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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-11-20
HARMLESS AS CANDY
IL Dynamite tn Workmen Who Nail Up
Roxes of 1t.

IL Dynamite to workmen Who Nall Up
Boxes of 1t.
Concerning the manufacture OF
dynamite, u New York Times reporter
writes:
After combination with nitro glycer-
fine the gun-cotton disappears and the
mass assumes an appearance closely
resembling apple jelly, and you cali
almost eat it
The effect of handling this substance
is peculiar; it produces violent head
ache and in some instances distress
ing nausea, which lasts for hours.
Only after the men become Injured to
1t can they handle it without suffer-
ing,
Some persons seem to be more sus-
ceptible to it's effects than others, for
not long ago q visitor to the factory
was attacked with active vomiting after
going The rounds and remained i'll for
more than day. Nevertheless,
the men who have become accus-
toned to it seem to en-. oy excellent
health.
The average reader has heard much
about the liability OF dynamite 70 eX-
plode. The man who packs the car
tridges in boxes for shipment after
placing a layer of sawdust on the bot
tom of the boxes, arranges so pounds
of the explosive thereupon, shovels
a scoopful OF sawdust on top gives the
box rude shake and proceeds TO nail
down the top with ringing blows, all
as unconcernedly as if he were han
ding CONNECTIONS.
The writer stood for more than an
hour in the packing building, where
there was more than 1000 pounds oil
dynamite, while this pounding and
hammering was going on necessarily,
Yet no one seemed to think there was
any danger in Earring dynamite. for
the men were joking and laughing
with each other, and occasionally one
would break out with a popular song
and the others would join in the
chorus.
1t might naturally be supposed tina,
the men who work in the dynamite
factories are paid in proportion to the
risk they run, but their wages are not
very high. The average pay is $40 tc
$12 per week, and no difculty is en-
countered in getting worl6men.
Prices have been so much cut by the
big establishments that the business is
no longer very profitable. A pounc
| of dynamite, which a few years age
sold for So to 60 cents, now sells fol-
| Is cents.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-11-20

We hoastfuIIy speak of this
Government as being of. by, and for
she people, and of this c"n' -
icing. oontrolls!s
Ilts-v6ters. IN both we alr, ~ :.
great extent mistaken. Here are the
ttcts, let us carefully consider them,
t"r sooner or later the time will come
wi.en thIs very condition of affairs
Viii endangpr the very existence of
this republic. On the 4th day of
November, 1890, an unprecedented
lnajnrIty OF the voters rendered a
l""sl emphatic verdict against the re-
publican Congress and administration
hy,elecllng more than two-thirds of
the House of Representatives. In
MOnarchial Great Britain such an
election would have compelled an
Immediate and entire change of
administration, with the exception
OF the Queen, who is after all but
an expensive aid almost pOWerlesS
figure head for that government.
What is the result here! Practically
nothing, so far rs the policy of this
Government is concerned. The
newly elected House will not meet
until the first Monday in December,
1890. more than year hence, unless
called together in extraordinary ses-
sion by the President before that
date. And when it does meet it
cannot dot an "i'' or cross ST. in
any law upon our statute books
without obtaining the consent of the
President and majority of the
Senate, powers which notwith-
standing the rebuke of the people,
still exist to thwart the will of a
majority of the country's voters.
Tae House of Representative of the
Fitty.secoDd Congress although more
than tWo-thirdS democratic, Can do
little more than furnish the country
the evidence of the good intentions
Vi lIO OIAhVSlftbiS pbASys AbL CNCh
should there he republican Senators
enough who would vote with the
democrats to modify or repeal the
obnoxious and unpopular Mckinley
tariff law. which is extremely doubt
full, the republican President, whose
term lasts exactly as long as that of
the Fifty seconds Congress, would be
certain to veto all such measures.
1t will require another victory in
1892 to enable the people to realize
the fruits of the one just won over
the republican party. This viii
1lever be real Government, of, by
and for the people, until such changes
have been made as will enable the
response to the popular will, on the
part of the governing powers, both
executive and legislative, TO be
immediate.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-11-20
Papa Getting in Ills Work.

''Ethelinda, darling" murmured the
enraptured young man. '.this is the
happiest moment OF my life. came
here this evening hoping,yet fearing.
l could not put it off any longer. / felt
pense was killing me. But now swear
it by this lovely head resting so con-
fidingly on my shoulder, by the kiss on
your sweet lips, but what was that
clicking noise heard just them"
Nothing, Walter; nothing but papa.
Hes lawyer, you know, but he amuses
himself with all sorts of queer fads.
He's prrcticing on us with his kodak.
60 on, Waiter, dear. What were you
ABOUT to swear"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-11-20
TrnvalInn Aniarx.

