AlittleSectton of Southern Illinois
info iuWchS20,000,00Ofias been poured
in ifie last few yecrs,makin6 PLUTOCMIS
SpiAIN FARMERS and building CITIES
vukzTQ before were open fields.
Utemambus COAL FIEDS of WLIAMSON
cnidflcfomm$(bime3,cnidhouj Railroad
Kings are battling for. thent.
i-aiat XAiiKJO tzzi&KS fc fr:yjvcr7r x.' oltx
n
N T1IK heart (if Southern Illinois in "Little Kgjpt," once u
term of iltTihion, but now synoii) inous wiih prosperity nl
inuilnu 1 1 rut; nss a section of perhaps u thousand taiuarc
miles, embracing parts of tout counties and not all or any on
of tin in. lias developed almost untold wealth and lias become
lln' theater of struggles noui; the lets titanic, because the outer
world lias not heaid much of them, so silently have they l-cn
carried on. fortunes have been made, and, what is more marvelous, have
not been lost, in the rapid advancement of the section. Communities have
growu prosperous far beyond the dreams of the earlier settlers, and their
prosperity continues. Within these precincts the busy hum of trade lias
never been stilled. "Kverybody who wants to is making money," is the
way one of the busiest of business men puts it.
Such in brief and in general terms is the recent history of the Immense
and neiv coal producing area of Williamson, Franklin, Saline and Jackson
counties. There lie the immense deposits of bituminous coal, which in a
lew short years have brought Williamson County from a negligible part of
the coal producing State ol Illinois to the very first lank in the coal counties
of the commonwealth, now fifty-five in number, and every one of them
high in the race of fuel production. How this has come about, till within less
than a de ado, if we neglect the little local shafts w hich have existed
merely for provision of home consumption, makes an Interesting chapter
in the history of Illinois which has not yet been written. Such history Is
compressed within that decade, indeed, in large part within the last half
of that decade, as to be almost unbelievable were not the confirmation so
ready to hand. And the end is not yet, for with it all scarcely more than
a quarter of the total coal-bearing area is in the hands of actively operating
companies. The other three-quarters is still held by the original owners,
some even held under the original government patents without a single
transfer since the days of the homestead, of the "bit act," when land was
purchasable for lli'j cents per acre, and of the $1.2" act. The railroad
strur-gle for frame and ownership supremacy Is still on. beneath the surface.
New lines are to be built; new surveys are being made, and with the com
ing of the Panama canal this little section of Illinois will bear its share not
alone in the production of long-haul tonnage to the gulf ports, but in the
provision of the power for other tonnage, and as a centering point for the.
big transportation lines which are reaching out for the gulf coast against,
the time when the annual traffic will have its weight with the movement
of froiirht from the Northwest and from all the Middle West, and the Upper
Mississippi valley.
Such railroad kings as Hill, Gould and Yoakum all have had their eyes
glued upon this favored spot, and all have shown their interest In the
gra?p which they already have upon it, but there is more to be done, and
more will be done, even though it be silently and without the sounding of
hrass.
All this hy way of explanation, for the sudden accretion of wealth in
the heart of Little Egypt has come about through the railroad battle for
coal and coal frame. The other developments have been concurrent with it
and are only to be understood with the aid of this knowledge. Every move
that has been made has been in the silence so characteristic of the railroads
when they reach out for anything they reaily want, and with these moves
have come the rapid growth of town and country and the euddon increase
in individual prosperity. The last decade has scon Harrlsburg grow from
a village of 1,000 or more souls to a thriving Inland city of 12,000, with na
tional tanks, handsome business blocks, beautiful churches and paved streets.
MOUSE IN THE CHOIR.
During a service in the Presiijte
rian Church at Mil ford, Mich., a sly
little mouse crept out from a hole in
the wall and darted toward a row of
young ladies who sat back of the pul
pit nnd composed part of the choir.
One of them espied the little rodent
and instantly there was a hubbub
which interrupted the service for sev
eral minutes. Skirts were hastily
gathered together and the female
Bingers quickly got off the floor, using
their chairs as temporary retreats.
Alarmed at the racket the mouse made
off in another direction, to the relief
of all present. The minister then re
Bumed his sermon.
AvoldiiiK tlie Dlltlcnlt.
"By Jove, I find it quite impossible
to lift my new Hlyle cf spring hat to
a lady, don't you know."
"What can you do?"
"Cross the street, don't you know."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
About the only vacation some peo
ple get is In interruptions in their
work.
A woman is immensely flattered i?
her husband 'tells her she is "broad
minded."
As soon as wo get rid of one diffi
culty, we usually find another waiting
to take its place.
