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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-04-03

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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-04-03

We would be pleased to have our
readers, and the public generally,
send In such items Of news us may
come under their observation, such
~ births, deaths, marriages, goings
and comings, etc. Many things
trnnspire that we may overlook,
hence We ask you to assist us In
this matter that We may be able to
publish ALL the news.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-04-03

Mrs. Harriet Lces died wednes-
day Of general debility at the home
Of Fred Wilde. The deceased was
born August ~, ls20, In Codncrpark
England. She Joined the church In
the old country aud arrived with
other relatives In Echo on the 10th.
day Of June, 1881. Her husband
died abont three years ago. She Il
the sister Of Mrs. Samuel England
Of this city and has numerous re-
latives here. Funeral services will
be held Mt the Stake House this
friday afternoon at o'clock.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-04-03
Flshsrs In cOmp.,I.lsn.

Seventy mon had a fishing compo
tition at Dover England. recently. un.
der the auspices Of the Sea Anglers
association. They fshed i've hours.
and the prize for tho heaviest nsh
was taken with whiting. turning tho
scale at siH ounces.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-04-03

Since the bor.an.nF OF the last cen.
tury no inwr than Gny-two volcanic
islands have risen out OF tho sea-
Nineteen have disappeared and ten are
now Inhabited.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-04-03
praIII gst.rmlna,Inn Mo,nuIlo,.

Brazil DISCRIMINATING Mosquitoes.
Brazil Ia proud OF tho work OF its
mosquito prigados which have almost
driven yellow Jack from Rio Janelro
last summer there were but lfty
cases OF tho fever In tho brazilian cas-.
ltai. whereas formerly Il used to Be-
| nftY psg rock, La, ,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-04-03
Morgan County News

missiones Mckay to confer with
Gla.maou spd also with the County
Attorney = 70 the Iega.i,yoi an ap.
preparation
Capt. Edgerly came from the
mine Monday.
c. NJ, Croft and wife are Wis
iting in Morgan.
SoreuJ' Peterson returned to
Preston TUESDAY
Miss katherine Eddiugtou is
i'll with Rheumatism.
H.B.croueh went TO Denver
with cattle The first Of the week.
S. Fnncish has been sick with
the la sripps for tbs past week.
Geo. A. Heiner went TO Green
River the eafly part of the week
on business,
JOS, Williams came mp from
Ogden TUESDAY to attend to
some business affairs.
Soren J, Peterson and wife
came from Idaho Saturday to at.
tend the funeral services Of Des.
mond Peterson.
When in need OF Wedding
Cards and Stationary remember
that we do as good a work as
any one 10 the state,
Mr. B. 7, Hopkins Of the Bell
Ielepnon Go. spent several
days in Morgan looking after the
eXtensioa ofthe line in the rural
disthcts,
An eigitinch fall orsuow on
| the nigll Of the 2oth came nc ,
gentle r4ninder that King win
ter is nd yet ready to slumber
for the mmer.
Mrs. A. Eddingtor came
up frouiogden Saturday even.
ing. Sk reports that her
dauglie Hazel is getting along
nic,;y, her baby is.sickwith the
n kromored that Senator
'iorgan Anderson the chief
mognl at the cement plant in the
line ofsiories appropriate Tor the
down cast, is to be married to a
girlin the not far distant future.
Mrs. Susan Fry went to the
Slide Tuesday morning at the
request of her daughter Mrs. L.
Crouch, whose Oldest child
is sick with sort Of, growth
in the throat, necessitating an
operation.
City Council will be held the
FIRST Monday OF April at g p. m
10 the Council chamber. County
Court will convene the same
day OF ioa. III. Those having
business Will govern themselves
ccrdiugly
THE recent fall OF snow made
,he roads quite muddy agaiubut
at present they are driving up
very fast and in few more days
we will be ready tor another fall
of the beautiful. We hope that
the next howevery will be rain.
The District Court gthat
should have been held Wedues-
day was postponed until some
time next week, owing to The
fact that Judge Howell was un-
able to so arrange his court
matters in the other districts as
to enable him to come to Nor
gan,
The farmers Union held an
interesting session Monday and
perfected their organization for
The coming summer. 1t really
.ooksas THOUGH tbeyb,,,oro,,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-04-03

