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The Washington times., 1902-03-16

little son of Mr.. Frank Church, together
with some other youths, this evening found five
new suits of clothes under the bridge that spans
Hoofs Run. at the head of King Street They
were turned over to the police
The Washington times., 1902-03-16

A dispute Of long standing concerning the re-
spectve weight of the Hydraulian and Columbia
fire engines was settled today by having both
engines weighed. 1t was found that the Hydraul-
ian tipped the beam at l.7e0 pounds and the
Columbia weighed ], 200 pounds.
The Washington times., 1902-03-16
FACTS THAT COUNT.

The actual yearly demand exceeds Two
Billion Baskets.
Value at Wholesale Eleven Million Dol
lars.
The net profit on this volume of busi-
ness last year vas Sl.3S7 900. 49,
The Baskets were all made by hand. 4
Each Mergenthaler- Horton Company
machine does the work of twelve men. -
The saving in labor by the use of the
Mergenthaler- Horton Basket Machines
amounts TO more than TWO MILLION
DOLLARS ANNUALLY.
This gives earnings for the company of
OVER THREE MILLION THREE HUN
DRIED THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR OVER
The Washington times., 1902-03-16
CURRENT EVENTS
In ALEXANDRIA
Hibernians to Hold Banquet
in Honor of St. Patrick.
Dispute Concerning Weight of Fire
Engines Settled-Tramps in Chain
Gang Strike.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March I5.-Alexandria
Division, No. l. Ancient Order Of Hibernians,
have completed arrangements for the banquet to
be held in the Young Mems Sodaiity Lyceum
Hall Monday night in honor of ST. Patrick
number of prominent speakers will be present and
respond TO toasts.
The Washington times., 1902-03-16
The PROPOSITION.

Mergenther Horton Basket Machine Company
machine hand labor
machines familiar
accomplishment with the making machines which
this Comp and controls.
The Washington times., 1902-03-16

the same proportionate profit out of its earn
7led THE PEOPLES TRUST.
he Observation-Disclosures Basket Mach inc
ir subscriptions to any office of the Company.
should be drawn to the order of CHARLES
description accepted for less than so shares.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-09

Poverty has been the common lot Of
the gold pioneers. Marshall and SUIT
ter, who found the precious metal in
California; Fairweather. the prospector
or Alder gulch; Russell and Gregory.
the pioneers of Colorado-aH died poor.
Comstock. who unearthed the Com
stock lode, the richest silver vein, com
mitted suicide because Of his hard
luck
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-09
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE
JUST AS EASY.

70 COOK nice things as rolling of a los
SSsslSela.'y when YOU buy one OF those linz,
you seen the Dewey Cook S,o,es w
Is grand. Have you seen the Fit1 r..
anN Good Luck Justtake a look nj ,be,,
Also take "a look at the steel Ranges s,,j
ou' Als-Hght stoves I can SHOW, Non, a..
hnest that are made vii not ua,,, s,,,-
prices mere but ! will guarantee To- Lc
cheaper IMAM anyone ! am born stove
man. and practical in an its L,a,,,t ~
haven't got thehuSinesr TO 80, ,,s,'..o;.,,
~"en nave been working for q v,ars
ny prices viii knock the persimnions Oh
'ne trees Many "a dollar Will be saved i
youcSi atR. l. STOVES the oldest
stove mouse IN the city. 7oS Commerce
street.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-09

Have you a sense OF fullness in the re-
glon OF your stomach after eating? ii so
you will be benefited by using Climber.
lam $ Stomach>and Liver Tablets. They
also cure belcbing and sour stomach. They
regulate the bowels too. Price 25 cents
Sold by NJ. NJ. Lewis, druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-09
Not Mere MoneH.

