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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
His First Visit.

Look here, Halton, why in creation
did you lure me into buying ticket
for that lawn fete?"
"Why, did you pay out much?"
Much Why, they charged me so
cents for lemonade and 81 for ice
cream"
THAT was exorbitant."
Then l was lured through the
maze of mystery witches caldron,
etc, and by the time they finished
telling my fortune l didn't have a
penny"
THAT was tough"
20, | could have recovered from
that, but it was the sequel. When
reached home dead broke my wife &C
cused me of playing poker and hasn't
spoken to me since. Chicago News.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
A Greater Loss.

A few years ago contractor under
took to widen a railway in Yorkshire.
and while the men were at work one
day serious landslide occurred.
There was much confusion, and the
cry went up, Count the men," New
er mind the men, cried the thrifty
contractor. count the wheelbarrows."
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
When She Chooses.

NO ArriCt Of Hampstead Heath can
Ue ruder than a great lady, when she
.Hooses; no stableman or prlze-ring
nero commands a more fluent vocabu-
'N or slang and foul language than
IaAy a dukes son or representative
+" ancient name and hereditary honor.
Rita in Eaily Express.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
Worlds LARGEST Pawnshop.

in the Rue des Blancs-Manteaux,
Paris. stands the largest pawnshop In
the world, with so many shelf-ranged
streets in its vaults and storerooms
that you will cover FIVE miles and a
half If you explore them all. Seven
thousand persons a day pass through
the big doors.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
|T MARKS HOSPITAL
SALT LAKE CITY
o. @. HUNTING, Superintendent
When Answering Advertisements
Kindly Mention This Paper.
Immense Sun .Iial In Greece.

Greece boasts the largest sun dial
10 The planet. There is large prom
|.u'ory in the Aegean sea, looking to
le east, which extends 5000 feet
'OOve the level of the water. AS the
Jun S"ings around, the shadow of the
mountain touches one by one circle
VI Islands separated by regular inter
'us, whihc act as hour marks.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
Low WAGES Paid In China.

Often among more advanced peo'
pies need for skilled labor is not
felt. In China farm hand never gets
Lore than two meals day and $3.50
in currency month. Skilled labor
does not fare much better, as car
ienter feels well satisfied with 80
cents a day, while masons and paint
ers do not average 40 cents.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
Newspaper Man in Rlaht Place.

Joseph Bucklin Bishop, who has
been appointed executive secretary o,
the Panama commission, is especially
well equipped to perform the duties
of that position, Mr.. Bishop has al.
the expert knowledge necessary, and
moreover, by his long experience as
newspaper worker is peculiarly
fitted to serve as the agent of public
ity.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26

This is not so bad for a new rail.
road. This week the Salt Lake Route
hauls three shows" between Salt
Lake and Los Angeles. and runs three
specials for W. c. T. U. members go
Ing to the convention in Los Angeles
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
Envy, the DESTROYER Of Peace.

iHe man with envy in his heart can
G We happy, He may hide his envy,
ne can not get out of life the
a.. mat Is rightfully his. Happiness
'0' Tor him. Happiness implies
aye OF mind. There can be no
&c OF mind where envy is.-Ex
age.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26

Is to divide oranges into small sec.
tons, pack them in fine ice, and pass
them during a luncheon as If they
we're olives or sailed nuts.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26

A hairdresser at Leipsic, Germany,
has built a two-story house entirely
of cork, and fitted it up for a shop
and baths.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26

Say, papa" queried Harold, look.
ing up from his book, do they plant
bird seed when they want to raise
sparrow grass Golden Days.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
Girl WrltAs Verse.

Violet Firth. thirteen-yearold Eng.
lish girl. has written a volume OF
verse which has sold more than 5000
copies
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26

Thinks senhe Lies Essusable.
"There are seine lies" philosopher
said, like angels wings on which we
may mount TO Heaven"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
1 onnlnn for the unattalnabIe.

We all wish for riches, happiness,
Toy, wit, pleasure; yet the best actor
is not able to play every role.-A
Barratin.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
USE THE FAMOUS
House Built of Cork.

