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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27

mass between the hole and the face, but
the ground was thoroughly broken up
by cmcks extending from the hole IN every
direction throughout a circle about twenty
feet in diameter. A second charge of about
four pounds of dynamite, was then fred in
a hole fifteen feet in depth, and situated
about eight feet from the working face
and in this case also the results were very
similar to those above mentioned but the
cracks, Of course did not extend so far.
TO show that the dynamite was equal
" effective below water, NJ. Nobel next
placed a cartridge containing a charge in a
bucket Of water, and fired IL by the aid OF
the usual fuse and Illuminating cap, the
result of the explosion being the entire DIS
appearance of the bucket, water aud all.
Two one and a half ounce cartridges of
dynamite were next fred in holes bored in
the face of the quarry, and in each case
the quantity of chalk brought down was
for such small charges very considerable.
Next a cartridge suspended from a line ex-
tending across the quarry was fired to show
by the loudness of explosion, the value OF
dynamite for decorating signals, and final
ly, the experiments were brought to a con-
clusion by firing some gunpowder in con
tact with dynamite, the result being that
the latter was merely ignited and burnt but
not exploded.
The experiments Of which We have
above given am account tend to show that
dynamite is destined to hold a very promi-
nent place among the explosives used for
all purposes whore a violent descriptive
force is required Dynamite contains
seyenty-six per cent by weight of nitro
| glycerine. and its power is estimated by NJ.
Nobel as ten times that Of gunpowder,
while its cost is at present about four times
that Of the latter material, and is likely &c
be shortly reduced. For quarrying worl
it is likely to prove especially valuable, as
II can be used with but very little tamping
on, indeed, without any tHmping whatever
It's explosive force being in the latter cost
but very slightly impaired.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27
The Chinese Ministers.

The Chief Ambassador, Chih Taien, is
about forty-hve years old, medium heighth,
well formed and quite heavily built. He
has a fine large head with q very intelligent
and expressive countenance. He is very
sociable and polite, almost always wearing
n smile upon his face.
Sun Tajen is a small but well proportion
ed man of perhaps tfty-fve years of age.
He il a sharp, shrewd looking gentleman,
and is n very close and quick observer of
all that t~ranspires about him. Both of the
Ambassadors are dressed in loose gowns of
dark silk with rich silk cloaks Of the same
color. Their shoes are Of soft kid with silk
tops and lcggins, elegantly worked with
fanciful devices.
The six students, Tung, Fling, Lien, Teh,
Tab, Kway, are the sons of prominent no.
blemen in China, who have attached them
selves 10 the Embassy simply with a desire
to see and learn moro of the world than
their own empire contains. They are all
very bright, intelligent looking gentlemen,
of from 20 10 % years Of age. Their cos
tunes consist of the ordinary loose gown
and Zouave pants, of light blue cloth, with
sometimes a cloak of darker color. Their
feet are encased in the short kid or silk
boot, Of various colors, the foot of which
somewhat resembles a moccasin, only in
this instance, the soles are about half an
inch thick. The servants, of course, APP
pear in a much cheaper but not less strik-
ing attire,
The Cinnamon, although getting more
and more accustomed TO American manners
and the American style of living each day,
make no p]retensiOns Of deviating from the
old country customs, especially in eating,
drinking and sleeping. They never take
their meals publicly, but always in their
own room, and after their own fashion,
They carry their own tea with them, and
prepare it themselves in large quantities, as
II must be understood that they indulge in
no other beverage. Their hours of rising
and retiring as a general thing are very
regular. They like to retire between nine
and ten, and rise with the sun.
By nature they are rather retiring, and
at present they care more TO investigate
what they may chance 10 see ION their own
hook" than TO converse with Americans,
although when called upon TO do the latter
they ore very sociable and polite. Yankee
machinery has great charms for them, and
in their earnestness TO discover the cause
Of its operations, as well as in many other
matters where their modest inquisitiveness
IL made apparent, they evince a desire to
learn which isquite notable. They are also
very fond Of sitting or lying around in the
parlors, halls, and lobby of the hotel, and
observing the habits and manners OF Yam.
KEGS. Anything in the way of slight diver
tisement interests them greatly, but judg-
ing from the manner In which they wit
messed the majestic Falls they are of a very
no~n-enthusiastic temperament, as they
made much more fuss and showed more
pleasure in examining a large bulls horn a
one of the curiosity shops than they die
upon viewing the Rapids and American
Falls. ..a.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27

