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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-03-25
HUMOR OF A BIG FIRE

on Sunday night a kind gentleman
rang doqrbell uptown and informed
the anxious mother within that her
son would not be home that night. as
he was helping his employers 10 keep
on tho Gre The mother got very ex-
citod.
But 10 must come home" she
cried. tell him ] say he must, under.
stand me. be must come home"
But, my dear lady" said the man
soothingily. no can't come home;
every one Of the employees are In ex.
actly the same hx."
well. don't care about anybody
else; he must come home. where
n no now7"
Hes on the roof"
ION the roof" she screamed. "and
hos got on the best clothes he owns"
'No. my dear madam he hain't on
his best clothes" the man managed 10
edge IN.
whats he got on, thon; hasn't no
anything on7-
The man blushod.
'Iie has on pair Of overalls, pair
OF rubber boots. and no Is handling a
hose like a fireman."
Then the man fed and the mother
foil a'wcoplng.
A little girl heard tho rumor that
the whole city would burn up. 20 sho
determined 10 prepare. she got down
IN old satchol and IN Il she carefully
packed away few cents that she had
saved. small pieces Of brio a-brao that
she priced. her limited amount OF Jew.
eiry. and her ticket for the Boston
Symphony concert with tic satchol
claspod IN her arms she determined TO
stay up al night and await the worst.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-03-25
in RUSSIA'S CAPITAL
SCENES ON THE STREETS or ST.
PETERSBURG.

Costumes Of All Descriptions 10 Dc
Seen on Every hano-chureh Per
vades All Life In the Great city
Priceless Treasures on Public View.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-03-25

But the sand man was too much for
her. Gradually her head aluk for
ward. She was tight asleep, but close
TO her breast She stu clutchod The
precious satchcl.
A large family living out near Druid
I'm park was suddenly awakened
about O'Clock on Monday morning by
some Kind relative al the telephone.
The good. anxious soul meant to
warn them. She had received onlcial
notice that the city was all going TO
be blown 40 by a gas explosion. Let
them all get up. lot thom dress them
selves. and binding on their Jewels
be prepared % ny. The family be.
lloyod II got up and hurriedly dress
cd. hat coat. gloves. and all. clothed
In their Sunday ralmort Five minutes
passed ten minutes. fifteen. ~ last
tho patorfamlllas could stand Il no
longer Ito rushed mp 10 the telo'
phone and called up police headquar'
tees The mmor was false 1T amt
co." he yelled down tho steps. and
stamped into his room alamming inc
door after. and the family with avert
cd faces went slowly upstairs. I'M
dressed again. and went TO bed.
when told by her mother that the
Gro had destroyed her fathers busi.
ness a little Girl was heard 10 say:
"Oh. mamma. viii we be very poor.
then. and must como In through tho
back gate 30 the other girls won't see
my ragged drosses7"
A little boy who had watched the
flames from hlgh building told his
nurse that some one had made a hole
IN the earth and he had seen hades.-
Baltimore Herald
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20
TACK AS YOU GO.

The economic value a stitch IN
time is equaled by that Of the tack
placed promptly. A sweeping day sci
dom goes by that the edge Of the car
net is not found loose or shade on
the verge of falling from its roller. II
is some work to get the hammer ana
tacks and make repairs, but it pays
After years Of housekeeping expert
ence one concludes that the house
keeper needs her own hammer about
as much as her own toothbrush; but,
unlike the brush, the hammer must be
kept unIcr lock and key She must
never loan it, even on the most urgent
plea. A few cents will buy three kinds
of tacks-the common carpet tack,
doublepointed or straw mating tacks
and very small ones for curtains.
Keep the outfit in little box. Straw
mating must be repaired at the first
sign of decay, or it will go to ruin
quickly. The stove zinc, if ragged
edges are nailed down at once, will
last long time after it begins to
wear
Taken in time, household as we'll as
physical ailments may be treated sue
cessfully and long useful life will
follow.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20

