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struciion ran ~ita the sp.es Of :
sprinter.
was > hundred yards away when
There came a dull. mufied roar. followed
BY : sharp crack hat sounded like the
explosion Of . pcFcussion-cap ard ac-
companied by a slight jar Of the EARTH
A few seconds later . solid column o.
black oil monnie fifteen or twenty feet
above the mouth Of the well. whe.c IL
seemed 10 remain stationary for = mo-
ment Then from out Of il burst ;
magnificent fountain of oil and water.
that shooting % . height Of nearly :
hundred feet. broke In . great cloud o.
amber-colored spray. Directly after
ward . food Of oil poured back TO the
earth. d~renching the new derrick and
its adjacent buildings and dedicating
them forever TO the scrrice u petro-
leum.
The shot had been q perfect success,
and before tho drifting cloud Of oily
spray was wholly dissipatca. the tor
pedo man and we're driving rapidly
from our scene Of triumph. homexard
bound.
But n more duty remained 10 10
performed We still had the empty
glyccrine cans. in one Of which was
about half q pint Of the terrible explos-
i've. Even the glyccrine film that still
clnng 10 he sides Of each one Of these
empty cans ~as sufficiently powerful 10
have blown Us into eternity. and Ne
were anxious 70 dispose u this danger
Gus remnant a. speedily a. possible.
For this purpose We halted in tue first
bit Of lonely forest The four cans we're
laid beside a huge stump. and behind
them we piled a number OF rocks. A
bit 81 fuse had been prepared with acap
IL p end OF it. This cap was now in
serted in the open mouth o. one Of the
cans. from which the fuse projected
about 4 foot
When all was ready. the torpedo man
drove the team 70 a safe distance. As
be disappeared ! touched 4 lighted
match 70 the fuse. and again ran. l-ay-
Ing il kissing yiciously among the dry
leaves.
The explosion was tremendous. and
its echoes rolled away among the hills
like the roar Of 4 hundred-pound gun
Where II had taken place there was no
vestige Of the stump nor Of the cans, the
rocks had been reduced % powder. and
only a great hole in tie ground re-
NAMED.
Half an hour later we were safely
back in Oil City. As hadc the torpedo
man gooa-bye he said: Come round
whenever you feel like taking another
ride. like 10 have follows along who
don't mind the STUFF
thanked him. and said | would: bu:
] doubt IL ! shall ever feel like tempt
ing niiro-glycerine again kirk Nun
roe, in Harpers Weekly
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the VIII ~ the frop'e-
So FAR a. tho people have been per-
mitted 70 ex press their will they hare
decfeei that the Flfty.second Congress
shall DO Democratic In both branches
Their win - In part thwarted b5 tho
deliberate. partisan packing OF the
senate for that express purpose.
When the Republicans found them
selves in complete control Of the Pres
idency and both Houses OF Congress
their first concern was 70 enact iegislx-
tion calculated to give them permanent
unfair advantage in elections, to make
away with the surplus which threat
ened 10 compel . reduction Of taxes,
and 10 reward the contributor TO their
campaign fund by the imposition Of
enormous tariff taxes for their enrich-
ment-
The shrewder leaders among them
foresaw = possibility Of a popular revolt
and planned in advance. as the World
pointed out. TO make II imperative.
They had . majority Of barely two in
the senate; which this years elections
might destroy. They planned SO 10 in
crease that majority that no matter
how overwhelmingly the people might
reject and condemn their legislation
they could still hold the senate for
years 70 come and thus prevent the
undoing Of any thing they had done.
To accomplish this they erected four
Territories into States, by way OF gain
ing eight Senator's One OF the new
States went Democratic. and so a re-
turning board cheated IL out OF the re-
suit and a complainant Senate seated
two Republicans Presently two more
States were created out OF sparsely peo-
pied Territories having together less
than l5o.00o Inhabitants thus increas-
ing their majority in the Senate TO four
teen
But the revolt has beer SO sweeping
that the legitimate result Is TO reduce
the majority 70 a bare two in spite OF
the shameless packing. Plans are on
foot 70 count out the result so far as
New Hampshire and South Dakota are
concerned, leaving q majority Of six
instead OF two In any event the ma
jority will be less than the number Of
seats secured BY fraudulent packing.
and II there had been 10 packing there
would have been a majority this other
way a. the people have done their Ut
most 70 decree.
