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Year: 1872

CoAL FA,uNE.-The Salt Lake papers
are apprehensive OF difficulty in procur-
ing fuel in that city during the coming
winter. just complaint is made of the
want Of enterprise in view OF the numer-
GUS beds OF coal to be found in that Ter
ritory The Utah Mining Journal OF the
23d contains the following on the sub
lect:


salt Lake City with her twenty thous-
tnd Inhabitants is now face to face with
u winters hardship, owing to the great
scarcity OF fuel which already prevails
The supply of coalin the hands of dealers
IS inadequate 10 the current demands Of
an hour, and this most serious situation,
before the severity Of the season has set
in. is one that ought to be met with
proper consideration. 1t is evident that
the jobber and speculator are unequal to
he task of furnishing the people with
This indispensable article; and hence
we join in the general complaint, lest
lcstitution follow the scanty limit Of
coal now in reach. There may be no
justifiable reason for alarm under exist
ing circumstances, but with the regular
inclemency of our climate no man can
quietly contemplate a dearth OF fuel in
thickly settled community, and not be
troubled at the prospect How can our
wants be supplied? Who will interpose
to prevent our homes and families from
suffering the second of all privations?
Hungry the city need not be. for the
harvests have poured in abundant crops,
but to shiver in icy winter sight of
inexhaustible coal beds can only be
charged upon lack of enterprise. Other
cities have had coal famines threatened
them, but by an effort of municipal au-
thority when merchants fail in duty,
the calamity of total destitution has
often been averted. VIII the city gov
rrnment of Salt Lake take heed of the
situation, and by its influence save us
rom impending want? Money can buy
and move whole mines of fuel, and the
city enjoying this power in an eminent
degree ought to exercise a magnanimous
discretion in doing that which the mar
row laws of trade and barter cannot en-
compass. 1t is certain that something
must be done and that quickly, for the
SHOWS are coming and the climate as
sumes its severity at n rapid rate. There
is not, as above stated, an hours supply
OF coal in the city, while our whole
twenty thousand cry out with one voice:
help us or we perish in the cold.
Year: 1872

KEEP YoUR WoRp When you prom
ise TO do thing, be sure to keep youl
word, as well for the sake of truth as il
justice to others. This very interesting
story is told of boy who was singular
ly faithful to his word He had borrow.
cd tool from aneighbor, promising tc
return it at night Before evening he
was sent away on an errand and 1djuot
return until late Before he ia
that bis brother should see the


turned After he had come home and
gone to bed, he inquired and found that
the tool had not been sent to its owner.
lie was much distressed to think that
hs promise had not been kept, but was
persuaded to 60 to sleep and rise early
aud carry it home. BY daylight hn was
up, and nowhere was the tool to be
iound. After long and fruitless search
he set of for his neighbor's to acknowl
edge his fault But how great was his
surprise to find the tool on his neighbors S
door steps! And it then appeared, from
the prints Of little bare feet in the mud.
that the lad had got up in his sleep and
CARRIED 1t home, aud went hack TO bed
again and knew it not. OF course a boy
boy who was prompt in his sleep was
prompt when awake. He lived respected,
had the confidence Of his neighboIs, and
was plsced in many offices of trust and
profit
Year: 1872

profuse pcrspiration or sudden ry


ducticn in temperature. The body
should bo'protected from the direct
rays of the sun, but not to the ex-
clusion of the Dir. As much care
should be taken with the food for
children during the hot term as with
the clothing. There should be no
sudden change Of diet, which should
be as light as possible. By paying
proper attention to these two points,
and insuring plenty of fresh out
door air to the little ones, the ter
rors of cholera infantum end kind


red diseases would be immensely
lessened physicians and undertake
ers would find little to do +; Il found
alton would be laid for q better
standard Of national health, and the
rising generation would be i1nmeas-
urably better fitted to sustain the
duties and responsibilities Of life
than the present.-7he Boston Globe.
Year: 1872

and hold up to the scorn Of a world
the prejudices Of republican party.
We thought neither Of the above hy-
pothesis was holding, hence we could
not ascertain what good you intend
ed to do by that statement, or what
prompted you to make it.


