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The morning call., 1893-01-31
THE BOILER EXPLODED.
Fatal Accident at a British Columbia
Coal Mine

VICTORIA, b. c.. Jan. So.-The Tumbo
Island coal mine was the scene of an aDpall-
ing accident yesterday. A boiler used in
the hosting works exploded. and M. G. II.
Morrison, contractor, and John n. harris,
assistant engineer, were instantly killed.
The building in which the explosion took
place was completely wrecked. Morrison
had a wife and two children. who are now
at Vancouver. and Harris vile and FIVE
children in this CITY.
The morning call., 1893-01-31
The Monterey.

There has been no definite information
received regarding the cruiser Monterey.
She will. it is expected, go to Mare Island
this morning to be fitted out, but what her
further movements will be are so far un-
known.
The morning call., 1893-01-31
Socialists Cause Trouble.

BUpA-PEsTH, Jan. 30.-The efforts Of the
Prussian socialists to foment trouble in
the Government small-arms factory in this
city eliminated to-day in the strike OF 1900
men for mere wages.
The morning call., 1893-01-31
ANNEXATION ADVANTAGEOUS.
kaiakaua's Old Commander Frees His
Mind

IHoRoLD. Ont. Jan. 3O.-Colonel Volney
Y. Ashford. commander-in-chief Of the
Hawaiian forces under King Kalakaua, Is
here visiting He said o-day: 'The revo-
luton In Hawaii was expected. but Il seems
the Queen has forced the hands of her oppo-
nents and obliged them to declare their
opposition rather sooner than was an
ticipated."
Colonel Ashford is OF the opinion that an
nexation TO the United States would be adj
vantageous to the islands in view CT their
present commercial relations with the re-
public.
The morning call., 1893-01-31
CoNsUL-GENERAL PRATT.
lie Is Officially Notified of the Change
of Government

+. a, Pratt, C0nsul-Genoral nj the Ha-
waiian Islands. received two official docu-
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-12-22
A MAN MISJUDGED.

The world goes by, and fancies he is cold.
Sef-wrapt in coils of egotistic thought
Fettered with links of subtle eobweb,
wrought
BY selfish meditation. Men have told
Each other laughingly that once he sold
His heart for love OF knowledge-that +,
bought
A calm content $50 oft and vainly soughD
By breaking every dear affections hold
They read him lightly !; he has never known
The loose emotions that can weep at will.
The void that makes each passing wind its
own,
Yet in his breast are caverns hard to fill
Not to be fathomed by the careless stone
OF those that cast to show their petty
skill
Heis of alien character to theirs
Who brand him with their foolish, worth
less scorD;
His careless seeming is vesture worn
To hide the troubled front of many cares,
Beneath the cloak of callousness he bears
A beating heart, with sorrow often torn:
He has burden heavy to be borne
OF love and sympathy; his thoughts are
pray'rs.
When most he seems unheedful he is sad
For that vast trouble which is life's below
Longing to teach the fearful to be glad,
The helpless hopeful-wearying to know
What food for famished spirits may be had,
What solace for the mass of human woe.
Arthur G. Salmon, in Temple Bar.
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the depths of eac.I sieart as the CRATE.
full parents realized how much they
owed to the brave little schoolteacher.
And Sally? Was it not Il merry,
happy Christmas for her? AS Joe
lifted her into his sleigh and tucked
the big, white wolf-robe around her
she leaned forward and whispered: :
go, Joe, dear, j am SO, SO happy -
And the New England dinner was q
success after all, despite the anxious
hours passed by old Corn Jackson and
his wife. AS for Joe, he was the life
of the party. He let the youngsters
hug and kiss Aunt Sally all they pleased
without suffering one pang of jealousy.
But every little while he slipped out
in the hall when Sally was absent and
made even by sundry hugs and kisses
that brought the girl back into the
parlor with burning cheeks and frowzly
hair.
Really, l believe there never was a
happier Christmas day than the one
succeeding the big blizzard in Dakota
Chicago Herald.
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was a whole cord of sawed wood.
brought from the river bottom, which
Sally used i'll the big stove without
stinting.
The exercises We're partially over in
the little schoolroom when the teacher
became aware of an atmospheric change
that caused her heart to beat like a
triphammer, for ten years residence
in the prairie country had made her
an adept in reading weather signs
She had seen that queer haze in the
sky before and experienced that same
palpitation in the atmosphere which
she had once likened to nature trem-
bling at the fear of impending disaster.
The wind shrieked uncannily down the
chimney, the windows ratified in their
easements and the door shook so vio-
lently that n chair had to be propped
against it to meet the resistance.
Still the girl had no thought of cur
failing the exercises, but rather of
prolonging them, for, with wisdom
beyond her years, she leaped to the
conclusion that the children must not
be allowed to venture out III the face
of the storm that was almost upon
them. lighting the lamps, a process
that wss rendered necessary by the
leaden skies, she sent one of the boys
outside to close the wooden shutters
and another to bring IN a fresh supply
of wood.
Before the last recitation had been
delivered and the dozen scholars had
marched round the room with tiny
American flags upheld, singing mean
time patriotic air, the storm burst
in all its fury. Some of the little
girls, alarmed at the violence of the
elements, began to whimper, and
Sally, to quiet them, told Christmas
story, which was having the desired
effect when the chair at the door sud
denly gave way and the latter, with
loud bang, flew open, admitting an icy
blast, followed by furious gust of
fine snow, causing ~he more timid ones
to shrek with fright.
Sally jumped forward to close the
door and found it an effort which re
quired her entire strength. This time
she turned the key in tho lock and had
two of the boys drag bench forward
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-12-22

