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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-27
CONFECTIONERY CLOSED
or = DISTRESS WACFANT

TIE Ca.tcd states Candy Company
md the Jnit't states Confectionery
COMPANY. doing husinee- Goo th" Stein
lr"fz bui ftnE on Main street was
closed So tC-tas ~ Justice OF the
Ie9rn Con P"rs Tho property 81 the
company r'i hn 0forei Tor sale next
VI f-d1N to satisfy claims held against
The company hs Christian Stcinmrtz.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-27
MEET NG TONIGHT
Postponed from Last Thursday Month-
" Meeting Of Bears Of Educs-
tor WI Be Held Toninht.

Inc FehrcfTy Getting OF the Wheel
ing RCard % Education will he held
this %everin% ~ m High school build
ing. and promises 20 be- unusually
interesting. ~ addition 20 Supprin-
tHdeL Works report. Waf.v ether
m3t;er Principally % q rcui n nj
lure. VII come ur for consideration.
Tn" meeting was 10 have boon held
las Thurs Fay night. but oW 30 10
fhc ahfr"cn o. a quorum. was post-
pOned l. week.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-27

elk UNDERSTANDS, In fullest accord with the rulings of Fashion. Made of
- Snk-pure silk MeSaGne-n Suit and Communicating colors and shades.
They have: the elastic guSet under the waESband to take care of all fulness or
bunchneSS over the hips. They have straight phated hounces, pointed hounces
and founceS with gathered rufles. They Aei in every way a regular SIS value and
should sell for that.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-27
COUNCIL CALLED
To Meet IN Special sess,on Tomorrow
Evening 20 Take Up Several
Maff@rr

Owing 20 the inability 81 cou-cI ~
secure a quorum for he called mec'-
ing last Iu"sdaN night. Mayor KIRK
VII call % special mncfIrc OF tho r.-,
fathers for Friday evening when rho
principal matter ~ conn. up for ..-
cussion will b. tho approprIat.o u a.
funds for the charter election D.n.r
matters 10 be considered b. cour.
VII b. the application ol me Windsor
iiotel company 20 Gsn o. portion ~
st'r street Tor ? sG1 parior and tf.
enforcement Of the ur.frn for q rtf,
flag submitted by o. Walker Pct,rfca.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-27
UNIQUE DESIGN
Submitted by 3. Walker Peterson for
Flag Of Wheeling. and Accepted
by Board Of Control.

The fart that Wheeling is % have a
fag Vas decided bv the members OF
the BOARD % Control a. their meeting
Yesterday. whom a design was submit
ted by b. Walker Peterson and re-
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18

the full benefit OF the wasnhOuse PRIV
ileges. and morning found him with
the dirt and CRIME OF the work Of the
previous day still on his face. He
was a Greek. short with thin. black
mustache. which dropped down into
two rat tall points. Around each
eye heavy black line OF coal dust was
penciled. as though by an actors cray.
OH. His torn black working clothes,
greasy with oil dripped from his pit
lamp. hung on him like rags on
scarecrow. From the scalehouse We
walked M the now familiar entries In
third west south to the room where
we worked and dug out our picks and
shovels from under pile Of coal where
we had hidden them the night before.
Then I'm the still close air Of the silent
room we began each morning to ill the
first car.
Down In the scalehouse. where the
cars were hauled over the scales set In
the track before being dumped into the
bins between the rails. Old Man Davis
took the weights. and when the leaders
numier-a small brass tag with his
num'ser stamped upon twas given to
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18
CHAPTER ~.
IInderaround City.

@UERE was comparatively little
gas In the mine. Each morn
ing us we entered our room
we made a rough test for gas.
for occasionally during the hight some
door down In the entry was accidentai-
" left open. and the air current. snort
cIrcuited. might fail to reach up mo
the room and clean out the ever gener-
atiny gas And so rs we left the en-
fry we would take our lamps from our
caps and. walking one before the oth
or. holding them out before us ana
slowly lifting them above our heads.
watch to see If II sudden squirt OF due
flame from the pit lamps would ais
close the presence Of ''iiredamp. the
most feared of all mine gases.
There is always some gas up under
the roof Mt the head Of room or III
entry. and when the cars were ionueu
wa would sometimes burn II out. hoiu
Ing our lamps high up against the rooi
until the gas up In the end OF drill
hole or I'm II hollow Of rock burst
suddenly into soft blue and yellow
flame that puffed out against the roo'
and down toward our hands. There
was never much Of 1t. but once II
awhile where the drill bored through
into a pocket there was more gas tnal
the men anticipated. and twice | have
seen men come staggering down thu
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18
ITO BE Continued
Floral Death Legends.

