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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-05-09, Page 3• THE ORK OF 711E' Pa-MUIR HIS CALLING IS FOUNDATIONOF Coalmining. Describing the Methods of the Pioneer, Whose Duty it is First to Find the Ccal. At a moment when the,troubles of the coal trade fill so large a space in the newsy:asters, it may not be inap- Propriate to sketch the life and work of. a inan of whom little is heard, Yet whOSO calling is the very foundation of cuelmining, says a Loudon newepaper. This Is the piesinkeresthe man who digs tho abaft, who first bores and hews and eats his way three-quarters of a mile beneath the surface of the earth to prepare the way for the miner. And, as we shall show, his is a calling invested with a good deal of romance, tend often ennobled by rare courage and self-sacrifice. Let us imagine that a company has been formed to exploit the coal be- neath an estate. They want a big vapital. A million dollars is the small- est; they may even require two and a half millions. For from the day when the first sod le turned until the day that coal to actually raised for sale, two years, three years, and sometimes five and six: years, must elapse, and all that time money is simply running away without a single penny being received in return. Coal is found in curious places. The writer remembers one pit shaft being sunk in the centre of a forest. As a matter of fact, coal -mines now oper- ate onsthe very edge of Sherwood Forest, the scene of Robin Hood's ex- ploits, and there is coal actually be- neath the historic "Dukeries," but the landowners are not anxious to annoy the shades of Robin and his merry greenwood men by planting coalpits where these) famous outlaws held their revels. Coaamines may be situated even in little spa villages, in the stretcheg park -lands of belted earls, and at least three cases could be cited where they are found at the gates of ancestral =melt:tisk and grimy pitmen walk through villages where a generation -ago the only diversion was the meet of the local hunt, The caalowner, once he has determined to dig, is no respecter of the amenities of rural He is Always in Danger. On a given clay the sod is turned in the presence of the public. Three or four operations begin simultaneously. A railway is cut to the nearest main- line. Powerful winding engines are brought and bolted to concrete foun- dations. A great engine -shed is erect- ed. Pumps are put up to deal with the water. Electric light is installed so that the work can go on day and night. A huge circle is drawn on the grass, the sods are reMOVeii, and the pit - Rinker gets to work. It is the pit -sinker who bears the brunt of the first two or three years. He follows a calling which is one to itself. There is nothing quite like it. He has to bore his way down, a hun- dred yards, probably a thousand yards —this article is written near a coal- mine 957 yards deep- -through shale, marl, clay, rock. At first he goes down by a ladder. As the shaft deepens he is lowered in an iron bucket. When he can no long- er see, electric cables are laid down, and he works with their glittering aid, The shaft is circular, and as he goes further down bricklayers follow hint to encase it in brick. Danger threatens him every day, Sonietimes the sides of the shaft cave 1n, and he is buried beneath tons of earth. Sometimes a huge rock is dis- Pieced. and, falling„ it carries death to all below. Always there is water— dripping, dripping, dripping, so that he has to work in oilskins., and even then he is often wet to the akin. Occasionally he taps a well, or even a subterranean river, and, despite all the pumping of the machinery, it Is impossible to master the seater and keep it back, How does modern science deal with water?' A sheathing of cement is too weak; bricks are hopelees; even iron fails. In that case the earth and water are frozen by caeinicals. Then, when the side of the shaft is a•mass of ice, num tubing is put round it, the cheme tuts are elseudoncd, and the ice thaws; but the lea alga Up the water and the flood is stayed. At last coal is reached. The corn - any eelekeale the event. The pit - sinker 10 Withdraw -it. He porattup ..3notha keise reeej steReettla af, iriVitty ref' aveltifie .nnent. Engineers Make passage -ways, engines and ponies are carried down, and goon the Miner Is et Work sending • lip coal for public •corleitieeptien. ere - If each o u di4 orilbalf j4s Pot os1p itttomr bow tlits 141t Watli *ped upt 1,Pgw.r. 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Price, 20 cents. 