Show I I 1 lit I 1 I 1 1 96 i 1 sa 6 I 1 4 vo 1 41 4 I 1 14 1 lit t RA I 1 M MM 4 ir T j I 1 NO 11 1 arm 1 ar I 1 ar A itt 5 t it W vad MA DI D 08 11 I 1 91 I 1 r a I 4 A 14 tu 6 4 fraam I 1 I 1 4 4 I 1 0 11 I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 L ahmat zea t 41 ne 11 I 1 14 lit f A TINY CHARCOAL PIT at TO BUILD AND BURN AND EMY t GOOD IOS FOR ill it III eli 1 i SW is I 1 the e nuts nine full instructions it L I 1 from bom ono one who did it its as A a kat k md iq till is the th time to burn charcoal for iran ua of 01 it T hilll ill burn just as 03 well 4 at tny any other wason season of the th year but a I 1 wre Is no co other time warm it beemis to ai I 1 it at go 0 o perfectly into the th general beneral scheme J e t of things IK Ls during the indian summer eummer 14 1 A 4 I 4 alit it fa c charp chirp c crisp bp bahta and sunny ok toa days 41 11 when I 1 was tras a small email boy I 1 lit avra ed in a danciak region mia and used of it it I 1 ita to watch the men melt building and 44 I 1 caming binl th ill pits I 1 wondered on in there day that any ny one any IIA A M X A stere could be induced to par for that could be produced so 0 o easily anil and little older I 1 removed with roy my filthy to de a ia 3 i k I 1 4 4 4 A it I 1 4 19 ix k I 1 t I 1 Z XA I 1 1 U 1 I 1 I 1 N 4 Y 1 I 1 1 STAC working burner had lost his fire lir while trying to seat scat up EL a break by sinking through xii the crust into the incandescent mass maas below with its however there was no danger wl wa only OMY hai had to lo stop step around in rather choly fashion for a few moments brunin stalling tho crack with will straw him and covering it with earth and that t A blask was part dart of 0 tile the run fun after that first break wo we had no more trouble till tilt lh 11 hole crust began to settle mettle by renson reason of th tile shrinkage of the pile beneath oa it burned dovin don then halt half A dozen doten breaks appeared at once and we nil 1111 had to work like beavers for far a few minutes to preserve tho ilia product anil and all day long lone we had to to match atch the draught holes at tile tho bottom opening ill them e in quickly sometimes vahn it 11 looked ris as it our tire were smothered and clos ing ini them quite as suddenly when we feared the burning was going on so fast I 1 as to bo be likely to result in alame ll 11 ime jut before sun sundown don vc ie opened tile the pit lt to find lla its In intel tealor bior a mass of oc bi coal that lamed flamed up quickly tit at the contact of tile the outside air but wo doused tile the bille ile with nith water waler install tr and tills this saved halved the iho cool coal for u anil and I 1 rally may li in pawns passing add that the buce success ahn of this burning increased my T personal rhonal popularity amoret the boys of the neighborhood immediately CHARCOAL CHAn COAL LORE LO when the country was inas young and wood was plenty many charcoal burners ers used long straight lengths of wood for pit fuel but nowadays only refuse wood auch as olbern ise useless knots and r ranked crooked sticks form the bulk of the pit wood ulca big bif pits usually yield from to co 1000 bushels of cooj coal alch sells ell for about 15 cents a bushel on tile the average ina akin kince the money return from each pit anne ran 0 from it a little more than 10 0 o U 3 t takes several men to tend to the 1 r ninar of a full sized pit and they work lit in day find and night shirts one set its predecessor as they retire for vigilance all through tile the twenty I 1 I 1 it f 1 1 11 F jr ii tapi ft J I 1 tr I 1 STRA I 1 nw I 1 1 unk I 1 71 P k N CA 4 I 1 T 2 e it P I 1 I 1 1 N 1 ir 1 T I 1 A 03 I 1 al I 1 I 1 V SECTIoN OF CHARCOAL PIT I 1 I 1 I 1 11 9 Y f W ac A if I 1 A Z I 1 11 I 1 f f family to a part of 0 the country where there were nere no charcoal chai coal pits s where the tha boys bw actually thought it u was as dug from rom mince like anthracite their ignorance on oa this important point amazed me I 1 and na I 1 