An apiary on wheels is one OF the
latest innovations. in California. After
the foothills have been pastured the
bee herder moves his bees to higher
elevation. where the Industrious in
sects gather the nectar stored in the
blossoms of wild clover. chapparal
and other plants, and when these have
been relieved OF their saccnarine mat
ter the bees are again moved TO a
higher elevation, where flowers pecu-
liar to their region yield up their
sweets ID them.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-11-20

Al french railroad has hit upon q
new source of revenue. In future peo-
pie who accompany their friends to
any of the stations on that line to see
them off will only be admitted on the
platform on payment of fee of /
penny in return for which they will
receive special ticket Of authorize
ton. For those who are apt to tarry
a long while over their leave-taking
there is a further tax. as the ticket is
only available for one hour, at the
end OF which time another must, If
necessary, be obtained.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-11-20

Men are being mentioned now as
Presidential possibilities who will
@ctually lie entirely forgotten before
1872. TOO much "prevIousness" has
leem the death of more political
hOoms than any single cause.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-11-20

Let the democrats of the House
elect their ablest and strongest man
7" he Speaker, and good democrats
Will not ask or care what State or
section he hrils from; s-weak man in
the Speakers chair can DO the party
irreparable dlmNgn.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-11-20

joel. p. Heatwule, chairman Of the
republican State committee, has left
for England, to marry Il wife. This
is pIeasauter business than running Il
cAmpisn in an off year.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-11-20

The election returns made Mr.. J.
:. Clarkson, the brevet head of the
Republican Congressional committee,
sick. They had precisely the same
effect upon several million republican
voters
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-11-20

Tne republicans are wasting time IN
trying to locate the Jonah, lie is
everywhere that an advocate Of the
new tariff law exists.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-11-20
EI}t,i3, MIA, NV. b. 1890.
q b"i'ti . 1p@r OF tie City,

TIE next SAeaker Of the House of
r representatives. VIII h4 II democrat;
that 5 as mech ~ We ,ale to know.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-11-20
A Elstinctlveiy Northwestern
New5p per.
An Advocate of Northwestern
In erests.
Opposed to War Taxation In Time
or Peace.
ALWAYS BrIenr. CLEAN AND RrIdADLE.

Opposcl to the Taxation of the Farmer and
Lauoref for the Benefit of Monopo
lies and Trusts
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
A COURTEOUS PRISONER.

On Escaping jail He Apologies by Letter
for Not Visiting the Sheriff.
The other night the only prisoner in the
Jail of Tattnall county, Ca, opened the Jail
door with wooden key he had Whitfield
from broom stick and walked out. He
left this letter for the sheriff:
Before sunrise tomorrow will be out
out of your county. As am in somewhat
OF hurry you will please excuse me for
not calling and paying my respects. If I
stay here in Jail all summer my muscles
will get soft and will not be able to do a
good days work when get out in the fall.
Then, there is no use in my being at an ex-
pense to Tattnall's taxpayers for months,
when might just as we'll be out making
my own living and little for my family,
who live in another State. For your uni
form courtesy please accept my sincere
thanks. The people OF Tattnall have been
kind to me and I appreciate it. Yours re-
spectfully. JOHN F. FRASER.
"P. ST. will be back in October to
stand my trial, and hope to be acquitted. Z"
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to remark that he never liked pigs till they
were cooked; and then to break up the con-
versation with the statement that dinner
time at the inn was approaching. This Inn
proved to be quaint old building, bearing
every sign OF having been an important road
house at one time. The sign, with its dove
cote on top, was what the School of Design
with one accord termed "cute." But there
was little time for observation. The dinner
bell had begun to clang in the hands of a
stalwart hostler;and as a wash was necessary,
the artist led the way by throwing
away his coat and neckwear and
plunging his head into basin which stood
on the inn-porch. When he had scrubbed
himself to his satisfaction with a very
rough towel, the reporter took a refreshing
wash. Then a rush was made for the dinner
table and what the country can do in the
way of creating an appetite was amply
exemplifed by the way both men pitched
into" the viands.
1t was a really country dinner; plenty of
everything, and everything good to eat.
The diningroom was quite a curiosity In
ITSELF The furniture was brown with age,
and contrasred strangely with the floor and
tablecloth. which were almost Of snowy
whiteness. An old cupboard lowered
grizzly from distant corner, and cursory
examination of the carving thereon was
sufficient to satisfy both artist and news
paper worker, that it was not built upon
American soil, but perhaps carried hither
from far-off Holland or Bavaria.
THE ARTISTS AND THEIR HABITS.
After dinner q tour was made to the diff
ferent houses where the ladies we're staying.
The following were the names Of Miss Hen
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15

