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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1897)
CITV GUARD. I. L- CAMPBELL, ttmprtr. EUGENE CITY. .OREfiON Tbe tick man of Europe ipemi o have lately taken tuuie nerve-bo'ldlng medicine. L - 8 We are keptieal about that New Hn yen girl turning to atoue. Perbap she merely feel a trifle rocky. A correspondent write that the fill tan la a hard worker and haa no fail. It aeenia that be la a collector of ulti matum. The economical man who follow the cuHtom of laying Id hi winter auppljr of coo. la aiimmer I wondering In a be wildered way where he la at The NaBhylllo Banner aaya: "Hank Stubbln left for Johnson City lat night. The purpose of Hank'a visit wui uot atuted." Thla certulnly took aua pkioii. HuMMlo'a ceu.u total of 120,211,113 look like a long lead, but the United States will pa It In twenty-live year by maintaining the average rate of growth, A Syracuse contemjMirary ay thnt "the aetuiil cost of an up to-date I1W Wheel I $.Ht.3l." Hull! That will not furnlHli the coiirliiliiMter and aruka for the Ili'Mt three month. L J We ure convinced thut If anyone ever Introduce the great American game of joker Into the Orient Colonel llamld will not have to walk home after a voclul cnnIoii with the power. A young Kentucky boy who married a widow of hi the other day wu given ,im In cash and told to go away omewhere tilono and enjoy a honey moon trip. He'll probably forgot to re turn the change. A lonf of bread tukeu from the tomb of llameac haa been glveu to a Bo ton museum. If there were cooking chool hi those day that Interment of Itanicac probubly represented botu cause and effect. Colonel PHxslinmoii evidently U wroug III Miylng that Colonel Sullivan "cau ati. ud only two or three allfT puuclie." lie I ttlandlng more thau that right along every day, to ay noth ing about cocktail aud atralght whisky. In New York tho other day aeveral deaf mute "sang" several Hipular se lection by gracefully utilising their tlnger. The attelitlou of the young mail who think that "Hweet Hoslo O'tSrndy" love hi in I rosieetfully di rected to till method of expression. It I mi I.I that the bile Mr. Ollphaiit wa Inrormed fourteen mi iillm ago that alie was ulTerlng from a fatal malady, yel she wrote steadily nil almost to the biNt day of her life. Stephen tllrard once remarked, "If 1 knew that I linuld die to -morrow I would, never theless, plan! a tree to day." The JnpiincHe alliicli their prayera to the anna of a windmill, aud believe that every revolution count In their fa. tor. They have also learned to ciiiWs them on the tire of their bicycle, and no doubt are happy III the conviction that be prayeth tct who aeon-bet u bent. The last French aurvlvor of Water loo wa Im mulcted last mouth at hi borne lu I'm nee. Ill name I Maillot, ami hi age I UH. lie wa 'i'i at the time of the battle, and, though many of the French troop were younger than hlnixcir, he alone I left of Na poleoll'a bot of tll.lKHl. The New Yolk 1 res ha a very live ly Imagination Indeed. It any that "genius, like Shnkspcare'a toad, may be out at tbe elbow aud down at the beel, yet all the while weitrlng a pre clou Jewel III It head." If Shak pean ever had a toad that wa out at the cIIhiw and dowu at tbe heel we don't recall It. Lynch law admit no defense. View ed from every ulnmlpolul tta effect are bud. It may W grunted that a a rule the object of l-iob violence do M-rvc the fate which overtake him; but every outbreak of popular fury lirutallxe the community aud weak en respect for law and order. Tbe true remedy for mob violence I the cultivation of confidence In the ability aud certainty of tbe court to puulHli adequately all form of crime. Tlu tory of Kaiser Wllllain'a late Injury to hi eye I exceedingly charac teristic of that eccentric potentate. A told In a cable dispatch, It wa due to bl Insisting uKUi tbe performance of a ditllcult and dangerous tank on board bl yiicht In face of the protest of the uttlecrs under hlui. The work wa avow edly designed to show Hint "nothing wa Impossible" with him- I. e., when perforuieil by other and, while It w a successfully accomplished with consitt erable Injury to tbe vessel and great peril to tbe ervw, then' kciii a sort of "poetical Justice" In the fact that lu wa the only peroii actually Injured. If he baa learned, a the result, that a (icriiian emperor I a likely to W hurt by a blow from a rie' end a any or dinary mortal the lesson may uot be without It value. -r KASSED. rhlrf rc)oimlblllty fr occurrence nf I WHEN- THE o-' (bl kind. They are t,u, ..... . i..fc o In tbt etreet, there wa upon cigarette imoklng a merely ao I T," rublD' ' fV wuuoiou uaim, ami their boy JfTmlt Ingly noon learn to take th;. tL ' t ed rkw of It nati.