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what Is Dynamite.

The fearful explosion at Bremen
Haven, Just rs one of the German
steamers was about departing for
New York, caused mos, shocking
loss Of life. Sixty eight were killed,
thirty-fvs wounded and eight are
missing-almost as serious . destruc.
ton of life and limb as in a small bat
tie. Now it may be interesting 10
our readers to know what is this fear.
ful substance which has SO unsuspect-
cdly caused such destruction of hui.
man life.
Dynamite is composed Of one
fourth infusorial earth and three
courths nitro-glycerine by weight.
1t resembles graham -four in both APP
pearance and feeling, and is written
Of as the safest of all the explosives
and the most effective for blasting
purposes. Among the quarries of
Sweden it was formerly common to
use gunpowder soaked in nitro-glyc-
crime, but this mixture was found to
be so dangerously sensitive to both
fire and motion that what is known
among quarry men as "giant powder"
was introduced. it has these quail
ties: When ignited in the open air
it burns very quietly and slowly; it
is not exploded by light, electricity
or ordinary shock it is oaly absolute
" dangerous when under pressure
in some confined space. Then i's
pulverized form is most effective in
retaining the heat, the gases of which
it is composed-carbon, nitrogen and
hydrogen-espana, and the fearful
explosion, more powerful it is said
than nitro -glycerine itself, skaters
everything far and wide. 1t appears
in the disaster to which we refer that
all these conditions were most favor
able to cause just the calamity
brough, about-the case of dynamite
was lying on the wharf among a huge
pile of the passengers baggage, and,
in all probability, completely buried.
and pressed down by great weight;
the material having been thus pre-
pared, to cap the climax the case of
dynamite was accidentally dropped
in handling, hence the result.-Mi-
uaukee Daily Wisconsin
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Origin or some Odd Phrases.

The origin of phrases and some OF
our common words presents an inter-
es,ing study. The term sub rosa is
sand to have originated as follows:
Cupid gave a rose to Hippocrates,
aud from this legend arose a practice
Of suspending q rose over the table
when eating, when it was intended
that the conversation should be KEEP,
secret. The explanation of "by hook
or by crook" is that in the olden
times persons entitled to get fire.
wood in the Kings forest were limit
ed TO such dead branches as they
could tear down with 'hook or a
crook without hurt to his Majesty's
tree" The word "derrick" is an
Americanism, and it had its origin in
England. Early in the seventeenth
century, when the office OF hangman
in England was no sinecure, one Der
rick held the place, and among the
Puritans and Cavaliers alike the name
became associated with the gallows.
The Puritans brought the word 10
this country, and gradually it was
applied to hosting cranes BY very
natural process Of metoaymy. The
word only appears in American die
tionsriss.
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vey produce the most favorable re
suits.
| z, That national railway, exclu
sive for height, should be construct
ed from the grain-growing sections
Of the West to the Atlantic seaboard
to the end that this great territory
with its dense population, and th'
principal distributing cities both o
the East and the West, may not b,
wholly at the mercy of existing rail
roads when water routes are CLOSED
by ice.
s. That, if it be deemed inexpedi
ent TO have this road constructed ant
owned by the National Government,
that the object may be reached b,
granting national aid to such q road
and assuming in consideration there
Of, such supervision aud control q.
will insure reasonable rates Of freigh,
forever prevent combination and con
solidation with existing lines, and tn.
abuses in construction and manage
ment which pervade our present rail
way system and so heavily tax the
commercial and consuming public a,
this time.
2. That, whenever national aid is
extended to any project in the way
OF internal Improvement, or whenever
the construction of any work is un-
dertaken by Government, that the
work should he done by contract, in
small sections. to the lowest RESPONSE
BILE bidder.
10. That committee consisting
Of seven persons familiar with and
interested IN water transportation,
and a committee Of equal number who
are dependent upon improved railway
facilities for cheap transportation, be
be appointed to present copies OF
these resolutions 10 the Congress OF
the United States, and to take such
other steps to forward the objects
therein advocated as may be in their
power.
II. That tic internal commerce
Of the United States has not in the
past received iha, consideration a,
the hands of our Natiolal Governmen,
that its importance merits; that, ex.
ceeding in magnitude AS it does our
foreign commerce IN the ratio OF
more careful consideration and foster
ing care.
IL. That, IN pursuance Of this
policy. memorial TO Congress from
this Convention be prepared, asking
that joint committee from both
Houses OF Congress be appointed to
consider the advis ,bility of forming q
new department, of our National Gov
ernment to be called the Department,
of Internal Commerce; said depart.
ment to be especially charged with
the collection, preservation, and dis
semination of information bearing up.
on transportation, and with all other
matters pertaining to internal com
merce. The joint committee before
mentioned to investigate the subject
aud report at the next meeting OF
Congress.
Among the committees appointed
was the following, on efforts 1t Wash
ing,on in behalf Of Water Routes, to
which is especially entrusted, oi
course, the interests of the canal from
the Illinois to the Mississippi:
Water Routes TO lpashiagtOn--
James NJ. Alias, Illinois; B. w. For.
bel, Georgia; II. f Peyon, Virginia
Edward Russell, Iowa; George II.
Biglow, Vermont; II. Merriman, Wis
consin: G.. A. Merwin, New York.
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BUSINESS.

