The Lamar register., 1893-01-28
wINIERIN ST. LOUIS.
skatsox r.rties-Ics and Coal ""''
Cheap-A Nurses Good Fortune


Cheap-A Nurses Good Fortune
Sr. Louis, Mo-. Jan. s0--ln two OF
the great parks of the city, Lafayette
park and Forest park, skaters oy
thousands, have enjoyed themselves
since New Years Day. The skating
in each of the parks is equally gooc'
but there is a social distinction oe
tween those who skate in Lafayette,
and those who go out TO the park IN
Forest park. it was good-huinorea
scramble all the time TO keep out oil 'he
way of ebody, while in Lafayette
most of the skaters know each other
and the skating goes on with much
more forrnality. some of the fashion
able people gave skating parties an
Lafayette park during the week. IN
vitations, lettered inside the picture
of skate, would be sent oct, aud Two
prizes would be given, one FOR the oes'
skater, and the other for the skater
who got the most falls Ii is seldom
that the cold weaker ever lasts tats
long in St Louis, and the ice concerns
are making the best OF IL some of the
companies are cutting hfteen thous-
and tons a day. This sounds en- =
nous, but in fact, it is the report Il
only one of the seven Sec-haEvesiins
syndicates of the city. AL Of these
say that She price OF ice this summer
will be one-fourth less than IL was
last season
Speaking OF ice, coal n naturally
suggested, and 1t is worth while 10
say that IN every city of the size Of II.
LOUIS. Just now. the price u this fue.
is ut least onc-;hird higher than II l.
here Oae can buy soft coal here al
II cents bushel and aathiaeitc at
s7.s5 4 ton from any coal dealer. Com
pare those prices with those that PIE
vail in New York, Chicago. Eo,tou and
Cincinnati. even, and seu what an =i,
vantage st Louis has These prices
are to the retail trade; tho wholesale
consumers, OF course, pay slceh les
The reason for the low prices - ous
that assures the - Louis. man that
his cheap eo-l can never be EIadc
higher by combine. The coal capital
here has tried 70 control the market.
and failed for natural causes NitGin
thirty miles % tho city, in this state
and Illinois, there arc iucNha ustiblc
beds OF coal, 50 near tho surfacr lha;
it takes but little money - 1inc L.
Farmers frequently strike beds % coal.
while ploxing, sink shaft with
their hired men, aud then seIi-cat TO
company Of miners NeE nins, are
opened every year by nov men. and
the supply is kept mp 10 the demand. 80
that thexe IS never auy violent Huctua-
tion in vle prize. In many cities. the
coal bill OF the man Of small means
worries him moro than his rrat In
81 Louis. his eoal costs him hardly
more than his street car farc.
The true tales Of money made N rcal
estate in 81 Louis just now. have
pleasant sound 10 the ear. iiise stories
one hears Of fortunes got In mining
There are so many clectrlc railways
being hullt in and around the city that
the man who bought loS LASS year
for homestead find, very likely this
year that Is Is too valuable for him TO
mold for that purpose, and he sells q.
and buys another still further IN the
suburts. which he will probably dad
himself selling next year tor the same
reason. one instance % tAis occurred
to hospital nurse She had buugh.
a lot on time payments for thousand
dcl.ars. paying SO a mouth. Her iu-
come was thirty and she lived GA less
than twenty Before she had paid
$500. the Assembly gave suburban
road the right to run by the blocl.
where her lot was A speculAtGr
bought her 10; ioE 5000 cash lie
will make money, OF eourse. but She
has got n sum Of money whose inter
est viii provide for her as ,ong as she
lives Hundreds OF similar anecdotes
might be told OF people who have
bought suburban property in the last
three years
Preventing sturs Misery.