OLD CLOTHES are the subject of an extern
sive trade in New York city. There are
two classes Of persons interested in this
business, the men who buy old garments,
and the men who collect them out of the
streets. There are 500 old clothes dealers
in New York who have shops, and who
send men out 10 collect old garments
Many of these sell old clothing at a small
advance to one or two large establishments.
In n Of the large shops men and women
work early and late for the triAing pay
they receive forthe labor by which they
put in some kind Of shape the clothes that
their master has bought up tho day before,
These clothes, after being, purchased,
are assorted and secured, and are then cut
and sewed into shape, and made TO resem-
BILE new clothes. They are then packed
in boxes and sent to an agent in the West,
who disposes of them 10 the best advan-
tage, the advantage being generally the
realization Of about 20 per cent. on the
original cost. The other dealer, who picks
up scattered rags, takes them TO a large
warehouse, where busy clerks assert,
weigh and price them. The buyer OF
these rags has them carefully assorted and
washed, when they are packed in bales
and shipped to the different factors, who
buy them for the purpose Of making them
into shoddy and paper.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27
read the following aud learn the value Of
ALIENS LUNG BAGsANT,
What The Doctors Say.

Amos Wooly, NJ, D., Of Kosciusko CO., Indiana, aays
"toT three years past have used ALIENS LUN0 BAL.
SAM extensively in my practice, and / am satisfied there
Is no better medicine for lung diseases In usep
lasac X. DOran, Nj. d., OF Logan County, Ohio, sayst
ALIENS LUNG BALSAM not emily sells rapidly, Int
gives perfect satisfaction in every case within my fnowl-
edge. Having confidence In il and knowing that Id no..
daily practice. and with unbounded success. As al
alton / have ever yet knoWn.n
Nathaniel Harris, N, D, q Middlebury, Vermont,
says II have no doubt Il will soon become a olas.icai
remedial agent for the cure Of all diseased OF Tie Throaf.
Bronchial Tubes and the Lunga.i'
Dr. Lloyd, OF Ohio, Surgeon In the army dnrins the
war, from exposure, contracted consumption. lid saya,
II have no hesitancy in stating that II was by the use Of
heAlth.n
Or. Fletcher, Of Missouri, says; ~ eoommend your
BALaAM In preference 10 any other medicine Tor Cot,Sbs
and IL gives sAtsfaction.h
ALLEN'a LUG0 BALAAM is the remedy 10 ana ali
Lung and Throat difficulties. II ahouid be thoron0biv
tested before using any other BalsaIn. II will cure whSn
all others fail, Directions accompany each hottie.
j, N, HARRIS a Co, Sole proprietOrs, Cineinns,I.
Ohio. Sold by all druggists. ootIsIv
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27
portru.
THE CHILDREN.
BY oHARLr DICKENS

when the lessons and tasks are all ended,
And the school for the day Is dismissed,
And the little ones gather around me,
To bid me good night and be kissed;
OF the little white arms that encircle
Ny neck in a tender embrace;
OF the smiles that are halos Of heaven,
Shedding sunshine Of love ON my face.
And when they are gone, I st dreaming
OF my childhood too lovely 10 last;
OF love that my heart viii remember,
while It wakes to the pulse Of the past,
Ere the world and its wickedness made me
par tner Of sorrow and sim
When the glory Of God was about me,
And the glory Of gladness within.
OF my heart grows weak as a woman's.
And the fountains Of feeling will flow,
When I think Of the paths steep and stony,
Where the feet Of the dear ones must goi
OF the mountains Of elm hanging Ger them,
OF the tempest Of Fate blowing Wild
OF there's nothing on earth half 20 holy
As the innocent heart Of a child
They are idols Of hearts and Of households
They are angels Of God in disguise;
His sunlight still sleeps In their t%ressesi
His glory still CLEANS in their eyes.
OF those tuiants from home and from heaven,
They have made me more manly and mild
Anil know now how Jesus could hken
The Kingdom Of God 20 = child.
I oHk not q NE luE tut ueaE oufrf
An radiant, as others have done
But that life may have Just enough sh1i0w
To temper the glare OF the sun;
I would pray God 10 guard them from evil,
But my prayer would bound back 10 myself,
All % scraph may prdy for = sinner,
But a sinner must pray for himself.
The tvig Is 80 easily bonded,
Ihave banishcd the rule audit the rod.
I have taught them the goodness Of knowledge
They have taught me the wisdom Of God,
Ny heart "a a dungeon Of darkness
Where 7 shut them from breaking q rule;
My frown is sufficient corrections
My love Is the law Of The school.
1 shall leave the old house ga the autumn.
To traverse Sc threshold no more;
An! how j shall sigh for the dear ones.
That meet me each morn lt the door,
1 shall miss the good nights' and the kisses,
And the gush Of their innocent glee,
The group on the green. and tho howcrs
That are brought every morning 60 me.
IshMl miss them at morn and al eve
Their cong IN the school and the street
I shall miss the low hum Of their voices,
And the tramp Of their delicate feet
When the lessons ore an Cuded,
And Death Says, "Thc school Is Dismissed
Stay the little ones gather around me,
Tobid me good night and be kissed.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27
A Strange StOry-A Living Man Floating
Seven Hours In New York Bay.

