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MINES UNDER THE SEA.
Coal Veins that Have Been Fo:lowe1 I'm
der the Ocean-A Risky Business.

Coal Veins that Have Been Followed I'm
der the Ocean-A Risky Business.
In various parts of Great Britain coal
pits extend for considerable distance
under the sea. The most remarkable
Of these submarine mines is at White
haven. For no less than four miles
under the Irish Sea and at depth of
about one hundred fathoms, a great
tunnel has been hewn out. Hundreds
of miners work day and night in the
pitch black galleries" with a world of
water high above their heads. 1t is u
remarkable fact that long before gas
was used as an illuminant the then
manager Of this submarine mine
which already in those days stretched
for a quarter of a mile under the sea-
proposed to the authorities at White
haven to lay pipes from the town to
the pit in order to light the streets by
means of the natural gas which the
mine produced.
Whitehaven's thriving neighbor,
Workington, also possessed an under
sea mine, but one day the enormous
pressure of water broke in the roof.
Thirty-six miners were drowned, and
the colliery was destroyed.
The coast of Sunderland is burrowed
with mines so huge that they are like
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Is LAKE ERIE DRYING UP?
Startling Report Which Comes from ,
Government official.

Startling Report Which Comes from a
Government Official.
Tradition has it that once upon q
time. for single day. since civiliza-
ton obtained footing on this CONT
nent, the bed Of the Niagara River was
dry and the cliffs down which the
mighty waters have since plunged
without cessation stood forth naked
and black and frowning and grim. The
phenomenon was explained on natural
grounds. The same things may hap
pen again under similar circumstances,
though such An occurrence would at
tract more wondering visitors probably
than does the great cataract now az
it roars and surges and flashes in the
sunlight from century to century. It
must suggest to most people a surprise
of hardly less degree to he Informed
that Lake Erie is in danger OF becom-
Ing so shallow as to offer obstacles to
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yeritable cities under the ocean. The
most famous of them Is the Monk
Wearmouth Coliery, the principal sea m
of which lies at the enormous depth of
ITO feet below the German Ocean.
One hundred thousand pounds were
spent in finding that seam. At a depth
Of $50 feet water poured into the work
ings at the rate Of 5000 gallons per
minute, and 200-horse power pump
ing engine had to be fixed up. The
ocean is also undermined off Ryhope
and Seaham.
The Earl of Kincardine owned a Won
derful coal pit at Borrowstones. 1t is
about this mine that a famous geolo-
gist, after first visit, writes as fol-
lows: while the pitmen, by the dismal
shine Of their lamps, make the deep
caverns resound with the blows Of
their pickaxes, ships driven by fair
wind sail over their heads, and the sail
ors, rejoicing at the beautiful weather,
express their Joy in song.
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Telephone companies are not able to
keep up with the demand for telephones
by farmers. They would make despe-
rate efforts to do 50 if they could get
the material, but all factories are be-
hind the ORDERS. The companies are
nursing this rural desire for telephones.
They wish the farmers trade.
1t is said that the necessity of meet
ing this demand Is mainly responsible
for the recent call for another $5,0OO,-
900 on the stockholders Of the Central
Union Telephone Company by John l.
Sabin the new President. In his circu-
lar letter to the stockholders he said:
There is no use crying over spilled
milk or abusing one another for things
not accomplished. The people Of ILL.,
nois. Indiana, Ohio and Iowa want tel
ephone service. Are you giving 1t with
fewer than 10000 stations? When
you have 100000 exchange stations
then you will have a good start. not
before. You are not satisfying the
public because your system does not
reach far enough. There are scores
of villages and small towns that, taken
as whole, should have 100000 tele-
phones in which the Central Union has
not single instrument"
Pushing Rural Business.
According to figures given by s. p.
Sheerin. of indianapolis. in an address
at the recent meeting OF the Independ-
ent Telephone Association of the
United States, at Buffalo, the indie
pendent companies are more largely en-
gagged in furnishing this kind Of service
In Indiana than the older company. He
said the Central Union, according to it's
own figures, had $4,000 telephones in
the State, while the independent COM
panies had $500. 1t is probable that
the reason the independent companies
have more telephones in the rural dis
tricts is because that was n field not
cultivated by the Central Union when
it was alone in the telephone business
In this State. The new companies
were quick to get into the neglected
field, and they are cultivating 1t we'll.
No exact figures have been gathered
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by the companies showing the relative
number of farmers now using the tele.
phones at their homes. At the present
rate Of construction it will be possible,
before the end Of the year, to talk by
telephone to 1000 farmers in Marion
County. There are telephones in the
houses Of 1900 to l 400 Boone County
farmers, and probably in those of an
equal number in Hendricks County.