told them better at once with a great affectation of 0 superiority per haps ham I 1 lorded corded it over them a little too much fit bl all events they could not be I 1 nide to belleve bellere me without proof wid and I 1 choose to prove my v orda by burning charcoal before their eyes t A ONE DAY DAT PIT 9 it takes it a wee week it always and sometime two or three to bum a pit that I 1 Is i mg big enough to be worth while in a I 1 r haziness ha way but my pit was small r enough to be built and hurried burned between sun inn and run nun I 1 had LS as hel helpers perv two boys boyi of the who while not quite ready to accept amy state J treats were rather incliner to believe beneve 1 them ml and more than willing to help me make lacke thern them good I 1 we used short lengths ot of stove wool 2 lor for lud is to a good food sized armfuls we e built the pit idt it la Is more a mound than 1 a 1 pit in point of 0 fact act in my fathe fathers rs vegetable variable garden from rom which this the in lost 5 t of 0 the beets and turnips had been xe le z moved only the day before the first thing thine to do was to smooth I 1 11 a circular I place ilace lace on oil which to pilo pile tile the I 1 ghisi alila I 1 called the pit floor then T tte lie drove a strike stake in the center of tills this 1 km and plied piled tile sticks ot of stove about the stake slake standing thorn on ma end in such may that they orind tt a e larnid next dixy day we covered the py randd alth u ith straw bad after that wo covered coven d the whole v alth I 1 th earth I 1 men it aho vho he burn bum choi charcoal coal as a business often put on a layer of dead leaves instead of it straw before covering the pile eulth earth the object to in either case la Is P a prevent the earth from settling too i eloway dou doan n over I 1 lie wood nood as I 1 it t wall would I 1 d 5 men be practically Impo impossible imposible sible to burn f UMI the pit at all we took great care in toi tring the pit over to leave a vent i at t the toy top and OLHO also dratt draft bales on eaph I 1 title lile at the like bottom at the very last ve e put in a lot of light kind lings pa tt hav ings at the top a READY FOR THE MATCH tb pile baa then ahrn ready tor for the match but ne lie old did not light it until we bill bad brought a bucket or two of 0 water tar w Rs as I 1 remembered it water Is some eomy limn ims quite as essential its aa ore fire to the V production ot of charcoal As twi soon as we had got a good blaze started inthe critter center no filed the top vent with MIA ostrau baraw and covered the hole comp IY over with earth taking w to wever riot not to pack it too tightly Y ca 94 tilts hits could prevent tree free burning till the whole ach scheme erae but although our hal pit to burn reely r eely ly it was vas quite aulle as necessary that it in boula burn slowly and without ham ciame la other orda va 1 charcoal P pit it should I 1 and never blaze blac ivun hen bur wood or any other suba substance tance As ill a blitz blay its complete tie de in ill tah th ordinary s ase ot of the term nn bollons tol fOl lonn lons the only ay I 1 residue residua being bc lne wood 11 1 reduced to hes lie inifred deed ahrn he it la in allo Aed only a awer CA rt mOulder to uW er it ia the burners burn prevent this had bud I 1 felt elt highly fi itlie I 1 to remember the I 1 S by Y which experienced workmen just regulate t their tak oo no a as a t to 0 1 n n 1 aj tw j I 1 P the tit ailis proper gort et 0 c oi n b u a ti 0 u 1 in n for a jime time all went well then ilaw Il lW of chit tn and f run arld vl yell yellow smoke ja out M here anil and there through the tha crust 1101 of th ali pit find the tire clr en rl that lt gurvace it 6 gradually e became BO be heated st as not upon it easy to hold ones onee one e hand just juet as I 1 was wa congratulate u 9 jelt upon loan tho the of my eap exp ert more 6 than ahw hill bolt the tl desi n am i desirable rabla chii lh k e changed to blue and truo iwa text 1 a tiny t bright