He (bitterly)-Your answer would be
different II were rich enough to
shower you with golden eagles.
Shelf might be different. possibly,
If you should cover me so completely
that couldn't see.-New York Week
lv
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-09

II you discover that you have made
mistake, don't stubbornly insist upon
keeping it up; let go and run.-Atchi-
son Globe
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-09

Begin Tuesday. June 3,
baltimore. every rue~Ha
N a~hlu2tun. calling at "a
leave lth Street Wharf "
a~ Tar ~ Lcunardtowu ol
20 II NJ Mliicr'= at ! q
day, " edu,sdny aud Frita
received daily IA baltimore
STEPHENSON \ hRo AEts.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-15
To NY Friends.

It is with JOY | tell you what
Kodol did for me. was troubled
with my stomach for several
months. Upon being advised to
use Kodol, did so, and words can
not tell the good it has done me.
A neighbor had dyspepsia so that
he had tried most everything. |
| told him to use Kodoi. Words
of gratitude haye come to me from
him because | recommended it.
Geo. W. Fry. Viola, Iowa. Health
and strength, of mind and body
depend Oh the stomach, and nor
NAL activity of the digestive or
gans. Kodol, the great reconstruc.
tive tonic, cures all stomach and
bowel troubles, Indigestion, dyspep-
sia. Kodol digests any good food
YOU eat. Take dose after meals
K. H. Trimble, NJ. d.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-15
Died Aug. A, 1909.

Mary A. Eagle, wife of Johna,
than G. Eagle, daughter of Henry
and Amanda Crummett, aged 81
ypaas, 6 months and 20 days.
Mrs. Eagle had been Il great
though a patient sufferer, for more
than two years from cancer. She
made IA profession of religion IN
early youth, connected herself
with the M. z. church South, and
lived a CONSTANT christian after
wards. During her long illness
she was never heard to complain OF
her lot. OF course she did desire tc
live to see those whom God had
committed to her care grow mp tt
be men and women. The nearer
the end came the brighter Ter ex'
pericnce. The evening before death
after a brief unconciousness, she
said-''I thought ] was goue-every
thing seemed so bright and ! heard
such sweet music, as though ! had
passed from darkness into light.
Just before death she said" am al
most gone"
Mrs. Eagle was faithful and
loving wife, devout mother, &
kind and obliging neighbor. She
leaves a husband and four children
three bows and one girl. widowed
and afflicted father, six brothers
and three sisters.
After funeral services conducted
by her pastor. the body, followed
by a large concoutse of sympathls-
ing friends, was laid to rest i'll thf
cemetery at Doe Hill, Va.
By,a Friend.
ANY CHURCH or parsonage or in
situation supported by voluntary
contribution will be given a liberal
quantity Of the Longman q Martl'
nez Paints whenever you paint.
NOTE:- Inns has Deen our custom
for twenty-seyen years; any build
ing not satisfactorily painted, will
be repainted at our expense; abou'
one gallon Of Linseed Oil to be adj
ded to every gallon Of paint tt
make ready for use; it's mixed IT
two minutes, and cost of the pain
thereby made less in price than
any other. Yearly product ovel
one million gallons.
Longman & Martinez.
Sole Agent John J. Hiner,
Mcdowell, Va.
Aug. 15-5t.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-15
Items from Clover Creek

Aug. IL, 1902.-This vicinity is
being visited by very severe
drought, which is quite discourage
ing to the farmers. Corn is very
short and vii. not make BALI crop.
Hay making is over (being I'M
usually early this year) farmerS
report a very light crop.
The telephone line up the Bull
pasture is progressing nicely under
the supervision Of MIR Emmett Nc
clintic.
Mrs Sarah Revorcomb and son
spent few days in Monterey last
weee.
MrG W Hicklin visited friends
at Mcdowell Saturday.
Misses Alice and Lucy Blair OF
Churchville and Miss Mabel McCue
of Fort Defiance are visiting Miss
Sieg McClung.
Mr. S B Bradshaw is complain
ing.
Mrs G " Wallace and sister Miss
Bragg visited friends at Glover
Creek last week,
A W Rovercomb and Ii T Brad
shaw are doing rushing business
with their saw mill on the Cow
pasture.
Mr. Sam Sommers still cont;n'
ues to visit on the river.
Mr. Il T Davis is spending few
days at A W Reyercombs.
Mr. y G Harouff was at Mellow.
ell Saturday.
Miss Ella Revercomb is visiting
her sister Mrs S G McGuffin al
Warm Springs.
Wishing the Recorder much sue
cess. Neddie.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-15

