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Telegram-herald., 1890-03-30
INDUSTRIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NATrEAI. GAS is now used in 10f steel
works in this country, but the supply
shows signs Of failing and companies
are thinking OF returning TO the old
fuel
# is found in South Carolina, as it
has SO often been found in other States,
that the chief opposition 20 the bin be-
fore tho Legislature for reducing tho
hours OF child labor in the cotton-mills
comes not from the employers, but from
the parents.
LoNDoN INDUSTRIES In its annual re-
view for 1ss9 SAYS: ''It is TO The Amer
Jeans that we owe almost al the most
recent developments in the stesm-en-
Cinc. Novel boilers. ve-gears and
Trainings are al a. American origin"
Iris estimated by a correspondent in
the Chicago Tribune that a. least 90
per cent OF the multitude Of type
writer's IN the city are women. as are D
per cent Of She type-setters. 50 per
cent Of the telegraph operators and
about 20 per cent. OF the employees in
dry-z0oels stores.
A WV white pitch for sbip-buiiders
has been int-odpced. which. it ia
claimed. supersedss the present la
borious. expensive and inefficient meth
"a of white deck seams br working
putty into che seams Win q knife TIE
pscu'isritr of ths Ttite pitch is thas IL
is the only material hitherto Introduced
oi A white coior that can bo ran into
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-30

kfm snr sere slreGsg 81 possession 81
L.s eaaoe. Wl4aeFer H4s t. be ceae
had - be 6sne cuiekfT. sn9 frontisr uis
H2s ssaal - .4e emergency eGatchllg
- as deep kettle he iaversa1 Il over
als head All bol1ly .s6ed i8ts t1o
rlsee TIE Inverted kettle eeta5. of
es1rse. as 1lslng aeil, sn1 vita lis
bad ia tlis 2lr eLslbc b. eonl l-en b .
aaike& 4eross tee river. aAlea Ia tie
middle sas maay feet over lls he Al -
t1e aEseF sm.zenleut * tns Ia1taaA
from tkls camp kettle boiling The
sat- int4stTY progressed -ael shs an
u4zl predict 80 taree muiiols -
Bushels. a1d lhs nFm - D-ckiasou s.
E1reusblry rel1aiaed for mzay years
the leading makers
Finally these old partners fell cat.
though thetr familes al inssr-ln@rriet
fDeraaDs bsrzalsc - that. and as tasiF
sEeciion changed % dstrust All aver
sion there yree lp enc " those family
feuds which preserve among these
s0sthern noun taiEs the spirit of the
seatbern vendetta. Ihoy never made
adsad-line, as the Hatfield and McCovs
nos 10 " the Big Sandy river and
shoot every member Of the other tribe
discovered On their side Of it. bus each
hilsd his tine 70 injare the other IN
root or branch.
Finally old nan slrowsbary died and
Snt bis estzse had 70 te sold and divided
up. lhis, q course, incladed the negro
slaves, and here old Colonel Dickinson
saw his chance. Among the slaves 70
b. sold Was Shrewsbury mulatto body
servant, Who, rumor said. was really his
own illegltimate son. Thls man. IN
common with all TIC retaiuers on both
sides, shared his masters hatred OF q
Dickinson lad had ua4o noconcealaent
~ it.. At the Shrewsbury sale Colonel
Dickinson appeared. tatent upon the
purchase of this msa. The Shrewsburys
and their allies BID a. ainst him 10 the
last limit OF reason. but finally saw
there vas 10 reason IN their opponent.
and 70 his horror the slave was knocked
down 70 his implacable foo.
Dickinson took the man 20 his plants
tion. put upon him heavy wooden yoke,
with a long projecting bar, such Is jump
Ing cattle wear. and set him hoeing
corn next tho uu5lIc read. The black
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-30

