Britton Weekly Sentinel. (Britton, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 6, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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Philip and
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OLDEST UN III MEMO!
Escapcd Terrors ">f Many Winters by
Using Pe-ri'-oa.
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, N ITS effort to slop the appalling
loss of life in the coal mines of
the country, the United States
government is meeting with
much success. For several
months an experiment station,
under the direction of the tech-
nologic: branch of the United
States geological survey, has
been in operation at Pittsburg, Pa., with the pur-
pose of discovering the causes of mine disasters
and suggesting a remedy.
Along with establishment of this station and
the agitation which preceded the necessary legis-
lation, there has been a falling off in the number
of deaths in the coal mines for the year 1908, and
while the official figures have not yet been ob-
tained, it is stated that the number of deaths
will be several hundred less than in 1907, which
was an unusual year. In December, 1907, four
ergies to dis-
cover m o m e
method by
which this dust can be
prevented from being a
serious menace to the
miners. Experiments in
wetting it have been go-
ing on for some time,
but nothing of a very
definite nature has as
yet been learned, unless
it is the fact that the
coal dust does not ignite
when there is a great
amount of moisture in it.
Every effort is being
made at the station to
come as close to the
conditions in a mine
of improper explosives, as well as th®
improper use of suitable explosives,
results annually in the waste of great
amounts of coal. The use of too high
charges in blasting, or tho use of un-
necessarily violent explosives, shatters
much good coal, converting fuel into
dust which may itself bo explosive
and become productive of much fur-
ther damage. Such explosions often
loosen the roof of a coal mine, which
may fall l-*'er to be wasted, or produc-
tive of fatal accidents.
In addition to the actual experiments
in testing explosives, important experi-
ments are being made in rescue work.
One part of the station has been fitted
up as a miniature coal mine. This is a
large gl iss-encased, air tight room which
contains difficult passages such as are
found in coal mines. There are also
various obstructions similar to what
would be found in a mine after it had
been wrecked by an explosion ; 'also dum-
mies weighing 150 to 200 pounds, rep-
resenting asphyxiated miners. This room
is filled with deadly gas and a rescue
corps of men who are being trained in
the work enter daily, clad in Jielmcts
which supply them with oxygen while
they work. The men remain in this
chamber for two hours, removing ob-
structions, picking up the dummies, plac-
ing them on stretchers and carrying
them away. There is also in the room
a machine which records the amount of
work a man may be expected to do while
wearing one of these helmets. One-half
of the laiye building in which this rescue
room is located is used as an auditorium
and several hun-
dred miners and
jar
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explosions took tho lives of 700 men,
one of them—at the Monongah mine
in West Virginia—being the greatest
mining disaster in the history of this
country. There were 356 victims.
During 1908, there were but two acci-
dents in which the loss of life was
very heavy; one in January at the
Hanna mine, in Wyoming, with a loss
of 70 men; the other, November 28,
at theMarianna mine in Pennsylvania,
which resulted in 154 deaths.
Already at the experiment station
two discoveries have been made
which will tend to decrease the num-
ber of deaths in the mines. It lias
been demonstrated that a number of
the so-called "safety" explosives are
anything but safe, in fact the state-
ment is made that with the present
explosives used in mining, the miner takes his
life in his hand every time he touches off a fuse.
It is the purpose of the government to continue
these experiments until the explosives of the
country are standardized in such a manner that
the miner will have a definite idea what these ex-
plosives will do.
After the government has gone far enough in
its experiments, a bulletin will be issued recom-
mending as permissible explosives such as stand
the test. The facts learned concerning these ex-
plosives will be called directly to the attention
of the state mining bureaus as well as the oper-
ators.
