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The Progress., 1888-02-18
MISUNDERSTANDING.

Doft Young Women Turn Out Six Gross
- q Day In One Shop.
''How do we make kaleidoscopesr
Come this way and I will show you y
The speaker, a thin-faced German,
long engaged in manufacturing
kaleidoscopes, led the way into a
small store. At work bench EXTEND
ing the entire length of the shop many
girls were busy.
''The first young woman" said the
manufacturer. wraps the black paper
about the glass refectors that produce
the optical illusion. These strips Of
glass, when thus arranged and fastened
together, form the body of the
kaleidoscope. The next girl simply
inserts the united refectors into
the pasteboard cover and then
passes the octagonal pasteboard
tube to her neighbor. Num-
ber three adjusts the brass ring which
secures the glass discs in the end. Be-
tween the discs. or plates, are placed
the scraps Of colored glass, the beads
and various trinkets which tumble
about as the kaleidoscope is revolved.
and when reflected by the mirrors form
themselves into ever-shifting mathe-
matical figures The other young
women are armed with hammers to
break the colored glass into fragments.
We obtain the colored glass from the
waste scraps purchased very cheaply
OF stained-glass manufactures The
kaleldoscopes retail at seventy five
cents each. We can make six gross 4
day of this kind, and about twenty
gross of the five-cent kind. The finest
factory is in Providence. r. L Carpet
designers get many of their patterns
from tho Kaleidoscope. "-M. 4 Mail
and Esprssa
The Progress., 1888-02-18
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

If the oven is too hot when bak
ing. place small dish of cold water.
in it.
If you would get the most out of
your feed, grind the grain and cut the
fodder.
-Wetting the hair thoroughly once
or twice day with solution of salt
and water will keep it from falling
out
Single varieties of hyacinths are
the most satisfactory for Towering in
glasses. A few drops of ammonia
placed in each hyacinth. glass, when
changing the water, is very beneficial.
Those planting the chestnut should
be careful to get trees from seed
grown at least as far north as where
they are to be set. Seed from the
South will not bring trees which are
hardy North. american Garden.
German Toast for, Dessert.-C in
thin slices loaf of bread, soak half an
hour in sweet milk. take out the bread,
beat two eggs, small spoonful of but
ter, tablespoonful of corn-starch in
milk, dip the slices of bread in and fry
brown; sprinkle with sugar and Gin
namon.-Good Cheer.
Pink gingham and seersucker are
prone to fade, and from being delight
to behold are transformed into dingy,
disagreeable tints. This may be
avoided it they are washed in weak
solution of vinegar and water and
rinsed in a like mixture, which should
have decidedly acid taste.
Silk, or any thing that has silk in
it, should be washed in water that is al
most cold. 1t may be washed in suds
OF nice white soap. but soap must not
be rubbed on; rinse in clear water, al
most cold. Avoid the use of hot irons
to smooth silk. Either rub dry with
soft cloth or put between towels and
press with weights. -s
Study the plants. Notice their
drinking habits. 1t will soon be seen
which will need the most water. It
will be found that they will take but
very little if the day be dark; if it be
pleasant they will require more.
Especially in the first part of winter
is this noticeable. The days are short
and often cloudy: The plants have
not filled the pots with roots. therefore
it is better to be on the safe side and
not give too much water.
Gardeners should gather up all the
bones scattered about the yards, and
prepare them for use in fertilizing their
lands. There are various ways of do
ing this. One is to mash them with
an old axe or sledge-hammer, the finer
the better, and place the broken pieces
into barrel or other vessel, inter-
spersed with layers of good hardwood
unslacked ashes. Keep the mass
moist, not allowing the lye or potash
to escape. In few months the bone
will become jelly.
The Progress., 1888-02-18
PlTH AND POINT.

