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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-28
EXPLOSIVE DUSrS.
Dangers from Pulverized Grains,
Sugar, Starch, Etc.
She Philosophy OF the Waticr-.SirIlt-
iag Cases and curious Accidents
The Investigations Of
Chemist.


Ncw York Sun1
"Flour looks innocent ENOUGH. an
ovcrsccr remarked while watchiug the ~.
moya Of some barrels of -four and other
grains from Il large warehouse.
That dcucnGs urou how il i cooked 8"
the reporter sig.c,tci
Just 50. II is dHnrcrou, cnouuh in
that way: but WA, thinking of il AS nm
explosive. Just look arru., the room.
\ on see. when the sun lays come IN The
air is loaded witha fine rr,fn du-t. ami if
YOU were provided with micru,c.p'c ewes
YOU would st.. yourself fairly sur. up led
with atoms of argin Of all Kind, Now
suppose \ul take II dried ear of corn and
fire it, II burns very slowly and the
chance, are thaJ il win GO out >ncl. it.
or take The Kernels off. and II uuru. much
quicker suppose now we Grind the corn.
it will burn Quicker sill. say I'm a l..',it.:
but if YOU puyurilr il. rrm.,it 10 Il
powder or dust and ignite il. II ro,, oil
like q fash, and has grca cNuan lie
power That is Just the ease here If
The room hrrom n.crcanrgu with DIST.
and is i-ui,d. il zoe, oil bloW,lr the
house t. pieces.
zone of the most Einrca>c, occurred
several wears ago wbce the Washington
mill ca!ghi fire. TnoSryho l.ury,. ,n,. tI,inr
rs thpv rouII. u,,vl,t wouldn't L.. d., .o..t
a..
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-28
German students Under Training.

Students at several of the German uni
versities have taken to rowing, under
English trainers, who say that the pupils
utterly refuse to give up beer or tobacco
while getting ready for races, and there
fore do not get into fit condition TO accom-.
plish much.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-28
" l We got a

Me dcah boy, do you knaw I've got
beaStly cold?'
"IIow did You catch it, old fcllah?"
"Luwst evening | drank claws OF
wine don't YOU know, and | sal too neah
the waitah when he opened the bottle,
don't YOU lnaw. The dwaft caused by
the cork flying through the air was tod
much Tor me you knaw.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-28

The Gazette Mcdcalc de 7 Algcrie calls
attention to great number of facts which
appear TO show that cider drinkers are not
troubled with stone and that patients
having this affection are either cured or
greatly relieved by that beverage,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-28

New Orleans City Item.l

Among the most blessed of all contriv-
ances of nature is that which prevents a
man from being disturbed by his own
snoring
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-28

Sir W Temple: The only way for a
rich man to be healthy is by exercise and
abstinence, to live as if he was poor;
which are esteemed the worst paris Of
poverty
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-28
He Had Tried IL Himself.


lliafpefS BaZaf
When little Willie l. first heard the
brayng Of Il mule in the south he was
greatly frightened, but after thinking a
minute nc smiled at his fear, saying,
Mamma, just hear that poor horse wiz
the WhOoping cough.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-28

The Current: Free and frequent inter
course is needed as between parent and
teacher.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-28

When Yas~r girls want to swear they
say "buy gum.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-23
Seeking Thrifty Wives.

Castle Garden. in New York, where
immigrants are landed, is visited every
day by men who are seeking wives,
says The Rhiladctrhia Times. Some OF
those men, strange as it may appear,
find young women willing to marry
them, although in some instances they
scarcely know each Others language.
Anybody might suppose that men in
this country would not have to seek
wives in that way. Everywhere there are
marriageable young women. They are
in such numbers that many of them
can hardly hope ever to be married.
They can not be ignorant of the reason
men who seek wives do not seek them
Men who go to Castle Garden are
not poor men and tramps whom no
one wants to marry. They are in nearly
every instance well to do farmers who
want wives to be of some assistance to
them. They have no fancy for the
merely ornamental girl. They want
women who can make bread and per-
haps look after the dairy. TSey there
fore do we'll to seek them among the
thrifty people who come from abroad.
We raise cooks and dairy maids in
this country in very rare instances.
There are not enough of the domestic
kind to supply wives to all those avar-
icio,rS people who insist that a wife
shall be no deadhead in the family en-
terprise. American girls make excel
lent wives in general and are not in
capable of intelligent management,
but they do not make good servants.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-23
A Cobra Acts as Nurse.

