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Decorah-posten., 1900-01-30
Srem oe tilbase
Spion Sop iaget al Sriierne; men
be maatte after fprtrGffe.
Saareoc OF 9rrbtc.

SOHppH, zoe san. Hrt9speS
partementet bar fact fslsenbe lslee
gram fra 9eneral Butler:
"Spearmdns Geir, 25be San., 1905
Gftermiboag. Oct eisr mig onbt at
melos, at Darrens 9drniipn mat bar
forIdot Spion &op."
Dstte 8ubftab fra Buffer, Tom Tom
to Elmer efter bans Telegram ON, at
Spipn aop bar taset, tom iom 2pn
fra %ioltlar Simmel. Sele Gonbon
bapoe lat tit Saab til, at Butler pilbs
bore iftanb til at unbI9tte 2abpimitb
mart. pad gsrien falot Gonioler
Is, % Ranb 9rubeattier 21a.
9a insen Gnteltbsber er tpmmsn,
er bet umulist at taite npget Ems pper
General Warrens gortsang fra
Spion 9op. Nle beftager, at 6pab
8eneralsrne dnidu for at bore Nsss
len til ben belle Sitting life Longer er
griternes S9nber, men ia%nbipnliss
big | 5~ienoens.
Siben 9eneral Buffers 5lantebez
pRgelie begnnbte ben lobe Sanuar
bar bans Sab peret 60 br9bte, $50
iaareoe pg 60 iapnebe.
9cerne er liseiua tauie iom Sris
terne. Der er imiolertib Seen til, at
be logger mn Gnergi / fine 8eitrabsls
Ter mob GuonImitb, og Sr9fninsen
R9rheben at Gbiepelep, Tom Selss
grammerne isadr / 5o~rbisaaenoe
n9pnte, ipnes at babe p9ret en- boilt,
ifte en- britiTt Retosnuicering.
0ette minber 8rititerne per ON, at
gpsrne foran General Warren er NOR
8riternes Retratlinie til Gbiepelep %
Gitcourt, bpilfet Yriterne ogfda ielp
er, og at 9oerne fan bepase fig burr
ttgere eno 8riterne.
st telegram til gbronicle fra
9aopimitb, bateret 21be San, rap>
porterer, at 8oerleirene | Smegnen af
ben beleirebe 8p life bar paret flpttet,
iiben 9eneral Buffers 8eoGgelIe be-
gbnbte, life engang be, iom er bag
ben Rps, iom beberIter Sugela Glpen.
gperflotte riber altib frem og tilbage
pad 8eien ira 8eiters til Potgieters
Drift. De Ibnes at toncentrere benz
impo p~latenuet peb Icton Somes,
u%abenbart / ben 0eniigt at binbre
Sl9lpetropperne.
Spion Sop taset.
2pnbpn, 26be San. - a~rissbepars
tsmentet fit isaar 5prmtobus fslssnoe
telegram fra 9eneral Butler:
"Spearmans 2sir, 25be San. 81.
10 Morsen. @arren beiatte SpiDn
Sop ieaarafteS (adbenbart Strsoag).
Den lille 9arniIpn blep pperrumplet
og flpstebs. @t hplbt 9siben hele
0asen, uastet ot blep beftig dnsrebet,
f9rlig meo en- meget generenbe goms
beilo. Seq frpster for, at bort Sab
er betpoelist. 0et gisr mig pnbt at
meloe, at General Wpobgate er fdrz
Zig iaaret.
Generdl Warrsn er at ben DE
ming, at ban bar siort Sienbens Gill
ling ubolbbar. Bore Splbater er /
slimrenbe Silitunb."
Golbiomt gpmbarbcment.
Spearmans 2sir. 24be San. =
&en fortidtte isaar. Snfantes
riets Slb bar toncentreret pda Sppz
pen at en- Sous NOR Centrum. 30
erne holbt en- lisnenbe Saus | 0alen.
Set bar / 9irtelisbeben ct 4rtileris
COMMENCEMENT; 8osrne iparebe fun at
os til og flpttebe fine &anoner, noar
9riterns bapbe ppbaget benz; be fpreos
iielbsn mere enb FIRE Stub fra famine
Steb.
Decorah-posten., 1900-01-30

