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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-25
EIGHTY MEN DEAD
Terrible Mine Catastrophe in a
Bohemian Town.
WORK OF THE LURKING FIRE DAMP.

Scores of Victims Crushed and Mangled-
Calling a Parnellite's Mother a half
Bred Hindoo''-Ferdinand de Lesseps,
the Distinguished Engineer Declared
Implicated In the Panama Canal Frauds
Cholera in the Saale River Water.
VIENNA, Jan. 25.-An explosion of fire.
damp occurred yesterday in the Fortschritt
mine at Dux, in Bohemia Eighty miners
were killed and scores injured. The ex-
plosion occurred yesterday morning when
the shifts were changing. A cage full of
miners had been lowered half way down
the shaft when the ground trembled,
loud rumbling report was heard, and the
cable attached to the cage gave such a
lurch that the lowering machinery broke
A rush of air and dust from the pits
mouth, the sounds of crashing timbers,
and the cries of the men in the cage gave
warning to the men above of the extent of
the disaster Help was summoned, the
machinery was repaired after the delay of
half an hour, and the cage was raised. Ten
of the occupants had been killed instantly
by the shock, ten had suffered fractures
from which they cannot recover, and five
who had broken limbs and internal injur-
les will live. They had been half suffocated
by the gas rising in the shaft, and said that
no man could live below
Fourteen Dead in the Gallery.
An hour later the superintendent of the
mine and five miners from the night shift
went down in the cage They were unable to
90 more than 100 wards from the shaft into
the gallery, but they found fourteen dead
bodies. Of the fifty men who were waiting
for the cage ten had been kille d and forty
had been partially crus he'd by falling tim
bers or half suffocated by the foul air. A
short distance from the shaft the superin-
tendent found four bodies which had been
crushed beyond recognition by falling
beam. The bodies and the injured We're
taken to the top, where the whole mining
settlement had gathered to watch the work
of rescue.
Forty Men Imprisoned.
The men who had been brought up from
the bottom said that a few minutes after
the explosion they had heard cries and
groans from the mouth of the gallery about
300 yards from the shaft. There was heavy
timber work at this place, and they
believed that the men in this gallery had
been imprisoned by the falling beams.
They believed that some forty men had
been at work there. 1t is believed that all
the men in the gallery We're suffOcated or
killed by the shock of the explosion.
Twelve miners who worked in the extreme
interior of the mine on the night shift, and
had not started for the shaft so soon as
their companions, are also believed to be
dead.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
EXQUISITE Workmanship.

Otto Young & Co. of Chicago have
in their store watchmakers bench
which with the lathe and other at
tachments is valued at 5000. The
bench alone is worth $470. It was
made by Frank Sell, who was until
about 16 months ago engaged in the
jewelry business in Elkhart, Ind.
The top Of the bench. in the center
of which is inserted a glass plate, is
of hard woods, the pieces being accu-
rately joined. Woods from almost
every part of the world have been
used in the work.
The sides are Of mahogany, the
edges being ornamented with rows
of alternate black and white dia-
mond shaped pieces of wood. On
one end is carved an American eagle
and the makers name. The other
panel shows a dog of the pointer
breed. reproduced in black and white
wood.
The lathe, chucks and power were
made especially for this bench and
are of the finest material. The bench
is plentifully supplied with drawers
and covers, the edges of which are
ornamented with diamond shaped
blocks of black and white wood
jewelers. Weekly.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
A Plea For Small Attentions.

If men only knew how much their
wives appreciate tie little attentions
that they consider too small to think
about, there would be more of the
courtesies that marked the sntenup
tial period manifested in the every
day routine life that comes after
marriage.
A man, when he has succeeded in
winning woman, calmly lays aside
all those delightful little ways that,
if he only knew it, did so much to
captivate her, and with tae air of {
man who has run after {: street car
he settles down and reads his paper
without having an idea that she is
eating her heart out because of the
absence of those triding attentions
that mean so much to her.
Listen. all ye men, to a wife who
knows how much woman's nature is
alike and how happy we all become
over little kindnesses that may not
in your eyes be worth considering,
but which to us speak of a sentiment
that has not died out in marriage anl
a polite regard for the wife that is as
great as that shown the hancee.-
Philadelphia Times.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
Professional Jailbirds.

The French are practical people.
For many years it has been the Gus
tom for the more explosive Partisan
editors to keep "ghost" around the
corner. Generally the ''ghost" is sip
ping absinthe at the nearest cafe.
But he is the. titular editor. And
when the paper falls foul of the au-
thorities and the editor has to go to
jail t is the ghost around the cor
per that oes. The scheme is con-
venient. Jds.ice is satisfied, and the
paper comes outeasSsual.
There is an estabGssed bureau in
the Rue Druot with a register and
tariff for the supply Of doubles
for wealthy citizens who are averse
to hard labor. It does a very thriv-
ing business and does not limit its
resources to catering solely for the
requirements of newspaper men.
Any gay young dude who falls foul
Of the police can by little judicious
squaring send round to tho bureau
for a substitute, who for 81 a day,
payable in advance, will take his
place in prison and do the allotted
time meted out for venal ofenses.
For higher grades of punishment the
tariff is a little more and usually
comprises an extra sum of $40 for a
new suit of clothes upon relesse from
iail.-Paris Letter.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
She Got the Seat.

''Let me alone" said Kate; ''see if
don't make some man give me a
seat2" Selecting meek looking gen
tleman with the married air about
him, she walked up briskly and ex-
claimed:
why, Mr.. Smith, I'm so glad to
see you. What's that2 Take your
seat2 Oh, novel;, am tired, I won't
deny"
Meek Looking Gentleman with a
twinkle in his eye)-Ah, it is you,
Mary, is it2 Did not suppose your
mistress could spare you on washing
day. You must be tired Sit down.
Kate got the seat, butsomehow she
feels that the meek looking gentle
man is not beaten at all points.-Bos-
ton TRANSCRIPT.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
BEEF, WINE AND IRON.