Correspondence of the Chicago Journal
What / am about to relate is strictly true,
every word of it, though it be an extraordi-
nary circumstance. A week ago last Thurs
day night Mr.. -, employed as n clerk at
II. b. Claflin a. Co e, and weighing two
hundred and sixty-one pounds, started from
the city about 9 o'clock to cross over to his
home in Hoboken. He slipped on the fer
ryboat, fell overheard, and the night being
very foggy he was unpefceived. After
swimming a short distance, he turned over
on his back and Aoated along with the tide,
he knew not whittier, II was so dark and
foggy he could not see Che shore, nor deter
mine their direction, and he accordingly
continued TO float down the bay, past Bed
low and Governors Island, through the
'Narrows, and out to sea. Upon the fol
lowing morning at 4:30, n party of New
Workers on q yacht, who had been caught
in the fog, discovered him of the coast of
staten Island, below the forts, being rapid-
ly borne out to mid ocean, They let down
q small boat, and found him in an uncon-
scious condition. The application of some
cordials and stimulants, however, soon
brought him, to his senses, and he is now
back again inhiA establishment, performing
his accustomed duties. This, Il seems to
me, must be the most remarkable case of
floating on record z The gentleman was in
the water from halt-past nino in the even
ing to half-pnst four in the m%oming-a pc
riod of seven hours; was carriedby the tide
a distance of nine miles, and continued to
float after he became unconscious. I re-
frain from publshingt the gentleman's name,
for the same reason that he has therefor
objected oany newspaper publicity being
given TO the circumstances. T9If the story
is, however, doubted, / can produce the
necessary nfldavits as 10 its authenticity.
A TERmBEg DISEASE, The Troy Times,
10th inst, says the dreaded cattle fever or
pestilence Is ranging Greenbush, New
York, and vicinity The symptoms before
death are nearly the same as those reported
in Illinois, but the fatal results are not con-
fined to cattle alone. A young man named
Abram Smith, employed by Abram O..
Wands, who lost two cows by the disease.
skinned one of the cow that died ON We'd
nesday last His hands and arms were
somewhat scmtched by berry bushes, and
in this manner the poisonous matter or
virus was iBuoculated into his arm. Tho
arm began 10 swell and pain him very
much. He consulted a physician, but his
condition rapidly grew worse, and on Sat
urday resulted in his death. A sister Of
the deceased, who attended him in his last
illness, kissed him after his death, and was
also infected by the disease. At last ac-
counts she is lying very low, and it is
thought can not recover.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27
PAIN PAINT CANNOT Do nEAT.

Use u tho people viii;
Pain leaves In head or feet
The Oldest ulcer heals,
Salt T6eum most rapid yielda.
1rpimpleg on the nose
u certain Will, that's sure!
Just test II any day.
PAIN PArSr makes sick folks laugh and sins.
PAIN PAINT Is their delight;
Yea, %eIipples; too, can dance and nng
Then orutches out Of sight.
The hottest fever goes,
Neuralgia leaves The face,
And rheumatism shows
PANT hits the very place.
der and undor the shoulder blades fof a long time i
could not get my coat on without help. Your wonder.
cations. j. &. TREApwFLI.
Fhtysecond Street, n. Y.
/ fell backward and wounded nv back 90 badly that I
could n9t stoop and pick up anything from the floor for
= week besides suffering constant pain. In this cnndi.
ton l was advised 20 try woLooTT's PAIN PAINT, /
Chatham square, New York. and Tho PSisT Ind Sd' not 1t
peen HpRnSd one minute 6eioTe Az pain vas gone. and
TOT tho application, as his rule q "~strict1y no money re.
ITS awI 10Y rsmoylng painiLI / am a eoaehmeker at
reside at 30 crosby street. JoHs JOAE,
My wife had an ulcer on her leg for thirteen years.
cared by yaLieoso veins, liberation extending from her
ankle 20 her knee, soma place. eaten away 70 the bone.
damriiHnSg 't ibis period Ssi' i Tf MA g. %of r. ya1s expense PE,s
PAIsI, which the doctors told me wsaa humbpg., Hut,
ton ] kept hgrleg wet VIII PAIs PsIsT c%obstSniiy
Dr woLc0TT'sP 1iS PAST. lam we'll known Ia us
vii; e en- ~ sI az wen VIZ, s,a vents e mako further inauiry
House, Of which 1 am the proprietor and / think i can
ssttsty them as the benefit derived by tho use Of PAIN
May I2, IsGs. F"' "'S'A'
Call and test 1t free Of cost
No. 1853 South Clark Street, Chicago.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27