~ &c flitnoiteriite War iremtpm peb at
multiplieere Z meo be uliae Sol 3, g., Z
% o.. Man antoa, at Der be War fore
oif Itore Spranbrin ler meb bet ntenres
itelise &eseme, Us at bet par , en- iritiit
9Ilitano.
Decorah-posten., 1900-01-30

tioner er, at be i9tter 5drmeren til at
tante Ielp % anfpprer bans 3rang til
at erbuerpe zig itabis mere annoitab.
Sm Gftsrmibbdgen p9 Nttsnen
bolbtes en- R9tte 5oreoros ON De
foritielisite Gmner.
Msosrne Sprspag a life minore
intereslante enb be to forrige Odge.
Ssremmsbet bar n9Iten enonu itsrre.
Spgr9smaal, fpm Salerne paa' De
t~ibligere Weber lsieligt bdpoe bersrt,
bar efterbaanoen blit npteret neo o9
puttet / en- aGifs. paa Sorsodg bleD
gGifen aabnet, Spsrgsmaalene tlas@
i~ificeret al en- aomite, og perpad lat
unber Diffusion. Spergsmaalsne
gialot fprbetmeite minore Oetaller
angdaenbe Speoeoprtning.
Spsrgsmaalet ON gepilgninger I'll
Earmerinitituter af be tire Stater
tom pp til 8ebanbling, og be tire
Staters 2eeislaturer bill BIZ anmooe,
ON at bore liot mere runobaanoet
fine gepilgninser til bette 5prmadl
Sremtibsn. 2opgiOning at Songress
fen / bet Siemeb at fua cabinet"
!6anbelen pad Srienten blep it9rtt
anbefdlet, og 3onsresmeolemmerne
fra RorbpeIten bill bli gjurt betienot
meb 9~stponingen beraf.
Senator 9ansbrougb tunoe lite
bore tilitebe, men bans itrepne afs
Rambling ON Dor lbenrigsbanoel pg
nbe Marteber for bore Sarmproouts
ter, i9rlig / Srienten, blep oplat al
Wr. WorIt. San drltpg, at Songresa
len bar pillig til at foretuge bet neo-
penbige forat imgbetomme 5oltets
&rap ON Sprettelien al nDe Wtartez
Der / llblanbet.
profesior 2abo AT Norb Satota
Gtsperiments Station bar ben fsrfte
paa programmed 5rebug 5ormiooag.
San unbefaleoe pad bet it9rteite, at
Stature Stubtes" inofsres iom I'm
oerpisninssfag | Stolerne / 2anbbis
itritterne. ut fda Gebe pau Blantea
lip og Soroarterne % beres 5unttios
ner bar lige iua Digtigt for en- Sarmers
gut iom ct aurius / Sanoelsl9re pg
Sogboloeri for en- 9pgut. st iads
oant Sag er aIereoe inbfsrt / StOs
lerne / Ontario, og / Staten Nep
Yort itaar man / 8egreb meo at inos
fere bet. 9ruiesiprerne !Saps pg
Worit itstteoe Santen unoer ft9rt
S%ililutning fra 5orIamlingen.
Sra 81. 6. &ilieb / Wabpetpn. Mas
Iior Goparos / Sarge og fere oplGz
ties en- anmooning ON 8onoentionens
Samdrbeibe meo "Sbe SrisStdts
Drainage ano Ship Canal NsIocias
tim" til 5remme al 5orbeoringer og
Qrbeioer pdd MinneIota Hiper. 8ois
be Siour os Reb Riper Of TIE Rortb
meo bet Sormaal at tomplettere 8dnos
peien til Sapet % oerpeb fire biligere
transport fra be 5Oreneoe Staters
SnOre til uosnIanoTfe Sapne. Ylansn
gobtienotes.
Om aftenen Ttuloe Sim Sin bolbe
en- Gale ON Sanoelen paa Srtenten,
og Der bar | ben anlebning drrangeret
@tstratog paa Flere 9aner til Be
fororing at benz, iom iarlig snitebe at
hsre Wr. Sia ubpitle fine Ylansr.
Decorah-posten., 1900-01-30

ellie 9etsr (til TN Ssftsr):
"!Spis bu giOsr mig ct Stptte at bin
8ase, Ital leg sbslasse Piunoet, iaa
ou Ripper at sOe big paa fiprtsr
0ags."
Decorah-posten., 1900-01-30

9upsrnpr Stunlep af Santos
ltal bile an6efale for ben naite aes
gtslatnr at umsnbsre ben 2op. Ipm
fd'tiatter Straf for Morb, oerben,
at Surben ital afsisre bet Spsrass
maal, os at naar Surpen bar Toftiot
Straffen, ifal bet bore 9~uOernsrens
eneite pligt at srefpere 8ommsn
0ette pilbe sienoprette 9sbsTrof for
@toro, iom ben nusiGloenbe Qpp !
8irteligbeben ufitaHer, Oct outo,
ues, at ben npligs bobbelte 2pn6ino
/ Sort Scott bar ebst SnpanSsI,,
pau Gupernsrsn.
Decorah-posten., 1900-01-30