Red Cross Ball Blue Large 2-Oz. package
cents. The Russ Company. South Bend, Ind.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26

Mrs. windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething sofens the gums reduces IN
nammation, allays pain cures wind collie 25c bottle.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
TEA
Moneyback buys your con-
fidence; you can't help it.
You can't help it.
a Pretty Fancy

Your grocer returns your money II you don't like
6chillings Best,
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
TEA

Can a very bad person
like tea very much, do you
think?
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
IL Is Quite True

Japan's Tobacco Crop.
Japan's annual tobacco crop is about
100000 pounds.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26

Now Means Square Meal.
The word banquet" formerly
meant dessert
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
TEA

Your grocer returns your money II you don't like
Schillng's Best.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
Grizzly Bear is Supreme.

II is a matter Of interest, If not for
patriotic pride that of all the fight
ing animals America has in the
grizzly bear the iiercest and the most
formidable. The lion, the so-called
"king of beasts" Is distinctly inferior
in size and power to the Bengal tiger,
but a first-rate grizzly could master
both at once. He Is far stronger. Is
better built for running in spite of his
apparent clumsiness. and loves a fight
for the fights sake better than either
of the great cats of the Old World,
who keep well under cover when not
hungry.
Like all other hunted animals, the
grizzly has learned to shun mems fire.
arms, but in his PALMER days he
never "side-stepped" for anything
that walked, on two legs or four. as
many an early Western hunter learn.
cd to his cost.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
WORLDS CHAMPION TALKER.
Fastest TaIker Is Ready to Meet All
Comera

The greatest talker in the world has
been discovered in Baltimore-not n
woman. but a man in the employ of
the auditing department of the Baltl-
more & Ohio railroad office. He Is
Ellorod Conway, who boasts of being
able to talk $1,000 words an hour, or
Is words a second.
IL am at any time ready" says Mr..
Conway, ito meet any person in the
world in talking or reading contest
for any amount of money. | am posi-.
tive that / have no peer in the world
at rapid reading, and am willing to
back my opinion well financially.
The great thing in my favor is
that all my work is done from sight
that is, sight reading. 1t makes but
little difference to me If | have ever
seen what is placed before me or not.
IL fact, fast reading is my daily work.
"As to how long | can read (no
matter whether checks with intricate
names or noD | really cannot say, but
l know one thing-I can do 1t as long
as any one cares to listen to me, and
my throat gives me no trouble at all.
How ! happened to have the power
to read so fast and accurately | really
am unable to tell. But one thing I
can say, an that is that 1t has not
been acquired by practice or in any
other way, but has simply come nat
ural. There is no shorthand writer
who can follow me If I turn loose"
He is almost indispensable at the
Baltimore & Ohio Office in his work.
The proper reading of each check in
wolves the pronunciation of from 30 to
"a words, and Mr.. Conway can read
1000 checks an hour.
The reading of the checks also re.
Quires great care and accuracy Re-
Gently the pay checks for one month
read by him numbered 32,123, and this
was done without single error.
New York World.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
A Wonderful Nessel.

There was launched a short time
ago at Lorain, o., the largest fresh
water steamship afoat. The Wolvin
Is 500 feet in length and is designed
to carry 1880 tons of coal on her
first trip and thus to break all cargo
records on the lakes
Some novel features have been in
troduced in the construction OF this
steamer, the chief being that the
cargo space is one immense hopper,
400 feet long, with sloping sides and
ends, and not an obstruction of any
kind. the deck being supported by
arched girders. This form was adopt
ed to offer no obstruction to unload
ing ore through its 33 matches by the
clamshell scoop now in use at Con-
neaut and other ports.
Below and on each side of this hold
are compartments for water ballast
to insure stability.
The engines, bunkers and quarters
for the crew are astern of the hold,
while below the pilot house are the
officers quarters, and comfortable
rooms are also provided here for the
owners Of the steamer.
Everything possible about the boat
will be done by machinery, and she
will acquire distinction by being
painted ySllow.-Scientific American.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
Medicine for a Dyinq Tree.