Therefore, Senator Wilson, we de-
sire you to give us an explanation,
and We shall, from time to time, call
your attention to our humble request.
Should you, however, have done it
for the sake Of notoriety. we prom
ise you success, for we shall hold up
your name to the people until you
will be known from one end of this
country to the other, as The ISRAELI
1TF goes much farther than any Of
your organs.


Excuse the intrusion and imper-
tinence of an humble Dutchman and
Jew, who thought in justice to him
self he must neglect the laws of pro-
priety and encounter the high-born
Senator of Massachusetts.-Zhe Is
1uelite.
Year: 1872

The Connecticut Legislature has
just passed a law compelling the at
tendance at school for at least three
months each year Of all children be-
tween certain specified ages. The
people of that State reason that if
they have a right to punish crime
they also have rs good u right to
prevent it by such means us they
have adopted.
Year: 1872




A Word for the Children.


It is very seldom that the little
ones get a chance to be heard out
side the family circle. They have
no organ for the expression Of their
particular ideas and wants, save that
which is attuned too high and too
often for parental comfort, and whose
uttorances, stupidity enough, are nev-
er interpreted otherwise than as a
demand for sustenance.


Grown people have a multiplicity
Of needs and desires. It is not only
food they want !; if cold they de-
mand more clothing /; if warm, they
throw portion Of it by if badly
fulfilling the place Of button, pin
prick them, they pluck it out if a
shoe pinches it is cast aside tired
Of one position in bed, they can turn
to another. These and a thousand
others are the privileges Of the grown
portion of humanity. But the in
FAINT, i" that brief epitome Of man,
not yet endowed with the use Of its
tongue, and able only to express it.
self by smiles and tears, is tossed
and trotted and pricked and smoth-
cred, and generally handled in such
a manner as would lead any impair
tial looker-on to imagine that that
was the very first baby born into the
world, and its treatment a series CT
experiments only. Tortured and tor
mented, the helpless creature can do
nothing but cry, and as, according
to the creed Of nurses, nothing can
all a child but wind and hunger it is
stuffed with milk or vile decoctions
of peppermint, anise seed or penny.
royal until it is either stupeiied o1
strangled. Seriously speaking, the
ignorance exhibited by most moth,
ers and nurses Of the requirements
of babyhood is past relief. One
would imagine that instinct, setting
aside reason, would be sufficient tc
teach mothers certain lessons, which
as yet, the majority of them seem
never to have learned. Within the
past few days of sweltering weather
we have seen in depot waiting rooms
on the cars and the street, infants o.
a few months Of age, swaddled il
fannels and muffled in close caps
a costume that would prove an ef
fectual protection against Siberian
cold snap the little sufferer eithel
too exhausted to do anything but
gasp, or protesting against its inhu
man treatment with the entire
strength of its lungs.


It may interest those who have
children they would to preserve, tt
learn that there is no surer means o
bringing on that dreaded scourge o
infancy, cholera infantum, than thi
same method of keeping up hisl
standrrd of atmospheric heat. Thi
and the overlooking Of children ar'
the two great causes Of that disease
which in nine cases out Of ten is ia
tai. A very young child, of course
requires more clothing than on
three or four years Of age, Or older
but great pains should be taken t
keep the temperature even. Chi
dren's clothing in weather like th
present should be of light texture
easy fitting and loose the inne
garment being Of light flannel, whicl
prevents the heat from being so sen
sibly felt as it would be with differ
ent kind Of garment next the skin
and also has tho advantage Of pre-
venting Il chilling Of the body afte
Year: 1872

DEAR Sln-I beg you not to feel
concerned about me. I shall stand
straight up to the rack, and, though
I expect to lose good many subscri.
bers, I mean to be vindicated in the
end by the good sense and right
feeling of the people North and
South. I know what is right, I have
acted accordingly T; and I trust to be
better understood in the end.


Yours. Horace GREELEY.
Year: 1872

The Fight Between TrnmbulI and Davis


A New York Herald man is at Cincin-
natl ready for the convention. He tells
what he knows about it, He says the
Commercial thinks Davis will be nominat-
ed and is getting ready to go for Grant, by
opposing Davis beforehand.


