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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-16
RAPID TRANSIT TO ETERNITY.
HOW Nitro-Glycerine is Carried on the
Elevated Railroads.

How NttrC-GlyC6Iluo 10 SdIIl0o On IL0
Elevated Railroads.
Nrv YORK Nov 10.-An acquaintance
down town. upon whom l had called on
business one day recently, casually intro
duced me to young man seated in his
office, saying:
"His profession is one that 1 fancy you
1vould hardly like to adopt"
What is it?' | asked.
stHe is a well-shoouer."
had heard of the reckless men whose
trade it is TO explode nitro glycerine in
natroleum wells to increase their flow, by
the breaking up of the subterranean rick
strata. and looked at him with some curios-
;tv He was good-looking young fellow,
not more than % or 80 years old, well built.
rith an intelligent face, to which light
xtaely-blue eyes, high cheek bones and a
broad lower jaw gave an expression of fear
Iessness and resolution. We engaged in
conversation about his peculiar business. in
which he said he had spent five years, and
ba made nv back cold by the calm matter
cs-fact way in which he told how it was
carried on about his, blackboard rides" with
loads of nitro-glycerine at night over rough
mountain roads; about former partner
who once started on such a ride and only
cot half way to his destination, a big hole
IN the ground showing where he had stopped
and being all Cne record Iel6 Oh Ine man, Ohe
horses or the blackboard wagon; about a
blacksmith who undertook to repair a
wagon on which some nitro-glycerine had
run down from leaky can. and who, at
the first tapof his hammer, was spread in
little bits, mixed up with splinters of his
shop. all over the surrounding territory;
about an ill-advised and quick-tempered
Celt who kicked out of his way a can fro m
which all the nitro-glycerine had been
noured that would run ven in drops, and who
thereupon disappeared from mortal vision
quicker than sheol could o,ila sl ii leather;
equally well calculated to reassure any
bodv as to the safety of toying with nitro
glycerine. He told stories, too, of what
evidently seemed to him much more re-
markable occurrences, when the sensitive
explosive, even though it must have been
s0rely tempted, had not 'gone off"
Once such incident he located here in New
York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-16
FURNISHINGS.

Canes, handkerchief Collars Cuffs Etc. See
our New Scarf
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-16

AN UNPLEASANT TRAVELLING COMPANION.
One by one, with double line, the three
long casos-together containing twelve
quarts of nitro-glycerine, | was informed
were very carefully and gingerly lowered
to the bottom of the we'll, nearly $50 feet.
Then, thing had not seen before was
brought to light. 1t was the goodwill, a
heavy iron cylinder, with a illuminate cap
on end containing several pounds of nitro
glycerine. 1t was not lowered, but dropped
into the well, with its capped end down
ward, and disappeared from view with lit
tie swish" Hardly had we sprung back a
few yards when a dull muffied roar far
below and a tremor of the ground told that
the goodwill" had done its work. Some
water shot up from the mouth of the well,
mingled with white, sulphurous, sweet
smelling smoke and something heavy
dropped out of it, probably a fragment of
the "go-devil" or bit of rock, though we
could not find it and only knew of it by
hearing it fall upon a board, from
which it bounded off into the
darkness. The noise of the explosion was
very much less then / had anticipated it
would be, and might very well have been
passed off by the Waterman upon an in
qusitive policeman, had there been one, as
merely the fall of some heavy beam or pile
of lumber.
Altogether, it was quite a tame perform
ance, one not at all calculated to convey an
adequate idea of what would be the terrible
effects of the explosion of a couple of gal
Ions of nitro-gIycerine above ground, in a
street or upon an elevated railroad train.
JAMES III. Connolly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-16

