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company and known as the Smith red
ash coal In November, 1907 he pur-
chased a boat, which was called an
ARK" for S2i, and on November 4 this
boat was loaded with fifty tons and
noated down the susquehanna river to
Columbia, where the German settlers
looked with wonder at this black
stone and thought Smith must be
crazy to think Of selling such stuff.
II IL said that TO demonstrate the
utillty OF the article, Smith arranged
with the landlord to use his fireplace
and placing IN It 4 crate especially con-
strueted. started fire on which coal
Was piled. The members Of the party
watched TO see the black stone burn
INF after some time the wood burned
cut, leaving the coal ignited IN only n
few places Smith invited the party
10 take dinner with him, promising am
other trial after dinner
But after dinner, upon the party's
returning TO the room In which the
crate was located, they were amazed
to see the coal burning Hereby There
were people from many cities present
when the test was made and the won
ters OF the new fuel rapidly spread over
The country. Being Joined by his broth
er John Smith, Abijah Smith In 1908
began shipping coal TO various cities
end continued In this business until
Il became very successful Three ark
loads we're sent to New York by way
OF Havre De Grace In 1908.
There are two stories Of what became
OF this coal, one being that the people
carried away the entire 1850 tons as
curioslties, while the other II that IT
was sold. Whatever became OF this
first cargo OF coal the Smith brothers
gradually built up large business. IL
was hard to introduce because 1t was
expensive and unknown, but 1t gladu-
ally made It's way For a number OF
years the average annual sales for the
whole country was six ark loads, or
800 tons aud the Smiths enjoyed a
monopoly more complete than any man
or combination In the business has ever
since enjoyed Nearly all the early
operators, except the Smiths, made
failures Of the work Of mining,
The first coal was brought into Der
by in 1907 by Abjah Smith upon his
return TO Derby from Pennsylvania
after his first trip. IL was only so
much as he could bring along In his
pocket and It was looked upon as
great curiosity. That was "a years ago,
and since that time the coal shipped
here has been enormous,
In 1920 the annual product for the
entire country was less than 1000 tons.
In 1879 the amount shipped to Derby
was 1000 tons, and II is estimated that
today Derby, Shelton and Ansonia re-
ceive and consume annually about 50,-
900 tons OF anthracite and $4,000 tons of
bituminous coal, or total Of $4,000
tons. The amount Abljah Smith
brought to Derby in his pocket In 1907
about one pound, Today the
amount which comes here Is about
las, 600, 900 tons.--Ansonia Sentinel.
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AN INTERESTING STORY or How
SHE ATTAINED IT.
For Long Time 1t Seemed rn,,
Good Fortune Would Not Come :"
a" Apparent Tribe Brought
II About.

Az with many other women ,o..
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Mrs. Knowles But finally n 0rle,.ls 70
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NJ. Knowles lives at No. fs Nor,h, Heo,
IoItlahu' Me- ana when reporter Wy
lted neT 10 learn the facts OF the ro ,s'
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IN the morning on when | got M w U.o,'e
after | had been sitting down so T"'H
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toull not move easily as / dIA n.y.
tue rheumatism set In, My feel ncSss
ana ! could not walk without umvisll
FOR some minutes after startsd nn"th
X was very painful and interfe,eJt'es
great deal with my household d,iio.S
How did you succeed In beoont..
cured| asked the newspaper man '''S
1T was one Of those apparentlv iiu,.
'hings that brought Il about ro,Jii
Mr., knowles, with smIa ~ 't.i
been suffering In this way FOR n veos
ana a half, when one day | happensd
TO plck up the paper ana to Stl I'M 1i'
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tfy them When had taken ono bnv
felt better and after had taken ~
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was gone. This was year AGO ma
the rheumatism has not troubled inv
since
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was sworn to at the reporters reo,,e.,
before Marshall II, burlington notorc
public, at Portland, and published IN
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that city
pr Williams Pink Pills for pale Poo.
ole viii not only cure cases similar IN
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IN inc Held OF orense and defense II
u not so easy 20 surmise what the fu-
lure may hold' For one tning II Is prac-
ucaliy certain that rapid ire guns OF
nuch nghter CALDER VIII be produced
ana II IS possible mat some means
may yet be discovered TO hurl high ex-
ploslVes long distances with certainty
mat their torces VIII prove effective
IN the direction desired when the explo-
sion comes
Some experts In warfare can see moth
Ing hut continuance of the rivalry to
secure Increased power OF resistance in
armour and Increased penetrative pow
or In proJectlles, but other authorities
are confident mat the perfection OF the
submarine boat VIII drive the more
ponderous war vessels from the seas.
There Is every reason to believe thar
In the future, as IN the past, fortunes
VIII be the reward OF many Inventors
Of seemingly the most simple devices
lhe IDEAS when might nave occurred To
anybody. The profits Of the inventors
VINO evolved the popular dime bank and
that universal toy the bounding ball
stands out prominently to attract the
INVENTIVE seulus lilto TINS nelu when
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TOT the razor recently Frenchfnan
thougnt ne haa solved the problem, Dut
altei nus device, an electro-chemlcai
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DEsEBET EVENING NEWS, SATURDAY. JANUARY. IS, 1902


