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Democratic messenger., 1892-08-20
journalism Under Dimcu,,,...

An opposition editors life in Alaska is
apparently not II happy one. and the Ia
test journals from that region make us
wonder what sort of government they
have out there anyway. \ late issue OF
the juneau City Mining Record fatty
acknowledged the truth of conten,.
porary's taunt that il did not dare TO pub
lish certain things. and explains thus:
This to a certain extent is true. for
the simple reason that for publishing
certain facts threats have bewp made by
a government officer of throwing oui
newspaper outfit into the bay. Such
proceedings are not pleasant To contem-
plate when all we have in the world j.
invested in the outfit. Then, again. when
we publish anything which does not set
tie well ON the stomachs of some officials
we are arrested for libel and dragged
$50 miles from our home and business at
great expense and placed under bonds
To await the action of grand jury to ex.
onerate us. If we had sufficient means
to employ counsel and pay our fare 70
Sitka every month or six weeks many
facts would be published which through
our poverty we cannot afford to publish.
Democratic messenger., 1892-08-20
A French Funeral Custom.

a funeral custom i'll vogue at present
is for the mourners at the obsequies of
some person of limited means to follow
the helrse in an omnibus. To be sure
it is Il very solemn vehicle, all black,
with Omnibus Funeraire" inscribed in
large silver letters on either side, SO that
the careless outsider shall not bounce
into the midst of the mourning multi
tude. but on the whole il seems to belit-
tie the dignity of grief. However. the
average Parisian does not specially en-
JOY funerals unless they are grand Off
cial functions. when the crowd that
lines the streets has most unaffectedly
good time and Is unsparing of lively and
frivolous criticisms on every detail of
the affair.-Paris Letter.
Democratic messenger., 1892-08-20

Sometimes YOU feel angry You feel as
if you would like to retort. Stop. Look at
the closed lips, look at the still hand, look
at the beautiful demeanor Of Your Lord.
Struck. not striking back again. Oh. if
you could only appreciate what he en-
dured i'll the way of persecution YOU
never would complain of persecution.
The words of Christ would be vour
words. Father. if ii be possible. let this
cup pass from me; but if not. thy will
be done. ut beloved Christ to suffer
persecution, that he might show you how
to endure persecution.
Some of you are bereft. Ii is no ran
dom remark, because there is hardly n
family here that has not passed under
the shadow. You have been bereft.
Your house is different place from
what it used to be. The same furni-
ture. the same books, the same pictures,
but there has been voice hushetl there.
The face that used to light up the whole
dwelling has vanished. The pattering
of the other feet does not break up the
loneliness. The wave has gone over
your soul. and You have sometimes
thought what you would tell him when
he comes back; but then the thought
has flashed upon You. he will never
come back
All! my brother, my sister, Christ
has sounded all that depth. Jesus of
the bereft soul is here today. Behold
him. He knows what it is to weep at
the tomb. 1t seems to me as if all the
storms of the worlds sorrow were com
pressed into one sob. and that sob were
uttered in two words. Jesus wept"
| close my sermon with doxology:
Blessing and glory and honor and
power be unto him that sitteth upon the
throne. and unto the Lamb, forever.
Amen and amen,'
Democratic messenger., 1892-08-20
4 Cheap Stone Road.