The Wake dv Tim OHdrd-
There is a writer across the seas, called
Mr.. Robert Louis Stevenson, who make
most delicate inlaywork in black and white,
aud files out to the fraction of hair. He
has written story about Suicide Club,
wherein men gambled for death because
other amusements cid not bite sufficiently.
NY friend Private Mulvaney knows nothing
about Mr.. Stevenson, but he once assisted
informally at a meeting of almost such a
club as that gentleman has described, and
his words are absolutely and literally true.
As the Three Musketeers share their sill
yer, tobacco and liquor together, as they
protect each other in barracks or in camp,
and as they rejoice together over the joy Of
one. so do they divide their sorrows. When
Ortheris' irrepressible tongue has brought
run amuck through his kit and accoutre-
ments, or ,Mulvaney has INDUCED in strong
waters, and under their influence reproved
his commanding officer, you can see the
trouble in the faces OF the untouched twain.
And the rest of the regiment know that
comment or Jest is unsafe. Generally, the
three avoid orderly-room and the corner
shop that follows, leaving the young bloods
who have not sown their wild oats; but
there are occasions - ;
For instance, Ortheris was sitting on the
drawbridge OF tie main gate of Fort Amara
with his hands in his pockets and his pipe,
bowl down, in his mouth, Learoyd was
lying at full length on the turf of the
gLacis, kicking his heels in the air, and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15

son there stands in an open field by the
roadside small wooden monument Ihe
fact that no battle was ever fought there
awakens curiosity. Over in the field 1t
stands alone; but one can read upon II tne
following story, for it is a story, and what
is not told Is easily imagined:
Captain George W. Summers and Sergeant
n. Koontz. of Company D, Seventh Virginia
cavalry, were here executed On June ~, 1850,
by order of Lieutenant Colonel Huzzy, One
Hundred and Second o. V. M. L, without ths
privilege of any kind of trial; they having
been arrested at their homes in Page county,
brought here, and shot.
Yes, it was on beautiful Sunday morn
ing, they say, while visiting the homes OF
their parents in adjoining counties, that
they were arrested-no one ever knew upon
what charge-and carried to that little hill.
The tragedy, then, occurred at sundown.
And when the parents came over the next
morning, no one was near. This killing
had attracted no attention; and they found
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15


Marks a Tragedy. we dom hev somethin'
sides them rains ST, well all hev ter go
ter the po' house, we will Thet's what 1
say; en- Mandy, she"
"But will you tell us how far it is to
Mt Jackson?"
"wall, dom know; 'pearing ter me,
though, stranger, that you is got a goil.
burned ways ter go yet, en- 1 wus jes sayln
ter Mandy, ST: '1t's a awful way ter Mt.
Jackson, but 'twouldn' seem fur ef it hedn't
been fur them rains washin' all the roads
away that a way. En- the craps, stranger Is
jss-
"But, my dear fellow, will you not tell US
about how far 1t is to Mt. Jackson?"
THE FORKS IN THE ROAD.
''Them rains, wus er sayin', is been the
ruination ter the craps this year. But, vas,
oh yas-wall, stranger, 1t er bout nine miles
down that. I amt been down thar sence
the war, ain, an, don know how fur t
is, dom But you jes keep right on, sir.
tell you come ter fork in the road down
thar. en- they'll be three roads thar, stranger.
Which leads to Jackson's? Wall, that's it;
eff you 90 down the road to the right erbout
a mile you come ter a big hickory tree
down thar; wall, that ain the road,
stranger. Ef you go down the one ter the
left hand, 10 long you'll come ter my Betsy
that's the ole sow and seven the purtiest
pigs-wall, s. wus sayin', she'll be eatin'
long down thar bout three miles, she will;
but thet aim the right road, stranger. It's
the middle one you'll take ter Jackson 8;
an, vas, you keep right on ter yer come ter
| a Young gyrl thar ridin' horseback name
Belle-she's mos always ridin' out thar in
the road-an', stranger, she'll fix you; she's
a iimdandy, she is. Wall, s was sayin' =,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15