The seat of learning-the bench.
--NeW Aqe
Getting up with the son is com.
mon practice where there is a teethine
boy baby in the family. Detroit Free
Press.
Blame is always safe. for nothing
IN the way Of human thought or con
ceptlon ever was or ever can be per-
tect. Julian Haacth orse.
"A Western travelling chiropodist
recently placarded W. stern Kan sa.
town with the announcement: .See
the corncuring hero comes
Humility in an consists not in
denying any gift that is in him. but a
Just valuation of it; rather thinking
too meanly than too highly. Ray.
The young man who would waste
time kissing girls hand would eat
the brown paper bag and leave the
hot-house grapes for some one else. -
So'nerville Journal
"A man should never be ashamed
to own he has been in the wrong.
which IS but saying in other words
that he is wiser to-day than he was
yesterday. Pope.
Caleb Whiteford. the noted pun
ster, seeing lady earnestly knottlne
some fringe, asked what she was do
ing. "Knotting, SIR she replied,
and asked him. stCan von knof ~,
Il can not,' he answered.
Have a smoke, Simson?'' said
his friend. as he passed out fragrant
Havana. mo. thank you. I've sworn
of ''Well, put one in your pocket
to smoke tomorrow" = Hartford
Eve'ateg Post. --. se
1t was shrewd maxim of Yves.
ley not to be positive in things OF
doubt and uncertainty. when I was
young man" said he, Il was sure Of
every thing, but in few years. find
ing myself mis- AIKEN in thousand in
stances, I became not half so sure of
most things as b,fore.''
Did she have arawhide when she
assaulted you?" asked his Honor of a
meek gentleman, who accused his
wife with assault with intent to kill.
mo, your Honor" said the poor man,
feeling of himself tenderly, .Im the
one that had the raw hide; in fact.
your Honor I have it still. Buffalo
Courier.
The Progress., 1888-02-18

tor c!emency is signed by prominent men
of all parties, and the strongest feature of
the plea is that the time already served by
Mackin is fully commensurate with the
crime The petition leads off with the fol-
lowing letter from Mackin:
ILLINOIS STATE PENITENTIARY, WARDEN's
OFFICE, JOLIET, ILL.,, Jan. 81, 1So7.-Hon. Il
j. Oylesby. Governor Of Illieois-Dear Sir: I
address you as an applicant for a pardon.
shall not presume to present any argument fol
your consideration. I will plead No merit
simply prefer the request and say this, which
seems to me to be proper: For any offense
which have committed against the laws Of
the land express sincere regret, and pledge
myself that should you see your way clear to
grant my prayer, my future endeavor will be
to SO order my ways as to win the
appreciation of all good citizens. I shall
hope, should your excellency interpose the
power vested in you to shorten my term that
Imay in some measure repair my shattered
fortunes, and In legitimate business con.
tribute to the support and happiness of my
family, and to these ends I shall devote my
life. Humbly beseeching your favorable con.
sideration, am, sir, with great respect, your
obedient servant, JOSEPH C. MACKIN." i
The petition is signed by Judge Moran,
who presided at the trial, all the member 9
of the special grand jury, all but three Of
Cne fe0eral peGlt Jurors VINO cOnVlcCed, the
Federal and State prosecutors, most
Of the members Of the Federal
ind jury, several judges of Cook
County, United States Senator Far.
well, the mayor Of Chicago, the custom
house and post-oface officials Of Chicago,
the editors and proprietors of the leading
Chicago papers, a large number of Senators
and Representatives OF the General Assem-.
bly, IN Chicago and throughout the State
and vast number Of other prominent per.
sonagea
The Governor has not announced his de-
c:ston, but the fact that he has allowed the
papers to be perused by the correspondents
contrary to all precedenis in pardon cases
is taken as an evidence that he intends par.
don. and, in fact, it is difficult to conceive
how he can refuse in the face of the almost
unanimous plea for clemsncy.
The Progress., 1888-02-18
MANAGEMENT OF BEES.
Spring Days When They Can Be Handled
with Perfect Safety.