1 iriec41.1r, The underskirt, which is straight and narrow, is a simple foundation for the one-sided drapery of the tunic. McCall Pattern No. 8902. La- 15' dies' Dress. In 6 size, 34 to 44 bust. Price, 25 cents. Ask for lainarcirs anO, take no other. "This is My Owngisly Native Land." "I was under the impression," writes a correspondeut of the British Week- ly, "that America had secured the copyright of the term 'God's own coulee try,' and had definitely applied it to the Unitea States. But I find that our. Colonial troops have pirated the. phrase, and are applying it unblush- ingly to whichever corner of the Em- pire they happen to hail from. The other day in a 'bus a soldier with a red band round his wide-awake hat was explaining to his neighbor how pleasant it was to be going bach in few clays to God's own country. 'Why; I didn't know you were an Americana. remarked the neighbor in. an accent' that left no doubt on which side of the: Atlantic he was at home. 'Who said I was?' complained the othee. you claimed God's own country as• your home. and that's America sure.' 'America,' repeated' red -band. 'Yes, daresay God had something to do with the making of it. But New Zealand is His masterpiece, and don't you for- get it.' " MOM ME &M 014 Notln His Class. Sergeant (surprising sentry)—"Why didn't you challenge that man who jest passed?" Newest Recruit—"WhY, that's Kayo Hogan, Sergeant, and lie's got all 0' ten pounds on. me!" fecal Article. "'Wily are you. so sure your husband Is an. optimist?" eriecause," answered Mrs. Crosslots, "lie, is always absolutely confident that what we raise in our garden is going to look exactly like the pictures on the seed packages. Not His Choice. A Metropolitan matron once yen - bleed to ask James Lane Allen: "Are you a bachelor from choice?" "Yes," came the answer promptly, "But isn't that—or—rather ungra- cious and ungallant?" protested she. The novelist sullied. "You must ask the lathes," he suggested gently; "it Was their cihoice, not mine." • Genius Overlooked. She put down the book with a sigh. "What is it darling?" he asked. "Ale dearest, I'm so happy," she re- plied. 'But you had such a sad look in your eyes just now.'' "I know. I've been reading about the unhappiness that the wives of men of genius have always had to bear, Herbert, dear, I'm so glad You're just an ordinary sort of fel- low!" Whet He Caned Her. "What is your Immo?" asked the exiistress of her new Chinese cook. "My name is Wang Hang Ko," was • the reply. "Oh, well, as T shall not be able to remember that I shall call you John," remarked the lady. "Veliy good, ma'am," acquiesced the Chinaman. "And what is your Mune, ma'am?" "My name is Mrs. Swankton de Vere." "Me no lemembel that," quoth the 0*, Chinaman, "me call you Sally." An Australian Fin' -Bearer. , • 'Going Him Several Better. The woMbat, or "pouched rat," of New South Wales and South Austral- The oldest good story is the one abont the boy who left the farm and got a job in the city. He wrote a let- ter to his brother, who elected to stick to- the farm, telling of the joys of city Me, in 'which lie said: "Thursday we auto'd out to the coun- try club, where we golfed until dark. Then we motored to the beach, and Fridayed there." The brother On the back: "Yesterday we buggied to town and beeeballed all afternoon. Then we went to Med's .and paltered till morn- ing. To -day we muled out to the corn- field and geehawed until sundown. Then we supperod, and then we piped for a while, After that we staircased up to our room and bedsteaded until the clock axed. • Mem, lainardis Liniment in the hOuso. --- A Deplorable Situation. The following eNtract from a briga- dier general's letter is quoted in Lon- don Truth as an example of a fact un- fortunately expressed: "Before the war a brigadier had four battalions. . . . To run this show in peace time he had a trained staff officer and four C, O.'s, with fonr adjutants. . . Now he has no staff whatever, He has, consequent/y, to do all his own thinking, and he has no trained brain to help him." ia., is a marsupial animal. In appear- ance it resembels a little bear, and is sometimes classed with the badger, I because of its burrowing habits. It is ' two or three feet long, plump, with a thick coat of long, grayish -brown woolly hair. The head is large, wide; fiat, and rabbit -like, with upper lip cleft, and small eyes and ears; its legs are short and nearly equal in length, and the feet are five -toed. The tail is about half an inch long, nearly bare. The wombat is easily domesti- cated. 111 the mountainous .districts of Australia its tieeh is preferred to that or many other animals. Deceiving the Cow. Frances and Agathe had been very carefully reared. Especially had they been taught that in no circumstances must they tell a lie—not even a "white Ono day, during a visit made by these little girls to an aunt in the country, they met a large COW in a field they were crossing. Much frightened, the youngsters stopped, not knowing what to do. Finally Frances said: "Let's go right on, Agatha, and pre - teed that we are not afraid of it." 33ut Ago:fleas conscience was not shunbeeing, "Wouldn't that he de- ceiving the cow?" sho objected. In 1915 prices in Great Britain for first quality milkers ranged from 224 to a28 15s per head, as contrasted with £50 to £70 per head now, When you feel something wrong. — heiter look into your habits of living. Tea or coffee drinking often upset one's feelings, though unsuspected. 