In tine face Of so deliberate an at
tempt 70 deprive the people OF their
right to rule. and thus to make legisla-
zion permanent in spite Of the popular
protest. there can be little doubt that
the next general election will complete
the work Of overthrow so brilliantly be-
gun in this one.-N. Y. World.
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DEMOCRATIC DRIFT.

The manufacture OF Democratic
majorities Is no infant ind ustry--Wash-
ington Star.
-Mr. Harrison will make the great
est mistake OF his life IL he does not
seed Tom Reed to China instead Of Mr..
Adams The Chinese would glue the
broken joss together and just worship
him--Chicago Times
That pen with which Mr.. Harrison
signed the Mckinley bill il not 50 much
an object of interest TO the Republican
party as il was . few weeks ago. 1t
nav have been made from . quill
plucked from the traditional anserine
bird that hung high.-Dayton Times.
One OF the post-election senti-
ments that has found quite gen
eral acceptance is TO the effect
that II the Republican nomina-
tion to tho Presidency in 1891
Is worth taking. Mr.. Blaine will take IL;
but IL he declines il as worthless, Their
nobody will bc found willing to take il
but Mr.. Harrison. to whom a worthless
nomination would naturally 20. both as
an exact equivalent for his public serv-
ices and a. a just measure OF his per-
sonal and party value.-N. y. Times.
There is one significant fact con
nectcd with the late elections. and that
Is the fact that there IL a large Demo-
cratic majority in the next House from
Northern States alone. n the alleged
solid south were 10 be eliminated al
together from thc Fifty-second Con-
gress there would still BE- . Democratic
majority Of az least twenty. H~ysterical
gentlemen. who arc given TO ranting
on the southern question. will do we'll
20 bear this little circumstance In mind.
IL 10 no longer . case Of the solid South
holding down : divided country. The
Democrats carried the last elections
and could dominate tho next House
without calling upon the South At ALL
Washington Critio
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Il 1 ROMAN.

Hen q. Thurman usually addresses Ne wife
- ~Sxeetneart n
A q fo- CID u.ln Thurman.
AM sing Al clear AID srrung:
H. ufe h~< u<cn . ~ermnn.
Nov lst u ~ . song
Ara this shall be H. 1urthcn
~ slrr - greatest loys
lie calls his ola ~lse sweetheart
An1 ioTes her Like > bog!
There 1. no fairer story
In al our >.flon'- lie;
n better. purer CORY
In al 10 peace and strife.
True - that man and steatfast
line Euif uith % alloy.
Wno calls hi ola wife ~>we,thearl~
And loves her Ike . bog.
Who cares for his position
On questions o. tie cayf
He has : higher MISSION.
A noolsr part 70 playl
Smiling and pafiert ever.
. 1longh Az and pain annoy.
lie calls his oil wlfe 50 ethe.rt.-
And loyes her llke : boz.
A NJ Tor co~eJ cicrion
~ s~rFciouS elrqncncct
A ~ fOr al 90 fiction
~ wealth and vain prcfcnsci
Herr ~ mar whose sloy
Nc NY can dfs'nuy-
III calls his I'D wlfe Sweetheart
And ioses her like . bog.
We well could spare the spiendoF
iinscI Of these days.
Give - tr-e hearf~ and tender
Anl plain oldrfl-hicncd waysl
q men Ike Allen Thurman
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'.GoD is not . rcspccter Of PERSONS
but he Is . rcspecter OF every mans
ability and circumstance. lie does not
cxpect as much from the residents in
Tyre and Sidon as from the residents Of
Capernaum. where most Of his mighty
works are done; he does not look for the
same return from the man he has given
one talent. as from the man 70 whom he
has given ten. Here Is warning TO
some and encouragement for others.
According to that a man hath, md not
according to that he hath not"-United
Presbyterian
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A POLITICAL REVOLUTION.