The cobra is not generally credited
with kindly feelings toward humanity;
on the contrary, it has the reputation
of being almost the equal of the hama
dryad in misanthropy. Perhaps. how
ever. it frames the same charge against
man, ON the ground that whenever it
crosses his path he invariably seeks its
life. From an interesting incid mt
which occurred lately at Pudupet. in
the Madras Presidency, it appears that
there are some tObras, at all events.
who experience a yearning for more
friend V relations with the human race
An English lady. returning to her house
after the evenings drive. was Mortified
on entering the nursery to see huge
cobra, with expanded hood, rearing
itself over her sleeping infant.
The reptile did not attempt, however.
to harm the baby, but contented itself
with softly kissing as it moved its head
slowly to and fro. Clearly it must
have watched the nurse when putting
the child to sleep, and sought, in its
humble way, to execute a lullaby with
the proper accomplishments. On an
alarm being raised the serpent made off
in haste, but without taking even 4
nibble at the little one. Perhaps it was
Just as lucky that the latter did not
awake; baby in full cry has been
known before now to provoke even hu-
man beings TO wrath.-LOndOn Globe.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-23

A truly extraordinary story is told by
an old schoolfellow of NJ. Lemaire, late
French Consul General at Shanghai.
ana recently appointed Minister Pleni-
potentiary at Hue. Twenty-Five years
ago lie was at school ut TOnnerre.
There, with Inconsistencies of his deS-
tiny, he was nicknamed Jaunot, on ac-
count of his singularly yellow complex
ion. He was quiet lad, not brilliant,
often bullied bE his comrades. and
somewhat hardly treated by his profess
sOrS.
When fifteen he passed vacation
with an uncle in Burgundy, and had
for companion 4 cousin much younger
than himself. Their delight was to
play at soldiers. Lemaire Shouldered i
rusty flint gun, and the cousin flourish
ed an old sabre. One day it was agreed
that they should get up some wine from
the cellar, not with any pilfering inten-
ton. but merely to play at soldiers
plundering. As the cousin was mount
ing the cellar stairs Lemaire exclaimed,
''Here is the enemy and pulled the
trigger, The gun. which he did notknow
to be loaded. went OFF and blew out the
brains of the young cousin. Lemaire 5
family, Mortified at the event, sent him
to sea as a cabin boy.
Nothing was heard of him for years,
and he sent no letters home. At last
it was found out that he had establish
ell himself at Saigon, had learned Chi
nese, and was employed as interpreter
at the French Consulate. Later news
came that he had married a Cochin
Chinese lady, whether a native or a
settler is not stated, and now the result
of that unfortunate shot with the flint
gun is that he is recognized as the most
accomplished diplomatist that France
can find to conduct her affairs among
the yellow people. Such is the history
! of Iaunot.-Loadoa Iditg Neaos,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-23
Epidemics and Temperature.

1t has happened over and over again
that an epidemic at 4 particular spot
has fingered ON for several weeks in q
desultory fashion before its real intens-
ity was felt. This was the case at lou
lon itself in 1865. when the mortality
for the first few weeks remained even
below what it has been on the present
occasion. rising suddenly to about fifty
deaths day in the middle of Septem-
ber. A sudden rise or fall is generally
to be explained by change in the
weather. Nothing is more likely than
the decline of an epidemic of cholera
in one place, or all over the country
when the winter cold begins. On the
other hand. the disease usually reaches
its height rs the temperature goes up,
although the rule is not an invariable
one. Moisture and heat together are
much more likely to cause an increase
of cholera than heat and draught, and,
in fact, the autumnal months have gen.
orally seen larger mortality than
spring and summer.-Ne,0 York Com
nlercidL advertiser.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-23

A man from The outside world of
reaIItics ties, rifles the life of Arkansas
rs follows: Long days Of doing moth
inr beget little energy. Little fool is
needed. ami less new clothing. In the
fall and winter the rups are gathered
and turned over 10 the merchant VINO
holds the mortgage. 10 sum up the
labor of year>: | WAS on the pace yes-
terday, and found all old double 10y
house, so nearly rotIcd down that il is
propped up all around; the windows
were without glass, the doOr-frames
were without doors. the children could
pass out between the logs in any direc-
ton. the lady and friend were sitting
in the gallery" space between the
two cabins, on splint chairs. contented
ly dipping" snuff. while the lord and
master. in dirty. begrimed clothes. sat
under tree doing nothing, but look
ing happy as the day is long. Fences
roIted down. and lean pigs with
"pOkes" on them. two sOrry-lOOking
horses irwin /" ok living from the
short grass. and nLttc children. half q
dozen or more. with but II single gar
ment Oh. were Iislless!y p!aying in the
shade. The lands. originally poor,
with but two or three inches of soil on
the prairies, were worn out and aban-
dOned.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-23
Aggressive Poultry.

