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As the silvery dewdrop
 Promotes the creeping vine, Kindness cheers our nature And makes it more refined.
MONROE.

An adjourned town meeting was held In Monroe on Saturday, 18th and it was voted in the majority to authorize the selectmen to discard all offers made by the railroad company by refusing to have the highway go down under the trestle as the company have laid it out at the Stevens place. The majority voted to instruct the selectmen not to accept of any offer of the railroad, but to demand that the highway be made under the road not to exceed 100 feet west from the cen- ter of the present highway. What we want Go say Is this: "We want the cas- lest grade for highway that we can get, even if 1t does take one minute more time and II rods extra travel. By going this distance, we can have grade of five feet to the 100, but If the road is built where voted for the grade will be at least fleet to the 100, which is an impracticable grade for common use. It would seem that those voting in the majority did not understand what they were demanding and, if their plans were carried out, it would fasten an iniquity and inconven-  fence on the public which would cause lasting disgust and condemnation on the projectors of this scheme. It would de- stroy all harmony in the several conven- fences and accommodations that the rail- road would give and, if those plans are carried out, 1t would be the sum of all villainies. There seemed to be an under current in the meeting that would throt- tie the railroad and cause them to eX- pend thousands of dollars extra and so irritate the company to such an extent as, If possible, to cause them to abandon the Stevens place for a depot and locate it at sherman Botsfords saw mill. This plan was not advocated publicly, but ig- nOrant dupes helped the plotters by their votes to attempt to carry out their very innocent scheme. If the railroad does not accept the demands of the town, the selectmen are instructed to call out the railroad commissioners and no doubt jus tice will be done, as the railroad officials have an inkling of the plans of the innO- cent schemers.-[H. E. Plumb.
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DANBURY,

There was large attendance at the Easter services in all the churches, Sum- day, and fine floral display. The day was lovely and seemed to sympathize with the occasion.
 Danbury has been granted permission to issue bonds to the amount of S200, ,00O. Chance for investment.
 Ex-Warden N. M. George has returned from Florida. Mir and Mrs F. II. Austin have returned from an extended visit in the South also II. N. Fanton.
 John T. Kelley, after much suffering for Il long time, died Saturday. He was 30.
 The business firm of c. NJ. Horch X Co.,, White street, Is dissolved.
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STIRN & WALKER.

300 Main Street, Bridgeport, Conn.,, Are selling all Wall Papers at discount of 40 to 50 per cent. from last years prices Gilt Pa- pers 1oc, Roll and up. Other Papers 6c. a Roll and up. Paints, Oils, Gloves, varnishes and Brushes at bottom prices.
The Newtown bee., 1889-04-26

,,. NEW HAVEN. CONN.
 Ally hair had been falling out for some time put after using Fechter's Famous Fairicon for three or tour weeks it stopped and have had no trouble since. wish to recommend it 10 all V no wish to preserve their hair. MRS F. H. HAUSER, Avon St.
 Have used Fechter's Famous Eairicon with the result that on the bald spots back uf my ears the hair is starting to grow. also nse your Tar Soap and like it very much. MRs FRED. GENRICH, Delphi, Ind.
The Newtown bee., 1889-04-26
NEW YORK & NEW ENGLANpR.R

November II, 1888. HAWLEfVILLE, East ? 55. II so am,7 oe D m; West, S5 ID, 45, Is pm hk%ToWa, East fs ID, fig o4, f7 10 pn West, IS 4s n, f6 10 pm SANDY HOOK, East 0s m. 12 10 z,sn m; West, 8 42 am, 2 s4, 6 ospm. SoBTHBURY, East 6 16 n, l2 1e. 25u m; West. 8 32 a m, 2 24, 55pm.
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LIE PETIT DUG, Little Duke.

The Percheron Stallion, No. 4l67. will make his third season at the barn of s. L. Thomas, Trum- bull, Ct, Daniels Farms district. Terms s2o, 50 at time of service, the balance when proved with fcal. No business done on Sunday.
The Newtown bee., 1889-04-26
BROADWAY & 18TH ST
 NEW YORK CITY.
HOUSATONIC R. R.
 MAIN LINE.