-- V" n I- lmpre.u.,i f ' cigarette U polon. " bring death lu It wake, and even If death I resisted for a time the life given up to till practice I be reft of mot of It pleasure and useful ne. A weakened constitution and mind are tbe Inevitable Immediate con sequence. ! . A Jersey City boy, 17 year of age, I threatened with death because of ex cesslve cigarette aiuoklug. The climax to a busy life In Oil respect was reach ed whcii be niuuded out a spts'lal feat of smoking 170 of the thing III 170 con accutlve minute. It doc uot apear that till remarkable effort wa the re mit of any wager or a trial of amok lug endurance, but -just an ordinary epIsiMle In the young man' day, only In thl case nature had reached tbe Urn It aud collapse followed. It would seem iierrluoii to hang any moral on thl episode. It would seem that every per son who cau read or lias the sense of bearing must know by thl time tbe deadly character of cigarette. Yet tbe fact that thl Jerey City Wy has icr- mlttcd himself and bat lieen permitted by bl friend dellWrately to kill hi in ae Indicate that a warning I still Becdc-J. 1'areut niuit iboulder tbe The death of II. M. Hlggln at Kan IMego, Col., remove from the world of inuale a man who played a some what Important port In the early muni al history of Cblcngo. Ho was not tbe first musical dealer In the city, as has been stated. There were two or three who preceded blm. but be wn the llrst one who publlslied music theie to any extent. Trior to hi locution In Chicago be bad taught music both In New York aud Wlm-oiiHln. In 1SW, In rcntectlon with bl brother, A. V. Hlg g;li be openwl a Mibsl'; store on Hnn dolph atreet, which aoon Ix-come the musical liMidijunrter. The trade was largely devoted to sheet music, and the firm published many song an 1 bnl lud of the popular sort. Though t'.ot a tn.lned musician In any sense, he was sulllcleutly up In the business to know what aulted the popular taste, and the firm made some money. The buslu-ss wa closed out about 1N71, aud II. M. Hlggln went to California, where be Invested his earning lu a fruit raucn, which be named "Uonnlc Hrnl," a few mile south of Han IMego. He became unite well known lu Koutheru Callfor nla by a sci-dlcs lemon which be rais ed, though for some reason It never made the success lu the market he had anticipated. He was a man of eccen tric disposition, had been for year a radical spiritualist, bad domestic trou ble, finally lost much of his property, aud died comparatively poor. Ills di-ath will cause much sorrow In the n-gloii where be lived, a be was wide ly known and waa much esteemed for bl geniality and hospitality, notwith standing bla many reverses and dlsap. Mlut incuts. One of the characteristic of yellow Journalism I that It overdoes every thing. One of the exponent of the yel low III .New York City n'lilly succeeded III accomplishing Romethlng brilliant recently. lu four day from the discov er, of the dismembered fragments of a mull lu the river It bad Ideiitltled him, proved that he bad been murdered aud pointed out the supposed guilty liersous. Its reporters gave rapid and brilliant aid to the police, and for that much the paper was entitled to credit, although many persons will believe that It Is not the province of n news paper to usurp the duties of the detec tive. However, no fault might have been found with that If the yellow Journal bad not spoiled II coup with nil antl-clliuax. It proceeded the other day to tell how It did the work. Its liietbiMls wen plain to any of Its read er from day to day, but It Insisted oil telling bow Jones culled the otllce oil the telephone ami Informed the olllce Isiy that another leu bail been found In the river, and how the olllce boy start ed back In horror, ami how the city editor acted with dispatch by assigning llmwu to the morgue, Jones to police beadiuarters, and Hoblnsou to drag the Kast Hlver. The public was told how the piece of oilcloth which sur nmuded the fragment of the murder ed mini wa