The production of cotton is rapidly
increasing in quantity in the transcas-
plan provinces of Russia. Last year
as many as 70, 565 tons of raw cotton
were transported across the Caspian to
Batoum and Poti. After reshipment
at these places the cotton was con,
veyed to Odessa and Sebastopol, and
thence to the weaving mills at LODI,
Warsaw and those in the Moscow dis,
trict. 1t being cheaper than either
American or Egyptian cotton, which
pays very heavy import duty, it may
be, suggests the Chicago Herald, that
In a few years, when the cotton crop
of the transcaspian provinces will suf-
fee to furnish the raw material re.
quired by the Russian mills, American
and Egyptian cotton will cease to be
bought in Russia
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was not self-satisfied young man, and
realized that women are complex crea-
lures, often loving where none sus-
pect and disliking where the exact re-
verse might reasonably be counted
upon. Hence his perturbed feelings.
He was aware that the Christmas ex-
ercises at Sally's school were to be held
the Friday afternoon preceding Christ
mas, and by starting early he hoped
to reach the schoolhouse in time to
take Sally home in his sleigh, u
heavy snowfall the day previous hav-
ing spread thick white mantle over
tive father-in-law, he, too, had taken
observations of the weather after get
ting well under way, and had mentally
decided that trouble was brewing.
But a Dakotian en- route to his lady
love is not to be baked by the bitter
est blizzard that ever blew, and if Joe
entertained any qualms they were on
Sally's account certainly not on his
own.
Sally usually rode to school on a lit
tie white pony, but that morning a
neIghbor had driven over III his bobsled
with one of her pupils, promising to
call at the school for them on his re-
turn from town. This arrangement
had not disturbed Sally's tranquility
in the least, for she had an intuition
that Joe would be along before the ex-
ercises were finished, and if he should
ask her to ride home with him she
would-well, she would offer no OBJ
tions.
The schoolhouse was in the center of
a district that was not very thickly set
tied. The people were few in number
and the nearest farmhouse was two
miles away, but Sally's scholars had
the true Dakota contempt for dis
tances, and two or even four mile
tramp across the prairie twice a day
was of little moment to their sturdy
physiques. They were sure of warm
room on arrival for in the back ward
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tion, to make false step meant GER
tain death, and this Sally well knew.
Often she had heard her father tell of
settlers losing their way in going from
the house to the barn during the
progress of blizzard and of being
found frozen in the snow within "
yards of their home after the
was over. Experiences such as tnuse
crowded thickly on the girls memory
and resulted in anything but pleasant
sensations.
But Sally never shirked her duty
and now bravely prepared to accom-
plish the dangerous feat Knotting
together some pieces of string used by
the boys in playing ''horse, she made
a rope long enough to reach from the
side window to the woodpile. One
end of this she tied to the arm of the
biggest boy in the room, then unfast-
ening the shutter she instructed him
to raise the window and pass the rope
out to her when she tapped on the
easement.
Wrapping herself in her thick ulster
she pulled the hood over her head,
cautioned the frightened children not
to stir on any account until her return
and then, opening the door, plunged
forward i'll the snow, now almost waist
deep.
Ugh! How the cruel, icy blast hun
grily leaped to inclose her in It's deadly
embrace Fine particles of snow dashed
into her eyes and in few seconds
formed in solid lump, completely
binding her. But the brave girl had
no intention of turning back Closely
hugging the side of the building she
cautiously felt her way until she
reached the further window on which
she raped sharply with stick.
Unable to see ON account of the
frozen snow glued to her eyeballs,
Sally shouted to the boy to lean out
and place the loop in her hand Slip
ping it over her left arm she then
abandoned the shelter afforded by the
building and boldly dashed into the
open in the direction of the woodpile.
An accurate knowledge of its loca-
tion led her straight to the fuel and,
quickly gathering an armIul of the
sticks, she ierked at the line until she
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-12-22

