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Early American Mine,

The first bituminous coal mined in
the United States, states the United
States Geological Survey, was taken
from what is usually termed the Rich
mond basin, a small area in the south
eastern portion of Virginia, near the
city of Richmond. says a writer in
the Scientific American.
This basin is situated on the east
ern margin of the Piedmont plateau,
10 miles above tidewater, on the
James river. It lies in G%oochland, Hen
rico, Powhatan and Chesterfield
counties.
The coal beds are much distorted,
and the coal is of rather low grade
when compared with that from otber
districts with which it has to come in
to competition. The occurrence of
coal was known in the Richmond bas-
in as early as 100, and in 1889 ship
ments were made to some Of the north
ern states.
In 1922 the production amounted to
4S,215 gross tons. At present what lit.
tie coal is produced in this field is for
local consumption only.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
HAD NOT BEEN DlsoBEDlENT
Bright Youngsters Were Living Over
the Story Of Eden and Had
to Have Apples.

Mrs. Rogers had the barrel of rus
set apples placed in the attic because
they were not quite ripe enough to eat
and she warned her three boys. whose
ages range from FIVE to eleven years,
not to touch them, says the Fruit
Grower.
Then. one rainy day. when she
sought the attic to get something
from a trunk, she came full upon her
sons. surrounded by apple cores. At
her approach two of the boys drew
closer together; but the third, a little
distance OF, who lay on his stomach
~contentedly munching an apple, ap-
parently paid no attention to his moth
er's entrance.
Jack! Henry! wilie!" she ex-
claimed. reproachfully. whatever
are you doing? And those apples!
Didn't I tell you not to touch them?"
Yes, mamma" replied Jack, the
eldest, but we're not really eating
them; we're acting the Garden Of
Eden. Willie and I are Adam and
Eve: Harry, over there, is the serpent,
trying to lead US to our downfall by
showing us how good the apples
are"
But" began the mother, as sternly
as she was able. you two must have
been eating apples; Henry hasn't
done 1t all. I see as many as ten
cores around you"
"Oh. yes" returned Willie, the
youngest, we've all been taking turns
being the serpent"
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NO SMALL CHANGE
NIckELs AND DIMES UNKNOWN
IN ALASKA.
Their Use, tho Miners Say, Would
Mean Smaller Wases-Why Rob-
bers Have Small Chance to
Escape Capture.

No pennies, nickels and dimes go
IN Alaska" said John Hoover of Fair
banks. when / frst went to that
country I saw bartenders look curl
ously at a dime that some tenderfoot
had tossed on the bar and then sweep
It OF on the floor with their hands.
I wondered at this contempt for real
money and asked some questions
about it. discovering that no n ever
took nickels or dimes and that moth.
ing could be bought in the Klondike
for less than Is cents.
"Take the ordinary sack Of tobacco
for instance. which we get here for q
nickel. There they cannot sell it for q
quarter hardly, so they make 1t two
for q quarter. but will not sell one for
Is cents.
1T is common cause among those
people up there. They do not want
nickels and dimes introduced, for in
PRODUCTION of small change would
mean lower wages and lower prices.
Ordinary shovelers get four dollars or
i've dollars a day now and other labor
Is paid in proportion. They do not
want to receive lower wages.
"Of course it is true that they make
money on the side. almost every work
er does. There is a tendency in mining
to follow the rule that nuggets belong
to the nan who uncovers them even
II they are found on the claim of the
employer. ! have seen men pick GU
nuggets worth from an insignificant
sum to $10s In value. The game up
there is worth playing. l have had
this bag half filed with gold dust sew
eral times-and lost it; but I expect
to keep right on till l make a strike"
Mr.. Hoover has with him one of the
leather bags that the dust is carried
In In Alaska. It is about IL inches in
length and fiat and is about four
inches across. It ties with q thong.
,"This looks as IL an elephant had
stepped on It," he said, "but it has had
the dust in it up in the Klondike all
right.
There are mighty few robbers in
Alaska. 1t doesn't take more than
four years to try a criminal and give
him proper punishment up there; and
besides, he can be caught. There Is
only one way out and that Is guarded.
Besides, gold dust is as easily identi-
fed al different kinds Of cloth or cat
tie. An assayer or q banker in Seat
tie. for instance, will tell you whether
your gold is from n creek or an.
other. There is sometimes ten per
cent. difference in the value of the
gold streams running parallel on diff
ferent sides Of the same mountain
A holdup man who acquires gold dust
would have to account for it when he
went Out, and it cauld be traced east.
ly."-Des Moines Register and Leader.
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Rabbit podees an Eagle.