February 4, 1889.
 BRIDGEPORT, North os, 10 os ID. SO. 6 10 pm; freight, 25, 10 20 q m, g 80 m sunday, 50 am. Arrive 6 50, 40 m 12 Is, 50. 2, 20 p m; Sunday milk 20 m; freight Is m, Is p n. fRuhBuLL CHURCH, North 45., 7ls.. Io 4Oe m; 0S', 25, g 55' n; Sunday 742 am. south, 6 ss, 2s. n, l2 o1.,s 4s:. 46t t,9 o6f p m; Sunday milk o6s m. LONG HILL, North G, 25., 10 55 q m. 51o 6 3St, 10 1os m; Sunday 4e a m. s,uth 31,9 22,11 55 m,3 30, 6 3s,e pm; Sun day milk, 6 59 pm. 7 SFEPNEY, North g, 2 31, 10 25, Il 10 q n lo, 45, 10 25 P m; Sunday ssa m South 30, 27, g IS, II 50 e m. 20 S2,s 55 n; Sunday milk s4 pm. BoTSFoRD, North 6 50, 2 41, 10 s5, II 70 q m 20, 5 57, 10 45 n; Sunday o5 n south 15, IS, g 1o-, II 40 am, 8. IS 45 n. Sunday milk 42p NEWToWN, North 20. 2 4e, 10 43am. 1e m S4, o7, II co m; Sunday IS an South, co, 6 10, g 02.l1 32 ID, 40, Is 06, s7 m; Sunday milk 80 n HAWLEYVILLE, North 5s, S os, 10 s2 . n 1920, 42. F, Il Is m Sunday 22 m. South 40, 6 o2, 54, Il 25 n, 20 o7,o 52, 30 P m; Sunday milk l6pn n aVefor Bethel 55,u 80 m, 3 20, Az 6 42 m; Sunday 52 P. n. From Bethel l6. 10 35 m, ss.4 e5, IS n; sur- day 29 pm.
 BLOOMFIELD JUNCTION, North s o6. 8 xs II ol a m, 12 45, 5 52, 27, II 45 m; sun- day Sl m- South Il, s 5S, 8 AS. II t5 am,1 4o,3 5s,5 SS,s 20 p m Sunday rili 6 o2 m For Danbury, 6, 06, s47. lll7 am, %, 5 55, 25 m
 DAEBURY, Arrive IS 20 oo II %
 15, 6 10, 40 P m. Leave s5, 4s. 30, 10 45 m, S5, 5 Is, 8 pm
 DANBURY AND N0RwALK DIyrsIoY. BETHEL, from Danbury. 6 S6, 42, 41.s1s am, 12 07, 3 4S, s 12. 26, 700 pm For Danbury 50, 55, 10 If n, I 10 S2, 5 56, 6 30, 35,1 1epm. For Hav- leyville 0e, 10 l9 q m,l Is, 3 350,s 5spn From Havleyville 55, II 45 ms a5.5.6 sr BEDDING, North 46, 10 o6 m, oa, 20 72s, II II n. South 4s. 20 aE 12 21s, 3 54. If, 10pm.
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VIEWPOINT SAVINGS BANK,
 NewtOwn. Conn.
 Incorporated 1855. PHILo CLARKE, President,
 c. H. N0RTHRoP, Treasurer. Hours, m to 3 p m; Tuesdays and Fridays, 7 to 8 pm.
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sHEpAUG R. R.

March 6, 1889. HAwLEYVILLE, North 10 am n, 54s m; Sunday o5 P m. Arrive 52 . m S5pm. Sunday 50pm SHEPAUG, North 10 14 m, 5 5s pn Sunday 5 19 a n. South 8 ss m 4IoP m: Sunday. 4 Se ? m
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-25
An Elephant Gone Mad.