SPSAuS OayS "non 1ney Can be Handled
with Perfect Safety.
Cellar wintering will not admit of
early handling SO as to enable us to
bring colonies up to the highest state
OF perfection, and to reap the richest
reward in hone y crops during the
early honey flows. Therefore, I pre-
fer to have them on their summer
stands in chaff hives There are many
fine days from the first of March until
spring fairly opens when we can
handle bees in perfect safety. I have
found to my entire satisfaction that
there is no time during the year that
my attention is more demanded than
during March and April. Those two
months are the key to large honey
crops, and l must have my bees in
such shape at this time that I can
attend to their wants. l endeavor to
put my bees in the best possible con-
dition for safe wintering during the
fall months, but at my regular time
OF making examination during the fol-
lowing March, have never failed to
find that attention was needed, and.
often many colonies are saved lust at
the nick of time. I may have been
very particular to give each colony in
the fall the necessary amount of pro-
visions, but from some cause am not
able to explain, many will consume al
most their entire stores by the follow
ing March, while others have abun-
dance In reserve Hence, such
colonies must be provided with pro-
visions or they will starve long before
spring sets in.
While it is fact that food can not
be provided in winter weather in some
forms, it can be in perfect safety in
others, and not only in perfect safety,
but it is very beneficial to healthy colo
nies, and very healing to those affected
with dysentery. This most dreaded
disease generally shows itselfin March,
and fine days, together with careful
manipulating, will bring such colonies
through. All colonies badly affected
thus should be placed upon clean
combs and provided with candy made
from pure granulated sugar. This
candy is the only safe winter food we
can give bees. Liquid food of any
kind fed to bees during winter is very
damaging to them. It tends to pro-
duce dysentery, while this candy re-
ferred to will tend to heal it. After
the weather has become broken and
the bees can get a good fight once
or twice per week, we can safely feed
liquid food, and we should commence
as soon as possible by feeding little
to every colony once day. From
this time forth all depends entirely
upon our management as to the force
of bees we have on hand ready for the
work when the harvest comes. By
judicious feeding to stimulate brood
rearing, we can easily have our force
double what it would otherwise have
been if allowed to take their chances.
Large crops Of honey wholly depend
upon the strength of colonies, not
upon the numbers in the hive.-A IL
Duff IN Ohio Former.
The Progress., 1888-02-18

In the sparsely settled regions of
the South liquor issold, if at all, in the
general stores, and these will not take
the risk Of losing their general trade
BY selling liquors surreptitiously when
public sentiment has decided in favor
Of prohibition. But they can sell Ja-
maica ginger, and the thirsty topper can
become fairly drunk on a half-pint
bottle of this mixture of alcohol and
essence Of ginger. In view Of he use
of Jamaica ginger as an Intoxicating
beverage, the town officers Of Dawson-
Vile. Ga, have passed an ordinance
prohibiting the sale Of that tipnle with-
In the town limits.
The Progress., 1888-02-18

Cover nor Oglesby,
and presented q petit
ton and q mass of
letters and ind orse-
ments, constituting
probably the strong
est plea for execu-
tive clemency ever
laid before an ex-
ecuuve of Illinois.
While tn e crime
committed by Mack
in, to conceal which
he perjured himself
before the grand
jury, was of a polit-
ical nature, the plea
The Progress., 1888-02-18
LATER NEWS.