The invariable cause of colds comes
from within, not without, says the Sci
ence of Health. No one takes cold
when in a vigorous state Of health,
with pure blood coursing through the
body, and there Is no good reason why
any one in ordinary health should
have a cold. 1t may come from in
sufficient exercise, breathing Of foul
air, want of wholesome food, excess
of food. lack of bathing, ETC., but
always from some violation Of the
plain laws Of health.
There can be no more prolific cause
of colds than highly seasoned foods,
as well as frequent eating. These
give no time for the digestive organs
to rest and incite an increased flow
Of the digestive secretions. Thus
larger quantities of nourishment are
absorbed than can be properly utilized
and the result is an obstruction, com
monty called cold" which is simply
an effort of the system to expel the
useless material. Properly speaking
1t is self-poisoning. due to an in
capability Of the organism to regu
late and compensate for the disturb
ance.
A deficient supply Of pure air to the
lungs Is not only q strong pr< 1tsPcs
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20
The Cause of Colds

ing cause Of colds but prolific source
of much graver conditions. Pure air
and exercise are necessary to prepare
tho system for the assimilation OK
nutriment, for without them there can
be no vigorous health. The oxygen OF
the air we breathe regulates the ap-
petite as we'll as the nutriment that Is
built up in the system.
The safest and best way to avoid
colds Is to sleep in a room with the
windows wide open, and to remain out
Of doors every day, no matter what
may be the weather, for at least two
hours, preferably with some kind {.
exercise, il not more than wa!kinF.
One should not sit down to rest whi.o
the feet are wet or the clothing damp.
A person may go with the clothing
wet through to the skin all day, IL ho
but keeps moving. Exercise keeps up
the circulation and prevents taking
cold.
The physiological care of colds is
the prevention of their occurrence.
The person who does not carry around
an oversupply of alimentation in his
system, and furthermore secures Z
purified circulation by strict, sanitary
cleanliness, thus placing himself In q
positive condition, is immune to coles,
A starving man cannot take cold,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20
SILLY NEATNESS.

One hears so much nowadays about
hygicnic housekeeping and sanitary
matters generally that it seems impos-
sible that any woman who can read
ordinary printed matter can fail to
have some knowledge on this impor-
tant question. But for all this it IS
certain that the woman whose house
keaping may be described as nasty
nice" and whose methods are OF fifty
years ago, has by no means died out
of the land She fingers here and
there with her old-fashioned preJu-
dices and preferences.
She prides herself, it may be, on the
fact that every article Of clothing OF
herself or children taken off at hight
IS carefully folded, one piece upon the
other, before she gets into bed. Thls
is a piece of folly cxacted by elders in
past days-a remnant of old-fashioncd
early Victorian tidiness. Almost bet
ter the methods of the average man
who filings one garment here and an
other there. At least they get some
chance to ventilate. 1t is better still
when clothes are separated and hung
for the night near the open windows
Then there is the woman who prides
herself upon the face that her bed IS
never seen unmade: that before she
goes down to breakfast it is immacu-
latly remade. with its French bolster
and its starched 'shams," and its in
terror. alas! still warm. 1t may be
radiant piece of furniture, but all the
same it is fusty, unhealthy sleeping
place.
Then there is the hDusekeeper who
goes out against dust as if she were
a London policeman and dust street
camin. She has but one idea-it must
be moved on" and so with a Tapping
cloth or that ridiculous household
utensil, the feather duster, she stirs
it up and whacks it from place to
nlace but never learns to gather it up
into a soft duster and remove it to
some place where it will not be re-
breathed.
The care of clothes in a closet Is
another matter often mismanaged
Every one knows how quickly ward
robe grows fusty, and the happy day
may come when architects will man
age some method of ventilation for
cupboards other than by occasionally
leaving the doors wide open. In the
meantime, if all clothes are perfectly
cooled and aired before they, are hung
up, and if they are carried out from
time to time and hung in the open air
for a few hours, this difficulty will be
very largely met.
The lives of women who keep the
house will be simplified and sweetened
when they all learn to use their
brains to save their bodies. The
Youths Companion.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20
Animals That Go Insane.

