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10.\ " Thll Idle Sinner. .
- ; Every once In awhllo the nctlon at
some ) 'oung mBn who Is enjoying n
l prlncoly Income llrlngs to mind the
F thought thnt money lII.spont Inovltn.
J hI ) ' brIngs dlsnstor to the spendor.
" The Idle rIcII , whoso solo Iden Is to
nmuso themsolves. nro curses In n
comm\lnlty. They bring tholllselvcs
to premnturo grnves , hut long beCoro
tholr denths they nro old In sin , nntl
nro so sntlntctl with illicit plensur"
thnt they find no enjoyment In nny.
thing , nnd , IIko Sir Chnrles Cold.
I : trenm In the pIny of "Usctl UP. "
! there Is nothing for thom to sco with
1 nntonlshment. Their constnnt cry Is.
, 1 "Thero Is nothing In H , " nnd they try
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to stlmulato their jnded nppetltes with
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; ' excesses thnt nro nuggesth'o
I c10cllnlng 1'agnn dnys of Grecco and
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nomo. Go to nny at our tashlonnblo
" waterIng plncee' In the 11OIgl1t ot the
' IIcnson and you will find many Indo.
lent rich men whoso fnces express
' lIonsuaJlly nnd n vague longing for
i" n now sensation. Their fathers prob.
; \ I nbly tolled hnrd for the money they
1 Arc throwing nway In trying to enjoy
t.hemsclves with base amusements. Itl
: II . would hnvo been n mercy it II. tow
! ' years enrller they had been deprived' I
: : . ot tbolr princely Incomes. They
' . mlgbt then hnvo .been of some uso'
! . In the world. Now they nro simply
Incumbrances. Tliero Is no breeder
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I ' at vlco IIko laziness , and this applies
, to nil clnsses at young men , the 1100r
; : , nR well ns the rich , for nil the vicious
' ' youth nro not to bo found among the
\ tl rlcb , says the Doston Dudget. Some
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, ort ) . , and they rely upon poor rola.
1\ \ tlons tor support when they do not
! , f become common thloves. Doth the
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, ; ' , classes mentioned are demoralizing
I , \ ' In the exnmples they setl nnd it they
1 ; ' could be packed err together to some
! ' : , - l lnnd In the sen , where they would
: , p have to work or starve , they might
I r develop Into something human nnd
, ; : : 10111 brutn ! .
' . ' j R bblng of a Beggar.
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I' : ; The street beggar , ,1th pocketn lined
( , with money 1M n fairly familiar figure
\ 'i. . , ot city lifo , but ono of the free dls.
; 1 ponsnrles reports an Instnnce of nn
, ntlompt to get free medlclno , on the
't plea at poverty , that deserves n place
\ ' In the cnlnlogue of good stories of
. "graft , " sa's the New York Post. A
: ! mlddlenged woman nppeared the
' 71 other day and got n prescription , ntter
i w'hlch she took her place In the line
, ' ot persons wnltlng to hnvo their medl.
i t cine made up by the apothecnry.
\ tl This particular woman , It should be
I said , had given satisfactory nnswers
! ! , to a11 the questions put to her , de.
! signed to show whether she wns n'
I proper subject for charity. Suddenly
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: 1 robbed ! " The victim was this worn.
1 nn , who so far torgot her previous
! . , professions ns to assert that lior
! i I I10cket had been plcleed nnd that the
; , i \ thief hnd got away with $90. Then
j she lost the opportunity to get free
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j : medlclno , thus adding , In her view. In.
' Bull to Injury.
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. I American Goods In Mexico.
! "American merchants could do 60
I per cent. more business In Mexico
I were they to study the character nnd
I , condition ot tra o In our country. "
aald Wnlter E. Grevol , ot Mexico City.
"The main trouble with the slow sale
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Df American merchandise In Mexico
1\ \ Is the fact that the merchnnts nml
manufacturers demand that payment
! tor their goods be sent upon the roe
celpt ot the hill for the same , and
i , this bill nrrlves n month In .ndvance
: ) f tbo goods. at course , our mer.
I , chantu do not fnvor the Idea at pny.
i I Ing for goods before receiving them.
I ' On the other hand , Europ an mer-
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chants nro liberal In giving tlmo 11m.