When an elephant goes mad he makes
things lively. A company of English
men were out on a tiger shooting expe-
dition, and ali at once were startled by
q shout from one of their servants:
"Run, run, sahibs The tuslIa has gone
mad. He has broken loose" Most of
tie company got out of the beasts way,
but one fellow was still in the tent.
Over the river we could see the brute
in a frenzy of rage, kneeling on the
shapeless heap of cloth, furniture, poles,
and ropes, and digging his tusks with
vas.
We had little doubt that poor Mac lay
crushed to death, smOthered beneath
the weight of the ponderous animal, or
mangled ont of all likeness to human
ity by the terrible tusks that we could
see fiashingin the moonlight 1t seemed
an age, tn S agony of suspense.
Everything showed as clear as If 1T
had been day. We saw the elephant
toss ,ng the strong canvas canopy about
rs dog would worry II dOor-mat.
Thrust after thrust was made by the
tusks into thefolds of the cloth. Rails
ING his huge trunk the brute would
scream in a frenzy of his wrath, and at
la t, after what seemed an age, but in
reality was only q few minutes, he stag
gered to his feet and rushed into the
Jungle. :,
Just then smOthered grOan struck
like peal of Joy bells on our ears, and
the muffled voice was heard from be-
meath the folds of the shamlaha: ''Look
alive, you fellows, and get me out of
! tbis or 7 shall be smOthered 3"
In irving to elude the first rush of the
eleDhant his foot had caught in one of
the tent ropes, and the whole falling
canopy had then come bodily upon him,
hurling the camp table and a few chairs
over him. Under these he had lain,
able to breathe, but not daring to stir.
His escape seemed miraculous. The
cloth had several times been pressed SO
close over his face as nearly to stife
him. The brute, i'll one of its savage,
purposeless thrusts, had pierced the
| ground between his arms and ribs, pin
| ming his African choga or dressing.
gown deep into the earth; and he said
he felt himself sinking into uncon-
seriousness when the brute happily got
up and rushed off.
"How did you feel ?" asked.
"Weu, I can hardly tell you"
cit must have grazed your ribs ?"
'Tt did After that L seemed to turr
quite unconcerned. All sorts of funny
ideas came trooping across my brain.
could not for the life of me help feeling
cautiously about for my pipe, whicl
had dropped somewhere near when /
tripped ON the ropes. | seemed, too, tx
have quick review of all the actions
had ever done, and was Just dropping
off into dreamy uncOnsciousne $, afte
pulling a desperate race against Oxfor(
with my old crew, when your voice
reused me to sensation once more. -
Youths Companion.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-25
How Large Was Ancient RomeP

After carefully examining all the data
we have, all. the statements OF the var
ions ancient writer's who allude to 1t, and
all tho facts which seem to bear ON the
nuestion. am convinced that i'll estl-
mating the number ut 4,00O,OO0 am
rather undertaking than overstatlng 1t.
Tt is much more probable that 1t was
LARGER than that it was smaller. De
Ouincv also estimates the inhabitants
Of Rome at 100000. / will only cite
one fact. and then leave this question.
The Circus Maximus was constructed to
hold $50, 900, or, according to Victor, ut
a latter period probably, $4,000 spec
tators. Taking the smaller number,
then. il would be one in sixteen OF all
the Inhabitants if there were 1000, 600.
But as one half the population was COM
nosnd of slaves, who must be struck out
of the spectators, when the circus was
built there would be accommodation
then for one in eight of the total popu-
lotion excluding slaves. Reducing again
the number one-half by striking out the
women, there would be room Tor one IN
four. Again, striking out the young
children and the old men and the SICK
and impotent, you would have accom-
mediation for nearly the whole .popuIa-
ton. Is it possible to believe that the
Romans constructed circus to hold the
entire population of Rome capable OF
going to it?--for such must have been
The case we're there only 4, 10000 OF in
habitants. But suppose there were only
|, ,OOO, 900 inhabitants, it is plain from
| the mere figures that it would never
have been possible to half Gil the circus
IBlackwoods Magazine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-25
The Ten Health Commandments.