photographed In colors and used as evidence, and let Into all the petty details of the liivcMtlgiitloti step by step. At tbe IIiiInIi everyone know wbut the reporter Had ror lunch, and the seething brain of the city editor I an opeii lwok to the for tunate render of the yellow journal. The account reads for all the world like an Installment for one of those Miiny dreadfuls which engage the rapt attention of messenger boys. The whole effect of the newspaper worn Is spoiled. Hut that la the way of yel low Journalism. Jowatl'a Fetiae of Humor. The late master of llnlllol College, Oxford, Pis-tor Jowett, loved a gmsl story, esKcliilly one which exhibited the comic side of things. During sickness from which be suffered many Ills, be waa usked by a friend how he was. Jowett npllod by iiuotlug the wonU of Sydney Smith, theu cation of St Paul's, who, when at the isilnt of dmth -"which," said Jowett, "I am m4"-divlnrod that there was not a much left of blm n would make minor canon! To another friend, who urged him to Mrmlt the publication of some of hl sermons, 1 Victor Jowett said: "Publish nothing that Is not mil to gmsl. lKm't be moved by people' opinion. There Is a story of IIImIio) ltarrlugtiut and Phlhsitis, afterward lllsliop of Kxeter, who was at the Hum Harrington' secretary. The bishop said, 'I wish you to svlcct for publlca tlon twelve of my sc-rnnui that you think w ill do me bust discredit.' Short ly after, when the sermons had Wen chosen, the bishop asked, 'Ho you think that these will do me PlvdltV '1 prefer, my lord,' answered Phllpotts, 'to ad nciv to vour lordship' former exptv- lim.' The aeruion wen not pub lished." Tbe Hetort Courteous. The uoted French w riter, Plron, waa a wit whose reputation for brllllaiicy of sticvcli was unnvalltNl. lie was famous for his Hush lug n-torts; but even tW Wst of us sometimes have to Imw to suis-rlorlty, though It W ouly temporarily. A lady olii thoughtlessly asked Pinvn Ui company whether he coukl tell her the dlffen-uce Wlweeu a woman and a mirror. "It Is, madam." said Plrtm. Instantly "that a mirror rethvts without speak Ing, aud a woman speaks without re flecting." "Very well, Monsieur Plrun," she n- iilled. a little nettled by the nniark "but cau you tell me tliv dlffereuce ls twek a mirror and a maiiT" "No," answered the hkI. "Oh," waa the reply, "It Is this, Mon aletir Plnm. A mirror la always pol UhiM, but a man 1 not always o, At tbe Iniui and tb thrum of a far-awiy Jrnm, Every eye In the town watched a road aiiidlng down By meadow of ripening, yellowing wheat, Every being wa tilled with tbe beat that had thrilled Aud whirred a It stirred like tbe wlug of a bird Through tbi unny air clear, growing near Mid more near, Till all other sound lu creation wa stilled! Then swift came the gleam of a moun- side stream, Which quivered aud grew like the tar, like the dew, Like the sun' darting glance where little wive dance. Like a glittering river that wound from a dieaui. O it broadened and spread till a vibrating tread la unison beat through tbe dust to our feet! O It drew every hue, from the heaven' calm ' tie To the popple' red blood through tbe ulieat field ibed! Then a plume floated white, and they ijrokv on our sight With a bugle note clear, tbey drew near, and a cheer Burst fiom us; then dumb at the roll of the drum A they reached u and touched u, aud dumb with delight. We drew nigh, we pressed nigh, our hearts throbbing high, (O tbe tun ull of Joy in the heart of a iioyll Women crowded u limit, and a Sag floated out, Aud we uttered a shout that rang up to the sky! (Ay, It tings for me yet! Can I ever forget That thrill and that Joy lu the beart of a liov'l Then, u barefooted throng, we marched ornudly along. Knowing naught of furewell or of eye that were wet. Hearing only the Wat of the drum aud I he feet Treading onward to war, growing faint, umwiiiK fur. Seeing tnly the track, dust enclouded, whence hack Looked never a man to thut village street! How we lingered around, listeulng low fur a sound, Till the tin urn of the drum was a clover bee's Ii ii in ! How we inarched a retreat through the still village street Aud followed the footprints which cov ered the ground! And when weary at lust, how we happily cast Ourselves down in the wheat, talking not of defeat. Ueedlug not the w ild red where crushed noimie were shed. Or the thunder and dreud closing round, closing fust; But shut in by the rim of our dim moun- (sins mussed, We gave them but glory and fume unsur- IIIINKt d. While foi us was the hour when tlie ltegimeiit passed! Youth's Companion. A si Amateur. Husband-How do you know that the fellow wa not a professional tramp and fraud T Wife-Because he mowed the lawn aud split a V' of kindling to pay for bla uiuner.