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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18

q tiny mirror, upon which beam OF light IL
focused The result In that a shifting point Of
light h thrown upon a graduated black scale six
feet away The weight Of the tube. with the gas
In It, Is then recorded by the movement Of this
pin.point Of light on the scale
Then comes the interesting test The gas is re.
leased from the tube which is weighed again. II
h. now found TO weigh two hundred and fifty.
thousandth OF a milligrnmme, seven thou
sand mlllionth OF an ounce. less than II did when
the gas was In IT, Therefore, the weight Of this
whin OF gas was a seven thousand mlllionth OF an
ounce.
The smallest object that can be picked up with
the most delicate iorceps Is piece OF aluminium
wire far thinner than human hair. twenty
NTH ot an inch in length, which weighs four
teen hundred thousandth OF an ounce. It can
scarcely be- seen, and II is dnicult to detect wheth'
er It IL resting the scales or not section
Of aluminium wire weighing an eghty-four hun
drod thousandth OF an ounce can be prepared But
II Is only visible In microscope For this reason
weights OF less than q fourteen hundred thou
sandth OF ounce have to be registered In gases.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18
Scales That Would Weigh a Thought

Sir William Ramsay. the distinguished English
scientist has invented pair Of scales delicate
enough literally. to weigh thought. Their rec
ord so tar Is one sewpmilllonth Of an ounce
which is considerably lighter than most thoughts
usually are. The scales are kept under Sir VII.
Hams own laboratory 10 small subterranean
chamber.
The room ia kept In iemidarkness So deli.
cato are these wonderful scales that their bal
ance Ia disturbed by the liberation OF temperature
caused By the turning % of an electric light at
the other end of the room, The operator has to
leave them Tor an hour % darkness-after he has
tptoed from the roof. 70 mat his football should
not set up any yibraion-and then read them
swiftly, before any change IN the temperature has
had time to AFFECT them.
Hanging by one end Of the beam OF the scales
by a strand OF silica hhe 30 slender that It IL
scarcely possible 10 see Is tray. Upon this Is
placed a minute glass Hpe' Imprisoned In the
tube is a whih OF xenon gas discovered by Sir
William Ramsay. The movement OF the scales
when tho tube is DROPPED upon them is so slight
that It cannot he detected at all by the eye But
the movement is made 70 swing from side to aide
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18

pair their definite meaning. There Is much
ehorus singing among the Indians aud In some
tribes there are CHEFS Of picked singers who are
paid for their services when they appear at
any formal ceremonies II may surprise many
readers to learn that some Of the Indian com.
munities are 30 keen for music that they even
hold musical contests. fayorte form Of com.
petition seeks TO determine which singer or group
Of singers can make the best showing In repro-
duclng n song with accuracy after having heard
II but once
The Indian songs are the property Of clans 40.
cieties and individuals and tho rights of own.
ership are rigIdly enforced. In many instances
the privilege Of singing any indlvlduallyowned
song must be purchased from the composer and
in the case Of the songs OF clans not only is tho
right TO sing the MELODIES restricted 10 members
OF the clan but each clan has special officers 70
insure the exact TRANSMISSION and rendition OF
their songs. a fine being Imposed upon any mem.
her who makes mistake In singing Indian
women have composed nany Of tho best Of the
Indian songs including lullables. spinning and
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18
AT THE PARSONAGE.
Coffee Runs Riot No Longer.

wife and had serious timo OF II
while we we're coffee drinkers.
She had gastritls, headaches. belch.
Ing and would have periods OF sick.
ness. while secured daily headache
that became chronic.
I'VE naturally sought relief by drugs
without avail, for II rs now plain
enough that no drug viii eure the dis.
eases another drug (coifee) sets up,
particularly. so long as tho drug
which causes the trouble ia continued.
Finally We thought we would try
leaving on coffee aud using Postum.
noticed that my headaches disappeared
like magic, and my old 'trembly' nory.
BUSINESS left, One day wife said, DO
you know my gastrltis has goneT
"one can hardly realize what Post.
um has done for us.
Then We began TO talk TO others.
Wlfe's father and mother were both
coffee drinkers and suffeTera Their
headaches left entirely a short time
after they changed from coffee to
Postum.
II began 10 enquire am6is my par.
ishloners and found to my Rstonlsh-
meAt that numbers of them use Post
um In place OF coffee Many of tho
ministers who have visited our par
Bonase have beOore enthusiastic cham.
plons Of Postum" Name given by
Postum Co., Dattie Creek, Iheh.
Read the little book. "f'he ROad to
Wellvilie." In plSGs. "Theras a reason"
Ever read the above beitrEs new
one appears from time to ttftre. hhey
are E~nuine, true, and fun VI human
interest
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18