Perhaps the most important and far-reaching
experiments so far at the station are those in
which it has been definitely shown that coal dust
is an explosive equally as dangerous as the dead-
ly fire damp. This has been a mooted question
among mining engineers and miners alike, both
insisting that it is impossible to explode coal dust
unless there is gas present. That the coal dust
will explode in the mine where there is no gas
has been repeatedly shown to several hundred
•operators and miners at the testing station. The
experts at the station are now bending their en-
possible. The tests of various dynamites and
powders used in blasting coal are being made in
a mammoth boiler plate cylinder which has pre-
viously been filled with gas or coal dist. The cyl-
inder is 100 feet long and six feet in diameter.
Safety valves have been placed all along the top
and are left unfastened in such a manner that
whenever there is an explosion the valves fly
open on their hinges. A series of portholes on the
side, covered with one-half inch glass, enables
those conducting the experiments to witness the
results from an observation house CO feet away.
An explosive mixture of fire damp and air, or < < a 1
dust and air, is pumped into the cylinder and the
explosive which is to be tested is shot into it from
one end of the cylinder, so that the flame goes
right into the fire damp .or coal dust. Natural
gas is used at this station for fire damp, because
it corresponds very closely to this deadly gas.
The cannon in which the explosives are placed
is fired by electricity from the observation house
which is parallel with the cylinder itself.
These investigations are expected to accom-
plish a double purpose; not only a reduction in
the number of men killed in the mines, but also
a saving of the waste in mining coal. The use
operators have watched the rescue drill
through the large glass windows which
x parate the auditorium from the gas-
filled chamber. Although there has
been but little opportunity so far for
the rescue corps to demonstrate its ef-
ficiency at the mines, still it has done
some good work.
Once the hejjpeted men while fight-
ing a mine' fire succeeded in bringing
an unconscious man to a place of safety,
where he was given oxygen treatment
and recovered his senses in a short
It is not the intention of the United
States government to furnish rescue
corps whenever there is a disaster. The
present corps was organized with the
idea of encouraging the mine owners
themselves to form such organizations,
have been issued to operators through-
nd picked men to the experi-
they may watch the govern-
and minci
Invitation
out the country to
ment station, wher
ment rescuers at work and later go through the
same training themselves, in order that they may
gain the necessary confidence in the use of these
helmets. Already a number of the large mining
companies r
and are on
fully equipp
In 1907 m
coal mines
for every 1
to four tim
killed in a:
where expe
Pittsburg Hi
The protec
posed to the
cult matter,
ers furnish
of them beh
on the face
is most deai
ave taken advantage of this invitation
,anizing rescue corps at their mines,
• I with oxygen helmets.
ore than 3,125 men were killed in the
of the country—a death rate of 4.86
>00 men employed. This is from three
as many men per thousand as are
coal-producing country of Europe,
imental stations such a/ the one in
.. been in operation for several years.
Full Beards for Farmers.
ion of farmers and others who are ex
heat a great deal is a serious and diftl-
Cancer is on the increase, and farm-
it large proportion of .'he cases, many
lg due to the direct effects of sunlight
md hands. A full beard for the fanner
iable for his protection.
Sunday SctoJ Lettoo for March 7, 1909
Special); Arranged (or This Paper
LESSON TEXT— Arts. 8:26-39. Memory
veratt 29-31.
GOLl KN TBXT. -Search the Scrip-
turex; for In them ye think ye have eter-
nal life; and they tire they which testify
of me. -John 6:39.
TIME.—Summer of A. D. 36 or 37. Soon
uft«>r tiie last lesson.
PI^ACE Where the road from Hmnnria
to Gaza crosses or joins the road front
Jt-rusuleni to Oasa; in the uncultivated
region southwest of Jerusalem, toward
the old PlUlistlne country.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
Vs. 27, 28. "A man of Ethiopia." A
general term for the lands south of
Egypt. But from the name of Queen
Candace it was probably Mcroe. a
country which lay on the right bank of
tho Nile from its Junction with tho
Atbara, as far as Khartoum, and
thence to the east of the blue Nile to j
tho Abyssinian mountains. "Of great I
authority." A man of power, of wide
influence, a prince.
V. 28. "Was returning." Guided \>f
Providence at exactly the right time.