-lMrolt Pre Pre, HOUSES IN OURAUMY. Perhaps few persona are on more lu tlmute term with the horse fuuilly lu general thau some old cavalry soldiers. To W the frlcud of his horse the sol dler must W a good one; a horse was never known to favor a bud one with his conlldeiuv, for horse are Infallible Judges of soldier. An old cavalry cap tain whom I know used to say, 1 Judge of the character of my men by the wny they get along, with their horse." In the old frontier day cavalry aol dlers thought fur more of their horses than they do now, for their Uvea often di'pcuiled on them, aud If a man ucg lectcd his horse he was sure to have to march on foot Wfore long, which I very distasteful to a cavalryman, lu deed, It was necessary to guard the for age wagon und the water hole to pre vent men stealing more thau their al lowance for their horse. Eveu now If you watch some old gray-haired fel low at the "stables" of a cavalry troop, you will see they have uot for gotten to be greedy o'l lohalf of their mount. A recruit horse la like a recruit sol dler, apt to W clumsy, unevenly galled, siiucy and conceited. The old horse In the stable yard trcu' hUu exactly as old soldiers treat a n-crult. They at tempt to frighten htm by biting at htm, kicking Ul in, chasing hlui from one corner of the yard to another, pulling bis mime and cars; lu fact, they try to make his life miserable In every way. Thla lasts for a few days ouly; then the new horse git a chum, and tiny make an agreement to stand by each other. Thl offensive aud defensive alliance prevent the rest of the herd from taking any more ItWrtlcs with the nvrult. The "chum business" U one of the most remarkable feature of horse life In the army. The "chums" are Insep arable; as soou as the herd Is turned out Into the yard the chums seek out each other, as If for a morning "con fub," and nmrnlii together, all day Usiklng Into the yard at any time, one can see them rubbing noses, blinking at one another, or follow ing each other around the yard. Take a new horse aw ay from his chum, and he will great ly resent It. Tie hlui ucar the stables. be will whinny plaintively to bl chum, who will auswer from th corral. All horse In our service an taught t.i lie dow n. A new horse, when tlrst thrown In the rkllng-atull, with straps the use of which be little sushv(s. Is greatly surprlsiil. This painless- throw- lug of horM's la very effective lu dls lipllulug morally, for the horse soon null I ies that he I completely mastered and after he has been throwu a uumWr of times a marked change take place lu bis temperament. Soldiers who abuse their horse lu any w ay are severely punished. There Is, ludciil. no sight more obnoxious to a good cavalryman than to see a horse abused. The old cavalry horse seems to have a great disdain for a new soldier. When ridden by a recruit he apiirs a If a little Insulted, and 1 a-u sure that some of these old horse can tell a recrul: from a veteran as quickly a can tbe adjutant at "guard-mouutlng." It I customary to turn all tbe horse out to graxe or "to herd." a It I call ed -under a guard whenever the gnu la good aud the weatber pleaMUt, Tbt borne rejard "herd time" a a propc' occalon for fun and frolic. They en Joy the berd a much lot of chool boy do tbelr reces. In every troop are tome old bore that are full of mlwbief on herd, and are Inveterate tampedcr. If key can only get the ret of the herd to fo -low them and run ahead of the herd cm, tbey are delighted. The herd guard have to watch these old rogue vigilantly, for once they obtalu a start, a atampede I sure to follow. Then, If no obstacle prevents, the herd will ruu for bour-tbey have Wu known to run forty mile Wfore they could W topcd. Most Wld and daring riding mi tin nnrt of the herd guards I re quired to bend off a cavalry atampedu ami turn tbe leader. Horse aoon learn all the trumpet call. "Stable call" In the aftenioon 1 the favorite one, I Imaguie, a It mean "dinner." A trumpeter" horse In a certain troop at a Western tiost was condemned for disability, ami sold to a milkman. One. day. when the milkman wu amnig near the drlll-grouud where the troop waa drilling, bl horse, at the sounding of the "charge" by the trumpet, Wlted for the troop. Of course the runny DOWN IX A COAL MINK rRIP THROUGH GLOOMY CAV ERNS OF THE EARTH. rhumber Wb.re. Amid I owner o". .'d '.rn. h. td-mscovery of th Mineral About fot. "strrsKS-i.