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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-04-08
COLOMBIA WILL FIGHT.
Intends to Invade the Republic Of
Panama and Wage War.


Panama and Wage War.
Judge Holguln, financial agent OF
Colombia, who was one OF the parties
lnstlgatlng the recent suit against the
Panama Canal company. said in an in
tervlew In Paris;
I'VE intend TO appeal. and n that
falls we will apply to the court of
cessation. Finally. II all the French
courts refuse us Justice, Colombia will
publish a manifesto TO the world. ex-
planning that she Is the victim OF obi.
Gus spollation which compels her TO
resort to arms. When the American
squadrons at Colon and Panama are
withdrawn Colombian forces will in
wade the rebel republic OF Panama
and make war"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-04-08
7iHE A7EE or oHERATYoWS m coREA
JAPANESE PeESEV7' Objective. z,Tyr " 80
MD HVHDEW, cdPl7s9L arNx4N5,5yHP55SS NIES

japanese andno a
troops from che md
repeating tactics
when by capturing PngNang she secured a the
Chinese the
Noth.,
operations country present plan Of In ~
through PngYans, defeating the
may YaIu river ~, r
70 Mukder, capture Port A, ~ ~,
Japanss capital MAJ
ehur
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-04-08

In Salt Lake city during tho past
month eighty.four marriages llcenses
were issued. while twenty.four Rctiona
for divorce were fled during tho same
period.
or the train accidents that occurred
In tho United states I'm the month OF
February. only Ave happened on the
western iinea Only one OF these was
In Utah
James Wood was killed at Promon.
tory by being run over by a work
train Ho was standing ON the track
and failed TO observe the approach OF
the train.
O. n. nay Of Salt Lake City broke
his wrist while stopping runaway
on tho streets Of Ogden one day last
week. saving a lady from probable
fatal Injury.
Tho home Of Elmer Huntsman In
Annabolla was destroyed by are last
wook. Tie Ere was evidently started
by someone who was stealing the fruit
left In tho cellar.
Tho report comes from Wichita
Kana. that some women at party
discussed the Reed smoot AMIR and
varied the function by hanging the
Utah senator In eflgy
More than dozen towns and cities
Of the state were represented at tho
nrat session OF the annual union con.
Vention OF Young peoples Christian
societies In Salt Lake city.
Tho twoyearold son OF Frank Met.
calf was stung TO death by bees az
Arcadia. Ore. last week Mr.. Meteali
was for many years superintendent OF
the state school for the deaf and dumb
OF this state
Emil Anderson OF Huntsville was
kicked by a horse Friday OF last week
and severely Injured The animal
threw him to the ground and then
kicked him In the face. His injuries
arc not fatal,
Ella ClAwson, an eightyoarold girl
Of Salt Lake City. took a dose Of car
bollc acid. installing II for cough med
icine, Prompt action saved her from
Immediate death. but she is not yet
out Of danger,
Tony Cameloo. an Italian. who was
riding In box car over the Oregon
Short Line from Salt Lake, was run
over at point near ogden and wal
crushed 80 that he died few hour,
later at tho hospital In Ogden.
J. A. Wright, formerly member %
the State Board OF Horticulture. ant
generally recognized as authority OF
horticultural and agricultural matters
died at his homo In Salt Lake Cit
last week, after prolonged illness.
The Msocabees held state inltia
ton IN Salt Lake City on saturda!
night the work being performed b.
the sphngville degree team. whlel
won the right TO perform the worl
In a contest with three other degro
teams.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-04-08
UTAH STATE NEWS.