But of the candidate he says:


Trumbull would make cautious, re-
spectacle, steadily growing campaign, but
he would hardly have time enough, at his
rate of development, to cover the country
before the election would come of.


ADAMS NO GO.


Mr.. Adams is of such a sedate, cool, self
pOised temperament that the whole fight
would have to be made by the ambitious
and not Over-enthusiastiC friends who are
bringing him out. He would probably
make one speech, refuse to be interviewed
by the newspapers Of his own persuasion
and then shut himself up at Quincy and
finish that interminable life of his father
and his grandfather. If the North liner
lean RcUjcJU could eject Il man President
of the United States Mr.. Adams might get
in. But he will run off to Europe next
week, any way.


THE REAL GRAPPLE.


Beyond all doubt the contest is narrow
ed to two men, Davis and Trumbuil, both
Of the same State, and they are now re-
garding each other askant, although be-
tween them there is no pickering and very
emperate expressions OF respect for each
other. Trumbull can do no more than sup
port Davis if the latter is nominated, be-
cause Trumbull himself began this cam
paign in the active field, and to retire af-
ter the Convention would neither be wise
nor decent. If Davis be nominated Thum-
bull will undoubtedly receive some large
public consideration in case Of his election,
and everything will go on rOsily between
rivals.


TRUMBULL AFRAID OF THE DEMOCRATS.


Mr.. Trumbull said some time ago that
the Liberal Convention could not expect
to get the whole Democratic vote, and
that in any event ten per cent. of it would
be drawn to Grant on some plea or other
and ten or twenty per cent. more go off
and make an Independent ticket. The
Democrats in Congress say Trumbull is
a good man, but we don't want to go into
the campaign with fourteen years of rec
ord i'll the Senate against us. If he had
the best record of ali the Republicans and
had been that long in the Senate, there
would be SO many flaws in his record that
we could not go before our Democratic
constituencies and smooth them out"
Year: 1872

The following recipe is sent Us by A.
TAFT, of Howard county, Kansas He
thinks it the best he has ever used. and it
Is so simple that any one may easily try the
experiment


Take about half gallon of oil: put in Il
pan or shallow basin, and dip the harness
IN, one piece or more at q time /; then strip
the oil off the strap with your fingers, let
ting it run back in the basin hang up to
dry; repeat the dipping of the harness two
or three times until it will take no more
oil. A little lampblack added helps the
looks very much. After the oiling take a
rag and rub off the harness, and you will
find that the hardest leather and the stiff
est tugs have become very pliable, and will
remain SO from one to three wears. You
can leave them out in the rain a dozen
times, and you cannot but see they are as
pliable as before the water touched them.
And not only that, but the rats and mice
Will never touch them. If they are dirty
1t Is not necessary to clean before Oiling.


One of the 'Innocents at Home"-Mark
Twaln's baby daughter.


There is a hoosier editor named Bitters.
lie Is sort of ginger bitters,


\ Connecticut Democrat promised to eat
two quarts of dried apples if Jewell was
elected. His patriotism is Of the swelling
order.


If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each of
his children a drum, says an exchange.
That is better than merely putting a head
on him.


An IriShman describing the growth OF
potatoes in his native land. said, as
clincher, "An, sure, bushel of them Will
fill a barrel,n
Year: 1872

T'rOOTOtLltIe9:


The lowest barometer will probably move eastward
the lake region accompanied by brisk southerly
winds from Lake Michigan eastward to Lake Ontario,
shifting to brisk and high norhwesterly over Lakes
Michigan and Superior during the evening. and over
Lake Huron and the lower lakes Friday morning.
Cloudy and threatening weather with possibly rain will
prevail from the Ohio Valley to the Lakes extending
over the Middle and New England States on Friday.
Partially cloudy but pleasant weather with southery
winds is probable for the Southern States.
Year: 1872

ing the investigation, shows that its scope
is not broad enough for that purpose. The
whole inquiry has been such a failure that
it is possible there will be unanimous re-
port of the committee, although it is not
certain but minority report of one will
be presented by Democratic member of
the committee
Year: 1872