On the open plains of MERGED coun.
ty, California, the jackrabbit is the
prey of the bald eagle. One time a
rabbit pursued by an eagle was seen
to run among the cattle. Leaping
from COW to COW he used these ami
mails as shelter from the savage
bird.
When the pursuit grew too close the
rabbit broke cover for a barbed wire
fence. AS the eagle swooped down on
1t here from the left the rabbit moved
a few inches to the right and the
eagle could not reach him through
the fence. When the eagle lifted and
came down on the other side the rab-
bit moved across to the left. and this
was continued until the eagle gave up
the chase.-St. Nicholas.
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Wreck Of the Sarah Sands.


The Sarah Sands, an iron screw
steamer, sailed from Portsmouth, Eng
land. to Calcutta, in August. 1857.
with 300 soldiers on board. On No
vcmber II, the cargo Government
stores) took fire. By the exertions
Of Maj. Brett and Capt. Castle. the
master Of the vessel, who directed
the soldiers and the crew, the flames
were subdued, although a barrel of
%gunpowder exploded during the con-
Migration. A new danger then arose
the prevalence of a strong gale;
water was shipped heavily where the
port quarter had been blown out.
Nevertheless the vessel arrived at
the Mauritius, OF November 81 with.
out losing q single life.
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Sorry He SPOKE.

DO you know why l married your"
II can't ever guess"
ITS because I'm a patriot"
And how did l happen to interest
a patriot?"
When I first told you 1 loved you.
your cheeks turned red and white al
Tentatively. l noticed that your eyes
were blue and the red, white and blue
combination appealed to me-"
Fine, John, and now l wish you'd
protect the colors from the wintry
winds by giving me a new coat"
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Where He Had seen Her.

Where have l met you befors?" he
asked the young woman to whom he
had just been introduced.
Il Am quite sure we have never
met" replied the stranger.
I'm almost positive I've cen you q
number Of times" he persisted.
That's quite possible" returned the
stranger. I'm the young lady who
poses for the moying-picture heroinss."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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The Bane Of Marriage.

80" -" ~ S~5V VI "TWITtA8Ss
'She is broken-hearted."
"But why should she be, isn't she
Just married."
tits not unhappiness with her hus-
band, but on account Of the newspa-
per notice of the wedding"
"Was there something uncompli.
mentary said?"
mot Intentionally. perhaps. but the
item printed was to have read, The
groom married q pretty miss When
the article appeared the second letter
in miss was an est. Louis Star.
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COLLEGE Education.

HAS Bifle's son ever made any use
Of his college education?"
i should say so. He was held up .
few nights ago."
"Yes?"
"And he tackled his assailant low
and threw him for a loss of four ribs.
He learned that trick on his college
leven."-Exchange.
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e Marriage . IL Mede.
Il don't know that I really love
him. Thsrsfors I shan't marry
him."
TOO risky, chi"
Eyes; ! don't know that hs could
pay the aitnony to which I haya bssa
Nccustomsl-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-02-18