Insanity is not wholly confined 10
the human race. TO say nothing OF
dogs. that are known to frequently
become afflicted with rabies. other
beasts seem to be affected at times
with what may be termed mental
alteration" Many cases, according
to DR.. Sneilson, will lead to the perma-
nent loss of sclf-control. Cattle driven
from the country through crowded
town will often work themselves into
a frenzy. Horses have gone mad on
the battlefield. At Balac!ava an Ara
bian horse turned on its attendant,
threw him down and kneeling on him,
attacked him like an infuriated dog
An instance is related of a docilc horse
suddenly going mad on hot day
Everything that came in lis way II
seized in it's teeth and shook as a ter
ries does a rat a scientist of author
fty even goes so far rs to prove by
what appears to be incontestable evil
dence that cats, dogs and monkeys
have been observed to have de1uslons
very similar to those Of insane people
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20
Movement In England.

The Local Government Board OF
England recently decided to appoint
committee to inquire into the Sen-
eMl condition Of the roads Of England
and Wales. The Roads Improvement
association, Of which the Lon. Arthur
o'ahley. NJ. T., is Vice-President, has
psen instrumental in securing the ap-
p0ntment Of such a committee. This
aassociation has been enGeavoring to
lRve the roads of the Kingdom kept
y better condition, and has been aSi-
lllns for an increase in the number
y good reads. While the main line
.Oacs haye been fairly kept, the great
~ Ease III population off the old lines
= ravel necessitates more and better
.uads than exist ut the present time.
stated that there is 10 authority
,ested IN any one to make roads. and
WAY outside Of the large centres OF
.aaastry the roads are very bad. and
an impossible for tie population of
uesc sections to reach the towns with
Y degree Of rapidity. The Roads
s'-psovement Association desires to
we this new central authority Gre
~ which will have the power of
lahs new roads and improving the
zones. 1t is proposed to make the
Hlty councils and the borough coun-
q" Tue chief local authorities for the
s',li'nlstration I of the highways, and
= also proposed that a broad scheme
ssneral improvement be planned.
/ espcctire of the selfish desires of
~ one place. Greater cooperation
scen local authorities. through the
s--am OF this new authority, would
1suS the existing evils.
\ proposed that tAIs new RQdy
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20

administer government grant IN ala
of loop roads suitable for rapid drlv-
ing around small towns and villages.
and also new roads around steep Ellls.
This new body would also prescribe
the regulations respecting the width
of roads and the methods Of their con-
struction, and determine the most
economical methods of road mainten.
ance and repair, and act as an adyis-
Ory board to the local authorities. Ono
of the main ideas in this new reform
would be to make the government 90
for highways what it has done for ed
ucation-thct is. hold the local author.
tiles responsible for the condition OF
all the highways within their respcc-
tive confines.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20
YER SAW A CHILE,
An Island Boy of Fourteen who Hau
Only Seen GrOwn-Ups.

An Island Boy OF fOurtecH "Ao AA'''
Only Seen GrOwn-ups.
"Did you ever hear Of child or
ever know of one yourself that mad
never seen a child:" asked a man VINO
takes an interest in the oddities to Il
representative Of the New Orleans
Times Democrat. "Well, 1 have, and
the case is not a thousand miles from
New Orleans, either. The child in this
instance had rounded into its fifteenth
year before 1t had ever laid eyes on an
other child. 1t had never heard the
musical prattle of companions other
than the father and mother. The par
cntS settled across the lake few years
ago after a long residence on a small
island of the sea. Where the child was
born and where it spent fourteen years
of it's life there were no children. Inc
little fellow knew no associates but the
father and mother l have often Won
dered since learning of this peculiar
case what must have been the i'm
preston Of the younSstcr when he
cazcd for the first time on member
of the human family smaller than he
was. Did he think he had come upon
a race of dwarfs? Or had his parents
given him an idea Of the existence OF
children? l d. not know the family
and therefore cannot answer these
questions, But l would like to know
lust how the little fellow felt when he
first beheld child 1t is the only
case of the kind which has come to
NV knowledge. He had never had ar
opportunity to play the little games
which most of us knew in the days
of our childhood. He had never gone
through any Of the things which made
Young life sweet to all Of us fellows.
and while not knowing but there may
be compensatinS advantages in life
Of this sort, l have always felt blt
sorry for the youngstcr Come to th'nk
Of il. though, he missed few things
one would like to forget for | suppose
most OF us have felt the rap OF the ma.
tcrnal slirner because Of disobcdleAce
due direct ;, to pnc's companions. At
any rate, we lave always cherished the
the idea that orr companions were III
a measure responsible for many of the
raps we got. The child who never
knew a child could not he led astray
in this way. So we do not know but
that the lack OF companionship may
have something to commend it,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20
A PRIMROSE BOWER

