Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-12-15
SIMPLE slMON.

The case of Mary Oliver Osi Simon Cam
| eron, of nsylvania-formerly senator ir
GaDgr-ss-6eing called, the New Yerl
| Graphic gives brief history of the case i.
verse, as follows. to-wit:
Simple Simon met woman,
Told her she was fair:
Simple simon added, I'm an
Ancient widOwair,
and I'll marry you Tor cent"
Said the woman to Simple Simon
''Sh0w me first your penny
Said Simple Simon to the woman,
"InOeed have not any,
till after the ceremony"
said Simon sHere's a damon
And my motives good
Said the woman, Come to Hymen;
to. I Think ~ ~
Don't be shy, man. said the woman;
Simon Said Ppm 'fraid!'
brace up Simon! Courage! f1e, man!
All my plans Is laid,
Tor breach of promise within an inch Of you lifel II
give you counting enough as sure as my name Is Mar
Continued in the circuit court of the Dis
ElOurIsHl Explosions.
New York World 11th: yesterdays &C
cident at Minneapolis will revive the discus
sion began in July, 1872, at the time of the
explosion of the Tradeston mills; at Glas
gov, and since revived at each succeeding
accident Of a similar character. The insur-
ance companies paid their losses, though al
first inclined to contend that the causes lead.
ing to the explosion were within the contro
of the owners. DR.. Smith, of Manchester
examined several Cases recorded in Germany
and concluded thai flour and bran init,
mately mixed and in fine state of divis or
give OFT at four hundred and fifty degrees
Fahrenheit q gas which, when mixed with
I M IF
ture liable at any time to be fred by sparl
or lame, and recommended the use of ex
! posed portable lights In mills should be pro
hlbited. Wiebes theory was that -four il
| the form of impalpable powder undergoe!
| rapid combustion when ignited, highly
explosive hydro carbon gas being generated
| during the process of combustion that is dan
! serous when nike; with cir. Prof Steven
! son Macadam aud Prof. Rankine inquired
| into the Tradeston affair, and the opinion
advanced by the former gentleman has beer
! very generally received. All the chenica
| components of -four he says, are com
bustible when burned in the ordinary way
and are consumed with greater rapidity wher
| dltlused as cloLd through the air. Flou
| shoWered from a sieve placed some distanCt
| above gas-fiame burns with explosive ra
pidity; still better experiment is to place
flour IN box lying inverted in its lid, intro
! duce light, and then with bellows blow
! the Hour into cloud, when instantly the boz
will be blown from off its lid and much fam,
rush out. The -four resolves itself into
| gases whose volume is much increased by
| their high temperatures at the moment o
! combustion, and the conditions required Il
| bring about a ire explosion are somewhat
similar to those which cause a gas explosion
1t ls also necessary that the f our air mixture
be confined within given space. In Prof
Mac@dame. Ee4perimentg with bexe
| closed aud weighted down, the lids anC
weights we're blown off and the sides split VI
with much force and loud noise. At MIN
neapohs, where, in May last, nineteen mel
were killed By such an explosion, Profs. Peck
/ ham and Peck agreed that sparks from tn,
mli stones r4natnS emrty had ign;ted tn
DUST, which lnstaneoasly generated a power
tica5ly agreed with this view, ant
condemned open purifiers as creating al
unusual amount Of Ethe dangerous dust
tholGA no o9ini4.. vas expressed as to what
| precautions might he lawfully required o
millers. Among other recent instances re
corded, is that OF ~. t. AMI: OF ChlppeW'
Falls, Wisconsin, who was examining ;
clogged spout with lantern, when the tioul
sifted down, and igniung, exploded, aaOc9
ing down and burning himself and an assist
ant, though, as there was no opening to thu
superior stories to conduct the flame, Their
was comparatively little damage done, a
the En- pire mills, in Des Moines, workman
carrying lamp stirred with his hand boz
full of the dust, which instantly blazsd III
like powder, and at Van Meter, Iowa, wher'
a man carried a light into the Mushrooms, tn
gas ignited and flashed up the elevator, burn
ing hole through the roof. So uniforml.
have explosions resulted under these clrcum
stances that, while it may not be possible t
prevent accidents like that of last May at tin
Washburn mills, Minneapolis, it does seem a
| if mill hands should be prohibited from car
rylng uncovered lights into places little les
dangerous than coal-r1ines or powder-maga
! zines"