Sister Grimes. after hearing the an
nouncement made from the pulp [ of
the annual carnp-meeting, at once de-
termined to go
''Ef the weather parmit:," she said
to her friends, Miss Simpkins, land
Providence is willin', shall go an
stay through the meetin'."
Accordingly the ancient hair trunk
was packed and Sister Grimes set out.
The first few miles were uneventful and
were passed in counting the telegraph
poles and musing upon the infinite.
Suddenly a change came over the
spirit of her dreams. She sat up
right, with startled EXPIRE sion,
which soon changed to one of in
digna ion. Suddenly she faced about,
and addressing a mild-looking man
with a wlfite neck-cloth who sat be-
hind her, inquired in voice of terror:
''What do you mean b, insulting me
in this manner?'
''Indeed, madam"
''You needn't indeed, madam, me.
You k"ow YOU did it. and you needn't
deny it, you santimoniOus old hypo-
critic
pray excuse me, madam, but
Il won't excuse you, you reprobatc. ="
What is the matter, madam in
quired the conductor, who was at
Iracted by Miss Grimes indignant
tones.
why, this o!d sinner has been in
sulting me-
what has he done, MADAME"
"He has-well, he has been pinching
my ank-that is. my feet"
ssMadana. said >O1emn-IOOklnG
man, ''what q monStrous fabrication.
Suppose You arise for a moment"
suggested the conductor.
There, his just done it again"
screamed Sister Grimes.
BLESS my soul!'' calculated the ac-
cuSed.
Sister Grimes leaped from her seat to
the isle, with fire in her eye. and the
conductor pulled from beneath tie seat
a large bag, from hole in which pro-
truded the head of large game cock.
glaring fiercely about and lunging with
his powerful beaE at whatever lay near.
Madam said the solemn-lOOking
man, lyon see it was your own wretched
bird that has done the mischief. You
have accused an innocent man of u
heinOus offense. while you, Yourself,
are on your way to attend Il cock-fght.
Thus it is that Satan betrayS his fol-
| lowers. "-BOStOn GlO6e.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-23
4 Lively Jelly Fish.

At the Broadway wharf one of the
officers OF the steamer Yaquina saw on
the sides of that vessel a strange-lOOk-
ing object which much resembled a
mass of jclly-transparent. but tinged
with red. A close observation showed
it to be some sort of fish, and, from
its general appearance, the first inn
preston was that it was what is known
as the devil-tish, or octopus; but the
knowing ones soon showed that this
was not the case, and the query is,
What is it?' As before stated, the
fish looks like Jelly; is about three feet
long and eight inches thick. Its saucer
like eyes are lustreless, and the head,
like that of turtle. can be drawn in
nearly ont of sight between two promi-
nent shoulders, From the shoulders
to the spade-shaped tail the body grad
ually tapers. From the head projects
ten tentacles, each one of which, on the
upper side, has about forty suckers, by
the aid of which the fish was trying to
climb up the steamers side. The men
aboard, with boathooks, captured the
monster, but with considerable Difficult
ty, as it would not release its hold un-
til after the body had been considera-
bly, torn.-Sa1l Francisco CAL.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-23
Advice to Smokers.