l. Thou shalt have no other food
than at meal time.
9. Thou shalt not make unto thee
any pies or put into the pastry the like
ness of anything that is in the heavens
above or in the waters under the earth
Thou shalt not fall to eating it or trying
to digest it. For the dyspepsia will bt
visited upon the children to the thlrt
and fourth generation of them that ca
pie: and long life and vigOr upon those
that live prudently and keep the laws o.
health. -, :,
3. Remember thy bread to bake i
we'll: for he will not be kept sound tina
eateth his bread as dough.
Thou shalt not indulge sorrow OF
borrow anxiety in vain.
3. Six days shalt thou wash and keel
thyself clean, and the seventh thor
shalt take a great bath, thou and thy
son. and thy daughter, and thy man
servant and thy maid servant, and the
stranger that is within thy gates. Fo
in six days man sweats and gather
fltb and bacteria enough for disease
wherefore the Lord has blessed tn
bath tub and hallowed it.
6. Remember thy sitting room AM
bed chamber to keep them ventilated
that thy days may be long in the LAM
which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
7. Thou shalt not eat hot biscuit.
s. Thou shalt not eat thy meat fried
9, Thou shalt not swallow thy foo
unchewed, or highly spiced, just betor
hard work, or just after it.
10. Thou shalt not keep late hours L
thv neighbor's house, nor with hi
cards, nor his glass, nor with anything
that is thy neighbors.-lNew Englan
Harmon
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-25
SLOW PROGRESS OF TIE GAME.
The Rubber Supply.

It is satisfactory to know thatin every
direction from which India rubber is
brought, great care is being taken OF the
trees, and check put upon the quantl-
ty of sap drawn from tllep- Where
fresh sources of supply have been DIS
covered in recent years, the fiisssRed folly
Of killing the goose that lays the golden
egg has too often been practically Illus
trated, for the trees have, in many IN
stances, been bled to death. AS 1t takes
from fifteen to twenty years to bring
them to profitable growth, tRis IS serl-
Gus matter. In Guatemala the atten-
| ton of the authorities has been directed
to the abuse of the trees, and active
steps are being taken to prevent its con
| tinuance. So far, although the list OF
rubber yielding plants is extensive,
there is the best of reasons for these
precautions. 1t may happen that
chemistry will some day produce sub
| stitute for both India rubber and gutta
percha from plants familiar to all OF us,
! but at present this is only dream OF
the laboratory. 1t has been found, as
matter of fact. quite possible to get gum
from some weeds, such as the common
milk-weed and the ''sow thistle, and to
extract excellent rubber from these
GUMS bv further treatment; but 1t has
not vet been found possible to get this
rubber without so much dlinculty ano
cost as to make it considerably more ex,
pensive than the India rubber intended
! to be displaced.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-25
House Plants and Consumptives

A writer in Popular Gardenings ay'
on this subject: l have lately read II
the paper of physicians recommending
the cultivation of house plants to those
of his consumptive patients who lacked
strength or means for travel, He did
this, Believing that the exhalation from
growing plants so purifes and oxygeniz
es the air as to arrest the tendency to lune
diseases. if taken in time. do MOI
know how true this is, but it comedies
SO H1' entirely with my own theory that the
presence of plant-life in the house pro
notes the health of the occupants
that 1 am quite ready to believe it
An instance, where a florists wife re
Gained health by leaving the kitchen t'
hired help and spending her time in the
oreen-h house, has come under my owr
observation. It is now generally ad
that an atmosphere where plants can
not flourish contains some elements TO
human life.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-25
Delusions of an Empress.