that they were III bed when they
heard the sound Of the revolver shot
at was not one but two shots, That
were fired. You see you arc lying.
II YOU had heard one you would have
heard the other
"Aion Dieu. Monsieur, IT was the
second shot we heard. We were
sound asleep whcn the first shot was
fred
Two shots were fred" said Daddy
Jacques. IL am certain that all the
cartridges were in i.y revolver. We
found arcrward that two had been
exploded, and We heard two shots be-
hind the door Was not that so, NJ.
Stangcrsou"
Yes" replied the professor, there
were two sho,s-ono dull and the other
sharp and ringing"
"Why do Won persist in lyingf" cried
NJ. dc Marquct, turning to the con-
ciorgcs. "Do you think the police are
the fools you arof Everything points
to the fact that YOU were out of doors
ana near the pavilion at the time Of
the tragedy. What were you doing
thcrcf So far as / am concerned" he
said, turning to VI. Staugcrson, II can
only explain the escape Of the muir
dcrcr on the assumption Of help from
these two g.cOmplices. As soon as the
door was forced open and willie YOU.
VI. Stang"rson, wore occupied with
your unfortunate child The concierge
and his wife facilitated the flight Of
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turned my eyes on NJ. Stangerson
Tho nope he had received from the
doctors latest reports. " no had stated
that Nile Stangcrson might recover
from her wounds. had not been able
to clflcc from his noble features the
MARKS &C the great eorrow that was
upon him lie had believed his daugh-
ter TO be dead. and I've was still bro.
ken by that belief His clear soft blue
eyes expressed infinite sorrow.
"Now, w. StanEerson," said ". de
Marquee, with somewhat Of an impor.
tant air 'placc yourself exactly whcrc
You wore when Milo. Stangers0n left
you TO 20 TO her Chamber"
VI. StanrNrson rose and. standing AT
certain distance from the door Of the
yellow room. said In an even voice and
without the least trace of emphasis,
voice which can only describe rs Il
dead voice:
81 was here About I O'Clock, aftcr
had made brief chemical expert.
mcnt M the furnaces OF the labora.
tory, needing all the space behind me-
| had MY desk moved here by Daddy
Jacques, who spent the evening in
cleaning somc Of my apparatus. Ny
daughter had been working at the
same desk with mo. When It was her
time to leave she rose kissed me and
babe Daddy Jacques good night She
had to pass behind my desk and the
door to enter her chamber. and she
could do this only with some difficult
ty-that is 70 say. was very near the
place whore the crime occurred later
"And t4r dcskt" I asked obeyng In
thus mixing myself in the converse.
ton, the express orders of my chief
as soon rs You heard the cry of 'Mlr
der" followed by the revolver shots.
what became of the desk"
Daddy Jacques answered.
1--WE pushed it back against the wall
here close to whore it is at the present
moment, so as to be able to get ut the
| door nt once"
followed up my reasoning. 70
which. however, attached but little
Importance, regarding It rs only n
weak hypothesis. with another ques
ton.
might not man in the room. the
desk being 50 near to the door. by
STOPPING and slipping under the desk
| have left it unobsprvcd: Z"
You are forgetting" Interrupted "
| Stangcrson YEARLY. chat my daughter
had locked and holtcd the door. that
the door had remained fastened. thlt
we vainlv tried ~ f0rcc II omen whom
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sotd "co,,,1 - ,.o,,,-,.,1 ,rf.bor+ +bo
,,.ha,. aa"n ,.....,.',a..;t,. a,o,, no
,,roh,.,,, ,,,,, ~ ,,,,f,r.,,
."'' '' 49,, +, ,,,.a,,a
'-'"' ''o' u! 49, ,.n
IT,, or ool, .olid and massive Won
con 500 tbo+ orito rl9ir'v in snite OF
tho inirrr dore in tho attcmpt TO
,,urst II onorn
"Ah" crio1 Daddy Incomes "lt is
an old and solid door that was brought
from the chateau. They don't make
such doors now. We had To use this
bar OF iron to get ii omen. all four Of
us. for the concierge. brave woman she
IS. helped US. 1t pains me to find them
both in prison now"
Daddy jacques had no sooner ut
rsred these words of pity and protesta-
ton than tears and lamentations broke
out from the concicrgcs. | never saw
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Eouletahilc seemed to be thinking
deeply. After n moment he Said
"Therc Is fomcthng-n something,
NJ Frederic LNrsan, much gravcr than
the misuse of logic. the disposition OF
mind in some detectives which makes
them In perfect good faith twist logic
~ the necessities of their prccOnccivcd
ideas. Beware of judicial error. ",
Fred; Il will trip you up"
And laughing q little tn a slightly
bautpripg toGc, his hands in his peck
cts Eoulciahilc fixed his cunning eyes
on the great Fred.
Frederic l.arean silently contemplate
ed tho young reporter who pretended
t. be as wise as hiwecl'. Struggling
his shoulders, hc bowed 70 US and
moved quickly away, biting The stones
on his path with hi> stout cane.
Rructahllc l.1od his retreat and
thca turned toward us. his face Joyous
