California.” describing the journey through.
LOW RATE
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOURIST EXCURSIONS
To San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Leave Chicago Tuesdays via Scenic Route.
Leave Chicago Thursdays via Scenic Route.
Leave Chicago Tuesdays via Southern Route.
Improved Tourist Cars. Fast Trains.
Write for Itinerary and Tourist Dictionary.
JOHN SEBASTIAN, G.P.A., CHICAGO.]
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F. V. ZIMMER, Attorney-at-Law, MADISONVILLE, KY.
Will practice in the Courts of Hopkins and adjoining counties.
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JOB WORK
Will receive prompt attention at this office. Estimates furnished upon
application.
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_Foley’s Honey and Tar for children, safe, sure. No opiates._
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SEC’Y WILSON’S OPINION.
Does Not Take So Gloomy a View of the Prospects as Some So-Called Experts.
HOPEFUL OF AN AVERAGE CORN CROP.
If Farmers Would Extend the Period Of Corn Cultivation Two Weeks We Could
Look for a Big Crop—Says Farmers Will “Lay By” Their Corn Too Soon.
New York, July 24.—A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington, says:
Mr. Wilson, secretary of agriculture, has favored the Tribune with a
talk on the effects of the long-continued drought on the growing crops
of the west. He does not take so gloomy a view of the agricultural
prospect between the Allegheny and the Rocky mountains, as do some of the
so-called experts who are not connected with the government service. Nor
yet does Mr. Wilson attempt to minimize the injury already done and that
will increase unless there is a great precipitation of moisture during
the next few weeks in the vast stretch of country between the continental
mountain ranges. While he acknowledged that the hard wheat belt of
the northwest has been damaged, he does not yet despair of an average
yield of corn in the corn belt, which he defines as extending east from
the Missouri river to the Alleghenies, embracing the states of Iowa,
Wisconsin, the northern part of Missouri and all of Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio.
A Regretable Loss.
The most regretable loss from the view point of the department, declares
the secretary, is that of the macaroni wheat crop. For the first time an
experiment had been made this year in the production of this variety of
wheat on a large scale in the United States. Secretary Wilson has been
encouraging this experiment ever since he has been at the head of the
agricultural department, and imported the seed from northern Africa,
where most of the wheat is produced which supplies Europe and the world
with macaroni.
The secretary is especially hopeful of an average corn crop. He says
it will not be a record breaker or “a bumper,” in the parlance of the
agricultural department, but, at this moment the prospects favor a fair
average yield.
Advice to Farmers.
“If something could be done to induce the farmers in the corn belt,” said
Mr. Wilson, “to extend their period of cultivation about two weeks this
year beyond the usual limit, I would look for a big crop. But the usual
season for cultivation is rapidly drawing to a close, and I fear that
with comparatively few exceptions the farmers will ‘lay by’ their corn
at the regular time, regardless of the drought. In the entire corn belt,
with the exception of Missouri, which has a shallow soil, 30 inches of
rain during the year is all that is needed to produce a crop. If even
only 12 or 14 inches of this falls during the four months of production a
good yield can be counted on.
Stir the Soil.
“The corn belt soil, with the exception noted, is deep, and holds
moisture well. To utilize this conserved moisture to the best advantage
in the absence of rain the soil should be continually stirred, so as
to make what we call a mulch, until the crop is matured. Therefore,
I repeat that if the farmers in the corn belt at this time could be
shown the advisability of extending their cultivation season about
two weeks we could look for a good yield this year. The farmer, like
every other business man, always does what he believes to be best for
his own interest, but in a case like this it is extremely difficult to
disseminate broadly in farming communities the information that is of
pressing and immediate value. By this I mean if we only could spread all
through the corn belt the news that if the season of cultivation were
extended about two weeks beyond the usual limit, there would need be no
fear of the result.”
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HE DISLIKES TO RETURN.
McDowell Refuses to Return to Missouri Without the Formality of
Requisition.
Washington, July 23.—Sheriff Joseph F. Dickman and Detective John W.
Cardell, of St. Louis, arrived here to take charge of John McDowell, who
was arrested here Saturday after attempting to obtain jewelry from two
local places on the pretense of being Senator Hanna’s son. McDowell,
however, refused to go to St. Louis without a requisition.
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Fire in a Hotel.
Ottumwa, Ia., July 23.—Fire broke out in the Laclede hotel here, and
caused the loss of one life. The property loss was nominal. The fire
gained rapid headway and filled the hotel with smoke. John O’Connor, of
Mount Pleasant, was suffocated. The 18 other guests had narrow escapes.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
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Will Turn Back Now.