The housewife who wishes simple
fly, coolness and harmony to clarac-
teriZa a room in her country cottage
might we'll follow the example OF
Whistler. who designed a room as an
embodied protest against the over
decorated furniture and apartments OF
a score of years ago.
His room was simplicity itself and
the colors were those of the primrose
He used every shade from the green
leeves and the greeny-ycllow stem VI
to the pale flower The result was a
spring bower as refreshing as a wood
land dell after a sunlit plain.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20
Viewed rs a pastine.

The man from Chicago looked with
scorn at the Brambleville ticket agent
as he handed out dollar and pushed
it through The opening.
you've got pretty lot of citizens
to allow themselves to be charged at
the rate of five cents mile from here
down to Eushby on q miserable little
crawling One-horse branch road" he
said, bitin.ly.
The ticket agent looked at him with
a calmness which nothing could dis
turb.
'I'd like to call your attention to one
fact before you go on usin any more
language" he said mildly. "and that is
that while it may be Eve cents a mile,
it's only thirty-five cents an hour
Youths Companion.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20

Professor Loun5bury takes up
another question of English In Harp
cr's Magazine, treating it in the same
scholarly and entertaining manne>' as
in his paper on the split infinitite.
Now, in The tSory of an Idiom," he
carefully outlines the beginning ana
growth of the use Of would better for
had better, q practice Of recent facep-
ton, but which bids fair to increase
if not checked by knowledge OF the
real facts in the case. Would better,
says Professor Lounsbury, lis as un'
grammatical as it is unidiomatic'-a
statement which will challenge the at
tention of a number of people who
have been con5cientiously if thought
lcssiy training themselves to the use
of would better.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20
N|zazZ5HE4D @ III
.E7 Mgr2aS11H
NEW SUMMER CUSHIONS.

MerceriZed sateens are much IN
vogue for summer cushions on account
of their lightness and laundering quail
tiles. Some of these are so fine and
dainty that they look like real satin5,
but they have an advantage over the
latter, as they wash SO well that each
time this feat is accomplished they
look like new. Cords and tassels Of
twisted cotton are used for the finish
ing of the edges and corners, whcn
rufIles are not preferred.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20
Doubles the Drafta

A rise in the grade in the road OF
cne foot in ten doubles the draft. \
rough, soft or sandy road increases the
labor of the team to nearly or quite
the same degree. and unoilcd aSies
will as effectually double the labor and
WEAKNESS Of the animals which pull
the wagon.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20

A24 EH3l! bua"c -, :.
m any other section OF Tue ohi'eu
Etotos This is mainly due to the adop-
Hon of the State aid plan.
Now Jersey was the first State TO
.dont This plan. The law enacted there
i ,lssl provided that the State pay
!. ono.tbird of the cost Of improving the
,n,ds and~the, counties two-thlrds.
nart of which may be charged up to
1he towns in which the roads are Dullt.
! rho farmers were ut first opposed to
.his law. but now they are enthusiastic
IN its support. More than $l,oW,UO
has been appropriated by the State
mder this law. Nearly 1000 miles or
ro,d have been macadamized. The
sntn aided roads must conform to
M plans laid down by the State Com
missioner of Highways.
In Massachusetts, the State pays the
entre cost Of building the roads, but
roouires the counties to pay back one
fo,lrth OF the cost. Nearly $oOO,OOO is
appropriated annually for this pur-
nose Nearly $J,OOO0O0 has already
been invested in roads by the State.
IA a result. Massachusetts has hum
dseds of miles of as fine roads as any
in the world.
Connecticut has also operated under
This plan since 1895. The State puts up
tvdthirds of the money for road build
inc. The plan is considered a great
SUCCESS. More than $1.50O.OOO has been
appropriated and spent, and about ooO
niles of fine roads have been built.
In New York the State pays One-hait
the cost of building the roads, the
counties tliirty-tive per cent, and the
townships fifteen per cent. and the
plSn is working admirably. Last year
100000 was appropriated by the Leg
stature. and more than $2,O0O,O0O has
been, voted since the law was enacted.
This years appropriation is more than
100000.
Maine New Hampshire, Vermont.
Rhode Island and Delaware all have
State Aid Laws, which are working
satisfactorily, though expenditures and
operations are on a smaller scale than
In the other States named.
Pennsylvania is the latest convert
t%the State aid plan. The last LeSis-
lature enacted law providing that
the State should pay two-thirds OF the
cost of road Improvement, the coun-
ties one-sixth and the townships one
ksth. The sUm Of $G,500,OO0 was ap-
Fopriated, to be spent in six years.
The fundamental principle Oh which
the State aid Plan rests is that the pub
lie highways are for the use and ben
Cit OF the whole people, ond that all
should, therefore, share in the cost OF
Gcir Improvement.
From State aid to national aid is but
aSingle step. Both cmbody the same
principle. 1t is al interesting fact
int The, people of these States are en-
t6usiastically in favor OF taking Uncle
SIM into theSscneral scheme OF coop
etation. The State Highway Commits
soners of New Jersey. Connecticut.
massachusetts,, Rhode Island and YER
mont are outspoken advocates Of ma
tionai aid ..
Irrational aid would accomplish for
ihe whole country what State aid is
tong where adopted, it certainly de-
sTSes serious consideration.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20