AT fire in Brooklyn, N. T., on the 18th,
the Harper House was burned and sew en-
persons were injured.
The Odd Fellows building at Augusta,
O., was burned on the 18th. Loss about
$3J,c0l.
1RoNroN, O., had an $50, 900 fire on the 18th
The barque Gray Eagle was ashore at
Little sland beach on the 18th, and wa
exp. cted to prove a total loss. The crew
were taken off y the l fe saving men.
A WASHINGTON tell gram says that new
counterfeit bill has come to light 1t Is an
Imitation OF the five dollar silver csrtif1ca.e,
and is a good imitation in appearance,
though it is about three 81 >teenths of an
inch shorter than the genuine bill.
THERE died in Washington, on the 18th
Mrs Wealtha A. Emmons, q woman who
his had quite checkered career.
WILLIAM KELLY, who invented the pro-
cess of treating steel known the
s'Bessemer," died at Louisville, KY, on the
10Th. s. *..-,
that the condition of the Crown Prince was
unchanged.
AT the walking match in New York City
Albert made 621H miles during the week,
and seven others made from 525 to 582
miles
AT Punta Garda, Fla, on the 11th,
Teemer beat Mckay in the rowing match.
Distance six miles; time 41:46.
In New York City, on the 11th, general
raid was made on the BUCKET shops.
AUGUSTUS CAzAURAN, the celebrated dram
atist, is reported to be dying in New York
City.
REPoRrs from Browns Valley, Mimi,
state that that place is again blockaded by
snow.
The Linden Railway Co., of st. Louis,
Mo-, has adopted electricity as motive pow
or.
THE local finance committee of Chicag
have raised $4,000 to defray expenses of
the Democratic National convention, pro-
vided it be held in that city.
THREE thousand socialists assembled in
Trafalgar Square, London, on the 18th, but
were dispersed by a large body of police.
A PACK of wolves in Sanger's circus, at
London, Eng, broke loose on the 18th and
created great commot on, but they were
finally trapped in stable after an exciting
time.
Two prisoners escaped from jail at St
Paul, Mimi, on the morning Of the 18th by
cutting through the roof and making rope
from the canvas coverings of their cots
The Progress., 1888-02-18

4 The Dupont Powder Manufactory at Wan.
wsliopsn. Pa, Blown Up-Four Persons
Killed and Forty Others Badly Injured
Livery Building In the Village Damaged
Surrounding Towns Shaken-ssveral
Lives Lost by Explosions at Other
Places.
MANaLED BY BURSTING POWDER.
WnKEsBARRE, Ps., Feb. IA violent ex-
ploson occurred at the Dupont powder
works at Wapwallopen at 9:55 yesterday
morning in which four men were killed.
many injured, and great deal of
damage done Peter Kishbough, George
Stout, Olean Teats and John Rossman
We're at work in the packing house
where great quantity of powder was
stored, when the explosion happened.
How the accident occurred is not known.
as the four men were blown to pieces Over
forty other men were more or less seriously
hurt and every building in Wapwallopen
was either damaged or wrecked At Nanti
coke, Shickshinny and Wananie, neigh
boring villages, glass was broken and
chimneys were toppled over. The shock
was distinctly felt in Wilkesbarre, although
twenty miles away. None of the injured
will die The injuries were mostly caused
by flying fragments. The new Methodist
church at Wapella, Pa, 300 feet away. was
completely wrecked There were two tons
of powder in the building There is no
trace of the packing house left. not even
the foundation Rocks weighing over q
hundred pounds were blown to q top of a
mountain quarter of mile away Du-
yonts lOsa, and the loss of some thirty
buildiags more or less shattered, will be
several thousand dollars
pr0wN rO pruoua nv >,nr,<> - x,<,,,,,>>.x
THF1N, O., Feb 1O.-Mr. Pinckuey. of
Toledo, the well-shooter, and Harry john
son, workman, were literally blown to
pieces by an explosion of nitro -glycerine at
Bellevue yesterday. Some time ago 100
quarts Of nitro glycerine was shipped to
Bellevue to be used in shooting a
gas well, and buried for safe keeping
In deep pit until it could be used The
two men named were digging the explosive
up when, according to one account, one of
them struck his pick into the nitro -glycer-
inc. 1t exploded at once. Not a piece of
the body of either of the men weighing
five pounds could be found but shreds of
flesh and bloody matter hung on the
trees and rocks and roofs of houses
for great distance from the mine. The
buildings in the neighborhood of the ex-
plosion were badly wrecked, and the shock
was felt at Tifan, sandusky, Put-iu- Bay and
other places A large crowd of people who
were at the gas well narrowly escaped with
their lives. The scene about the place
where the nitro-glycerine was fred is de-
scribed as one of peculiar desolation and
wreck.
KILLED By Bo1IEB EXPLOSION
WABASH, Ind, Feb. ia boiler exploded
on the farm of John Spencer near Lincoln
Vile yesterday, killing two men. They
had just started up a sawing-machine
when the explosion took place, in
stantly killing s T. Smith John Hale
had the top of his head blown off and
died an hour afterward. Several others
were hurt by the flying pieces of the boiler,
but the thickness of the underground saved
their lives. Nothing was left of the saving
but wheel and few scraps of iron.
Pumping cold water into the boiler caused
The Progress., 1888-02-18
DOMESTIC,