natural gas ln America Georgc tTGsh-
inyton owned a natural spring OF IL
eight miles above Charleston, and
thousands ~ travellers have cooked their
meals over its Same Every body knew
that tas gas was infammablc, which
aiterwad came up, often 50 forcibiy,
With The brine. bat it remained s0r .
stranger 20 dnd 10 out IN very start
ling way. and with amusing conse-
quonces
Dickinson & Shcewsbury. tho rich
men - tho valley had bored o deep
well and finally struck cavity dlled
vita soft water and gas under such
pressure that Ghon tapped 10 shot tho
whole boring apparatus. consisting OF
chisel and sinkor weighing hvo hun
drcd pounds and = thousand feet OF
connected augur-poles, far into tho air
and hurled after IL column Of mingled
gas and br.ae o2e hundred and 6fty
feot high
This roaring geyser continued IN
abated for many months, and was tho
wonder Of ths people tor miles around.
ffhe stages-thl5 was In 1858 used 10
stop % allow their passengers TO view
tL Among these ono day was q Harvard
professor. who was greatly interested
Ho vas curious 20 know whother tho
gas would burn, and approaching IS
ncar as ho could hs lit q match.
Instantly tho whole air was sfaIne. and
nothing would have been left OF tho
man. had ho not been shlo 20 leap
into tho river. whero he cravlod out
gs3aus ali tho hair Cn his head and Dl'ts
uncounted burns HaItening 20 the
town and putting himself under surgi-
cal care. BITS suffering was Increased By
tho Information that the fro had con
suned tho ongino-houso and other
buildings a. toe we'll
when old Colonel Dickinson. one OF
tic owncrs heart of this he sent for his
lawyer
''0o % town a. once.- he instructed
him. "ilpnt this uan up and mako
him pay fgllY sor the damage. II no
cant 10 that punish him 20 tho foil ex-
tent ot the law-tbas is, unless you
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-30

dnd him a nasnral damned fool who
didn's snow anT better
The poor professor had hardly bad bis
vounis dressed ard got himself in-0
bed when che irats lawyer appeared ard
thuntersd as hin AT tho harmful re-
suits ~ his foolish experiments ard tho
dire couseaucn ees - the legal action -
follow They sank into his terrified
soul. md ~ forgot his SRI arts in his
conformation
z am 20 e CD the very extent of The
lava - this state tn Yeur case" de-
ciaroi .ho man cf iaw. unless Tou ars
natural damned FOOL who didn't know
any hettsr. Those are ny Instructions.
sir
"T-s harf slternative uiped enc
usesi-rp nan. forced 20 a painful smiie.
tn spite 81 his biistsrs, "but I must con
fass snd plead mercy under ere LAST
clause certainly vas that sut Moth
fn- else.
every vel. sir. shsn ny Mission =
serc"
This SALE business bersu ~ ehs set-
tiers boiling hrire IN theiT cvn iron
kettles. s1ae rtens.l &c universal ase ln
the eli oor3e- daTs wherein she t-ou-
tiersmsn ccc'rrd his hcmLnr washcd his
Clothes ciled bis sal-, and .n srring
rrade bis uarie sugar and si~ap Is was
sirur maker fust across from where
~ eftr new stands rho 5is-r~ered =
eafte no~ei service Ter his zet-le. AMI
discovered it rrettT sulcS- e-c. a>ccri-
ing 81 Tradition.
As this nan vas peacefully rapartnz
s-r vr-k sr,orr the maeies Re hsca1a
aware s1st -a4.s1s weze stealing apCu
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-30

