The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-03
Evening Chat

the mines. The paflcu1af uote6 Aknat
died tasE week had ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
fcr fifteen years. never having seen
daylight tnsthatstime He wassthe Old
est aniIna11tnspointsof s gerytce that me
company has 1.-THE local mines
When$heSdiediheiwasif and healthy
and the disease that causedshissde death
brought on b. too much.feeding n
TOO little work. So any impression
that mayexisttn the popular mind that
|hctsss that work in the mines are
Iltreatedstg wrong.
Not seeing daylight for years, how
eyef3 develops the sight OF these
horeestsothatstheyca can see ! he dark,
almost as we'll as the man can
no ortdoorsfinf broad daylight. me
horsesEareikeptini stables underground
and never brought out unless they
become sick or injured. Even then
fheysmust beSbrought out at night and
Ieft "a see the light gradually as the.
sin rises in the morning so that the
bright daylight will not suddenly
blind them:
onefpeculiar trait that these horses
haye Is their aversion to q lamp OF
bright light while underground, Many
otS them are so trritated by the signt
Of b man carrying q lamp that VIII
rush at the man and trample him 70
deathfun1esst he exttngutshes the lamp.
T6elstab1es where the horses arc Kept
are usually dark and their work IS
mostly In the dark although electric
lamps are used to light the mines
near the shafts. and openings.
But the horses are seldom used
where these lamps are as their duties
afeRtoEhaul the cars from the rooms
andsheadingsSt to some collection point
Whers they are assembled In trains
andihauteds out by electric or compress
edsair motors. Thus the horses rarely
seeSIampns as the driver is usually pc
hindftkems and takes care to keep MS
lampsfrom before the horses.
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$0neEo OF our readers wrote n ASK
MISUNDERSTANDING committee TO IN
yestigate why 1t ls that when one Is
broke he always meets some lady ne
WishesEtos take out to lunch, and again
one has plenty Of money n would
like toGtakeS her out to lunch no lady
can be found who will go?"
The committee. has most diligent-
ly5searchedsfo for the "why" in this ques-
tion5but as yet Q report can be made.
Observation-Disclosures through a num-
berFofsnewspapers published In India,
China Cey1on, Siam and other foreign
einteresttng facts were dis.
covered. L.,
Observation-Disclosures thing about all
fofktheses foreign papers was The great
amount OF s%pacesthat is used for ad-
XertisementsEof Of Patent Medicine man
nfactured in the United States. h
patent medicine companies are very
a%nterpr1sing and use more space IN
these papers than all Of the other IN
dustries in the United States together.
american automobiles seemed to be
popular and tFords. i0Yerlands, Stude.
bakers tandsHupmobiles were'advertis-
ed In The papers Of India, Australia
and SouthSA africa.
In4$the classified ads expressions
areEusedSthat seem amusing to Ameri.
cans! All cars advertised are alled
two seaters:' or five seatcrs," or
whatever passenger capacity they may
have IL spoken OF as "seaters."
RAs want ad by some gentleman IN
ssThes Cey1on Times" asks for q driv-
Eer, and specifies particularly that ne
s.scanl wind up "a car so that It VIII
run BY winding up" he evidently
means what we call in the United
States acrank1ing the engine"
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Nearly 1000 school. representing
Raif as many separate communities.
have already arranged for a pageant
81 dramatic performance in common.
Grafton OF the 300th anniversary OF
Shakespeare'ssdeath according 70 w:
uTesscompiled by the Bureau of Edu.
cation o1 the Department OF the In.
sterior! Although the actual annivers-
arys occurs In April, T191, celebrations
ale toSba held throughout the year.
Many elementary, secondary schools
Willsthis year devote their entire com:
mencementEprogram to a Shakespeare
pageant or play; and. a number OF the