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PENNSYLVANIA ANTHj*A<jlTE
Tonnage of Last Year Exceeded by Six
Million Tons That of Any
Previous Year.
The year 1903 stands as the high
water mark of prosperity in the j
anthracite coal trade, as the tonnage
for that year exceeded by more than <
6,000,000 tons that of any previous j
year, and the demand for coal was so
good as to make it possible to dispose
of the product at prices which
brought a fair return to all con
cerned in the industry. Some signifi
cant figures in connection with the
production of Pennsylvania anthra*
cite during 1903 have been collected
by Mr. William W. Ruley, special
agent of the United States geological
survey, ani will be included in Mr.
E. W. Parker’s report on the produc
tion of coal in 1903, which is a regular
feature of the survey’s annual volume
on the mineral resources of the United
States.
At the commencement of 1903 there
was practically no anthracite in stock,
as the amount which had been mined
after the strike of 1902 had gone
directly into consumption. All that
could be mined during the first three
months of 1903 was in immediate de
mand.
With the opening of navigation and
a reduction in price on April 1, dealers
at all points endeavored to lay in an
ample supply of coal to meet their fall
and winter requirements. This made
a brisk demand for the product dur
ing the spring and summer months,
with thp. rfwmltant ai'nimnlatinn nf
stocks in dealers’ hands. The early
arrival of cold weather, however, and
the prolonged severity of the winter
created an unusually brisk demand
for coal.
In connection with the large pro
duction, it is interesting to note the
increase in the shipments of the small
sizes of coal during 1903 over those oi
previous years. This is especially
noteworthy on account of the opinior
generally expressed at the close of the
anthracite strike, that bituminous
coal had largely supplanted anthra
cite for steam purposes, and would
continue to hold this trade to the
exclusion of the small sizes of the lat
ter product. On the contrary, how
ever, the consumption of these smaller
sizes of coal increased 2,468,694 tons in
1903 over 1901. It would seem that
the only cause which would seriously
affect the prosperity of the anthracite
business i3 the general condition oi
the entire country. As long as the
people at large are able to buy anthra
cite, it will not want a market.
It is also of interest to note an
Increase of 15 cents in the average
value per ton for coal at the mines
The total production was 66,351,713
tons, valued at $152,036,448. The aver
age price per ton was $2.50; the num
ber of men employed was 150,483; and
the average number of days that each
man worked was 206.
Tables are given in the report whico
shows the production by counties for
the years 1902 and 1903; also the ship
ments of anthracite and the propor
tion of sizes shipped. A tabular ar
rangement of the various sections of
the anthracite fields is given, with a
list of ten railroads that enter the ter
ritory.
The anthracite fields comprise an
area of somewhat over 480 square
miles, and are located in the eastern
middle part of the state, in the cour
ties of Carbon, Columbia, Lacks ,
wanna, Luzerne, Northumberland
Schuylkill and Susquehanna. They
are classed under three general divi
sions, namely, the Wyoming, Lehigh
and Schuylkill regions. Geologically
they are divided into fields or basins*
which are again subdivided into dis
tricts.
The Bernice field. In Sullivan rouii
ty, is not included in any of these re
gions. The classification of the prod
uct of this field is a matter of some
contention. The fracture of the coal
and some of its characteristics are
more like those of some bituminous
or semianthracite coals than strict
anthracite, but on account of its high
percentage of fixed carbon and low
percentage of moisture it is classed as
anthracite by the second Pennsyl
vania geological survey, and the
product is so included in this report.
Philippine Supreme Court.
Four Americans and three Filipinos
make up the supreme court of the Phil- j
Ippines. The chief justice, C. Arellano,
is 57 years old, a native of the province
of Bataan. He was educated at the!
Royal college of San Juan deLatran.and
at the University of St. Thomas, of
Manila. Under the Spanish regime ha
held a Judgeship. For two years ha
was Justice of the territorial supreme
court at Manila, and then became pro
fessor of civil law at St Thomas, a po
sition he held for 16 years. Associate
Justice Florentino Torres is 60, a St
Thomas graduate, and a specialist in
criminal law. Two of his sons are now
in the United States studying at Wash- j
Ington Justice Victorino $Iapa, a na
tive of the province of Capiz, who was
born in 1854, is, like his two natlwe as
sociates, a graduate of St. Thomas,1
and a Manila lawyer.—San Fr&ficieqp
Argonaut
Slight Mistake.
“Those large bumps,” said the phren- '
ologist, “would indicate that some ot
jour ancestors were eccentric.”
“You’re up against it there, professor,”
replied the man in the chair; “they indi
cate an eccentric wife. Confine your ex
amination to the small bumps, please.”
•—Chicago Dally News.
Agriculture in Porto Bico.
Five years ago Porto Rico was with
out any provision for public educa
tion in agriculture, though agricul
ture is the maip industry of the island.
That want has been partly and will be
fully supplied.