Bill -" he said, was bringing
down couple of four-quart cans, full of
nitro-glycerine, from the factory up near
Pelham A wagon carried him to Harlem,
and there he took the Third Avenue Ele-
waited railroad down to Hanover square.
He had secured one of the cross seats in the
middle of car and naturally took as good
care of the stuff as he could, for of course
if anything had happened to it. he carrying
it in his lap, would be the first one to have
noticed it-supposing he had time to notice
anything. There wasn't much of a crowd
on the train, and all went smoothly until
they reached the Forty second street station.
here great lot of people, who had prob
ably just got into town by Harlem or
New Haven train, came charging with
rush into the car where Bill was seated.
Just before that he had got to feeling so
easy that he had set one of the cans on the
floor between his feet In order to be quite
comfortable When the rush came stout
man plunged at the vacant seat beside Bill,
and half fell into it and against Bill with
such violence as to knock over the can on
tie floor, which fell across Bills foot and
against the side of the car. The stout man
said, Excuse me- very politely, but he
wouldn't have said that or anything else if
that glycerine had done what might reason
ably have been expected from it under such
provocation. I have known it to turn loose
and tear things for much less of a shakeup
than it got that time. When Bill got down
to the office with his load he was white yet
about the gills and mad clear through. He
would rather have whipped that stout man
then found 800, but he had sense enough
30 know that a scrimmage there would have
been extra-hazardous-a the insurance men
say-for all concerned"
What would have been the probable
effects if these two gallons of nitro-gylcerine
had exploded!
well, there might have been some pieces
Of the locomotive picked up, but it's hard to
say what would have become of the cars and
and passengers"
And is nitro-glycerine frequently carried
on elevated trains"
sit is occasionally, at least" replied the
shooter, with a smile; land on the horse
ears too You don't suppose man is going
70 walk and carry a load seven or eight
miles, when he may just as we'll ride and go
quicker, do you!"
But the danger"
Doesn't he take his full share of it, He
nas dead sure thing on it that, If the stuff
should go off. whatever might happen to
other people, he could not escape. And he
IS as careful as it is possible to be. With
care to avoid jars, and quick jclts, or
SHOCKS, nltro-glycerine-at ordinary tenn
perature-may be carried as safely as but
termilk, generally. When we have occa-
Hon, however, to transport any consider
sole quantity of it through the streets
more than man can carry conveniently
and look out for-we employ carriage,
one that has soft, easy springs, and have the
driver go slowly over the smoothest pave
ments that we can find on our route"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-16
Sanitary Underwear.

We direct close attention to our Direct I'm
portation from Germany of SANITARY IN
DYED NATURAL WOOL UNDERWEAR for
it highly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-16
Business and

Prince Aberts and Getaways, in Clays Wor-
steds. Fine Long Sack Suits. The very Largest
and Finest Variety of Gents Clothing ever
shown. Prices and Quality tell.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-16
Across the Continent

From the Atlantic seaboard daily journey
thousands OF immigrants, hosts Of enterprisirg
tourists for pleasure, occasional European
seekers for material for books on America.
multtudes OF hardy native and foreign agri-
culturists and artizsns. all eager, all expectant,
but all unaccustoued to the new climate Of the
frontier, and all unfit-unless protected with
medicinal safeguard-to encounter malaria, the
chief foe 10 health in regions newly cleared and
opened up for settlement. These western bound
travellers will find in Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers the safety from malaral infection they
might vainy seek from other sources. Tried
in ali parts Of the world, under exigencies the
best fitted to show It's value. it has failed no
where under the most exacting conditions. In
so many lands is it in request that the demand
for IL may well be termed universal. Not only
malaria, but constipation, dyspepsia. bilious
ness rheumatism, debility. nervousness and In.
action Of the kidneys, are thoroughly relieved
by t.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-16
OVERCOATS.

We pride ourselves on the Magnitude and
Variety of our Overcoats for Men, Boys and
Children, in Straight and Cape Styles Our
Overcoats were bought right The public can
profit by our inside advantages YOU'LL
NEED ONE SOON
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-16
SHOOTING A WELL.