There is no such thing as business
The merchants are doing nothing
that is, the Wholesalers. The retail
people are doing . fair holiday trade,
and that 10 all. When l say fair,
should cay light, for it is not &C
heavy BY half - that Of former years
All other lines Of trade are as dull as
dull can be. Thank your stars tha,
you are not in New York.
PIETRo.
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The TranspOrtatiOn COnVen.
Q1OO.

The following are the resolutions
finally adopted by the American
Board Of Transportation Commerce,
at its closing session in Chicago on
the Is inst.
Resolred, |. That the great press
ing need Of this country is . system
Of transportation Commensurate with
the requirements of the age in which
we live; that the absence Of such =
system is in great measure, the
cause Of the present unsatisfactory
state Of trade and commerce, The rea-
son why our mills and manufacto, les
are idle, why our agricultural interests
are unremunerAtive, and why thou.
sands Of willing hands lack employ
ment.
Z. That the presence of . metallic
currency is the result Of commercial
prosperity, and not the cause of that
prosperity; TO restore this circulation
It is only necessary for US TO EN-
ploy the means of exporting our
grain, flour, bacon, tobacco, cotton,
oil, and other products ut prices
which will enable us to use those
products of other countries; this will
give = commercial prosperity, and it's
evidence will be q gold circulation;
With the return Of commercial pros
perity, oil questions relating to one
value of different kinds of currency
will disappear.
3. That this consummation can be
reached by providing an adequate
system of transportation, and that
the only way such : system can be
provided is by tho cooperation Of
the people, through the machinery Of
the Government; that the boundaries
Of commerce have become SO extend
ed through the agencies of steam and
electricity that more and extensive
class Of transportation facilities are
needed; that the present system has
become not only inadequate to the
necessities OF the times, but is so
filled with defects and abuses that it
iwarfs products, stiles commerce,
and prevents us from successfully Y
competing in the markets Of the
world.
4. That the corporate power EN-.
bodied in our transportation lines
has become SO organized, consolidst.
ed, and combined, that it is now able
to dictate values to the producers,
prices to tho consumers, and profits
10 the manufacturers and trades, and
to build up privileged class con-
trary to the spirit of the Constitution
of the United States.
), That the further extension Of
this power must be opposed by the
means of the people by creating, ai
fast as possible, . new system ol
transportation lines which will insure
competition, and thus protect the
public interests.
6. That as means TO this end
the National Government should, ..
speedily - possible, undertake the
construction Of lines of transportation
recommended By the United State.
Senate Committee on Transportation
Routes, or such of them - after sur
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For the Advertiser.
Capital Punishmcnt.

When We contemplate the fearful
increase Of crime, especially ,ha, oI
murder, it 10 very easy for any one
to see that something should be done
to check it. That which seems mos,
likely TO accomplish this end would
be to follow the example and pre-.
cepts given by the Lord Jehovah
when he was king over his ancien,
people, and directed in the execution
Of the civil laws.
Those who have read the Bible
know that even for theft, blasphemy
and other offences the penalty was
death. What Gladstone lately said
OF the church, namely, ''that the
marked want Of the church to-day is
the want Of great men Is leaders," is
emphatically true Of us as common
wealth. We want men, who, dis.
cerning the indisoluble relation be-
tween the Bible and free and perma.
nent government, are willing to
execute, at any cost, their God given
rights--men who have the nerve 10
stand for principle. Now what !
want to say is this: That those to
whom God has in,rusted the sword,
or in other words, the government OF
the world, rs such, depart detrimen-
tally from the example he gave them
in dealing with criminal offenders.
Are we living in an age more ele-
va,ed than that in the days Of Hobab,
Moses aud Daniel, which was repre-.
sen,ed by the golden head Of Nc5u-
chadnezzar's image2 Nay, we are
in the age of iron and clay repre-
sen,ed BY the same image, and need
laws fully as stringent and unchs 'ga-
BILE as those Of the Medes and Per
SLAMS.
1t may be that the prevailing error
Of orthodoxy has something to do
with this UNIV srranted leniency to-
ward fragrant sinners, for the CON-
mon belief is that when sinner dies
he goes, or is sent TO hell, in the
popular sense of the term as held by
'sorthodox" believers, and from that
day forward suffers excruciating tor
ments Excepting the short period in
which he will be brought out thence
TO the judgment) to al eternity.
Now il this were true would not
blame m officer, either judicial or
executive, possessed of humane feel
ings, for III unwiliingness to drop :
soul into the interminable lake Of
FIRE and brimstone. Be assured,
friendly reader, that such is not
the case. Men in their nature
are mortal, and whether good or bad
are in death unconscious.
Much might be said here, but / sim
ply hasten to say that ] think if this
error in relation to mans nature and
state in death could be removed
from the common mind, the way
would be opened for q reformation
in the enactment and execution of
wholesome criminal laws, and thus
an effectual check applied to the
present downward tendency toward
anarchy and revolution. Hope that
abler pens will agitate this matter
Till our public officers cease to be
recrea ant to their duty.
JESSE DoRcAs.
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WHAT Is LlrEs