ia I 1 red ed through birnn of flame aoe made la its lt appearance bh A a track LIVELY HUSTLING grown brawn row it 11 it decidedly aay berl alous 0 us matter to tn 9 thinie 11 U P D charcoal burn burncran ers then u hen such mast in be as s that 0 occur the jamea trust arat put out moro nd 1 the th vt in tho the S 1 be kalcl repaired Pal cl I 1 T as rona as a pos par wari ork b abc been or t three tec men 4 1 11 ull II a ill ia hour in a sort bort of frenzy renay on 9 ph 1 under ul ll I such auch ihlma Ihl lit Mi itch ce I 1 I 1 burill 11 the frenzy 13 always all hai lo 10 tie alth 1 1 pit caution c A tun full groan iriti hah i 1 LO twelve or rt I 1 t te ind fert 1111 Ve rhalls one hundred ia i 1 feet lit ilea find lnla ot each breads in the crust a 1 can ia be impaired paired It only by iima K U it lt it lope ana and all 0 P water I 1 11 of t earth there 0 e were I 1 lane in the batas tw tn fit vicinity ly ot or my illy earlice earli ct more ore than one brave hard 5 t I 1 I 1 m az A z j I 1 I 1 I 1 0 9 1 I it 1 i I 1 1 I 1 vgo I 1 I 1 AV I 1 k I 1 1 1 xa J I 1 b I 1 I 1 11 4 ill k T 4 15 L v ir 7 I 1 A A I 1 9 I 1 r I 1 j I 1 fa 4 IV ii 4 I 1 I 1 J I 1 it 1 1 HN 1 NO 1 X X it 4 I 1 I 1 i za I 1 4 A I 1 11 I 1 I 1 A A I 1 I 1 it 1 n 1617 21 1 ap j 7 1 I i I 1 4 charcoal pit in TUn lature I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 4 J I 1 11 I 1 is four hours Is the price or of A a good product in addition to the made in each pit of laige size A thick tarry substance always accumulates at the bottom lot bot tom tont and sometimes tills Is commercially utilized it consists of 0 acetic acid creosote cathartic oxide an and d other oilier products byproducts by of slow blow combustion charcoal Is used for many purposes other than kindling coal fires it lq li or oc orp especial ecial value as a nom don conductor of at neat beat and in ia the form of powder Is placed disked between betiru en the five outer and inner walls of to keep the lee from melting as long lone as aa possible charcoal C 0 00 1 too la III often used as 03 a disinfectant I 1 for it la highly absorbent and will take ud its mn n bulk of certain kaie gases ka ie it la is also L ia used in niters filters for which its absorbent quality makes it valuable and its use in sticks by or artists fists la 13 won well epou n the charcoal used in making black gunpowder la Is not obtained from the ordinary charcoal pit willow Is the wood nood best befit suited to tills purpose when roii charcoal Is 14 to bo be produced carefully selected eted pieces of wood aro are scaled up in airtight air tight cylinders which milich aro thon then submitted to just the right degree decree of boat beat to transform the contents from wood to coal it alny boy reader of uila this article should go co to gulting charcoal tor for himself acl he must be careful not to inhale the th gas EBS that arises train from the pit it Is deadly to the last degree decree and d death ae tit mault from letting gettino too at oloe 0 to the product before the fire has been good Is 1 GG CS per cent carbon prom from 20 to 23 02 per par cent only tit of the wood remains as coal after the die burning tho the rest being driven oft in I 1 the lie form of say KRAL copyright all rights ro served fellers ambition when jolin john D rockefeller w as a lad ile he had but one ambition to be tho th a bookkeeper book hook keeper in the iii buto business I 1 house where here ho he was offles boy every y morning lie he dusted the bookkeepers bool seat scat with ith extra care and eve every ry day he be stoned sto ed it little tie extra upon lh the desk belonging to that functionary meanwhile lie added up columns column of figures and worked most indefatigably over n i copybook copy book find and speller after a while ho he we ja allowed to copy r reports ports gradually ora dually he became assistant 1 bookkeeper oak find and book keelor then he marral marr pl ihil great kis came later in life find and Is even yet new enough to him to be a