Mon flyer, at Srantris ps Ruslduo
pib'te ON, at asiisrsn ftuIoe petbroni'
fsres % fdnbt fis | bet. aise opsrfcr
Gnslano lob be, iom DC intet piofte.
Nene Srie 9resis / Wien ier I
aeiierens gfiattsIie en- itur 5drc for
be Mustsr, iom er interssiereoe !
Srisnten.
Oct famine flyer 2s 9emps / pdris
% opfcrbrsr europa til at tase fg
oIpprlis nf ben finbiousc gntsteiiers
inee.
@aI be anrrtitnss Sranspaalrepnhlitfn?
Or. 2spos, Tom repr9fenterer
Sronspaal, er MI | Berlin og npoer
nsaen Spm9rtipmbeb al Reeierinsss
m9nosne. !9an blsp mootasen al
llbenriasminiit,r @pn Billion pg oers
paa af RissfdnNer 9ohenlcbe inobubt
til ben @dlamiooas, iom benne gap
BEN 27be Sanuur | gnlebntng az Rel
fer WiIbelms 41aoriss 5sbislsoas.
Z Gnglanos Die er Republiten
sronspaal en- @aial, iom bar siort
Sprsr. Oct IA 9rpnninssn / lin
Srpntols, ba 9urldmeniet blsp opls't
| Ssit. Men bpis MI Sp7tlanb amer
tienoer gosrne iom en- triefsrenbe
Magt % mobtaeer @eianter fra benz,
bill Stiaineen bIips en- dnoer.
Sra andre !Splo bsosr bet, at 5rants
rig, AusIanb os Stalien lissIsoss bill
ansrtienbe Soerne iom ct u~afb1nsigt
SpIt, Der bar Rst til at beti9mpe be
inbtrGnssnbe Gngslitmrno. Wcains
lens Rssisrine bill ba idnoipnIispis
flaa inb | fannie 9abe.
Smaanui.
- gubonpeit piisr fig / gneentina,
Spbamsritd.
- Yaruguup bar TO 9sneraler
ftartet en- Repplutipn. praiibent
aeebal er tasen tilfange.
- Stptlanbs GIb'ts 9rs1t, Nirpn
Montrois, er osb | en- aIber al AZ
aor. Gan tilberte Sritirten pg bar
/ fin llnsppm en- flor 9ampbdne.
- Simmslfurtsbrsbrenes sJrben er
opleii al ben frantic aorrettipnsr.t.
gntebsrtusinoen at Slespigs
SuIitsn, ben tpfts 9eiierinbes Woper,
er bsb | DRESDEN. GUN bar fsSt |
1886.
Gn St~raoberftreit er igang /
Spsuer psb Mdnhim, SDflanb.
Straobsrns bill ba 20 procent | Sils
leg til fin 2sn; men !Sanbslsmens
oene bill life 81 Dem mere enb 10.
Streiten tiltaser.
Ban groi4ptsn, ipm er Sefre
ter bps ben t~ranspnalIfe 9eiant 7
grpsiel. Or. 2enbs, sr tommen til
ct. petersburg / ct pplitiif @renbe.
spfus raier i Niidni Iopsos
rob, Ruslanb. os tiltaser itaois.
gn Senpemanb fra ben inter-
rationale 8anf / ct. petersburg er
paa 8eisn til Rep gprt msb rusiiIte
Sernbanebunbs for 100000 Stub
Ter ($10,300,000, ION Nep gort
Sife endurance COMPANY bar fisbt.
29serne / Rpm opsiper 10000
silfalbe at SnfluenSa. Spsppmmen
pptreber / en- milb Sorm.
-SpItlanb inbfsrte | 1899 for 81
500,000,000 Murt (56,0o0,O0O,O 900
W. mere enb / 1899 os ubfsrte for
4,500,00O,oO0 Mart Q41, 900, 900
mere enb | 1889.
gmil Naude d%nIaaes for at
bare 5nIflanbs iparsite Manb, ba
ban peieoe $50 Yunb. gaa en- Seit
Sumburs til Snbtast for fattise
ftuIbe ban sisre Sumter paa 9icpele
fammen meb en- 9pers, men I'll ba
Stag og bsbe.
gn betienct bollanbff Jorlasser
bar til Gnslanb isnbt 700 Gremplas
rer at en- Bog, betitlet "Suth Maoe
goip" (Gn let Maabe at lore Doll
lanbft paa), for at ben fan ubbeles
blanbt brittle SHicersr os ManbItas
Der.
Decorah-posten., 1900-01-30