By the MeXicans marigoldS are known
AS death flowers from an exceedingly
appropriate legend that they sprnng up
on the ground stained by the life blood
Of those who fell victims tu III" lo'" "f
gold and cruelty Of the early Spanish
settlers Among the Virclnian tribes.
too. red clover was supposed to nave
sprung from and Ia he cOlored 10y The
blood OF tile red man slain in battle
with the white invaders In n similar
manner the red poppies which followed
the plowing Of the field Of Waterloo
were said 10 have sprung from the
blood of the killed and wounded ~ that
famous battle. According 10 tradition
the Danish invasion Is the cause of the
daneweed. coarse, astcrlceous plant
common In England. ~ II SpranG from
the blood of Danes slain In battle. AMI
II cut on n certain day I'm the year II
bleeds. The dwarf elder. for the same
reason. f. called danewori and dane
blood Suburban Lie.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18

him he marked down opposite ii the
pounds of coal to the leaders credit.
and so each day Oh the great sheet,
slnootched with his dusty hands. stood
record of each mans strength lneaS-
ured in tons of coal.
When jim and | worked together we
| took turns hanging our numbers inside
| the car, and each night we relnem
bered To whose credit the last car had
been, and the next morning II my
pumber had been hung in the last car
| Of the day before. Jim would pull one
of his tags out of his pocket ana hang
| il on the hook just inside the edge of
the empty car. Then. lie on one side
and | ON the other. we worked. shovel
| ful after shovelful. until the coal show
| ed above the edge. And then came the
trimming" with the great blocks that
had to be lifted and pushed with our
chests and arms up on the top Of the
| filed car.
Time went slowly then, tor we could
load car together in less than an
hour. and sometimes it took III hour
| and a half before the gathering mo
tor would come grinding up into the
| room to give us an empty" In those
long half hours we would sit together
on Il pile of coal dust beside the track
and try to talk to each other
Jim was a Greek. and from what
was able to gather he came from some
where in the southern part OF the pee
ninsular remembered Il little lioni'
err and | often tried stray words Oil
him. but my pronunciation of the
Greek OF ancient Athens WAS not the
Greek Of Jim BarCIaS and, although he
| recognized attempts at his own tongue
and oftrntimes the meaning OF the
words, il was not until we discovered
a system of writing that we began to
get along Mixed In with the coal thar
had been blasted down by the shot
tirers the night before we occasionally
found strips Of white paper from the
cartridges. We always saved these
ana lulu tllelH DeSiie ou' "'''N' i'
and when the ear was filled ana we
had sat down again in the quiet beside
| the track we would take our pit lamps
ont of our caps and. rubbing our tin'
gers in the greasy gum of oil and coal
dust that formed under the lamp spout.
we would write Greek words with our
fingers OH the white strips of paper.
Jim knew some English-the word
for coal, car, loader-and he learned
that my name was Joe and called me
INV friend" and buddy" Then some
times after the fascination of writing
words had worn away we would slt
still and listen to the gas or Tor the
| approach OF the motor, and sometimes
| when the wicks in our lamps had burn
ed low l would take out of my pocket
the round ball Of lamp wick, and, ike
old women with skein of yarn, we
would wind back and forth from his
fingers to my own sixteen strands Oh
lampwick. and then. tying the end III
rude knot and breaking 1t oil. SUCK
tho skein OF wick down the spout OF
the lamp until only the end remained
I'm sight. Next. lifting the little III Oh
the top. we would fill the body WIN
o,I shaking II until the wick was thor
ouphly soaked so that 1t would burn.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18

one into the yellow haze Of light and
sank again into darkness behind us as
we walked.
The air was cool and damp. but as
we turned the last corner the damp
ness seemed suddenly gone from 1t. 1t
was warmer and closer. Here the
track swerved up from one Of the main
tunnels into n "rOom." and ut the end.
or heading" of this room. which we
reached q few minutes later, empty
and waiting for its first load. stood one
of the square cars which ! had seen
before at the mine bottom and which
we pussed several times on sidings by
the track. The ear was pushed up to
the end of the track and its wheels
'spragged' by two blocks OF coal.
Here the tunnel suddenly ended, and
from the blank. back face" rougn,
broken pile of coal streamed down on
both sides of the ear and reared up be-
fore II against the roof.
"Just shovel 'er full. then wait Till
the motor takes her out and sends III
an empty. and AL that one. I'll LOOK
in OH YOU once In awhile ana see no"
you're getting along.
Then he turned and walked down tue
track and left me in the dim ilght Vi
my single pit lamp.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18
NUMBER 7