In 1871 piece of well made dirt road
in the small village of Gilbert, Il, mile,
east of the city of Davenport. Ia, was
selected for little experiment. The
road was sixty feet wide. with sidewalks
and cutters. the latter occupying about
sixteen feet. leaving fnrty-four feet for
the highway proper. Five feet from the
center line of this forty four feet. on
both sides of it. were staked boards. end
to end. each board one foot wide. Be
tween these boards was dumped lime
stone, broken fine enough To pass through
Pinch ring. When the space between
the boards was two-thiris full the first
boards filled We're moved forward
When the boards were removed the
upper edges of the rock rolled down
thus widening the rock track between
one and two feet, leaving ON each side
of the stone good dirt road sixteen feet
wide.
When the dirt surface became muddy
the travel went over the stone center,
which was thus made solid and smooth
without an expensive roller. This eX.
pertinent was completed in 1873 and the
travel over il was probably five times
as much as upon the average country
road. For sixteen years it remained il
perfect condition. Within the last TIVE
years about three dollars has been ex-
pended upon it in repairs. 1t is in per
feet condition still. Its original cost
was ninety cents for each twenty-tiv.
cubic feet of stone. Had the same
policy continued, every rod of highway
in the district would have been macad-
amized mt this time, and no expense in
CURED except the ordinary highway tax.
and from onc-half to two-thirdS of that
tax might now be relinquished.- New
England Farmer.
Democratic messenger., 1892-08-20
GIyceriu Instead of sugar.

As an instance of the value of glycerin
given internally l may mention the EN-
ployment of glycerin by diabetic pa
tients to render more palatable different
articles of diet ordinarily favored with
sugar. which they of course are inter
dicted from taking. This may appear
matter Of little moment. but it really
is not so. The necessary omission of all
saccharine substances from the diet of
persons suffering from diabetes makes
il important 10 endeavor to relieve them
from the feeling of monotony and dis
like for food engendered by the rigid
exclusion of all articles containing su-
gar.-Hygiene.
Democratic messenger., 1892-08-20
Tn. locomotives Voice.

An engineer ON one of the railroads
running into this city says that persons
in his business can always judge of the
condition of their machinery by the tone
it gives out while running. Every en-
gine, whether stationary or locomotive,
has o particular tone Of its own. The
engineer becomes accustomed to that,
and any departure from it at once ex-
cites a suspicion that az is not right.
The engineer may not know What is the
matter, he may have no ear for -a,,si..,
but the change in tone of his maciS,se
will be instantly perceptible and will
start him ON an immediate investiga-
tion.-C Cincinnati Enquirer.
Democratic messenger., 1892-08-20
The Mud Hen.

recently made acquaintance with the
mud hen. of the grebe family. ! had
met her before, but had never had OPP
portunity to study her, and knowledge
of her habits is exceedingly interesting.
Here, under the trees ON little laguna' S
bank. have watched for hours as she
has been swimming, diving, splashing,
darting. fiuttering and scattering foam
from her lifted wings and huddling her
young mp on the bank to eat grass i'll the
sun. She has no beauty. but those tiny
canary colorcd mud chickens. tipped
with soft down, are rather prctty.-San
Diego Cor Christian Union.
Democratic messenger., 1892-08-20

Perhaps the oldest cider brandy now
left in Conncciicut-or certainly suinc
that is about" the oldest is n little lot
owned by Mr.. Dudley Allen. of West
Hartford II is very small residuum
of three gallons left in the estate of Vii
gil Pctiibouc. of Wcatoguc Simsbury.
and was distilled in the wear lS20. Thes'
three gallons were secured by Captain
Nathan Moses. Ebcnczcr G.. Curtis and
Lorenzo 6. Humason. all I'VE believed
at that tim" residents of Simsbury: but
Mr.. Humasun soon after removed to
New Britain. Mr. Aliens share was
secured (only a quart of iD from Mr..
Curtis. He has since. at the urgent
offers of one or two persons. parted with
all he had left hut about one ounce. and
for that ounce he was offered one dol
lar and refused the offer. Hartford
Times.
Democratic messenger., 1892-08-20
HOW FOOTBALLS ARE MADE.
Pressed from n Gun Cotton Mixture, Gu
In n Lathe and Dyed.

