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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-01-16
COAL TRADE GROWING

day in the year. practically, at time
no further distant than 1912. At pres
ent the bituminous tonnage Is more
than five times as great as the anthra-
cite output. Pennsylvania continues
to supply its full proportion of the en-
tire output, and Qncluding anthracite
outpuD turns out nearly as much coal
than 1894, and five times as great as in
1885.
The bituminous coal trade has quin-
tupled since 1885. The increase alone
of the year 1908, as compared with
1900, is as much as the whole aggre.
gate output of the United States in all
years prior to 1857 and since 1903 the
tonnage has grown S0,000,000 tons.
Since 1896 the increase in tonnage
has been constant (save for stand
still in 1000, and has amounted in
all to 23O.00O,OOO tons, and has nearly
trebled the tonnage in ten years. The
bituminous trade may now be said to
be six times as large in volume as the
anthracite business. 1t is three times
as great now as it was no further back
than 1885.
The output last year was as great
as the total production for all years
prior to 1874, and adding the output
of 1906 and 1907 we have tonnage
equal to all the business prior to 1882.
Searches less noticeable than the
volume of bituminous business is the
concentration of control, so that now
score or more companies control a
tonnage equal to fully one.third of all
the soft coal used in the United States,
and as to the utilization of bituminous
coal, there appears no reason, despite
the large increase in tonnage, to
change the assertion of a few years
back that nearly one-half of the whole
output, aside from that exported or
used for coke-making, is used by the
railway and steam navigation com.
panies of the United States and Can.
ada.
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circles. He was taken III few weeks
his home in Pennsylvania. When it
was seen that the end was near the
son asked his father II there was not
some last desire that he might wish
gratified. The parent thought few
moments and then replied in the af'
firmative.
AS he lay on his couch realizing that
his days were numbered his mind
strayed back to the scenes Of his child
hood, back to the farm in faraway
Maine, where he was born and where
he spent his youth. He recalled par
ticularly bowlder which stood near
the old homestead and which was the
center of his playground. With voice
shaken with emotion he asked his
son to place that bowlder upon his
grave. He declared that he could Sc.
cure no monument so satisfying as
that rough pile of stone around which
such pleasant memories associated
The son found the bowlder just where
his father said that it lay and 1t was
shipped to the west Carved upon Its
fiinty side is the word 'Blaisdell.'
That is all. but 1t tells story that is
more eloquent and pathetic than could
be expressed in columns OF descriptive
prose, of the tender memories Of
youth that are recalled when old age
reminds that the night is coming
That three tons of granite. lasting un
til the end Of time. will mutely tell Of
the heart hunger of the elder Blaisdel
for some remembrance of the mist,
past and of the happy days of his boy
hood down on the farm" 1t will alst
tell of filial love and duty we'll per
formed.
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WOLVES AND BEAR
IN HARD BATTLE
FRENCH COUNTESS WITNESSES
DESPERATE FIGHT IN CANA
DIAN WiLDS.
RECOUNTS LIVELY EXPERIENCE
Lay Behind Wlndfall While Four
Ravenous Timber Brutes At
tack Rruin--FInally Ends
Unequal Contest.


Seattle, Wash.-With four ravenous
timber wolves battling fercely with
black bear In the wilds along the
upper Peace river. in Canada, Count
ess Meherenc de st. Pierre of st.
Brieuc. Brittany, France, lay concealed
behind windfall less than 200 feet
away and watched the struggle for
nearly quarter of an hour. This oc-
CURED several weeks ago while the
titled woman from across the Atlantic
was making trip through the unex-
plored region north of Edmonton, with
only Indian guides for her compan-
ions. Countess de St Pierre. who is In
Seattle at present, In speaking OF the
struggle, said:
For time the honors of war were
about even. and SO Intent were the
participants upon the fight that they
did not notice the approach of the In
dian guide and myself. We had been
breaking trail through heavily
wooded forest. the Indian making his
way through the timber and under
brush without any more noise than the
occasional cracking of twig beneath
his moccasins. Following his instruc-
tions, | placed my feet in the tracks
left by his moccasins. and in this way
we were able to advance quietly.
my first impulse when / came upon
the four wolves fighting desperately
with the bear was to shoot. / raised
my rife. but suddenly the spirit of the
struggle seemed to take possession of
me and motioned to the guide to drop
behind fallen tree. From the con-
cealment thus afforded we watched the
battle for several minutes.
"The timber wolves assailed the bear
on all Sides swapping viciously at his
heels and springing away before the
slow-moving bruin could turn. AS the
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-01-16
rHE LIGHT IN THE WINDOW.
Mcther Burns II Nightly for Ten Years
Till Son Returns.

