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win be celebrated this summer.

will be celebrated this summer. Con-
certmeister TIalvorsen has composed
the music and the 'digt" will be given
at one of the great Grieg-fests to be
! held at Bergen this summer.
n Hans Ross, the philologist and dia-
lect student, celebrated his 10th birth
day April II. Few literary men in
Norway are as we'll known and popu-
lar as Hans Ross. For more than thir-
ty years he mas been travelling around
In the country districts gathering ma
terial pertaining to dialects and their
interesting and peculiar origin. Dur
ing these many years Mr.. Ross has
naturally come in close contact with
the Norwegian peasants in all parts
of the country, and has made a thor
Ough study of their customs and dia-
lects Since 1877 Mr.. Ross has been
aided by the storthing and the results
of his work are to be found in the
Morse Ordbog," which was issued as
late as 1895 The execellently compre-
hensive work which for all times
will place Ross at the head of dialect
students, is beyond question one of
the most valuable books in all Norw-
way Although Ivar Aasen stands
pre-eminent as a ''sprag-forsher"
Ross supplement is none the less
comprehensive. AS "Landsmaal
author, Ross has no competition and
his many witty dialect stories con-
tributed to magazines and neWspa-
pers. has made him exceedingly poph-
lar among his countrymen. In spite
of his 20 years, Mr.. Ross is still a
healthy and active man and is at pres
ent at work on grammar for the
so-called Norske Bygdemaal.
Ande.s Bulls system of wireless
biography has recently been the OBJ
ject of much fattering comment both
in Europe and America. Professor
Fleming, the great English scientist.
spoke very approvingly of Mr.. Bulls
system in a recent lecture before the
Society of Art in London and illus
trated articles in the Electrical
World" and Scientific American speak
in terms of highest praise of the new
system,
Ole Theodbaldi, the celebrated Nor
wegian violionist, who has been on an
extensive concert tour in the United
States, suddenly disappeared from
Minneapolis, Mimi, few days ago
where he left a debt of $500. He left
the city the same evening that he was
to appear at a concert given at the
Swedish Lutheran Be"hlehem's church.
Theobaldi is well-known in Christianla
and Copenhagen.
Christian w. Johansen Daniel, vice
konsul in Kristiansund, died at his
home in that city April 20, aged 40
years Mr. Johansen has for num-
Der of years been connected with one
of the leading export houses of
Kristiansund.
The her ing season at Kragero is at
an end 1t proved quiet profitable.
giving employment to about 300 men.
who handled 900 nets. About $4,000
crowns worth of herring was caught,
bringing from % to 80 crowns per
hogshead.
August Strindberg's erik the XII
is to be rendered at the National
theater in Christiania in the near
future.
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Joseph Bashaw, who is, as near as
can be figured out, at least ia years
of age, was found dead in bed at Sa
lem, Ore.
The breaking out anew of the forest
fires on Chestnut ridge, Pennsylvania
has caused the greatest CONSERVATION
among the people.
Mrs. George S. Batcheller of Sara
toga. N. ", wife of Judge Batchellei
of the international tribunal Of Egypt
died at Alexandria, Egypt, Thursday
It is understood that Lord OnsloW.
British colonial undersec rotary, Will
succeed Robert William Hanbury, who
died April %, as president of the
board of agriculture.
Ok The services of the women immt
grafton inspectors, appointed three
months ago at New York under the
operation of the civil service law
were discontinued Thursday.
The sultan has warned the govern.
ors of the provinces of European Tur
key that they will be held personally
responsible in the event of massacres
occurring in their jurisdiction.
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CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, May 14-Cattle Good ia
prime steers, $5.10@5.5O; poor to me
dunn, $400@500; stockers and feed
ers, $300@4S0; cows, $1.60@4.75;
heifers. $2.50@5.0O; calves, $4,000
500. Hogs-Mixed and butchers, $685.
@6.60; good to choice heavy, $3.50
$50; rough heavy, $6.35@6.S0; light,
$6.2O@640. Sheep Good to choice,
$5.00@55O; Western, $4.75@5.50; ma,
tive lambs, $4.5O@7.1O; Western, $3.50
@71O.
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Samuel E. Middleton, cashier of the
United States treasury under Abra
ham Lincoln and at one time well
known business man in st. Paul, died
suddenly in ST. Paul Wednesday.
Frederick w. Hollis of New York,
who was rendered the position of UNI.
pire to act in the settlement of the
claims of Germany and Italy against
Venezuela, has declined the appoint
ment owing to the pressure of pri
Yate business.
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BASEBALL SCORES.
National League.