The Empress of Austria, who is at
Wiesbaden, occupies outside the town
villa which is guarded by police agents,
aud no strangers are allowed to approach
it, says the London Star. The Empress
deIusion was that King Louis came Tor
her in the night dripping wet IN his
shroud, from which there ran perfect
stream of water, which filled the room
and threatened to drown her. She
would wake in fright and call for help,
saving she was drowning. These hys-
terics generally ended in falntlng, ut,
and, singular to add, for some days
afterward the Empress appeared to be
free from hallucination.
On her return to Vienna last year the
Empress absolutely refused to see her
son. the Archduke Rudolph, declaring
that he had not paid her proper respect.
Shortly afterward the Archduke COM
mitted suicide, and it became an 1mper-
ative necessity that the Empress should
be confined to her own apartments, Tor
she was continually reproaching herself
for causing the death of her son. And
now the acute crisis i'll the Empress
illness has passed, for softening of the
brain has set in,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-25
A Seat in Congress Lost ut Cards.

The novel fact that General George
l.. Becker vas once elected to Congress,
but was beaten out of his seat in game
of seven up, is probably known by few
at the present time. 1t was in the fall
of 1857. The Territory of Minnesota
had lust been organized, preparatory to
admission rs Il State the following year,
and three men were elected to the
Lower House of Congress, to wit: George
E.. Becker, of St Paul; James Nj. Cav
anaugh, of Chatfield, and w. W.
Phelps, of Red Wing, all Democrats.
When the census of the Territory was
taken for the benefit of Congress 1t
turned out that the new State would be
entitled to only two members oil tho
Tower House. There were three much
disconnected young men, for they were
brinming with lie and ambition, and
neither of them rcliShed the idea OF CIV
ing up the captured prize. However,
after siege Of cmtriving and pickering,
in which neither gained point oYcr
| the other, young Becker laughlngly sug-
ocsicd that thev decide the matter by a
! three -huuded game OF seven-up. Inc
other two jumped at the proposition,
nnl in less than two hours proved to
MIR. Becker that he had made bad
| ,uaaestion for his own interests. Becke
accepted IN. dcicat gracefully, but
enable To res rain feeling of contcl
for the hands the other fellows pla
! -l&t Paul Pioneer lress,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-25
The. Lingo of the Tough"

The originator of volapuk must have
overlooked the lingo of the criminal,
The answers of .Slicky," tough" tc
some questions from 'fy cop as they
met one evening, the cop using ordinary
English, might suggest a difficulty the
volapuk could not overcome.
"Ah, there, Sticky, and where do yor
be sIipping2"
''Jes goin' to de rack" (going to sup
peri.
''Say, where's that smood pard o
yourn? Don't see him no more. ,,
"Oh, he's doin' de lock step I'm th'
States PRISON..
"Pinched. eh! What was lie on
Slicly'" on ,,u,;,,,o,
"He jes harpooned INK (s"'nole'
q greenhorn).
'fDid he try to skip
"Yes, he quit de fiat Crun ont OF town.
but was only away two weeks Ter he rnl
out of dough.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-25
a Punt Gun.

A punt gun is the same rs swivel
gun, which is mounted upon the bow
of n small boat called punt, and is used
i'll hunting game, such as ducks, geese
and certain varieties of snipe, which go
in locks These punt guns are not fired
from the shoulder. but from resting
place on the bow of the punt. Compared
with the ordinary shotgun, which is
about 80 inches long in the barrel, with
n bore of less than an inch, and weight
not exceeding ten pounds, the punt gun
is a small cannon. They weigh anywhere
from 60 to l85 pounds, the bore varies
from Ii to inches, the length of barrel
sometimes exceeds 81 feet, and the
charge of shot and powder is immense.
While 4 grains of powder and ounces
of shot make heavy load for the com
mon shotgun, the punt gun requires
| from | ounce to 6 ounces of powder ana
from 10 to 10 ounces of shot for Il single
discharge. 1t is unnecessary to say
that frequently a punt gun kills scores
of ducks Mt one shot New Orleans
| Times Democrat.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-25

If there is any place in America where
an American feels that he is in foreign
land, it is in Milwaukee. A drive
through the streets is like a drive through
a German city. Most of the signs are
in German, and those i'll English an
nounce that some Teuton is engaged in
business, and desires the patronage OF a
few Americans who reside there. In
fact, person unacquainted with the
German tongue has some difficulty in
making his way about. He is confronted
with cab drivers and car conductors
who speak only few words of English,
and if he wishes to take drive i'll the
country, his way is barred by toll gate,
the keeper of which cannot even inform
him of the amount of his toll in what is
generally considered to be the language
of the United States.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-25