rubbing his stomach with one hand.
told him, Me sick Thees place no
yot steam: no can work. and demand
ed that he be allowed to leave the
mine. There were Others who wonld
work at night in addition 10 the day
IL they were permitted. An old Rus
sian and his son. who would enter the
mine on the earliest shift in the morn
ing. worked all day long. enraged and
clamoring for ears II ,ney did not re-
ceive empties immediately. ana some
times the track men on the night shift
would find them loading all the empty
rars that they could find and leaving
late at night to retire alone TO the cor
ner of the room at the bourding house
~ which they lived
once or twice on Greek church days
he white starched kits and braided
jackets OF Macedonia gave color 10 the
lingy streets. and once came Il half
dozen Egyptians who added their cop.
per faces to our medley of nations
the head men were Americans. Scotch
men and Euglishunen. can remember
now "Uncle Jimmy" wept Oh the
Fourth Of July when the band played
-Dixie" and how quiet steel eyed san
iy would take his 6ddle ,Harry l.au
der had been In 81 Louis that winter
aud. marching up and down the little
pariOr OF his house. stroke out with no
tender touch. but Win Il wealth OF feel
Iug. Il Love a l.asSle
Little Dick" interpreter. spoke ten
tongues and read Virgil When he was
drunk you might gueSs that he nad
been once II gent ...:ian and that there
was n reason for his leaving Australia.
Dul subriety vuigarzed him
In every tunnel ran the long thin
pipe along the rail through which
..ame the compressed air to drive the
mir drills OF the night SHIFT The air III
,he room headings was supposed 10 be
GOOD enough for men 10 work III n II
was free from gas. bnt sometimes
when the smoke from the pit lamps
and the smells Of sweat and gar.
IL. and the fine clouds OF coal dust
that rose against the root with every
.hovelful made IL rank and choking
We would take our picks and, working
loose the valve In the air pipe. mold
pur hands and faces In the strong. cooi
stream that seemed TO come. driven
by an unknown power. from world
above.
The temperature In mine is about
the same year In and year out cool IN
summer and warm In winter In com
pa arisOn To the outer air. But when the
exertion OF labor brought the sweat
streaming ont from every pore the wa
ter In our dinner buckets seemed
sometimes almost too warm to drink.
and Il WAS Jim who taught me TO loos-
TN the valve on the air pipe and. prop
ping my dinner bucket with chunk
Of coal against the vent, chill the wa
ter with - blast Of compressed air
Day affrl day we loaded. and one
day when tn" great pile OF coal that
had been shot down by the night men
had beer ShpveIrd into the cars and
dragged away and we had attacked
the lnuSrnrd blocks NJ the head of the
room with pur picks there was hol'
low sound and minnie later my pick
struck through. AMI We found that we
had broken int" The heading Of room
driven from another entry In the op-
posite direction from ours. and half an
hour later We were talking Ia rwo
Greeks who had climbed through the
opening.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18