FOR SALE-Light spring wagon
In good condition. Cheap for cash.
Also q 80 inch Studebaker wagon.
Willard Dexter Coalvillp, Utah.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-04-03

See my line NJ Spring Goods be-
fore purchasing elsewhcrc-M. X.
Salmon.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-04-03

For real estate bargains, see f
II. Rhoad.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-04-03

wANrED-Plains sewing. Mrs. WIN.
DistOn.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-04-03

we do yours? Prices are right.
The population Of this city was
increased three during the week.
The first newcomer was girl at
the home NJ j. II. Ball. which ar
rived last Saturday afternoon.
The stork brought hoy and de-
posted II at the home Of VIM. II
Carruth last saturday evening.
a line baby girl arrived at the
home Of Thos. Rces yesterday. All
concerned doing nicely.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-04-03

The "Old-Time Dance" given by
the Relief Society was quite well
attended, but was enjoyed by all.
II was an old-timc dance ~ far n
the music and dances were concern
ed but not iu the manner Of dress.
Josh. ruudlctou aud son WILL with
l. NJ. Shaw as pianist, were the
musicians.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15
MAcARoNI IN ITALY.
To the Working People This Food IL
Luxury.

6dNatys
Every one pictures the Italian as
eating macaroni. What if l tell
you that the Italians, taking them as
people. do not eat macaroni, and yet
this is virtually true. Macaroni In Italy
costs 4 to cents pound, and 1t Is
too costly for common use. 1t Is about
as accurate to say that the Italians
i've on macaroni as that the Ameri-
cans live on turkey. Macaroni TO the
working Italian is a luxury. You often
see young fellows on holiday In
dulging In a dish In restaurant or
before q street cook stand about as
Americans would eat ice cream. A
customary workman's dinner is hunk
of bread broken apart and "buttered'
| with a few traces of tomato sauce. AS
| for meat, 1t is the greatest rarity, and
| the only drink they can afford is wa
ter. which has the advantage OF being
cheap and filing. The Italians al
home are not only temperate, but aD
stemious. Wine and beer and ever
tea, coffee and chocolate are forbidden
to them on account Of the expense. IL
all Italy we saw no one under the In
/ fiuence Of liquor. So also there Is
practically no smoking. The govern
ment has monopoly Of the tobacco
business, buys its supplies In quaint
ties direct in America and elsewhere
and charges three prices for every
thing. The few tobacco shops keep
piece of smoldering tow tied at th'
doorpost, so that patrons and passeri
may light their cigars by it-Los An
geles Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15
THE vooDoo IN HAITI.
Human Sacrifices to the God of the

Human Sacrifices to the God of the
Serpent.
There Is ample proof that human be-
ings have been offered as sacrifices tC
the god of the serpent in Haiti. A
French archbishop of the island de-
scribes a visit made by one Of the
priests to a voodoo assembly. The
man had disguised himself as negro,
and he was thus able to mingle unde-
tected with the crowd in the obscurity
outside the sacred circle. After the
white cock and white goat had been
slain and offered up and their blood
had been sprinkled on the company a
burly young negro came forward and
Frustrated himself before the priestess.
prayer:
20 maman, have a favor to ask of
thee"
what is it, my SOM" said the
negress encouragingly.
"Wilt thou not give US, to complete
the sacrifice, the goat without horns?'
The priestess gave a sign of assent.
The crowd roundabout separated. and
there was revealed a child sitting with
its feet bound. The French priest
rushed away in search Of assistance in
preventing the unholy rite, but the
authorities on whom he called were
strangely slothful. When finally, on
the day following, they arrived at the
place Of assembly, they found the
grewsome remains of sacrifice and a
feast, among them the boiled skull OF
the child.-Marvin Dana in Metropoli-
tan Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15
WHAT IS A DAY7
You Probably Think It Is Twenty-four
Hours, but II Isn't.