and triumphant.
II shall beet BIN" he cried. 81 shah
boat The great Fred. clever rs he Is! !
shall beat them an
Nd he danced double shuttle.
Suddenly he stepped. My eyes follow
cd his cazc. They were fixed on NJ.
Robert Darza" who was looking anX
lously at the impression left by his
feet side hy side with the elegant
footmlrks. There was not particle
Of difference between them,
We thought We WIG about TO faint.
Vic cvcc bulrit,c With tprroI Avoided
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you. Take yourself off"
The Green Man quietly rcilllcd his
pipe, lit IT, bowed TO us and went out
No sooner was he over the threshold
than Daddy Matthew slammed the
door after him, and. turning toward
US, with cycs bloodshot and frothng
at the mouth, he Kissed to us, shaking
his clinched fist at the door he had
Just shut on the man he evidently
hated:
81 don't know who you are who tell
mo We shall have to cat red meat
now, but II It will interest you to
know ii-that man is the murderer"
With which words Daddy Matthew
Immediately left us. Rouetabillc re-
turned toward the fireplace and said:
"Now we'll grill our steak. How do
you like the cider? It's little tart,
but like t."
We saw no more Of Daddy Matthew
that day and absolute silence rcignrd
IN the inn whom we left It after plac-
ing : francs on the table in payment
for Our feast.
RoulctaOllle at once set off on a
three milo walk around Professor
Stangcrson's estate lie halted for
some ten minutes at the corner Of n
narrow road black with SCOT near to
some charcoal burners huts in the
forest Of 81. Gcuevicvc. which touches
on the road from Epinay to Cor.
bell, to tell me that the murderer
had certainly passed that way before
entering the grounds and concealins
himself in the little clump of trees.
"You don't think. then, that the
keeper knows anything Of it," asked.
we shall see that later he replied.
"For the present I'm not Interested in
what the landlord said about the man.
The land ord hates him. | didn't take
you to breakfast at the Donjon inn
for the sake of the Green Man
Then Rouletabille, with great pre-
caution. glidcd, followed by me, TO-
ward he little building which, stand
ing near tho park gate, served for the
home of the conciergcs who had been
arrested that morning. With the skill
Of an acrobat he got into the lodge by
an upper window which had been left
open and returned ten minutes later
He said only "Ah.' word which in
his mouth sgnificd many things
We were about to take the road lead
ing to the chateau when a considerable
stir mt the park gate attracted our at
tcution. \ carriage had arrived. and
some people had come from the cha.
teau to meet f. Roulctabillc pointed
out to me gentleman who descended
from il.
"That's the chief of the Paris po
lice he said. Now we shall see
what Frederic Larsan has up his
sleeve and whether he is 50 much clev.
cror than anybody else"
The carriage Of the chief was follow
I'd by three other vehicles containing
reporters. who were also DESTROYS OF
entering the park. But two Gendarmes
stationed Mt the gate had evidently
received orders to refuse admission to
anybody The chief Of police Gained
their Impotence by undertaking "a
furnish 10 the press that evening al
the Information he could give that
would not interfere with the judicial
INQUIRY.
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the room, at length deigned to open
his lips
"Whts search Is being made for the
criminal we had better try t. find out
the motive for the crime. That will
advance us a little" he said, Turning
toward NJ. Staugerson, he continued
In the even, intelligent tone indicative
Of Il strong character, Il understand
that ,nadamoiselle was shortly to have
been married."
The professor looked sadly at NJ.
Robert Darzac.
with my friend here, whom
should have been happy to call my son
with NJ. Robert DarZac."
Mile Staucerson is much better
and is rapidly recovering from her
wounds. Tho marriage is simply de-
layed. is it not, MONSIEUR insisted
the chief OF police
II hope So
what, Is there any doubt about
that"
NJ. Stangerson did not answer. NJ
Robert DarzaC seemed agltatcd. | saw
that his hand trcmbled as II fingered
his watch chain NJ. OAK coughed, as
did NJ. de Marquet. Both were evil
IDENTITY cmbarra sscd.
"Iou understand, NJ Stangerson," he
said, that in an affair so perpleXing "a
this we cannot neglect anything, We
must know all, even the smallest and
seemingly most futile thing concern
fng the victim, information apparently
the most insignificant. Why do YOU
doubt that this marriage will take
place? You expressed a hope, hut the
hope implies doubt. Why do you
doubt"
H. Stangcrson made a visible effort
to Recover himself
YES, monsieur" he said at length
"You arc right II will he best that
you should know something which ~
concealed u might appeaS " be OF In
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-02-18
In Which Frederic Larsnn Explain.
How the Murderer Was Able to
&c. Out OF the Yellow Room.
CHAPTER XI.