Writings, N. J.-Given up as dead
by all the family except his mother,
George Harrington returned home the
other day and occupied the place at
the table where she had always kept
q plate for him during the ten years
of his absence.
firing of farm work and having a
quarrel with his father, young Har-
rington ran away from home and went
on board ship to China, and finally
to India. He wrote home, but, receiv-
ing no answer thought that his fam
lily was too angry to care for him any
more, so he did not write again
Throughout the years of his absence
his mother would not permit any one
10 sit at her sons place at the table,
where plate was always put for
him, even after all the others believed
he Twas dead. She lighted a lantern
the last thing she did before going to
bed every night, and placed it at a
wtndow. so that If the wanderer ever
came back he would know a welcome
awaited him.
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GIVES CANNON THE IRON GRIP.
"5abyp Member, with ViseIike Hand.
shake, Makes Him Vince.

westinghouse mild-mannered and
Misunderstanding young man is Rep.
resentative Harry Wolf of Baltimore,
aged 81, the baby" of the present
house, and who began life as a news,
boy. He was introduced to Speaker
Cannon.
The speaker extended his hand.
Wolf took a good, firm grip on It, The
speaker WINGED and pulled his hant
away as quickly as he could. The I'm.
gers were in a bunch and almost par.
alyzed. The baby" member has a
grip like a wise and works 1t all the
time without thinking.
Young man." said the speaker rue
fully, as he shook the circulation bach
into his crushed paw. IF you have Q
grip on your district like that I'm
afraid | won't live to see another Re
publican elected from It,"
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MAUD HAS HER BUSY DAY.
Meet-Eyed Mule Slips on Street and
Seeks Revenge with Heels.

San Antonio, Tex.-Maud the mule,
lop-eared quadruped who earns her
daily alfalfa by hauling Mexican
peddler's cart, created great excite
ment on West Commerce street the
other day. Maud was meek-eyed
mule with look of patient resigna-
ton in her mournful eyes, but she
carried charge Of dynamite in each
hind heel.
While ambling down the street she
slipped on the wet pavement and fell
down, tangled in maze of homemade
harness. With great presence of mind
she lay quietly until her driver sought
to unravel the harness. Then she
handed him left foot jolt in the short
ribs that sent him careening into the
gutter.
Johnny Buttinsky," who is present
In every crowd, volunteered to release
Maud from her tolls. He got a swift
kick on his hip pocket which placed
him hors de combat, and thereupon
he withdrew to the background.
Finally Maud grew tired of her re,
cumbent position and calmly arose.
Shaking her long ears in a coquet.
fish manner, she meditatively kicked
an innocent bystander into the gutter
and then went to sleep, while the
wounded driver attached the guy ropes
to the cart.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-01-16
MILL AID MARRIAGE
PACIFIC COAST BACHELORS FORM
AFFINITY CLUB.
Scarcity Of Maids Results in Society
Which Plans to Import Women
Organization to Pay
Wedding Expenses.

