The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-11-18

10 her the name Of William Strong Iay il
broad, Iegible characters upon The paper.
There was an expression, iudicrous iron
its intensity curiosity, on the bar-hecl
er's physioguomy, as the lady passe
through the "shop," after her long inter
view with old Bill and the expression wa
in no degree lessened when, a few mo
ments after, old Bill followed her, witLo4
stopping as usual, TO take "second glass,
and he never passed over the lhreSholt
again.
| Reader of mine, If you are of those whose
true, earnest souls bear ever about Their
one great desire TO benefit their felaa
men; if your heart is yearning over somf
erring brother man, whom you would glad
y raise from the depths Of degradation anc
misery, and point to the highway Of peace
and virtue; remember that somewhere il
bis heart must be door, which, when
rightly applied to, will open unto you
See TO il that ye fad it.
LIFE IN A POWDER Mill Dickens
thus describes visit to the Powder Mill ot
iounslow, near London:
La this silent region, amid whose ninety
seven workplaces no human voice ever
breaks upon the ear, and where, indeed. ~
human form is seen, except in the Isolated
house in which his allotted taskls perform
ed, there arc secreted upward Of two hun
dred and fifty work people. They are a
peculiar race, not, oi course, by nature, III
most cases, but By the habit ol wears. The
circumstances OF momeutarv destruction Ia
which they live, added to the most stfin.
gent and necessary regulation, have SUB
jued their minds aud feelings TO the con
dition Of their hire. There is seldom any
need to enforce these regulations Some
terrific explosion here, or IN works ot E
similar kind elsewhere, leaves fiEed
mark in their memories, and acts asa con
slant warning. Here no shadows Of 4
practical joke, or caper Of animal spirits,
ever trsnspires; no sitticsns, no oaths,
40 chatting, or slang A laugh is never
heard; srile seldom seen. Even the
work IS carried on BY the men with as few
words as possible, and these uttered IN a
low tone. Not that anybody fsncIes iaat
mere sound will awaken the spirit OF cem
bns,ipn, or cause an explosion TO take
place, but that their feelings ire afwats
kept subdued. lfone man wishes TO com
municate anything to another, or 10 ask
for anything from somebody at short dis.
lance, he mast 60 there: he is never per
mited 10 shout or call out There IS a
particular reason for this regulati0n.-
Amid all this silence, whenever a shout
does occur, every budy kpoys that some
imminent dangcf is expected the next uo.
meut, and all rush away headiong from tho
direction OF the shout. As 10 running TO-
ward i, TO offer any assistance, as common
in all other cases, il is thoroughly under,
stood that none can be afforded. An accl-
dent here is immediate and beyond rene
dy. lfthe shouting be continued Tor some
time (for man might be drowning in Q
river that might cause one or two OF the
bo.desl TO return; but this would be very
rare occurrence. 1t is by no means TO be
inferred that the men are selfish and IL
sensible to the perls Of each other; on the
contrary, they have the greatest consider
alton Tor each other, as we'll as for their
employers, and think of the danger 10 the
lives oil others, and Of the property at stake
at all times, and more especially in ali the
more dangerous houses The proprietors
ptthe various gunpowder mills all display
The same consideration for each otheE, and
whenever any improvement tending to
lessen danger is discovered by one it is i'm
media,ely communicated to all the others.
The wages the men are good, and The
hours very short; no artificial lights are
ever used in the works. They all wash
black, white, and bronse--and
leave the mills a, 81 in the afternoon, win
ter and summer.