Show L Oldest Coal Mines In U. U S. S in Virginia Tools and cinders found round near the clent dent Roman wall in L gl nd that the Britons used to eo t c the Roman invasion in M 34 i k t f B BJ English people It was first U used d as ar a ri In and In the blast 1 nare for a tl production of ot iron in P Hi in tn n Arn Aner those Intrepid Jesuit miss t JOl mi j r and Marquette discovered thi 01 o l near r I l present site of ot Utica in Ill in 1 1073 1673 TJ 1 the Indians were acquainted d with nUrn num ous DUS coal beds and actually burred tj th black stones atones stones instead of th doubt can be no The oldest coal mines in America those In the bituminous fi fi near PI mond V Va In 1760 O. O coal t discovered In Rhode sand Inland and and 14 t years ears later settlers from Co Connected discovered anthracite In he Wyom valley alley of Pennsylvania The rich b bo of ot the Schuylkill were Gb iL In n i 17 j Five rive years jears ears later the government of or P Pen floated coal down the S to Harrisburg then know know- Harris Ferry and hauled it t by wagon wago the arsenal at Carlisle for use ua la mu t manufacture of ammunition The Nobel peace prize awaits t u VOT Inventor of ot a lace face powder that i w Wont mt come off on a man mans man's s coat sleeve Little Rock Arkansas Commerce Centers Around Copra South sea island commerce cc cent around tho the production of copra Co COD is simply the dried kernel of the cocoanut 1 From rom time of planting co co coo nuts until a crop Is harvested Is a ab seven seyen years In the Western Pact groups It is estimated In Tonga Tongs t tone tone tone one tree will produce annually ZO SOO i co coc nuts The low Islands that Is la jh th of ot purely coral formation are to produce the e best nuts and d the at ea dP of Tonga and J are P J covered with trees which have gr grO grOe grOm from self sown e S seed These are areil t i jl common m property of the natives IV M a copra producing areas tiny litt little N foon In the Tonga group has baa the reps tion of at producing the largest cooan in the world Writers who drift the Pacific are always enthusiastic on smells of the Islands Actually the p fume of or the South Sea Lea Is 13 the pert per of cocoanut oil all Chemists are looking for a au versal versa solvent which after all li harder to find these h days than han an in 11 laa Jl r solvent solvent Manila t. t Manila I Bulletin I Eskimo Wears No Tight Fitting Clothes The Eskimo makes a a. point oft off offIng w tv log Ing the loosest garments imaginable a ano no tight flItting underclothes Author Autho ties agree that it is largely because 1 this that the Eskimos are the hardia hard race in the world As babies they theY unclothed being carried about la In l ai t hoods of ot their mothers mother's furs bra The Eskimos EskImos' feet teet also receive gr care Their women are credited WI vi making the only absolute waterproof bo ho In existence It is made of without the fur tanned and able by chewing The parts are se sen i together with deer sinews In a which no other race seems to Und uno unde stand tand Within this boot of chaw sealskin s a deerskin s n sock Is worn t t S 'S lair hair being n next to t the foot oo Sock a u ux boot x ot come off orf together and every very n nf aI they are dried on a a. framework rii rigg above an igl o oil lamp for this p pose and for tor the melting of snow now t drinking water Eight five Eighty five ive pearls found in Single Oyster says a a. headline T The married ones probably can cant can't t affo afford d them New New ew York American Small Smallest st Fish in World In Lake in Luzon Probably the smallest fish In the theare theare are to be bt found In the mountain 1 at Buhl Buhi on the Island of ot Luzon J F Fh pines This fish which the natives natives' the he Is Js the most minute Ye Te animal ammal TO science weighs only half a grain and half bat Inch Is Its Us maximum length Crocodile Most I Dangerous African Ani The most dangerous African an anini animal I according to Major J J. Stevenson Ham mono titon in his Animal Life in Africa Africans i t the no 1 rocou croco ll ie This saurian attacks an ani I beast with n reach save the elepha and hippo t Even en the rhinoceros Is som somi times pulled down by it It Is ts not cot M u oi on infested crocodile rivers for fur a no ma mato man manto noto to stand within three feet teet of or the edg for foi- by bt a deft and sudden the ma may maj knock hint him In Having Hayl drowned Its victim the cI crocodile pl c chim him hint in warm storage on some ledge e elow low wafer level until the food tood become becom ripe enough to suit his taste IP At one spot on tile the a c who lived a generation ago used to tod taW great delight in watching slaves ves M an criminals being thrown to the I His chair was brought down clown to w the ba baIn bain ban in the cool of ot the afternoon might enjoy the run in comfort Th Tb crocodiles there thera never ne forgot those hap happl da days s s. s and until recently it Was certain death for tor any anyone one to to try to lira water there Portuguese prince Is moor moor- ance It Its It's s a a. cinch no company compau WOO o olet let a a. prince buy an any these days ld l' l News Human Life Is Cheap in Mexico In M Mexico xico there is no law by bv w damages can be reco recovered d x 1 r th of human But Rut in t I 1 t ase ose of c Catie cl Ca' J tie it Is di different fe ent The Mexican iI takes cognizance cognisance o 01 ol cit catL catl When h hare he heare are lo lost t their value ahe c en n ti IJ ecole This Tiuis legal anomaly was t tan Ight an nn investing In i ln n at av 1 Mexia a tho wreck he st as to wreck tip o o. o in i-i th Gu Au Our t r when about lOU human were wert lo loIt Ins If It the cargo had been beon lI live tok c k mj cotton pickers of the pool st class the federal elal authorities ruled 1 i th iS would ha ha e haLeen been Leen damages But with lug Ionly t I ton on only difference of opinion at tho J b bC jj tug Ing being ou on on the numb oi ot l' l liveS l's s 1 log a it trag c tai tal tale of ot the s sea a w as as told JK When hell the tac high in tU the Gull Gul tall fat abruptly th tolo ol r g rive river forced back by the theten ten Oil gulf gul sometimes for tor 40 n s 11 s run ros rosI I down clown with immeasurable fo ce 10 ci and and eb Jill that were arc are not rot That Thai I hat v-hat hat h penned to the n po with u 3 I 01 Or l' l Mexicans unaccounted d tor enor on en J a or sea m Some Roman Roads In Use 2000 Years The Roman empire was S roads constructed pi l i the second and fourth fourt t im U I s S 'S Christ These high width from eight to t ill fI t. t tn fl 1 were almost i lT In Ir lines without regard t tt t K e fir because the uso of beat p r v the chief nine menn of tin si n 1 j preservation of the 1 l' l 1 1 1 10 nor Sot SoHl ll I i criminals were t d 1 I Jur h i of ti th e Ity of which Is shown r rin 11 1 t in some ca a cases e- e t they hI l ta 11 t HJ traffic of ot won soon OTT r wit with t b Jun jul The l Rom Rom-M For Forti- Forti i 0 It it 6 been the point c r f c- c t n P s which with 1 lt it itt bian h h i a 1 ni niThe length t Rth of a The Romans Romane ar art are as ail I 1 i I the art of or road building f n fr-n iS 11 t |