In the first place-don't smoke. Uis
dangerous, unhealthy and expensive
practice. 1t is very apt 10 control You
and you will smoke more than is good
for you. Still, if you smoke there is 10
use saying Don smoke. foryou will
You think YOU can stop. but YOU can't.
Every smoker is sure he could quit to-
morrow if he wanted to. There is one
man in Detroit-a journalist on Ger
man newspaper-whO frankly admits
that he cant stop smoking. He tried it
and couldn't He is honest enough to
admit it. He is perhaps the only man
now living who acknowledges that he
cannot stop smoking.
The best and cheapest way of smok-
ing is the pipe, and the cheaper the pipe
is the better. You can throw it away
with more cheerfulness and unconcern.
Throw pipe away As often as possible.
The foulness of it, besides being often
sive, is poisonous.
Cigars are the most expensive and
the most convenient way of smoking.
Use a holder and cheap wooden one
that you can throw away. 1t is bad to
put a cigar in your mouth. The maker
of it may have had some contagious
disease.
There is great outcry against ciga-
rettes. The Outcrv is unfounded 1t is
said she burning of the rice paper is
bad for YOU. BOsh 1t is not half as
bad as the tobacco inside. The trouble
with cigarettes is that they may be
made of picked up secondhand tObac-
co. That is not very pleasant 10 think
ahnut-Ira f;n9I;tnu nearly every man
makes the cigarettes he uses, rolling
fl,..R,. I.ft
chimes for sale there for twenty-five
cents each that will roll up cigarette
quickly. and as neatly as those you buy.
An American rarely takes the trouble
of making his own cigarettes. Too
much bother, and he hasn't time. A
person is apt to smoke too many cigar
cites. Ii is curious fact that a man
must see the smoke before he will eniov
smoking. Blind people rarely smoke
If man is going against strong wind
that blows the smoke away from him
before he sees it. he is continually un-
easy and thinks his pipe has gone out.
Smoking in the dark seems to be moye
acceptable, as then a person sees the
glow OF the cigar or pipe.
As to pipes, they are classed by
noted French physician as follows: l.
Soft earthen pipe. ,. Mcerschaum. 3.
Hard earthen pipe, white OF colored. f.
Wooden pipe. .. Porcelain pipe. 6.
Metallic pipe.
The white earthen pipe, porous and
permeable to liquids. is put first, be-
cause it is a good absorber of nicotine;
the metallic pipe is put last because it
allows all the noXiOus products formed
during the combustion of the tobacco
to reach the mouth of the smoker The
meerschaum. which Immediately fol-
lows the clay pipe. deserves its place
only on condition that it is not too old.
If it is seasoned it is as bad rs a wood
en- or porcelain pipe Finally, breth-
rem, do not smoke.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-23
The Motley Household.
An Indian lad of :, wilful turn. ~,

An Indian lad of q wilful turn. s- 3
With old GeneSkund had coaxed to star,
And one OF the sort that can never earn
On earth tithe of their passage way.
dog there came By the name OF Nix,
A low-brcd cur with some naughty tricks;
One night at the door such a bowling made
That they let him in and thereafter he stayed.
A puss claimed shelter, one grown so fat
She scarcely would more than muse of rat
LuxuriOusly stupid, old, and dOZy.
OF the feathered Sort q hen had brood
From Partridge eggs brought from the wood,
And pet crow very mean and tame,
To the faintest call of 'Cansard' came,
And they cut the string in his ugly throat
Enabling it to utter some things by rote.
This motley group of the creatures, told.
Laid claim to place in the chiefs household.
Perched the hen in the hut oerhead in cor
ner,
Forsaken by dutiless bantams that scorn
her,
And strayed from her covert there soon was a
The owl and the fox went directly to SHINING.
The crow had place DER the window to
crOak,
And was always alarmed in the presence Of
smoke.
OF the chmney-place snored till break of the
And at just such a time Il should say about
six),
Uneasy grew puss and uneasy grew Nix.
Chief Grueskund slept, with his indolent lad,
had.
AT their meals, which were frugal though nev-
CT quite scant,
The cat gan to purr, and the dog gan to pant,
The hen came to cluck. and the mean crow to
craak,
While oft in the babel the room flied with
From "Geneskund"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-23

''How can resist such an appeal?'
said Algy disconsolately. Friends, at
least, We may be?''
She shook her head. ''Let me go nv
way. and you go yours. | am placed
so that no one can help me. Ny one
fear in life is lest my husband should
discover nv retreat. Only yesterday
he passed my window driven by that
woman in her phaeton.
He is in London. them"
apparently. But possibly only en-
pasSant. | hope so. | should breathe
freer did know he were gone.
Il will ascertain and let YOU know"
said Algy eagerly.
They passed out of the gates and
wended their way back to South Aud
lev street. AS they turned into il they
saw a large crowd collected and heard
the sound of many excited voices.
What is it?" said Nine. Stephanie,
half nervously. and pressing closer to
her companions side.
''Some accident, fear" he answer
ed quickly. ''Do you stand here, and
let me 60 forward alone to see. You
will not he afraid?'
Her face was very pale rs she raised
it to his; but her voice was steady as
she replied. mo, l will wait here"
In a second Algy was in the midst of
the throng eagerly interrogating. The
truth was speedily poured into his ears.
There had been collision lady 3
phaeton upturned. The lady was but
slightly injured. Her companion was
dead. His head had struck the curb
stone, and death had been instantan
Gus.
Algy turned his eyes toward the dead
man with a strange conviction of the
truth even before the dead mans face
was visible to him. His queen had
nothing more to fear. Her rightfu
! owner lay dead at his feet.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-23
An Australian Intoxicant.