Az ORDINANCE 10 amend section Of an
"rdlnauc. OF tne cty Oi Grand Rapids, en-
tilted: An name To reRu ate the con
S.ruciion and i' pair o. sidewalks on Msnroe
street. .u n cty Of Grand Rapids. Lyon
street. la said city. fron Canal street 10
hert teet. ln said city, and on that portion
oi Cana street. iu said city, south OF Bridge
street ~ sid city passed june Il. l-s'.
Ihe Common toUnCi " the city o Grand
X pldS do Ofaaiu that section of AZ ordi-
n nee OF sae city of Grand RAJ ids, eutitleo: !:
An OfdlnaLce 20 regulate the consirtc-
lion aud repair OF sidewalks on Monroe
street. iQ the city o. Gia and Rapids. Lyon
street. In said city. fT1lu tanai street TO
Kent s.rc {. n SAID city. and Oh that portion
81 Canal sire Z, "a "a city. ,outn ot Bridge
street. ia said city. passed June j.. lsst. be
and the sane is hcrcJy amended so IS 10
read as follows:
Section J. All sidewalks on either side Of
Monroe street. iu the city 81 Grand Rapids; on
either side oi Lyon street IN said city. from
Cana. street iu said city. "a Kent street in said
city, ami on either side OF that portion Of canal
street iu said city. south Of Bridge sire { iu
SAID city which -uall hereafter De laid. con
Siructed or repaired. snail be- - laid. con-
>tTucitd and repaired az the established grade
ui SAID streets rcspccfiNeIv anc shall ne 81 The
width ul sidewalks hNeu ans established Tor
said guatrd portions of said Monroe. Lyon
ard cana. streets respective s.; and shall De
d "a. constructed and repaired n and WIFE cut
tone taEsinS. ght inches in thickness. and
Iala with an Inclination downward from The
NuCT ST., Q ol any such Sidewalk - tie curb
iug of one fourth Il y az a. inch 10 tn. foot;
The srer.dc. tious aud method Of construction
.ud rriair O. which stone flgginy sidewalks
mali FIRST o.. submitted To & e Board oi Public
~ urks @. said cify for is ~. r0yal before the
same sha Do laid. Constituted or rruaired.
Provided. however. that Nalks of concrete.
the specification. mat. ri 9 and method 90 con
sirucfiou Of which s. al first br submitted 90
tGe said Board % Public NO Ks and meet is
a. rrotal. ms 8. after such approval be laid
instead of s7Ia s.one tagging. in ia laying.
constructing or repairing % rhe Sidewalk ou
& e above desi -u ted Monroe Strcfr. or on tie
h.gr res -uafed port ous 81 said Lyon and
anal streets res reefive =.
Passed and approved IN regular session Of
the Commeu Council If tie Citv 81 Grard
uaplGs. bed No. = y eve iHZ March a. J >s1.
vs.. A. @iII KHAN. City tleIk.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-30
Their Drins. Are Regulated.

The German War Ofce las issued a
general order that n future no of3cer IA
20 be served before dinner a. \ miUtarT
club With more thsn 0lse small glass Of
spirit cr hqa0r. and arsinthe il abso
Iuteiv prohi iaited IL has hitherto been
the practice of officers 20 stfunl1ta tnsir
suretlsss for the heavy early dinne~ by
hhssions OF kummel or kirsch. cogr &C
Or Tn
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-30
TALES 0F The KAEAWHA.
Coed Stores 81 La "a tns Ea.rsy
Days u Virginia
Tas EzfllEs esgssr aaa tas ssrs2ra
Frsf-s~ss Ea- fasssaltg 81
Ersallasa ..l...4--Aa later
safiag FielA

CaAHtesIas. ~. Va Maeeh g. lsS0.
--i haze heard usre good stories. a.
Wlra lae sr2e4 ef tls sell-LAe pan
gncT ei t-ei- aarlge sals-slncs cane
- --ls Nes. F.rgili4 cry THAI nasy :
hong 5gurleF 1lsea hero las a11zded
l-ls kaa4Sha valley IL ga unusual
una We---aariIed place IN maay re-
speeea Here alt h4s been u4ads Tor
half 8 eentarY and enul sitkln io =
years tas -suong red sat- "a K2nask4
hal a. rival la Western markets Eron
lare Nsls 5o market -he fEss hfty bar
gels 81 petroleum ever sold, GO lad risen
ia -ls sails wells, and wa skin aled Of
t1e reservoir ana bought Lg a Cinciu-
nari druggist who sostle4 il and SOD it
uader 1ns labels - . powerful hni-
meas-Ehiea be Uas. Here was str4ek
aad applied % m-ali-clurlax TIA frss
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-30