National League.
At Philadelphia, IL; Pittsburg, II
At Boston, 8; st. Louis, 5.
At New York, 5; Cincinnati, 2.
At Brooklyn, 1; Chicago, 2.
American League.
At Detroit, Z; New. York, 1.
At Cleveland, 2; Boston, 1.
At Chicago, 0; Philadelphia, 6.
At ST. Louis, 0; Washington, 8.
American Association.
At Columbus, 10; indianapolis, 3.
At Minneapolis, 2; st. Paul, 1.
At Milwaukee, Z; Kansas City, 6.
At Toledo, 10; Louisville, H.
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Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, May -Wheat-To arrive
No 1 hard, soc; No. l Northern,
7Sc; No. 2 Northern, 76c; May, 79Ac;
July, 773a @771ac; Sept, 70hc. Flax
In store, to arrive, on track and
May, $1.14A; July, $1153s; Sept,
$1.16%; Oct, $1.16; Nov, $1.16.
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cbicaoo Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, May 14.-Wheat - May,
7Sc; July, 72ss @72Ac; Sept, 7OAc;
Dec, 70%c. Corn--May, 45c; July,
45c; Sept, 44ssc. Oats-May, S55sc;
July. 321s @325sc; Sept, 30Ac; Dec.
3O1l @30ssc. Pork-May, $3.50; July.
$1710; Sept, $3.50. FlaxCash,
Northwestern, $115; Southwestern,
Sill: May, Sill; July, $1.1S1 But
ter Creameries, 18@211ac; diaries,
141s@18c. Eggs-1414 @14%c. Poul-
try Turkeys, 10012c; chickens.
1215c.
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WIRELESS AS LIFEsAvER.
Plan to Warn Ships of Impending Dan
ger by Marconi's Device.

Boston, May 15.-The United States
lifesaving board commenced It's an
nual meeting in this city during the
day and took up 3or consideration a
number of new devices intended to
aid in lifesaving.
Most important of these is a system
of wireless telegraphy and marine fog
signals. The proposition is to equip
shore stations with wireless apparatus,
constructed to send vibrations to GER
tain distances only, far enough to
give timely warning to vessels that
they are approaching danger. Vessels
equipped with suitable apparatus
would receive warning Immediately
on entering the danger zone.
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Well Known Newspaper Man.

Milwaukee, May 15.-Louis Bleyer.
a well known newspaper man, died
during the day after an illness OF sew
eral months, aged sixty-six years. He
was the first man to establish a ma
rine department in newspaper on the
lakes
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PennsyIvania Towns Threatened.

Cresson, Pa, May 15.-The towns OF
Blandsburg and Lloydsville, in North
ern Cambria county, have been threat.
ened with forest fires for several
days. The sky is black with smoh
in that direction. East Of these plac
the mountain for fifty square mil
had been swept clean of every tree.
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St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

ST. Paul, May 14.-Cattle Good ia
choice steers, $4.50@6.O0; common to
fair, $3,00@4.50; good to choice cows
and heifers, $3.25@400; veals, $2.5G
$500. Hogs $600@6.60. Sheep
Good to choice, $4.75@6.00; lambs,
S5.75@6. so.
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, May -Wheat-C Cash
7819c; May, TIC; July, 763s @767Ac.
On track-No. 1 hard, soc; No.
Northern, 1880; No. 2 Northern.
77Mc; No. Northern, 761s @77c.
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SUFFERERS WILL BE ISOLATED
German Government Fighting Strange
Miners Disease.

Berlin, May 15-The government
commission which has been inVesti-
gait the tropical worm disease
has attacked 10000 Westphalian
miners reports that only those who
rarely see the sunlight are afflicted.
The disease causes inability to labor
and is frequently fatal. The govern
ment has decided to employ $50 doc.
tors, especially trained, to combat the
malady. The sufferers will be iso.
lated. Cleanliness is the principal
remedy.
The Washington times., 1903-01-25

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- NE day nearly
~ mine n
down picks obeyd
mill
balconies galleries watching
modern of
and
in
tIenent OF he
sn
of means
Of
O
eened-- plain
is
other Coal has to play such Important part
drama of q
ancestry? Who are its relatives? Through what stages
OF
is
thovn
Re
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CHAPTER II.