The RepubIicsn Defeat the Result u In.
s~nigens Thought
The more the returns are studied. the
more clearly does IL appear that the
Republicans lost most heavily where
the people are most intelligent and
where the tariff issue was most thor
oughly discussed The Council Bluffs
Nonpareil. . stanch Republican news
paper OF Iowa, bears important testi-
mony upon this point The Congress
sional district in which that city Is sit
uated elected Judge Joseph X Reed
two years ago. before he had voted for
the Mckinley bill. by q large majority,
and defeated him . fortnight ago,
after and because he had voted for
that bill In discussing his defeat.
the Nonpareil says: AS the returns
near competition and the result both
locally and II large IS known, the ma
tare and cause Of Judge Reeds defeat
becomes clear. His defeat was in no
sense personal; IL was but a working
out in this district OF The same causes
that operated TO effect the most over
wkelming defeat the Republican party
has ever known. The late election WAS
. political revolution; IL Is sharply 40
centuated in Judge Reeds district be-
cause il is peculiarly a district OF intel
ligence and ind ependent thought
Other districts. less educated. less
active, less inclined to think and Judge
for themselves, would have shown
other results The State OF Massachu-
sets illustrates the same thing on .
larger scale Its a State distinguished
for It's intelligence. and the political
revolution was sharply accentuated
there. As in the Council Bluffs district
Of Iowa because IL is such : state N.
Y. Evening Post
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Mr.. Blaine shows his usual tact in
:ausinr the publication Of his reciproc-
ity letter Of June IL. which was sup
pressed By the President 1t abonnds
in sound Democratic against
the Nc klnlev bill and IN favor OF a
wider commercial freedom and. though.
in his characteristic way. Mr.. Blaine
perverrs these 10 bolster up the dishon-
est scheme OF giving the public money
as presents TO steamship corporations.
they serve nevertheless 70 com plete his
acQnitsal from responsibility forthe Nc
kinley folly. and thus serve 70 strength
en- his prospects for the Republican
Presidential nomination
NJ. Blaine demonstrates with re-
marketable clearne~s that reciprocity
with Germany and France j. abb
soluteiy essential for the prosperity
OF the West in particular and OF the
country in general. II is true that he
uses Cuba and the Argentine Republic
in making the argument This is =
method we'll Known among rhetorlcians
II IS tina; Of making the hardest demon
~ssration. 50 that the rest will appear
from it in the light Of = self-cvident
truth When Mr. Blaine shows how
Ugh tariff kills our trade with Cuba
and Buenos AyreS. he shows in doing
50 hat il killsi it with France and Ger
many also. And every argument he
makes in demonstrating that we
need reciprocity with the handful Of
people in Cuba applies with added force
to show the vital necessity Of reciprocity
with the millions in Germany and
France who but for the high tariff sys-
tenn would take our wheat pork and
other agricultural products. paying rs
high prices for them in cheap goods
such as are needed BY all classes OF our
people-such IS = not be had. now
however. except ~ the exorbitant Nc
Kinlcy rates
In one Of the tables he gives, Mr..
Blaine shows in = striking way The
vital necessity Of reciprocity with
France and Germany. We extract IL
with his comments
Excepting raw cotton. our -four largest ex-
ports during the last fiscal year we're bread
strrS. Pr0visiorS re1net petroleum and lum
Der.
The following statement shows the total cx-
ports cf cach OF sad articles In i~ss and the
proportion exported 70 Latin America:
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what l. q girl like me % dof
rhe Young bcaux bother me:
r,.r.'- Rogers one. and Jack Il two.
Ana Jerry, number three
~ sure / can not love them ali.
And have but one 70 choose;
r@c,h~r girls viii doubtless fall
me v whom ! refuse
xou mother thinks that Rogers nice:
~ takes her fanc,'s eye,
m. clothes must cost . pretty price,"
ue can't be commo fry"
nat Mollle Brow has found him out;
lie has no means nor trade.
Ana loafs the corner shops about
nis tailor bills unpaid
81. 4 TOO nice" 10 suit my taste.
uis hand toos soft and white.
y 4, auuld not pay ms love 70 waste
on such q thriftless wight.
mar Jark,I like his merry Ways.
Buf he j. going tosea.
Ana chooses n because. he lays.
A sailors life's SO free.
III loves me well. and yet demands
That I Tor him should wall
4 three years cruise q foreign lands
Ere be takes me for mate.
three wears to wait, Upon my life,
Al are 10 worry through,
sash cruel terms should win no wife;
~. jack, goodbye 70 youi
pet jerry. He's a likely lad
tu engineer it's true.
VINO runs the fast express" like mad
SIT hr j. truSty. too.
Ani fearless driving der the rails.
Al. xNu should sec his smiles
An4 hnow the heart thar never quails
AZ -recd0f sixty miles,
IA. ~ Il brave as mAE can be.
Win warm. ~undaunted eye
rh.. mar who Ming. his Kiss 70 ne.
Az 81 goes flying by.
wsat a The CRIME upon his facet
BtneAth Il blusAes spring.
