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Wichita eagle., 1888-03-09
Explosive Powers of Naphtha.

The explosive power Of naphtha and SINH
lar Examinations is being examined into by
Coroner Ashbrldge, of Philadelphia, with re-
suits which pc considers remarkable He was
in New York the other day, and told re-
porter something about the experiments.
There was an explosion of naphtha, he
said, by which number of workmen were
killed and burned. With a view to collect
ing information for the coroner. we nave
been making series of tests. These show
that naphtha is most highly dangerous
thing TO handle. | have been astonished By
its explosive power, and SO have the scientific
men who have assisted me in the tests We
found that four drops was as much as we
could explode with safety in my office in
Philadelphia II we had used more at time
the windows and walls would have suffered
l shall never use uaph:ha in my house again,
and believe a good many other people would
give up its use If they knew what danger
Gus explosive it is."-New York Press
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-09

bird
Il fell on my all fours, my face agin ther
cool groun'; tried ter STAN, but l couldn't
l heerd her fall with duh thud on the
groun' in Their bushes nigh me- I crawled,
feelin' like WIS dead. through Their briers
an underground ter her side. She was dead.
sot thar a-holdin' up her pore yaller head
in my hands, not a-knowIn' what was
about
.'Soon ther folks up thar On ther hillside
thet he'd heard me a-shoutin, came an tuck
US both home.
Tibet night wus a-ravin' clean stracted
outn nv senses All Their time l was in
trance like; il seemed tibet Is a-foatin aroun',
fust up ther side of Their cliff IN q deep fog
a-tryin' my best ter reach bright spot
above me. Then foased over Tier noun
tain, across the river, above Chattanoogy,
an then went down right through ther top
ov Their big stone church. Directly heerd
the big organ a-playin' like a lively war
chune, an / seed ther house packed an
jammed with the fine dressed folks up town.
Then ] seed a man an a oman a-standin'
fore ther parson a-bein' married: aIi's as
still as grave Then Their chune struck up
louder an gladder n ever, and they walked
out ov Their church I cotch a-siSht o. his
face; it WIS Their young Teller with ther OF
Nick's face Id seed afore with pore little
Stella. Then ther big painted winders with
tier Saviour a-waikin' bare foot on EN- went
out of my dream, an the people, the benches
an all
Il amt got much more ter tell ye: two
days arter her death, she was buried 1t
wasn't a gran funeral, but it wus the sad
dest one ever seed
"A Of man an oman sot beside one
anuther on ther fust row: Their mans head
was whittier n snow, an his face was wrinkled
with sorrar: Their oman was bent over AMI
kivered from head ter foot with a black
veil. She wus a-sobbin' like her heart would
break. Betwi1t them an Their parsons stan
wus coffin a-restin on two chairs, an Their
people wus a-singin' 'Ersleep in Jesus as
soft an low as Their wind a-moauin' in ther
trees on ther mountain"
left the good Old countryman wiping his
eyes, and turned TO wend my way back to
the city, passing the spot, now overgrown
with wild shrubbery and luxuriant mountain
weeds and flowers, where poor Stella fell.
The trees and huge powders seemed to
shudier in the deepening shadows, and the
grass beneath my feet shed tears of newly
born dew, SIS if weeping for the tragedy Of
nearly twenty years before.-W. n. Harlem
in Waverley Magazine.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-09
Excursion : Tickets

TO San Diego, Los Angeles. San
Francisco o1d al California
DoiurA, via the Great Southern
Route, good for six months with
stop over privileges and
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-09
Tee Careful IF Her S0Alakin.

During . rain s.orra, not long ago. . lady
VITO entered the car IA which Va riding
wore . gassnsns which voaIA have rsnainsd
q mystery 60 ne bad j: not besa FOR . rs0aArk
made bv ano.ner lady. The cost, II 10 what
Is called . acqus, believe, looked Eks tie
plated tnaAe sf . mans smoking 5acksk II
vas Of Elk, add tee rain bad drsoebsd j:
.hro1Sh The remark made By tie iaAy who
sat beAAs NJ v,s: Il vcoAer Whistler tAas
silly voEan kas ever been tod What seFs Of
animal . nal Is II ~ bad oety kDcv1 that
. seai lives Il shs v.s~ tAs bos pat Il IL
IFS she vssl6a. have turned h4 saAHn in
sids 81, frr fear ses rain vuaH dAAAgS tse
far. fAe lining ef tAas aeqos p ahou:
ruined: - rain vvcknr kavs hurt - t1
. h&k7-Fssssez-y Dispasca
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-09

