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of any enmmodity-exempt, perhaps, west laventive engineers who are chanipagne. It was once mid (in the show them how their ware may be fired elementary stage of a controvery that scientiaally and without blasting an entire survives merely to show the longevity of neighbourhood with the waste produs heresics) that bread was ticulously c cheap fuperfoot combution. The iron, and that poor people would appreciate report for the value of coal by
hand glast kader hate alundy shown their it more if it were, taxad-the proof of 3 which proposition lay in the notorious in the regenerative furnace, and I do not know in how many millions of shipping pumalanga thant, at dinner parties, gu sts.
Fonnage the Howden forced dental con who do ant quite know what text to myy to their neighbours crumble it "between But in the minor industries and or omisos this most, pricalass gift of nature. the courses." But it is no more desirable own domestic bearths the waste in 40 that com should be a shiling an ounce utterly indefensible that even the most than that, wheat should be a shilling orthodox economical doctrine would be quarter dearer than it need be. There is satisfied: by
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that sat however, this difference between when higher value upon the priceles carbon, and coal, between the staff of life and the And one result of the coal strike may life-giver of all our modern civilisation be that our domestic open fires will bare to that what, from now onwarde till the go, and that architects will begin to provide sxhaustion of Mother Earth, may be for a central system of heating for way produced as long as men sow it, but for house above a cottage, and that our fire coal there is no send-time and hatryank, but I grates will be retsfand; only for the luxury only the harvest. And we are Dow of decorative log-fire. Another sealt may MADHE LARGEST SALE OF ANY PHOSPHORIC MEDICINE IN THE WORLD. reaping, in divilisation, the harvest that be a stimulus, not only to our inventivă, – Da anaigizing alata are shewn hom the was sown for us and in myriade of ages ago, capacity, but to the rendinem with which first any of itvadministraslan byg, Remarkable at a stags in Mother Eartka evolution) we shall be prepared to listen to the raven- ?Enererse of Marre mentalectal Power, when civilization could no more have been tors who have already deviaed wonderful
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omfort. Diavation is invigorated. The predicted than the human race itself. And installations for coal-saving, but, who ad- Appetita lucreases poderful when I speak of the consolation ease in dress dull ears becsuse, fallolously, it becomes calm and refreshing. The Face becomes fallar, the Les red, the Kym the price of coal as the result of a national seems cheaper to throw much coal on firs brighter, and Skin dèar and healthy,
strike, and suggest that bane and autiote for furnace freely, than to instal sonse systems "Beware"; of vile finitatlong!~None-- genainy without the Bridal Gomera will here be found growing together, I am by which foss will have to be thrownian Stamp with Dr. To's Photphidyach subscribing to no economic heresy, for just And, looking ahead to posterity our bon! +London, England.”” mgraved thereon, by media in
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rellous thing, electricity !! and accompany For then we shall valne it, and therefore their optimism with a vague gesture. Bab we shall waste it; and therefore I can electricity is not an alement. It is only a vindicats even the most rigid orthodoxy 9 form of energy, purchased at two remores economies by pointing out that, oren if the tom coal-first, there is the heat onergy enhanced price of coal be not a direct obtained from coal in the boiler, whenes economic blowing, it will, at any rat mechanical energy, is obtained in the tr entail a substantial economie consolation, bine, andthence electrical energy is obtained. for wide of anything is obviously bod
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L'iers is the optimist who hopes that science And, things are, we, du waste coal may some day harness the tides or enlist terrifically. Every-belching factory chimney the sun in our industrial ranke. But attests our prodigal recklessness; for science can hold out no hope for the visible, smoke is runde up of carbon in the realisation of that unscientific optimisan. | atomic state, and smoke is not merely on. Then one new form of energy will be consumed fuel, but a noxious atmospheric discovered. It may be, but that is like slien. Indeed, we may perhaper go so far hoping that some new, continent may one as to my that if the minors obtain their day arise from the szare main to relieve minimum wage it may almost be accounted overcrowded earth. And you may even Booking cpens on Mond for in a winter's urban fogs. And that is approach the optimism which suggests that practical point. Profits will not allow an when coal goes wa shull simply have to alf-round minimum wage, say the mine-use coke!"
owners. I do not prejudge the issue, but Truly, coal is King. When if that wage be granted then ous possible atmosphere of our earth was like outlet fur the economic pressure within | Lath, a d-its vegetation was the industry itself is an increase in pricas.rimpant, growing swiftly, o
• out in its And then we shall begin to revere cos, or a rift deccy, then began the preparation at least treat it with becoming respect and uncivilisation, long before the nicely ass its enlorific value. As it is, ready for man himself. Then begs we merely." paź it on the fire.le to ft this fragile gins to drink
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