CITV GUARD.
I. L- CAMPBELL, ttmprtr.
EUGENE CITY.
.OREfiON
Tbe tick man of Europe ipemi o
have lately taken tuuie nerve-bo'ldlng
medicine.
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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.
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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.'
I am an orphan by hir