grinding songs and the songs Of inspiration and
encouragement intended TO be sung to the war
riors setting out for battle.
II II usually difficult for listener Of another
race 10 catch an Indian song owing To the con
dieting noise due. In great part, to the beating
Ut the drums There IN usually difference In
time, the drum beats being designed to govern
bodily movements and mark the steps Of tho
ceremonial dancers. whereas the song voices the
emotion Of the appeal The drums may be beaten
In "a time and the song be In "a time or the
beat be IN 5'S time against a melody In 80 time.
or the entire song may be sung TO rapid remolo
beating OF the drum. The officials who have been
making n study Of Indian music are enthusiastic
over It's possibilities They declare that not only
does the field afford rich opportunities for tho
study Of the growth Of musical form. but the
Indian songs themselves ofer to the prosent-day
composer wealth Of melodic and rhythmic move.
ments constituting source OF inspir alton equal
10 that which has been supplied by the folk songs
~ Europe and vastly more soryceabe In tho
development Of distinctive American school
Of music.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18
Serenity.

"The true religious man. amid all
tho Ills Of time, keeps a serene fore.
head and entortains a peaceful heart.
This. going out and coming In amid
all the trials OF the city. the agony
Of tho plague. the horrors OF tho
thirsty tyrants. the fierce democracy
abroad. the flercer III at home-the
saint, the sage OF Athens. was still
the same. Such a one can endure
hardness; can stand hlono and be
content; n rock amid tho waves
lonely. but not moved. Around him
the few or many may scream. ealum.
Mate. blaspheme, What Ia all W him
but the cawing Of tho seabird about
that solitary. deeprooted stone7"-
Theodore Parker.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18

Where on earth do those filcs
come from1" II a frequent and de-
spalrlng question.
They may come down tho chin
neya. II the nreplaces have tipping
hampers. These should bo tightly
closed In ny.tlme. An appreclablo
falllngon In their number will result.
II the ohlmneys have not the tip
ping dampor, screen such as 10
used for window can bo htted into
the fireplace; or. easier stili. n bundle
Of paper may be stuffed up the chin.
ney.
Either method is successful. and no
trouble Is too great to got rid Of these
summer pests.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18

You want something TO cat?" asked
the woman with the Bingham apron
At the back door. OF the seedy-lookins
man
Yea ma'am." was the reply.
hut you look pretty healthy 10 DO
begging Haven't you any trader"
oh, yes. ma'am: I've n trade but
rye worn myself out working at IT,"
what Is Your trade, pray?'
I'm a hy.swatter, ma'am!"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18

Tho rtreet plano was out our way
tho other night and our neNtdOor
noirAhur didn't like H.
Here's a nickel" he shouted to tho
grinder. III you'll 80 away at once"
''Ees Der someboda wat ees seock?"
asked the grinder.
Not yet" answered our neighbor--
hurry Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18
The Editors Drawer.

Mayor speor OF Denver was talking
about a bill OF which he diGapproved.
Why. n bill Ike that" he said,
would soon put the city In the con.
dition Of tho Cinnamlnson Scimitnr.
'-rhe foreman said to the proprietor
ons day
I'VE need drawer. boss. to put
those bloCks In
wv haven't got drawer that's
not In uso.' said the odhorproprictor,
Then no pnused and added, except
tho cash dTaweG You might as wen
lake hat"'-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18

'WUIU UlT WVlT my bhOo9. N0IhlnE
helped mo until began using Doan's
Kidney pills. They gave Inc prompt
relief and In a short time was entire
ly cured"
Remember tho nnme-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekccrers everywhere. Price 600
Foster Mllburn Co. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18