There viii BE- 10000 sheep sborn at
hodena this spring.
Tho bill establishing a fish hatchery
In Utah has been passed by the senate.
Plans are forming looking to tho In
Etallatlon Of a waterworks system at
LehL
A number of farmers Of Lehi are
solving the irrigation question by driv'
lag flowing wells.
The police are after restaurant keep
err OF Ogden who are selling llduor
without license.
Francis McAllister. aged rs. Of Salt
lake City. IL dead as tho result OF
ptomhlno poisoning.
Governor Wells has issued proc
iamatlon designating Friday. April
18th. az Arbor day.
Tho week on the Salt Lake Mining
exchange closed on the sale OF 67,ii5
shares OF stock for yGO,i7350.
All traffic communication with the
mines at Alta has been cut on by an
immense anowsllde In Little Cotton
wood canyon.
Tho report OF the board Of health OF
Salt Lake City for tho past week
shows a record Of forty.one births and
twonlysix deaths.
JON Wilcox. laborer on the Ogden
Lucin cutoff. committed suicide In a
room at tho Central hotel. Ogden. by
taking carbollc acid.
The senate has confirmed tho nom.
nation Of Jacob Groenewald Of Salt
Lake City as surveyor OF customs for
the port Of Salt Lake.
a. Henley. formerly resident or
Salt Lake City and an old.tlme rail-
reader. was crushed to death In a rail
way accident near Gold Creek Mont
Mra Hyrum Hansen Of Richneld.
while rocking her baby to sleep. sud
denly foil over backwards. and when
hw husband reached her side she was
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16

found in the hotels of to-day. 1t was
not uncommon for all the guests to
sit together at one common table, and
it is doubtful If there is very much
changing of plates or brushing away
OF crumbs during the meal. Guests
were not expected to make complaint
If they found themselves placed for
the night in a room containing three
or four beds and one would have been
charged with being mighty particu-
lar" if one objected to sharing the bed
with, perhaps, a total stranger.
There could be very little privacy in
travelling when ten or twelve persons
were crowded together in one stage
coach, and by the time they reached
the end of the journey there was no
need of the formality of an introduc-
ton to each other. And as travelling
by stage produced in many the same
narrowing illness with which travel
ers by sea are often affected some
OF the unhappy wretches within the
stage coaches were placed beyond the
pale of formality of any kind.
Mrs. Alice Morse Earle has given
us an interesting account of some of
the signs and symbols once seen on
the sign boards of the old taverns.
Many of the sign boards bore rhymes
rivaling the tombstone poetry in orr
ginality The sign board before a
Philadelphia inn bore this rhyme:
I, William McDermott. live here.
l sell good porter, ale and beer
I've made my sign a little wider
To let you know 1 sell good cider.
Another sign board bore this pc
etical outburst:
OF the water of Lebanon
Good cheer, good chocolate and tea,
With kind entertainment
BY John Kennedy
The tipping houses of Boston also
had original poetry on their sign
boards Mrs. Earle gives this illus
tration: Some of the signs bore a
crude painting of tree. bird, ship,
and a can of beer and below them this
rhyme:
This is the tree that never grew,
This is the bird that never flew,
This is the ship that never sailed,
This is the mug that never failed.
There are many who will echo the
sentiment of Samuel Adams Drake
when he says;
THE days of the old-time hosiery
are no more. In its stead have arisen
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16
Rare Fun Hldinq Presents.


For the girls and boys who are in
clined to scott at the story of Santa
Claus and his kindly offices there
Is left lot of fun in being their own
Christmas saint in novel and very
delightful fashion.
II at Christmas time there happens
to be gathered under one roof romp-
ing, happy family of young folk this
novelty will find special favor. 1t is
the aim of each one to hide from the
other the individual gifts, but as con-
fusion might arise if this plan were
worked out irrespective of a definite
scheme of ambush, two grown ups are
pressed into service, and to them the
gifts are confided, with the names of
the prospective recipients attached
thereto.
AS the adults are generally the
most interested in Christmas fun are
father and mother, they are naturally
accorded the honor of treasure keep
ers. They confer with the donors as
to the best hiding places, being of
course very careful not to tell to one
what the other has confded The
youngsters in a body plan to hide
the parents gifts, and when the morn
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16