SpmaiIinen -Susoeurer,' Tom Ieg fipbte
tor en- Siuno iioeu, CT Jcg mere eno tiiirebs
ueo. Den sipr uou,rrfet grbeioe | ale Srn.
teenotr.. Gragten par 90 Gents. Yeoer
1cnninaen, Samnouo. @tS.
Decorah-posten., 1900-01-30
ut eelereoe sortiolelie paa Gu IA,

- 3ag Warmers White Wine of Tar
Syrup. bet beSitr @ibpcl paa Soroen impe
Spite. 25 OF so CENTS
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13
A Song of the Cotton Fields.

Ole Virginny fences, an comm down
de hill
Holdin' to yaller gourd an maxim
TO the spring;
See dat lazy niger, dat good-fer-
nuthin' BILL
See de lips a-movin' now, an-lissen
to him sing
Fat ole niger CONAN,
Blacker en- crow
Mammy's in de cotton-fier
Pickin' off de snow.
Con is in de tossel, ma coon is in de
con,
Jay-bird in de apple-tree, he cut de
pigeon-wing;
Happy times is comm, de good ole
time is gone,
Keep a-pattin' juba while you hear
dis darby sing
Fat ole niger CONAN,
Blacker en- crow,
Mammy's in de cotton-fiel
Pickin' off de snow.
Oars de ole bandanna a-shinin' bv de
fence,
An bag upon de shoulder, whah
specks O cotton cling;
Mistis Ann Maia, but ain she des i'm
mense,
An when dey see her comm de pick
annies sing
Fat ole niger CONAN,
Blacker en- a crow,
Mammy's in de cotton-fel
Pickin' off de snow.
Breeze fun de pine-tree II shakes de
stalks about,
All along an back ag'in, an roun,
an roun' a ring;
Den de sun a-blazin' down pops de cot
ton out,
An make ole Nanny happy, kaze
den she softly sing
Fat ole niger CONAN,
Blacker en- crow,
Mammy's in de cotton-fiel
Pickin' Off de snow.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13
The Belgian Hare Fad.

A dispatch from Los Angeles. CAL,
says: LESS than a year ago the en-
tire state was Belgian hare fad. Fan
clers were importing animals from
abroad and paying exhorbitant prices
for them; every man with back YARD
soon had sign stretched in front oil
his house with 'Rabbitry' upon it;
newspapers devoted special issues to
the industry and from every standpoint
IL promised to rival the mineral wealth
of California as builder-up of mag
nificent fortunes. Now the bubble has
broken and the agricultural and horti-
cultural interests of southern Califor-
MIA are threatened with a Belgian
hare pest. The effort to create a de.
mand for the hare for food purposes
was not successful and the present
market prices are considerably less
than is required for feed alone and
the industry is profitless and dis
couraging. 1t is for this reason that
many breeders who have become dis
gusted at the almost utter lack of a
market for their hares are secretly and
in some instances openly turning them
loose to forage In the country in order
to avoid the expense of feeding them.
The menace in this condition of affairs
viii perhaps be understood better
when it is stated that there are prob
ably more than 100000 hares in this
state at present. The fecundity of the
hare in this climate is beyond all ex-
pectations of the pioneers in the in
dustry. One rabbit in this city in Ia
months raised 120 young, and there
are from $4,000 to $4,000 animals in
this county alone. Not only do they
multiply at wonderful rate, but they
are hardy and will do well in the open.
The coyotes and wildcats, which ara
natural enemies to the rabbit family,
have been nearly exterminated. In
years gone the jack rabbit and cotton
tail have been great menace to plant
ers, and it is only few years since
that annual rabbit drives were held
at which thousands of the bunnles
were rounded up and slaughtered"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13
sanator Stewards Drink.