Nicaragua has enacted laws that
bears very hard on the alien, notes the
San Francisco Examiner. The under
lying idea seems to be to have the
alien furnish the money for govern
ment devoted mostly to his own OPP
preston. When Nicaragua shall have
acquired the largest standing army in
the world and the largest navy it may
be able to execute these laws. In the
meantime much satisfaction may be
derived from contemplating the fact
that such august enactments adorn
and glorify the statute books.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-12-22

as an additional brace. Then she re-
turned to the task Of entertaining her
scholars.
1t was customary for the children to
eat their dinners at school, which
ordinarily was not dismissed until
three o'clock, but on this day the ex-
ercises were to occupy the forenoon
only, permitting the pupils to return
home in time for dinner. Consequently
none of the youngsters had been pro-
vided with food, and all the school
butter biscuits which Sally had placed
in her bag expecting to eat on the way
home.
These edibles she carefully divided
among her scholars in equal proper
tions, and by pretending she had re-
served some for herself let them eat
without suffering any compunctions
on teacher S account. 1t made a sorry
meal for ten or twelve hungry boys
and girls, but it was better than moth
ing.
Some of the older boys at first in
sisted upon starting home, but after
witnessing the gale that dashed past
the door when it blew open, they were
glad to join the circle with the rest
around the stove, near which all
huddled for warmth. The cold was
intense. A pitcher of water that
stood on Sally's desk, twenty feet
from the fire, froze solid and had to
be thawed out back of the stove when
one of the children called for drink
SO fierce was the draught that the
thick chunks of wood were quickly
reduced to ashes in the fire, and by
three o'clock the supply was so nearly
exhausted that it was evident that
more must be obtained or all would
freeze to death.
Although the woodpile lay within
thirty feet of the schoolhouse there
was great risk in venturing out to it.
In that fearful blizzard, where it was
impossible to see five feet in any direc-
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Christmas in Many Lands.

