubtful habits.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

The romance OF railways Is n thing
which the poets are very properly try
Ing 20 make people perceive. The ro-
nance OF lions and rhlnoceroses, on
the other hand, IN admitted TO exist,
even by their worst enemies. When
the two kinds Of romance clash, stir
ring times ensuc. Mr.. II. b. Moles'
worth makes this plain I'm an article
on "The Uganda RAILWAY" In the
pages OF Public Works. The progress
Of the work. he tells ms, was much
lnterfcrcd with by the depredations OF
man.enting lions. At Tsavo twenty
eight men were taken by lions In n
short time. There was n panic among
the men; traps were made; the coolies
slept in trees. in the water tanks at the
stations. In covered goods wagons, and
finally iron hut were built for them.
Mr.. Patterson, an engineer on the line,
shot several lions. ana among them
two which were the chief culprlts.
A Hon entered n frstclass carriage
on tho siding OF INimaa Station in
June. 1000. ana carried away Mr.. Ry-
al. the assistant superintendent OF po'
lice. In July OF 1900 four Hons were
Killed and three wounded AZ Kimaa
Station. and two men we're taken by
lions near Kui. A large lion was
trapped at Kimaa IN August. and then
no more were taken for some time
Such minor troubles rs the telegraph
being damaged by CRATES. and the
train being delayed by running into a
rhinoceros. although, not usual in rail
way construction. were not serious
Londnn Nnwh.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

Fronting by the disastrous experience
which has practically stripped the older
settled States of their original magnln-
cent forests, the Interior Department
has set aside GOO0 square miles OF land
In Alaska as a timber reserve. Lum-
her Is an article OF such scarcity In
Alaska that there has been improyi.
dent cutting OF trees in tho timber
belts for mining and building purposes,
BY establishing system to enable the
lumbermen to use matured trees. with
out destroying immature growtha, the
forests may be 80 conserved as TO yield
a continuing supply.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

Milan is In summer the hottest city
In Italy. the temperature not being In.
aueuccd by the ocean or tho noun
Trims, as In Venice, Genoa. Naples. Pal
ermo, Bologna. Florence aud Rome.
Consequently there are lew villas near
Milan. whose wealthy families spend
their summers preferably along Como
and the other Italian lakes.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

Boston is suffering from the relic
hunter and the small boy who likes TO
deface monuments for tho sensation
OF daring II gives him. Portions or
the Lloyd Garrison Statue and OF that
in memory OF John Boyle oliellly and
OF the Nymph OF the fountain in the
Public Garden have been wrenchod or
hammered on by vnndaIs.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

The Hawaiian Government employs
agents who travel all over the islands
looking for Indications OF leprosy in
remote places. Banlshment is so dread
cd that frequently the family OF leper
will keep him sccreteJ for year or
two before discovery is made. A per-
son who is supposed to have the dis
ease Is sent to the receiving station
in Honolulu. where no is examined
by I'VE medical experts. II "leper'
be the verdict, money, position, innu'
ence, race or color cannot change the
decree which sends the patient to Mo.
loknl.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

Laborcrs dlgging an artesian well at
Bonesteel. s. d.. have unearthcd n hu.
man skeleton nifty feet beneath the
surface. The skeleton was In an ex-
ceilent state OF preservation, and is
believed by sclenilsls TO be that OF a
prehistoric man. The Bad Lands OF
South Dakota. in which Bonesteel is
situated. have been prolific in fossils.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13
I'D Sac AZ Us An.

Through many years be studied well,
And slowly, slowly, won his way,
Until IL finally hcicll
That he was chosen out TO play
A leading part and stand az last
Where only those who triumph may.
lie added on touch after touch
To make his noble art complolci
lie studied hard and suffered much,
Well knowing triumph would be sweet
The crowds. however, pressed around
A calf with two heads, down the street.
IS. T.. Kiscr. Ia Chicago Record. Herald.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

Nearly 10000 persons In New York
City are said 10 be suffering from
trachoma. or graduated eyellds. The
disease is said to originate among the
poor. who are badly nourished and pay
little attention TO cleanliness. though
many OF the wellto-io are infected
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

The Weather Bureau reports that
Point Reyes, Cal. is the windlcst place
In the nation. II Is but fair TO WASH
ington to state that the observations
were made during the recess Of the
Congress, comments the Washington
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

According to a report OF the admin.
istrauon Of Roumanlan railroads. 3i2
locomotives out OF total OF Is2 are
designed to be fired either with residue
Of petroleum or with brown coal; sew
entccn locomotives use residue OF pc.
trolcum exclusively.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

An Inspector Of the City sealer's
stan In Chicago reports that the scales
Of one ice peddler make a ffty-pound
cake Of fee appear 70 weigh eighty
pounds. The mans scales had not
been tested previously FOR four years.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13

At middle age a man begins to en-
Joy life; he has forgotten his Ideals
Life.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-13
by MRS. EDWARDS PAINE.


OF. ILDA was n country school,
~ marin. teaching her frst
NJ b school ten miles from
home. She taught i've days
49, ..,,.. ,,.,.t. ,vN ais, tka ,nvN
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-20
STABLE BUILT ON ONYX.
Something Extraordinary in the Way
of Foundations for a COM
mon Structure.