house and fort at Somerville, Mass,
used first by the British and after.
ward by the revolutionists, is also
standing, and is one of the show places
Of the neighborhood.
But the historic structures of colo
NAL days which most appeal to the
traveller are the famous inns dotted
throughout the country. No great
stress Of imagination is required to
people these old buildings with the
dignified citizens of the past who
there enjoyed the hospitality of mine
Host" and the companionship of their
particular cronies. In many of them,
too, were Matched schemes which had
for their object the overthrow of the
tyrannical rule of King George and the
placing of our country on the solid
foundation of liberty.
Even the trees of colonial days
sometimes had a part in the patriotic
events of the times One OF the most
famous of these trees was Boston's
old Liberty Tree, the spreading
branches of which covered the Liberty
Tree Tavern. This old house of pub.
lie entertainment stood at the corner
of Essex and Washington streets. a
locality once bearing the name OF Han.
over square. The patriotic name of
the Liberty Tree was given to the old
elm as early as the year 1865, when a
great public celebration was held in
rejoicing over the anticipated repeal
OF the stamp act.
But before this time the branches
of the tree had borne effigies of Lord
oliver, and various placards contain
ing patriotic sentiments and notices
of proposed meetings were suspended
from its branches. In time fine plate
OF metal was fastened to the tree and
on 1t was carved; This tree was
planted in 1916 and pruned by order of
the Sons of Liberty Feb. IA, 1866"
Many a patriotic meeting was held in
the old tavern and under the spread
ing branches of the old tree. There
was naturally hot flame of resent
ment when the tree was cut down by
the British soldiers.
The old Simpson travern in Med
ford and the Russell tavern in Airing
ton were popular hostleries more than
century ago. The old Wright tavern
In Concord and the Monroe and Buck
man taverns in Lexington had to do
with the war of the revolution. The
Buchanan tavern was the rallying
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16

ing sun shines upon Christmas day
there will be found a household of
curious ones eager to indulge in
this holiday form of hide and seek.
In the family of we'll known writer
this Christmas custom is carried out
most gleefully. One of the boys who
always boosted that he could find his
gifts no matter where they were hid
den was quite nonplussed last Christ
mas, and finally gave it up, only to
discover that in his sleep he had been
raised on his mattress, the bundles
placed underneath it and he himself
put back as guardian without so much
as wink of knowledge of what was
going on. On another occasion the
breakfast table was employed for a
hiding place for all of the gifts, the
young people in a body being kept in
the dark as to the secret. And it was
only discouraged and petulant kick
from the youngest that revealed a
platform built beneath and parallel
with the surface, where all the things
were carefully disposed. Ingenuity in
devising hiding places adds greatly to
the fun of the occasion, and as a
change from trees and stockings will
surely be welcomed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16
Coin ON a Needle Point.

To spin coin on a needle point:
Insert a needle, head downward, in
the cork of bottle. and in another
cork cut slit that will just allog a
coin to be held in it. In this cork
stick the prongs of two forks, oppo-
site to each other, and so that they
will incline downward. The forks
must be alike and of the same weight.
Now, to spin the coin on the needle
point, you have only to place the rim
on the point, and as the forks estab-
fish an equilibrium the little system
will work very nicely without danger
of an upset or fall
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16
New Cards for Old.

In nearly every house there's a big
box of old cards and calendars, some
of them, perhaps, eight or nine years
old These will be a great deal OF
use to any boy or girl who has per
mission to use them
First of all, buy packet of visiting
cards or something bigger, gold edged,
costing not over 5 cents a dozen.
Then spread sheet of paper on
the table, and get your scissors, your
paints, a pencil and pot of paste or
gum. Now sort out the cards, and
when you come across any especially
pretty little bird or spray of flowers
or little figure cut them out very
carefully and put them on one side.
When you have quite lot of these,
take one of your cards, and, sorting
the little ornaments out, arrange them
on the cards as you think best.
For instance, you could have a
spray of flowers in the left hand top
corner and little landscape or bird
or butterfly in the right hand bottom
corner. When you have pasted them
on, leave the cards till next day to get
perfectly dry. Then pencil anything
that is wanted, such as few leaves,
stalk or two, little true lovers
knot, words of greeting, and so forth
Paint them over, and then your card
is finished. Perfectly charming Christ
mas and birthday cards can be made
in this way, and people much prefer
them to the bought ones if they're
nicely and neatly done.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16
How Jamaican Negroes Shave.