There Is Scarcely . day On which the jead-
ing s.atiouers do not hsar Of OF have offered
TO them . newly invented vr1ssng lax In
spite Of al tie kinds At TAX there ays 4:
seems that sha right kind 10 sail lacking. AID
vAa fortune awaits The Hsaa who - -
bring it cs. Il must Be daid that writes
black q, once, TIA: cAcass be rubbed q
scratched from The surface of sAs paper, and
that viii never fade The latter - the nsin
thing. Too many inks that Are good When
you 1se tksn disappear, and leAve govern
nssnt archives, wills, deets md records %
many pieces Of snsalised paper vhsa time
h.s had good loaS bOus With then-Se~
YORK SUa
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-09
Not XeH Well Posted.

''Give me some particulars about the fauna
and fora of your region, said a Boston lady
to Florida hotel keeper. And the poor man
henmed and hawed. and finally said: I'VE
get all our meats direct from New York, and
set the best table ever seen in the place
Hotel Gazette
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-09

Ths ~hiSh Art CRAZE in Londcn and Paris
las dooe AMY With IL Cgts sleeve. IN
which the ara had quite Tie eject q .
massage rsl though /: Is qosssou.hie II scns
Of tie drK.et- slAs5sa, ard pulled Affairs Is:
reriacs u arr not evea more Ok uo1s--rss.,es,
sog q ~ Axz nediOvaI-CscAIs ISoA
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-09
48 MILES
The Shortest Route to St Louis

For Colombo, California Orc
gon and all Pacific Coast points
this - the fAvOrite routA
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-09
CHOICE or ROUTES RETURNING

For time tables anc Information
write or call At City Ticket ofSlca
i27 Main s., Wichita, Kan
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-09
Daily eagle
THE MINOR CHORD.

When years gone by my life was glad,
The little 1rrows that had
] sang in sad, sweet song:
But grief has grown too real TO dare
To give it breath in sught save prayer.
S. ". Eidredge in Overland Monthly
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-09

The words Of my prayer wasn't a-comin
out Of ny mouth ike . parson would have
said them, but nv heart was . Dustin With
fear and misery. and what WAS said went
a-shootin' up that stone side night 70 the great
high throne
Il begun to hope, and sot in ter prayin'
harder and harder fer she'd give I'D leokin
over the edge, aud WAS a-drasin' Of her feet
onsartin like away a. if she'd changed her
mind. I never felt sch feeling of conf
dence in prayer in my life, and begun
thsnkin' Of the Lord
'.An at once she stopped still sgin- and
began a-gaEns pint blank at Chastauoogy-
she was a-Ssening at something with her
hand held Close 10 Ter ear, heered il, too;
sound comes mighty easy . long way on the
river when it's stall: knowed what i. was
no soonsr'n I'd heard il.
III was the dins-dong ding dong, Of bell
in the biggest church in town. a-rinSin'
fast and glad like they do AFTER a body.
married
Ny heart stopped ifs beatin': every lick
seemed ter ne was pushin' her higher and
higher the edge. The bell told her that he
was married.
She turned around a-fscin' this way: she
was a-holdin' OF her hands to her ears IS If 20
shut on: the sound Of the bell, and come OF
back SLOW 70 the eise
Ny eyes felt ike they was Dustin oct
OF my had with fear Of what I knowed I
couldn't stop. l tried 20 boiler, bu. nish.
IS wsR have tried 20 reach the moon Tn.
shine bad lef: the rock with . jump. and ~as
a painria' q white cloud N the blue sky red
and gold away up higher on its way TO the
promised land. where God and the a1Sels
have light day an night
Il tried ter csose ny ey@-she was a-gse-
tin ready Ter ter jump Directly seed ther
pore hsele trail shiuG 80 oHn tia rock Lin
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-04-25
simon Cameron on conkiing.