, Its ns high ns six months , nnd , ns a
; consequence , enjo ) ' : t good portion ot
our trnde. "
I i { I Aliases of the Great.
i Some Inyestlgator of curious sub.
1 I jects hns discovered hnt the Inventor
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! 1 of trnvollng Incognito was Peter the
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i famous Russian sovereign to ndopt
\ j the prnctlco wns Joseph II. of Aus ,
I trln , who In 1777 made n IIttl stay
! In Pnrls under the tltlo of Count VOI1
! Fnlkensteln. During the rovolutlonary
i I period Louis XVIII. burled his tempo
t rary useless royal dignity under th (
t prlvncy of Comte do Lillo , whll (
} " Charles X. passed ns Comto de Maries
f Ex.EmlJress Eugenio In her splond01
frequenUy took IIttlo trips as Com
i tesse do Plerrefonda. King Leopoll
does so stili ns Comte de Ravensteln
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I \ has tnken down UIO presl
doncy , which he slipped air and hunp
up In the closet some tlmo ngo , nM
J , find thnt It fits n8 well as ever
! > There Is n rumor to the olrect tha
" ho did not como back at the cal
ot the nsphalt trust , wblch mny ye
f , hnve n few fits In consequence ot hli
return.
Edison says be will soou plnco nuto
mobiles within the reach ot n11. Soml
at us have hnd to bo lrelty spry tl
got out at reach of them.
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This monument has been erected nt Port Elizabeth "In recognlUon or
tbe services of the gallant anlmnls which perished In the Anglo.Doer wnr
1899.1902. "
MINERALS IN ILLINOIS.
Coal Easily Heads List-Clay Products
and Limestone Next In Importance -
tance According to Figures
of Geologist.
Chlcago-The annual production of
the mineraI wealth ot Illinois has been
compiled by the stnte nnd government
geological surve's. It has been found
tll t In 1905 the state produced n totnl
ot $57,989,000 In minerals. Of this
$39,754,000 was coal.
O1n ) ' products and IImestono como
next to coni In Importance. Other
useful decorations from homo min.
erals nro sandstone , Portland cement ,
natural rock cement , fiuorspar , min.
eral spring water , spelter , lead ore ,
glass saud nnd molding sand.
Ono stnrtllng thing discovered In
nil this research , according to E. D.
Van Horn , In the Mining World , Is
the decrease In the amount of tprlng
wnter sold. , At ono Ume there wns
water to the amount ot $3,038,00 ( )
liold from springs In 1111nols. In 1906
this dropped to $44 , OO. The explnna.
tlon 1/1 / that resorts have been tound.
ed nt the different springs and the
wntor Is used for bathing purposes
and not sold In tbo markot.
The production of PorUnnd cement ,
which Is becoming one of the most
Important factors In building , Is In.
crenslng. On this question Mr. Van
Horn says :
\ "Tbo output of Portland cement for
1905 wns 1,545,500 barrels , valued nt
$1,741,160. In ' 1904 1,326,704 barrels , I
with n value ot $1,449,114 , were pro. .
duced. The natuml rock cement was
valued nt $166,565 In 1906 , ns compared -
pared with $113,000 In 1904. There
nre tour concerns manufacturing
Portland cement enl ) ' , three manufac.
turlng natural rock cement and ono
mnklng hath Portland and sIng
coment. The output of slag cement
Is Included with the figures for the '
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naturnl rocle cement. A new Portland -
land cement 111nnt Is building nt
DIxon , III. "
Lead mines In the state are not 1m.
portnnt , hut the fact that this metal
Is produced Is Interesting. The forth.
coming report will sayan this point :
"A small amount of lpad ore Is
mined In northwestern Illinois , and
a lIttle of It Is reduce In n local
furnnce nenr Galena. The bulk of
the lead smelted In the state , how.
ever , comes from Alton , where the
Federal Lea company has a Inrgo
modern plant. It Is run mnlnly on
ores from Missouri , particularly the
80utheastern part of the stnte. Since
there Is only the ono producer It Is
Impractlcablo to glvo the output for
Illinois sepnrately. " ,
The Increase In Illinois conI pro.
ductlon from 1833 to the present 'J'ear
Is gMphlcally 1llustrnted In n bulletin
of the state survey. which Sn8 : "In
the last 25 ) 'ears the production ot
the state has hicreased 619 per cent.