Nine persons out of ten-yes, 999 out
of every 1,000-if asked how long il
takes the earth to turn once on Its
axis would answer twenty-four hours
and to the question, How many times
does it turn on its axis in the course
of the year? the answer would be
365A times Both answers are wrong
It requires but twenty-three hours
and fifty-six minutes for the earth tc
make one complete turn, and 1t makes
3661A turns during the year. The err
ror springs from a wrong idea Of what
is meant by a day.
The day is not, as is commonly sup
posed, the time required by the earth
to make one turn on its axis, but the
interval between two successive pas
sages of the sun across the meridian
that is to say. the time which elapses
after the sun is seen exactly south II
its diurnal course through the heavens
before 1t Is again seen in that position
Now, in consequence of the earth's
revolution in its orbit or path roun6
the sun, the sun has the appearance
of moving very slowly in the heavens
in a direction from east to west. Al
noon tomorrow the sun will be a shor
distance to the east of the point In the
heavens at which it is seen at moor
today, so that when the earth haI
made one complete turn 1t will still
have to turn four minutes longer be
fore the sun can again be seen exactly
south.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15
Would EoIiow His Example.

After the battle of Prestonpans a
witty Scottish farmer amused himself
by writing a ballad upon 1t, which so
stung one of the English officers. who
had behaved very basely on the occa-
sion, that he sent the poet a challenge
to meet him at II. for mortal COM
bat
The second found the farmer busy
with his hayfork and at once delivered
the challenge of the redoubtable hero.
The good natured farmer, turning to-
ward him with the agricultural imple
ment, cooIly said:
"Gang ava back to Mester Smith
and tell him hae nae time to come to
II. to gle him satisfaction, but that If
he likes to come here I'll TAX a look
at him, and II / think / can fecht
(fighD him I'll fecht him. and If
think Gamma fecht him I'll just do as
be did-I'l run away"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15
SEA BATHING.
The Effects Of Salt Air and Water on
the Human Body.

The Effects of Salt Air and Water on
the Human Body.
There is a reason why parents have
in all times and in all ages endeavored
to give their children the benefit of sea
air and sea bathing. An italian physi-
clan. Gerosa. tells about 1t:
1t is agreed, he says, that all living
organisms began their first existence in
salt water and that as a result the hui
man body (and indeed every animal
body is largely made up of salt. II
you taste your blood or your tears,
which are the extract of blood, you
will find that both are quite salt In
flavor More than this, however, every
living being possesses within his body,
in the cellular stage, all those strange
marine organisms which we study so
curiously In museums. And, seeing,
says Gerosa, that the amount of sea
water contained in every body is equal
to one-third of that bodys weight, 1t is
clear that in the enthusiastically rudi-
mentary form all known marine life
must be present In the blood. The re-
suit is that when we battle In the sea
or breathe the sea air we replace the
amount of essential salt which is con-
stantly decreasing in the system and,
all unconsciously to ourselves, weak
ening it. Salt water, says Gerosa, is
really the main principle Of life, since
it is the first condition of existence
which the living organisms knew. 1t
is therefore always good for the body,
whether it be enjoyed at the seaside or
brought in bottles from the sea. In
particular is it very valuable in the
case Of weakling children, and there Is
no bodily stimulant so invigorating to
the very young as sea water.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15

1t has been considered unlucky to be
married in May ever since the days OF
Ovid, and those people who have spent
their time in looking up roots and
reasons have given what they consider
to be the origin of the superstition as
follows:
In ancient Rome there was held IL
May a festival called the Lemuria, OIL
feast of the Lemures, which was 9
ceremony in honor Of the speeches OF
departed souls. 1t became with the
Romans what we should call "ba6
form" to have matrimonial feasts al
the season of solemn ritual. being nj
doubt thought to be an insult to the
dead to marry at such time From
this a number of stories grew of the
revenge made by the outraged ghosts
upon those who dared to disregard
them, and If anything unfortunate hap
pened to a couple who had been mar
ried in May it would, of course. have
been put down to retribution. So the
tradition Of Ill luck arose, and its in
fluence has lasted ever since, even tC
our time
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15