>, And doyou warn the driver what his
freight isl"
Not much. THERE'S likely to be pre-
ludice in his mind.n
9, But is there not a law against bringing
1ne high explosives into the cityi"
On, yes. But how is a policeman, or
anybody else, going to guess the contents Of
= TN cang And you don't suppose we label
sne cant 1t may even he neatly wrapped
10 paper, so as not to give away the fact
mat there is can at all, and then, who lie
gong to suspect it, Same with it as with
everything else, if it is required it can
De got, wherever it is in demand, law or no
But what requirement exists for nitro
elycerine here in New York;"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-16

Imported Braided Velvet Suits for Boys
Pretty as Pictures,
All-Wool So so Kilt Suits for Children. The
Biggest Trade ever offered in Savannah.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28

One of the most valuable documents
embodied in the forthcoming report
of the Board CT Agriculture, will be
the catalogue of the flora of Vermont,
prepared by Prof. George H. Perkins Of
the State university. An imperfect cata-
logue of the kind was prepared by Prot
Perkins in 1882. This has now been re
vised. much enlarged, errors corrected
and the species indexed with care, and it
forms beyond doubt one of the most
valuable contributions to the natural
history of our State that has ever been
printed. The flora of Vermont, as
Prof. Perkins remarks in the in
PRODUCTION to his catalogue, has
long been attractive to botanists. In
our Champlain valley is a considerable
group of Western trees and plants not
found elsewhere in New England, and on
the SUBMITS of our mountains are found
small group of Alpine plants of especial
interest to the botanist. Important
changes in our fora have also occurred,
and others are in progress, occasioned by
the clearing of the forests, the draining
of swamps and the introduction of species
previously unknown, the seeds of which
nave Detn Drought Hllner ny dccluenl Ut
design. While considerable portions of
our State have never been carefully eX-
plored by any botanist, Prof. Perkins is
able to give list of 1860 varieties of trees
and plants, comprised in 479 separate or
ders, with brief notes of the habitat Of
each and the names of the original cata-
loguers of many species and as his list
gives the common as well as scientific
names of most of the orders and species,
the catalogue will be found valuable by
many unscientific lovers and students of
nature. A special edition of the cata-
logue has been printed in one of the hand.
soonest pamphlets ever printed in Yer
mont, from the press of the FREE PRESS
association and it cannot fail to be in
wide demand, both in and out of the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28

In the introduction of the joint resolu-
ton appropriating $780, 200 to be expended
under the direction of the president for
the reliefofIthe yellow fever sufferers, Sen
ator Edmunds expressed the deep and
universal sympathy of the North with the
people of the region where that terrible
epidemic is raging. The appropriation
for the restraint and quarantine of the
disease cannot be used for the help of the
sufferers, and Mr.. Edmunds voiced uni
versal Northern sentiment, when he said
that "whie the citizens of the United
States were contributing out of their pri-
vate means as literally as they might in
aid of these stricken people, the
whole people of the United States
ought (for the sake of humanity
and the public good to contribute out of
the treasury of the United States to aid
not only the sick, but those who have left
their homes, and to help those communi
ties in their dreadful Distress" The reso-
luton was, as a matter of course, passed
unanimously and without debate, aud will
doubtless meet with similar approval in
the House.
A week more of such weather as has
been prevailing along the Gulf coast may
turn the epidemic into panic which will
extend throughout the South. Several
cases are now reported at Galveston, and
the governor of Texas refuses to remove
the quarantine from New Orleans because,
he AYERS, he has the most certain intellig-
ence that there have been cases there,
The fever is now believed to have a foot
hold in Fernandina and Gainesville, Fla,
and perhaps in other places in that State.
Charleston and Savannah will de we'll if
they succeed in guarding themselves.
Meanwhile the rate of prevalence of the
fever at jacksonville, considering that the
population has sunk to about 1900, with
some 5000 of these colored people who are
in considerable measure exempt, is very
high. Jack Frost is more effective in
quelling this dread disease than either
dollars or doctors can be, but as no relief
of this sort can be looked for before the
last of October at the earliest the outlook
is gloomy enough.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28
ROYAL BAKING POWDER.
THE GOVERNMENT TESTS ESTABLISH ITS ABSO-
Lutte SUPERIORITY