How Jamaican Negroes Shave.
The Jamaica negroes, some of whom
are great dandies in their way, make
a soap out of cocoanut oil and home
made lye, and fine soap it is, smooth
and fragrant. This cocoanut oil soap
is used for shaving When a man
wishes to have in the morning he
starts out with his cocoanut shell cup
and his donkey-tail brush and bottle
1t is never any trouble to find an emp
ty bottle in Jamaica, even in the
mountains. At least twenty genera
tons of thirsty people have lived
there and thrown away the empty bot
ties. The man carries no mirror be-
cause he has none to carry. Not one
negro cabin in a dozen has even a
cheap looking glass. But nature pro-
vides the mirror as well as the soap.
The man goes to a convenient pool
in the mountain stream, where the
water is still, and there is his mirror.
He breaks his bottle on a stone, and
picks out a good, sharp piece. Then
he fathers his face profusely and be-
gins to scrape away with his piece
Of glass, which works almost as well
as a sharp razor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16
FIGHT WITH SPOOL CANNON.

OF course, many of our youthful
readers have wished that they could
be soldiers when they grow up and
almost all the boys have taken part in
snow battles and various other kinds
of battles: Boys find their mimic
fights more fun than almost anything
else, and it is just because they do
that they will be interested in learn
ing how battle may be fought on
the dining table.
This is to be an artillery duel, 80,
of course, the first thing to consider
is cannon. You must have at least
two, one for your army and one for
the enemy, although there is no rea-
son why they should not have whole
battery, say six cannons each.
The cannon is made from two
spools and a lead pencil. Get large
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16

empty spool on which has been wound
that coarse black linen thread which
the female members of your family
use in sewing on shoe buttons. Then
get smaller spool, say one holding
No. 40 or 80 thread. Take an old lead
pencil and cut it off so that it is Just
the length of the large spool. See if
it is small enough in diameter to
slip easily in and out of the spool, and
if it is to large trim it down until it
goes in and out very easily. Then fit
half an inch of one end of the pencil
into a smaller spool so that it is Just
tight enough to stick. You had bet
ter dip that end of the pencil into a
little glue, then thrust it into the
smaller spool and let it dry for cou-
pie of hours, so that it will be hard
and fast.
Now drive couple of lacks in each
side of one end of both spools. The
black dots in the diagram will show
you just where they ought to be. Now
your cannon is almost complete, the
larger spool being the barrel and the
smaller spool the breech block. Now
put the two spools together with the
pencil inside the larger spool, and tie
a stout elastic band to the tacks on
each side of both spools, as shown by
the black line in the diagram.
Take block of wood a little short.
er than the larger spool, and with
your penknife cut groove in the ton.
just wide enough to let the large spool
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16
Don,ts for Young Mothers.

Don't let your dolls sit near the
fire; it spoils their complexion.
Don't give them currants, crumbs or
cakes to eat; such things are bad for
their digestion.
Don't entrust them to the care of
your brothers; boys are not to be
trusted with dolls.
Don't leave them out in the yard
all night; they will probably get
freezingitis if you do.
Don't wash their face with soap
too often; their delicate skin cannot
stand it.
Don't allow pins to be stuck in their
bodies; some people think dolls can't
feel
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16
IT. HISTORIC SpOTSEN
IL NEW ENGLAND.
Especial Correspondence

mantically situated, and the summer
waytarer found under the spreading
branches Of the elms around it de.
lighted rest and quiet, while there was
good cheer within. These wayside
inns were as the shadow of mighty
rock within weary land" to the hot,
tired, dusty and hungry travellers in
the good old days" of long ago.
One did not find in these old inns
the privacy and exclusiveness to be
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16

rest easily on it,. This is the gun car
riage your cannon must rest on to Sc
cure you steady aim. Glue the larg-
er spool to the block of wood, as shown
in the diagram, and you are ready for
the fray.
Your army takes no part in the
artillery duel, but has the duty most
CALLING to any soldier-that of stand
ing still under heavy fire without re-
turning it! Then, too, they are not
real soldiers, but volunteers, ordinary
citizens of all classes, although there
may be, by chance, one or two mill
tary men among them.
You can easily get them, all sizes.
kinds and nationalities, by cutting
them out of old magazines. Paste,
each one an little piece of cardboard
and there you are!
You occupy one end of the dining.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16
Diagram Showing How Cannon is M AIDE.