Washington, July 23.—The treasury employes who place the seals and
numbers on notes of the United States on Monday reached the number
100,00,000 on the one-dollar silver certificates of the series of 1899.
The numbers will not go any higher, as the printers have been instructed
to turn back to number 1 of letter A.
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OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.
Gov. Savage of Nebraska has proclaimed Friday a day of prayer for relief
from the drought.
In the cruise of the New York Yacht club the Constitution easily defeated
the Columbia in a 21-mile course.
At St. Joseph, Mo., the price of milk has been advanced from 5 cents to
6¼ cents a quart as a result of the scarcity of feed caused by the dry
weather.
The powers at Pekin have finally agreed upon 450,000,000 taels as the
amount of the Chinese indemnity.
George H. Daniels, of the New York Central, wants the standard time
between Chicago and New York reduced to 26 hours.
Jesse Higginbotham shot and killed William Hines, a neighboring farmer,
at Bowling Green, Ky., over domestic troubles.
Rear Admiral Sampson, in discussing the MacLay history, accuses Schley of
having made conflicting statements concerning his part in the Santiago
naval battle.
Fully 67,000 men and women are involved in the strike of the Garment
Workers in New York.
J. D. Eckman, manager of the joint-rate inspection bureau at
Indianapolis, died Monday. He was known among railroad men all over the
country.
Many farmers in the vicinity of Harrisburg, Ill., are pasturing their
corn fields on account of pastures being burned up, and the corn is
worthless for anything else. In a number of localities praying and
fasting are resorted to in the hope of bringing rain.
Congressman Champ Clark, of Missouri, says there will not be five bushels
of corn raised in his township, in Pike county.
Ten dead, one man driven insane and five prostration were the results of
Sunday’s heat in Chicago.
Plate glass windows were cracked by heat at Paris, Ill.
Rains were reported in the following Missouri counties Monday night:
Pettis, Linn, Randolph, Jasper, Benton, Bates, Jackson, Miller and
Carroll. They are western and southwestern counties.
August N. Meir, aged 48, prominent at Sedalia, Mo., died from heat.
Martin Pearson was sunstruck while bathing in a creek near Moline, Ill.,
and will die.
John Hamilton, contractor, was overcome by heat at Mattoon, Ill., and
fell from a ladder. He may die.
Near Mattoon, Ill., Edward Robinson, for two years a soldier in the
Philippines, died from heat. Jesse Reed, another returned Philippine
soldier, was overcome at the funeral.
Earl Moore of Westfield, Ill., received a severe sunstroke.
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Mrs. Nation Sent to Jail.
Topeka, Kas., July 23.—Mrs. Carrie Nation was fined $100, and given
a 30-days’ jail sentence by Judge Hazen in the district court for
disturbing the peace and dignity of the city by a Sunday joint raid last
March. There is no appeal.
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Forest Fires in Colorado.
Denver, Col., July 23.—Destruction by forest and prairie fires is
reported from different points in the state, directly attributable to the
condition of grass and timber from the long dry spell.
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Stopped Payment.
Kansas City, Mo., July 23.—The Traders’ Grain Co., of this city, has
stopped payment, and, it is said, the liabilities amount to $150,000. The
company operated on a capital of $20,000. The failure was caused by the
advance in cereals.
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Crossed the Atlantic in a Small Boat.
Lisbon, July 21.—The 25-foot sloop yacht Great Republic, in which Capt.
Howard Blackburn sailed from Gloucester, Mass., last month, has arrived
here, the passage having occupied 38 days.
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Hot Wave In Denmark.
Copenhagen, July 22—A hot wave is spreading over Denmark. At several
points, Sunday, the temperature reached 91 degrees.
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THE MARKETS
New York, July 24.
CATTLE—Native Steers $ 4.60 @ $ 6.00
COTTON—Middling @ 8¾
FLOUR—Winter Wheat 3.55 @ 3.80
WHEAT—No. 2 Red 74¼ @ 87¼
CORN—No. 2 57⅞ @ 58¼
OATS—No. 2 40½ @ 41
PORK—Mess New 16.00 @ 16.50
ST. LOUIS.