CuITS HIdu0 " IT.
kilmer's Swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi-
cal triumph Of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research BY
Dr., Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
-. ~ +
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-15
His Sight Threatened

"While .n;cnjcine last month my
.l1-year-old' boy was poisoned by
some weed or plant says ". Il.
Dibble, of Sioux City, Ia He
rubbed the poison off his hands H.
to his eyes and for a while we were
afraid he would lose his sight.
Finally a neighbor recommend De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. The
first application helped him and in
few days he was as we'll as ever.
Fox skin disease, cuts, bptns,
scalds, wounds, iogect bites, D.
WITS Witch Hazel Salye Is sure
cure. Relieves piles at once. Be
ware Of coonterlriJ; K, L, II.m-
bic. N j
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-15
Another New BOlar.

Mr.. j II Burns recently discover,
ed, by accident, spring, near the
old mill on his farm in Big Valley
that resembles, he says, in every
particular the water Of the McGuf-
fin Bolar Spring which is located
about mile south Of it, only thai
he finds by test that it is four de-
grees warmer. 1t is Mr. Burns in
tention to haye the water analysed
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-15
1t Needs A Tonic.

There are time when your liver
needs tonic. Don't give purga-
tives that grippe and weaken. De-
Wits Little Early Risers expel all
poison from the system and act as
tonic to the liver. ". Scott, 551
Highland ave Milton a., says;
81 have carried DoW;tt's Little III
sers with me foc several years and
would not be witnout them "
Small and easy to take P1rely veg
.etable. They never grippe or dis
tress. K. H. Tximble, H. D.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-15
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papeYs Is sure to know Of the wonderful
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-15
Subscriptions.
Aug. 15-5t.

A list Of hew subscribers to the
Recorder, with those who have re-
newed or paid in full or in part,
during the past three weeks:
=. J. O. Armstrong, Joseph W.
Blaeg and Alfred Armstrong, Doe
Hill; Maj. Chas. Wade, Mill Gap:
Miss Annie Wright, Clover Creek A;
E. W. Armstrong, Wier, Sam1,
Hise; Mrs. S. R. NJ. Ralston, Ellhu
Gum, Meadow Dale; Pearl Will
Jams, c. Y. Erwin, Mcdowell; Geo.
Harper, Jro. NJ, Botkin, B. +. Sud
darth. W. G. Rexrode, Crabbottcm
A. J. Rexrode, Plunkettsyille; VIM.
A. MulIenax, Chas. A. hull, High
town; i. J. Turner, Miss Clara
Reed, pinckney; j. \. Mohler'
Moscow; Geo. w. RuSmisell, hilll-
boro Springs; Ike Bussard, John
Gillespie, Monterey; Miss Ella Ar
bogast, Buena Vista; Frank VII
son, Norton, Va, P. j. Pnares. El-
wood, Neb; John A. Boikin, Palo
Alto; Mrs. j. B. Waggoner, st.
Creek; w. A. Caldwell, Green
Bank; S. K. Miller, Beech Hill
W. Va; Peter Gutshall, Trimble;
J. G. Bishop, Greensboro. N: c;
G. W. Bratton, Bolar; w. W. God
dara, Lexington, Ill; y. V. Ruek-
man, Long Glade Mrs. Margie
Cook, p4rkyille. No James W
Leach, wilma Miss Liza.e Marshall
iIea0 waters
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-15
Ill We're 1aFed

"For years l suffered such untold f9is'
cry from Bronchitis writes j. IL. John-
st6n. Of Broughton, Ga, that often /
was unable to work. Then, when every
thing eIRe failed, ] was wholly cured by
Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ion. Nv wife suffered intensely from
L.luue Ill T. csr.d i53, and ~ our eX'
uerience goes 10 snow IT is ne eesl Group
mal,a515 IL tie world ~ tr.j viii
convince you is pncivaled tor lAioat
md iap2 a:auaa.5 Guaranteed bottles
BIC and 800 Trial bottle: hee at Or.
X. Ii 1rin':5's drag store.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-15
Personal
Brief Items Of Interest to Home
Folks About Their Friends
And Acquaintance.