HARRIsBuRc. Pa. April l9.-Gencral ST.
mon Cameron was lying upon an easy sofa
in bis library this afternoon when Press
correspondent was shown in The vener-
able statesman was in good spirits aud chat
ted about men and things in his usuel inter
estiilg style lie spoke Of Roscoe Conkiiug
as the greatest man before the public, and
said that his death would be greatly felt.
L knew him intimately. said the sage OF
Locliel "and it seems sad that he should
have been called away in the very prime of
his physical and mental manhood He made
a good fight, bat the malady from which he
suffered bad too firm a hold upon his splen-
did constitution. Il was Gods viii that he
should have been taken
General Cameron said he first became ac-
quainied with Mr.. Conking about the time
he lCameronl was appointed Minister to
Russia. At that time he was violently as
sailed by some enemies. and Mr. Conkling
defended him a. he alone could. From that
ON to his death there was the friendiiest feel
ing between the aged statesman and the New
Yorker.
In his social life, said General Cameron,
" Mr. Conkling was kindly and very COM
panionable, being lively and very fond OF
joke. Many a time he has driven me about
the outskirts OF Washington during his resi-
dence there, and on these drives we learned
to know each other better than we ever did
before His was brilliant mind, and I've
political prominence had he been permitted
to live" General Cameron thought the sug-
gestion that the 300 survivors attend the fu-
neral should be carried out,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-04-25
George H. penoIeton stricken.

BERLIN. April 20.-Hon. George II. Pen
dleton, United States Minister to this court
suffered slight paralytic stroke on the train
in which he was journeying to Weisbaden
yesterday, upon arriving at that place,
he was, at his own request taken to the hos
pital.
New YoRK. April administer Pendle-
tons son, Francis X. Pendleton, a lawyer of
this city, has received private dispatch
from Weisbaden informing him that while
his father sustained slight apoplectic stroke
his condition was not at any time considered
dangerous, nor is danger feared now. This
morning he was again reassured by cable
dispatches both from Weisbaden and Berlin.
The Secretary of Legation at Berlin cables: !:
Continued mproyement-danger not fear
ed Your father telegraphed me himself to-
day" Minister Pendlcton went 10 Weisba-
den 10 visit some friends a few days ago
His daughter has been stopping in, Berlin,
but is at present visiting friends in Italy.
Minister Pendleton's son does not consider
his fathers condition nj all serious.
WASHINGTON, April ga cable dispatch
was received at the State department from
Berlin this afternoon containing some par
ticulars about Minister Pendletons illness.
1t states that Mr.. Pendleton, feeling unwell.
iefi Berlin last Monday fer Weisbaden, and
on "Wednesday evening suffered from what
seemed To be slight stroke Of paralysis. He
had recovered sufficiently however yester-
day to send instructions 10 the Legation at
Berlin. At the department II is thought the
published reports about his having been
stricken with apop.exy are greatly exagger-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-04-25
A Talk with Mr.. Blaine.

New YoIK. April 20.--Hon. Wilson King,
of Pi.tsburs-. Pa. arrived here yesterday on
his way home from trip up the Nile Mr..
King was ia the American consul service for
twelve years He lea Naples oa the END of
March. where he daily met Mr.. Blaine for
several weeks, as he was stopping a, the same
hotel with W. Blaine and his family. He
says be had several long and pleasant talks
with Mr.. Blaine, but did not mention pol
ifics.
..The talk of him as looking like a broken
down old man is nonsense. / know several
gentlemen in Pittsburg who were at college
with Mr. Blaine and he looks no older than
they do. He was active, took long drives
with his family every day and went on ex-
cnrsions Just like the rest of US. Then the
story of his being fed on skim milk is not
true don't know this to be untrue, but he
dined with his family at the hotel restaurant
the same as the rest of travellers In word,
he gave me the impression of beingan elder
ly gentleman out with his family for pleas
ant holiday. His memory is wonderful. He
knew me at sight asked me about my father
and the Gazsitc. my father at the time of his
death being one of the proprietors of the
Piiisburg Commercial Gasette but Mr. Blaine
hadn't heard of his death For two hours
he talked over old "reminiscences Of Western
Pennsylvania
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-04-25
suspendlng the Tariff Fight.