Whir ID his hear ! have a place
where love j. ~Dlossomlng.
Bsshcarf. IA cried, ! am thine own
~ other Is 80 dear
III nAe as thou. and thou alone.
My own brave engineer
-wm Ii. Davidson. in Philadelphia Saturd
NsAI
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MRS. BAILEy.s CARRIAGE.
II Had . Peculiarly Much EnJoysd By
Feeble N~ighborsI

A8 A* ~
Feeble Neighbours
There was nothing remarkable about
the appearance Of Mrs Bailey's car
riage. II was simply q heavy. sold-fzsh-
toned vehicle. high swung above the
wheels. and with steps like = ladder
that unfolded to the ground drawn BY
two ton bay horses. and driven BY :
fat. g~ocd-natured coachman-
Every thing on Mrs Bziley's planta-
tion was fat and good-natured- The
very pigs had > kindly grunt and every
one among them was 50 fat he had =
tight little curl in his tail. and would
have had two In tina had been possible
Her plantation touched the village
wher was the church Of which she WAS
a member.
BE il hot or cold. wet or dry. early or
late. Mrs Bailey's carriage was sure 70
be al the church door for every service.
and il came to be that its appearance on
the street marked the honr for church,
going among the villagers The only
question with them was: Whom has
Mrs. Bailey in her carriage to-day?~
For it was seldom that il held only
her own family. which consisted OF two
sons and two daughters When the
church bells began 70 ring. Mrs Bailey
with her four ~childrcn. seated in the
carriage. would start 70 town- > mile
away.
Presently she would overtake. per-
haps. old Grandpa Benson. her nearest
d. irhbor. trudging along with bent
form and limping step. upon which she
would hustle both OF the boys out Of
THE carriage as 800 a. the coachman
could open the door and let down the
steps
LSetouL boys she would say You
are Young and strong. Let Grandpa
henson have your seat Ii IS too hot for
him q walk
Tie boys would get put not always
reluctantly nor yet always joyfully-
II don't see.'' said Ned one day to
Dick. what she ever makes US get into
the carriage for. We never get beyond
old Mr.. Benson. or. II he isn't out old
Mother Adams. before she has Us get
out Ii would save trouble to let Us
start walking"
A little farther along Mrs Bailey.
with her head out Of the window on the
lookout. sees Mother Adams; the door
opens. down 20 the steps and out steps
ore Of the daughters
Keep in the shzle, Bessie. and
wat for the boys, and don't be late ~
church. i cant let Mother Adams
struggle along in this heat while :
healthy little girl like you Is riding"
The little girl waits for . group Of
friends. also on their way 70 church.
whom she secs approaching
Turned ont again Bessie?"
Yes. she answers. II am only wait
inr ~ zee VINO will get Jennie's place
She need not wait long. for before the
carriage turned the next corner Jennie
was sacrificed.
Non see the peculiarity about MrA
Eai.ey's carriace-the uncertainty - 70
who would Ne its occupants.
The Bailey children. however. learned
4 noble lesson. which came back 70
them after they were grown xith every
remembrance IL their blessed mother.
II No. never 70 lei any one older or
,echier Or ncelier than themselves snf-
fer for The help which a little sacrifice
On their 0wn part would enable them 70
g4va-Ycufh's Companion
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These figures should Be closely studied. IL
uonlt 5e dirru1r 20 understand but for the ex-
planlt.o1< gwen in the conferences. Why. out %
The tsuu.OsOp0 OF staples exported from this
c~uurfrv. CRY IL should be consumed in
al Latin America with it, population q s0.-
9o1UO people. when the United States Il the
only source N supply for these articles. whieh
are regarded ~ us as the necessities ~ life.
ANY one who knows that, because Of
England's policy OF complete CONNER
ciai reciprocity. that country alone
takes over half 81 our entire exports.
will understand Mr.. Baine's point
Our exports cf brezdstlfs to England
alone being thus immensely in excess
Of our breadstuff exports 10 all South
America il j. demonstrated that under
reciprocity Germany. which last year
look only eleven dollars worth teight
bushelsl Of our wheat and shut out our
pork. would take from rs at the same
rate with England The same demon
stration applies with equal clearness in
the case Of France
IN arguing fo- commercial reciprcci-
" with countries which would pay for
our goods in wool. hides and other ar
ticlcs competing with the West. MIR.