source of at wonder rund and erata tudo tilde rather than a subject tor for pride and boa allne Edi sons first machine thomas alva edison tells A a story glory i now of how he stained in to make it a fortune years ago affo lie ile paved halved his money industriously tor to three bears then re a put it all into an invention a blonder ful thing thine it wan to uso use at the 1 1019 f imil and ao an perfectly did it record tte te votes voles that it waft nas an am absolu th impossibility 1 to find and elevating cheat eliva ting lne edition took his aarn 1 feted invention to B a 1 will I cnown poll timan alio MI 0 inured it over eare easefully fully then ih honald Q id my youn IC man infill ta take ke that machino and break it all to pieces ahm we NO want anything of 0 that thal land ind vell ell let itt I 1 you know CABINET FOOTBALL MEETING CONDEMNED AS TOO BRUTAL EVEN FOR FOB YOUNG SOLDIERS W worse 0 r a than war ex president Clove lands unfavorable verdict on tons favorite orito game apropos of 0 recent attempts nl at legislation on the subjects subject it Is an interesting fact not generally known that tho the question of safety in the modern cidern ni gamo 0 of football was wan one under consideration in ai a cabinet meeting and tho ilia president of 0 tile united states decided adversely to tho ilia game it lit Is of at tho the greater interest at this time because president cleveland who then gave its ills voice for the suppression of football Is now the idol of tho the college collage boys in the town of princeton the matter came up through tile report of the superintendent of the I 1 military academy at west point on the bad effects of football playing tho the teams ams at west point and annapolis had been permitted to play one or two match garries games in 1893 1393 they i vere ere booked tor for a contest cons which promised to be the crea greatest test in their history the whole imy army p mind and navy got excited about it iven the I 1 retired officers 0 at both branches of the service took sides and as for the students they could think milk and talk of nothing else studies neglected and in the practice games there ivas a reckless disregard of oc the safety of life and limb the tes teams met who won Is a matter ot of no consequence Reou ence what was of serious consequence aoa the fact act that chill the superintendent had been keeping A record of the suffered by the football players and of the disabilities from a all I 1 0 other th 0 r causes among the students of tit the a academy surgeon harvey made the report and it show he ed that wenty twenty seven men play int n football received receive d thirty seven in julies mlle M lle men exercising in the rilling hall received twenty six injun leg in the samo same period tarco months the men exercising in the gymnasium in the I 1 he pame game period received ten injuries the time lost by students student on account account 0 injuries arm divided in this way avay through football days through riding seventy one days through gym work fafty elight days the football for ball injuries included tour four and thirty two severe sprains seve seventeen anteen contusions contu alona anti ami lacerations antl and 0 one n 0 fracture ot of the bones ot of tho the leg all this was lit in tho the face ice ot nf the iho fact that the exercise in the gymnasium is taken six ax days in tho the week and in the riding hall three days dayi in the week while tho the football practice occurred only once a week the superintendent called tho the attention ot of tho the board ot of visitors to tills ng and tes testified tined that the distram tin from botn studies caused by the interest in the game was a greater injury than the contusions and sprains hollad recorded because it affected the entire school the board ot of Ni lal lors wade made a report condemn condemning ilig tile the match gaz games the general at 0 the army gen seafield field now retired made a report on tho the subject which wasi was laid before the |