-: national pr.,irity. vt lt. took DA.tnr. sight of a milk cart charging with a troop of cavalry cuuscd greut merri ment to ull, except the lull'limm. I irlng the Geroulnio enmpiilgu some yeaw ago In Arlzcuu, a remarkable Il lustration of how great an affection can exist Wtween a aoldler ami his horse occurred lu a troop lu which I wa serving. An old Irish sergeant hud a splendid brown horse called "Dundy," to which he was so singular ly attached that the care and caresses lie Wtowed ou It would have satlslled the most exacting sweetheart. The WaiKlftil and intelligent animal seem ed to W ul st human, so much did he appreciate the affection of his master. Now It hnpiicned that during a long march the sergeant became very tipsy by ibiuklng some tlery Mexican "mes cal." Keeling In the saddle to aud fro, he Jerked the horse's sensitive mouth with the cruel curb till It bled profuse ly, and every little while hi sharp spur would tear Dandy's Hanks. Suf fering all this pain, the horse calmly walked lu ranks without showing any resentment, and appumitly knowing that his muster was out of his senses. Shortly after this hupiened we were tired uikiu from ambush. The sergeant, who wa In the lead, was shot dead in the saddle while riding along the blink of oue of those stis'p canyons which iilKiund lu that part of Arizona. So he pitched bead foremost out of bis sad dle down hundreds of feet Into the canyon-lull. During the next few days Dundy ate almost nothing, and appeared dull and listless. All the men Wing mounted, he was led and a park-saddle put on hlui. About a week later, as we were riding along the brink of another can yon, very similar to that In which Dundy' muster had found a grave, the command wus liallisl for a rest, and the men, dismounting, let their horse graze on the few buuehes of dry grass lu the vicinity. Presently we saw Dundy walk to the edge of the cliff and look dowu Into the black canyon depths. There was some thing In the horse's manner that at tracted intention, und we were silently watching him, when he crouched ou bis haunches, gave a quick spring far out Into tHe air over the edge of the cliff, ami went turning iiml twisting down .MM) feet to W dashed to deuth ou the bowlder lu the canyon-Wd. "As clear a case of suicide as I have ever seen," our captain said. Poor Dandy his heart was broken! Can It W that the horse Is passing away from us? Let us hoie not. If he Is, we are losing a noble friend. A Cavalry Soldier, In Youth's Companion. of our ery civiu"" . .. wlner digs in the VT. " If earth, Th.,e age. ago " , n mi, alisorlH.il iy I " , ....i ,! U derived, was treasured ., and - l)liy we have that .nine .e. l ' ,r of coal, at our di-l-"' '''' " ' J ' ,iv. our en rol. Without , ' hut In the past n tlie uiij. - (ndiiesaiil...a.wi..ou. coiidi.io... -f life, if dreamed of. an- lr itopi... y n - u r comfortably a. if ?' ' " homes over tliollKiilHls m " ' '" . tain und valley and thousand of U h of ocean. "d enjoy rouve.i.ei.ees su were not within the wealthiest anil greatest of ane mmiI I Sari, is the value of "" " "r " " world, aud It is an interesting subject bow it is mined. . To a visitor to the cml fields ";''" interesting sights is the huge break." that ure dotted over the reg and lb. 111()UIain. of refusitlie "dumps -that have b-eii extracted from the "due. These breakers ure generally, though " ,wy. erected over the mouth o he shaft, or eiilran.e. to the mines, aud it is ,,en. Unit the coal, after having been milled, is graded by I ig ''"'"j"' 'I1'" ferent si- us. ami cleaned by having tbe inn i.rities pli-W.