Spokane, Wash.-Designed to solve
the problem of the scarcity Of mar
riageable young women in the island
empire, the Spokane Affinity club has
been organized in this city by 20 bach.
elors under 80 years of age.
The society proposes to bring 5000
young women into the Spokane coun-
try from the eastern states. find en-
ployment for them, and act as general
sponsor. When any of the imported
young women is convinced that she
has found her soul-mate all marriage
expenses will be borne by the club, In
GLIDING the license, the minister's fee,
wedding dinner and flowers.
J. G. Power Brown, secretary of the
Spokane mining brokers exchange, is
president Of the new society. The
secretary and treasurer is Wallace A.
McBurney, vice president and man
ager of the Falls City Lumber COM
pany, and the manager of the society
is Cadwallader Jones, manager of the
United States Steel and Equipment
company.
The membership Is drawn from the
best circles of Spokane society. AS
member must have property Of value
greater than $1,000, they are all
eligible young men and entirely liable
in case they find their affinity among
the importations. Branches are to be
instituted in every city and town Of
more than 500 inhabitants throughout
the inland empire.
Shortly after the organization Of the
club President Brown gave out the
| following statement
THE purpose of the club Is to in.
duce young women to come into this
| district. There is scarcity Of young
women in the northwest, and the in
| land empire is no exception. / am not
! overestimating the fact when / say
that 5000 women between the ages OF
| 20 and 80 years could find good hus
bands and comfortable homes In Spo
kane alone. This may seem an ex
travagant statement in city of nearly
100000 population, but the fact is that
many more men than women have
come into the city during the last Is
months.
"The first step in the campaign te
bring young women into the country
will be to write to our friends and &C
quaintances in the old homes in the
middle, western, eastern. southern ant
New England states and eastern Can
ada, urging them to come to the north
west, and then prevail upon them t.
write to their girl acquaintances. Ii
that way chain system will be es
tablished and the problem FINAL!
solved.
ANY man between the ages of 81
and 40, Industrious and of good char
acter, and possessed of at least $1,000
or its equivalent in realty, is eligible
to membership in the club"
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cient names of the catacombs were
taken from those of the owners of
the land.
With the passing of time and the
increase in the number of Christians
the original cemeteries were extend
ed, excavations on larger scale Were
undertaken and gradually the cata-
combs were formed.
The catacombs originally were used
exclusively as cemeteries, but later
they provided places for religious as
sembly and In some cases worship.
In apostolic times they generally met
in the house of some wealthy mem
Der of the community Later they
built churches. After Diocletian in
303 ordered the churches to be de-
stroyed the Christians evidently then
took refuge in the catacombs, which,
although known by their prosecutors
to exist, could not be reached or
entered, as neither their precise po-
sition nor their entrances could be
ascertained.
The catacombs were also used occa-
sionally as places Of concealment.
Several popes used them as hiding
places from the beginning of the Sec
ond century onward. st. Stephen was
murdered in the catacombs, where he
had lived for some time during the
Valerian prosecutions, and his sue
cessor, st. Sixtus, was also martyred
in the catacombs.
For several centuries the cata-
combs were used as places of devo-
ton. The entrances of the cata-
combs were rendered public. Shafts
or air holes called luminaria were
opened for purposes of ventilation.
About the middle of the fifth cen.
fury portion of the catacombs was
rifed by the barbarians In hopes of
finding treasures, and thus began the
devastation which led ultimately to
their neglect and ruin.
From the thirteenth to the fifteenth
century all knowledge of the ancient
cemeteries seems to have persisted
The accidental falling in of portion
of the high road outside the Porta
Salaria in 1873 led to the discovery
of the Catacomb of St Priscilla
Public interest In the subterranean
| Christian cemeteries was awakened
and archaeologists turned their at
tention to their examination and
study.
The name catacomb is, compare
lively speaking, modern, The Chris
ton cemeteries were named either
after some saint buried In them oil
the person who originally owned the
land where they were situated. The
use of the present name dates bach
TO about the sixteenth century.
Almost all the catacombs are out
side the walls of the city. The ag
gregate length of Their galleries Il
said to be about 5S7 miles, and the.
are excavated on different levels ant
cross and recross each other. Hence
although the area which they under
lie is not considerable. yet IL tn,
galleries were stretched in a continu
Gus line they would extend through
the whole of Itay.
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Chew" in it. Mr.. Fletcher lives at the
Waldorf when in New York, but 1t
must be that Mr.. Boldt, the manager,
does not take him seriously for his
theories would break up the restau-
rant business. Mr.. Fletcher says he
lives on a few cents day for food
and is as active at 5S as most men at
40 One of his kindly critics points to
the fact that in his youth Mr. Fletcher
was an all-round athlete as pretty
good evidence that he had a better
physique than the average man and
should therefore bear his years better,
Mr. Fletcher when at home lives in a
Venetian palace. He has written many
books on nutrition.
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"The Bear Was Losing Ground"