|1EN days after my graQuatlon
Ill from Harvard l took my place
rs an unskilled workman In
one OF the largest Of the great
soft coal mines that lie In the middle
west. 1t was with no thought Of writ
in. my experiences that chose my oc-
cupltion. but with the intention OF
learning by actual work the operating
end OF the great industry in the hope
that such practical knowledge as ]
should acquire would tit me to follow
the business successfully.
The mine workings" were entirely
electrified. the latest inventions in coal
mining machinery were everywhere
employed and every precaution for the
safely of the men was followed beyond
the letter of the law.
1t was half past e on a July morning
When The day shift began streaming
nil uf the washhouse-some 400 men.
white. black and of perhaps twenty
ri'ht tionalities-dreSSed in their tat
,c"r,, black and greasy mine clothes.
4 -
wa$!ihMl>e door. past the power house,
VI ..rrr the two big generators that feed
III, arteries of the great mine all day
louy with its motive power were
>creanius in high, shrill rhythm OF
Sound. past the tall skeleton structure
OF the tipple tower, from which the
light morning breeze blew black clouds
Of coal dust us il eddied around the
Sl.r.ctou OF structural iron work. to q
small house at the mine mouth sheath
ed in corrugated iron, where the bro
hen line formed column and the men,
ole by one, passed through a gate by
'."i'S 70 red faced man who checked
u VIZ in great book the men who
were entering the mine.
From the window we passed along
to u little inclosure directly above the
Mouth of the main hoisting shaft.
Sheer above it the black tower of the
tpple pointed up into the hot. blue
morning sky, and the dull, dry heat Of
tHt nat liiiHoiS SOuuuy SSCihCu W "ihA
down around it. But from the square,
black mouth of the shaft strong,
steady blast of cool air struck the faces
OF the men who stood ut the head OF
the little column waiting for the next
hoist On the one side OF the shaft
mouth long lines Of empty railroad cars
stretched out beyond into the fiat
country. each waiting its turn to be
filled some time during the day with
coal that would come pouring down
over the great screens In the tipple,
and on the other side Of the shaft
mouth, under the scanned roof Of the
building where the checker wrote
down the numbers Of the day shift.
sat the hoisting engineer.
Beside him was the great drum on
which the long steel cables that lifted
and lowered the hoisting cage were
rapidly unwinding, and in his hand he
held a lever by which he controlled the
ascent or descent of the cage" The
first cage had been lowered, and as l
watched him and the dial before him
saw his hand follow his eye, and as
the white arrow passed the 800 foot
level the hand drew back n notch. and
the long, 1.-THE wire began to uncOil
more slowly. Three hundred and nfty
feet-and another nOtch-and as the
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18
What to Do for the Orchard.

To know what to do for the orchard
We must watch the orchard. II growth
of wood is satisfactory or excessive We
should not increase 1t by making appii'
cations of nitrogeuous manures; other
wise nitrogen can be added BY lsgumi-
nous cover crops or by the use Of nitrate
of soda. II there 10 plenty Of wood
growth, and more fruit Ia wanted, theu
applications of potash and phosphorie
acid may be in order. Usually the sand
Ter the soil the less potash and phos
phoric acid may be expected to be In thu
soil; the more clay it contains the more
potash and phosphoric acid are present
But to determine jnst what application
should be made or what particular
course to follow is left for the art o.
practice Of fruit growing.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18
The Loaded and Trimmed" Car.

The Loaded and 81 rimmed' Gar.
saved In order to return at a future
day to the old country and purchase
with their earnings an acre or two that
would give them Il position In the little
village of their birth. Others plodded
on. sending monthly remittances 10
their families and hoping against hope
that they. too, might some day return
Others. with less strong ties Of home
and country. spent their earnings
prodigally on gay clothes from the
company store and much beer In the
evening at the long boarding houses
half mile from the mine.
There was Big John, a huge Bulga'
rian giant who had figured that dol
lar a day was sufficient to give him all
that life offered. His great body was
able to earn twice that sum during the
working day, for we were paid entire
" by piecework, and loader, at the
rate of l2la cents ton. might earn as
high as S2.25 a day. But he was lazy
and. learning that the only excuse FOL
lazinpss was sickness. each day at
O'Clock In the afternoon Big John pre-
rented himself to Pete Christofalu'. the
gage boss" Ut the mine bottom aud
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18

One often requires 10 remove 4 screw
with one side of the head broken on.
The following is a method OF drawing
ont the broken screw with ease ana
without distiguring the work: Place the
screwdriver against one side OF the
head. and with small block press
firmly against the screwdriver. at th'
same time turning the screwdriver anc
the block. The screw will come ont al
most as easily as II the head were in
tn. n..f
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18
Nails.

America has the honor OF having
nadr the first cut nails. toward the
lose of the eighteenth century. Before
hat nails were made by hand. and
heir maLufaciure was n household In
.ustry. cut nails are made 10y ma"hin'
ry from plates rolled To the proper
.ilth and thickness. They may he
nadc of steel or ~ malleable iron.
Wire nails. though originally French
nvcmtion. were brought 10 perfection
n the United States
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18
His CompsrIscn.