Prof. IT. A. Mott employed by the [. S. Govern
ment to analyze the various baking powders of the market
to determine which the best and most economical for
government use After careful and thorough eNamin
alton, he alirms it his Judgment that the Royal is
undoubtedly the purest and mos; reliable baking powder
made. Prof Mott, in his report, says:
''The Royal Baking Powder is absolutely pure, for
have found it in many made both for that COM
pany and the L. S. Government.
81 will go still further and state that because of the
facilities that company have for obtaining perfectly pure
of tartar and for other dependent upon the
proper proportions of the same and the method of its
preparation the Royal Baking Powder is undoubtedly
the purest and most reliable baking powder offered to the
public DIR. HENRY A. MOTT, PHI. d."
:. s. Gegeransot Chemist.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28

yer, has had very successful season,
having carried 1924 passengers alto
Rether, which is over 1000 more than
were carried last year, This makes very
good showing for the season, which com
menced June s and closed September IA.
When the White Wings safety was
made known Monday morning, Com
modore Wetmore came to this city and
displayed on the club house the Interna
tional Code signal flag with the letters b.
+. NJ. underneath, meaning, "She is
righted and she is all safe" Mr. Fred
Johonnott drove Mr.. Gray and Mr. Fred
Wakefield to DR.. Webbs Monday after
the yacht, which had been righted ana
bailed out before their arrival.
AS some young men were passing down
St. Paul street Tuesday at II O'Clock p. m
they discovered Il fire which had started
close to the dry house of the Venetian
Blind company. Calling Waterman
from one of the adjoining mills the fire
was quickly put out. 1t had started,
probably by spontaneous combustion, in
n box of waste which stood near the build.
ing. Fortunately there was scarcely a
breath of wind or the city would probably
have been visited by another dsastro us
fire.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28

In adopting the New York Star for
their campaign organ the democratic ma
tional committee has apparently got its
hands full. The paper has for some time
been in bad way financially but the en-
ployes put up with the delays in the pay
ment of their wages when the proprietors
satisfied them that they were doing the
very best they could. When the demo-
cratic committee took hold with its alleg-
ed unlimited Doodle the employees thought
they might as well have their pay more
promptly. But there was no improve
ment so last week the editors and report
ers struck and refused to go to work I'M
til they were guaranteed their pay when
1t was due.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28

The present law prohibiting the inpor-
tation of foreigners under contract to la
Dor should be amended, and its scope en-
larged by prohibiting the importation of
foreigners under contract to marry. The
cargo of prospective Swedish brides, who
were landed at New York few days ago,
is likely to have depressing effect on the
ma rimonial market, so far as that re-
lates to the opportunities of the natives of
this glorious republic. 1t is plainly the
duty of the United States government to
aid the many thousand hearts in our own
country, which are at present wasting
their sweetness on the desert air, and so it
behooves Congress to at once pass a law
prohibiting the importation of women for
nuptlal purposes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28
The Coming Session of the Legis
lature.

The session of the Vermont Legislature,
which opens next Wednesday, will be the
one hundred and nineteenth for general
legislation, not counting several extra
sessions which have been called for spec
ial purposes. Though no United States
senator is to be chosen, and no very eX-
citing issue is to be decided by it, it will
be an important and interesting session
Sessions of the body which makes the
laws of the. wealth are always
important, and the single matter of the
revision of our. school laws, which is to
come before this Legislature would make
the coming session of especial Importance,
if there were no other important legis-
lation demanded from it. But in addition
to this the question of State control of the
railroads will be again brought forward
by measures designed to give greater
power to the State railroad commission
to forbid free passes and otherwise to
guard the public interests and still other
subjects of serious public import will com
mand the attention of our lawmakers. OF
course there will be the usual number of
private bills, and of attempts to tinker
the laws by general misunderstanding
actual though unacknowledged reference
TO the promotion of special interests.
In regard to all these matters, the read
ers of the FREE PRESS will be kept posted
by special correspondents, who will give
early and accurate information OF
the set of the legislative currents and
OF the inside course of events as well rs OF
the open routine oflegsaton. AS to these
| of terG f,t II
be added the news of the political cam
paigu which will henceforth be becoming
daily more exciting, till it eliminates in
the national election few weeks hence
this is a time when no intelligent citizen
of Vermont can afford To be without 4
daily paper; and certainly no daily car
serve Vermonters better in respect to al
these subjects, than the FREE PRESS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28