Their own stimulant, kave, they con-
tinuc 10 use in great quantities, and
many of the Europeans have contract
ed a liking for ii. All the Wairrapans
have Il taste of it, and marvel that any
white man can acquire a penchant for
such stuff. Its flavor resembles soap
>u.Is moro than anything else one can
compare it with. The root used is
botanically known as that of the piper
methisticum; it is hard and woody,
hence the object of the chewing, which
liDerates the juices of the root more
freely than any other process. Euro
peans CRATE the root and pound it, but
admit that the liquor is not equal to
the chewed. In Samoa the prepara-
ton of the kava bowl is attended with
very great ceremony, only the young
unmarried girls being allowed to chew
it. The root is cut up into fine pieces.
and the girls, who are directed by the
peltiest of them, first rinse their
mouths, take up 4 piece. and when
sufficiently masticated and formed
into u ball. spit it into the bowl. The
chief girl then calls for water, and
after washing her hands directs one of
her companions to pour on the water
while she stirs the root with her hand.
When enough water is in. and the balls
are properly mixed with the ingredient.
she takes up n strainer made of tibres
of the hibiscus. and passes it from side
to side of the bowl. When the strainer
is saturated she lifts it high above the
bowl and sGueezes the balls through
the strainer in her hand. This is con-
tinued until the kava bowl is ready. 1t
is contcnded by some of the Europeans
who use chewed root that the mastica-
ton is perfectly dry and is a mere
crushing process, but of course an
amount of saliva must get Incorporated
in the process. The medicinal proper
lies of kava are tonic and nervous Sc
dative. and it is TO these effects, and
not to its flavor. that the taste for the
drink arises. Melbourne Leader.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-23
Her Unbelief.

"You can't deceive me-. Mr.. Jarphly," :"
said Mrs. Jarphly, snappishly and en-
phatically. ''1t was after one o'clock,
and wasn't asleep"
why, Amandy, you're badly mis-
taken" responded Mr.. Jarphly in a
conciliatory voice. 1T wasn't more n
half after H."
Now, Jarphly, don't sit there and
falsify to me, I'm no fool, if you think
lam"
"Amandy, 1 never said you was; you
know don't. i only say you're mis-
taken, my dear, for it was only half
past IL, or mebbe twenty-five minutes
to 12.''
"Jarphly, wot's the use of your sit
ting there and lying? Don't you think
| could see the clock?"
We'll, Amanda, I've got nothing
more to say. if you'd rather believe a
95-cent nickel-plated nutmeg clock
than YOUR own married husband" re-
sponded Mr.. Jarphly, deeply injured.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-23
Royal Manners.

Apropos of children's department,
story is recalled of the lately dead John
Brown, the Queen of England's faith
full henchman. When he first entered
the service of Prince Albert the little
princesses, hearing their father address
him as 'Brown, used the same form
in speaking to him. The Queen cor
rected them, and they all addressed him
as MIR. Brown" excepting the Princess
Louise, who, imperiOuS even in child
hood, persisted in her right to use the
name as her father did. One morning
the Queen heard her and informed her
that if she again addressed Mr.. Brown.
without a handle TO his name, she
would be sent to bed. The next morn
ing, when he presented himself in the
royal apartments. where the family as
sembled, the little miss said flippantly:
Good morning, BrOwn!'
Then, as she saw the eyes of her
Gueen-mother fixed upon her, she rose,
and, with curtc~y, continues:
And good night, Brown, for am
going to bed.
And she walked resOlutely away to
her punishment.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-23
The Effect of Heat.

"How is it the operating expenses OF
the road are more in summer than in
winter?" demanded an irate stOckhold-
er who had just been assessed.
because the road is longer in sum-
mer, and trains have further to run. "
replied the smiling president. If the
hot spell continues the line may ex-
pand SO as to make it necessary to cut
it oil ut one end.
Aud after the stakeholder had paid
up and lett. the president smiled again
and sold more stock short, while the
secretary figured up another assess