Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, September 04, 1925, Image 6
aca - Demmi fn emer “Bellefonte, Pa., September 4, 1925. PLEASANT GAP PHILOSOPHY. en By Levi A. Miller. If we try to do what's right and just, we will invariably be rewarded for our efforts. A smile beams upon the lover's heart like a ray of sunshine in the depths of the forest. The earth will grow old and perish, but a charitable act will be ever green throughout eternity. The everlasting hills will crumble to dust, but a good act will never be forgotten. If people knew the degree of good they could accomplish, by acts of per- sonal attention and relief to the poor, and by an occasional visit to their sick beds, we are sure no selfish or falsely sensitive feelings would deter them of such truly christian acts. The faculties with which our Crea- tor has endowed us, both physical and intellectual, are so dependent upon exercise for their proper development, that action and industry must be re- garded as among the primary duties of accountable man. Don’t be idle, exercise improves the health, and em- ploys the mind, and happiness and lon- gevity is sure to follow. The men of thought and the men of action are the natural leaders of man- kind. A good church member should be a good pioneer since they are expected to go forth with torch and trumpet and drive the demons of vice and sin from their jurisdiction. Since our Creator has made a law adapted to the continuance of the hu- man species, He has appended to it some limitations and exceptional clauses for our instruction and bene- fit. If properly understood and adopt- ed as a rule it would save thousands from physical and mental suffer- ing. These facts lead me to a few re- marks regarding existing circum- stances in our lovely, beautiful vil- lage. We now have a population of nearly one thousand good citizens, ail prospering nicely, but unfortunately, there is more or less antagonism ex- isting between the upicr and lower sections of the town; they even go so far as to antagonize each other at times in political events. This is de- cidedly wrong; why not line up to the teachings of the Golden Rule? This detrimental spirit should be eliminat- ed. Why not adopt the methods of the quiet citizenship of Bilger ave- nue, where peace and harmony pre- vails at all times (?) We have a great and glorious coun- try, but I fear we do not enjoy the many blessed privileges at our com- mand. In many respects we are care- less and reckless. We should take in- to consideration and reflect for what purpose we were born, and prayerful- ly look at the final end. We should consider, when affliction and sickness come, wherein we put our trust. Too many put their trust in medicine and regretfully find that it often disap- points them. Another class put their whole faith in the physician, but they eventually and invariably find that no difference how able and skillful he may be he is-only the instrument in the hands of an overruling Providence, and on many occasions fails; not in the bauble of worldly vanity—it will be broken; not in worldly pleasures— they will disappear; not in great con- nections—they cannoli save you in death; not in wealth—you are unable to carry it with you; not in rank—in the grave there is no distinction; and lastly, not in the recollection of a life spent in a giddy conformity to the silly fashions of a thoughtless and wicked world, but in that of a life so- berly, righteously and godly, in this present glorious world. Disappointed hopes, failure of all worldly calculations, constitute the history of mankind. We cannot vio- late the will, expressed or understood, of heaven, and be happy. If we in- dulge in sinful pleasures we will be disappointed. Take my advice. Pre- pare to meet thy God. About everybody knows that beau- tiful and ever popular song entitled “Darling Nellie Gray,” but few know of its origin or the circumstances un- der which it was written. Ben R. Hanby wrote the song, “away back in the fifties.” At that time he was teacher in a little academy near Sev- en Mile, Butler county, Ohid. On his way from Cincinnati home, in reading the columns of the Cincinnati Com- mercial, his eye fell upon an account of a beautiful Quadroon girl who had been borne away from her slave lover and carried to the southern markets to be sold. The Quadroon’s name was Nellie Gray. The account worked Hanby up to such an extent that he utilized the incident as a subject of a song, the words of which were almost completed by the time he reached home. After a slight remodeling and a few finishing touches, it was sent to a Chicago firm for their approval. He never received any returns from it, and the first knowledge he had of the words having become the least popu- lar, or had even been used, was when he was on a visit soon after, to Colum- bus, Ohio. On calling on a young la- dy acquaintance in that city he re- quested her to sing something for him. She complied by saying she would sing him a sweet little song she had just received, and she remarked that by a strange coincidence, it had been writteen by a person of the same name as his. She thereupon, much to his surprise, sang with a trained voice “Nellie Gray.” It is needless to say that the song was famous ,and it made for its publisher some $30,000. It is said that Hanby never receiv- ed a dollar from the publishers. The most he ever got was six printed cop- jes of the song. Hanby came from rather a musical family. His father was the compiler of the United Broth- ers Hymn book. Hanby himself com- posed a number of other songs, but none that ever reached the popularity of “Nellie Gray.” He died a few years after the close of the Civil war, in ob- scurity and poverty. The fact that he was the Hanby who wrote the song was known to but a few intimate friends. His remains lie today in the little village cemetery at Westerville, Ohio, the place of his birth. His grave has no mark, (I viewed it once) and the stranger might search for it in vain unless it was pointed out to him. Nature has covered it with green grass and lovely flowers. The song he left is the only monument to Han- by’s memory. The originator of fa- mous songs as a rule, receives no ben- efit. The publishers do. Stephen C. Foster, one of the greatest song writ- ers known, was originally from Pitts- burgh. I had more than one pleasant chat with him years ago. Like the most of the fraternity, he died some years ago, in a secluded