COTTON—Middling @ 8¼
BEEVES—Steers 4.50 @ 6.10
Cows and Heifers 3.90 @ 4.50
CALVES—(per 100 lbs) 2.25 @ 5.25
HOGS—Fair to Choice 5.00 @ 6.17½
SHEEP—Fair to Choice 2.50 @ 3.00
FLOUR—Patents 3.30 @ 3.45
Other Grades 2.40 @ 3.30
WHEAT—No. 2 Red 66⅜ @ 66½
CORN—No. 2 54⅛ @ 54¼
OATS—No. 2 36 @ 37½
RYE—No. 2 57½ @ 58
TOBACCO—Lugs 3.50 @ 8.50
Leaf Burley 4.50 @ 12.00
HAY—Clear Timothy 14.00 @ 17.00
BUTTER—Choice Dairy 13 @ 16½
BACON—Clear Rib @ 9¼
EGGS—Fresh 6 @ 7
PORK—Standard Mess (new) @ 15.75
LARD—Choice Steam @ 8½
CHICAGO.
CATTLE—Native Steers 4.25 @ 6.00
HOGS—Fair to Choice 5.55 @ 6.20
SHEEP—Fair to Choice 3.90 @ 4.50
FLOUR—Winter Patents 3.50 @ 3.80
Spring Patents 3.25 @ 3.55
WHEAT—No. 3 Spring @ 67¾
No. 2 Red 69 @ 69½
CORN—No. 2 53¾ @ 54
OATS—No. 2 37 @ 37½
PORK—Mess 14.10 @ 14.15
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE—Native Steers 4.75 @ 5.90
HOGS—Fair to Choice 5.60 @ 6.05
WHEAT—No. 2 Red @ 68
CORN—No. 2 60 @ 62
OATS—No. 2 43 @ 44
NEW ORLEANS.
FLOUR—High Grades 3.50 @ 4.00
CORN—No. 2 @ 61
OATS—No. 2 @ 42½
HAY—Choice 16.50 @ 19.00
PORK—Standard Mess 15.50 @ 15.75
BACON—Short Rib Sides 9 @ 9½
COTTON—Middling @ 8⅜
LOUISVILLE.
WHEAT—No. 2 Red 70 @ 71½
CORN—No. 2 54 @ 55½
OATS—No. 2 36½ @ 38
PORK—New Mess 15.75 @ 16.00
BACON—Short Rib 9¼ @ 9⅜
COTTON—Middling @ 8⅛
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THE INDIAN LAND OPENING.
Secretary Hitchcock Will be Ready to Meet the Disgruntled Obstructionists.
Washington, July 24.—Secretary Hitchcock said with reference to the
effort to prevent the opening of the Oklahoma Indian lands to settlement
by injunction proceedings at El Reno, that the preparations of the
department for the opening would proceed as though no suit had been
begun. “We shall not let the matter go by default,” he said, “but we
apprehend no obstacle from that proceeding. Anyone can bring a suit.”
An Absurd Proposition.
The secretary took cognizance of reports coming from Oklahoma that men
who are registering at Reno and Fort Sill are doing so with the intention
of transferring their rights to others. “The report,” he said, “is to
the effect that they can and will dispose of their numbers at enormous
profits. That is absurd, because it is impossible, under the regulations,
for them to transfer their rights. For any of them to attempt to do so
would be a clear violation of the law. They take an oath not to do such a
thing, and to use their rights for their own exclusive benefit. There can
be no speculation in these numbers.”
Alleged Town Site Schemes.
The secretary also said that reports are coming to the department of
schemes for disposing of numerous town sites, the promoters offering
chances to the public. “The only town sites which have been authorized,”
the secretary said, “are those of the three county seats. No others have
been sanctioned, and no one knows where others will be. Hence all except
those three are bogus, and reports of their establishment should be
denounced as intended to deceive the public.”
Auction Plan Not Feasible.
Referring to the suggestion that the new lands should be sold at auction
and the proceeds of the sale turned over to the Indians, the secretary
said:
“These lands are as much government property as are any other part of
the public domain. They have been purchased from the Indians and title
is no longer in them. Hence the plan is not feasible. Moreover, it would
not be wise if practicable, for if the lands were put up at auction they
all would fall into the hands of men with money, and the poor man would
have no chance whatever. Under the present plan all have equal rights
regardless of conditions of wealth, and that this fact is recognized is
made evident by the large number taking advantage of the opportunity for
registration.”
The registration will close at 6 p.m. on the 26th.
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PORTO RICAN DUTIES.
The Attorney General Refuses to Render an Opinion on Certain Porto Rican
Duties.
Washington, July 23.—Attorney-General Knox has declined to render an
opinion, which was asked for by the secretary of the treasury, on the
question whether or not, under existing laws, the secretary is authorized
to refund the duties collected on goods imported from Porto Rico between
the date of the ratification of the Spanish treaty and the date that the
Foraker act went into operation. The attorney general says that inasmuch
as the comptroller of the treasury has given his decision on the subject
it is a matter for him (the comptroller) alone, and he therefore can not
give a decision as requested.