table and the forces of the enemy are
drawn up in line of battle at the other
end. The brave soldiers are each
propped up with toothpick so that
II does not take very strong blow tn
knock him down. BY the side of each
cannon are the heaps of cannon balls.
Ihese are made of bread crumbs. roll
eu IN the fingers. putty or tin foil.
me enemy perhaps open conflict
oy hiring five well aimed shots at
your forces. To your dismay you dis
cover that he has knocked over four
men. Well, you cannot be expected To
remain silent under such a destructive
lre as this, so you fire five shots in
reply. This is how you do it, Drop
bullet in the mouth of your cannon
and then draw back the smaller snooJ
I'LL only a little of the lead pencil is
IN the large cannon. Tilt II bacl, co
Ihat the bullet will roll down the spooI
I'LL II rests against the end Of the
pencil. Then aim your cannon cara-
lully at the enemy and let go of the
smaller spool. The elastic will bring
the smaller spool forward with a snan
nurllng the cannon ball forward to
deal destruction among the enemy
and to avenge your own fallen SOL
diers. 'oi
hacn side has five shots, taking
Turns until one army has every man
shocked down. OF course. the gen
erai who thus loses all his men is
completely defeated
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16

Well has New England the right
to be proud Of the many historic spots
to be found within it's borders. Church
and cottage, ancient trees and famous
inns, all mark scenes inseparably con.
nected with the colonists' struggle for
freedom. Boston has its Faneuil hall,
its Bunker Hill monument, its old Park
Street church, and the inn from which
the famous tea party set forth on it's
perilous mission The old powder
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16

native ties a rope of grass around the
trunk of the tree as far from the
ground as he can reach. When the
crab is on its downward journey, it
comes to this grass band in due
course. Then, thinking it has touched
solid earth, it let's go its grip and falls
to the ground, thus becoming an easy
prey to the willy native.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16
Grabs Up a Tree.

In some of the South Sea islands
there is land crab which is very
fond of cocoanuts. To get supply
of the coveted dainty it has learned
to climb trees. OF this habit the ma
tives take every advantage when they
want a crab for dinner. While the
creature is aloft stealing a nut the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16
Easy DESIGNING.

Take a piece of stiff paper, cut out
a circle about i've or six inches in
diameter, fold it in half, then in quar-
ters. finally in eighths. Gig. -
The dotted lines show where to fold
the third, A B being the shape OF
the circle when folded three times.
Take a pair of sharp scissors, and
beginning at d lin Fig. p cut out any
pattern or any shape which comes
into your head. Tal0e care not to go
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16

In a divorce case back East few
days ago it was shown that the fair
defendant had been kissed by repre-
sentatives of the army, the navy and
tine lighthouse service. What was the
matter with the revenue service and
postoffice department?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16
a DRAWING Game.

Here is a funny new drawing game.
Put down two circles, and then draw
picture of q human being or an
animal by using one of the circles
for the head and the other for the
body. The picture will always be fun
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16

The diamond company at Kimberley
sold its product last year for s26, 1906
$50, making a profit of $11,511, AGO.
Thus does the diamond trust grind
the faces of the rich.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16

over the circumference line, and the.
result, when you open what is left of
your circle, will be a design of far
greater symmetry than actual meas
urement could give you. Such work
will amuse children of all ages for
many rainy days, and ingenuity can
produce many complicated designs
in squares and diamonds, as well as
circles.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16

IL has been shown that an automo-
bile at full speed can be stopped in
less than half the distance required by
two horse team and a carriage. But
j. usually hits a great deal harder
when 1t stops.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16

A literary society has been formed
TO study Milton. 1t is only by band
ing together that the people can carry
on the fight against "the literature Of
to-day"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16

The former crown princess of Sax
,ony utterly repudiates the authorship
Of the book. "The Confessions OF Prin-
cess Louise" Not writing that book
is the best thing she has done for
some time.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16

The railroads of the United States
killed 1864 persons during the year
ended June 30. Still some people go
around worrying because of the hor-
rors of war.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16

Geraldine Bonner says that after
many attempts no one has succeeded
in making a successful romance with.
out woman in it. She might have
added that no one has succeeded In
making a successful romance without
q man in 1t, either.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16

With the New York women indulg-
ing in face paint and the men in nose
paint, we may expect some highly
colored stories of social happenings in
that city.