One Of the Derby dealers, In speaking
Of the coal business in this Vicinity the
other day, called attention to the fact
that the FIRST coal ever mined In this
country was taken out Of the earth by
Derby man, who afterwaid offered
the first cargo for sale. This man was
Abijah Smith, father Of the founder OF
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would burn. The result Of this con-
yersatlon was that Smith made trip
to Pennsylvania ana eventually located
there,
He left Derby In 1906, and in 1897
mined nfty.alx tons Of coal In Ply
mouth, Pa, at the old mine now rent
ed TO the Lehlgh & Wilkesbarre Coal
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Birmingham, who lived here many
years. The story is that AblJah smith
heard through some man, who had been
travelling in Pennsylvania, and who,
passing through Derby on his way
home, stopped at Smiths blacksmith
shop to have his horse shod, about a
"blaok stone" In Pennsylvania which
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-18
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our PRIVATE STAMP over the neck
of the bottle.
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in the three.quarters of century pre-
The Washington times., 1902-07-21
SMALL boy KILLED
BY FALL FROM TRAIN
Head and Arm Are Entirely
Severed From Body.
Coroner's Jury Decides That His Death
Was Due to Gross Carelessness
on His Own Part.

Especial to The washington Times. J

ALEXANDRIA. Va, July 20.-Charles
c. Hall. aged fifteen years, son of Mr..
benjamin Hall. OF st. Asaph, Alexandria
county. fell from n moving freight train
OF the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac Railroad, which was on side
track OF the Southern Railway Com
pany. near the bridge at the Washington
and Ohio Junction. about a mile north
OF this city, this morning, and was
instantly killed. A number OF the cars
passed over him. His head was entirely
severed from the body, as was his right
arm. His ieit arm and other portions OF
his body were badly mangled.
Young Hall got on top of the cars for
the purpose OF getting Ice from the re-
frigerators while the train was at
standstill.. A few minutes afterward
the train started to move. and 1t is sup
posed that the boy either missed his
footing or was knocked from tie car by
the sudden jolting. The cars were NOV
ing slowly at the time. and the crew of
the train wers unaware of the accident
until youth named Marion Price in
formed Flagman G. W. Lash that tho
boy had been run over. The train was
Immediately stopped and the remains
we're picked up and placed beside the
railroad track.
Young Hall is said to have been IN
the habit OF getting on the cars nearly
every day to get ice, and, it is said. had
repeatedly been warned to keep OF. 1t
is claimed he was warned again this
morning. but did not heed it.
The train which struck young Hall was
a southbound freight. and a number of
the refrigerator cars were being backed
into the siding of the Robert Por.ner
Brewing Company. The train was In
charge OF Conductor J. P. Schwartz. with
James Rowe as engineer and Benjamin
ONeil as fireman. There was about
thirty cars attached to the train.
Immediately after the accident, which
occurred at s:51 o'clock, Coroner Issac |
Burrell. of Alexandria county summoned
a jury TO investigate the circumstances |
The Washington times., 1902-07-21
USED PENKNIFE TO KILL.
Man Stabbed by Opponent During
Fight in Field.