II regret 20 say that the Cholera has preyhilod horn
Of late 70 a fearful extent. For the last three weeks Bfty
or sixty fatal cases each day have been reported' 1
should add that the Pain Killer sent reeentiy from The
Mission House, has been used with considefable snn.
orally effective in checking tho disease.
REV. CHAS. HARDING Sholapore, Indin.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27
Personal Items.

-Bandmann, Fairclough and Celia Logan
are playing in London.
An Auburn girl has been flirting with one
Of Burlingame's Cinnamon.
DIR. Yermilye, Of New York, is the wealth.
lest clergyman in the United States.
Dickens came near being arrested for q
Fonian by the vigilant constabulary OF Dom
e%raile, Ireland.
-Pierro Soule, the ex-rebel, is said TO have
inherited a large fortune by the death of a
relative in Europe.
Edwin Booth is to play an engagement
in Washing on this fall, for the first time in
several years.
The Prince Of Wales seems infatuated
with Schneider. The '~inlatuationn began
and was notorious in Paris.
On dit that some wealthy play goer offers
to give Maggie Mitchell 10000 il she will
agree never to play "Fanchon' again.
Col. Robert johnson, the Presidents son,
is just out Of the Insane Asylum, and has
fully recovered from his temporary insanity.
Mrs. Charles, the popular authoress oil
the "Schoenberg Gotta Family" ETC., has
been recently afflicted in the death other hus-
band. H.
OF tho editors OF the Cleveland Plaindealer,
has fallen heir to an estate of $3.50, 900, be-
queathed by a rich bachelor relative.
Lucille Western and Kate Denim have
each concluded very improbable engage
ments in San Francisco. An amateur named
Theresa Sherk is having quite a success in
the same city.
"A complete edition of the writings of Ma
poleon /. is now being printed at the Imperial
office in Iaris. His letters alone, being more
than 5000 in number, will fill % Quarto vol
umes.
-stigelli, the tonor, who was some years
ago a %tavorite singer at the Academy of
Music, died recently at his villa on Lake
Como. He was a GermAA by birth, and his
real name was Shegel.
The SHEDS built by the Pacific Railroad
TO protect their track from the deep SHOWS
of the Sierra Nevada mountains were
crushed by the weight of snow that fell
upon them last winter, and it was reported
that some other method of protection
would have to bedevised. This plan, how
ever, has not been abandoned. The com
pany, il is stated, are O engaged in en-
Getting sheds over the cuttings, and other
exposed points. They are of heavy timber
framework, with pointed gable roofs, and
look as if they could withstand almost any
pressure of snow. Nearly 40 miles of the
track will have 10 be thus covered and the
quantity of timber required will be enor-
nous. Not less than ~ saw mills. most of
them worked by steam, are run night and
day, employing nearly 1000 men, and vet
they DO not work up TO the needs of the.
company. In a few weeks 28 mills will be
running. 1t il estimated that il will re-
quire no less than 800, 900 feet of lumber 10
construct a mile Of sheds. So great is the
demand that the forests on both sides of
tho track are being rapidly out down.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27

John Harvey Tucker, a London barris-
ter, who was graduated at Yalo College in
1874, died at Soineryillo, Bermuda, on the
10th ult. Yale has now only four survivors
among the graduates Of the last century.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27

I'm the family of Judge Eddy, OF Provi-
dence, r. l., is a copy Of the lamentations
upon the Five Books Of Moses and the
Psalms" by Henry Ainsworth, a famous Eng
lish divine in the time Of Elizabeth, which Is
rendered more valuable by the autographs OF
Thomas Hollis, Jr.. founder of the Hollis pro-
censorship OF Harvard, with the date April,
1858, and Ephraim Wheaton, 1928, a Baptist
minister at Swanzey, from whom Il regularly
descended 10 Henry Wheaton, the author Of
the famous work on International law.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27
PAIN KILLER,