Philadelphia boasts the most curious
stable in existence.
1t puts to blush the pretensions of
the palatial stables of ancient Rome
or the luxurious quarters where the
Croesus of the present day houses the
thoroughbreds that bring fame to his
colors-for it's very foundations are of
that city.
More than that, there are two big
freight carloads of this rich product
of Mexico's mountains and plains
buried underground to support the
modest building hat is at once Phila-
delphia's most unique abode for horses.
And they are just ordinary working
horses, too, hat trudge through Phila-
delphia's streets with their burden
from morning until eventide and are
then stalled in plain but comfortable
quarters until the next days call for
work brings them to a realization of
the fact that, though they live in a
house whose very foundations are of
rare value and rarer beauty, they are
still just beasts of burden.
The story of how the Mexican onyx
came to be used for the foundations of
this particular stable is,not uninterest-
ing. The stable itself is a modest 2H-
story brick, of the plainest possible
sort. 1t is practical and not orna-
mental. 1t occupies space near the
center of the city, and if William Penn
just turned his weather eye a little to
the left as he looked over Philadelphia
from his eminence at the top of the
city hall tower he could look directly
upon the roof of this particular stable.
The company upon whose property
the stable sets and for whose purpose
it is employed is one of the largest inn
porters of American onyx in America.
Nearly five years ago their attention
was called to an Importation of onyx
that came from Vera Cruz-the main
Mexican port for the Importation of
the stone-and which lay on a steam
er's dock in New York harbor.
The entire consignment was taken to
a lot belonging to them in the outskirts
and lay for nearly five years.
The stone was SO hard it turned the
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-20

quite demurely and uses his napkin
with considerable grace.
In a word, Mr.. Dohong is the most
genteel monkey in the New York
Geological gardens out in the big
Bronx park, to say nothing of the
other animals, many of whom belong
to the Smart Set. If you could have
gone there the other day with ME
and afterwards made a visit to the
winter quarters of the animals in
Central park you would have been
proud of some of the specimens that
Mr.. Darwin insisted came down di-
rectly from our ancestors. The in
mates of the ZOO" are feeling par
ticularly fine. 1t may be that, like
their more highly-educated brother
animal, man, they are animated with
the eXhilarating thoughts of spring
moving, for several new houses have
been prepared for them and doubt
less they are anxious to get into their
commodious homes.
There is the new lion house, for in
stance. 1t is the finest one in the
world. The - lions which have been
installed there are very happy in it
and look complacently at the Wis
itors for whom seats have been pro-
vided. Or if the lions tire of the pub
lie gaze they may retire to their pri-
vate apartments that have been ar
ranged at the rear of their cages.
All the modern improvements have
been placed in these new houses
running water, steam heat, etc.
Numerous other new quarters have
been constructed for the other in
habitants of the ZOO and the mem
bers of the various families are
rather on the qui vive in anticipation
of moving time. Why, if you could
have seen old Mrs. Bear the other
day gathering her cubs about her
and walking up and down the a
cious yard allotted to her and hers,
you could almost have imagined that
she had her boxes anu b~andboxes
about her packed and ready for the
moving.
And gracious goodness. Over in
the elephant house there is the same
kind of excitement. Not that the
elephants are going to move this
spring. My, 20! They have their
own house, you know-an elegant old
mansion-but still there are indica-
tions that the rejuvenating effects of
spring are upon them. OF course, it
is the time of the year when the new
styles in spring and summer coats
are in vogue. There IS not an animal
in the Bronx or Central park that
will not have a new coat this spring.
That is why they are all feeling so
frisky in the elephant house. One
might, if one were real intimate with
the family and if one were there all
the time, see Mrs. Elephant trying
on a new love of a hat and asking
her maid, Miss Monkey, if it were
on straight. Or if n would go over
to the hippopotamas' apartments one
might possibly see Papa Hippo being
measured for a new spring suit. But,
anyway, all the animals are begin
ming to admire themselves and pre-.
pairing to lay off their winter cloth
ing. And perhaps you think the ami
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-20

ture gets down about zero. Hundreds
of the birds and animals that are ma
tives of tropical countries would con-
tract colds and pneumonia and con
sumption if the temperature in their
houses were not kept perfectly even.
The fires must be watched day and
night and intelligent keepers r
constantly in attendance. Then, too,
the food must be prepared in a GER
tain way and if any animal is the
least indisposed he is given medicine
and treated as tenderly as if he were
a human being.
At the Bronx now there are about
200 animals, and in the Central Park
menagerie about 400. Many of these
animals are very expensive and in
the event of their death would be
hard to replace. The most expensive
animal is the ~rhinoceros, which is
valued at $4,000. The one in Central
park is 60 years old, but according to
the best accounts of naturalists he
has 30 or 40 years to 1--we yet, if he
reaches the full span of his exist
ence. The price of an elephant varies
from 1900 to $500, and his longevity
is usually placed at from so to 60
years. Lions are worth all the way
from $500 to 81, 800, ana live to be
from 20 to 80 years old. The ages Of
other animals run from 10 TO %
years.
Aside from the expense of acquir-
ing two such menageries as those in
the Bronx and Central park the cost
of maintaining them is enormous.
Many of the animals must have beef,
and they must have it in large guam
titles, which at the present high
price even for inferior cuts (but the
quality must be of the highest), re-
quires the expenditure of thousands
of dollars during the year. Then
there is a large corps of keepers,
many of whom must be skilled in
their line of work, the expense of
heating and numerous incidentals
that make a total sufficiently large
to cause the tau dodgers to dodge
all the harder. 1t costs owe 500, 900
a year to maintain the animals in the