When Mrs. Horshaw returned, her
husband rose to the height of the occa-
sion and his own dignity, thereby i'm
pressing her with such n sense of her
own wifely weaknesses as she had not
felt since the primitive days of Red
Wood Gulch.
"You may regard yourself as a shining
light, nv dear" said he, ''yet how eyre
giously you were imposed upon. Grum-
lev intimated that such verdancy was
accountable only because you are a
woman. He's the most noted detective
we have. His name alone will lend a
kind of eclat to your-a-silly lapse OF
discretion.
"And you let him have the Other
bracelet"
"Of course. 1 likewise have his word
that the stolen one is quite as good as
recovered"
II hope so, said the lady weakly, YET
obviously.
Promptly at 10 a. m. Mr.. and Mrs
Horshaw presented themselves at the
INSPECTORS office and inquired for De
tective Grumley.
"The diamond bracelet affair, you
know" the gentleman said, explana
torily.
sT didn't know Mr.. Grumley haC
charge of it; but he just happened to b'
about" And the blue uniformed police
clerk turned to q dry, quick moving
wooden-faced man, who had just coIlt
into the office. "Here you are, John
Some one to see you.
Mr.. Horshaw felt something grippe hi
heart and impart a tingling sensation
along his spine. There must be som'
mistake here.
81 mean Detective Grumley of tn
secret"
eyes, yes" said the man, glancint
sharply at the couple as he laid SOM
papers on the desk. "Im Detectiv
Grumley. What can do for youl'
"Why-you-he-is not this you
cardt"
Don't use cards. What the deuc
do ] want Of cardsl"
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a1nrtru atta littsrellamu.
A BRLER ROSE.

A BRIER ROSE.
Is this the boon desired so much,
The thorny rose we cannot touch,
But we are wounded for our pains,
Yet clasp it while the thorn remains?
For Love did once in Eden dwell,
Ere yet among the thorns it fell,
That now is but a brier rose
Amid the wilderness that grows.
No sweeter rose was ever seen;
But ahl her thorns, how sharp and keen,
How deep they pierce, how long abide,
How closely in her beauty hide.
For every rose a thorn, tear p.
Who wants flower that costs soSsSae, =
For Love is but brier rose, ~
A thing ofjoy, beset with woes. -
But ahl how rich and and red and rare
Her roses are. Who would not dare
The wounding of her thorns to bear
This fairest earthly rose to wearl
For there is nothing sweeter here,
Tho full of thorns and costing dear;
And it will bloom one day, be sure,
A brier rose no more, no more.
Marie L. Eve, in Augusta Chronicle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-25

FIFTY millions of dollars is the esti
mated value of the ostrich farms ofSouth
Africa. A single bird produces each
year ten per cent. of its value in feathers.
A pair of breeding birds commands the
price of $4,000, and they have been
known to be sold for $12, 200. The en-
portation of ostrich plumes alone from
Cape Colony is annually millions of
pounds sterling. Ostrich farming is a
lucrative and wonderful business. 1t
may yet be great business in tha
United States.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-25

A MOST interesting report is that late
" published in the press of the country
on the subject of crime. Is crime i'll
creasing or decreasing? WAS the query
sent to the chiefs of police of nearly al
the large cities, and to the men most
eminent in the movement for supprcS
sing crime and establishing and sup
porting morality. Reports were re
ceived from large number OF these
towns, containing one tenth the popmla'
ton of the country and sufficient to
base q generalization on. The reports
are of a conflicting character, hnt the
general result is not favorable.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-25

The total production of coal in the
world during the year 1888 is put by q
high authority at 43O,OOO,OO0 tons, Of
which the United States produced 130,
600, 900. Of the home product Pennsyl-
Vania is credited with 100000, or
more than one-half. Little coal is ex-
ported from the United States except to
Canada, which took from us last year
$3.50, 900 tons.