A fMONC the mass of papers. To-
! " gal documents, memoirs and
l. II e%'r2ets from newspapers
Ing TO the mystery of the yellow room
thore is one very interesting piece 1t
Is detail of the famous examination
which took place that afternoon in the
laboratory Of Professor Stangerson he
fore the chief of police. This nara
tive is from the pen of u, Malelne, The
registrar, who ike the examining
magistrate, had spent some Of his
leisure time in the pursuit Of litera-
ture.
TIE REGISTRARS NARRATIVE.
The examining magistrate and I,
gays . Maloino. found ourselves in
the yellow room in the company OF the
builder who had constructed the pavil.
Ion after Professor StanGcrson's de
siCnS. He had workma with him
NJ. de MarQuct had had the walls laid
entirely barc-that is to say, he had
had them stripped OF the paper which
had decorated them. Blows with a
pick here and there satisfied MS of the
noncXistence of any sort of opening
The floor and the ceiling were thor.
oughly sounded. We found nothing
There was nothing 10 he found. NJ. Dc
MarQuet appeared to be deliShtcd and
never ceased repeating:
"What case. What a case. We
shall never know, you'll see, how the
murderer was able to get ont of thi,
room
Then suddenly, with radiant face
gcndarmcs.
"Go 10 the chateau" he said, "and
request NJ. StangerSon aud VI. Robert
Darzac to come to me in the labora'
tory. also Daddy Jacques, and let your
men bring here the two concicrges."
Five minutes later all were assem-.
blcd In the laboratory. The chief OF
police. who had arrived at the Clan
dior, joined us at that moment. | was
seated at NJ. Stangerson's desk ready
for work when VI. de MarQuct made us
the following little speech. as Original
as II was unexpected:
with your permission. gentlemen
as examinations lead to nothing, we
will for once abandon the old system
or interrogation, | will not have you
brought before me one by one. but We
viii all remain here as we are-M
StanGerson, NJ. Robert DArzac. Daddy
Jacques and the two concicrges, the
chief of police, the registrar and my
self We shall all he on tho same foot
Ing The concicrges may for the mo-
mcnt forget that they have been mr.
rested. We nre going to confer toccth.
or. We are on the spot where the crime
was committed. We have nothing else
TO discuss but the crime. SO let us dis
cuss II freely, intelllgcntly or other
WISE. so long as we speak Just what =,
In our minds. There need hc no formal
ity or method, since this won't help Ms
In any way"
Then. passing before me- he said IN
low voice:
WAT do you think OF that. oh
Nhat n scene, Could you have though
or that? I'll make little piece ont
OF 1t for the vaudeville" And he ruh
pea his lands with glec.
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TWO 'ehlhrl"S oii, perhaps oid'
er, Under its signboard over
e~es-5 the threshold man with a
Grabbed looking face was standing.
seemingly plunged in unpleasant
thought, If the wrinkles on his fore.
head and the knitting or bis broWs
were any indication.
When Roulctabiile and were close 70
him he dciEned to see us and asked us
in tone anything but engaging whcth
er we wanted anything. He was no
doubt the not very amiable landlord Of
this charming dwelling place. As we
expressed hope that he would be
good enough to furnish US with a
breakfast, he assured us that he had
no provisions
You may take us in Rouietahille
said to HIM I'VE are not po.icrmon."
I'm not afraid Of the police. I'm
not afraid Of any one replied the
man
| had made my FREUD Understand by
sign that we should do Letter not to
insist; but, being determined to enter
tire Inn. he slipped lY the man on the
doorstep ana was in the common room.
Come on he said. ut is very com.
rortab" mere.
y good fr" was blazing In the chin
noT, ana "" held oNr N2ndS io tho
warmth Il sent out. 1t was morning
III NAl'n lne "pi'"'ch OF "li''r was
~ ii''9 ."N"'''' ~. ''".' was " 'O'''-
H"E "rSe one 'urhl~"t0 wiz" wv"
I'"NE '"oi'N' SOM" Stp''H' counter
we W "'ou va" '""9 ~ "'t'''' VI 81 ui'
"nt ''''"''
H"' me IRE TOT roaStih@ II
'nl. A'"' ""'" h""Ic'|"!''c'
we nave no VH''A'h i't eNcn
"lc'.n'" 'u"pI' S"'u NJ I"ui'"l"'
Know Fa!u my lrl'''u STOW
Know. we sA"l' nave 10 e'' reu meat
now
CONFESS oIA H"' ~ lH' 'eaS' uh'
oerSiailu WI"t i.'u'''aui"' meant ny
Nilat ne M" SAID put 'hr AhHi"rd rs
soon as NO nc'ri Inc words uttered an
oatA, Whl'p ne az once sti''eu' ana
placed himself at cur orders az "bc-
Nlei'ly ~ VI. Eob"rt l)arZar hau zone
"neh no heard Kouio'oh.iieS mYstcri-
Gus sentence "lhe prosbYtery mas LOST
hotAlhE OF us charHl nor me garden It's
hrlohtn"ss.
lho man pushed open little S,d"
door ana called to somebody I" hrln'
MIN half n dozen eggs ana piece OF
bcefstcak. The commission was quick
is executed by strongly built young
woman with beautiful blond hair ana
large, handsome eyes, who regarded Us
with curiosity
The innkeepcr said to her roughly:
Get out, and If the Green Man comes
don't let me see him.
She disappeared. Rouletabil!e took
the eggs, which had been brought tc
him in a bowl, and the meat. which
was on a dish, placed all carefully be
side him in the chimney. unlocked q
frying pan and n gridlron and began
to beat up our omclct before proceed
ing 70 grill our hcefs'cah. He then or
dorcd two bottles of cider and seemed