-d out by hand, those e .ved for that purpose being mainly children. The Impurities are the con- Htiti s of the "dumps" and some of the latter contain hundreds of million of tons. It wis my good fortune recently to s'iid several hours ill the colliery known as the I idle Schuylkill iu Mahoning ily. Pu. While the midday sun wus sinning gloriously and ull uatnre seemed joyful. I entered the cage and wus rapidly low ered to the bott .f the shaft, where ull w as nark us blackest midnight. Here mid there up'iired flickering light" in the caps of the miners and when the eyes be came mote accustomed to the darkness I saw the outlines of cars ou the tracks some full of coal, to be presently lifted to the bleaker above, and others empty, to be taken down the slope to the differ ent let-els, where the miners were dig ging the piecious mineral. Close to the bottom of the shaft were the stables, where the long-eared, patient mules, used iu hauling cars in certain xirtioiis of tlie mine, are housed. Few of these mules since their first entry Into the mine have seen duyliglit and some of them very prole . . . . -.--J U'lien "Tl, rail Plitform where .be . siMsnt "rek. It up Into man ages lie sues ' receive It. r'h'r ", mV1 lbuuled to the lf Ji, i.l with others. It is drawn and hoisted to the '"rtodm. desire to prolong my ' forming and remembered the nure air and sunshine. 1 T.hstanding the danger, attend ng c, ni-g "J'l'''rrnrl n to miner'. rk. .be occupu. ol. t l.inl n strange euciniiii"- - it enter the breaker to pick the H.i Snrltie. from the coul. then I J drive;, in . he mines, next miners' assist on with the mineral ami Philnd"lphlii. On il. . ,w coal wa. disposed of to blaek," J a considerable iiantiiy v , , ' M Fairmount Nail Work.. ti. ' l" " ttiHHsed of to Individuals in l'.ii7 , !M 'Hie latter, unable to burn tl1( . Tx though Pkhiiied that it wmilj i,..,' gnrueu ruix iiiuser as a swiudier ..,.. fuui..l r... I.: ,.. -.. nrre.t. i. about route. But w hile ,u. ;,, ,''"lul; securing a market for eonl UUB . V dark mi incident occurred that i-,,mJ' 7 ehiinged the situation. At the V ' Null W-.rks an attempt was i,,a," the coal. The men ruke.l it, iirM , mr blew UH)ii it, but will,., ut mi,.,111,',' the niMin hour they shut rust th el, mr and with many a niuttereii i,,,, ll..,. on il,.. I,l,...k "")rht. ' " " " ",pai to Ik.:. ceeiled, however, iu eluding L .! of the law and iclur I ,lllt. , - . B"T" ... ... - - i.... . . .. . " ri.uu. I(iiii..i-rt. When tli,.v , .. mice w ere red hot ami the tire wlibin Ir seething und roaring like u teuiHt. X, :i-fr-y,r YaT Tits tuscovKiiY or coal. ii 1,1 v never will. On another side of the shaft was an engine room, uud a pump was laboriously t work, forcing to the brinht earth above the waters that are ever collecting iu these dark caverns, Several of these pumps are thus contin ually eimaged on the different levels, else the water would collect in such nuuntt ties as to rt luler work impracticable uud ultimately Hood the mine. A dr-'iidful act ideiit occurred by the last ear of one of those trains becoming de tached from its fellows. At a point where the fifth level braurhes from the slope one of the v oikers was standing when the dehiched tar went rushing dow n the loie w ith almost the velocity of a cannon hall. Those w ho heard the roar of the oncoming car shouted to tlie man to move. He either did not hear them or became par alyied with fear; in any case the car MIX KISS DKMilXti OCT THE l'ltKCIOUS M1XKUAI.. auls uud finally miner, themselves. 1 lit ure reared In un atmosphere of coal min ing, swing little else and having few other ve s of employment 0111 to them. It is as natural for them to enter the mines to work us for the farmer to go Into bis huvtield or the shopkeeper Into the store, noil thev think no more thun these of ac cidents. And yet minor accident and fatalities are numerous. We ure ull Hum or less familiar with the greut disaster or the coal fields, lu each of which ten, twentv or more rsoii have beeu killed. But outside the coal regions themselves the new of the minor tragedies seldom liielra:e. or if it d'' it Is overlisikcd or forgotten. But they are always occur ring. Surely the cosl miner I engaged In licriloiis wolk. He deserves a better fate t li it tt want and the contingency of sturvu tioii n lute I lull is confront lug thousands of miners and their families iu the anthra cite regions of Peiiiisvlvania to-day. The Romance of Coul. Considerable of a romance attaches to the earlv use of coal III this country. Its discovery in Pennsylvania wus niutlc iu 1TP1 liy'n hunter ininied Philip tiiutber. tiiiitlier's hunting grounds were ou the eastern slope of the mountains drained by the I j high Kiver, and one evening w hile on the summit of Sharp Mountain he stiiuib'ed over the roots of a fallen tret and kicked before him a large black "stone." 