Blaine Is striking the entire Republican
system OF commercial restriction at It's
weakest point For while New En-
gland does not need trade with En-
glaId. Germany and France. the West
~ill be permanently impoverished II
that trade Is much longer denied
Mr.. Blaine is doing good work against
the folly OF commercial restriction
through high taxes or curse he is
greatly hampcrei by his New England
residence and his Republican alliances.
but ne is doing very well under the cir
CT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES than any other Re-
publican ali-c could do In his place.
Let him keep on. and with the aid he
will receive from the Democratic party
the Chinese system Of high tariff seclu-
sion will b. overthrow
There will then BE- no need I D use the
Government in casting anchors TO wind
ward for pet steamship corporations.
for the ports ~ the world will then be
filed wlth unsuhsidized American YES
sells. and : Democratic President and
Secretary Of state will send no Miners
abroad 70 authorize kidnapping par ties
- board thcm--St Louis Republic.
When asked what State he halls
from. our sole reply shall be. he halls
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EVERY man has a conscience. and TO
this faculty those who preach the Cos
pei should make a constant appeal by q
manifestation Of the truth" Nothing
so cfYcctually stirs the human con-
science as the truth OF God wncn plain
ly and faithfully administered. This
truth shows sinners what they are and
what they need and what they must do
% be saycd.-Indepcndcnt-
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VIZ arc 10 have the word 81 God dwell.
ing In our hearts. X may do as coed II
II simply visit US, coming and passing
away again. but 70 get It's real benefit u
must be with Us all tho tinc.-Unitcd
Presbyterian.
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CnnIsr becomes growingly precious 70
us as our faith grows. II you have faith
In Christ. but do not exercise II every
day. lie will not be very precious 70
vou.-Christian az Work.
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Those who study signs arc troubled
between tho goosn's breasi-bone. which
p~rophesics 4 long. cold winter 2 The
building Of the hornets nests. which
prophssy mild winter weather.
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When asked what State he halls
from. our sole reply shall be. he halls
from where he pleases. and his name u
}. q. R-SL Louis Globe Democrat
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hooked on to the stout cord that dan
rled above the well. a per~cussion-cap
was placed under the fring-pan. a small
iron plate loosely fixed in the upper
end o. the torpedo. and the whole was
let cautiously down a thousand feet
into the bosom OF the earth. was told
that the last three hundred feet 81 ifs
passage were through a body Of oil and
water. that would act as tamping for
the shot
When the torpedo rested on the bot
tom u the well. a slight erkdisenraged
the line BY which IL had been lowered.
and this was reeled in Then the tor
pcdo-man said. interrogatively:
II suppose you would like 70 drop the
'go-deyil?''
certainly I answered. felt that
I had gone too far to recede from any
part 81 the undertaking now. and p
prepared to drop the "go-devil'
Ii VA 4 four-flansed bit ~ cast-iron.
about a foot long and pointed AZ m
lower end. II weighed some ten pounds
ard vas just large enough Y slip read
ily down the we'll pipe.
Tie t~orpcdo-man went 70 unfasten
the horses, and get them started Away
before the explosion should AXE place.
leaving me alone in the derrick. hold
ing the bit Of ron that was ~ ~uniocsen
the awful force lying % quietly a. ms
bottom OF the well. In another min.
ute be shouted: let her 20"
dropped the '~Eo-devil." and a. y
WINGED downward On IL erranu q de'
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plotted for rest and change. 1t is wise to
in planning for summer vaca-
lions, that hasty and Woodworking
"outing" is infinitely worse than none at
all. Unless the worker can take his "days
Off in rest, he had far better remain at
home. Absolute inactivity in vacation is
not, of course, advised; but the snatching
of few days from business and labor, and
their devotion to the trying physical labor
of camp, or to the exertion OF human
energy required in mountain tramp, or
the hasty rush to a watering place and a
hastier return, does no one good. Those
who put SO much of exertion into few
days in new atmospheres and under radi-
cally changed series of conditions, return
with less ability to resume their tasks
than if they had taken no vacation.
Those who cannot take mountain trips
deliberately, camp out during some weeks,
or engage in hunting bouts for consider
able period, ought not to engage in them
at all, except they are unusually robust,
and are accustomed to sudden excessive
demands upon their vitality. The better
place for the sedentary workers, the office
and the business men, is to go away but a
short distance unless they can take at least
fortnight ''of," and enjoy change Of
scene and air where only slight call is
made upon their physical vigor, and where
they can rest and recuperate in the true
sense of the terms.