re ts rrFr -f many rf1--a
Tfe frresf "a a -rcse
e s. -aecxs ne lss 1ern nis clcthes
M rarely ls rceEea
Es r-t az -ffer rises p -n-
r1-gzs uEd tss 1a,st q,
Ee screws sse rrr ats ere
sIrhcuza ae -- magician.
HIS ~ taw 80 srs~s-rf7 irTt
Hs sare T--sfesr gassr1
A. rrr rsta re srr rt
A nAa-G er fssai1n
--kds - = pa
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-05
An Enchanted House,

A house in the Avenue de SAKE at Ly-
ons is just now exercising the minds of
the more superstitious section Of the in
habitants to an extraordinary extent.
Every evening large crowds take up a
position in front of the building, which
they contemplate with curiosity not un-
mingled with awe, and its tenants are
leading anything but a happy life. The
house is acquiring rapidly a reputation
for being haunted, or, as the people call
it, enchanted" since at intervals the
sounds of mysterious rappings and tap
pings-which at last grow so strong as
to cause the very planks and windows
to quake and shake-penetrate even to
the ears of the outside public.
The police have overhauled the place,
peeped into all the cupboards, tried the
ceilings and walls and put the furniture
into general state of confusion without
arriving at any solution of the mystery,
though there was some method in the
antics of the "ghost," who treated him.
self to spell Of rest while the inspector
was on the spot. Nothing daunted,
however, the police are continuing their
efforts actively, and as they are deter
mined to detect the author Of this grim
joke it is probable that tho worthy Lyon
naise will soon be initiated into the mys-
teries of the maison enchantee.-Paris
Letter
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-05
Buildings in berlin.

Speaking of symmetry in the building
of cities, the people Of Berlin, Germany,
are quite logical and successful in their
methods. In that city uniformity in
building is preserved by n municipal law
that dictates the height of cdifces ac-
cording to the width of the street. For
instance, on street sixty feet wide the
law provides, think, that houses over
four stories i'll height shall not be erected
thereon. On streets eighty feet wide the
height is six stories, and on other streets
i'll proportion, thus giving tall houses to
wide streets and less altitudinols build
ings to narrow streets I may not have
mentioned the exact Dimensions of
streets and houses, but that is the gen
eral plan of the system. By this means
great and, think, attractive uniformity
is secured.
Again in Berlin the people cannot build
residences or business houses anywhere
they please. Tho city has been built up
solidly and compactly simply because the
law compelled buildings to be erected
adjoining each other either on the south,
north, east or west extensions. A cam
not build tall minaret on some isolated
lot away from B, but he must, in order
to build at all, secure tho land adjoining
tho last house built, in either direction,
and when G comes to build he must fol-
low suit. These two provisions of the
Berlin municipality law tend to make it
tho most uniform city in the world.-H.
S. Fairchild in st. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-05
Her Duel with the doctor.

An extraordinary duel is reported to
have taken place in Vienna. A few days
ago girl, aged 10, challenged young
doctor who had offended ono Of her
friends and refused to apologize. He
was challenged in tho usual way by two
seconds, student and an officer Of re-
serves, and when he ridiculed the idea
tho girl threatened to horsewhip him
publicly.
The challenge was then accepted and u
meeting, with seconds and doctors, took
place in n hired room in Vienna suburb.
All tho rules for duel with swords were
strictly observed. The doctor first acted
on the defensive, but was soon obliged
to fight in earnest, and left off after the
second round with q wound in the left
side, which was declared not to be dam
gerous. The girl, a Croatian educated
in South America, is said by the seconds
to be the best fencer they ever saw. AZ
ter wounding her adversary she left the
place without casting another look at
him.-Wiener Tagblatt.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-05
A Maine Fish Yarn.