A very old tree was once rejuven-
1,ed in remarkable manner. II was
/ very ancient walnut that had for
years shown signs Of decay. But the
keeper in front of whose house the
tree stood took to singing the car.
cass of each deer he killed on to one
IF its boughs for dressing. During
the process all the blood dripped on
the ground and WIS absorbed. The
following spring this tree put forth an
astonishing crop Of leaves, and in less
than three seasons It was making new
wood and showing all the vigor which
had characterized II thirty years be-.
tore.--The Country Gentleman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
Getting Back at Whistler.

The late James Mcneil Whistler
had a French poodle of which he was
extravagantly fond. This poodle was
seized with an affection of the throat,
and Whistler had the audacity to send
for the great throat specialist, Mac
kenzie.
Sir Morell, when he saw that he had
been called in to treat a dog, didn't
like it much, it was plain. But he
said nothing. He prescribed pocket.
ed big fee, and drove away.
The next day he sent post haste
for whistler And Whistler, thinking
he was summoned on some matter
connected with his dog, dropped his
work and rushed like the wind to
Mackenzie's
On his arrival, Sir Morell said
gravely: How do you do, Mr.. Whist
ler? l wanted to see you about hav'
ing my front door painted.'-Collier'a
Weekly
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
Fatal Fireworks.

Figures collected last year by the
American Medical Association, shows
that 4,449 deaths and injuries result
ed from the celebration Of July 4.
1908, in the country at large.
There were 406 deaths due to lock-
Jaw, for which the toy pistol was re.
sponsible. Other forms of mortal in.
jury took sixty victims. There were
ten persons who were made blind
seventy-fve who lost one eye, fifty
four who lost hands. arms or legs
ia who lost fingers and 3,670 who re-
celved other injuries.
At the battle Of Bunker Hill, fam
ous preliminary to the next years
first dawning of Independence Day
there were killed 145 Americans and
$50 of the British-a total only thirty
eight greater than that in the celebra
tion slaughter of this one Fourth oi
July.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27

IN american company has estab.
hsbed a plant at Balena, Newfound.
land, for utilizing She entire carcasses
of whales. Similar plants are being
established by the government at
twelve other points in Newfoundland
and one in Labrador. Up TO 1892 the
business OF utilizing commercially the
carcasses was carried on by an Eng.
tish syndicate. which employed
number of experts, but gave up the
business after expending a capital OF
s1S0000. Every ounce Of the whale is
ased in the manufacture of oil. stearin,
bone meal or bones and other articles
of commerce, which are shipped
abroad This new industry employs
capital Of more than S1,000,000 and
furnishes employment to over 1000
men.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
From the corean Weekly Courier.

Sergeant Stitchsky is putting new
flap on his tent.
The smiling face Of Wahai Nipponjl
the well known Japanese scout, was
seen in our midst Wednesday, We
understand his body is en- route
Hiram Buttinsky paid ye editor o
hurry call yesterday. Hi says there Is
heavy firing up North, and he is hurry
ing South General Kuropatkin and
best girl Sundayed at Che Foo. The
general never looked better.
Admiral Skrydioff is confined to his
bed with a touch of la grippe. His
Japanese friends hope for a speedy
relapse.
Private Sapolio OF the Thirteenth
Japanese Rockies, was seen on our
streets Thursday with a shine.
Dannie Deeveroff was hanging
around our burg this morning.
A few of our esteemed patrons re-
Gently started to cross the Yalu and
forgot to land. Now is the time To
subscribe.
Captain Kinksliy, who gave us a
want ad not long ago lost one of his
legs in yesterdays skirmish. Cap
says ii pays to Observation-Disclosures
Sentinel.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
CLOCKS OF ROYALTY.
Buckingham and Windsor Royal Houses
Contain Several Hundred.