MEDIA, Pa, July 20.-John Scott. of
Clifton. stabbed and killed Fritz Letter.
of Cressona, yesterday afternoon at Cliff
ton. The two men had some words. and
Scott invited Letter into a field at the
corner OF Edgmont Street and the Bal
timore pike to settle the quarrel at fisti-
cuffs Letter proved too much for Scott,
drew a penknife from his pocket and
stabbed him. death ensuing in few
minutes. The wound is near the heart.
between the fifth and sixth ribs, and it
is said that the knife penetrated the
heart.
The greatest excitement prevailed In
the quiet borough when 1t became known
that the crime had been committed. and
there were numerous threats to lynch
mediately by officer Morris Lungen and
brought to Jail at Media, being COM
mitted by Squire Hinchliffe. The body
of the dead man was brought to the
undertaking establishment Of Deputy
Coroner Joseph E. Quinby, at Media.
Just what started the trouble is not
definitely known. Scott said, after be-
ing brought to jail here. that two team
sters from Philadelphia had some words
about assisting each other up the big
hill near where the crime was COM
mitted, and that he and the man now
dead became involved. which led to the
killing. Scott admits that he invited
Leffier into the lot to fight.
Letter was on a visit TO Clifton, being
the guest OF the family o. Simon Schurer
He came TO Clifton Friday night from
his home at Cressona, and was to have
remained a week. He leaves a widow
and two children. and was twenty eight
years of age.
This makes the fifth homicide In this
county within a few months. Two mur-
derers have already been convicted of
murder in the first degree and are now
awaiting sentence.
The Washington times., 1902-07-21
HARDSHIPS OF MAP MAKERS
Geological Survey Party Climbs &
Mountain Eight Times.

Though the Federal Government has
for twenty years been engaged in map
ping the United States. report just
issued b. the Geological Survey shows
that a greater part of the country is
still unsuryeyed.
The report shows that in some sec
tions of the country the work Is a
perilous one. and attended by great
bardships. \ short time ago a party
sent out TO map Northern Montana was
obliged to climb Calf Mountain not less
than eight timcs-the last 1900 feet
On fcot--before an opportunity was pre-
scntcd to get photograph of the sur
rounding country.
The Photographic method is employed
in all such Wild regions. When the mega
tivcs were finally secured ii was after
waiting all day in driving snow storm:
then there was lull CT few seconds
during which six snapshots were made.
During the ether seven days the snow
was unremitting.
The Washington times., 1902-07-21
COST OF SATURDAY
HALF DAY HOLIDAY.

attending the death OF young Hall. The
jury was composed OF J. T. Marstel q
foreman; and Messrs John Slater, John
Marche. F. NJ. Delane. II. H. Powell. and
John Carpenter. They viewed the re-
mains at the scene of the accident. and
then went TO the store Of J. A. Carpenter
nearby. and heard the evidence.
Boys Own Carelessness.
After hearing testimony from a num-
Der of trainmen and two small boys,
they rendered a verdict that young Hall
came to his death by gross careless
ness on his own part" The railroad
company was exonerated from all blame
Halls remains were brought to this
city and taken to an undertaking estab-
lishment. where they were prepared for
burial.
Hall resided with his father at st.
Asaph. His mother is dead. The father
is employed by the Government as
teamster at st. Asaph.
The Washington times., 1902-07-21
DAVID AND GOLIATH.
A Little Shot Put Old King Coffee Out
of Business.

When medicine fails, they sometimes
send sick people away to another climate
for their health. Sometimes the clima te
does it, but more often they stumble on
the proper food to take, and then get
we'll
A lady in San Diego tells of a friend
who left her home each December. Tor
the past two winters, to go TO California
for her health. She says: almost all
of her tine was spent in visiting the
doctor and sitting in a big chair and
watching the clock 20 note the time 7or
her next dose of medicine Nervous
ness was her principal trouble, and with
others Of kindred nature. made life for
her a burden.
"On the occasion of her last visit. I
begged her to give up the use of coffee
and use Postum Coffee. She replied
that she could not stop coffee | said no
more at the time, but the next morning
at breakfast, / passed her a fragrant.
steaming cup of Postum, making it as IL
should be made. After that. | had no
more trouble. and my friend drank no
more coffee. But the most surprising
part of the experience was the change
that soon came over her.
I'VE began to notice it within less than
week. In less than month. her ner-
vousness had left her and in three
months, she was a new woman in l.. e.
figure. and health. had not dared to
hope for SO much benefit. although ! had
been greatly benefited myself by Postum,
but coffee to her system was simply
poisonous. and | believe this is the case
with many others. She returned 10 her
home in December, and was married
within less than two months after. Sine
never fails to give credit TO Postum for
her health or thanks TO me for teaching
her TO make 1t properly. and well she
may, for Postum has done for her what
travel, doctors, and medicine failed 10
do Name given by Postum Co., Bat
tie Greek. Mich.
The Washington times., 1902-07-21
$,625,UO Annual Loss
in Case Amendment
Prevails.
LITTLE DOUBT OF LEGALITY
Question to Be Decided by Commits
sioners at an Early Date-Status Of
Government Employees to Be Deter
mined by the Attorney General.