On and gas was struck on the 7th at St
Louis while boring an artesian well at
Grone's brewery
WHLlAA MEANS, president of tho Metro
pol1tan National Bank of Cincinnati, was
arrested on the 9TH by Government officers,
charged With violations Of the banking
laws
A PITTsBuRGH 1aborer named ONeill shot
and killed his wife on the 9TH and then ia
tally shot himself through jealousy:
RICHARD 4 Fox, the noted sporting man,
was arrested in New York on the 9TH,
charged with violation of the law in en-
eouraging prize fighting
+. GRorE g. Co, of New York, manufact-
;urers of ivory goods failed ON the 9TH for
GAIL, 600
Anderson, Ind, was blown to pieces by q
killing Fenton Rogers and badly injuring
4Ea Norton and her daughter As..
BIZ the bursting of burrs on the 7th in q
new corn mill at Roadlands, Ill, John c.
Rays, wel-known farmer, and his son
Andrew were killed, and two other persons
were seriously wounded.
MRS. JOHN STEVENSON, aged thirteen years,
who has been twice married, was in St
Joseph, Mo-, on the 7th in search of her
second husband, who had forsaken her
She was married when ten years old and
has had two children. sar
DURING January seventeen families left
tho Ottawa Consular district to settle in the
United States ~
CLEAAm g., W. J. Gordon's famous trot-
ting mare, record 2:15, and valued at
$2O, 600, died on the 9TH near Cleveland, o.
WHLIAA BALL shot and killed Miss Eva
Everett on the 9TH at her home near
Btewartsville, Mo-, because she refused to
marry him, and then killed himself
JuDaE SAGE, of Cincinnati decided on the
7th that bank directors are not crminally
liable for the acts of cashiers unless their
connection with the crime is definitely
shown. ~-sE
Fou1 eounterfeiters were arrested on the
7th near Saline, Ill. and large amount Of
spurious coin was secured
FIVE brothers named Wise were arrested
on the 9TH at FairmOunt, Ill i, on the charge
pf numerous robberiea
At the annual meeting in Des Moines on
the 9TH of the Iowa Temperance Alliance
the secretary stated that eight of the
eighteen district judges reported crime
aessened by the Prohibition law; seventy
ione counties reported the law success and
fourteen said 1t was failure; tie effect in
business was said to be good by twenty one
reports and bad by two, and twenty -four
saloons We're reported to be in operation,
against three thousand when the law was
passed
JOHN WassRR, of o,Hara township, near
Pittsburgh, Pa, committed suicide on the
Sth He was worth 500, 900, and his
wealth weakened his mind.
An accident to q oable-car train on the
eth at Kansas City fatally injured three per-
sons
WMLIAM MANN, his brother-in-law, wife
and two children, Of Toledo, O., were prob
ably fatally I'll on the 9Th Of trichinosis from
ating diseased pork.
OK the Sth United States customs officials
aptured $40, 600 worth Of opium being
nuggled over the Canadian line at Red
veod, n Z
The Progress., 1888-02-18
KILLED By A Bo1LEB EXPLOSION
MACklN SEEKS MERCY.

Tho Strongest Plea for Clemency Evor
Presented to Governor Oglesby-A Very
Ponitential Letter from the Fine Worker
Himsolf-A Pardon Very Probable.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. 11.-Mrs. Joseph
G. Mackin yesterday had an interview with
The Progress., 1888-02-18

mary Of the loss Of lie In the stora,
Deadle County, 9; Bonhomms, 10; Cod
ington, 8; Jerauld, g.; Clark, 2; Edmunds,
6; Brown, 5; Hand, q; Kingsbury, 8; Lin
coin, 20; Sphinx, 4; Turner, Is; Yankton,
8: total. 114n
The Progress., 1888-02-18
FOREIGN.