The Christmas season finds its eX-
preston among us IN variety of ways.
The fare of old England-the boar's
head spiced and garlanded the pea
cock garnished with its own feathers
has been replaced by the turkey and
the goose.
But the evergreen of the season and
the Christmas carol are of older date.
We may trace their ancestry to the
"Saturnalia" of the Roman. The early
church saw danger to its converts in
these practices and prohibited the
green boughs, but later the prohibi-
ton was withdrawn and the custom
was incorporated into the canons of
the church. But these acts of natural
religion were brought to us by our
Saxon forefathers and are remnants of
the worship of their heather gods.
In the Italy of to-day the celebra-
tion of Christmas is not unlike our
own. The week preceding is week
of fast or fish days. Christmas Eve
ushers in the great festival. Then as
f>mble the children and frie ends to
partake of a sumptuous supper, after
which curtain is withdrawn, and
shows the table of gifts wrapped in
paper. The "Urn of Fate" is brought
into use. Each person draws in turn,
and the presents are distributed as de-
termined by the oracle. Exchanges
of gifts are made until each person is
satisfied.
In Germany, tha Christmas tree is
the special care of the housewife, who
sees that the members of her house
hold are represented, from the least to
the greatest. The social gatherings
are held on New lear Eve. The bells
of the city ring in the new year, fol-
lowed by burst of congratulation
from all present, with the greeting
Prosit, Neu Jahr.
Christmas morning in Norway sees
the roads crowed with sledges. A sim
pie service in the churches is followed
by an early dinner given to relatives
and friends previously invited. Tea
is served at Z o'clock, after which
strolling pantomimic performers are
admitted These are rewarded by
sweetmeats and IA little money. The
men smoke while the women talk;
finally the sledges carry the guests
home over the snow in the bright
moonlight.
In England the theatres are turned
into pleasure grounds for the children.
The nursery rhymes and the popular
fairy tales are acted, amidst unre-
strained applause from highly appre-
ciative audience The elders are also
entertained by witty jokes and touches
on the politics and leading topics of
the day. Children are the principal
actors in these pantomimes, and ar
often the bread winners at seasc
when work is so scarce in England.
Christmas is no longer looked up
rs time of riot and carousal. 1t is
now universally recognized as the
feast of all children because of the
holy child. In our own country gift
giving is no doubt the prominent fea-
ture. Many regret the custom, say
ing that it engenders hypocrisy and
scltishness. Our lives, they think,
would be more spontaneously gener-
GUS if no day was set apart for gift
giving. Let us therefore look to it
lest we lose the spirit of Christmas, of
which the gift is the mere expression
for "Peace on earth and good will to-
wards men.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-12-22

Englishmen, Irishmen and colored
men are the usual employees about
stables in New York, though elsewhere
Italians have come to be employed at
all SORTS of unskilled manual labor.
The fact is, explains the New York
York Sun, that Englishmen are bred
to the care of horses, Irishmen have a
curious sympathy for the brutes, and
colored men enjoy the cosy warmth
of stables in winter time.
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bought in Russia.

Various cities in Germany have es-
tablished municipal eating houses as a
means for minimizing begging and to
relieve the worthy poor of the neces-
sity of accepting food given in charity.
Our Consul ut Chemnitz, Jan es C.
Monaghan, i'll report to the State De-
partment, gives most favorable ac-
count of an institution of this kind in
that city, us the result of visit. "The
food is substantial, he declares. "To
Woodworking man with appetite
sharpened by exercise, the dinner is
excellent. The meats, vegetables, etc,
are properly clenned and prepared be.
fore they are cooked. Everything is
kept clean, and smells sweet and whole.
some. The people, who look hearty,
gather in large rooms on benches
placed by long tables. Besides the
dinner, the midday meal, supper is
served to those who wish it" From
the list of the food given, observes the
Boston Herald it appears to be sub
stantial and excellent in kind and
variety, and that the institution is ap-
preciated is evidenced by the fact that
last year 435, 1850 dinners were sold.
The food is sold by the portion, and
an ample dinner never costs more than
ten cents. The establishment is so
practically managed that it Yields
something of profit to the city; the
expenditures last year were Sl5, ,557. %,
and the receipts were Sl7, 50l. 6S, leav-
ing a balance of 1914. 40 At our
municipal lodging house here in Bos
ton, meals and lodging are paid for in
work. Our custom of giving out free
soup at the police stations through the
winter has little to commend it. 1t is
demoralizing and encourages vagrancy
nd pauperism, The bounty often goes
unworthy recipients, and instances
ave been related of keepers of cheap
boarding houses obtaining supplies for
heir tables regularly in this way. On
the other hand, many who may really
need the food are too sensitive to re.
ceive ii in charity. II would he much
better to sell the soup at cost, together
with bread and perhaps other simple
kinds Of food
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-12-22

The most unique bequest Yale has
ever received has just been recorded
by the will of Minot Booth, an eccen-
trio citizen of Monroe, Conn. 1t con
sists of several large quarries which,
though of great practical value for
building purposes, Mr.. Booth has be-
queathed for geological purposes, hav-
ing always believed they would be in
valuable for scientific research.
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Wolves in Maine.