The qply people who really have a
food tluiq, are tbostf who enjoy being
Juiiiosed upoj,
PLAN OF THE ARENA FOR
111 WmwWHmw
DIAGRAM OF THE SEAT PLAN
Those who are going to see the Jeffries and Johnson fight can glean
some sort of an idea regarding the location of the seats from the accom
panying reproduction of the architect's blue print of the seating scheme.
Octagonal in form, the arena is planned to seat 30,000 at present, but it
can be enlarged to accommodate twii e that number should the occasion
warrant. The highest priced seats will be .$.")0. These will be ringside
boxes. Right behind them are the $l!o seats, then two divisions of $20 and
seats, and around the outside the $10 and $" seats. m
VmfHenl 4"hnrlly.
"See the poor stray cat."
"Why not toss him some meat?"
"No; I believe in teaching others to
help themselves. I will throw out
some crumbs to attract the birds and
maybe the cat can catch one." Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
A lX'tlnKlon.
"What's a pyromanlac, sis?"
"One of them folks that's crazy
about burnt wood work." Baltimore
AmerlcV
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J 7 ik.
Ilerrln, laid out but fifteen years ago, is to-day a town of more than 10,000,
and is still trowing at a rate hard to conceive. Marion has sprung from
l.Joo to 12,000 within the same time, while Johnston City, once but a prai
rie site, and that but u half dozen years ago, Is a thriving place of 0,000,
wlih Its modem conveniences and up-to-date structures equal to the pride
of many u larger town, lb nton, which Is the county capital of Franklin
and once ruled the country round with the majesty of 1,000 residents, is now
a busy place of 8,000, with the end not yet.
Many an Interesting story Is told of the earlier residents of the section,
of the days when coal was not figured among the assets of the farmers and
the pioneers of Illinois, especially the Illinois days of Dickens and his
"American Notes." One Is of Charles Carroll of Shawneetow n, to whom
fell a stretch of land upon which he was inclined to refuse to pay the taxes
It all came about in this wise: In the early days of Little Egypt, Goo'dal)
and Campbell of Marion were tobacco factors, shipping heavily to Europe
and conducting a business which was large for those days. I'.y wreck at
"ea and defeat In their bottomry they were sent to the wail and their assets
largely fell into the bands of Sawyer, Wallace & Co. of New York, also in
the ime line of business. For a number of years the land remained in
the possession of the New York firm, which planned to develop it as farm
ing land, and sent a Col. Manning out to look after It. He scarcely proved
l success, though this is of no moment, for before he was able to work out
his plans for the development of the tract the New Yorkers failed In their
turn nnd In their settlement the land was turned over to Carroll In partial
iiljustmi lit of a claim of some $10,000. Carroll had doubts about the value
of his new property and was on the point of refusing to pay the taxes, when
his caution prevailed and he decided to hold the land a while and take the
risk of the few additional dollars it cost him. The rest of the story is
quickly told. The real etent of the coal deposits became known and a
part only of the Carroll holding was Bold for 400.00, or ten times tl,'
bankruptcy claim of the owner. This is but a single instance. There iu
many more.
Still another instance and this of having one's cake and eating it. too
A conductor on one of the roads running through the coal district became
possessed in the early days of a tract of perhaps 2."i0 acres of land on which
lie did little save rent it out and pay the taxes, for he continued in the
service of his road. Only recently he became incapacitated for railroad
work and determined to quit the work. Almost at the same time he .ceiv.-d
an offer for the coal rights of his possession, which he bad permit'eil. al
most, to lie fallow. The offer was $2.",000, and this conductor will retire,
I .ii t bis coal rights price out at interest and, then farm the surface or bis
holding, for it is still his.
The geological estimates of the coal-bearing area included within the
thousand or so square miles referred to are that the seams which are now
iH'im? worked are capable of outputting approximately 9,000 tons per acre
this without considering other seams not now considered of value, but
which, in the event of higher prices and shorter supplies, would eventually
become of marketable character. Inasmuch as the field embraces something
like fiOO.000 acres, it is easy to calculate the total deposit as in excess ol
.1,000,000,000 tons of coal of a quality which lias rapidly made its impress
upon the coal-consuming world. Basing values upon the lowest leasing basis,
3 cents per ton, the coal values alone represent a hind value in the neigh
borhood of $1. ".0,000,000, and th,: land Is still left to farmers, one of the
richest of agricultural sections whose productive value, even before the min
ing of coal began, was considered the peer of any In the State.
THE JEFF-JOHNSON FIGHT.
THE FIGHT ARENA.
UNFAMILIAR FACTS.
The London police in 390S arrested
:!,'1!12 children, under 10.
Gold fish originally came from China,
and the first were sent to England In
1C91.
India's revenue from the opium
trade last year amounted to about
$23,079,500.