During the fiesta Of Christmas or the
week of All Souls and All Saints, when
the Indians swarm down from the
mountains with their holiday wares
for sale, visitors in the City of Mexico
may notice the strange language that
the vendors use in addressing each
other. Even when they turn to serve
the purchaser their Spanish is neither
Castilian nor Mexican, but is frequent
ly broken by peculiar syllables and
accents. This is merely an illustra-
ton of the fact that the Indian Ian.
guages of old Mexico have not been
entirely submerged by the conquering
Spanish, and in some of the most re-
mote districts of the republic various
and distinct languages handed down
from the pre-Columbian era are still
spoken in their pristine purity by many
tribe members.-Mexican Herald
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15
HIS NINE cHEESES.
An Old Time New England Story Of
Stinay Parson.

q 0tinSy TdESOus
Anecdotes in which the mean and
grasping man is outwitted OF held up
to ridicule are popular everywhere and
always. Few ancient towns are with
out their historic or traditional In
stances of stinginess punished or sharp
practice defeated. In one village of
New England, says the Youths Com
panion, there Is still current such tale
concerning an unpopular parson or
more than century ago.
Although q learned man Of impress
I've manners, this clergym man was noted
for undue reluctance to expend and
readiness to acquire. He had habit
of pleading poverty and limiting for
gifts.
The parish, although with some muir
muring, had responded with fuel for
his kitchen, hay for his horse. Thanks
giving turkeys for his table and
subscription cloak" of black satin for
his wife when her wedding manteau
became shabby. The murmurs In
creased when 1t was found that the
parson turned an honest but over
shrewd penny by selling instead OF
using many of these donations. But
they were not loud enough to disturb
his stately calm, and he went his way
without condescending to notice them
At last, however, fortune played him
trick for trick.
One pleasant winter day he made a
I'D ~ noNh hnIICn
when Just about to leave. he casually
asked his hostess If she could let him
have a little piece Of cheese. as his
wife happened to have none In the
house and unexpected company had
arrived In each case the good house
wife, instead of little piece. generous
ly presented him with whole cheese,
which he graciously accepted As be
turned from the door stone at the close
of the last visit, while the mother OF
the family and her brood Of nine chill
dren stood politely gathered to watch
him drive away, he carelessly pulled
the wrong rein, the sleigh tipped
sharply on drift. and out from under
the ministerial lap robe rolled nine
large cheeses. which spun friskly away
In all directions on the icy crust
His hostess understood the situation
at glance.
Don't disturb yourself, pray. SIR
she said politely as he made a motion
to descend 'It is quite unnecessary
The children will gather them up. and
none will be overburdened or will
there be any quarreling for the priv
ilege See; it Is just cheese to
child"
So it was, and the embarrassed par
son, unable to escape, was obliged to
receive back his cheeses. with due
thanks to each giggling volunteer as
/ they came up In gleeful procession one
by one
Too we'll he knew that by the next
day the whole parish would be laugh
| ing at his misadventure, although be
could scarcely have guessed that the
joke would be recalled a hundred
wears later
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15
THE ANCIENT sPARTANs.
They FIoeged Men Who Grew Too Fat
For Military Service.

Among the ancient Spartans every
thing was considered secondary to mil
itary efficiency, and with view to Sc
curing this the boys and men were by
law kept In a continual state Of train
ing" No deformed child was allowed
to live. Boys were taken from theil
homes and subjected to military regu
lations at the age of seven. They were
compelled to wear the same single gar
ment winter and summer At twenty
they Joined the ranks and from that
age till they reached sixty were re
quired to dine at the public tables
where only a certain quantity was sup
Piled for each man. The magistrates
interfered in absurdly small matters
They regulated the degree of fairness t.
which 1t was lawful for any citizen t.
extend his body.
Those who dared to grow too fat oil
too soft for military service and exer
else were sometimes soundly logged
Aelian in his history relates thai
Nauclis, son Of Polytus, was brought
before the ephors (magistrates) and the
whole assembly Of Sparta, and This un
lawful fatness' was publicly exposed
and he was threatened with perpetual
Punishment If he did not bring his
body within the regular Spartan com
pass and give up the culpable mode
of living, which was declared to be
more worthy Of an Ionian than c
Spartan.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15
WoMAN's WIT UNCERTAIN.
As When This Wife Failed to APP
preciate Hubbys Pleasantly.