One million six hundred and twenty
FIVE thousand dollars,
This is the amount the Saturday half
holiday will cost the District and Ma
tional governments annually IL the
amendment to the code of June 30 last.
which provides for a holiday on Satur-
day afternoon. for all purposes goes
into effect. The estimated cost is placed
at low figure. the average wage of the
employees OF both branches of the Gov
ernment being placed at $3.50 per day.
| 1t is calculated that there are about e.
600 employees in the District employment
who will be affected by the law. in the
! event the Commissioners act in accord
ance with the opinion on the subject by
the Corporation Counsel. Mr.. A. B. Du-
vail, submitted on Saturday. The wages
OF these 1000 employees for single day
two Saturdays. there will be twenty-six
whole days to be paid for. which will
amount to $4,000.
The number OF employees in the differ
ent Governmental departments is esti-
mated at $4,000. the wages OF which at
$3.50 per day will aggregate s57.5O0 for
single day. Multiply this by twenty
six, the whole number of days lost dur
ing the yea.. and we find total Of ST.
495. 1000. BY aiding these totals we find
the total cost to both branches of the
Government to be 81 .625, 900.
No Action by Commissioners.
The opinion OF Corporation Counsel
Duvall was submitted to the Commis-
sioners Saturday. and IS yet 1t is not
known what action they will take
upon H.
Since the amendment to the code Of
June 30 last was passed its purport has
been discussed by many prominent mem-
bers Of the local bar, and in every in
stance they are agreed with Mr. Duvall
that there is no other construction to
be placed on the act than TO make Sat-
urday afternoon holiday for all pur-
poses. There is little doubt In the
minds of those who have read Mr.. Du-
wallis opinion on the subject that his
position Is Wel DdckeQ Dy law, ana 7fOr
this reason 1t is expected the Commits
sioners will declare Saturday afternoon
a legal holiday, so far as it applies to
all the employees of the District govern
ment.
Attorney General TO Decide.
OF course. so far as the amendment
refers to the employees Of the United
States in the different Governmental
departments that question will have to
be decided By the Attorney General. It
IS hardly probable. however. that he
will come to a different conclusion in
he matter than did Mr.. Duyall. to
whom it was referred by the Commits
iioners.
1t has been suggested that the act
nay be unconstitutional. No one, how
.ver. has yet ventured to suggest the
round upon which this statement Is
made.
AS the rights Of no person is in
ringed upon, it is contended that IL the
natter is made an issue before the
ourts the act Will be upheld and de-
Jared to be constitutional
The Washington times., 1902-07-21
Dies From Effects of Operation.

Mr.. C. A. Synder, thirty-six years OF
age, residing at 1917 Second Street
northwest, died from the effects of an
operation at the Emergency Hospital
yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock. The
operation was performed several days
ago Mr.. Snyder was born in Wilkes
barre. Pa. and moved to Washington
with his parents about fifteen years ago.
He entered the tailoring establishment
of his father, and had since been en-
ployed there.
The Washington times., 1902-07-21
FAIR BUILDINGS DAMAGED.
Fire Causes Havoc at Texas State Ex-
position Grounds.

DALLAS. Tex, July 20.-Fire between
3 and O'Clock this morning destroyed
approximately sl50,0G0 worth of property
at the grounds of the Texas State Fair
Association. About one-half the loss
was sustained by private interests in
the shape of buildings for special ex-
hibits. in which considerable stuff vas
stored.
The large exposition building, the mu-
sic hall. and the poultry building be-
longing to the association. and their
contents we're completely wiped out. The
total insurance will not exceed $4,000.
The State Fair officials say this year S
annual fair and exposition will be held
in October and November. tho same as
II there had been no fire.
The origin OF the fire has not been de-
veloped.
The Washington times., 1902-07-21
LOOTED a POSTOFFICE.
Burglars at East Stroudsburg, Pa, Got
Away With 5000.

EAST STRoUDSBURG. Pa. July 20
The postof.ice was entered by burglars
early yesterday morning, the safe blown
open and stamps and money amounting
in all to about $500 were taken. The
office vas badly wrecked by the ex-
plosion that forced open the safe.
Nitro-g -glycerine was used and the safe
door was blcwn off, parts of it being
thrown to the rear of the office. A box
containing sS4. representing box rents.
was left behird. as was a gold watch
belonging to Miss Mamie Place, the
clerk