bear wheeled to meet one assailant an
other would spring at him from be-
hind, and thus the combat continued.
The bear was losing ground under the
vicious attacks, and 1t seemed but q
matter of minutes until 1t would be
completely exhausted. The timber
wolves kept up continual din of
sharp yelps, while the bear would occa-
sionally emit roar OF rage and pain
after one of the wolves had made an
unusually successful attack.
"Bruin had all but given up the
fight when a realization of the I'M
equal contest dawned upon me. l
could stand 1t no longer, and, bring
ing my 5000 into play, felled one
of the wolves. The other three sour
ried away, while the bear, after talk
ing look at the new arrivals, trot-
ted off in a sort of half-satisfied fash
ion, appal emily undecided whether to
be pleased with the outcome of the
encounter or not.
1.-The first time | ever saw timber
WOLF" continued Countess de st.
did not shoot. The animal Hoped away
with the peculiar swinging gait that
is characteristic of the wolf. and
thought no more of the incident I'M
till returned to camp. When | In
formed my guides that / came near
shooting a dog they laughed. and
after exchanging several comments IN
their native tongue explained that l
had met wolf"
In discussing nature taking, Count
ess de st. Pierre said: Il doubt If q
timber wolf could ever kill an elk or
a moose, although such claims have
been made by writer's A timber wolf,
so my guides informed me, never
travels alone. The Indians say that
a wolf, unaccompanied, would hest.
tate to attack anything more danger
Gus than rabbit but three or four
| timber wolves will give battle to any
animal that roams the woods. And
in most cases they are successful
We found a number of bear carcasses
and the guides explained that the
monsters had fallen victims to the
attacks of wolves. | am informed
that wolves are subject to hydro
phobia. When In this condition Q
timber wolf will fling himself upor
anything from man to mountain
lion. But such cases are rare
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CATACOMBS OF ROME
CuRloSlTlEs OF THE EARLY
CHRISTIAN CEMETERIES.
Their History and Purpose Made
Clear by Modern Researeh--Gal-
ierles Extending Hundreds OF
Miles Under Ground.

Rome. Modem research has estab-
lished beyond doubt the original ex-
elusive use of the catacombs by the
Christians as places of burial and OF
holding religious assemblies. and the
various other theories put forth to ex-
plain the origin of these cemeteries
have all been proved to be unfounded.
The Christian mode of burial In the
catacombs seems to have been cop
led from the Jews. A short time be-
fore the birth of Christ Judea was
made tributary to Rome by Pompey
and many thousands of its Inhabitants
were transferred to Rome, where q
special district on the right bank OF
the Tiber was assigned for their hab
itation.
These first Jewish settlers adhered
to the customs of their forefathers,
especially in a matter so sacred as
funeral rites, and they laid their dead
in rocky sepulchers outside the gate
nearest their quarter. Here. in fact,
was discovered in 1860 the so-called
Jewish catacomb, which 1t may be as
sumed was the prototype of later
Christian sepulchers.
The earliest Roman Christians were
very probably converted Jews, were
naturally familiar with the Jewish
mode Of burial, and in all prob
ability adopted it for themselves. A
gravestone discovered in one OF
the Roman catacombs bears the date
of the third year of the reign OF
Vespasian, A. ID. II, and thus affords
proof OF the antiquity of the cata
combs as places of burial.
In early times Christians were
probably buried on property a garden
or vineyard. belonging to private fam
flies, and In fact nearly all the an
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-01-16
soYHooD LANDMARK FOR GRAVE.
Son Journeys Far TO Bring 6owlder
Dying Father Asks For.

Bloomington, lll.-ln compliance
with the dying request of his father.
DR.. Walter o. Blaisdell, Jr., OF
Punxsutawncy. Pa, journeyed all the
way from central Illinois to Augusta.
Me-. after huge bowlder, which lay
on the old farm where his father had
spent the happy days of his boyhood.
The great mass of red granite, relic OF
some glacial formation ages ago, was
loaded upon fiat car and then
shipped 1900 miles to McDonough
county. this state. and placed upon the
grave.
The remarkable request and fila
compliance attracted wide attention
The elder Blaisdell amassed a com
potency and ranked high in medica
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PAID WITH KISS; LOSES SUIT.
When Girl Grew Cold Carpenter Sent
in Bill Demanding Money.

