The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-03-19

living tombi They we're digging Us out Of
the erave. The excitement Of the moment
m bseMt To great for my weakened nerves,
Odd Il seemsd also for those Of my young
cessation ~ Was EAST asleep shortly after
tie picks bsgpa 70 work on the other side Of
N Fsnsnbrance soon passed away, and
Iknsw kelhing abost the nearer appsoach of
oordelusrsrs. The pillar seemed to b nearly
sixty feet thick, and the time to pierce this
Though required fifty bouss Of rapid labor.
/ / found myself at home in bed, sick al
most to death. The faces that appeared
around me were like the faces one sees ia
dreams, dim and indistinct. To rise from
death to life. Is similar 10 sinking from life
To- death; both arc checked as it were, by
stages, which in many instance are made
turning points, more or less critical here
the angei Of death or life (?) seems to be at
a loss as to how matters should proceed with
chose they have in hand /; she seems to re-
6ect ct tbese intervals. I'll @
But passed these various stages sue
cessfully. and I was soon in state Of con-
valescence, and able to receive the greetings
Of my friends. Ny little Mary was my
constant companion, until ] recovered 50
much as to be able to 90 to my work.
When the hewers who dug through the
the pillar Of coal into the drifts reached us,
they found us in q state of insensibility
We were taken home, and every attainable
means was used to effect our restoration.
Both Thompson and myself were brought
about, and we were the only survivors Of
all in the mine at the time of the accident,
with the exception Of one man who was wash
ed up the shaft with the torrent Of water.
IL was found on examination, that the
old abandoned mine were inaccurate, and in
consequence the old mine had been approach
ed by the I'D ,ancing works at point where
no danger was expected. /"
The above comprises the bulk Of my Wis
itor's story, who is q resident Of this neigh
borhood. and If his manner and drsss struck
me at first sight as being strange, l was
agreeably surprised when ON visiting him, to
find be was the rossessor Of comfortable
home, and father of christian family.
Saying this is saying mueh nov days. My
door is always open to such as him, at ali
times. I have something to add by way Of
moral in this story, that is Of great import
ancc to the miners of this country.
Coal operators mine coal here at random,
and they seldom leave traces or maps Of the
excavations they make underground; and
for this reason, when the coal In the deep
basins is being worked out, miners viii then
be exposed to the additional danger Of inrn-
dation Operators in coal mines should be
compelled to furnish accurate maps Of their
mines, and these maps should always be
delivered over to the subsequent owners Of
the mines. -evT ~I
The mines in this country are not deep as
yet, and they are comparatively new. In
time the mines here will become deep, and
the old abandoned works will surround them,
which will be inundated with water, or
charged With foul gasses. IL no accurate
maps represent these. the consequences will
often be terrible. Miners should look to
this matter, through the length and breadth
of the land. ..r
T. III. w.
AsBLAxD, PenDs, lvanlA. March 1870.
@urs upon Women.
Of all the evils prevalent among young men
we know of none more blighting in its
moral effects than to speak slightly Of the
virtue of women. Nor is there anything in
which young men are 50 thoroughly mista-
ken, as the low estimate they form of the
integrity Of woman--not Of their own moth
ers and sisters. but Of others, who, they
forget. are somebody else's mothers and
sisters. Plain words should be spoken on
this point for the evil is general one, and
deep rooted. IL young men are sometimes
thrown into the society Of thoughtless or
lewd women. they have 40 more right to
measure other women by these than they
would to estimate the character Of honest
respectable citizens by the departments Of
crime in our police courts. Let our young
men remember that their chief happiness
depends In their utter faith in women. No
worldly wisdom, no misaDthropic philosophy,
no generations can cover or weaken this truth.
1t stands like a record Of God itself-and
should put an everlasting seal upon lips that
are wont to spesk slightly Of women.-Bos-
st0n Lvsstt0ator.