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pressing, and the supply so insufficient, TIM,
officers were not unffcquently compelled Il
seize coal wherever they could fine
II, and settle with the owners on ths
best terms possible afterwards The world
Is growing apacc, the arts are multiplying
with rap1dity never before known, the de-.
m0nds for fuel arc widening on every hand,
While the coal production Is either stationary
orinc'casfng in ratio quito dlsproportionate
to The consumption. Moreover, thu quantity
Of coal tn *tke bowels OF thc earth Is limited
and IN eminent Geologist prof. Rogers, of
EdinburEhD has computed that thc isst
pound in Great Britain will be consumed
within two centuries. The knowledge of this
fact VIII Of course enhance the value OF every
pound that now renains.
1t u not necessary 10 compute how lone the
supply In the United States will last, No
person now living will sec It exhausted: n,
evcn approaching exhaustion. But cyerv
rerton, We apprchcnd, will see It's prices
steadily increasing, ;aal not at nil dttnInIs,,-
ing, year by year, unless chemistry shall show
us Few methods Of generating heat, or Of
greatly economlzing the existing forms of
fuel Water has been made to burn in such
fashion that given quantity Of coal will last
twice or three times rs long as II naturally
would, with no dimfnution OF It's ie,ppcra-
trre, by the addition Of given quantity
OF steam. No limits have been sct
to the triumphs Of chemistry. and
although tho future may look dark as
ne contemplate the diminishing storchouses
OF fuel, we may confidently expect that means
Will sill bc devised to warm mankind in the
winter, and TO keep the millions of wheels
and spindles in motion. ourpzescnt method
Of using fuel Il wastetM and proligatc in the
extreme. An Incredible amount Of heat from,
our furnaces, CRATES and stoves goes mp the
chimney to waste 1tsclfon the bowling blast
overhead, Hcrc, too, science must help rs
by 1eliins us how VIC may save the fuel con-
eumed IN This proht1ess destruction of ca,oric.
These remedies, however, are in the tuturc,
What shall We do in the present to make It
possible for men to cam enough in the sum-
mer to Keep themselves and their families
from freezing In the winter! Obviously VIC
must develope new sources Of fuel Nature
has been lavish in the bestowmeat of coa1
for the uses Of the populat tions inhabitiuc the
Mississippi Valley, but, with a few eIcep.
tions, the coal deposits Of Illinois, IudIana-
Iowa md Missouri, are as yet untouched.
We have mainly drawn our sunn1ios f-oas
Pennsylvania and Ohio. thus nddino - ~
fuel famine In ths East and rnnr;n<, w., 49,
prices to the present unha,,rh1e a.,
ures. We haye Ind ,,-,,,,a;s.
against everything bnt panns,3,.n,n
and Ohio Goals, and We arc 'no1 nar,Dr ao,,o-
thing for our prejudice. The mines Of 1ll;nn,s
must be developed. The exist;nc nricos -
coal ought to furnish stimp1us not mi. ~.
the opening OF mines where coa1 In KNOW A.
exist, but for active exploration f,r now f1s1ae
We hare dclnycd too long to unlock these
treasures. With Illinois coal ut half a cent n
pound we can conceive Of no business SO
ullutiny to the capitalist We trust that
another season mar not pass by without wit. |
nessine dc,ree n ,c,fr;tr r. .a.1 -
49, .,e,s..,'' " a.u.t's Al COZ! pfoauc-
the vast md Increasing dcn.rd -. c..i
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MISHEPRESENTAT CpRREcr.
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go ~, .ou.ss ,ssa .h~I :" anli'snathey inaucnee.
80 "s .ueae = uose complete nuddlc
~ - pp'easas'on' speaking OF Gov
1"HiAs Pius'aulauon, ,e announcing the bay
=. .,A.4"N.t1, 1s "i eus 1ienens bureau taat
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49,. ~ .l'~u,s .,a auo Ia. .ns courts OF ihe
>. .s ssoa as ..,.a, .an !" sas ana testify,
'a ~ ~ eESt. u. t "u "1 not maae out OF
ssaa LOT tae eneto'oen put solely 10 get lid
u the Freedmens Bureau, the Times saws:
Us, cone e'ens a ., tae pay ~ xhsh h..
0adidote arc dcporncan7 this seiion NJ H. 1T
ieioua1 Governor win inteuscet bItterness ,na
be Presidents policy n upderstood snS snni,s5
y ne 1.bvis'onal Governor: as to be embarrassed
shicS bss nj ~ ahes eseas h pseaei ray b The party
The above is IN conflict Viii, Ii fhc III fal,aWr,
acts:
l, The party which 1.s inst co,,. ,
Iectfnr Judge Fisher Il Tnorc nnor,r ~ "sa'
49, a., ~. ,I.N ot'ou
t1nn Wy oinef purity IN mississippi.
- Judge Fisher is not par eyceiiehec, tsau (
lnpafdoped rebel, while his s-,cccse,;,, ]
aeonlst, Gen. Uuu,,l.rcvs "a J,,deo ~ s;!na. 1m :
rs nominated by the Convention md ,fass
No .r,,d,o rr ~, 60, - . "a,a
en. nuRplseys w. eSom na the u A9ss 9ea@ s.yles xes
s1ronr I7nfon can1idnta,,' uoe h-or.I,. -.
: Col. Partridge. or ,he v,clsbnr" 7s..s,a ~
ex-rebel officer. and ran On tbc T,o,,na -. !
nrsonal service in the rebel n,Inv f,on, tha =
.sf r,,ry, x,,,}Jt 3bn A~.N u