All that we cat or drink passes
over the top Of tho windpipe without
u particle entering it, although tho
opening is larger than dime, bo-
cause the very act Of swallowing
drows over the open top of il a fleshy
rap-door, which fits so closely that
not even particle of air can PASS
but at the instant of swallowing it
opens up with spring, and we go
on breat hing as If nothing had hap
pened. But if we attempt to swal-
low anything too large, this trap
door, being at the narrowest part Of
the passage, is kept closed, not par
ticle Of air can enter the lungs, aud
we die in n moment of stiffocation, ss
in drowning or smothering.


II you oh ow piece Of dried beef
for some time. there will be n white
remnant left which there is no incli-
nation to swallow. If it be taken
and picked apart il will appear to bo
made of little strings, tough and
strong. These were attached to tho
more hesh-like parts which were
chewcd and swallowed


If, in eating, man has sharp
knife, and cuts his meat wholly in
two, he may put two or three of those
pieces i'll his mouth, and chew and
swallow without danger but if tho
knife is dull, and does not divide tho
pieces wholly two pieces may bo
tied together with one of these little
strings, and while you have swallow
ed one part nearest the swallow tho
other nmy be near the teeth, and both
held by the string, which, holding tho
two parts together, and hanging
across tho trap-door, prevents its
opening, and death follows in an in
stant. Hence, the practical value of
sharp knives at the dinner-table.


4 long hair in mouthful of food
may so entangle it, in the act OF
swallowing, rs to cause n choalling to
death. This is what is meant by bo-
ing 'strangled by hair String
beans may occasion q choking to
death in the same way, if not careful
ly strung. Hence all food should be
cut iine-should be taken into the
mouth in small pieces, chewed thor
oughly, and swallowed deliberately.


Most readers have suffered con-
siderable Inconvenience from some
thing going the wrong way" This
is occasionod by single drop of wa
ter or atom Of solid food, n crumb or
other thing, slipping into the wind
pipe or falling down to tho lungs,
causing an instantaneous, spiteful,
angry, dry cough it is because ma
ture was alarmed by an unnatural
and unwelcome visitor, and takes this
her only means Of ejecting the intru-
der If the PARTICLES are large or
heavy, the surgeon must be called to
cut open the windpipe and remove
the substance.


A person cannot laugh or speak a
word unless the top of the windpipe
is uncovered but If laugh is pro-
voked or word attempted to be
spoken while in the act of swallow.
ing, and just before the particle has
fully passed the trap-door, it is rais-
ed n little, drop or crumb falls into
it, and hence the mischief In ca
ting, do not attempt to speak until
the swallow is clear.
Year: 1872

This new house, newly furnished and
is now open TO the travelling public. IL is
located near the depot. No effort will be
spared by the proprietor TO make the stay
Of his guests pleasant and agreeable.
Year: 1872

adopt this mode of advertising my business
instead OF employing agents. My object is, to
reduce the expense of the business as much as
possible, 50 by purchasing of me you pay no
agentfees. You can also save the expense Of
delivering the work if you choose; besides you
can select the Marble yourself, and see tho style
of it. as it will be- so there is possible chance
for being dec ived or being disappointed.


BY taking this course there is saving Of
from twenty TO thirty per cent,-aeooydiug to
how far the purchaser comes.


You can readily see that the money save by
not keeping agents gses to the porchssor instend
ofthe agent.


Agents claim that they can furnish work
cheaper. That cannct be done. unless done by
Apprentices. l furnish no work of that class
as | employ no Apprentices.


My work and material cannot be questioned.