Miss Lucy Wilson is making a
visit to the home folks,
VB Bishop Esq returned Satur'
day from his trip South.
Mr. Will Hiner is repainting Mr.
CIV Trimble's residence.
DR.. II Fl Jones of Doe Hill made
us an agreeable call recently,
Mr. Chas. Stephenson of jack
sons river was up Saturday.
Miss Emma Matheny has been
appointed Notary Public,
Mr. John Kinkaid of Crabbottom
was over Wednesday.
Call up Phone SO staunton,
when in need of any thing in the
Dry Goods or Carpet line. Shrek
hise & Bear.
Eastern College, Front Royal,
Va, is offering more advantages at
reasonable rates than any other
good school. Write for free Gaia
logue. Aug-o-o'
Mrs A Porter recently rented a
farm near Stanton, from MIR Har-
mon.
Mr. Russell Porter of Hot Springs
is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs
S A Porter.
Messers John W Simmons and
George Colaw of Strait Creek were
up Monday.
Mr. and Mrs Taylor Townsend of
Back Greek were in town shopping
a few days ago.
Mr. and Mrs W P Campbell have
been permanently and comfortably
located in their Monterey home.
Preparatory to change an in
yentory is being taken OF the
Whitelaw stock Of merchandise.
Miss Edith Ralston of Crab Run
"a spending sometime with her cous-
in, Mrs G T Shumate of Hightown.
To keep down the dust use a
"Bissell" Carpet sweeper. Sold
only by Shreckhise & Bear, staun-
ton Va.
Mr. Adam Fleisher and sister
Miss Abbie of Meadow Dale spent
Monday evening with Monterey
friends.
Mrs Collingwood Dickinson and
daughter Miss Reta, Of Trlmble
were in town shopping Monday.
Masters Roy and Guy Kyle o.
Staunton are visiting their Grand
mother Mrs Elizabeth Gibson.
Mr. A w Arbogast after spend
ing several weeks here has return
ed to his home at Chickasha Ind
Ter.
Mr. VIM McCue and Mr. CRAWFORD
of Fl Defiance were here last Fri
day looking after their cattle they
are having summered here.
The we'll boring machine ha
gone down 63 feet on Mr. Clarl
Havener's farm near Hightowr
without striking water, in sutilclen
quantity.
Mrs A Porter shipped a lot O.
cattle this week. In the lot was
Hereford bull. purchased FROM l. /
Stephenson Esq. which weighed
1866.
Mrs. George Revercomb and sol
Will Of the Bullpasture were visit
ing friends in Monterey recently
We make speciality Of Mourn
ing Dress Goods and silks. Writ
for samples. Shreckhise & Bear
Stanton Va.
Miss May Slacen has gone tt
Princeton W Va. to take the place
of her sister, Miss Edmonia Slayen
while the latter makes visit tt
her Monterey home.
Mr. George Bratton of the Bola
neighborhood was i'll town Tues
day. He Considers that his las
trip to the hospital was very bene
fitial.
MIR James NJ Benson who ha
been making his home in ". Va
for several years. is visiting his SIS
ter Mrs P G Johnston and othe
Highland friends.
A Necessary PrecautiOn.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-15
A Necessary Precaution