A japanese house is the simplest
thing in the world 1t consists Of a
post at each corner and a roof. one
may say it is all on one floor And IN
the daytime 1t Is all one room. II II Is
a small house. The number OF rooms
in it depends on the number OF bed
rooms the owner requires. They are
divided by night by papers shutters
fixed in grooves like the divisions OF
an old fashioned wOrkbox. There are
no doors or passages. Your bedroom
acts as a passage, and when you want
a door you slide back the nearest
panel.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20
FRANKLIN. La, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1904
GIssS s'zs sEsS>Gn
.x4sss. "a ,s.!ysJtGS ), AND COAr>fNXS
N2I z-z.s<4, g;ssEzsS -

When a fool yells Fire ia
crowded theatre il is well to take him
at his word and fire him out.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20

Stanley, the explorer, had little con-
fidence in the material value of tropi'
cal Africa until after he met Living
stone. But it was not long before he
became imbued with the sublime falth
of this great man that there was good
in Africa and in its peoples which
every popular influence of civilization
should help to develop. This falth
strengthened in him to his last days
He never tired Of African topics. lie
welcomed at his London or his country
home all who knew the work that was
being done and had confidence IN lts
value. He lived to see predictions
realized that had been counted as IDLE
dreams. He was laughed at when ne
said that a few years more would see
Central Africa joined to the ocean py
a railroad; but today trains are run
ming regularly between the Indian
Ocean and Victoria Nyanza-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20

Thinness Of Soap Bubbles.
It would take a0,O00,0 900 layers Of the
alms Of soap bubbles to make an !nch
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20

Mrs. Gertrude Atherton's remarks
on American literature In the NORM
American Review cal, forth some
nojnted comment in Harper's Weekly
Mrs. Atherton, it Will be remembered,
complained Of the bad effect OF the
MAGAZINES in demanding from authors
"an;rmic literature with vigor, audac'
ity and all American characteristics
bleached out of IT,; aad she derioen
the MAGAZINE authors as good family
men. who eat well, rarely drink, ana
are too dull to be bored by their own
wives" The Harpcr's Weekly writer
rcioins that, on the contrary, great
authors are almost incorrigibly ad'
dictcd to the comforts of life. and get
them if they can and he cites Marx
Twain. Stevenson, Kipling, Dickens,
Thackeray. and Bret Harte as exam
ples. There is nothing, he says, 'he
matter with current American htera'
ture. "The publishers print the best
books they can get; the magazines
nrint the best stories they can get; tne
nublic roads the best books and maga
zines If CIV find There is no con
spiracy to n down talent, and some
notable minus that ought to De max
ing literature are otherwise employed
We fear that there is no better reason
for 1t than the sordid on that 'ne
other jobs pay better
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20
VOL. XVI.
States Helping.

\ the Northeastern States.
from Maine to Pennsyl-
yania, more progress has
recently been made in
building good roads than