WelI-a thousand years or SO went
by and saw me becoming hardened to
my fate, Time and again I tried to
get up in the world until the pro-
tracted effort fairly made me black
ia the face, but it was Of no use
none whatever.
Meanwhile great things were doing
above ground. Noah went yachting,
as you have already heard. Moses
broke his tablets over the golden
calf. Greece became q spot on the
map and was wiped out by Rome,
Rome had a GauI to cross the Rubi-
CON Say, those were warm times
sure enough! Finally there came the
European invasion Of America and
ever since then American captains of
industry have been trying to get even
with them over there.
All the while there was mighty lit
tie doing in my special region. Say!
We certainly did play the waiting
game 10 the limit. It was like Sara
Bernhardt when she thinks she is
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Then the miners wanted an advance
Of per cent, in the contract price
paid them before the strike. The
only way to progress IS to advance.
See! They also wanted the coal
weighed wherever possible, and they
wanted a ton to weigh .224o pounds,
and men to check the weights OF
course when coal is sHyr0ckeung a
ton ought TO weigh as much as pos
sibie. but there is virtue in even num-
bers. Two thousand pounds is easier
to calculate. So let it go at that
They likewise wanted the union rec
ognized- Everybody wants 10 be rec
ognized, for that matter. Tt IS the
law Of gravity.
Well my humble opinion is that the
miners got what they deserved. and
nightly little else Give the miner
his due-says Anthracite Goal
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CHAPTER ".

How did it happen? Well, as YOU
know, the mine helpers only got a
dollar and a quarter Der and the
miners from three to four dollars.
They all worked tan hours ont of
twenty-four, with no extra pay when
they lost an arm or leg, or even a
head, for that matter-at least moth
ing extra to speak of. This was all
told to LIE afterward. by the way.
a man named John Mitchell cane to
Wilkesbarre and had a star cFam-
her meeting with some of the men.
Say. john is the real article, in my
opinion! Just keep your eye on him.
He is worth watching. So IS George
T. Baer. But with the other eye.
But-to proceed: The demands of
the mine workers were something
like this: they wanted an eight-hour
working day, with the same wages
that were paid for a ten-hour day.
So far, so we'll Two hours more q
day to live and get acquainted with
your family is only right and just IN
my opinion. OF course. we are most
OF US faIlibIe. Say-faIHble is a good
word-born in Boston! Surel
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HPUT-sputter! Pop. B-r-r-r
This Fifth avenue CRATE IS
the warmest thing ever-and
my recollection extends back some
thousand years or more. Just how
many thousand 1t IS hard to say, be
cause most of our anthracite family
records have been burned up.
But 1t seems funny 70 be so warm
when everybody else Is freezing.
Funny and also comfortable. Zipl
The winds are having q celebration
IN the streets tonight. Commits
sioner Greene and his automobile
are evidently at home. Well, well!
4 good many queer things have
happened IN my time, but this Is
certainly a purple moment for me.
Say. Mighty few people have
had a more interesting past OF can
point to a longer pedigree than your
humble servant sp-T-rI This is a
bit n4ore comfortable near the front
Of the crate than back yonder with
the cIndeFs- Thank goodness there
are few Of Us live ones left since
the striks- Wen, welli Everything
is SO nice and inviting here that a
fellow may grow a trIfe garulous
and stn be excused for talking about
Of
coal becomes successful everybody
wants to know about him and how he
did the trick Perhaps it is just as
wei 20 humor them q BIT so long as
Old King Coal is q jolly Old soul,
4 jolly old soul is he!
WeI-to begin Ny great-great-
greargrandfather was a chip off the
Old block lie was as wooden as some
Of those masterpieces hanging on the
wall yonder. They come high. But
there are others-IuyseIf for instance
You notice how easy It is and natural
to throw in those back-handers about
oneself just incidentally. But this is
wandering from the subject.
Ny home IS in Pennsylvania, near
Vukesbarre- I was born and
raised. As near as I can remember
without the family Bible, nay cradle
was rocked before the aood-before
Noah went cruising IN the original
yacht or Columbus discovered Amer
lea Ny name then was wood-just
plain wood.
At immense forest stood on what is
now known as Pennsylvania, or the
central part OF Pennsylvania This
forest covered an area Of about six
hundred and fifty square miles along
the Susquehanna River One day the
same winds which are quarreling in
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efI,, --.fea ro-b 7rtror and rublfzner
....--,-.-- -. $50,
--'' e .-- ''-''s@ '-'-'-'' ''-'=''-7'
embarrassing situation, as VIII De
seen from the following incident
Last Fan the editor Of the New
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7'''' Wv ''l l-''7 l-'--
wide popularity, to write story Tor
that periodical. entitled THE Ameri-
can Invaders D, y,-lao +ha author had
.-.--f.--s .,- ----.-.- -,..,..--.- ta
forwarded them to the editor WI" d
note TO the effect that as he expected
10 visit New York within the next
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EXPERIENCED journalists are
accustomed to write articles
for the newspapers under all
kinds Of disadvantages. Sometimes
in a baggage car when the train is
running fifty miles an hour; some
times in a driving rain storm while
watching the fate Of a shipwrecked
crew off the coast, and sometimes in
the midst of d bowling East Side mob
Of strikers,
Literary men, however-those who
produce books, magazine articles and
verse, usually do their work in the
quiet secIusIon Of their own homes,
where no one is allowed to disturb
them. should they not feel like turn
ing out copy they can drop their pens
and take a walk in the park or out
into the country until they are once
more in condition to resume the task
Of composition.
It is only under unusual ciTcual-
stances that an author ever consents
or allows himself TO hurry A few
cases are on record in which writers
have produced books in an incredibly
short time. John Swinton, for in
stance, once turned out a 90,000-word
book in ten days, under the stimulus
Of big black cigars and hot coffee
IN these days Of fierce periodical ri
yaIry contracts for the purchase OF
new novels by distinguished authors
are frequently signed before the books
are written. Publication is begun as
soon aa the first few chapters are re-
ceived 10y the editor. Owing to Un-
expected contingencies that occasion
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CHAPTER V