"Don't always rely upon the ready
wit of a woman" said the man who
is sometimes pleased to consider him
self an oracle. 'That ready wit bust
ness is sometimes prone to get way off
"For example, my wife and children
had been staying in the country fol
several weeks, and was regular witt
my letters, as every loving husband
should be. Finally on the day before
nv wife was to start for home | con
cluded my letter to her with these
words:
"'This will be the last letter | vii
write to you for a long. long time
when l got down to my office the
next morning found telegram from
my wife waiting for me. What OF
earth do you meanY read the dispatch
Later a registered letter came from
her. She had blotted almost every line
with tears. What it was all about
could not imagine.
"Then my telephone bell rang. an(
when I answered heard my wife''
voice speaking over the long distanc'
phone.
"'Oh, JohnY said she. is that really
you? 1 thought you had committed
suicidep Washington Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15
ne Gave Her a Present.

When l was a young man Lady Jer-
sey was one of the leaders of fashion,
and her house was the resort of poll
ticians and others. With her lived her
daughter, Lady Clementine Villiers, a
handsome and clever girl. The custom
had been established that all friends
should give the latter present on her
birthday, and these presents were SET
out in an antechamber. Among these
friends was Lord Brougham, then an
old man. He called on birthday. but
had forgotten what the occasion was.
and had brought no present. Seeing a
mass of presents laid out, he seized one
Of them and took it In as his present,
rightly counting that the young lady
would not remember that 1t was one
that already had been given to her.
And very proud he was of his pres
ence of mind. But, then, he was an
ex-lord chancellor.-London Truth.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15
Make a note now to get Ely's Cream

Make note now to get Ely's Cream
Balm If you are troubled with nasal Ca
tarrh, hay fever or cold in the head. 1t
is purifying and soothing to the sensitive
membrane that lines the air-passages. 1t
Is made to overcome the disease, not to
fool the patient by short, deceptive
relief There is no cocaine nor mercury
in It. Do not be talked into taking sub
stitute for Ely's Cream Balm. All drug
gists sell it. Price Soc Mailed by Ely
Bros, Sc Warren Street, New York.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15
Lotteries.

The first scheme for the distribution
of prizes by chance in modern times
Is generally attributed to one Bene-
detto Gentle of Genoa. who establish
ed his lottery in 1920. The proper lot
terry, in which each person takes part
by means of tickets costing each a
fixed sum Of money, had its origin in
more ancient times. being known even
in the middle ages. Such lottery
was established at Florence as early
as 15S0.-New York American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15

The negro brass band connected with
the travelling troupe was blatting a
tune In its characteristic slap bang
style in front of the theater when a
dusky cornet player who had been
sulklng all day suddenly quit blowing
and did not resume.
"Say, Nose" demanded the leader in
the ensuing pause, saint yo' workin'
any mop
"Ah is wen All gifts de inspiration"
retorted the sulky musician, throwing
the whites of his eyes across at the
leader
"W'en am datY'
"w'en All gifts nah las weeks pay"
kansas City Independent
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15
Conscientious Az

.Mr. Glizzard,' asked caller. "are
you carrying all the life Insurance you
can afford?"
NO" answered the man at the desk.
81 can afford more, and l had expected
to take out more, but from note got
from my employer this morning have
begun to suspect that I'm carrying a
good deal more than ! am worth
Chicago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15
Hsndel.s Philosophy.

Handel. when the curtain would rise
upon a nearly empty house. would say
soothingly to his associates:
Zach, never mind; the music VIII
eound all the betterv
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15
The Pearl Of Great Price.

"Put disposition above beauty" Is
the advice of a modern sage to the
young man who thinks of taking to
himself a wife. But 1t requires such
long time to discover disposition
Providence Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15
ouita Fortunate.

New Girl (timidly)-I s'pose you are
a fine cook, mum? Young Mistress
Bless me, no! don't know anything
about it. New Girl (relieved)-Then
We'll get along famously, mum.
don't either.-New York Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-15

what Is the name of your new
novelr"
".The Dungeon Good gloomy title.
ehY'
Eyes. That name alone ought TO get
the book among the six best cellars. y
Washington Herald.