! There is farm service from nearly all
the city and town exchanges in the gas
belt. 1t is probable that there are
farmhouse telephones in seventy of the
ninety-two Counties Of the State.
In some instances there are small
systems where three or four farmers
each get $40 telephone outfit, use the
wire fences for lines Of communication,
and are thus restricted to conversations
among themselves. Such system is
used just outside the limits of this city,
where six families of one name on ad-
joining farms have this easy communi-
cation withone another. There is no
Exchange" One ring calls one of them,
two rings call another, and so on to
six rings. In more pretenti0us sys-
TENS the wires are strung on bean poles
or fence posts from farm to farm, and
an exchange is established with switch.
ing facilities. The companies are dis.
couraging crude equipment, however
and these homemade lines are thus
nnlv lvco1 for ofriof1xy 1on01
The companies will not connect their
lines with them. They say chain is
no stronger than its weakest link. and
they will not have the general service
impaired by weak part Of it.
Here are some things Mr.. Sheerin
said In his Buffalo address: 1.-THE tele-
phone is greater boon to farmers than
to any other class. The great draw.
backs to country life are it's isolation
meager opportunities for social inter
course and fewer opportunities for pro.
lection. If the farmer is out Of touch
with the market the telephone brings
his ear close to it; the weather report
Is brought to his door to protect his
crops and his cattle; the telephone
saves his horses weary miles of travel
to transact his everyday business.
Good Lines Desirable.
1.-THE farmer should not put up cheap
grounded telephone lines on native
poles 300 to 400 feet apart, marrine
the landscape. The poorly constructed
telephone Is worse than no telephone.
The line should be regarded as part of
the road itself and equally for the pur-
pose Of facilitating messages. The tel
ephone is messenger is a troop of
messengers. 1t should be as free from
interruption on the highways Of coun-
try as the bearer Of writ Of habeas
corpus. There Is no way by which
messages can be transmitted with so
little wear and tear to the roadway.
THE time Is not far OF when tele-
phone lines will be looked on as sacred
property. In some respects the tele-
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guessed they were chicken thieves, and
former experiences made it 100 to l
that he was right. He was. He stood
a poor chance of catching them, so he
called up his neighbor mile down the
road the wagon took, and asked him
to hustle out on the highway with his
two sons and three shotguns while he
would call up some other neighbors,
and the posse would soon be in pur-
suit. The thieves were captured and
punished, the chickens were recovered
and the community relieved OF a nui-
sance.
A man at Valley Mills had a young
horse be valued at 1000. 1t took sud-
denly sick at night, and before he
could come to Indianapolis for a vet
Urinary surgeon and take him to the
farm the animal died. II would have
given $500 If had had a telephone"
he said. He talked about his loss
among his neighbours; they had fell
low-feeling, and there is going to be a
telephone exchange there, with lines to
farmers houses roundabout. One has
recently been put In at Cumberland;
others are scheduled for Acton and
Clermont. In Perry and Decatur
townships, in this County, and in
White River Township, in Johnson
County, gangs Of workmen are now
busy putting up country telephone
lines.
The manager Of one Of the local COM
panies was asked If 1t was doing any
thing in this line and answered.: "Yes,
we are now working in the north and
northwest part Of the County, in the
west and northwest besides the east
and southeast and south and southwest
sections" 1t is said that this pretty
generally reflects the general situation
with all the companies over the State.
So with good roads, scientifically
built, for either his pleasure or work;
with the bicycle ready on the back
porch. with the trolley. cars whizzing
past the house, the rural mail delivery
to bring him his daily newspaper and
the telephone to keep him in instant
touch with the markets, the farmer
has to pinch himself occasionally to see
IL he really is farmer and not the
hustling resident of metropolis.
dianapolis News.
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But at another time storm arises;
the horizon is in flames. the thunder
roars, the sea RACES. the boldest trem-
BILE; then the pitmen, unconscious of
the terrible scene. calmly pursue their
labors and think with pleasure of their
homes, while the ship above is shatter-
ed to pieces and sinks"
A well-known geologist told repre-
sentative of the Daily Mail the follow
ing amusing story: Il was one of Il
little party who spent a most interest
ing, if rather thrilling, day in the cop
per mine off promontory Of Botallack,
! near Cape Cornwall. The workings go
down to depth Of 1900 feet below the
sea level, and extend 2,24S feet under
the Atlantic Ocean.
During our submarine peregrlna-
lions noticed what looked like a plug
in the low roof, and was investigating
its character, when mine official
rushed up and excitedly exclaimed
Don't pull out that peg; you'll let in
the Atlanticv Need add that l left
the plug carefully alone?"