U the same rate of Increase cantin.
ues for nnother quarter at n century
the annual production then will be
npproxlmntely 135,000,000 short tons.
The PI'o uclon ! for the last ten years
has Increased at even n more rapid
rate , nmountlng to 113 per cent.
"At this rate n production of 80. .
000,000 tons will bo reached In ten
years , or npproxlmately 280,000.000
tons In 25 years. This Is nbout the
amount of bituminous coal now mined
and sold In the whole of the United ,
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Stntes. It Is Impossible to say what
the tuture rnte of Increase will In fact
bo , but these figures nre nt least serl.
ous possibilities and the production
undoubtedly will Increase rapidly for
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mnny J'ears to come.
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To Cook Without Fire
Merits of Invention Will Dc TeBted In
Field Operations and Commls.
aary Department Expecta
Good ReBulto.
Washlngton.-Drlg. Gen. Sharpe ,
commissary general , has sent enough
of the now army fireless cookers to
teed four coml1anle5 to the joint camp
at Mount Gretna , Pa. He has also
ordered enough of the coocers to sup.
ply eight companies sent to Fort
RUe ) ' , I < : an. . where ono of the Inrgest
of the Joint encampments began 1'0-
cenUy.
It Is tbe IntenUon of the commissary
department to test the merits ot this
devlco In practical field operations.
The cooleer In Its present form ha
been constructed by the army artisans I
themselves ; there are no patent rights
I conneotod with It , and It Is so simple
funt any boy handy with tools could
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MINER GETS MEDAL.
Carnegile Reward of $1,200 Will Pay
Mortgage on HIli tiome.
Wllkesbarro , Pa.WllllamVatklns ,
r a young mlno worker of Etlwardsvllle ,
nenr bero , Is the first nnthraclto min.
or to recolvo n Cnrneglo medal for
horolsm nnd $1,200 from the hero
fund. This Is In rocognltlon at his
act at heroism on September 3 , 1-004 ,
when bo saved the lives of three men ,
nt the Imminent risk of death. Ho
was grently surprised by the news
that the medal wns to be given him.
There had been nn oxploslon lu UIO
No. 4 colliery at the 1 < : lnHston Coal
company. As the workers rushed out
of the mlno Wntklns re.nlhed that
three mon who were at the bottom ot
the 8101)6 where the explosion OCt
curred might bo nllve. Ho turnad
J back nnd calling to hl comrades to
stand by to help , be rusbed down the
.lope.
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maleo one In the course at a day ac.
cording to the army standard. The
commlssnry department Is highly
gratified over the success In the ex-
perhllents made In the west. and the
officers nre deyotlng their nttentlon to
developing minor Improvements , such
as the nppllcatlon at devices for her-
mellcallr coaling the cooking vessels
and lightening the weight of the out.
fit.
The large slx.compartment cooltors
first made weighed 450 pounds each.
but they have been lightened. nnd one
development Is a single compartment
cooleor weighing u. little over 100
pounds which has found much favor
because It can bo IJncleod readily on a
mule , assuring n hot supper for a de.
tachment at the end ot a day's scout.
Another Imlrovement about to be In.
traduced Is the adoption of aluminum
vessels , made after the department's
p1.ana . , which are expected to be Inde.
structlblo.
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"The oxplos\on had Imocled ; : out the
props , " ho said , "nnd the roof was
fnlllng. The black damp was gath.
orlng , and I knew I had to work
quick. Drlnley Davis was burned bad ,
so wns Joe Wlnchent , while Heeso
Williams was caught under n Cl\ ) '
which hnd been blown on top of him ,
I could not lmll him out. The only
wn ) ' was to lift the car. I tried three
times before I could get Itlp n bit
and ho managed to Wriggle out. Davis
and Wlnchent'ero wild craz ) ' . Ther
all recovered and are working lu the
mines now. "
C. T. Mnthews , of 93 Water atreet.
New York cltr. n wealthy Welshman
who takes n great Interest In his count
trymen , heard ot Wntldns' heroism
through friends , \d V'DS so Impressed
thnt ho gave Wutldns handsomc
gold medal hlmselt. and Inter brought
the case to the notice ot the Car ,
negle hero fund commission.
The $1.200 whloh Watkins will gel
will just' IH\r air the mortgage on hIE
houso.
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PLAN COLONY IN TEXAS.