"Read" (was reading). "Bsaia? '
Greek form of Isaiah. He was reading
aloud as was the custom, so that
Philip was able to hear it. It was a
pleasant and profitable custom on loug
journeys.
Reading Aloud. "The great Jewish
teachers insisted, in many instances,
upon their scholars reading aloud." I
"I speak to the experience, probably, |
of many, when I say that utterance
aloud is often a very powerful aid to
mental retentiveness," says Joseph
Parker. It is more than this, reading
aloud helps us to understand the
meaning of tho Word. For in order to
read well we must understand every
shade x)f the meaning, or wo will mis-
interpret God's Word. A monotonous,
sing-song, woodeny, or artificial read-
ing, such as we often hear, comes
very near to being a crime, for it de-
prives the Word of Its natural mean-
ing, and makes the hearers inatten-
tive, or repels them from tho Word..
Those who wish to know the truth
take 'great pains and spare no ex-
pense to obtain It.
Young people often say that it fs
hard to become Interested In reading
the Scriptures. Hut if anyone reads
them in order to find out what to do,
and what to believe, he will, of neces-
sity, find a deep interest in the study,
as one finds a map interesting when
he is planning a journey, or a chart
when he is crossing the ocean.
God is no respecter of persons.
Twice Africans are brought to our no-
tice—here, and when Simon the Cj'-
renian helped Jesus to bear his crosn.
"As for the nationality of the Eth\-
opian," says Farrar, "it must be born?
in mind that even Moses himself ha!
once married an Ethiopian wife."
We can meet God and learn his will
in the desert places of life, as Moses
saw the burning bush, and Elijah
heard the voice of God in tho lonely
places of Horeb, and Paul spent three
years in the deserts of Arabia.
It is good to use every spare oppor-
tunity in studying and meditating on
the Word of God. What we do with j
our spare moments often determine* '
our characters even more than ou •
dally labors do.
The books we choose and are fi •
miliar with, like our chosen friend!,
mold our characters and guide ou:
destiny.
V. 29. "Then the Spirit said." Th 3
Spirit, speaks not only tovour feeling!), \
but to our judgment and conscience.
Whoever is perfectly willing to oboe
the voice of the Spirit will be guidel
aright. Prejudices, unwillingness ti ,
obey, past training or failure of train- I
ing, in'so far as we allow them to en-
ert an influence, will lead us astray; '
as iron near the compass on a ship '
will deflect the gtiiding magnet'o '
needle. "Join thyself to this chariot" J
An excellent illustration is found 'i
"Pilgrim's Progress," where Christian
is wandering around in doubt, and
meeting Evangelist is directed to ti 9
right way.
V. 35. "Then Philip . . . begm
a 1 the same Scripture." Which wiis
fulfilled in Jesus, and has been ful-
filled in no other. "And preached!,"
announced the glad tidings of Jesus.
Philip showed the strange and mar-
velous correspondence between tho
many descriptions of the Messiah in
the prophets and the then well-known
life of Jesus of Nazareth.
The Progress of a Soul Into the
Kingdom. Compare with Ilunyan's
"Pilgrim's Progress as far as the Pcl-
aeo Beautiful, whence he was ser t
forth clothed in Christian armor.
1. He was deeply in earnest, an 1
went on a long, dangerous, and costly
journey to find the true religion.
2. He did this against many influ-
ences that held him back.
3. He went to the religious people
and meetings where he thought he
could learn about the true C.od and his
service.
4 He read the Hible carefully to
learn the way.
V He wad not discouraged because ho
did not find the light.
6. He accepted the help of one who
knew the truth from experience.
7. As soon as he saw that Jesus was
the true Saviour, he accepted him.
8. As soon as he felt he was a
true disciple he desired to confess
Christ by baptism, in the presence of
his whole retinue. Confession strength
ens the character and confirms the ,
< lioice. Like Cortes, on landing 011
the Mexican shores, It burns the ships
behind him. No better, no simpler, no
more beautiful or expressive way of
confessing Christ has ever been found,
or even imagined, than that of bap-
tism.
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