"SeAshors golf seldom amounts TO
much said II. Chandler Egan, the
golf champion, on the Wheaton links
"seaEhore golf always suggests to mo
tho dialogue between Jack and Jill.
oh Jack, dear, DON'T whispered
jim The eaddie will see u.s.
mo. no won't said Jack. He's
100 busy looking for the ball. and it's
in my rocket" ,.tt,.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18

musical lore can de-
termine the class Of
n song by means OF
the rhythm OF the
music.
From n technical
musical standpoint.
the Indian music Is
very similar to tho
form OF our own mu.
sic. The compass
Of the songs varies
from one to three
octayes and some OF
the songs have no
words, although this
does not seem to i'm.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18
An Eye to the Future.

wlfc-why did you refuse to give
that man the rooms
husband looked so ill.tempered
Vas afraid J should never summon
up courage 70 raise his rent later on.
--ETIeEcn do Blatter.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18

10 You rec that nice looking man
over thSreg That's my favorite au.
thor"
What have you read OF his"
Nothing Bnt danced twice with
HIN last night -F'ilegende Batter.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18

". Oak, who says:
"My back became
terribly sore and
lame. I was tired
and restless and
would arise so OK.
hausted | could
scarcely dress. Tho
kidney secretions
were terribly annoy.
ing and my feet be-
came so swollen I
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18

II have gotten great deal of pleas
ure from anticipating the trip"
Moro pleasure. possibly. than
you'll get from the trip itsel"
That's what | think. So i've do
cided to stay at home and save tho
money"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18
Cure.

Judge Why did you steal the gen.
,lcmsn's pursei'
Prisoner thought the change
would do me good-Washlngton Star.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18

Jcasie-llow does Sue manage to
win no many guessing contestsI
Joe-llcr father is in charge OF tho
local weather bureau. and she gets
him TO predict the result OF the con.
test, and then she guesses the other
way.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18


seldom been written but have simply been hand.
I'd down from one generation to another con.
'utuic an invaluable link with the past.
In the case Of our Indians. however, In great.
'r degree perhaps than with any other prm.
tive people. Is there need for quick work II the
Did songs aud ancient music is TO be chroniclod
for the benefit Of future generations who will
know the Indian only from books and pictures.
Tho Indian music alike To- the folk songs u Euro
pean nations which have been brought TO the
lore In recent years. affords most interesting side.
lights on the peoples In whose lives II has so
long played part and what IL yet more I'm.
portant many Of the old Indian songs have
historical significance or at least expression to
traditions 30 interesting and poetic and boaut
ul that II would be nothing short OF u calam
ny were they to he lost
Aside. however, from the fact that the indians
n North America is vanishing race and that
their music Is passing with them there il yet an.
other incentive TO urge energetic work now that
this musical research has been undertaken In
earnest This extra spur lies In the fact that
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18
NEW STRENGTH FOR BAD BACKS.

Those who suffer with backache.
headache. dizziness and that constant.
dull, tired feeling will find comfort In
the advice Of Mrs. c. s. Tyler. Cando.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18

lie who fights and runs away
doesn't always have TO buy a return
ticket
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18

iE United States government
has recently undertaken to do
something that a great many PEG
pie have been declaring for years
past ought to be done This is TO
record and pcrrctuate the tribal
music Of the American Indians.
Al over the world people OF ~.
cry nationality have Of late years
been striving TO pcruetuatc tho
folk songs Of the different races
that iuhobit the globe because II
has come to be recognized that
tt.s. ,rt,,,ttt,. g,,,t,,s ,,.t,t,b b,y,
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-06-01
SKULL WAS TRANSPARENT
Murder Charge In Philadelphia
Court-Brain Was Normal.

Phladelphia.-If 1t hadn't been for
the discovery that Joseph c. Quinn
had skull rs fragile as an egg shell,
Peter Fox, Jr., might have beCn held
by Coroner Ford for inhicting the in.
juries which caused Quinn's death.
When the coroner learned Quinn's
skull was so thin that large print
could be read through it when it was
held to the ligH he discharged Fox
on the ground that Quinn's death was
tracoable to the abnormality.
Quinn was muscular and athletic.
He went to a poolroom at Island road
and Woodlawn avenue and made a
disturbance. Fox, the proprietor,
tried.to quiet him. AS Quinn became
increasingly ugly Fox struck him,
1t was a blow that would have done
little or no harm to an ordinary man,
but Quinn dropped to the floor.
Doctor Wadsworth, who performed
the autopsy, testified Quinn's skull
would bend under the pressure Of his
fingers. The mans brain, he added
was normal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-06-01
SYNOPSIS.