DIg Tr ct to De Settled by Farmers
from Europe.
Chcngo-A ! trnct at Innd comprisIng -
Ing 26,000 ncres has been purel\1\sed
nonr Rnymondv11lc , Tex. , on the Gulf
Coast railroad , for the colonlzntlon at
farmers trom FrnncQ , Bolglum ,
Switzerland nnd I1olland. The land
wns purchased hy A. M. Dnvldson , of
Ohleago , nnd the colonists nro being
found by his eminence , Mgr. J. R ,
Vllatte , right reverend archbishop nnd
primnto ot the Old Homan Cathollo
Church In the United Stntes ,
The plnn of the nrehblshop , who
makcs his hendqunrters In Chlcngo ,
Is to colonize the tmct with people
ot his own religious fnlth. Ninety
ncres hnvo been set nsldo In the center -
ter at the tract , nndlpon this will
bo erected n monaster ) ' nnd n cloister
for the education of priests and for
the preparation of ) 'OlUlg men for the
mlnlstr ) ' . The nrchhlshop w11l bo nt
the head ot the monastery.
It Is tllO purpose of those who arc
carrying on the project to nllot the
lll.nd to the Imml rants In .fO.nero
trncts , which Is the largest fnrm ono
man can hnndlo In thnt section of the
country. From Frnnco grnpo growers -
ors nro to be taken to secure ox.
porlenced ngrlculturlsts or horticul-
turists. The nrchblshop will suporln.
tend the selection ot the colonlsw nnd
see to It that no undeslrnblo Imml-
grnnts nro brought In.
TAKE MILLIONS FROM AMERICA.
Records Show That Imml rants Send
Earnings to Home Banke.
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American gold Is being hoarded nn-
nuay ) ) In the banks ot Hnly by tern.
pornry Italian residents of the United
Stntes. This Is the news that has
just reached the government , nlong
'with a statement from the general
commissioner of Immigration nt Rome
that the totnl Immlgrntlon to the
states from Italy In the year 1905.6
al1proached the 500.000 mark.
'fhe Idea of most Italian emigrants ,
S ) 'S the Immlgrntlon commissioner ,
Is to accumulnte something lIIcc n
fortune In the stntes nnd return wHh
It to Itnl ) ' . The Intimacy of the bomo
connection Is shown by the exhibit
of the Dank at Naples , which , havIng -
Ing ndvortlsed thnt sort ot business
as Its specialty , has more thnn 183,000
nccounts opened b ) ' Itnllan emlgrnnts
In the United States nnd placed to
their credit during the fiscal year just
closed moro than $600,000.
During the same period Italians In
Argentlnn sent to this single b nk
$828,000 and $425,000 came from Bra.
zll.
The total receipts from such
sources at the Naples bank were
$200,000 nbove these of the year be-
fore. And that Is only ono bank
nmong dozens In Italy.
NO DAN ON SMALL SOLDIERS.
Government Lowers the Standard to
Admit Porto Ricans.
Washlngton-Concesslon to tbo
slight stature of the Porto Ricans Is
made In a general order just Issued
by the genernl starr of the army providing -
viding that five feet two Inches shall
be the minimum height of mon admit-
ted to the Porto Rican provisional reg-
Iment. Heretofore the minimum
height tor the Insular regiment has
been five feet five Inches , which 1&
the heIght required for admission ta. .
the regular army In the United States.
The new order does not extend to officers -
cers of the Porto Rican regiments ,
who will still bo required to como up
to American standards.
Other minimum measurements are
also r duced by the general order In
proportion to the height. Recruits
five feet two Inches ta ) ) are required
to have a chest measurement of 32
Inches at expiration and mobility of i
the chest amounting to. two Inches.
One hundred nnd twenty.four 110unds
Is fixed as the minimum weight for
this height.
BRICKS MADE DY LIGHTNING.
Elements Are Kind to Man Living
NC:1r CclumbuG , Ind.
Columbus. Ind.-Nathan H. New-
som , n farmer of Samlcreele township ,
has brought to this city some sampleJ
of bricks made by IIghtntng , During
a thunder , rain and hall storm on his
fnrm recently lightning struck a shock
of wheat nnd burned It.