A good fish story is told regarding .
recent party while at Moosehead. at
was high 49, the sun was darting its
rays upon the clouds above them, while
the condensed vapor was dropping down
as they angled from the steamers sides,
rocked by the billows Of the lake. A
sudden jerk upon the line of one of the
party told him that business had begun,
The guide was standing near, and with
a stentorian voice exclaimed: Hold him!
don't lose him! he is actually five
footer, (meaning the fish). AS soon as
hooked this monster with spots) darted
for somewhere known only to those
dwelling beneath the surface of the lake,
and whether he ever arrived there is still
clouded in mystery.
Gone thing is positive, he reeled of 800
feet of line, tore it from the rod and left
the fisherman with only portion of the
tackle. Others in the boat were anxious
spectators, and as the line parted COM
pany with rod and man they caught him
in their arms, gently bore him to the
cabin and headed the boat for shore.
By good nursing he in q few moments
regained consciousness and expressed
himself as very grateful to his rescuers
for saving him from cold bath in the
waters Of this beautiful lake. It is evil
dent that larger boats, stouter lines and
more expensive apparatus must be used
to handle these monsters of the deep
Lewiston Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-05
A Veteran Now a Tra,up,

The queerest pair of tramps that Phil
adelphia people ever looked upon stood
at the corner Of Ninth and Walnut streets
and begged aims from the passing throng.
Both men supported themselves ON
crutches. One had only stump of
leg, and the other mendicant's right limb
was minus the foot and ankle. Their
clothes were desperately shabby, and
they seemed SO utterly woe begone that
the Italian bootblack offered them Il
dime, which was promptly accepted.
Little else money came their way until
the closing of the matinee at the Walnut
street theatre.
Presently there came along a tall and
well dressed man, who put silver quar-
ter into the palm of the one whose leg
was closely shorn off. He had hardly
made the gift before he wheeled around
and looked the recipient of it squarely
in the face. ~ ought to know you, my
man," he said.
"And know you, colonel" was the
answer.
"Were you not wounded at the battle
of Charles City Cross Roads,
II was shot there, but l fought it
through and got my serious wound I'M
der your command on the morning that
Gen. Lee surrendered"
"Today is the anniversary of the sur
render" said the colonel. He plunged
his hand into his pocket and drew out n
pile of silver and some paper money.
Selecting from the lot q IS note, he
pressed 1t into the hand Of the veteran,
who had turned mendicant, and wendcd
his way up Walnut street.-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-05

Now and then the explorer among
primitive people happens upon "fnd"
which strikingly illustrates that necessity
is not only the mother of invention, but
that there is strong family likeness
among the inventions. An English nat
nralist, while visiting Great Sangir,
one Of those islands Of the Indian ocean
known as the Celebes, or Spice Islands,
lodged at the house Of a rajah.
In front of the house was a veranda,
in the corner of which stood a sentry,
whose business it was to keep the time
for the village, by the aid of primitive
sandglass.
Two bottles We're firmly lashed to-
gether mouth to mouth, and fixed in a
wooden frame, made to stand upright in
reversible positions. A quantity of black
sand ran from ono bottle into tho other
in just half an hour, and when the upper
bottle was empty the frame was re-
versed.
Twelve short sticks, marked with
notches from one to twelve, were hung
upon a string. A hook was placed be-
tween the stick bearing the number of
aotches corresponding to the hour last
struck and the one to be struck next.
The sentry announced the time by strik-
ing the hours on large gong.-Montreal
Star.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-05
The GalllellG.