There are nearly $50 clocks at Wind
sor castle, and about 10 in Bucking-
ham palace. One OF the most inter-
esting OF those at Windsor is in a gilt
metal case given by Henry III. to
Anne Boleyn on the morning of their
wedding. 1t is ten inches high and is
engraved with the royal arms Of Eng
land quartered with those of France.
The lead weights are engraved with
true-lovers knots and II. A. Dieu ct
Mon Droit," at the base. This clock,
which at one time became the property
Of Horace Walpole, was bought by
Queen Victoria 1t has survived four
centuries. but four years only marked
the duration of the royal love of
Henry and Anne Boleyn.
A Louis XIV, buhl, clock in red
shell in the Van Dyck room at Wind
sor castle is very fine, supported by
four sphinXes, and exquisitely en-
graved by Marot. who was born in
1920. His son was architect to VIII
liam III. A Tyre clock in King Ed
wards audience room shows the pen
"uiuiH CIVIL CllHS lHe uidl, anu lHlru
hand indicates the date of the month.
There are several other buhl clocks,
one in the corridor one in the vesti-
bule and the forms and sizes are vari-
Gus. The truest clock over the state
entrance goes eight days and strikes
the quarters. bearing the date 1927.
At Buckingham palace the Augsburg
clock on the equerres' stairs Is among
the earliest examples of the clockmak-
ers art and very beautiful is the clock
In the state dining room. Hampton
Court is also rich in historically in
teresting clocks, such as the old astro-
nomical one made for Henry VIII,
1910, said always to stop when any
one who has long resided in the palace
dies.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
TURKISH D|C|PL|NE LAX
Army and Navy Are Almost
Completely Demoralized.
HUMOROUS INSTANCES
Escape Fighting Whenever Possible
AIbanians' Suggestion Of an ALI
ance Of England, Italy and Albania
Against Europe.

1t Is sid that the Turkish soldiery
Is becoming demoralized to the point
where displays Of cowardice are com
mon. Some extraordinary instances
Of this are related by recent trav-
eler there who declares that the Tur-
kisA troops have displayed their lack
OF nerve many times. When actual
fighting is to be done many of the SOL
diers seek secluson in the adjacent
fields or escape the observation Of
their commanders by getting into
streams or ponds and immersing
themselves in water up to the neck. 1t
was near Uskub that resort to this
method of avoiding trouble was actu-
ally observed An engineer corps had
been summoned hastily to the near
est bridge over the Vardar, where
bombs had just been thrown, and
found the guard especially placed
there to protect the bridge conspicu-
ously absent. 1t took the officers a
considerable time to find what had
become of their missing men.
Apparently the decentralization OF
Turkeys fighting forces extends also
to its naval vessels. There Is guard
ship at Salonika, a fairly modern
looking small cruiser, lying year in,
year out peacefully at anchor in the
bay. One day an order came to the
commander to take a cruise, and the
CONSERVATION of that gallant officer
was great because no screw steamer
can move without shaft. and that
had been sold some time ago. But he
was a man of resource, and had a
shaft made OF wood, praying that IL
would break within the first few min
utes. The wooden shaft held by some
miracle, and as the cruiser slowly
steamed out Of the gulf the captains
heart sunk, for he had no desire to
SO to sea with a shaft that must
break sooner or later. So he sent be-
low and had the shaft sawn halfway
through. A little extra steam and the
desired result was accomplished and
the guardship was towed back dis
abled."
Some of the Albapians whose insur-
rectionary operations have been an
occasion for concern both to Turkey
and to the powers which are trying to
compel reforms in that region are cur
iously ignorant as to the conditions in
the outer world. A writer who visited
an Albanian monastery says: "The fact
that | write impressed these worthy
frars greatly, and Padre Gioacchino,
politician as are all Albanians, made
a wonderful suggestion. Write a long
article, my son, he exclaimed enthu-
siastically. Thou knoweth us and the
bravery of my nation. Suggest an al
lance against Europe that will as
suredly destroy the balance Of the
powers" The alliance which the
padre expected to overturn the bal
ance OF power was to consist of Eng.
land, Italy-and Albania"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
EnuIand's Coal Supply.

A careful survey Of the local depos.
It's of England has been made recently
with the result of discovering that
there is coal enough in the United
Kingdom to depth of 1000 feet, suf.
ficient at the present rate Of output
to last 371 years.
This estimate does not take into
consideration the fact that with i'm
proved machinery and skill 1t might
be possible to carry on mining at a
depth of 1000 feet. The supply may
be still further extended by the eco
nomical use of electricity.
If England's fuel supply is assured
for 371 years she need have no alarm
BY that time coal may have become
quite obsolete as fuel.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
Coreans as Wood Finishers.