Se\'eral hours later Mr. Newsom
was waIldng through the fleld and
found the ground so hot near the
burned shock that he could not stand
on It. ' 1'he next tlay the ground
was still hot , and he took n shovel
and dug down to see for his own
curios It ) . how much of the ground had
been nlrected.
Ten Inches down he found that the
ground was thoroughly balcetl , and
pieces of earth which readily holtl
together were taken out. The earth ,
which was fine black soli , Is cooked
to n brick red , and every bit of vege.
table matter has been roasted out.
Good ! ! All Displayed.
It WaR In n railway cnlTlngc , nnd tIlO
comlmn ) ' , consisted of several com.
merclal trn\IClors and a staid Ilnd pam-
llOUS old gentleman. Various errol.ts
were unsuccessfully made by the
Imlghts ef ttlO road to drnw their
companion Into conversation. At
length one ot them sald :
"Come , sir , I know ) 'OU are ono ot
I us. Tell us what ) 'ou nro traveling
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"Sir , " nnswered the old genteman ,
facing his Interlocutor cnlmly , "I am
trnvollag In'er ) ' objectlonablo nml
Inquisitive comlll1n ) ' , and the cnJ'rlngo
Is full of 111) ' fiIlUlplcD-Strny Stories.
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'AN OLD PAINTER'S IDEAS.
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The nutumn season Is coming more
and moro to bo recognized ns n most
sl1Jtablo time for housepalntlng. There
Is no Crosl deep In the wood to maleo
trouble tor even the best job ot pnlnt.
ing , and the general seasoning at the
Bummer has put the wood Into good
condition In every wny. The weather ,
moreover , Is moro Jlkely to bo settled. .
tor the necessary length of tlmo to
now nil the coats to thoroughly dry , n
very Importnnt precnutlon. An old
nnd successful painter aRId to the
wrltor the other day : "Houso owners
would get mora for their mOlley If they
would nIl ow their pnlnters to talce
moro time , especlnlly between ( 'oats.
Instead of nllowlng barely tlmo for the
Budnce to get dry enough not to be
'tncky , ' sovernl dars ( weelts would
not bo too mucb ) SllOUld be aowed ) )
so that the coat might set through
nnd through , It Is Inconvenient , ot
oourso , but , If ono would sulrer this
slight Inconvenience , It would add two
or three j'enrs to the life of the pnlnt. "
A ) ) this Is nSBumlng , at course , thnt
the Imlnt used Is the . . . .ory best to
bo had. The purest at white lead nnd
the purest ot lInseol } 011 unmlxetl with
nn ) ' chenller of the cbeap mixtures ,
otten lenown ns "White LenlI , " nnd 011
which bas been doctored with fish 011 ,
benzlno , corn 011 or other of the
ndultornnts lmown to the trndo nre
used , nll the precautions at the slllled ; :
painter nre useless to prevent the
craclclng nnd peeling which mnlto
houses unsightly In a year or so and
therefore , maleo painting bills too frequent -
quent nnd costly. House owner
should hnve his pa.lntor bring the In.
gredlents to the premises sepnrntel ) ' ,
wblto lend of sarno well known relln.
ble brond nnd lInsced all of equal qual.
Ity nnd mix the paint just before np.
plying It. Painting need not be ex.
penslvo nnd unsntlsfactor ) ' It the old
painter's suggestions nro ( oowed. ) )
NEAR DEATH THROUGH SNAKE
Sleeper Awoke to Find Monster Coiled
Around His Neck.
F. E. Feve , nn employe of the
Northern Electric , had a thrilling ex.
perlenco with n snake Tuesda ) ' morn.
Ing. Fevo with two companions occu.
pies n tent made out of gunny sacks
In the western portion of Orovllle.
He was nwakened by a feeling of
strangulntlon. He nttempted to cry
out , but so tightly was hln throat
bound that he could make no sound.
As he became fully nwake he realized
that something must be done or he
would choke. Ho grabbed frantically
for his throat nnd his hand slipped
over the scales of n huge snake which
bad coiled Itself around his necle. He
frnntlcally pued ) ) the col1s loose , the
roptllo resisting him nnd biting him
In tbe cbeek.
His two companions. awakened by
tbo nolso , came to Feve's'rescue. The
two pued ) ) the snake n\yay and threw
It to the floor , where It glided away
while the men attende ! ! to Mr. Feve's
wound. The reptile was n gopher
snake.-Reddlng Correspondence San
Frnncsco Ca ) ) .