Well-the preceding chapter was
somewhat Of an accident-accidents
win happen when miners and opera
tors meet Perhaps there was more
casing done in settling that strike
than was necessary. But safety is IN
numbers-when it comes 10 words
say. How many men do you sup
pose viii break into the Han Of
Fame simply on account Of that
s,rike2 Quite a few-quite a few. no
doubt.
But all that time your humble ser
want was playing the lonely act all
by himself. One day a man with an
eye for small things came along and
seeing me idIe-tossed me on the
tram and it was mine for the crusher.
Say! Did your mother-in-law ever
meet you at the door when you got
home early in the morning and sit on
you? Wen, my experience with that
crUsher was like a meeting between
Jeffries and Munroe and your mother
in-law all in one.
When daylight returned we-rnyseB
and few hundred thousand other
MANNED and mangIed oues-were
mixed up on a Lehigh Valley fiat car
with a through ticket TO Manhattan.
None of US knew that we were the
real things at the time. None Of US
knew that we were a blue ribbon
hand and quoted a mile or so above
par.
Sput-sput-ter. Ugh! Those ashes
are sufoca ting. What2 Ny f1nish2
( Never. Butte resume. They pulled
and hauled us about as siugerIy as
you mind. Over in an East Side coal
yard yesterday a small army of blue
noses We're standing around gassing.
/ one of them picked me up and said
my place was in a dime museum OF
| else on a starched shirt bosom or some
such ridiculous thing. But. say! When
that coal dealer came up it was. back
TO the pie with yours truly in a hurry.
Coal in that yard was selling at thir-
/ teen cents p pail and it sure was cheap
at the price. A year ago anthracite
was going begging at fve-dfty per ton
and take as much as you want at the
price SayI Who would have thought
a few months could have made such a
difference This is sure q strenuous
age-this age Of Roosevelt Wen. weII.
Only ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS can afford TO
have me and my kind around. But
somebody has got to pay for that
/ strike, and what are automobilion-
aires for if not to support the ma
/ tionaI Iuxuries2
/ Crunch! More ashes and more coal
( on top of them. This is too much by
! d shovelfuI. Pin. Wen my time
| seems to be up. but no higher than
real estate on Manhattan Island-Iny
future home. So just write down this
moral as my last viii and testament.
Coal crushed to earth viii rise again.
/ Sure thing!
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places is certainly the limit. They
say the air is exhausted by. a fan.
and fresh air rushes down the main
shaft TO take its place. 4 law pro-
hibits less than two hundred cubic
feet per minute to be furnished each
person in the mine. The fan-which
IS a huge wheel without a rim and
with broad blades like those Of a side
wheel OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES day and
night During a strike, such as the
recent one, two things do not cease
to move-the fan and the pumps; for
if either Of them went on strike it
would be fare thee well, Mister Mine
fare thee well.
WelI-whiIe yours truly was trying
to collect his thoughts on the floor Of
that purgatoriaI anteroom a fire broke
out-aud there was markle to pay. It
was what they call fire damp, and a
zsrfo ef men were absent from the sup
per table at home that night. Say!
Those three men had families. and
none Of them made over one and
"
my business Salaries and saieratusl
II every man got what was coming
to him this would be a heaven on
earth-and there would be nothing to
live for worth mentioning Nobody
would want to quit. Nobody would
have time to do anything except cash
in and spend the money
Well-nine months passed before
our mine was doing business al the
same old stand, They shoveIed me up
and aboard q tram before you could
say Jack Robinson. Say! Did you
ever get shot2 You knowl Well
they shot me half way to the surface
before yours truly took q tumble to
himself. I rolled off the heap and lay
beside the track where nothing could
pass without my hearing it
Well-that was in January. 1902.
Anthracite was worth barely two per
ton at the mines, and a dollar in the