MEssRs. PERRY DAVIS a son,
GENTLEMEN . . want too snvo It,Is ,,oro
about tho Pain Killer, 1 consider IL a very yaluabla
medicine, always keep il on hand. | have travelled a
good deal since have been in Kansas, and never with.
out taking II with me. In my practice I used Il freely
for the 4 static Cholera IN 1919, and with better success
than with any other medicine. j also used Il here fgT
Cholera in 1855, with the same good results.
- "A. M M ID
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27

Seven smart Lowell girls went to Europe
alone some time ago, Travelled all over the
Continent, and two Of them In the time found
husbands and settled down for life.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27

HoLLowAY's PMLs.-Debiity and Lam
guor.-To remove the cause and prevent the efeets "A
the true theory on which the treatment pursued nv
bility, and debility from the impovorishment OF the
blood or derangemeht OF the digestive organs. from
the latter, tho PILLS are the hest tonic mrdioines In nss
aEd for their purifying and san9tivo properties they
dera, eheryatiOn, indigestion and depression OF aniTits
they are the only remedy. hold BY nlldrnrplafa F'
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27

HAD Absalom worn a wig, that unlortu-
nate heir Of David would not have perished IN
tlhe bush and u Lady Macbeth bad lived N tho DAYS OF
fHALoE's "tLOit DEMAHO," she would have found
means OF sweetening her "lttle hand" Sold By ali
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27

Does a man intend TO enlighten an
other when he tells him to go to thunder2
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27

Or. YoLeorI-sir. I bad a sharp pain in my shouL.
der and undCr the shoulder blades for q long time. 1
could not get my coat on without help. Your wonder.
ful PAIN PAINT has cured me by a few thorough appli.
cations. j. \. TnEADwFIT.
Iliy,aecond hIrnnI. N Y
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27

The Rev. Isaac Aiken, Pastor of the
be9Sef street Methodist Church, in AlleghAny, Pa,
sthtes mat ne mas boen permanently cured al ID vsnsn'
sis, after 10 years suffering, BY tho use uf CoE'S bYs.
had the same experience. NN 'N1AN'o
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27

In the genius OF the inventor is to be
measured by the pleasure he affords mankind NJ
genius deserves better Of his fellow men than III W.
~ grest skni and long study, has discovered and com.
pared by o. w. WooDwoRTH a Son, Roohester. NV
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27


The case was worked up under the SUI
perintendence Of Detective G. II. Bangs,
OF Allen Pinkerton's National Detective
Police Force, assisted by Detective W. II.
Smith, of Albro, Smith x Byme's Detective
Agency, of Buffalo. These men, with the
aid of several other American detectives,
have been on the track of the rufians for
several weeks. They arrived here several
weeks ago, and have Swallowed" the gang
ever since. Night and day they have had
their eyes on their men, and noticed their
every move. One detective lodged at
Smiths saloon, next door TO the Club
House, and another occupied a room on
the the opposite side of King street, from
which he had Il full view of the Club
House. In this way every move of the
suspected men was noted, and the moment
one of them left the House he was follow
ed, and every step logged, Thus the case
was worked up, and at the proper time the
arrests were made, In the performance OF
their duties, the American detectives were
assisted by members of the Toronto police
force.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27

so, stsr
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-04-18
Bunqet of FINN.

SoSoURNER TRUrR.AThis old oolofd woman,
now living in Michigan, recently visited Milton,
Wis, where she was the guest of Mr.. Good
rich, who was An out-and-out temperance man,
and a noted hater Of tobacco One morning she
was putting away with long pipe in her mouth
when her host, Mr.. Goodrich, approached her and
commenced conversation with the following in
tsrrogatery: ,ss ,,s.-
Aunt Seisxrnsr, do you think you are q
Christian ~
eyes, Brudder Goodrich, speck am" "a
aunt Sojourner, do you believe in the
Bible z" 81 fi ff Ha 4.
"Yss, Brudder Goodrich, believe the Scrip
tiers; though can't read them, as yon cam"
"Aunt Scjourner do you know that there is a
passage in the Scriptures which declares that
nothing unclean can enter the kingdom. of
.'Yes, Builder Goodrich, L have heard tell of
it." Fai.I
"Aunt Sojourner, do yon believe it 2"
s Eyes. Brudder Goodrich, believe it, 81,
well. Aunt Soiourner. you smoke, and you
cannot enter the kingdom of heaven, because
there IS nothing 50 anclean as the breath Of a
smoker. What do you say to that y
'"Why. Brudder Goodrich, speek to leave my
brett behind me when go to heaven"