ChamoIs Skin of Commerce.
Charles C. Druedllng , at Phlladel.
pbla , has written nn artlclo for the
American Journal at Pharmacy on the
subject of chamois skins. Whnt Is
known In the market'ns chamois sktns ,
bo snys , Is really nn on.tanned sheep
or Inmb skin lining. The supply of
skins tram the chmnols animal is very
IImlted-onough could not be obtained
In year to'supply the United States
for moro thnn a slnglo day. He made
special Inquiry on a recen visit to
Switzerland nbout the annuD,1 crop of
the cbamols skin and nscertalned that
from 6.000 to 6,000 skins would be a
talr average yenrly crop. This skin Is
heavier thnn the sldn of the sheep or
Inmb , also much coarser. For strength
and durability the chamois skin Is pre.
ferable , but tor ordlnnry use and ap ,
pearnnco the oll.tanned sheep skIn
lining would , In most Instnnces , be
preterred.
AN OLD TIMER.
Has Had Experiences.
A womnn who has used Postum
1t'ood Coffee since It came up 011 the
mnrket 8 years ngo knows from ex.
perlenco the necessity of using Pos-
tum 111 place of coffee If ouo values
health nnd a steady brain.
She says : "At the time Postum was
first put on the marlcet I was sUffer.
Ing from nervous dxspepsln and mj.
physician had repeatedly told me not
to use tea OJ' coffee.1o'llIally I de.
clded to tnko his advice and try
Postum , nnd got a sample and had It
carefuUy prepared , finding It dell.
clous to the taste. So I continued
its use and vel'y SOOI1 Its beneficial ef.
fccts convinced me of Its \'alue , for
I got well of my nervousness nnd dys.
popsla.
"My husband had been drinlelng cof.
fee all his life until It had aITected
his nerves terrlbl ) ' , I 11ersunded him
to shift to PostUI11 nnd It was eas ) ' to
got him to make the change for the
Postum Is delicious. It certainly
worleed wonders for him.
"Wo soon learned thnt Postum docs
not exhilarate or depress and does not
stimulate , but steadily nnd honestly
strengthens the nerves and the stom'
nch. To maleo n long story shol.t 0111'
entire tamlly have now used Postum
for eight yenrs with comlllotely sat.
ISfylng results , as shown In our fin ! :
condition ot henlth nnd we have no ,
tlced n mther unexpected Improve.
mont In bralu and nerve l10wer. "
Nnme glvcn by 1'ostUI11 Co" DaUle
Creel ; : , 1\lIch.
Increased brnln nnd nerve power nl.
wnys follow the use of Postum In
plnce of corree , sometimes in n very
marked manner.
Look 11Ikgs , for "The Rend to
WellvlUe. "
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GHOSTS IN j - I
DEEP MINES .1 ' , '
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Among n11 Ule superstitions tll t.
hnunt the souls oC men there nro none
moro firmly established than these
which develop nmong the men who.
toll In the dampness at the mine , declares - -
clares the Dutte ( Mont. ) correspond-
enl ot the Phlladelphln Record. And
of superstitions there nro no no
more weird Ulan those ot the "grnvo.
" " ' " shift Is
yard" shirt. The "graveJ'ard"
the dead ot nlght-usua11y between
11 p. m. nnd 3 a. m-and It Is then
that the "tommy.lmockers" nre most "
oCten heard. Nearly nil of the hlg
mines of the west are In operation . ,
constantly during the 2,1 hours or
every day nnd the Boven days ot :
every weele. A gl'eat mining plant
docs not shut down on the Fourth
of July or even Christmas. The men
nre driving the drills , the "shots" ara
being fired , the brocou ! ore shoveled
Into cnrs and cnrrled out through
the shntt or tunnel , nnd the big
mills uro grinding , pounding nnd ronr. 1
Ing for 365 days In the year. 'l'ho .
miner who works stendlly has n. , .
vnrluUon In his Ufe. He Is us far
n\\'a ) ' from the world ns the snllor nt
sell , nnd the conditions nro far moro
1)J'opltious for the birth nnd growth
of superstitions.