Senator Stewart has concocted
drink which is the envy of mis- fellow
Senators. Everybody knows high
ball." that seductive mingling of
whisky and carbonated water, which
bubbles gleefully in tall glass.
Senator Stewart has devised an i'm
provement on the plan and ordinary
high ball. A waiter brings to him
three large lemonade glasses. In one
is ice, in another is whisky and in the
third is mysterious LIQUID. IL is not
water, for it has color, but Just what
it really is no one has yet been able to
discover. Placing the glass contain
ing the ice before him, Senator
Stewart raises the other glasses ana
allows their contents to trickle to-
gether into the ice filed tumbler. As
the liquids fall together they com
bine in proper proportion, and when
the glass is filled the Senator settles
down to the enjoyment of his
beverage. 1t takes him from twenty
minutes to half an hour to empty the
glass, and when the drink is finished
he smacks his lips in unconcealed
satisfaction
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13
The Scissors.

We're jolly pair of twins,
And we always work together,
We are always bright and sharp,
However dull the weather.
Whenever little Maidie
Takes her work-box in her hap,
We are always up and ready
With our Snip, snip, snap"
Chorus-Snip, snip, snap,
Snip, snap, snap,
We are always up and ready
With our Snip, snap, snap!"
We cut the pretty patches
To piece the pretty quilt;
Each square the next one matches,
Their posies never wilt.
We trim the edges neatly,
With never a mishap,
And what music sounds so sweetly
AS our Snip, snip snapl"
Laura Il. Richards. in st. Nicholas.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13

the dry, warm air acting as a most eff
fectual stimulant to the mucous mem
brane of the respiratory tract.
Rheumatic affections are generally
much improved during the winter, but
it is in the summer that the best re-
suits are attained, as the constant
perspiration, maintaiped for months,
has a greater eliminative effect than a
sojourn at the most famous springs
The perfect rest and relaxation that
tired nerves experience in this balmy
air act almost as a specific for nervous
prostration and insomnia, as well as
affording new lease of life to the con.
sumptive.
1t is folly, however, for those just
ready to die to go there. It is in the
earlier stages that the best results are
secured.-Health Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13
A Christmas Carol

o Christmas angels, softly singi
0 bells of Christmas, sweetly ringl
Tell OF the blessed Babe Of earth
The holy Babe of Heavenly birth
For whom the angels first did sing
For whom our carols loudly ring.
0 happy hearts, rejoice today!
0 hearts that ache, arise and pray
Der all the earth a glory lice
A glory from the radiant skies
Which floods our happy homes today,
And fills with peace the hearts which
pray.
o Christmas angels, sing again
Those words of cheer to waiting men!
Let each sad heart forget its pain
In listening TO the sweet refrain,
And know that Heaven has given
again.
Peace and good will to weary menl
--Ninette M. Lowater, in ". Y. Led
ger.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13
TENTING FOR HEALTH.
The Climate of Arizona for Pulmonary
Diseases.


DR.. Craig writes of the climate of
Arizona for various diseases and sums
up his conclusions that it is in pulmon.
airy diseases that the best results are
obtained. The method pursued by the
more modern sanitarium at present
particularly in Germany and at Davos.
Switzerland, is to give the tubercular
patient as nearly as possible an abso-
lutte outdoor existence. There is no
place in America where this END can
be attained with greater success than
in the Salt River Valley, Arizona.
Undoubtedly the best results are be-
ing secured by tent life on the
desert at the foothills which extend to
within 10 miles of Phoenix. Indeed.
many people sleep in the open air all
winter, although it is not so common
practice as it should be when car.
ried out under intelligent directions.
Good horses are numerous and
cheap and there are plenty of VAGUE
ros (cowboys-the genuine article) to
snow what horses can be made to do
The roads for Is or 20 miles on
either side of Phoenix are good. The
desert itself is as easy to drive over
as the average Eastern roadway, and
the whole valley is a paradise for bi.
cyclists and horsemen.
While the Salt River Valley is the
climate par excellence for the relief
OF pulmonary tuberculosis, there are
many other diseased conditions that
do well there. Asthmatic patients
usually receive prompt relief and are
permanently cured. Bronchitis and
iaryngitis disappear as If by magic.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13
The Quest.