In speech before the Reichstag on tho
9th in Berlin Prince Bismarck said he be-
lieved the assurances of the Gear that there
would be no war, but 6ermany must be pre-
pared for any emergency:
ADv1cEs of the 9TH from Shanghai say that
nearly two million persons were utterly des-
titute through the Hoang-Ho foods
At Gait, Ont, on the Sth John Curry shot
and killed Henry Main, banker, and then
committed suicide.
STNsoNs Hotel in Belle Ewart, Ont, was
burned on the 8th, and Mrs. Nesbitt and
her youngest child perished in the flames.
The Manitoba bridge, nine hundred and
ninety feet long, at Great Falls, M I. was
completed on the 9Th, and the rails would
be laid at once .~.' ts
TROOPS out after Mexican bandits had q
fight on the Sth and killed three
LONDON advices of the 9Th say that in
Pesth beggar aged eighty -four years tried
to commit suicide by throwing himself
into the Danube because he was no longer
able to support his father and mother, who
are one hundred and fifteen and one hun
dred and ten years old respectively
The Swedish Parliament passed an act
on the 9th laying an import duty on grain,
corn, peas and beans
The English Parliament met on the 9th
and the Queens speech was read
LORD LANsDowNE on the 9th accepted the
position of Viceroy of India. and will leave
Canada for England in June. Lord Stanley
will succeed him as Governor General Of
Canada
THERE were fifty business failures in Cam
ada during the seven days ended on the
10th, being nearly double the usual average
in seven days.
A. J. MORRIS, who murdered J. B. Brushef
at Bever, No Mans Land, was captured ~
mob on the 10th and hanged to rafter
in the principal saloon of the town.
ADvICEs Of the 10th from Vienna say that
enormous avalanches along the line of the
Arlberg railway had resulted in serious loss
of life. and traffic on the road had been
stopped 5.-.E lt
The Progress., 1888-02-18
PERSONAL AND PoLITICAl.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
MISS ETTA S1zATTUCK, the young school.
teacher whose exposure to the recent bl1z-
zard made amputation Of both limbs neo-
essary, died on the 9th at Seward, Neh The
Omaha Bees fund for her benefit had
reached So, ,75O. and would be turned over
to her parents
The wife of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
died on the 9th at the family residence in
Boston, aged sixty mine years.
TIE AnH-Monopoly League on the 7th
issued call for National convention to
be held in New York City August next
A NUMBER Of prominent Republicans met
in San Francisco on the 7th and organized
the Republican State Club of California W.
B. l. Barnes was elected president
STEPHEN J. MEANY, the Irish patriot, who
was editor of the Evening Democrat at Water
bury, Conn, died in that city on the 9th.
The Boaid of Trustees Of Princeton N J.)
College on the 9th elected Prof. Francis
Patton, D. D., LII. D., of Chicago, to sue
ceed President McCosh. resigned
TIE Republicans of Tennessee will hold
their State convention at Nashville May l6
next
HON BENJAMIN EGGLEsToN, a prominens
politician, and twice q Congressman, died
on the 9th at Cincinnati, O., aged seventy
two years
TIE State convention Of Mississippi Re-
pubitcsns to elect sdeleg at4srt TO the National
conveslti0n viii be held W jackson on
April 4.
TIE Kansas Prohibitionists will hold their
State convention, to name Presidential
electors and candidates for State Offices, on
June 13 next -.1.Es ..,-r 4.
The Republican subcommittee of the
National Committee, who were in Chicago
on the 10th arranging the preliminary
details for the National convention, chose
General Filz-Simons for sergeant alarms.
and Mayor Roche as chairman of the exc
ecutive and finance committee. MI: Clark
son, chairman of the subcommittee, said he
had already received over two thousand
applica tiOns for tickets