Don't neglect cold. Ii is worse
than unpleasant. 1t is dangerous.
BY using One Minute Cough Cure
YOU can cure it at once. Allays
Inflammation, clears TIE Lead
soothes and strengthens the mu-
cous mem brane Cures coughs
Group, throat and lung troubles.
Absolutely safe. Acts immediate
". Children like it. x. H. Trim
bic, NJ. D.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-15


wonderfully successful IN promptly curing
lame back, kidney. bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Brights Disease. which is tho wors,
form of kidney trouble
Or. Kilnefs Swamp.Soot is not rec
onmendedfor everything but you have kid
ney, liver OF bladder trouble It will be found
just the remedy you need. lthas boon tested
in so many ways. in hospital work. in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful In
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have
sample bottle sent free by mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
s otts5 t IN this s5 B5Pss a15
Or. Kilmer & Co., Bng sslsss5
hamton, ". 7. The s sles::sssstsse
regular fifty cent and Homo of swrmp-ROOs
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-15
The advance styles for autumn

Ihe advance Styles AOf AUTUMN
are presented most attraotively in
The Designer for September, Of
great practical value IS an article
On '.,,yhool Array for the boy and
g.rls. and ia Iii. mj.iiN,rl pages are
pfv,n Fu,! directions tur ?iakin& s.
s9yi.&:. tyqus suitable @cr he SEA
son. Especially interesting, anon7
the literary features is the initial
annsarance of What Women are
Doing" under the edit9 r; Of
Ibe feminine readers Of The De-
signef. "6electl0nS for the tec,,
tationist." Toilet Table Chat, "
"Etiquette Hints" points on n,
Dressmaking," sin Motherland'
and The Kitchen Kingdom are
practical, valuable and timely
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-15

Mrs R N Cleek of Jacksons river
spent Sunday at tie home of Mrs
Amanda Arbogast and also waited
her cousin, Mrs Elizabeth Will
Jams.
Barbour County index., 1902-11-19
Peculiar Partridge.

A rather curious case has occurred
on a shooting preserve in England. A
fowl laid five eggs in some rough gra So
in an old pasture near one of the farm
steads and partridge took to the nest
and laid in it. She Matched four of the
fowls eggs, but none of her own, seven
being left in the nest. The foreman's
wife carried the four chickens into the
1armyard, but the partridge very soon
fetched them back again into the field
and they subsequently remained with
her, spurning the-domesticity of their
farmyard relatives; on their being an
preached their rfoster-motherwo would fiv
away to respectful distance. and on
the intruders retiring would return to
her charges.-London Field.
Barbour County index., 1902-11-19

bility of the fire dying down and
causing the atmosphere breathed in
sleep 20 be poisoned Men and wom-
en- are helpless as newborn babes
when they are sleeping.
Some housewives complain that
they must make new fires every
morning with soft coal, but wise
ones say that it is much better to
make fires every morning than to
have no fuel at all. Moreover, the
coke used for previous fires need not
be removed. Just shake down the
fine ashes and make a new fire on
what remains. Those who can secure
small supply of anthracite coal
may use soft coal during the day
and far into the night; then put on
bucketful OF. the anthracite before
going 10 bed, and you may sleep as
soundly and safely as though you
Barbour County index., 1902-11-19