John Calhoun becomes secretary OF
state in Tyler's cabinet with the fixed de,
tSrmnation TO acquire both Texas and
sent with a message to tho Baroness Won
RITZ, spy and reputcd mistress OF the
British minister, Pakenham Trist en-
counters the baroness and assists her In
escaping from pursuers. She agrees TO
see Calhoun. and ~ pledge that she
will tell him what he wants 10 know re.
Eurding the Intentions OF England toward
Mexico, she gives Trst slipper, the
mate OF which has been lost. Trist Is or.
dered to Montreal on state business. and
nrrangcs to bc married to Elizabeth
Churchill before departing. The baroness
saws she Will try to prevent the marriage.
. a drunken congressman, who Is assisting
eTrst In his wedding arrangements, blum
deringy sends the baroness slipper to
Elizabeth instead Of the owner. and the
marriage is declared OF Nicholas finds
the baroness I'm Montreal she having sue
ceeded, where he failed, In discovering
Engnnd's intentions regarding Oregon.
She tells him the slipper he had, con-
tained note from the Texas attache to
Pakenham. saying that IL the United
States did not annex Texas within 30 days
she would lose both Texas and Oregon.
Calhoun orders Trist to head party
bound for Oregon. Calhoun excites the
Jealousy of Sonora Yturrio, and thereby
secures the signature of the Texas at
tache to treaty OF annexation. Nicholas
riyes on British warship. She tells
Nicholas that a note she placed In her
supper caused the breaking OF OF his
marriage and that she Intends to return
TO Washington TO repair the wrong.
Nicholas follows her. He learns on the
way that Polk has been elected and
Texas annexed, and that there Is to be
war with Mexico. The baroness tells
Trst that In return for n compromise OF
the Oregon boundary on the fOrty-ninth
degree. she has sold herself to Pakenham.
She tells him the story of her life.
Trst breaks Pakenham's key to the
baroness apartments. Pakcnham calls
for his price. and the baroness refuses to
pay He insults her She compcls him
70 apologize, holds him up In his true
light. and he declares that she ls pure as
a lily. The treaty Is signed by Paken-
ham. The baroness gives the treaty to
Calhoun and tells him she got II for
Nicholas Calhoun Invites the baroness to
a diplomatic ball at the White House.
Nicholas and Elizabeth are married.
Nicholas Is chosen commissioner to ne
gotiate peace with Mexico. Owing to en-
nifty on the part of Polk his actions are
repudiated and he Is dismissed from the
eerVice. The senate. however ratities the
6eeaty.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-06-01

of the period, with carved Intel It's
walls are of red brick, and the high
pitched roof. pierced by windows,
has twin gables overshadowed by a
tall chimney stack. Here Johnson
spent the busiest decade OF his life,
and here his dictionary was begun
and finished.
He had an upper room fitted like
a counting house. and here his copy
lists wrote out the illustrative pas
sages from the various authorities,
which Johnson himself had marked
with lead pencil. At times, but not
often, he walked in the garden. "a
plot of delved ground no longer than
a bed quilt"
But the house has other associa-
tions than that of the dictionary.
Johnson here began both the Ram
bier and the "Idler," and here he
was living when his tragedy of Irene"
was produced by Garrick. Here also
his wife died. In 1855, when John
son had been in Cough square seven
years. the great dictionary was pub.
lished.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-06-01

north the power to crush that upris.
ing which was born OF the Mexican
war-that same uprising by which
England, too late, would gladly have
seen this union disrupted. so that she
might have yet another chance at
these lands she now had lost for ever.
Fate seemed still to be with us, aft
er all. as have so often had occasion
to believe may be a possible thing.
That war OF conquest which Mr.. Cal.
houn opposed. that same war which
grew out of the slavery tenets OF his
otherwise splendid public life-found
its own correction in the civil war.
1t was the gold OF California which
put down slavery. Thenceforth
slavery has existed legally only north
of the Mason and Dixon line!
We have our problems yet. Perhaps
some other war may come to settle
them. Fortunate for us II there could
be another California, another Texas,
another Oregon. to help us pay for
them!
l, who was intimately connected
with many of these less known mat.
ters. claim for my master reputation
wholly different from that given to
him in any garbled history" OF his
life. lay claim In his name for fore.
sight beyond that of any man of his
time. He made mistakes. but he made
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-06-01
Epiloguc--Continued.