No horses are to 'be seen on the
farms in Bolivia, bullocks or oxen be
ing universally emolov
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BOY LASSOES CAR AND .
IS DRAGGED FOUR BLOCKS.
Flaying "Wild West" with a ropf
lied around his body, the small s;on
of Mortimer Duflield succeeded in las
Bolng the Port Norrls troHe.v car near
his home In Bridgeton, N. J. lie was
dragged behind the fast-moving car
for nearly four squares. Then the
conductor happened to turn around
and noticed that something tied to
the rope was being pulled along. He
stopped the car, and the boy was
found nearly unconscious and badly
bruised. No bones were broken.
The ilperK.
"They say Bhe will create no end of
gossip."
"Well, I guess the jobbers in that
community will be able to handle her
out put." Louisville Courier-Journal.
I'IiIo'n Portion.
"Did you give the scraps of meat
to the dog, Nora?"
"You forgot, mum, that we'd quit
eatin' meat, mum, but Ql give th'
baste th' carrot tops an' pcrtaty par
in's." Los Angeles Express.
Why Tlremjitie.
"Bragg is a dreadfully tiresome
chap."
"Whal'B he 'been doing now?"
"He's been blowing about what he
Mrnr U at his blowout.".
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ON BOARD A LEPER SHIP
Three Thousand Afllkted Were
Transferred to Philippine No.
lution Pen.
ST0EY OF AMERICAN SAILOR.
Heartrending- Scenes Wben Rela
tives and Friends Attempted to
Rescue the Victims.
"Alt" Jorgenson, second mate of the
American Bbip Atlas, in port from the
far cast, is back In his native land
after an iibsenco of three years, with
a thrilling narrative of Ma t xperie:
during that time, says the New Yo, .
Evening Telegram. J iig' iisoil hails
rrom Seattle and shipped on a sailing
vessel from Sau Francisco three years
ago. lie landed In the Philippines, uud
there attached himself to one of the
numerous coast guard steamers main
tained by the government to patrol the
coasts of the islands and keep down
tin piratical .Moios, whose main de
sire in lite Is to murder the pearl
divers and destroy the native indus
tries of the Philippines.
"After a year on various coast guard
steamers doing patrol duty," said
young Jorgenson to-day, "I was trans
fened to tho Uasillan, also a coast
guard vessel, which, however, had
been detailed to transfer lepers from
the various ports of the Philippines to
Culuon Island. For three months we
transferred hundreds of the lepers to
the isolation pen on fculuon.
"While the American olilcers used
every kindness and gentleness In the
work of tnking away the unfortunates
from the villages and towns to tho
lonely island, they often had to use
force to prevent rescues by friends
and relatives. Sometimes the scenes
were heartrending when families had
to be separated because there was no
room for the lepers to take their kin
to Culuon.
"In many instances the Moros, un
der the pretext of assisting the friends
and relatives of the lepers, would at
tack us, and on one occasion a nu
merous force surrounded the Ilaslllan,
but were repulsed.
"As lep'rosy Is not contagious to the
European or American, none of us
were afraid to handle the lepers.
Three months of this was enough for
iiK of us on the Basilian, and to a
man wo asked for a transfer to an
other steamer. Capt. T. A. Illllgrov,
who, by the way, Is a New York man.
was in command of the Basilian. Al
in all. we transferred about 3,000
lepers In the three months we were on
this detail. I quit the leprosy transfer
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Governor Hughes of New York,
whom President Taft has named for
the Supreme bench, is to All the va
cancy caused by the death of Justice
Brewer of Kansas. Justice Brewer was
the second of his family to serve with
Chief Jsutice Fuller In the capacity
of associate justice. Stephen J. Field,
whom Justic McKenna of San Fran
cisco succeeded In lS'.)7, was his uncle.
Others who have been members of the
court since Fuller was appointed by
eside.nt Cleveland are Joseph, P.
Bradley of New Jersey, Stanley
Mathews of Ohio, Horace Gray of
Massachusetts, Samuel Blatchford of
New York, Lucius Q. C. Lamar of Mis
sissippi, Henry B. Brown of Michigan,
George Shiras Jr. of Pennsylvania.
Chief Justice Fuller is the oldest
member of the court, though Juslice
Harlan, who is the oldest in point of
service, having been a 'member since
i he Hayes administration of thirty
three years ago, is a close second. The
baby of the court, William Ut'nry
Moody, Is 5", while the other four
range in age from 01 to 69, so the
court Is a living exemplification that
old men are for counsel.