'flunking that possibly it might he coal, of which be bad heard soiiifthiiiL'. he picked up the lump uud turned it oxer to a Col. Jacob Weiss, w ho lived near the present site of Mamb Chunk. The Colonel, after satisfying himself thut the specimen wus anthracite coal, organized the Lehigh Coal Mine Company, one of the members of which wus Hubert Morris, the celebrated fiuuncier. Tlie work of mining wus be gun at the very spot where tlinther stum bled over the prostrate tree and several thousand aires of land were purchased. But whut to do with the coul that was mined was a problem. There was no market for it. The surrounding timber, and what with the low price of wood ami the aliiiiidance of ihiirroal, there scented little pr-ispcct of marketing the coal for many a long year to come. The work of mining whs conseiiuently soon iibiiu ihmcd. Col. Weiss, however, determined In bud discovered the secret of burointu. thrucite ccul it only required to be itt alone. This successful burning of the mliiml predisHjsed muny in its favor, while tlx growing scarcity and ilearuess f ou rendered ll substitute iiidisH-inuiljlr. And thus the Ichigh Coal Mine Cuiumn; pea red i lire more iu tlie fielil, Iu Is) they shipped ItUo tons of coal, readily ing u market and three years biter thru shipment amounted in nearly "),ini tm Both companies then c,uis,,li,hto uM the title of the Lehigh Coal and Navi,-i tioii Company. In the Si liuylkill regi-.i the development of the coal industry m rapid and by 1(i!" over i,iaJ tutu urn shipped to market. omrtlilne Like the Onlil Cnit. Immediately a great boom wa lautrk ed in the Schuylkill region. Valleys im mountains were explored for tlu- miuml and hinds lusimied an extraordinary tit ue. Towns were laid out ruadi nt through the forests, over the tununlia peaks and along their narrow gorse railways and canals were projected cwl mines opened all was eom-eived In tkt spirit of speculation, ami executed wiJt the impulse of its excitement. Siieh wu the demand for homes that, In man; lustniices, the lumber was wrutiglit to shape iu Philadelphia and seat by rani to the coal legion, ready for the joitwr Whole villages along the road 111101 sprung into existence like muslins." us if by the power of magic. The tit cms were ull crowded, uud their !a strewn with colored maps mid lith'Wii All the adventurers of the large tow Hocked to Pottsville, like so many t nround their tiueeii. They had only top there to be transformed into nullii'Miw Fortune l.ad sealed herself Upon I tbf of unthritcite; she held her cuurt ktie among the rolling mountain. ml t crowned with her favor it was ouly e sential to appear iu person. Within months fiom the beginning ' "'I lative biami nearly .-..iMitl hud b invested ill the coal lands of County. I-ninls that were punhaW' lSWforKHlaold inlW.JW excitement began to subside. ff I.ocka lblcf in an Ice Ik tieor la'. Vra Clay llrposlts. titHU-gla la chilliilug the piksscssioil of tho Wst fireclay iu tlie I'ulted States. The State, stiys Uie Xew York Post, has Wen a prtslucer of tiny lu a modest way, standing twentieth In a lWt of the. clay-producing Stntes, but It 1ioih sikiii fo take a much higher position, iiili hope Is based tm a niHirt by Dr. (5. K, IjuIiI, the assbttaut State gtHilogUt, w ho has been testing the lleorgla clay for a year, ami who tins found a bed of the very liost clay, extending across the State from Columbus to Augusta. This day, Dr. Ijuld suys. Is " the most refractory lu the I'nlted States;" thai Is, It "will staud a gnsiter heat thau any clay I have ever teted in Ameri ca." The Wd varies lu width from ttv to tiflccu miles, ajvd follows an Ir n'gular llm, sinetUies ninnliig north ami again to the south. At some xint the clay Is very pure aud refractory, but ofteti It I full of Impurities and Is not valuable. The Wat of it Is worth $10 a ton lu tbe markets. Iu South Carolina, Just acmss the river from Augusta. tWro l a clay desvslt of the same character, which brings lu f;Hi, 0U a year. The clay Is shipped to New Jersey for manufacture. Not l-p in pelllna A Freueh confectioner, proud of bl English, and wishing to let hi patron know that their want would be at tended to at once without any delay, put out the notice, "Short weights here." There Is no woman to well off a a