There was once restless boy,
Who dwelt in home by the sea,
Where the waters danced for Joy,
And the wind was wild and free:
But he said. Good mother, oh, let me
go;
For the dullest place in the world,
know,
Is this little brown house
This old brown house
Under the apple tree
u will travel east and west;
The loveliest homes I'll see;
And when have found the best;
Dear mother, I'll come for thee.
I'll come for thee in year and a day,
And joyfully then Wen haste away
From this little brown house
This old brown house
Under the apple tree"
So he travelled here and there,
But never content was he,
Though he saw in lands most fair
The costliest homes there be;
He something missed from the sea or
sky
Till he turned again, with a wistful
sigh,
To the, little brown house
The old brown house
Under the apple tree.
Then the mother saw and smiled,
While her heart grew glad and free,
Hast thou chosen a home my child?
All, where shall we dwell?" quoth
she.
And he said: Dear mother, from east
to west,
The loveliest home and the dearest
and best,
Is little brown house
An old brown house
Under an apple tree"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13

London than the English, but the Eng
hsh mine operators have been threat
ening to raise their prices.
In August English coal sold in Lon
don for twenty-three shillings a ton
($5.oS) and American for twenty
seven shillings (6.55.) 1t was claimed
by the gas company, however, that a
ton of English coal makes only 10000
eueie feet OF gas and d ton of Ameri-
can coal $4,000 cubic feet and better
grade OF coke results from the latter.
In that case American coal is actually
cheaper at a higher price, than the
English.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13
MINERS NOT ALL UNDER GROUND
BY ANY MEANS.
LARGE Jumps CRUSHED
Then Screening Process Separates the
Residue into Egg, Nut and Pea
Grades-cars Loaded by Means of
So-CalIed Breaker-over Product
Goes Abroad.

Not all of the coal workers of the
anthracite regions of Pennsylvania
are employed under ground in the
mines, says The Little Chronicle of
Chicago very recently On the con-
trary, some of them work very much
above ground. Over the shafts of
the mines stand tall frame buildings
called breakers" and it is up in
these breakers that the coal is broken
up into the small sizes with which we
are familiar.
Down in the mines, sometimes over
500 feet below the surface of the
ground, and perhaps mile away from
the breaker, the miners blast out the
coal from the vein which they are
following. This coal is sent back in
carts drawn by mules over narrow
railway tracks to the cupola or head
house" shown in the picture. The
coal, which is in large Jumps, some
times foot or more thick, is then
dumped into chutes and passed
through heavy rim rollers, which
serve to crush the large Jumps. The
crushed coal is then passed through
a series of screens and gradually sep
arated into the various sizes known in
commerce as egg" nut" pea" coal
and so on
AS there is always more or less
slate and shale mixed with the pure
coal, boys called SLATE pickers" are
stationed on platforms at the screens,
and the slate, which is easily dis.
cerned by the experienced picker, is
rapidly separated from the coal The
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13

graded coal is passed down through
the breaker and caught in railroad
cars while the slate and shale is
caught in smaller cars to be drawn
by mules away from the breakers and
dumped into piles. These piles,
called "culm" piles, in time become
veritable mountains, covering many
acres and towering over 100 feet in
height.
A curious feature about the "culm"
heaps is that nearly all of them are
on fire in the center; in fact some of
them are burning on the outside,
which shows as an ash in the day
time and as a glowing mass in the
night. This burning of the culm piles
is an apt illustration of spontaneous
combustion. The slate and shale is
always mixed with a quantity of fine
ly divided coal, which slowly oxidizes
when piled in a heap and gradually
Increases, causing more rapid oxidiza-
ton, until finally the coal bursts into
a glowing heat.
Up to within the last two or three
years these immense heaps of slate
have been considered as utterly use
less, and growing as they have been
doing. year after year, covering land
which could be used to advantage, the
serious question, but, as stated in a
previous issue, boilers have been de-
signed which can use the mixture of
slate and coal quite economically.
And, speaking of coal, the London
Daily Express tells of the arrival of
the first cargo of coal from the United
States, saying: Last evening there
steamed up the Thames the ship
Queenmoor, bringing fo' the first time
in the history of the world cargo of
American coal to London, that is the
first steamer load ever offered Eng
lish buyers in the open market. 1t
was purchased by the London gas
company. Four thousand tons of
American coal will be used to light
Londons streets. This is significant
of the growing scarcity of coal in Eng
land"
In the last year the United States
has sold coal to Italy, France, Great
Britain, the Netherlands, Austria, AL
giers, the Canary Islands, Gibraltar,
Russia, Malta, Formosa and Japan. It
seems generally agreed that our sup
ply of coal is unlimited, and that the
quality OF 1t is better than the pit coal
of England and Wales. Being near
the surface it can be mined cneaply.
The most serious question is that of
transportation. Most of it is now car
ried In British vessels. These are
now engaged in transporting wheat
and cotton. The remedy seems to lie
In the building OF al ine OF coal-carry.
ing vessels in the United States,
whose interest it would be to trans
port coal at a price that would enable
us 20 sell our coal at as low a price as
the English is sold for. At present
American coal costs 81 more a ton Ia