Pressed from n Gun Cotton Mixture, Cut
In a Lathe and Dyed.
"Celluloid has altogether superseded
ivory as material for poolballs," said a
manufacturer. "A set of sixteen cellu-
loid balls will outwear three or four sets
of ivory and they cost only twenty-five
dollars. whereas you cannot buy six
teen good ivory balls for less than
$l15. The condition of the atmosphere
which causes the ivory balls to shrink
and swell and crack just as if they were
made of wood has no effect upon cellu-
loid.
''Of course You know that celluloid is
a mixture of gun cotton and camphor.
Naturally 1t would be yellow. but zinc
white is put in to make it white. After
the ingredients have been properly
mingled with the aid of steam heat the
celluloid is pressed into blocks. which
are little bigger than the balls that
are to be made. In order to render
them rs hard rs possible the material is
subjected to n pressure of 300 tons on
each ball. Next the blocks, are turned
in lathe to perfect spheres of precisely
the diameter required by means of knives
which work automatically and cannot
cut beyond certain distance from the
center of each ball.
when this has been done the perfect
spheres of celluloid are ready to be dyed
in various colors. For this purpose they
are dipped and allowed to remain for
some time in pots containing the dyes,
those parts which are not desired to be
colored being protected by means of lit
tie cups of brass ingeniously fastened
upon the balls. In the plain balls of
red, blue, green, purple and yellow only
the round spot where the number is to
20 needs to he covered. but in the treat
ment of the striped balls the matter is
not So easy. After they have been fished
out of the pots the dyed balls are put on
lathe and made to revolve rapidly,
while fine sandpaper is delicately APP
piled so as TO smooth their surfaces.
Then keen knife, manipulated by
hand, removes from them the thinnest
conceivable shaving all over, which
does not take off the color, because the
dyes penetrate TO little depth. Finally
sandpaper is again applied and the balls
are ready for the last process to which
they must be subjected.
This last process is the vanishing.
They are placed for this purpose in little
wire cups. which come into contact with
them at as few points as possible, and
transparent lacquer is bestowed upon
them by hand with brush. As soon rs
they are dry they are ready to he packed
and sent to the retailer. When they are
newly finished they are quite as pretty
to look at as any ivory pool balls that
ever were made. When are the num-
bers put on, you ask: Oh, they are cut
very quickly with dies before the balls
go into the dye pots. and little plum
bago is rubbed into them to make them
black. No it would not be possible for
a celluloid ball like one of these to ex-
plode; nor could it be made to- burn. in
asmuch as its density is too great. How
ever. if YOU Were to cut il up into chips
it would go off mt pretty lively rate
upon being ignited. Washington Star.
Democratic messenger., 1892-08-20
OH springs Long since Abandoned.

Before the year 1900 oil springs were
known to exist along the valley of Oil
creek. TIE Indians of that section used
the oil for medicinal and other purposes.
Remains Of wells AMI pits are to b.
found in that vicinity. Some of these
have been cribbed, the timber showing
the marks Of edged tools. and are sunk
10 the depth of twenty feet or more. In
these pits and wells. which are now
nearly all filled up, trees over several
hundred years old have been discovered
growing. The Indians do not know who
dug these wells, and the presumption is
that they We're dug by a prehistoric
ruce.-Interview in Chicago Tribune.
Democratic messenger., 1892-08-20
Everyday Life.

Mrs. D'Avnoo tat front window
Officer.
Policeman - Yes, ma'am. What's
wrong, ma am:
Mrs. D'Avnoo-Nothing's wrong; hut
wish you'd step into the kitchen and
tell the cook not to burn the meat. rs
she did last night. I'm afraid to.-New
York Weekly.
Democratic messenger., 1892-08-20
Poor Little "E'frum." /"

"E'frum," cried Dinah.
''Yas. um. replied the little darky.
rs you bin over to Capn Joneses' wa
tmcln patch. an bin an gone an hooked
sr nice big ripe wat'mel'n an hid it in
the woo'sheti: Ans me. child. Ans me
jess ~ quick ez yo' kim"
No. IN. Fo' de Lawd. amt"
And little Ephraim never knew why
he got licked So much harder than usual
that night, until he had grown n little
older and understood these race ques-
tions better.-I IIarpcr's Bazaar
Democratic messenger., 1892-08-20
A Promised Electrical Improvement.

