The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-01-29
THE DAYS BEFORE COAL.

York Herald.
THE DAYS BEFORE COAL.
There can bc no doubt, for it is All un.
questionable fact, that tho coal beds of Eng.
land are the real natural source of its phvs.
ical wealth. Without coal, it never would
have been manufacturing country; with,
out it no cotton factories would ever have
been erected, aud no steamships would ever
have floatcd on its waters. 1t is simply
because it has the largest coal fields in Eu
rope that it is the greatest manufacturing
nation in that quarter Of .hc world. But it
WIS very difficult to introduce the use OF
coal among the old English people.
1t was first used in that country about
SIX centuries ago, and Il: that time English
men would not use the sooiy fuci in their
houses. 1t did not suit the fire places or
the domestic habits Of the people; but it
Was found well adapted for the blacksmith
! AMI the lime burner. Only the layers near
the surface and in Goa! fields aijaccnt to
rivers or seas, were first opened; but when
| the demand increased, the miners ,livc,l more
deeply into the bowels Of the earth, and
boldly worked the coal wherever it was to
he found. When the mines became deep,
the miners were sadly pcrpexed how to get
rid OF the water; and it was not till the
Steam engine came to their aid that they fu,
ly mustered this difficulty.
But tilc prcjudiccs Of The users were as
difficult to surlnount rs the p",il, of the
miners. \ citizen of London was once
tried and executed for burning seal coal, in
opposition to Il stringent law passed in re.
spcct to that subject but even long after
such intolerance us this had passed AWAY,
coal was tobooci in good society. Ladies'
y had theory that the black ahomina,ion
spoiled their complexion; and it was for Il
long time point Of etiquette not to sit in
room warmed by Il coal fire, or to eat
meat roasted by sucl, means. Prejudice
unqnestonally haL mucl, to do with these
objections; but it was not all prejudice, for
almost total absence Of proper arrange
mcnts for supply Of fresh air, and removing
smoke and foul air, rendered the burning
coal a very dirty and LisagrccaLle compan-
ion in a room.
Wood WAS the princi pie fuel used in
England, and the forests but scantilv sup.
piled the wants Of the people. Turf or peat
was also employed in some Districts, rs it
still is in Ireland and the Highlands Of
Scotland; but in all England, wood is at
present unknown as domestic fuel-coal
has entirely superseded il. - Scientific
| 41mcricun.
Points ina Good Xorse.-In purchasing
good horse, sight, wind, feet and limbs
must bc the uppermost objects Of inquiry !;
for nine horses out Of ten are defective in
one of these particulars. First, then, cx-
anime his eyes, and do this before he comes
out of the stable; see that they arc perfect.
ly clear and transparent, and that the pu-
pills or apples of the eye are exactly alike
in size and color. Next examine his pipes :;
If gooF and sound, on Icing nipped in the
gullct, lie will utter a sound like that from
a bellows; but if his lungs are touched, and
I lie is broken winded, we will give vent to n
dry. husky short cough; look to his limbs,
and in passing your hand down his legs, if
you find any unnatural protuberance, or
puffness, or if feeling first one leg then the
other, you discover any difference between
them, disease, more or less, is present; he
may not he lame, but l,o is not clean upon
his legs. If lie is broad and full between
the eyes, he may be depended on as horse
OF good sense, and capable Of being trained
TO almost anything. If you want gentle
horse, get one with more or less white upon
lim nssny suppose that the parti.colorcd
liprses' tssonsing to circuses shows. &C., are
selected for stlielr oddity; but it is on ac-
\ sssapt 4 81 llisi locility and gentleness; in
\ fact, tts moss kindly you trea. horses, the
Fsstsr ea~xill he treated by them, in re-
t&sn- pisit pf the Times.
4s III b.sn.-A NJ. Dsrdan la. iH
snecsssfuE RpsFstiou in Brooklyn gigantic
i ltakexfs NAielg can turn five hundred bar
into q ,propor.ionats
anitAg ses of bread. This enor.
NJ No. sSstiSn iis effected by means Of an
/ nc aahinery, which its inventor is
IN u 70 anticipate will super
m process Of baking. by
Il tlis better and cheaper
|i( esideratusn IN country
Il 60 q & fertility of natsrsi pro.
issa food j almost tie
it the woriis-Hapv's
szx4f3 ~ 80 q y. =