hovel in New York. eee eee THE HISTORY OF ANTHRACITE. Suspension of operations in the an- thracite coal fields may add a new chapter to the checkered history that has marked the hard coal industry during the past century or more. It was in 1808 that Judge Jesse Fell made his successful experiment of burning anthracite coal in a grate without a forced draft, although be- fore this hard coal had been used in a small way in a forge and with an artificial draft. Existence of these coal beds was known to the Indians as early as 1710 and in 1754, the Lackawanna and Wy- oming Valley coal regions were in- cluded in the sale of the property by the Five Nations to the Susquehan- no Connecticut Company for $10,000. Nine years later when the company laid out eight townships it reserved | the iron ore and coal rights. In 1769 Obadiah Gore first burned | anthracite in his blacksmith forge | and in 1775 coal was mined on the | banks of the Susquehanna river at Pittston. John Schopf, a traveler, mentions a visit he made in 1783 to the Wyoming valley where he found a bed of brilliant black coal which burned without emitting an offensive | odor. However, it was not until 1792 that Colonel Jacob Weiss with others, formed the Lehigh Coal Mine com- pany, and eleven years later began the mining of anthracite. Two arks, containing about 30 tons, were sent to Philadelphia, but no purchasers could be found. A second attempt to | sell the coal in Philadelphia failed about three years later. In 1808 Judge Jesse Fell made his experiment with the coal in an open grate in the bar-room of his hotel in Wilkes-Barre. In this connection he made the following memorandum: “Made the experiment of burning the commonstone coal of the valley in a grate, in a common fireplace in my house, and find it will answer the purpose of fuel, making a clearer and better fire, at less expense, than burn- ing wood in the common way.” In the same year John and Abijah Smith, of Plymouth, shipped several ark loads down the Susquehanna to Columbia, and sent along masons to construct fireplaces for purchasers. This coal sold for about $10 a ton. Four years later the coal was being successfully used in Baltimore and New York, where it sold for approxi- mately $25 for 3,000 pounds. A few years later it began to be used in the iron industry in the vicinity of Phila- delphia. By 1817 the trade in anthracite was fairly well established and the next year the Legislature passed an act to improve navigation on the Lehigh river. This was followed by the for- mation of the Lehigh Coal and Navi- gation company. At this time coal was gelling at $8.20 a ton in Phila- delphia. The coal when it first was sent lo market was shipped as it came from the mines. Later it was broken into a few sizes, but it was not until 1867 that pea coal appeared as listed sep- arately by the Girard Estate coller- ies. Some years later these colleries listed buckwheat separately. Mean- time shipments had increased until they totaled 23,437,242 tons in 1880. Ten years later they were 35,855,173 tons, and last year were 87,277,449 tons. Log as Motor Vehicle “Around the World in a Log” was the unique title of a motor vehicle which passed through Cascade Locks, Ore., recently, on a world tour to aa- vertise the Pacific coast, says the Portland Oregonian. The body eof the car was a huge Douglas fir which had been cut, bored and hewed by the men in charge, C. E. Cave and J. A. Nutter. After this preliminary work they spent 13 months in equipping it into a modern apartment. The log or car is 22 feet long and 7 feet 7 inches in diameter, and scaled 8,716 feet of lumber, The car is equipped with electric lights, hot and cold water, shower bath, beds, a breakfast table and bulilt- in seats, a sink and built-in kitchen- ette and also built-in dressers and linen closets and even a library, The truck, including the body, weighs 14,- 000 pcunds. The men in charge ex- pect to go to New York by way of Salt Lake city and Omaha and Chi- cago. Before returning to Oregon they will tour Mexico, Central Amer} ca and Canada. To Domesticate Musk Ox Ten musk oxen, brought from Greenland recently on a sailing ves- sel, are spending the summer on Kjiholmen island, off the west coast of Norway. It is hoped they will be- come used to the climate of northern Europe. The flesh of these animals makes excellent eating, as Arctic ex- plorers can testify, and there is always a demand for them in zoological gar- dens. The most anxious time for those interested in the experiment will be during the summer. The natural habitat of the musk ox is among the bleak regions of Arctic America, and it 1s possible that they will not sur vive a more southern summer. There is also danger that they will bring about thelr own deaths through eat- ing too greedily of the richer grass of Kjiholmen. mr BOALSBURG. Received too late for last week's issue. Mrs. William Sweet, of Instanter, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Meyer. Miss Anne Sweeney returned home from a visit with friends in Vande- grift and Altoona. Rev. and Mrs. Ely and children, of Adams county, are visiting Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Wagner and Mrs. Hoy. Mrs. Maria Wagner and daughter, of Tusseyville, were visitors at the Samuel Wagner home on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Stuart and daughter Elizabeth, of Crafton, are enjoying a visit among friends in this vicinity. H. M. Hosterman accompanied a party from State College on a motor trip to Wilkes-Barre to attend a P. 0. S. of A. convention. Mrs. George Rowe, who has been quite ill for several weeks, is not im- | proving. Miss Snyder, of State Col- lege, is assisting the daughters in car- Keep After Them. ing for her. Miss Amanda Mothersbaugh, of The angoumois_ grain moth is ca: Altoona, is visiting at the py " | pable of giving Pennsylvania wheat her nephew, George Mothersbaugh. LE Tt 2 body Plow hn Loses Js The Lutheran and Reformed Sun- | peen engaged it is to the grower’s ad- day school were well represented at |yantage to see about it at once, for . » - . y the ninth district Sanday school pic- | early threshing, completed early in nic at Hecla park on Thursday. | September, may prove a great saving, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hess, Mr. and | say extension specialists at The Penn- Mrs. Jacob Felty and Mr. and Mrs. | sylvania State College. 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