Promised Electrical Improvement.
Such remarkable improvements are
constantly going on i'll the electrical
world that nothing now seems surpris-
ing. For that reason only one is enabled
10 read with equanimity that an incan-
descent lamp without filament is the
next electrical improvement promised.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-29
STILL ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

March Of the Flames from the Oil Com
pany's works-The Buildings Burned.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 28-Another reporter.
in describing the fire, says four lives were
lost and probably more. Conservative in
surance men estimate the total loss at
S5.60O.0O0. The flames. which started
in the Union Oil Company's build
ing. swept eastward across toward
the river, and nothing coul
stay their restless rush. Dynamite was
used, but without effect. Mighty billows
of flame swept over the blocks of buildings,
jumped across streets and leaped over the
river. Thousands of people visited
the grand spectacle. All sorts OF
conveyances were hurrying about the
THIRD ward. loaded with belongings of peo-
ple ON whose homes tho flames were rush.
ing. The entire fire department was pow
erless Chicago. Racine and other cities
we.e asked for assistance. and by 10 o'clock
engines and firemen from out of town were
beginning to arrive.
More than eleven blocks of solid terri
tory. including much of the most extensive
wholesale district. has been burned over.
Nearly seventy buildings, two-tbirds of
which were frame residences. vanished in
to smoke as fast tissue paDer. when the
fire started IL was fifteen minutes before n
response was made TO the alarm. At first
IL looked II the tiremen
would have sn easy task. Thousands
of people who. attracted by the
continued alarms, had rushed to the vicin-
ity and watched tho tight between the
great force of firemen and the putting
steamers, reached the conclusion that II
was not much of fire aftor all. and went
home. That was about 6:i0 O'clock. Only
a black smoke issued from the buildings
Fifteen minutes later the tired tirenen
began TO feel the enemy getting ont of their
grasp. Renewing their efforts they fought
with every weapon known TO the ART. liz
was useless. A gale blowing sixty miles
an hour driving the heat and smoke of
the burning oil out into the faces of the
firemen. defying all the water in the
river. aud seeming only to gain power as
the stream Was emptled into its jaws. Vas
lCossisosd On Third PsgeI
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A wHlRLwIND OF FLAME.


The Wholesale District, Railway Yards and
Gas-works Eaten by the Fire.
MILWAUKEE. Oct. 2s-The lower portion
of the east side of Milwaukee went up
in q whirlwind of flame tonight The
burned portion comprises the whole
sale district, the Northwestern railway
yards and gas-works. This portion of the
CITY was thickly inhabitated by Italians,
Poles. Germans and Irish. most of whom
are poor and have lost everything. The
loss will be between g. COO 600 and So. COO. 900.
The fire started shortly before O'Clock
in the Wholesale liquor house of A. Blade
Il Son, on the east side of Water street,
between Detroit and Buffalo streets. The
wind ut times was blowing fully sixty
miles an hour. AS the fire broke through
the roof the hurricane caught up the
brands and whirling them across the
block, flung them full on the seven-story
building of Bubb 4 Kipp. on Buffalo street
Before the engines could arrive the
Kipp building was mass of lames This
was the beginning of the end.
The sparks were caught mp by the gale and
whirled hither and on. while the fremen,
fighting bravely the molten shower, f0nnd
their efforts powerless to stay the progress
OF the flames.
general alarm was turned in. bringing
the entire fighting force of the city into
action. but it was unable to stay the
stesdy march OF the flames. which now
were rioting blocks away. From
this on 1t was a steady, conquerin g
march. The big streams of water looked
like squirt-guns playing against the roar
ing sea of flame. From Bubb * KipD's the
fire had eaten back ward TO East Water
street, but there it was held by hard tight
,ng the fire companies enveloped In
smoke and flames, undlstipg guishsble
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Six and Seven-Story Buildings Licked
Up by the Flames in Few Minutes.
Burning Brands Carried Onward by Hurri'
cane That Swept Over the Doomed District
at Sixty Mile an Hour Gait
Firemen Powerless to Accomplish Much,
Even with the Use of Dynamite.