ground Say! But I felt cheap. AS a
matter Of fact, anthracite of the best
grade or lineage was only bringing
five-ffty delivered in New York at
that time. BItuminous was bringing
three and a quarter-and yet the op-
orators were even then thfrty-tyo
million tons behind in their orders.
Put that down as a straight tip and
worth face value anywhere.
WeIi-things grew bit monotonous
with me after a while. A year went
by with the same programme from
day to day. I thought seriously Of
committing suicide from sheer ennui.
But under the circumstances one sell
dom has enough energy to move. At
length the men quit coming down into
the mine and-do you know what sol
ituda is? Well-the strike was on
but that Is another story.
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when everything was so quiet you
could hear yourself think. a funny
thing happened to me A tTemen-
dous explosion occurred. followed by
a ray Of light which broke through
q .crevice, and then q pick caught me
under the chin and lifted me to glory
Stars--certainly twinklcd fer few
moments in my immediate vicinity
and my immediate vicinity was
mine. Did you ever see one Of them2
WeII-a mine is certainly no place
for ladies. Draw in your mind pie
ture Of purgatory and throw few
cars of dirt over it. and you VIII have
q fair idea Of a mine-Ieastwise a
coal mine. If you have ever been IN
the hole you also viii have "a fair
faaa of one. Once q wise guy said
way was HI He never saw d coal
mine. Pennsylvania purgatories are
a little bit more purgatorial than
.hsv are anywhere else
Everything in them IS rude and
rrrl5e-even the tools. They are pick
and shovel. bar. hand and machine
drills and powder. The general plan
NJ the particular mine where things
F.nnaned 10 me was that Of vast
hall with pillars Of coal and roof
and aoor of black slate Those coal
,.--;ons are network of mines so
connected with each other that one
may travel many miles underground.
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weary-a dark room and a blanket
and sIumber on my child. say. May
be sleep is all right and a good thing
but pass it around. No more sleep
for me and mine
WelI-my nap was one Of those for
ever immovable affairs that become a
trife monotonous before the end.
Others of nay fellows down under
Pennsylvania were lazy enough to
enjoy the situation, but for 9ne-bace
10 the woods every time for me.
Philosophy is one Of my burning viz
tues at that.
WelI-fnalIy those wooden relatives
Of mine made NE weary with their
philosoDhizing They were entirely
too we'll satisfied with their earthly
lot to suit a walking delegate ike
myself. When there is anything do
ing in the strenuous line, just keep
your eye on me. Let us then be up
and doing-you know what Lcagfellow
said. Some of them are stiII sleeping
in the same bed-and they VIII prob
ably sleep on until the final whistle
blows.
Wexford Kelvin says there is
enough food for fire underground to
last four hundred years. VIII the
whistle blow by that time? Sure it
willard put that down as straight
tip. He-Lord Kelvin-says PennsyI-
yania has enough coat on deposit
unless there is a run on the bank-to
supply the world with fuel for the
next hundred and fifty years. OF
course he was not referring to btu
minous coaI-nobody ever considers
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biuminous when there is any an
thraCite around.
But sayl His Io~d~hip has another
guess coming i'm my humble opinion.
As soon as wireless communications
are established underground, and
those black diamonds under Pennsyi-
vauia learn that they are the real
things up here. do you think they are
going TO all there, stay there Some
body has another guess coming for
sure.
CHAPTER III.
WelI-tg urOcee4. one morning,
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CHAPTER I.

CPUT-sputter! Pop. B-r-r-r!
This Fifth avenue CRATE IS
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4 Mrs E5sARRE 6EEAkER.

oal Has Almost Trebed in Value During the Past
Twelve Months Though the Supply Year Ago Was
Thrty-two Million Tens Short According to Plain
Facts and Figures-Enough Still Remains for
Four Hundred Years.