1t was well said by a republican speaker
in the House (Mr. Cannon last week
"When we recollect that in the canvass of
1884 tae democratic rallying cry was that
the public service was honey combed with
corruption and extravaganza and that a
change should be made in the conduct of
affairs so that an era of economy might be
restored to the country say in the Ii hit
of all that this increase of appropriations
over those made under republican admin
strations is significant. One of two
things is true--either the republican ad
ministratien was wonderfully economical
1--WE all know it was efficiently or Mr.. Cleve-
lands administration is wonderfully eX
travagant." The truth is, both statements
are true
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28

The number of voters coming of age, in
excess of the number removed by death, is
about eight per cent every four years
that Is, about 800, 900 in this country. The
number of naturalized will undoubtedly
swell this number far above the million
mark. While many of these new voters
will vote as their fathers or other relatives
vote, the minds of many are open to con
viction and the instruction of these new
voters is one of the most important duties
of the hour. With all the noise ard en-
thusiasm that attaches to it, an American
political campaign is a great school in
which patriotism is the principal study.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28

The fiscal year of the United States
treasury department begins July in each
calendar year. On the first of December
the secretary of the treasury sends to
Congress estimates of the amounts and
money which will be required by each de-
partmenl of the government for the COM
lug fiscal year. These estimates for the
years 1889 SO 81 SIS, under republican adj
ministration, amounted to 1899, l22, 356. A.
The estimates for the next four fiscal
years, under Cleveland's democratic adj
ministration, amounts to 81 ,052 442, l4S II
being an increase of more than STA, 0O0,-
900 in the amount of money asked for.
The amount actually appropriated by
Congress upon these estimates for the last
four fiscal years OSS6S9) under the pres
ent administration was + 039, 55S 444 AZ.
The amount appropriated for the previous
four years (SS2-S5l under President Ar
thur was S943,l13, 1870 Ca difference Of
over ninCtV.SiC MILTON dollars in favor
of republican administrations. The demo.
cratic economy" appears to be of about
the same quality as democratic "reform."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28

Is not a premium at all in the usual sense OF
the wOrd-not II cheap book nor any elap-ttap,
but n ncy saved on the best reading matter
We will send the FREE PRESS and the Forum
for one Year to any address Tor $500 The usual
price of the two being $500 the Forum $500
and the FREE Press fl.00. The Forum Is the
New York monthly review in which the most
distins uished writers on both sides OF every
question discuss living issues, Its contribut.
ors lead aDd mould public opinion; and dur
log year, every subject, political, social
economic, literary and religious, that comes
up is treated by the highest authorit es. This
offer is made only for few months.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28

1t is said that Miss Virginia MacTavish,
a young Southern lady, is engaged to be
married to the Duke of Norfolk, and if the
report proves true, the marriage, when it
takes place, will doubtless throw the
Duke of ELECTROMAGNETIC. Hamersley
wedding quite into the shade. The Am
erican people in general will care very
little whether this p Particular young lady
marries this particular duke or whether
she does not. But general observation
might be made that it ought not to be ne
cessary to the happiness of an American
girl that she should marry an English no.
bleman. While the Duke OF Norfolk is
said to be very estimable gentleman, a
large ma ority Of British aristocrats are
poor trash, Haunting title which may
only mean that they are descended from a
man who, several hundred years ago, rem
dered to king some service not neces-
sarily noble, and possibly degrading. The
sensible American girl desires to marry
a good, honorable, manly man, who has
been made noble by nature rather than
| by king.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28

The head waiter at the United States
Hotel In Saratoga has just died worth
SSO, 900 which he picked up in fees at the
hotel. While this is probably an exag-
gerated case, It serves as an illustration
of what is going on all over the land, The
hotel proprietors are in measure respon-
sible tor this pernicious system which has
grown to such magnitude that in many
places the guest who does not promptly
make himself victim finds himself sadly
neglected.