Hundreds Of Poor Poles. Germans, Irish and
Others Left Homeless and Forced to Wander
Through the Streets All Night
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-29
SWEPT BY THE FLAMES
Lower Portion Of the East Side of Mil
waukee Laid in Ruins by Fire
Which Started at $50 o. Clock Yesterday After.
noon. and Was Not Gotten Under Full
Control Till 3 O'Clock This Morning.
Territory Two-Thirds ofa Mile in Width
by Three-Quarters Lcng Burned Over.
Wholesale Houses, Factories. Freight Sheds.
Cars and Hundreds of Small Residences
Consumed Like So Much Tinder.
Six and Seven-Story Buildings Licked
Up by the Flames In a Few Minutes.
Burning Brands Carried Onward by hurri'
cane That Swept Over the Doomed District
at Sixty lie an Hour Gait
Firemen Powerless to Accomplish Much,
Even with the Use of Dynamite.
Hundreds of Poor Poles, Germans, Irish and
Others Left Homeless and Forced to Wander
Through the Streets All Night
Property Loss Estimated All the Way
from Five to Thirty-Five Millions.
Property Loss Estimated All the Way
from Five to Thirty. Five Millions.

Several Lives Lost and a Number of Persons
Injured-Aid Summoned from Chicago )
and Racine-Scenes and Incdents
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Made Foli,ic. oat Of Il.

Special 90 the Indianapolis Journal
FRANKLIN. Ind. Oct 2S-ThrouRh the
cooperation Of II. A. Brown. trustee, and
the teachers of the nine district of Frank
lin township, this county it was arranged
that Columbia day should be appropriately
observed with fttins exercises Including
. flag-raising 1t each schcol-housA The
trustee ives invited 20 bs presens q eeAeo1
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-14
LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, October 13.- Cattle - Re-
ceipts. 1900 head; shipments 4,0OO head
market steady; prime to extra natives II Az
as so: others 81 50a4 So; commons IS 15a
! 25: Texans 81 45a2 70; rangers 50 25a4 20 4;
cows & 10a2 so.
Hogs-Receipts, 10000 head; shipments
9 600 head; market, 5al0c lower; rough
and common a 75a5 90; mixed and packing
s. O5a5 35; prime heavy weights IS 4Oa5 6O;
light s. 20a5 35.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000 head; shipments
2 600 head; market l0a20c lower; natives
81 5Oa5 so; grass Texans 3 So; westerns
"a 45a4 60; lambs g 25a5 40.
EAST LIBERTY, PA, October 10
Cattle - Receipts, $40 head; shipments,
$50 head; market slow at yesterdays
Hogs-Receipts, 1900 head; shipments,
8. 100 head: market dnll; Philadelphia,
IS l5a5 SIS: mixed, s. 60a5 65; best York
ers. Is 4Oa5 50; common to fair s. 25a5 40.
Sheep-Receipts, 400 head; shipments,
600 head; market very dull at yesterday IS
prices.
CINc1NNATI, O., October 13.-Hogs.
steady at 81 4Oa56O; receipts, 1920 head
shipments z, 800 head.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-14
BIG PREPARATIONS.
All TraGc to be stopped In ChicagO-An
Crooks to be Jugged-The Military
Parade,