With the cessions from Mexico came
the great domain of California. Now
look how strangely history sometimes
works out itself. Had there been any
suspicion of the discovery of gold in
California, neither Mexico nor our re-
public ever would have owned It!
England surely would have taken It..
The very year that my treaty eventu.
ally was ratified was that in which
gold was discovered In California!
But 1t was too late then for England
to interfere; too late then, also. for
Mexico to claim IT, We got untold
millions of treasure there. Most of
those millions went to the northern
states, into manufactures. into com.
mercc. The north owned that gold;
and 1t was that gold which gave the
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-06-01
EMERSON HOUGH

them bravely, grandly. and consistent
ly. Where his convictions were en-.
listed. he had no reservations, and he
used every means, every available
weapon, as | have shown. But he was
never self.seeking, never cheap, never
insincere. A detester of all machine
politicians, he was a statesman worthy
to be called the William Pitt of the
United States. The consistency OF
his career was a marvellous thing, be-
cause. though he changed in his be-
liefs, he was first to recognize the
changing conditions of our country
He failed, and he Is execrated. lie
won, and he is forgot.
My chief, Mr.. Calhoun, did not die
until some six years after that first
evening when Or. Ward and had our
talk with him. He was said to have
died Of a disease of the lungs. yet
here again history is curiously mis-.
taken. Mr.. Calhoun slept himself
away. I sometimes think with a shud.
der that perhaps this was the revenge
which Nemesis took of him for his
mistakes. His last days we're dream.
like in their passing. His last speech
In the senate was read by one of his
friends, as DR.. Ward had advised him.
Some said afterwards that his illness
was that accursed sleeping sickness"
imported from Africa with these same
slaves. 1t were strange thing had
John Calhoun indeed died OF his err
ror! At least he slept away.
1t was through John Calhoun, n
grave and somber figure OF our his.
tory, that we got the vast land Of
Texas. 1t was through him also-and
not through Clay nor Jackson, nor any
of the northern statesmen, who never
could see a future for the west-that
we got all OF our vast northwest
realm. Within a few days after the
Palo Alto ball, q memorandum of
agreement was signed between Min
lister Pakenham and Mr.. Buchanan,
our secretary of state. This was done
at the instance and by the aid Of John
Calhoun. 1t was he--he and Helena
Won Ritz-who brought about that
treaty which. on June Is. of the same
year, was signed. and gladly signed,
by the minister from Great Britain.
The latter had been fully enough i'm
pressed (such was the story by the
reports OF the columns of our west
bound farmers, with rifles leaning at
their wagon seats and plows lashed to
the tail.gates. Calhoun himself never
ceased to regret that we could not
delay a year or two years longer. In
this he was thwarted by the impetu,
GUS war with the republic on the
south, although, had that never been
fought, we had lost Calirornia-lost
also the south. and lost the Union!
Under one form or other, one name
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-06-01

OF government or another, the flag OF
democracy eventually must float over
all this continent. Not a part, but all
or this country must be ours. must be
the peoples. 1t may cost more blood
and treasure now. Some time we shall
see the wisdom Of John Calhoun; but
some time, too, l think, we shall eee
come true that prophecy OF a strange
and brilliant mentality, which In Cal
nouns presence and In mine, said
that all OF these northern lands and
all Mexico as we'll must one day be
ours-which Is to say. the peoples
for the sake of human opportunity, of
human hope and happiness. Our bat.
ties are but partly fought. But AT
least they are not, then, lost.
For myself, the close of the Mexi
can war found me somewhat worn by
travel and lily equipped in financial
matters. had been discredited,
say, by my own government. My pay
was withheld. Elizabeth, by that time
my wife. was a girl reared In all the
luxury that our country then could Of
fer. Shall l say whether or not
priced her more when gladly she gave
up all this and Joined me for one more
long and final journey out across tha,
great trail which had seen--the trai
o! democracy. OF America, of tn,
world?