0egatlNeY anu De Ine O77ty 1ndte <,e1~%
gan to edge slowly away from the in
ouisitive senator. But the burgomeister was
not going to yield up his prey without last
effort. "P'raps your goin' to make pic
tures?" he cried. The stranger vlgor-
ously denied any practice in art, and leav-
ing the station, hastened down the foliage
shaded road in the direction of lesser Wur-
temburg.
NATURE IN HER SUMMER LONELINESS.
He had been lonely during the voyage
from Pittsburg, among the morose, un-
speaking passengers, buried behind their
newspapers or slumbering sonorously along
the cushioned seats. But here. on the vel
low road track, under the swaying branches,
his Loneliness departed. The winds whis-
pered to him through the leaves; the birds
sang for him from the treetops. Down in
the glen, below the undergrowth, Slippery
Rock creek laughed and prattled, bounding
merrily over every obstacle to Join its swirl
ing playfellow, the Connoquenessing.
There was a short cut through the fields
TO the town, and this track the explorer fol-
lowed. Climbing over a queer, old-fashioned
Gsile be found himself in the midst of a new
Inown meadow, where the scent Of the hay
filed all the air with fragrance. A little
further on there was an orchard, but the ap-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15

The footsteps within ceased. I heard the
dull thud of knapsack falling on bed
stead, followed by the rattle of arms. Ten
minutes later Mulvaney, faultlessly sttired,
his lips compressed and his face as black a.
a thunderstorm, came into the sunshine on
the drawbridge. Learoyd and Ortheris
sprung from my side and closed in upon
him, both leaning toward as horses lean up
on the pole. In an instant they had disap-
peared down the sunken road to the canton
ments and was lett alone. Mulvaney had
not seen fit to recognize me; wherefore I
felt that his trouble might be heavy upon
him.
L climbed on one of the bastions and
watched the figures of the three musketeers
grow smaller and smaller across the plain.
They were walking as fast as they could put
foot to the ground, and their heads were
bowed. They fetched a great compass around
the parade ground, skirted the cavalry
lines and banished in the belt of trees that
fringes the low land by the river. fol-
lowed slowly and sighted them, dusty,
sweating, but still keeping up their long,
swinging tramp on the river bank. They
crashed through the forest reserve, headed
toward the bridge of boats and presently es-
tablished themselves on the bow of one or
the pontoons. I rode cautiously till / saw
three puffs of white smoke rise and die out
in the clear evening air and knew that
peace had come again. At the bridge head
they waved me forward with gestures Of
welcome.
''Tie up your 'orse," shouted ortheris,
"an' come on, sir. We're all going 'ome in
this ere bloomin' boat"
From the bridge head to the forest Off
GERS bungalow is but step. The butler
was there, and would see that man held
nv horse. Did the Sahib require aught
else? peg or beer? Richie Sah1b had left
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murder, cold, base, devilish, say the good
people OF Shenandoah; for their sequel to it
is that these three men-the two killed and
the captor commanding-were rivals for the
hand of beautiful Southern girl.
OLD AUNT JAMIMA.
Yesterday we heard of a singular thing.
And the result was a ride OF four miles
under sweltering midday sun to see old
Aunt Jamima. By the side of panel
fence, smoking, nodding, half asleep. We
found her. Not far away in an old weedy
pasture was an old well; and it was the
mystery of this we'll which smelt to us and
to heaven more profoundly ghastly than all
the oily fumes exhaling from the chinks of
the old darkey's cabin nearby. For here
was suicide, cruel, Intentional and willful
suicide. In the middle of the night he had
gone down into that green hideous we'll and
held his head deliberately under water until
dead, quite dead. Polly was his name, and
poor old lonely Jamima tells how it was
and gives expression to her grief in heart
broken tones; for Polly, poor Polly, was her
only companion.
deed dom know, marster, hu come he
do dat thing. I'se been good ter him all
desc yeahs, is; dat dee all knows, dee do.
1 guv all de po' ole niger had ter eat, I
did, many's the time, en-but yisterdY Polly
kip pestering tel whip him-I jes drest
him down lightly, marster, did'n' beat
him much, did'n'. 'Fo' Cord did'n',
marster; deed did'n'. En- Polly jes did'n'
git over dat All de evenin' he look metty
sow'f ful like. I Civ i'm cracker, an hoe
cake, an de bes' de wus in de house; but he
would'n' eat, sub; he vould'n' eat muffin,
he would'n'.
'"Long in de middle of de night I year
our nil at atr lu
it come ter me dat dee was sumpin done got
in de we'll, en- wus plashin' in de water.
Sho' nuff, when git dar, dar wus Polly
sittin' on rock in de water en- pokin' he
hade in en- out, en- screamin' ter de top O. his
might L jes did'n' know whut ter do,
did'n'. Ijes call ter him.
POLLY IN TNE WELL.
Polly, Polly, whut iur yo' mex all dat
racket; wut yo' doin' down dah?'
"But he did'n' pay no 'tention, sub; he
jes KEEP hollerin'. Dreckly say: Polly,
po' good Polly, come out O. dar, an shet
yo' mouf; chile, whut in the worP do yo'
mean by dat?'
"But, sub, he did'n' pay no 'tention ter
me, sub, he did'n'; en- den member bout
de whipping. say: Polly, do come out
fer yo' old nanny. Please, Polly, deed,
aim nuver gwine whip yo' mo-, Polly. yo'
mos brek yo' ole mammy's heart cryin
dab. Polly, chile. po' Polly, amt yo'
gwine come out? Come to yer nanny
while she hol' her aims
"En, marster, 10 Gordl Ill dunno
whut ter do. "Well, Polly, look up en- say,
You whipped Polly, Polly goin' ter drown
hisself.'
"En, marster, dat he did. He wouldn'
come out O. dab, he wouldn'. 1t de Lord 8
truff, sub, he wouldn'. He jes kip pokin'
he hade down in de water, twill he was dead
dead"
And Jamima laid her head back against
the fence panels, the pipe again sought her
mouth and she cried in low, snothered tones
about "Polly, "Po' Polly" "Polly gwine
drown hisse'f." And thus we lett her.
This is true, and very singular indeed.
WILMER WELLINGTON.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
THE SPOTTED IRON FRAUDS.