Mineola, l.. I.-Bennette Bonanno
his wife Mary of Rockville Center,
here for 5000, which he said was due
him for carpentering and other work
done for them. The defense set up
the claim that the work was paid for
with a kiss.
1t was asserted by the Testers that
the work was done in friendly way
and was not to be paid for. Bonanno
made no demand for pay until he and
Rosie Vitro, the pretty 16-year-old
daughter of the Testers, ceased to be
friends.
Mrs. Lester told about bird house
which she said Bonanno had given her
adopted daughter. In his bill the bird
house figures as $35 charge.
She, her daughter and Bonanno
were admiring the house and the girl
exclaimed:
oh! how can pay you?"
To this, Mrs. Lester said, Bonanno
replied:
I'D take a kiss for pay"
Was the kiss given?" asked the
court.
1T was responded the witness.
Miss Vitro told the same story. She
said she had done some sewing for
Bonanno, who was calling on her very
frequently, and he promised her a
present and sent her the bird house.
She admitted paying with kiss.
Justice Garretson granted a non.
suit.
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To Alaska for Leap Year.

Freeland, Pap. B. Ferry and
James Brehm, handsome and athletic
young miners OF Upper Lehigh, have
declared their intention of spending
leap year in Alaska, "in order to avoid
the opportunities of young ladies' who
may ask us to we'd"
Ferry declared here that he was
asked to become the husband of more
than 80 girls last leap year. and Brehm
had many more offers. Both are very
good looking men in the prime of life.
Each man is about 30 years, six feet
tall, and weighs over 200 pounds.
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9iTUMlNOUS TONNAGE FAR MORE
THAN OF ANTHRACITE.
6usiness in Soft Coal Has Qulntupled
Since Year 1885 and Has Grown
100000 Tons Since
1908.
<,opyright by Walden Fawcett.

Baltimore, Md.-In a recent issue of
the Manufacturers Record, Mr. Fred
erick Il. Saward, the New York au-
thority on coal industry, noting that
The United States is now mining more
than 100000 tons of coal day,
writes:
The year of 1907 was record one
br coal production of all kinds, and
particularly is this shown in the out
put of bituminous coal, which aggre-
gated volume that would have been
unthougbt of, say, even five years ago.
Here we are with over 100000 tons
day put out of the mines, and until
q few weeks ago there was not
T'enough to go a,ound." A few facts
in regard to the growth of the soft
coal trade of this country are of more
than passing interest at this time.
Only thirty-odd years ago Illinois
and Pennsylvania took a year to pro-
duce a tonnage that now could be
(and Isl turned out in one month,
while West Virginia in 1907 produced
In less than week as much coal as
was produced in that state in the year
1869.
Particularly noticeable Is the
growth of the soft coal tonnage in the
last half dozen years. 1t might rea-
sonably be supposed that with output
on such large scale the rate of in
crease would become smaller, but 1t
goes forward with mighty strides,
and a prolongation of the line of out
put indicates a tonnage of 100000, 900
tons, 100000 tons a day for every
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Would stop sunday Funerals.

Los Angeles. Cal.-Undertakers and
ministers of this city have combined
to stop Sunday funerals. The under.
takers will insist that all funerals be
held on week days ard the ministers
will refuse to officiate at Sunday
funerals.
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is NOTED FOOD FADpIsT.
"Chew-Chew" Fletcher Believer In
Thorough Mastication.

New York,-Horace Fletcher is the
most noted of the food faddists OF the
day. He is known as the "chew-chew"
man because his fad Is careful masti-
cation. He does not eat expensive
food because he gets more satisfaction
in inexpensive food-there is more
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-01-16
Temperance in Scotland.

A generation ago water-drinking oc.
cupants of civic chairs were very
rare in Scotland. Total abstainers,
however, can claim as result OF the
recent elections that 46 Scottish burgs
are presided over by abstaining pro-
vosts. The list includes Sir William
Bisland, Bart, lord provost of Glas-
cow, and Lord Provost Gibson, Edin.
burgh.