When the palace at Seoul was
burned the famous Hall Of Audience
was destroyed. Each of its many col
umns was formed from the trunk of a
tree. Each was over 10 feet in height.
and all were rounded to the same ex-
act size. No paint or varnish had ever
touched them. They were kept wash
ed with clean water, and then polish
ed merely by much rubbing with soft.
clean pads. They shone like metal
and yet showed all the beautiful grain
of the timber.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
Intense Cold Of Thibet.

The intense cold found at the high
elevations over which the British
troops lately marched into Thibet
nearly disabled the Maxims and rifles.
The officers of the guns had to clear
the locks Of the Maxims of oil and
carry them in their breast pockets to
keep them warm and dry, and the
men took their rifles to bed with them.
Otherwise the oil would freeze into a
clogging mess which would cause mis-.
fires. The water jackets Of the Max.
inns became source OF danger and
even a mixture of one-quarter rum
did not prevent the water from freez'
ing
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
MEN OF GENIUS.
Evidence Seems to Show Them to be
Long Lived.

Evidence seems TO Show mem 10 be
Long Lived.
Havelock Ellis's studies Of the orig.
in and habits of the British men OF
genius show that most came from
business life, many from good fam
ilies," SO called, and few from the
clerical profession. OF 103 men Of
eminence In ten centuries thirteen
were the sons of carpenters, five Of
shoemakers, FIVE of weavers and four
Of blacksmiths. Browning's father
was a clerk, and 80 was Bradlaugh's;
Turner's was a barber, Carlyle's q
mason, Huxley's schoolmaster.
Keats a livery.stable man, Knox's
peasant, Wolsey's a grazier and Whit.
fields an innkeeper.
Men OF genius are long-lived. or
those on Mr. Ellis's list more died be-
tween sixty-fve and seventy-five than
in any other period. Those living
beyond seventy-fve numbered $50,
those beyond eighty 130. and twenty
lived past ninety.
A genius is not often an only son;
he Is more likely to spring from a
large family. Nor is he often the son
OF a distinguished father. He Is some
times n tall man. Twenty-six in
stances are cited OF great men who
were six-footers and over. Among
them are Darwin, Millais. Sir Walter
Scott. Tennyson, Borrow, Thackeray
and Fielding.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
Financial Aid to Racial Increase.

The latest scheme for the encour.
agement Of population in France 10.
that Of the Paris, Lyons & Mediter~
ranean Railway Company, which has
adopted the following scale in the case
of employees who have large families:
Employees whose wages do not exceed
2,10Of. per annum, and who have three
children or persons to provide for, viii
receive a gratuity Of Sc per annum:
for a family Of four. $l6; Of five, $50:
Of six. s4S; of seven, $40; Of eight.
S82; Of nine, S166.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
King Cotton in Texas.

So far from being doomed as a cotton
State, we have reason to believe that
cotton production in Texas is in its
infancy. New methods made neces-
sary by the weevil result in larger
production, even with the presence OF
the weevil, and when these methods
become universal in Texas. so far
from going out Of the business, we
may look for still greater production
If prices range from 10 to IL cents
a pound for the next crop. grand old
Texas will have the goods to get from
$150,000,000 to $200,0OO,0OO worth
Houston Post
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
Uses for Old Parchments.

Quite a good price is paid by .
French firm for old parchments Of all
descriptions. They have process for
removing the ink. and eventually the
cleaned stuff comes back to us as the
finest French kid gloves The clip
pings left when the gloves are made
are not wasted either. Mixed with
pieces of vellum and leather, they are
boiled down for size. And the coarse
shavings, with odds and ends OF seal
and other skins, come in handy for
filling cheap cricket, and tennis balls.
London Tit-Bits.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
Voices and Climatic Effects.

Generally speaking. races living at
high attitudes have weaker and more
highly pitched voices than those liv-
ing in regions where the supply Of
oxygen is more plentiful. Thus, In
America among the Indians living on
the plateau between the ranges Of
the Andes. at an elevation of from
10000 to $4,000 feet the men have
voices like women, and women like
children, and their singing Is a shrill
monotone.