WASHINGTON, April l9.-The Democrats,
in their double purpose Of political maneu-
vering and preventing Southern appropria-
ton bills from suffering by the Presidents
veto. have got the House business into such
a tangle tina; the tariff bill has been tempo
rarily laid aside Mr.. McMillen and Mr.
Burrows were to speak on opposite sides to-
day. bu; Immediately after the opening OF
the session Mills madea statement which
indicated that the debate was not 10 be rc-
sumed until next Tuesday He said that it
was thought advisable to allow the Appro-
priaiiou Committee to get consideration for
some Of their bills, and he suggested that
they take the time at once.
No objection was offered and the Indian
Appropriation bill was taken up Mills' ac-
ton was the result Of the Democratic caucus
of last night and appears TO have been pre-
liminAry to i prosrlmme which Is to BE- ar
ranged after consultation with the Republi-
can members of the Committee. Tie gem
eral opinion al the caucus was that the tariff
Till should be laid aside from time to time to
ALLOW other important business 10 be discuss
cd aud that abe commitiee's decision viii
simply show What the Democrats regard as
important enough 10 interfere With their
scileiae Of revenue reform.
The Republicans Of the committee viii
not have much to do in making the decis-
ions bui they will not advocate asy LaoTe
1af.,- =, l,r;...s.,.- f1,.. t..~sf-- IA. - ..
so Ear as Democratic opinion Is concerned il
seems 10 be the almost unanimous desire
that Fridays shall still be Jeff for the con
sideraiion of private bills tina, the Commit
tee ON Public Lands should have a, least a
day that Pacific railroads should be consid-
cred that the District bills, which were for
ced out of the way by the effort of the brig
adiers 10 whip the Northern faction into
submission. should have. their regular time
on Monday that the Post Office Appropria-
ton bill should have chance, and that the
River and Harbor bill should be discussed
and finished, al in the time before the tariff
could possibly be completed
These and several other special orders and
measures are all advocated vigorously by
Democrats, and the free trade leaders fear
that unless concessions are made 10 them
they may make trcable when their votes are
wanted ON the tariff. The leaders OF course,
VIII be to throw the blame for the delay on
the Republicans or Randall. but the fault Is
50 clearly with the Democratic leaders them
selves that it VIII hardly be attempted at
present IL the peapsime The action to-day
has taken one whole week frow the narrow
margin Of the fine which naqe it possible
that the tariff bill SOsld have BEEN voted on
before the II. Louis convention.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-04-25
Stole to Avoid Starvation.


MEADyILLE, Pa, April 22.-Curtis Tubbs.
of Athens township, is in jail for stealing
two sacks of flour from mill his home.
lie protests that he had to steal the -four to
keep his wife and four small children from
starving. A gentleman who went TO the
house with the constable says
when the constable and few Others
went to Tubbs' house they found the fimily.
consisting OF himself and wife and four small
children, the oldest but seven years of age,
positively destitute The poor woman had
no shoes. the little ones were barefooied. and
such few clothes as they possessed were in
sufficient for the demands of even ordinary
weather Beyond the stolen -four there was
not n sign Of food about the house nor had
there been for over two days. verify be-
lieve the poor man was driven to steal the
flour TO save his family from starvation.
When they took Tubbs away his poor wife
stood leaning against the door, the most pit
iful sight | ever saw. She seemed absolutely
hcartbroken and discouraged, and actually
cried myself as looked at her"
An effort will be made TO secure relief for
the mans family
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-04-25
Another Black Eye.

HAREIsBuRG. April 23--Ipdge simonton
to-day handed down an opinion in the case
of the Commonwealth ys. the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company. in which he de-
clares the fourth section OF the revenue aat
of 1855 TO be unconstitutional Mortgages
issued by foreign corporations and owned
by residents Of Pennsylvania are required TO
be taxed at their actual value by the local
assessorS, the same as mortgages issued by
corporations Of this State are required, By the
fourth section. TO be assessed al par. and
tie treasurer of the company is required
10 deduct the tax upon their par value
when paying interest upon the bonds 4
number Of cases involving this tax were
argued hast December but this is the first
opinion fled The act OF 1879 is declared to
be substantially the same as the acts of 1879
and lsSl. which were declared void by the
supreme court in the Lehish Valley cases.
All the larger colsorations have appealed from
tins tax. Had il been sustained the Sratc
would derive large amount OF reyenne from
this source The decision, however, did not
affect any present source of revenue. as. be-
liesing il to be unconstitutional. none of
the companies have been paying the tax un-
der the act Of lsSa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-04-25
Tates Twenty Years stealing.