1f -ea or coffee disagree, use •taaasal, 7.'geesse A ten clays trial of POSTUM ' usually does wonders ,in deter-- rninin what's the matter." ere.s a Reasonio farm wrote Bees in Business. The school visitor was asking the class a few questions. "Now, how do bees dispose of their honey?" lie inquired. "They eel' it," announced the clever boy of the class. Bigger Than They Thought. "Mal! England is a small country." eyes,. "I could walk over it in a few ! weeks." "Maybe you tould, but 70 nuliton Germans tried for four years to walk I over England and failed." 1.30.•••••.M.1 Commissioner H. B. Thomson of the Canadian Trade Commission has gone to London to consult with the Canadian Mission for the better linking of Canadian trade promotion Work. , The Canadian Trade Commission believes that buying Canadian -made goods at 110111e, together with marc exporting, 'will solve the war -debt ptableM. Is our community lagging be- hind?' If so, join with other peed men in putting some ginger into IL is! Try It ,r0-40 Is how to loosen a sore, tender corn cm It lifts out without pain, 0 Arr-,r00.4.....0 0 0 0 Good news spreads rapidly and drug- gists here are kept busy dispensing freezone, the ether discovery of a CM- clenati mart, which is said to loosen any corn so it lifts out with the fingers. Ask at any pharmacy for a quarter ounce of freezono, whleh will dost very little, but Is said to be sufficient to rid one's feet of every hard or soft corn or callus. You apply just a few drops on the tender, aching corn and instantly the soreness is relieved, an.d soon tbe corn is so shriveled that it lifts out with out pain. It is a sticky substance which dries when applied and never inflames or even irritates the adjoin- ing tissue. This discovery will prevent thou- sands of deaths annually from lock- jaw and infection' heretofore resulting from the suicidal habit of cutting corns, Home Again. The same dull town, the same dark street, The market square where women meet. The same old cburch, where people pray And worship in the same old way. The same -0 God! --it cannot be ihe same again to men like me! Through mists of blood I've seen the skies, While anguish gleamed from human eyes— And scorched within the fires of hell, Have gazed on deeds no tongue can tell. Heaven's highest peaks, too, have I trod, And seen, in man, the face of God— And all the tinee, walk in the street The ghosts of those I used to greet— The same! Ah. no! 'Twill never be The same again to men like me. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Dear Sirs, --Your MINARD'S LINI- MENT is our remedy for sore throat, colds and all ordinary ailments. It never fails to relieve and cure promptly. °HAS, WHOOTEN. Port Muigrave. 1 Our national debt has run from $40 a head in 1914 to $270. The C. T C. suggests the best way of meeting; obligations is by exporting more and importing less. I ......— Minn ar cr s Liniment Lumberman's rriend. 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"Just to think," said the Sweet Young Thing on the piano stool, "all. these pretty keys once belonged to an elephant." "And now," replied the gallant man, "they belong to a dear." MONEY ORDERS. The safe way to send money by mail is by Dominion Express Money Order, The two main ideas promoted by the Canadian Trade Commission we present are: "Buy less abroad and make more for export." =nerd's Liniment used by PhYsleisua• Make all the pork possible or grass. It will save the grain, and mean a larger prone. 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This destructive scurf robs the hair of its lustre, its strength and its very life, and if not overcome it pro- duces a feverishness and itching of the scalp: tho hair roots famish, loosen and die; then the heir falls out fast. If your hair has been neglected and is thin, faded, dry, scraggy or too oily, get a small bottle of Knowlton's Dan - (feriae at any drug store or toilet counter for a few cents; apply a little as directed and ten minutes after you will say this was the best investment you ever made, We sincerely believe, regardless of everything else advertised. that if you desire soft, luatrous, beautiful heir and lots Of it—no dandruff ---no itching scalp and no more falling hair—you must use Knowlton'S Danderine. If eveetually--why not now? 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"This trouble lacted about a year before I used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and after using three taites of Soap and two boxes of Ointment I Was healed." (Signed) W, Byrne, St. Basile, Que., Nov. 23, 1918. Make Cuticura Soap, Ointment: and Talcum your daily toilet prep- arations, For *no rtemplo gosh of caesura sesp. Clint. mont mut galrurkadoroao. Dnirtrreard: reuttotro, Dept. A, Anaton, rt. S. A.' Sold ovorrtvlanrr.