little crib beside the bed,
little face above the apread.
A little frock behind the door,
A little shoe upon the floor.
A little lad with dark brown hair,-
A little blne-eyed face and fair,
A little lane that leads to school,
A little pencil, slate and rule.
A little blithsome. winsome maid.
A little hand within II laid,
A little cottage, acres four,
A little old time household store.
A little family gathered round,
A little turf heaped, tear dewed mound,
A little added to his soil;
A little rest from hardest toll.
A little silver In his hair,
Alittle stool, and easy chair;
A little night In earth-lit gloom;
A little cortege to the tomb.
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he will doubtless slide out altogether.
There are in the same prison three
negroes convicted of killing = Jew
peddler on no stronger evidence than
that against Dolan, but no one thinks
of moving a.respite for them. And
while ! An ON this subject,
THE SYMPATHY
shown for murderers is something
curious. was 1t the prison, the
other day, and saw broiled chickens,
wine, rich cakes and confectionery,
the choicest cigars that had been
sent in to comfort these miserable
murderers. The low. browed brutes
are living better now than they ever
did in their lives, and they seem 10
expect ii. They growl, and consider
themselves ill-used, if they do not
get these things every day. 1t is !
nice thing to be murderer for q
little while.
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With forty-nine committees, big and
little, to appoint, Mr.. Speaker Kerr
sould not afford one Cha:rmanship TO
New England. Perhaps the Demo.
cratic party will permit New England TO
stay In the Union, on condition that sh /.
has nothing to say.
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A Boston clergyman advanced the
idea In his sermon, last Sunday. that
striped stockings are destructive to e.
male modesty. "But little while ago"
said he, young ladies refused to 90 mp
stairs in advance of gentlemen. Now
they seem anxious to do sop'
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New York. Dec, Esd. ls.5

| New York. Dec. Esd. ISIS
THE CAUSES OF CRIME.
The Committee investigating the
causes Of crime in this city are un-
earthing some terrible facts. Among
others is the testimony of one of the
6rst physicians Of the city, DR.. Elisha
Harris, who declared that the increase
of criminals in this city in the past
few years was greater in proportion
than the increase Of population from
births and immigration together
DR.. Willard Parker, AZ authority
Of equal standing, said that liquor
WAS the chief cause of the vice,
crime, idiocy and insanity in the
country. All who have looked into
the cause and cure of crime agree
that the vicious classes must be
made to work harder. 1t is = motor
ious and patent fact that with all ,he
increase Of wages aud regulation Of
hours in the last ten years, the con-
di,ion Of the lower classes does not
seem to be the better for the change.
The complaint is made by all en-
ployers that there is very little, a.
most no fair # turn made for the
wages paid, no matter how liberal
these may be. The average Of work
done in . day with al the labor
saving helps Of the time, is hardly
half what it used 10 De in the old
times. Now. that there is such an
outcry for work, employers bethink
themselves whether they cannot OBJ
tain their own right of days work
for days pay. The fact has rather
been lost sight Of, that employers
had any rights beyond that Of pay
ing the mos, wages for the very
least that stupid and idle help chose
to do. Now that the cry for bread
comes SO urgent there is . chance to
find whether the poor are willing to
work for their money rather than
stsrve. Those of experience among
the lower classes OF New York, are
not wanting who do no: hesitate to
say that these had rather starve than
work hard. Certainly they will all
beg, loaf, or cheat in a mild way.
sooner than stir themselves to do =
brisk DAVIS work.
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THE SYMPATHY
FEMININE DEVOTION.