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M/fev HANNA’S COURTSHIP
How, When a Young Grocer, He
Wooed and Won the Daughter
of Daniel Rhodes.
Nearly 38 years ago Mark Hanna
was just starting on his business ca
reer as a grocer in Cleveland. He
was poor, plodding, and to the casual
observer a very every-day sort of young
man, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Daniel Rhodes was one of the rich
coal owners of the state. He had one
daughter, Gussie, the very idol of his
soul. Around this lovely girl the
brusque old father had wreathed all
the sentiment, all the hopes of his fu
ture existence. Everything was to be
done for Gussie. Mrs. Rhodes, her
fond mother, was a joint idolator at
the daughter's shrine, and the doting
parents had dreams of a rich, influen
tial suitor, a splendid marriage and a
brilliant social career for Gussie,
when, as usual, the unexpected hap
pened. Gussie Rhodes met and loved
the obscure, poor young man, Mark
Hanna. Mr. Rhodes was astounded
when the daring young grocer called
upon him and asked for the hand of his
daughter. He refused absolutely to
grant the young suitor even time
enough to beg. He said "no” curtly
and sharply, and when he saw his
daughter he tried to scold her, but in
stead he took her in his honest arms
and begged her not to think of "this
unknown man, Hanna.” He said he
never, never could consent to such a
choice for his child.
Gussie Rhodes told her father, with
many a reassuring embrace, that she
would never marry without his con
sent, and she added: ‘‘But, papa dear,
I shall never marry any man but Mark
Hanna.”
Then she promised her father not to
see her lover or write to him for a
y cai at icaou ouc acyi uci piuuuou,
and in the course of a few weeks, al
though she never audibly murmured,
and was sweetly gentle and loving to
all about her, she grew pale and wan.
She neither ate no slept. The old fa
ther was at his wit’s end. Some one
proposed a foreign tour for that change
of scene which is supposed to work
wonders in heart affections, and,
presto at a few hours’ notice, father,
mother and daughter were on board
an Atlantic liner.
For nearly a year the "change of
scene” prescription was faithfully pur
sued and the patient, always cheerfully
submissive, gentle and charming, ob
viously grew frailer day by day. Al
most in despair the old man brought
his child home again and one morn
ing he gathered the courage to ask
her if she till cared for Mark Hanna.
"Why, father,” she replied, “I shall
-lways love Mark; I told you that,
you know, a year ago.”
Poor old “Uncle Dan” Rhodes! That
was a bitter day for him, but he was
equal to the occasion. Sending for the
obscure young man,, he said to him:
“Mr. Hanna, Gussie loves you, that is
my only reason for accepting you as
her future husband. You are poor. I’ll
Ox it so Gussie can live as she has
been accustomed to and I suppose I
must see yau marry her.”
Now the coming young man cast ever
bo slight a shadow of his future great
ness on the opportunity of the present.
“Mr. Rhodes ” said he, “I most grate
fuify accept the gift of your daughter’s
love. To marry her is for this world to
become a paradise for me, but I cannot
make her my wife unless she will be
content to live as my means will enable
ui. I can neither accept aid nor per
mit my wife to accept it from any
one.”
So Mark Hanna and Gussie Rhodes
were married, ana the bride went from
her father’s big house to live in a tiny
little cottage, where with one maid of
all work, she was as happy as a queen
for some years.
LINE OF CASTE IN ENGLAND
The American in That Country Soon
Becomes Conscious of Its
Restrictions.
What is it, at bottom, that makes
the English atmosphere so difficult
for an American to breathe in freely?
It is, 1 believe, that he feels himself
In a country where the dignity of life
is lower than in his own; a country
where a man born in ordinary cir
cumstances expects, and is expected, to
die in ordinary circumstances; where
the scope of his efforts is traced be
forehand by the accident of position;
where he is handicapped in all cases
and crushed in most by the superin
cumbent weight of caste, convention,
“good form” and the deadening artifi
cialities of an old society, comments a
writer in the North American Review.
That unconquerable buoyancy which
Infects the American air like a sting
and challenge, and braces every Ameri
can with the inspiration that he has a
chance in life; that there are open op
portunities, unreserved possibilities,
no battering at locked doors, no floun
dering in blank alleys; that here, in
short, it is the man himself who
makes his career—is sometning which
the English have so utterly lost as to
be Incapable of realizing It.
For Purifying Air.
Pure breathing air can now be main
tained in a small closed space by the
use of machinery. The device consists
of a distributor, which, by the action of
clockwork, drops sodium peroxide into
water at regular intervals, a cubical
steel box and a ventilating fan. The
sodium peroxide is decomposed by the
water with liberation of oxygen, ab
sorption of carbon dioxide and destruc
tion of the other toxic products of res
piration. A refrigerator is also sup
plied to counteract the heating effects
of the chemical reactions. The com
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pounds.—Detroit News-Tribun*.
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