The Scofield Mine Disaster

BUSINESS TRAINING. 661 this pushing, practical age. As a greater part of the business is transacted by correspondence, this branch of a business education has assumed great prominence, and is now considered indispensable. THE SCOFIELD MINE DISASTER. Near twice one hundred forms are, one by one, In terror taken from untimely tombs; On Scofield's turf, beneath a blazing sun, Lie Scofield's dead near Scofield's weeping homes! Where but a moment since, peace reigned supreme, And only May Day quiet could be found, Now groans are heard, and wives and mothers scream, As black and mangled bodies strew the ground! There, side by side, in death's unyielding grasp, Lie blackened, charred remains of miners brave; Sons, fathers, husbands shared one mighty clasp; Passed to death's vale in one black, yawning grave! Our Father, thou who doest all things well, Look down in mercy on those shattered homes! Send sunshine there, and do their sorrow quell, Until the day of resurrection comes. For those departed ones we breathe a prayer; Take them to thee, on that eternal shore; They've gone ahead — and we shall meet them there; They are not dead, but only "gone before." Charles C. Bush. Honolulu, June 1, 1900.