Lzstt" Patronize home, if you can, and save
money by 30 doing. 8l3
Year: 1872

He loves not we'll whose love is bold.


would not have thee come too nigh.
The suns gold would not seem pure gold


Unless the sun were in the sky;
To take him thence and chain him near
Would make his beauty disappear
BE keeps his statc--tio thou keep thine,


And shine upon me from afar.
80 shall bask in light divine,


That falls from loves own guiding star;
So shall thy eminenee be high,
And SO my passion shall not die
But all my life shall reach iis hands


of lofty longing toward thy face,
And bc As one who sperchless Stands


In raptures at SOME perfect CRATE
Ny love, my hope, my all shall be
To look 10 heaven and look to thee.
Thine eyes shall be the heavenly lights;


Thy voice shall lie the summer breeze.
What time il sways, in moonlit nights,


The murmurinS tops OF leafy trees;
And will touch Thy beantious form
In June's red roses, rich and warm
But thou thysclf shalt not come down


From that pure region far above;
But keep thy throne and wear thy crown,
QBeen Of my heart and queen OF love!
\ monarch in thy realm complete,
And a monarcil-at Thy feeti-IV IPinier
Year: 1872

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


In your issue OF the 18th inst. appeared com.
municaton. signed "a Fireman Of the Present De-
partment,n the writer OF which takes exception to
some OF the views advanced by me in the conver-
sation had with your reporter regarding the recent
fire at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.


In justice to myself think it but proper to state
that the report OF the interview was inaccurate in
question could never have attained the headway
1t did had the old Fire Department been
in existence. did assert however, and still
fires still alarms than the present force.
That circumstance attributed not to the superior
energy OF the volunteer, but to the inadequacy In
point OF number of men and apparatus OF the paid
department. II is no discredit to even the best OF
men that they cannot perform imposslbities.
yield to no one in admiration OF the zeal and dis
cipline that characterize the present force;
indeed, any reflection upon would come
with but q bad grace from me, who from
the moment the project was mooted was
an earnest advocate for the establishment
OF paid department l think, however, that the
force in point Of numbers is utterly inadequate to
the wants OF this metropolis and have only to hope
that calamity similar TO that which visited Chi
caQo and Boston may not demonstrate the business
Of my opinion and the delusve character oi the
city government seeks to estab!ish nus reputation
as reformcr at the expense OF his fellow citizens.


In regard to the Grand Central Hotel. which he
with the laws In force at the time OF It's erection.
II he would refer to my report for the year In
which the Grand Central was rebuilt he whl find
that strongly condemned the erection Of Mansard


So far as regards the personal all usions to myself
In this delcctable production. fatter myself
can afford to treat them with contempt. Yours
respectfully JAMES H. AAC0REGoA
Year: 1872

Yesterday forenoon, while q gang OF laborers
were working at an cmbankmcnt on thirteenth
avenue. between High and Howard streets,
Newark an immense mass Of earth suddenly gave
way, bearing beneath II one OF the men, named
Michael Behan OF West Newark It was at nrst
supposed that he was killed, but on being dug out


It was found that though hfs head was terribly cut,
his leg broken and body crushed, his injuries were
not likely to prove fatal He was removed to the
hospital. Seven other workmen narrowly escaped
similar injury.
Year: 1872

EDITORS CHRONICLE: 1 thought it
might be that you would like to know
what the people are doing on Coal Creek.
The mining portion are at this time very
busy mining coal. There has been quite a
rush for Coal Creek coal this season and
the demand is increasing very rapidly.
The miners have also increased consider
ably this year.


We are all going to vote for Col. Thorn
burgh, and are waiting anXiously waiting,
for the coming of the 29th, as he is eX-
pected here at that time to tell us miners
what he thinks of the working man. We
all want to turn out to hear him speak,
and we all to a man intend coming out to
vote for him on election day. We intend
that he shall have majority on Coal
Creek, for we are all willing to vote for
him. We think he is the right man in
the right.


There are few Greeleyites here and but
few: They seem to be down.spirited and
are willing to give it up-at least so far as
III. Greeley is concerned.


Mr.. John Webster, the man that had
his thigh and shoulder broken by the fall
ing of some slate in McEwen, Wiley d
Co.'s. mine, is improving slowly. His
friends have hopes Of his recovery at this
time.


/ will have to close writing, as 1 must
shoulder the pick and penetrate the Cum
berland mountain, as Col. Thornbugh has
been doing in Middle Tennessee to mine
out his share of the votes, as we miners
do our share of the coal. So send the
Colonel on; we want to see the friend of
the working man. MINER.