FEaSSroRT, KY. April 22.-The commits
sion of investigation on absconding rrsssar-
er Tate's Office viii have its report ready for
the Legislature on Tuesday From an ad-
vance peep al the report TAe E1es corres-
pondent learns that Tates defalcaiioas ex.
tend back over.swen,y year. Fifty thousand
dollars worth OF l. O. Us were found. some
Of them dated 1859. One mans name was
at the bottom Of two hundred Of these little
papers. In iS76 Tate forsel names ana
figures on the hank books 10 make his ac-
counts tally. The shortage is se,9 900. Tate
took with him in a valise nearly sIo0.0o9.
Criminal careiessness on the part Of Secretary
Of Stale Mackenzie and Auditor Hewitt is
the only excuse why the defalcafion was not
discovered years ago. The sureties say they
viii not have TO pay cent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-04-25

Train Robbers Smoked Out.

san FR,ScIsco, April 23.-Captain Burns,
Deputy L. S. Marshal, who has returned
from Arizona, where he went to hnnt down
the Stein Pass train robbers, reports that
they were burned out and shot down by
Sheriff Pahl and some Mexican soldiers
The robbers started from Chihauhau for
Stems Pass four hundred miles away, and
after robbing the train were returning, when
Paul intercepted them on Mexican soil.
They took refuge in a Mexican adobe.
After shooting through the heart a Mexican
who tried to force his way into the house,
the Alcalde ordered the robbers to be killed
and As the adobe was fall of women and
children tunnel was dug under the house
and they were rescued As they hed rob
Der fired or them and wounded one woman.
The Alealde then fired the roof of the adobe
When the fire became hot the desperaioes
attempted TO make a break for liberty.
larry Sheehan appeared at a door and was
riddled with bullets. The soldiers kept up
their fire through the door and killed Hart,
whose body was found afterward in the
building. johnson had the alternative to
being roasted or shot, and preferred the lat
ter. He suddenly drew open the door and
rushed ont, with revolver in each hand, to
be met with volley from the Sheriff and his
guards.
Johnson fell upon his face. but raised him
self upon his elbows and fired both pistols.
Ia an instant he was riddled with bullets
Sheriff Paul searched Johnson's body and
found 5000 and some Jewelry that had been
taken from the express ear. When he go; 10
Harris body he found poor picking. The
soldiers had got there first.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-04-25
Leaping from the Flames.

(, New YoRK April 2o.-The hire net. which
will no doubt be adopted by the Fire De
partment here, and is the latest device for
saving lives in ease OF fire, was used 20 excel
lent advantage to-day in the Hurley ragshop
fire at 357 East Third street. Several per-
sons saved their lives by jumping into the
net The building was filed with highly
infiammable matter and burned rapidly
Dense volumes of smoke and scorching
flames drove back the brave fremen and
terrified the occupants of the buildings.
The fine broke out shortly before . o'clock
this morning. Sixty men and women were
employed in the buildings. All had narrow
escapes, and the rescue by the firemen were
decidedly romantic. The loss to stock was
$4,000. One woman. Winnie Leonard, 65
years OF age, was henmed in by smoke on
the fourth floor and safiocated. -Four men
and one woman were injured more or less by
fire and smoke The firemen claim that the
escapes were practically useless.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-04-25

WneS the Democratic party turned
over the control of the country to the
Republicans SAYS the West Chester Rec
or. the six per cent bonds Of the United
States were selling at twelve percent. dis
count At The end of a quarter Of cen
tury when the Republicans returned the
government to the Democrats. the four
per cent. bonds Of the United States
were selling at tweniv-siN per cent. pre-
mium. During part Of that time the Re
lalblicans had 10 carry on n war whose
cost was enormous the country's debt
which was only ninety million in ls60,
running up TO s5,s7S. S.lS6, 1860 in 1866,
yet the Republican party has not only
been able to cut this debt down 10 s., ,225,- :
5aS i0l 81. but raise the government
credit n shoHn above. Noother admin
istntion ia the world can show such a
record as the Republican party made for
Itself as a practical administrator of af-
fairs during the twenty-five wears it
managed the finances of the United
States. With all this reduction Of the
National debt, the taxes have been large
Is cat down. while in England, France
and all European countries during the
same time taxes have been growing heav-
ier. Yet in spite Of paying off the debt
in this rapid way and reducing taxes, the
Democratic administration finds itself
face 10 face with trouble that never
bothered any other nation, and that is a
surplus. which il says shall only be re-
duced by striking al the roots Of our pro-
teciiye system, and in this WAY attacking
our credit and prosperity.