Maud-So Jack compared ME Wild
something sweet. did he? The dear
fellow. What was it, Marie don
think should tell you. Maud oh. do
| insist. Marie Well. he referred to
YOU as "the human transformations.
You certainly had laid the powder on
thick. dear. Boston Transcript;
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18

arrow reached near the 400 foot mark
his foot came down hard on the brake,
and a minute later bell ut his elbow
sounded the signal Of the safe arrival
of the hoist. A minute, and anoth-
or signal. and then. releasing MS
other lever toward him, the drums.
reversed. began to rewind. and as the
arrow flew backward realized that
the cage was nearing the top. 1t was
a great steel box divided into -FOUR
superimposed compartments. each hold
ing ten men. and l stood with nine
others crowded on the 6rst or lowest
deck. AS the last man pushed INTO
his place and we stood shoulder to
shoulder the hosting engineer slowly
slipred his lever again toward him and
as slowly the cage sank. Then IN an
instant the white blue Of the sky was
gone except for thin crack below the
ieck above us. through which sheet
of white light sliced in and hung heav-
fix I'm the dusty air Of our compart-
lneut. The high song Of the generators
in the power house, the choking puns
Of the switch engine In the yards and
the noise of men and work which had
not noticed before l now suddenly
missed in the absence Of sound. There
was u shutting Of feet on the deck
above. ani again we sank, ana this
time all was darkness while we paused
for the third deck to all. Once more
and again for the fourth. Then as the
cage started and the roar Of the shoes
ON the guide rails struck my ears
looked Mt the men about me. They
were talking in a whirr of foreign
words. and In the greasy yellow lign'
of their pit lamps. which hung ike
miniature coffeepots In the brims Of
their caps. the strong. hard lines Of
their fnces deepened. The working day
was begun.
As the caye shot down the wall Of
the shaft seemed to slip up. and IRON
It's wet. Shiny surface an occasiona
| s,atter of mud shot In on the races o.
the miners. strong smells OF 9axnc. q
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18

Colonel Rosssle once said there may
not be any very large fortune to be made
In poultry raising, but there 10 hand
.oms living for any one who has the love
for the pursuit, the ability to raise and
care for the stock, and . small csp'sai g
start with. These three things must g.
hand in hand; separately they cannon
bring success.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18

Man talk about success as though II
we're a thing of chance. The opportu'
nity NAV occasionally be that, but the
mower to grasp il and lay firm hold upon
4 comes only through toll, and effort,
and unceasing devotion to duty.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18
a Pronioate.

81 am afraid my husband is leading
double life.
Heavens, What has aroused your
suspiclOns|
He sneal;ed 30 cents out of his pay
envelope last week and tried, when
found Il out. to make me think he had
done it by mistake. Chicago Record
IIaralt
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18
PolIteness.

Politenc;s Is quality that enables II
housewife 10 be rs c0nSidcri'e OF her
husband when he upsets his cup of COZ
fee on the tbecloth as she would II he
welp n visitor Chicago Tribune.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18
How Unfortunate.

lie | WIS horn Oh the same day ON
nhich III, hai1, Wagner died. She
les. yes. \ misfortune seldom comes
.nnc. F'liegcnde Batter.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18
STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF OXFORD, IS.

NplNll Or OAtOkDt IS.
South Paris, Maine, January 50, 1913.
Pursuant 10 the provisions OF Section 20 o.
Chapter l34 OF the Public Laws OF Maine, enact
Ell Uy the seventy nth leg islature. the following
published as list Of persons in whose names
unclaimed accounts have been deposited VIII
the County Treasurer of oxford County by
executors, administrators, guardians, or trustees
IN the distribution of personal estate as provided
by said statute
Ella SandbOrn. Daniel <. Swift
IDA NJ henney. Mrs. +. l.. Allen.
Henry I Dole. Winfield Bowker.
Alma Irask. Arthur G. Coolidge.
alroy irAsk. Roscoe Coolidge.
" NNiam X. Ozark. Fred WithAm.
FRANK Morgan. Josiah z. Jordan.
Mfs. I ". George Mrs. W. W. Ault.
Mrs +. NOliert Mrs. Z. W. Leake.
Mrs. wiiber NJ Decker.
Miss Cora + jordan
GEORGE NJ. ATWOOD,
% Treasurer OF oxford County.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18

Aim to keep tho herd healthy BY care
and feed, but 1t 10 well TO keep medicine
On hand In case 1t 10 needed.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18

See that little pigs leave tho nest and
take some exercise. They must have It.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18
Bull for Sale.

Full bloOded HOlstein, years old,
well marked, kind and gentle. His
father cannot be bought for $3.50, and
bis mother is a Sl00 cow. For further
particulars address
W. r. BOULDS,
Sd Island Pond, VI.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-02-18
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED THE PLow."

Correspondence on practical agricultural topic
is solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department 20 HKNRr d
HAhhosD, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris, Ne.