How One of Our CousuIs at 81. Petersburg
Saved Uncle Sam Big Money.
It was William Hayden Edwards. writes
Frank G. Carpenter, one OF our Consuls at
st. Petersburg, who discovered the spotted
iron frauds, by which the valuable Russian
iron was being passed into this country
under the low tariff of damaged iron. This
Russian iron is the best in the world. 1t
comes from the Ural Mountains, and it COM
mands a nigh duty. The shippers, by
sprinkling acids over it, made it look as
though it was rotten, and it entered our
ports as damaged iron.
Once passed the customs officers, little
scraping and a slight washing took off all
the spots and made it as good as new. Ed
wards in this way saved the Government
tens OF thousands of dollars and he is a
cheap man at the $4 900 which Uncle Sam
pays him a. the present Consul General to
Berlin.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15

Wurtemburg, like most villages of the
kind, can boast of only one street, nor can
that single causeway boast any architectural
splendors. The cottages, however, are pretty
if primitive, and the principal merchants
offer an example of space-saving to their
brethren in big towns by condensing some oo
different kinds of ware and business into one
small store. Trim gardens slope down to the
road rom the cottage doorways. There is
suggestion of Rhineland about these gar
deng, with their tulips and hollyhocks; and
this need not be surprising, seeing that
wurtemberg is one of the Oldest Pennsyl-
yania Dutch colonies in the State. The
place still teens with German and Holland
ish names, and many old Deustch customs,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
FIRE IN FIGURING MILLS
IL the Firemen Try TO Do Is to Save the
Adjoining Properties.


AdjoininE Properties.
"Whsn Touring mill gets on fire." says
John Lindsay, chief of the St. Louis fire de-
partment in a Globe-Democrdt interview,
"the department. is satisfied to save the ad-
jacent property. There is nothing outside
of powder mill or paint shop that is as
combustible as a -four mill. have heard .
great deal about the explosive nature Of
-four dust, but know nothing on the sub
ject Ny own idea of the reason why a
-four mill burns like q bonfire is that it is
built of wood in the first place, and that
every part is connected by conveyors, fues,
elevators, etc.
''Start fire in any one portion Of a mill
and within five minutes the whole structure
is in flames. The department never did
save but one mill. In that case the fire
commenced on an upper floor and we kept
it there. There has been more money lost
in -four mill fires in St. Louis within ten
years than from all other forms Of Large
dres