1t has been long since any wolves
were reported in Maine, but the latest
news is that few have got across the
border. Word comes from Spencer
Pond that one was shot near there the
other day. \ woman at a camp about
twelve miles from Spencer having ven
tured some distance from the camp
was chased by wolf clear up to her
own door, and believes she heard two
or three more of the beasts L OF far be-
hind. On her arrival p man at the
camp snatched gun, rushed out and
shot the beast before he had time to
retreat to the woods. Lewiston Jour
nal
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when he gets here "
''Oh. stop your nonsense, Caleb, +"
returned his wife, with some asperity,
in which, however, trace of anxiety
was discernible. 'Sally's no fool !;
she's been caught ont in bad weather
before this and knows enough to make
herself and the youngsters comfortable
il the worst comes to the worst. One
nd think the schoolhouse was fifty
miles across the prairie stead of only
five. Do be sensible"
Sally Jackson, their nineteen year
old daughter, taught a district school
in Lyons township, for which the COM
missioners of Ninnehaha county al
lowed her the sum of thirty dollar
month. Her father cultivated $40
acres of Dakota prairie land, and it
was his success in raising corn that
had earned for him the sobriquet of
Corn jackson among his neighbors
Both he and his wife were pioneer set
tiers in the county where they were
highly respected, the popularity of
their home with the young men being
greatly enhanced by the presence of
their vivacious daughter, whose charms
few could resist.
But Joe Chalmers, sturdy young
settler living ut the farther end of the
county, was generally understood to
be the most favored of Sally's admir-
ers, his good looks, abundance of
mother wit and genial disposition al
ways lnsuring him pleasant recep-
tion. Perhaps the fact that he held a
patent from Uncle Sam for half sec
tion of good land, on which neat
frame house had given place to the
original log shack, may have added to
his popularity with the old folks,
whose warm welcome when he called
and cordial invitation to 'drop in
often" when he rode away were never
theless quite sincere.
There was to be real old fashioned
New England dinner ut Corn Jack
sons homestead Christmas day, and as
Joe's claim lay thirty miles away,
across the prairie trail, he had ar
ranged with Sally's parents to drive
over Christmas eve and occupy their
guest chamber
Joe had been mentally laying great
plans Tor the proper spending of that
Christmas eve ever since he received
his invitation. He wisely figured that
Sally would be kept busy Christmas
day, first in helping her mother and
later IN entertaining the company, of
whom there were to be several aunts
and uncles, together with sundry
nephews and nieces, who were sure to
appropriate all Aunt Sally's atten-
tlons
As they would not arrive until
Christmas morning Joe had deter
mined to do his share of monopoliZ-
ing the night previous, and to ask
Sally to he his wife was the central
pivot of his plans. He was fully sat
isfied that she was the only girl that
could make him truly happy for life,
and now that he had thoroughly set
tied this proposition in his own mind
he was feyerishly anxious to receive
Sally answer That he was not in
different to her he felt sure, but
whether She liked HIM well enough to
be his wife was another matter. Joe
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Let this day see all wrongs forgiven,
Let peace sit crowned in every heart,
Let bitter words be left unsaid.
Let each one take his brothers part
Let sad lips learn to smile
A day is such little while
OF all the days, this is the shortest.
Let rich and poor together meet,
While words of kindness ill the air.
Let love spread roses in the way,
Though winter reigneth everywhere.
Let us know naught OF craft or guile,
A day is such little while
OF all days, this is the shortest
Let US help each with loving care,
Our brother on the way to heaven.
Let's lay aside all selilshness,
Let pride from every heart be driven,
Let Christmas Day bring many smile.
A day is such little while
OF all days, this is the shortest
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Christmas.

Oh Christmas. merry Christmas
Is it really come again,
With its memories and greeting.
With its JOY and with its pain?
Oh Christmas, merry Christmas,
Ills not so very long
Since other voices blended
In the carol and the song.
-. + we could but hear them singing
As they are singing now
II we could hut see the shining
OF the crown on each dear brow,
There would be no sigh to smother,
No hidden tear to Gnw.