the passage of the air draughts.
While In the use of anthracite coal
1t is necessary to leave open some of
the top drafts, or hampers, to dead
en- the fire, these must ALWAYS be
closed In the use of soft coal. or the
house will be filed with gases. Dur
ing the night, where soft coal is used
in furnaces, there must be watch
man, and wide-awake one, too. TO
look after the fire and see to it that
1T does not die down and asphyxiate
the people in their beds. In case of
all night usage soft coal is danger
Gus, aud this fact cannot be too wide.
ly disseminated. OF course, in kitcb-
en- ranges or in base-burner stoves
the amount of coal used is never
sufficient to cause serious danger. IT
Is in the big furnaces that danger
lies. nevertheless, if soft coal is
used for all-night fires in ranges and
base-burners, the drafts must be left
open GO that there may be no liza
Barbour County index., 1902-11-19
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Australia supplies $95,OOO,OOo worth
of wool year.
An average Britisher is as strong az
two Hindoos.
Some of the insurance companies of
farls refuse to insure people who dye
their hair.
The standard of height in the British
army is greater than in any other army
in the world.
There are IS steamers on the Swiss
lakes. The largest can transport
1,2O0 passengers.
Ihe average French person uses six
pounds of soap in year; the average
English person uses ten pounds.
Women school teachers in Roumania
nave been recommended by the minis
ter OF public instruction to wear the
picturesque Wallachian peasant cos
tune.
Mexico has more Indians than auy
other American country. In all, they
number about $500 900. The Argen-
tine Republic has also over {, 1000, 900 In
dians.
A novel type of storage battery car.
which in English tests has run 100
miles on a single charge, has motors
that, when travelling down hill, are re-
Versed and become generators for re-
storing the battery charge.
A number of Japanese-ownedv vessels
and their tonnage showed a further
increase in 1901. Under the Japanese
flag there are now 900 steam vessels of
577,66o tons and 1865 sailing vessels of
326,61s tons, making a total of 4, ,534 YES
sells of 904,27S tons.
Geryville, in South Algeria, was in
tested recently with cloud of locusts.
Gardens and plantations were covered
with fiuttering graybrown pail of de-
structive insects. The major in COM
mand of the garrison called out the
band and directed them to play up
fortissimo and march against the foe!
The locusts with one accord cleared
away to less musical neighborhood.
Barbour County index., 1902-11-19
HARD COAL PROBLEM
It Is Great One for the Govern
ment of the Republic.
Washingtonians,L Like the Citizens Of
Other municipalities, Worried
Over Shortage of Their
{ Fuel supply.
Especial Washington Letter.I

VIE price OF gas in the District
Il CT Columbia is fixed by law,
and the corporation possessing
the monopoly cannot increase the
pr under any circumstances.
ine Prices of coal and all grades
OF oil, Icing ngdeterminedb by the dealers,
have reen raised so rapidly and so
that it is almost impossible for
the poor, the very poor, to secure ar
al heat or light during these
.-ciancholy days, the saddest of the
Year"
Alt' '@acite coal is almost unobtain-
r~!e because of the protracted strike.
twenty-five dollars per ton is the
price ROW fixed here; dealers will
only deliver quarter of ton at
time, Ind then only to their regular
customers. Coke, which is mere
tinder, is sold at SIS per ton, and the
demand for it is enormous. Soft coal
is being used, and even that kind of
1uel is scarce, the price being SIP to
SIS per ton.
Gas stoves and ranges of all kinds
and sizes are being purchased and
set up in the residences of those
who can afford to use gas, and the
company is increasing it's daily man
ufacture of gas, with the expectation
that during the winter their product
will constitute the principal fuel of
thousands of people here, because of
the failure of the coal supply.
President Baer, of the Philadel-
phia & Reading railroad, the man who
represented the aggregated wealth
OF the mine owners at the recent
white house conference, has supplied
500 tons of best anthracite coal for
the public schools of the national
capital. at the ordinary rate of six
dollars per ton, and all of that coal
Is now here under cover. 1t was
dumped at the yards of prominent
coal dealer, and guarded by details
OF policemen from the moment of it's
arrival until the present. Every day
wagon loads of it are being carried
to the bins of the different schools,
where it will be guarded by special
watchmen. The public schools had
already secured 500 tons of soft coal
and 1000 tons of coke. 1t is esti-
mated that this supply will be sufi-
cient Tor the schools until the Christ
mas holidays. In the meanwhile eff
forts will be made in various direc-
t1ons to secure another supply which
will enable the commissioners to keep
the schools comfortable, so that the
little ones will not be obliged to
give up their supply of education.
In all of our homes the house
wives are studying the fuel problem,
and the wage-earning husbands are
giving it their consideration also.
Some Of our scientific men in the de-
partment of agriculture have been
experimenting with soft coal and
coke, with the result that they claim
to be able to get along very we'll
without hard coal. They put in a
layer Of kindling, layer of coke and
then layer of soft coal. The coke
keeps the soft coal from packing,
eyives IL solidity, and makes room for