Only crust Of the sea floor was be.
tween the miners Of Botallack and the
raging waves above. The water oozed
through the ceiling. When storm pre-
vailed the sounds that filled the pit
were terrifying. The boulders in the
bottom of the sea overhead rolled with
noise like thunder; while the cease
less grinding Of the pebbles and the
crash of the waves brought home to
the miners in way that no one else
ever experienced the full terrors of
storm at sea. "More than once" says
an official who worked in the mine,
1--WE retreated in alright, doubling the
protection of our working shield"
Botallack is now closed, though the
mine exists for those daring enough to
explore it.
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phone is the most important use of the
highway. Trees should give way to
the telephone, as they have to the max
ing Of roads. Where telephones run.
trees should be set back 25 to 80 feet.
The country telephone lines should be
Of the best material, on well-shaped
poles at least % feet high and six
inches in diameter. As time passes.
poles will probably be shortened and
the wires be as near the ground as cleo
trical conditions will permit, except at
road crossings.
MANY small exchanges are prefer
able to fewer large ones. Village ex-
changes should have connection with
town exchanges and county seat ex-
changes, and these with city and long
distance exchanges, so that the farmer
may speak to anybody anywhere. For
this he ought to have not only a good
equipment, but even a better equip
ment than any one else. His line should
not consist of WORKOUT or old material
from town and city lines. He is much
more dependent on good service than
the city man."
Telephone rates to farmers as a rule
are lower than the city charges. The
companies say the construction cost
of the country lines is much less. In
this county the farmer gets his tele-
phone for $18 year and this entities
him to free service in the city and out
side it within the county. Take the
New Augusta exchange as illustration.
OF Is patrons, so are farmers, the most
distant from the town living five
miles out. In addition to having quick
communication with 40 other farmers
he may order his groceries at five or
six stores, call two or three doctors
or veterinary surgeon, ring up two
butchers and consult with a justice of
the peace. These are all within easy
reach at New Augusta. So are two saw
mills, one grist mill and a blacksmith
shop. So if he wants to borrow from
his neighbors or to get harvest help he
may know without leaving his house
whether he may get them. He can call
to his blacksmith or his barber: any
thing ahead of me-" and when there
isn't hitch up his Maud S. and "be
there In minute Or he may mount
his bicycle or jump on the interurban
car-when the Indianapolis & Logans-
port Rapid Transit Company gets
down to business. Calling up the post
Office, If he hasn't rural delivery, he
may save valuable time on harvest
days. by saying: This is Gilmore; any
mail for me to-day?" In an emergency
the telephone connection with the doc
tors will reQuite him perhaps for the
years charges telephone charges). -; q
hief-catchin9 by Telephone.
The "protection" aspect of the tele-
phone was we'll illustrated near New
Augusta. The News, not long ago. told
Of farmer near that town who woke
up at night in time to see two chicken
thieves drive out Of the barn lot. He
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Let or Cheaply.

It is said that Gladstone one day said
to the witty Father Healey: "When 1
was in Italy the other day l saw a no.
tice in one of your churches to the ef-
feet that a plenary indulgence could be
had for a sum Of about 80 shillings.
How do you explain thatY'
IT." answered the father, my
church were prepared to give you a
plenary indulgence for all the sins you
have been guilty Of for 80 shillings I
think you would be let of. uncommonly
cheap"
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What has become Of the old-fashioa.
ed child that cried so hard that it held
its breath? 80: ..... :. :
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Public Expenditures in Mexico.
The Mexican army of more than
$4,000 men is supported upon a tride
more than 100000 Mexican dollars a
month. The Mexican congress does
not cost $1,OOO.OO0 a year. y
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Few people have better excuse for
getting married In haste than widow
er with little children.
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The opportunities to be found in q
large city, which you SO often hear
about, are only opportunities for pay.
ing more board and more car fare.
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that Of the State of Massachusetts,. But
1t drains only a narrow margin of coun-
try around it and receives no rivers of
Importance. the Maumee being the
largest on the American side. 1t is
more than 300 feet higher than Lake
Ontario. 1t is one of the most impor-
tant factors in our system of lake navi-
cation and furnishes business for many
dOurishing towns and cities. The pres
ent report concerning it may be false
alarm. passing sensation, though we
do not expect representations for the
sake OF sensation from scientific gen.
tlemen In government service. No harm
can come from careful investigation
Of the conditions. to say the least
Boston Transcript. ..-::s
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Mirth Il natures best remedy for Ills.
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MIsCELLANEous

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In the District Court OF the United States
for the District Of Kansas, Second Dr.
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NO. 10 N BANKRUPTCY.
In the Matter OF P Heron. Bankrupt
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Rochester. n. T.. 5-Z-stU