Suddenh' , In the never.ceaslng drlp
drip of the water , he henrs some
\lound-the regular ring at n hnmmer
not far from him. Ho Is puzzled , for
ho lenows thnt 110 Is alone In tbat
part of the mine. Never doubting tbo
nccumcy ot his understanding , ho
takes Ills cnndlo from the rocle nnd .
trnmps through the tunnel townrd the
sound of the drilling. He stops to ?
listen. It seems above and he climbs ,
up Into a "mise , " where are has been !
taken down from above the tunnel ,
The dl'Ullng ceases. The miner 1
stops In surprise. 110 Is nlone , 500
'
feet below ground , except { or this un.
lenown compnnlon. There Is a mo.
ment of silence , Intensified , it seems ,
hy the dril ) , drip. dl'lp of the water nnd
'the utter darkness. '
Not far nhead the miner suddenly
hears a new sound. Some one Is waBe.
Ing rupldlY through the tunnel wHh
n regular tread , splashing In the mud
nnd water. The miner , his' candle at
his side , quickly follows , He almost
runs In his haste to find his compan- .
Ion. But the tramp nnd splash of the
unknown feet are always just ahead
of him. He stops and shouts : ' . .
"HeyVhq ! are you , there ? "
o answer comes , nnd ho calls
ngaln and ngaln. Still he hears In
the darkness the. tread and splash of
the phantom feet. All at once n
strong man Is filled wHh fear. Ho
begins to tremble and grow cold and
then , In a panic ot dread , he turns and :
flees , stumbling and plunging through
the tunnel to the shaft.
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And the mine has m'sterlous voices ,
too. A veteran miner tells of n , . " _
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strange warning which came to him
once and a narrow escape from death.
He was working In n mlno In Montana
In charge of the pumps , which were
kept constantly going to keep the
mine from filling with water. When
.each crew or "shift" of men finished
work he would regularly make nn Inspection -
spection of the five pumps which were ,
; n operation.
The ore was lifted from this mlno
on an Inclined shaft. The cnrs , whlchl
run on wheels up such n shaft. are
alled "skips , " and It was the break-I I
Ing of a "skip" which came near beIng - . (
Ing fatal that night. The pump In.
sector ! had visited four ot the pumps
! 1nd was about to start down the shatt
to the fifth , which was 600 feet below
ground , when , as he tells me , ho felt
" peculiar feeling of fear and a volco
! llrectly over his shoulder said to him :
"Don't ) 'ou go down that shaft ( )
night ! " : -
The miner stopped. He seemed nl-
most to feel the breath of the vol co
ngalnst his cheele. Then ho told himself -
self ho was foolish to heed any Imag-
tnlngs , and he went down to the . J
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( lump , When he reached the 500-foot
le..el he began at once his Inspection
of the machinery. Dack In the tunnel.
\\'hlch extended away In the darkness ,
the water stood nearly filling the passage -
sage , over a man's head In depth.
A hundred feet above an ere car
filled with tons of rock wns emptied
Into n "skip , " which was stnrted Ull !
the Inclined shaft townrd the surtace. '
A moment later the man working at. '
the pump henrd a crashing , n terrIfic- _ - . . .
rattling sound. He realized at on co ---r-
that the "sltlp" had broken , nnd that
th& tons of'rocle were tumbling l
toward him down the shaft. Instlne- I I
tlvel ) ' ho flattened himself against tbo , I'
wnll , and the rock cnmo mee nn nvn.
lanche. Most of It ho escaped , but
heavy pieces struck his shoulders. '
causing painful bruises. Dut that wa
not the worst.
Soon the nlr was filled with hls
Ing steam. The loud of ere In Its tall
bad brolten n steam pipe nbove , nnd
the Inspector knew that In n few minutes -
utes moro he would be smothered.
The steam was blindIng. It was hot
and stifling In his nostrils and his
lungs. nut 110 had little time to
think. Only one course was open.
110 plunged Into the Ic ' water of the
tunnel ald swam oft Into the dark.
ness.
Then the breale In the steam plpo
was discovered by those above. An
engineer turned a valve and stopped
the hot \ 'al10r'slow. \ . The Inspector
Beelng that the eland ot steam had
diminished , swam bac ! { to the shaft
nnd rans n slgll111 lJell , A car was
lowere und ho rode to the surface '
weale with his bruises , AntI now 11 j
does not doubt the voice that spolo ; :
to him over his shoulder hnd said' . '
"Don't go down tbo shQft toulght ! "
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