widow who ba real lied on her bua baad'a life Insurance. v r A EXTEUIOU VIEW OF COAL MINE. ground hiiu to pieces against oue of the pillars. litimalely with my conductor I reach ed the ninth level of the mine and win then standing more than 1.IHH) feet be neath the surface of the earth, over w hich the warm sunshine was playing. It was warm enough, however, in the mine, al though the air in the slope was pure. In the Million Ihanilicrs, In Ihe chamber where the miners were blasting, the atmosphere was heavy with the smell of powder and laden w ith dust. One could see even in tbe dim light of the lamp he t arried the very air he hreatheil. or ut least the admixture which with the air he took into his lungs. Here then aud in similar chambers in thousamU of uollierie the precious coal thai contrib ute so much to our every comfort is mined. Around were the possibilities of danger and death. A body of glla might he ex ploded, a cave-in might occur; iu 11 multi plicity of ways danger might hover near. ntu wie miner, with the confidence w hich bringing the coal to the attention of the la-ople. He tilled his saddle hags with it from time to time ami rode around among tin blueksmitbs, earnestly solicit ing them to try it. Many refused to have anything to do with "common stones," and those who tried it met with only pur tiul suiters. Accordingly the coul com pany relaxed its efforts to obtain n mar ket and were about to dissolve when, iu 1THS, the Legislature chartered a com pany to improve the navigation of the Lehigh Kiver. This work was completed in INK! ,u ,iu. roi e,.nipany renewed their efforts to bring their products to market. In INN six bouts, each contain ing ltH tons of coat, started from Munch ( hunk tor Philadelphia. Four of the boats came to grief on the wnv and two of them reached the city of 'Brotherly I-ove. After much delay the coul was sold to the municipal authorities, who were th -n working a strain boiler to pump water into tanks for the use of the citv. But all attempts to burn the coal failed i no 11 was 11ruk.cn up and buti'bei ninl irrocel'V store nt I oihi'm"""' rlld t't have much trouble Uioa, lug a burglar the other meniu unlocking the door of hl a limn packing up uu - - cd through the store, and who lmd seen him. oa-.. hd the Icebox and sl-'l'l''''1,"1-41'1;';,, he .11.1 this will. '' '"'V ' & cooling off Slam noes . - ,t tothc W.utH l, !,. tin. Stnib the. walkr. I h U police l.ca.biuartcrs and "for (lustave Staib, who keeps a police nea.i.im. .c - "; .,,,.,, ii o that he nun a i olliccr returnetl wmi uu.. pollci ...I.. .. ,.,.it..iior. lit1 was " " ' " ' .:" . .,,.. erf rltfi-B' Wlietl lliKcu out " - , . ... .., 1 eel after be was 111 a , , . ... .1. .. ie u qunncrs 101 taken back lo the Icels.x TITJ V cell I" he as TheKp.,.kcr.lescrll;.Hllni;t Uik anec.l.te from "Slwrt Ma. uot the last or 111 , , ,,,,1, i:i his Identity Is more fr.il 4 UshtHl by the tug cud n Wglnnluif of I'oc.u. lsoti Dr, F.llslm K. Kane. on Ii' ;,litk'l ' from bis great Arctic ''V 111 - year, rlr.c gives, tlov, ot l,.w j the foot walk,. And thus f," a .Kuif :'.r,..!::""..,;, "'y ,ry,,n Br, hVZ!Z l -'"-.--, w,im- irnow Worker lu. . me l-l.,,.i l:.... . . - - - - 1 . ...iiif , tt.ititiiiir ivi. ..-.. .1 n-t , . ,.. 1 Men me Hanger ror a while npis-ar in nmerete form, only grad ually to be forgoitcu. In nulling coul the miner must natur- Solll.. t.Xla I.....M ... a. ... ... ....,, ,.,, r , j,,,, cin round in the vicinity of pottsville. Schnvl kill t oui.ty. The hlucksmith. of the lly follow the vein of mineml l,i. ' k. " ''MK-nniented with it and , . . ""I i-J W Oil ofieu runs si ugle of So r .,.r .1., .! ... : . ... 7"" nu a nntuler of grc-iK .As ,e progress, timWr, .re ' Kh ,,"'m Co1- ul to ,beid th'e and Z InvlttHl to n i':inl" " ti where an nftcr-tliuuer r uu hour. . .. ,..,,,1 of DtK-tor, what din J"" '"" KitenkerV" tisktnl 11 1 1 le-uti. ..g U was like an AMlc .an swered the explorer. f nvimi do vou mean n oBright and intercsti; 1 lngly loug in oi" doctor. . -" to ruriici'"'- . rV ,.. oarticuwr," - "They seem ."- If r aald at. attache of ment, "about having i lttl atr,. used by "' ri'' - ICS, repo- r a t I . 1. l.iIll'Ht putting rn-iicii wliies."-V..shl.',l:t'ui. ATl,l, mj' "You are an onaa. T Mr. Spokes to an aiB "Yes, sir." ' "How long have y'u phnnT .,. bir.h.' 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