It is authoritatively stated at the treasury department that the
government will proceed immediately to refund these duties, acting upon
the decision of the comptroller of the treasury, which was to the effect
that the treasury department had authority under existing law. The duties
amount approximately to $2,000,000.
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OOM PAUL’S WIFE IS DEAD.
Mrs. Kruger, Wife of the Former President of the Transvaal Republic Dead
at Pretoria.
Pretoria, July 21—Mrs. Kruger, wife of the former president of the
Transvaal republic, who is now in Europe, died Saturday evening, of
pneumonia, after an illness of three days, aged 67 years.
Mrs. Kruger was the second wife of the former Transvaal president. She
was a Miss Du Plessis, a name of prominence in South Africa. Mr. Kruger’s
first wife was her aunt.
Mrs. Kruger was a typical Boer woman. She cared nothing for finery, and
at her home in Pretoria, she had all the simplicity of manner and mode
of living of the plainest woman of the veldt. It was said of her, even
at the time when her husband was accumulating millions, that her chief
interest in life was to see how much she could save in her housekeeping.
Throughout the Transvaal she was famous for her coffee, which she always
had ready for visitors.
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Ohio Bryan Democrats.
Cleveland, O., July 24.—At a preliminary meeting here of the leaders of
the bolt among the Bryan democrats, George A. Groot, of this city, has
been chosen as temporary chairman of the state convention to be held at
Columbus, July 31. Dr. Abner L. Davis, of Findlay, will be the temporary
secretary.
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Luther B. Richardson.
Grand Forks, N.D., July 23.—Luther B. Richardson, ex-mayor of this city,
and formerly territorial secretary, died here. He had been prominently
connected with the political history of the state for the past 25 years.
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RHEUMATISM and CATARRH CURED BY Johnston’s Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
A Whole Family Cured.
Mrs. C. H. Kingsbury, who keeps a millinery and fancy goods store at St.
Louis, Gratiot Co., Mich., and who is well known throughout the country,
says:
“I was badly troubled with rheumatism, catarrh and neuralgia.
I had liver complaint and was very bilious. I was in a bad
condition; every day I began to fear that I should never be a
well woman; that I should have to settle down into a chronic
invalid, and live in the shadow of death. I had JOHNSTON’S
SARSAPARILLA recommended to me. I TOOK FOUR BOTTLES AND IT
CURED ME, and cured my family both. I am very glad that I heard
of it. I would cheerfully recommend it to every one. I have
taken many other kinds of medicine. I prefer JOHNSTON’S to all
of them.”
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For sale by St. Bernard Drugstore, Earlington, Ky.
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THE MASSACHUSETT’S WAY.
Jury in Famous Murder Trial Empaneled in Thirty-Five Minutes.
NO HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS.
A Pittsfield, Mass., dispatch tells how the jury in the now famous
Fosburgh murder trial was obtained “in the time it would take to
formulate the first hypothetical question” in some other States. Under
the Massachusetts system a man may have somewhat of a definite idea of
what goes on around him and yet not be disqualified as a juror.
The dispatch says:
They do these things well in Massachusetts. Twelve good
men were chosen to stand judgment upon Robert S. Fosburgh,
and it required thirty-five minutes to do it. A panel had
been prepared and from it the candidates were called. Each
individual was sworn and Judge Stevens then questioned him as
to his eligibility. Each side was permitted but two peremptory
challenges, and each side had one challenge remaining when the
jury box was filled. Several of the candidates, although they
gave satisfactory answers to the questions propounded, failed
to please Judge Stevens, who excused them. On agreement no
juror was taken from Pittsfield. Called before the court, the
juror heard these questions:
“Are you related to the defendant or have you any interest in
this case?”
“Have you expressed or formed an opinion that would prevent
you forming a conclusion whether the defendant is guilty or
innocent solely upon the evidence?”
“Are you sensible of any bias or prejudice?”
In the time it would take to formulate the first hypothetical
question in New York this jury was obtained. Court was called
at 9 o’clock. Two hours and five minutes later the jury had
heard the opening address for the State. Testimony began in the
afternoon. District Attorney Hammond pursued an argumentative
line for some time in his opening address. Mr. Joyner for the
defense whispered an objection to the court. Judge Stevens
halted Mr. Hammond, spoke to him in a whisper, and the case
continued without further argument. Not once during the day did
counsel clash and business proceeded the more quickly because
it was so. Perhaps when the case is older and the defense less
fears the attacks of the prosecution, Mr. Hibbard and Mr.