The honor and responsibility of"
naming the chief justice of this high
tribunal is given to comparatively few
Presidents. In the 120 years' which
have passed since the Supreme Court
held its first session in the Exchange
of the City of New York, Feb. 4, 1790,
twenty-six men have served- as Presi
dent of the United States, but there
have been only eight men to serve as
chief justice. John Jay, John Rut-'
ledge, Oliver Ellsworth, John Mar
shall, Roger Brooke Taney, Salmon P.
Chase, Morrison R, Waite and Melville
Weston Fuller form the distinguished
list. Marshall served the longest term,
SPLINTERS.
It is a mistake to grab more than
you can .carry away.
After an exchange of hot words a
coolness is sure to set in.
You cannot always judge a man's
friendship by the way he shakes your
hand.
Boyce Did I understand you to say
that your friend Is a stage hand?
Joyce No, a stage foot; he does a
danclnst iwrn
work In August of last year and l
month later Khlppcd on the Atlas,
liound for home."
ftDTHOR, AND WOTJAN ,
HE GAVE TO ANOTHER
MAN AS RUSKIN DIB
iT.K. 33i
John Ruskln's world famouB act in
giving his wife to his friend. Sir John
Millais, has been duplicated by J. M.
Barrie, author of modern days. Thu
divorce which Barrie sought In Eng
land, when he found that his wife
loved Gilbert Cannon, a young dra
matic critic, has been made absolute
and the infatuated couple Is free to
wed. Barrie gave his former wife a
deed to a palatial ho.ne at Franham
and $7;10 a year Income for life. Tho
author admits that he dearly lovers
the woman he divorced, but for the
sake of her happiness gave her to
Cannon.
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OOVKUNOlt C. IC. HL'OJIKH.
t'alrty-four years. He and Taney to
gether covered a period of sixty-three
eventful years.
In 1890 the centenary of the Su
preme Court was celebrated with fit
ting ceremony in New York, the city
where it first sat. At that celebration
Edward S. Phelps said of this tribu
nal: "Judges Will be appointed and
will pass. One generation rapidly suc
ceeds another. But whoever comes and
whoever goes, the court remains, keep
ing alive through many a century wo
shall not see, the light that burns with
a constant radiance upon the high
altar of American constitutional jus
tice." l.'oolliiur the Cornel.
"I don't care whether ilalley's comet
hits the world on May 18 or not," said
Mike.
"You don't, eh?" said Pat.
"I do not. I'll bo safe anyhow, for
I'm going to be out of town on that
date." Detroit Free Press.
Here's I.ucU, livelyn!
"Evelyn Is not very handsome. Why
do you call ber a belle?"
"She's waiting for some man to rljg
her."
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.Neiir r.nouuli.
Teacher (quotinK) ".Man wants but
little here below" Tommy, can you
finish the quotation?
Tommy Tucker P.ut he wants tt
when he wants It, and he wunts It
mighty bad.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regu
late and Invigorate stomach, liver and
bowels. Sue;ar-coated, tiny granules.
I'.a:y to take ns candy.
lltP f the t lllmate Consumers.
-Pretty bli; Job to irnther this crop,
Isn't It?" asked the vi.sitiiiK locust.
"Von bet!" said tho native Kansas
Krasshopper. "Keeps me on the Jump."
A nood slorv li.'iirs repentlni;. I'se Iloss
lllencliliis: lllne. (lood crocirs sell It. Ke
fuse imiiiillons.
When sowing wild oats a youn? man
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rrttitv davis' paivkiu.fr
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THE riKST CLOCKS.
On at I'udna l lint Was a Wonder
of .Mechanism.
It was, we are lold, in 1309 that thq
first clock known to the world was
placed 1n the tower of San Eustargio,
in Milan.
The greatest astonishment and ad-,
miration were manifested by crowds
who flocked to see the timepiece. In
1.144 .a clock was Installed in tho pal
ace of the 'nobles at Padua. This was
a wonder of mechanism indeed, for be
sides indicating the hours it showed
the course of the sun, the revolutions
of the planets the various phases of
the moon, the months and the fetes
of the year.
The period of the evolution from the
clock to the watch was seventy-one
years not so very long, all things con
sidered and the record of the first
watch Is 1380. A half century later
an alarm clock made Its appearance
This, we are told, was looked upon
by the people of that age as "un In
strument prodigieux."
The fortunate possessor of this clock
was Andrea Alciato, a councillor of
Milan. The chroniclers have placed
on record that this clock sounded a
bell at a stated hour, and at the same
time a little wax candle was lighted
automatically. How this was done we
are not told, but It must not be over
looked that until about seventy years
ago we had no means of obtaining a
light other than the tinder box, so
that the Milanese must have been cen
turies ahead of us In this respect.
Not much progress was made with
the watch until 174'), when the second
hand was added. London (llobe.
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Of the brain, and activity out
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