1t isa thousand pities that the
heroic devotion shown by women in
humble stations OF life could not End
worthier objects. There is = young
woman dying in hospital Of wounds
given by her lover in u drunken TT,
in which he twisted her arm till he
broke it; yet the girl steadfAs,ly re-
fuses TO say one word about the quar-
rel for fear of making trouble for
him. II she dies without giving her
testimony he cannot be convicted,
as she was the only witness. There
was good blood in that girl, no mat
ter what she was, and ! stout heart
better worth song and story than
any we read about this year. The
brute goes out without trouble,
through the devotion Of the girl: but
all the same, he leaves her 10 die
in = hospital.
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G. L. CHAMBERS. N. D..

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. has prac-
i ticed twenty five years in this vicinity,
and need only Ask continuance of the pub
ficconiidence hitherto shown.
Office in City Drug Store. Residence on
sedar st., opposite Reformed church, Upton,
Iowa. v2Dni
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Physicians.
3. ENSIGN. M, D..

PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Upton Iowa.
j Having had thirty years experience
DR.. F. hopes to give satisfaction in all cases
entrusted to his care. Otfice. at residence
two blocks east OF Court square. istf
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ConveYancer.
l.. l.. SWEET.

NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEYA NCER,
~ Attorney at Law. Collectins and Life
Insurance Agent.
ONCE at his residence, corner OF 4th and
Locust SITS, Upton.
Having no high rent to pay, his charges
are consequently low. 5N
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Justices.
INyIN q. TuTuILL.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, NOTARY Pun
" Lie Ins, rance Agent. and Conveyancer
ONCE with the County Recorder in tho court
horse. Tipt0n Ian. ist. iSR. nlvlS
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| as she was the only witness. There
was good blood in that girl, no mat.
ter what she was, and I stout hear,
better worth song and story than
any we read about this year. The
brute goes out without trouble
through the devotion Of the girl: but
all the same, he leaves her 10 die
miserably in hospital.
THE sHoP-GIRL QUESTION.
The shop girls are moving for their
rights. 1t appears that they aIe
compelled to report for duty at s
A. NJ, aud stay I'LL : Z. N, with al
hour for lunch 1T noon. What they
complain of now is the reguIa, ion
that is made in ali the stores, from
Stewards down, that they cannot sit
down during trade hours. No mat
ter whether there be customers OF
not, no matter il there be not soul
in The store. The poor girl must stand
on her feet till the welcome stroke
of twelve gives her an hours respite
And then from one TO seven SHE
stands again, till worn out with
fatigue she crawls to her wretched
lodgings, only to go through the same
torture the next day. A number Of
influential ladies', the most prominen,
in fashionable c,rcles in the city,
have taken the matter ia hand, and
have petitioned the leading mer.
chants to abrogste this rule, aud per.
init the girls to sil when it can be
done without interfering with their
duties. They have examined some
Of the girls aud found them all ailict.
ed with varicose veins, weakness Of
the spine, and more or less with fe.
male diseases, all Of which, medical
men say, result from this practice
The merchants, in defense, say that
to alter the rule would be to do away
with discipline, and impair the eticl-
ency Of their help, and that they will
not change the rule. The girls do
this fearful amount Of work for wages
ranging from $500 to 81 90 per week,
and severe rs II is, were they al. to
quit tomorrow, there would be ten
thousand not only willing but anx-
ious 10 take their places. And they
have animated TO the henevolen,
ladies' that they had better mind their
own business.
But what wanted 70 get at is
this: What kind of a life is it that
u girl leads that compels her to work
twelve hours per day for % per
week! She pays 81 for her board,
for which she gets little hall bed
rocm, withou. ire, and the vllest ia
bls imaginable. Her washing she
does partly herself, but that which
she has to have done costs her at
least II per week. This leaves her
. dollar for clothes, medicines, and
what luxuries she has. And misera.
BILE rs this life is, there are twenty
Thousand girls in this city to-day who
would cry for JOY to get it. The
numbers who 1--we in garrets on such
food rs they can get for almost moth
ing is appalling. Is it any wonder
that the Dagnios are full to overflow
ing, and that suicides are of daily
occurrence? 1t seems to me that life
on such terms would hardly be worth
having.
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c. CIRCUIT.

DEAT. ESTATE and Brokerage Agent,
N Durant, Iowa. Attends personally
and promptly tn the buyfng and selling Of
real estate on commission. renting houses
and farms. Beat references given.