Joyner may do less whispering.
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Letter List.
Frank Bryan, Tom Brown, Mrs. Ollie Farrett, L. B. Hampton, W. I. Hamby,
Bob Heflin, Mrs. John Kusler, Robert Samples, Marion Slaton, Silas
Sarden, Clarence Willingham, R. W. Wines, Minnie Wines.
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Mrs. Dan M. Evans and sons returned Tuesday night from their visit to
Minnesota. Mr. Evans met them at St. Louis.
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Mrs. Amanda Wilkins has been appointed postmistress at Nortonville.
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Mrs. W. C. Mercer and brother are here with their father, James Kelly,
who was hurt some weeks ago.
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Mr. H. H. Holeman was overcome by the heat at his home in Madisonville
Tuesday and was for a time the object of much solicitation. We are glad
to say he was much improved yesterday.
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[Illustration: FOLLOW THE CROWDS TO THE GREAT
Hopkins County Fair
CARNIVAL AND MIDWAY OF ALL NATIONS
MADISONVILLE, KY.
AUGUST 6, 7, 8, 9 AND 10, 1901
Every Day a Special Day.
Every Night a Special Night.
Best managed Fair in the World at the Best Place of its Size on Earth.
Largest Amphitheatre in the State.
Five Rattling Races Daily.
Magnificent Displays in Show Rings and Floral Hall
Eighteen Thrilling Free Attractions
Twenty Big Tented Shows.
Grounds Illuminated at Night.
Something kept going from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
All previous attempts eclipsed beyond comparison.
Unique Combination of Attractions.
C. C. GIVENS, Pres. H. H. HOLEMAN, Secy.]
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Timbering a Mine Airway.
One of the best criticisms of modern text-books is that while they
describe how a thing ought to be done, they do not tell how to do it.
This criticism was brought out a few days since in conversation with a
practical miner who has a laudable desire to understand the best methods
in mining practice. This man in the opinion of the average miner would
be considered as possessing a very fair idea of mining work in general,
and of timbering in particular. Most men would be satisfied with this,
but to use his own words, while he understood the methods of timbering as
explained in books, “The proposition in a mine airway is a different one
from that on paper. Why do you not tell us,” said he, “how the sticks are
put up?”
Much importance attaches to the wedging of a timber set. The wedges
should be of oak and cut from 6 to 10 inches in width, and from 2 to 4
inches in thickness, and 12 to 18 inches long, according to size of the
timbers and the height of the airway, nature of the roof, etc. The wedge
should have a taper of about 1 inch to the foot. When there is much
clearance space between the top of the collar and the roof, two wedges
are often driven against each other, one above the other. In driving a
wedge the timber should be placed a little out of position toward the
side upon which the wedge is driven, since the action of driving will
naturally carry the timber forward. If desired, two wedges may be driven
side by side at each end of the collar, but from opposite sides. A wedge
should never be driven at the center of the cross-beam, except it may
be in special cases, and then only after the timbers have taken the
weight. The position of the wedges above the collar should be slightly
inside of or toward the center of the entry from the top of the leg, so
that the line of pressure will act to arch the weight over the airway.
Two average timbermen can frame and place in position from 12 to 20
sets of timber in a 6-foot airway in an 8-hour shift, but the work will
depend very much upon the amount of cutting and trimming required in the
floor, ribs and root of the airway, and the character of the roof in
particular.—“Practical Mining Studies,” in Mines and Minerals for July.
1901.
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Miss Sophia DeVylder, of this place, and Mr. James David, of Providence,
eloped to Evansville Sunday and were married.
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SCORCHING!
Monday and Tuesday the Hottest Days on Record in Earlington.
OFFICIAL TEMPERATURE WAS 106.
All Earlington thought that Thursday, July 11, was the record for high
temperature for this year. That day the mercury mounted to 103. Since
then 100 and 101 degrees have seemed almost mild. But Monday the valley
in which nestles this model and contented mining and railroad town was
a veritable bake-oven with no relief, no escape from the heat of the
burnished heavens save in the caverns of the earth among the black
diamonds under the surrounding picturesque hills. It is a blessing to be
a busy coal miner while the sun is so intimate a neighbor. Tuesday the
same high temperature was reached.
Ed J. Phillips became over-heated at his work in the St. Bernard general
store where the temperature went above 100. The effect of this he did not
feel until evening when he was found in a severe cramping spell in the
yard at home. Next morning he was better and has since been improving.