All Tramc to be stopped In ChicaGo-AI
Crooks to be Jugged-The Military
Parade,
CHICAGO, October 13.-The work Of dec
Grating the buildings and otherwise ac
lively preparing for the Worlds FAN
dedication was fairly under way to-day
Fourteen hundred citizens Of Chicago have
already purchased tickets for the inau
gural reception The committee has re
ceived 900 acceptances from distinguished
guests. and 10 is estimated that 10000 PEG
Die VIII be present at the ball. The order
TO close down town streets TO traffic toi
two days caused 8 storm Of protests TO-DAY
from hotel men, eXpressmen ana otnerS.
Mayor Wasbburne nevertheless RENAMED
firm and sticks to his order.
Outside the business district temporary
viaduct on Michigan Avenue will, however,
mass the bic procession over one cattle line
without stopping the street cars. II is re
ported this evening that the Chief OF De
tectives established a taCit understanding
with the judiciary that no haoeas corpus
writsin the cases Of known crooks shall Dc
issued next week. All thieves and thugs
as far as possible, will be jailed on sight
and held without booking, this eXtraordl-
nary measure being resOrted TO on IN,
theory OF ian ounce OF prevention, etc.
Another matter sharply challenging atten
ton was a letter to-day from General titz
simmons fatty declining 10 comply with .
suggestion from General Miles that tnt
Chicago milit ia regiments parade wiJnOu
their rural Illinois comrades for whom the
State failed 10 provide transportation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-14
RAnRoADs-Firm; sales 81, 227, 900.

RAIRoADs-Firm; sales 8, 227, OO0
SToCKs-The stock market to-day was
strong from start TO finish. Probably the
most significant feature Of speculation was
| the increased activity and buoyancy of the
Changers and number of other stocks
which have hitherto occupied a compare
I lively unimpOrtant position in the market.
Among the latter Western Union was con-
spicuous for rise of 21s Baltimore and
Ohio advanced 80 and Ohio and Missis-
slppi and Pacific Mail 2. During the after
noon New England began 10 decline, on the
denial Of the story about the alleged Bos-
ton and Maine deal. The market closed
firm. Sales 34l ,671 shares. Quotations
closed bid:
Atcbison, 391; Adams Express, 14S;
American Express, 1l9; Baltimore and
Ohio, 800 Canada Pacific, S614 Central
Pacific, 20; Chesapeake and Ohio, 231 {;
Chicago and Alton, l42; Chicago, BCrling-
ton and Quincy, 10l1l; Delaware and Hud-
son, 1850; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, 15414; Denver and Rio Grande
preferred, 52$%; Erie, 2635; do preferred,
63; Fort Wayne, 1853; Illinois Central,
99}5; Lake Shore, 1873; Michigan Cen
tral, l07 Missouri Pacific. ops Norfolk
and Western preferred, 4O%; Northern Pa
cihc, 10; do preferred, 5l9[; Northwest
ern, 1873; do preferred, l42; New ork
Central, 10; Pacific Mail, '331I; Peoria,
Decatur and Evansville, 1875; Pittsburg,
| l56; Pullman Palace, 1857; Reading, 5S$4 4;
Rock Island, S255; ST. Louis and San Fran
cisco, first preferred, rs; ST. Paul, 1893 .
do preferred, 1881; st. Paul and Omaha.
525l do, preferred, nS19; Tennessee Coal
and Iron, $3.50; Texas Pacific. ll$S; Union
Pacific, 401S; United States Express, 6l11;
Western Union, ISL; Wheeling and Lake
Erie, 20; do. preferred, 6SI
Mining Stocks-Cholor 80; Crown Point
10; Consolidated California and Virginia,
$40; Deadwood, 225; Gould and Curry, l25;
Hale and Norcross, 100; Homestake, 400;
Independence, -; Mexican, 100; North
Star, $50; Ontario, 5000; Ophir, 800; Ply
mouth so; Sierra Nevada, 1856; Standard,
100; Union Consolidated, 49,; Yellow
jacket, l25; Iron Silver, 60; Quicksilver,
300; do preferred. 1900; Bulwer. 3d.