There is kind of tin mug called the
gamelle, in which tho French soldier re-
ceives his rations, and which he carries
on his knapsack. The form is Il little
peculiar, so as to distinguish it from
other ordinary tin mugs. A simple inn
plement which, carried on the backs of
French soldiers, has marched so often to
victory, and of late to defeat, has at last
received its reward in its glorifcation
When the young Duke of Orleans came
before the court, and exclaimed II ask
for nothing but Il yamelle," meaning
nothing but the treatment of common
soldier, the public readily seized upon
the emblem.
Scarcely three days had elapsed before a
great jeweler of the Rue de liz Paix had
hundreds of ''tin mugs" i'll silver, gold
and jewels us pins and badges, which
sold Immediately as the "tin mug of Or
leans" and We're Worn all over Paris. A
popular florist designed u vase in the
shape of the s'tin mng," and presented
the first specimen to the prince, who
sent it to his bride, Margaret de Chartres,
filled with roses and lilies of the valley.
In the meanwhile all Paris is sporting
the soldiers tin mug in the tri-color, and
the young duke has left a fashionable or
nament to remember him by.-Ncw
York Ledger.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-05
"Ephrum's" Incredible Meanues,,

Down in Washington county heard of
an old fellow, venerable octogenarian,
who had seen his molars depart one by
one, while his CANNES and incisors fol-
lowed i'll mournful procession, until old
age found him bereft of all his early as
sistants i'll mastication. Awhile ago he
visited dentist in u neighboring town
and announced that he had concluded to
invest i'll a set of false teeth, and at once
began to discuss the financial points in
volved. During the discussion he ex-
planned why he was compelled at this
late hour to make such venture. eyer
see," said tho old man, "wobbling" his
toothless jaws, 'I ben a-needin' suthin'
o the kind fer a long spell back, but
brother Ephrum, who wuz more'n ten
year older'n I be, he had a bran new par,
reglar double deckers they war, M
Ephrum war a-ailin' and likely wouldn't
last long, l jest waited erlong for his'n,
n l ben waitin' fur them teeth," dis
gustedly, "sence way back i'll the seven
ties, tell abaout a month ago"-here his
voice took OH sarcastic tone-"Ephrum
he jest couldn't stick it aout no longer,
N he up m died. But, dern it''-indig-
nantly-"ef he didn't ensist afore he left
that them thar teeth should be buried
along with him!-cnsisted ON it, m what's
more he jest shet his mouth SO ta1nal
solid no mortal man could ha' got 'em,
N died so!"-Lewiston journal.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-05
Unhealthy Work of Iaundrcsses.

The laundress earns from So to 81 a
week, with an average of from s. to Sc.
She works i'll rooms where pipes leaking
and dripping clothes keep the floor wet
most of the time. In winter the wnter
freezes and the floor is covered with ice.
She must always be provided with two
pairs of shoes, as she cannot wear the
water soaked ones i'll the street Indeed,
a complete change of apparel is neces-
sary in winter. The ironing rooms can
not be ventilated, laundrymen claim, be-
cause it is impossible without admitting
smoke and SCOT from the outside. The
irons are heated on great furnaces in the
center of the room, that they may be
easilyaccessible from either side, and the
heat at all times is oppressive, in sum-
mer intolerably SO. In this, as in most
cmployments, there is too much differ
ence between the wages paid to men and
women. and convict labor reduces prices.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-05
"you Never Visited.

A gentleman who lives out at Edge
water was starting for town the other
morning and he had occasion to cross the
railroad track on his way to the station.
Jogging along before him ON the road
was peripatetic peddler. who was evil
IDENTIFY n Hebrew. The latter had bony
horse, which ambled along in some way,
and the wagon in which the peddler sat
was very rickety affair. The Edgewa-
ter man heard the whistle of a train as
the wagon neared the track, and he knew
that tho morning express was due, but
the Hebrew logged on and apparently
did not hear the train. AS his rig struck
the track the engine of the express
dashed by and caught the rear wheels.
There was cry and crash. The Edge
water man rushed toward the crossing
just as the bewildered peddler pulled
himself away from the wreck of his stock
i'll trade. Strengthening himself up and
gazing after the fast receding train, he
shook his finger at the rear coach and
said, reproachfully: "You never visited"
Chicago Herald.