This admirable preparation so sue
cessfully used for many years has be-
come necessity to that classs of pa.
tients requiring mild but efficient
tonic, combining the virtues Of fresh
beef, sound quality of wine and a
salt Of iron, which strengthens but
does not constipate. It's use in con-
valesence, wasting disease, dyspepsia,
alcoholism, loss of appetite, nervous
debility Sad general prostration is
too well known to require further
comment, For sale at the Bazaar.
Price S1.00.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15

marries, as marry she does, she Will
do her husband good, and not evil,
all the days of her life.
Slender she is, with the correct
line of beauty, 1.-THE and graceful.
Her hand is not exactly small, for it
has welded the rolling pin. Neither
is her foot small, but it is an honest
foot-a foot light enough and step
trim enough to dash the dew from
heather flowers; foot eloquent, not
like Cressida's, but eloquent of surety {;
a foot to twirl in any schottische or
cotillon, to cut the pigeon wing or
tread the mazes of the reel or exc
cute the shuttle of the Irish jig.
Nor has her education been neg
lected. She was a. Staunton and
Vassar year or so, and her fathers
library contains some sterling books,
as does nearly every home in old
Virginia. There is piano, too, and
the Virginia girl is perhaps at her
best when, with voice like a night
ingale's and eyes like Hebe's, she
sings with the accompaniment the
simple ballads her grandmother
sang."-Chicago Tribune.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
The Prophecy Of John Adams.

The approach Of another anniversary
Of our national birthday finds the whole
country country FFeesc'1uding with the note Of prep.
sration for it's celebration. The prophecy
Of John AdaLls that the day would be
ushered in by sound Of cannon and ring
ing Of bells and blazing Of fireworks has
been realized ever since that suspicious
day when the old bell IN Independence
hall first pealed in jo7ous tonca the birth
Of a nation. Changes incident to our
advanced age have brought change, In
the modes Of celebrating this great day,
but the sarae patriotic spirit lives and
breathes in all parts Of the country and
finds its own mode Of testifyIng that
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
HONEST CONFESSIONS.

II know what you're going to say" she said,
And she stood Up, looking uncommonly tall
You're going to speak Of the hectic fall
And say you're sorry the summers dead,
And no other summer was like 1t, you know.
And can't imagine what made it so?
Now, aren't you. honestly?" YES said.
Il know what IRE going to say" she said.
You're gon. u ask II forget
That day in June when the woods were wet
And you carried me''-here she dropped her
head
"Over the creek. You are going to say
Do remember that horrid day?
Now. aren't you, honestly?" Yes" said.
II know what you're goi''g to say" she said
you're going to say that since that time
You have rather tended to run to rhyme,
And'-here her glance fell, and her chenk
grew red
And have noticed your tone was queer?
Why, everybody has seen it here!
Now, aren't you, honestly" Yes" said
II know what you're going to say" said,
You're going to say you've been much an
noyed-
l am short Of tact, you will say devoid
And I'm clumsy and awkward, and call me
Ted,
And bear abuse like dear old lamb,
And you'll have me anyway, just as am.
Now, aren't you, honestly?" "Ye-e-s," she said.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
THE VIRGINIA GIRL.
Tribute TO Her Loveliness by an ApPre-
ciative Virginia Gentleman.

Tribute to Her Lovelincss by an Appre-
ciative Virginia Gentleman.
He was magnificent type Of the
real blue blooded Virginian, and
when a member of the little party
with which he was chatting in cor
ner asked him, What of the Virginia
girl2" a delicious flush of Plideful
color warmed his face, and he made a
reply striking and beautiful.
1.-The Virginia girl is now as her
mother and grandmother were be-
fore her. She is fitted by nature and
trained by education to be the wife
of a strong and brave man and a
mother of sturdy boys and virtuous
girls. She is not made up of watery
elements, though her voice is ever
soft. gentle and low. She says
father and mother in dutiful tones,
and yesternight when, like the Lady
Clnistabel,
Her gentle limbs did she undress,
And lay down in her loyeliness,
she said Our Father who art in
heaven reyerently, confdingly and
trustfully. A Christian she is, with
no more doubt of her faith than that
the sun shines. Chaste she is, with
out knowledge or suspicion of evil.
Simple she is, and ignorant and heed
less Of the grLat world, where wealth
snd position are the guinea stamp
that makes effulgent hearts as false
and as black as hell, and when she
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
False Dice.

The following passage explains the
various methods of cheating at dice
in the Elizabethan era SO we'll that
transcribe it in full for the benefit OF
commentators on old plays, etc, says
correspondent of London Notes
and Queries. What false disc use
they2 as disc stopped up with quick
silver and heares, disc Of vantage,
fattes, gourdes to chop aud chaunge
whan they lyste, to lette the trew
disc fall under the table, and so take
up the false, and if they be true disc,
what shyfte will they make to set ye
one of them with slyding, with cog,
ging, with foysting, with coytinge,
as they call t."-Ascham's ''Toxoph'
illus" 1545.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
va1ue Of . Good Digestion.

A man with a good digestion is
more likely to be true and loving and
charitable and honorable than one
who has ruined his temper and diges-
ton together, and since one of the
best assistants to digestion is a good
use Of the teeth let us calmly sit
dasa ta a'sE; dissssai; e oss1n nEal;lsu
friends do, and e enjoy our meal
rebuff any whispers of wasted time
by remembering that if the body is
not cared for the mind and soul &C
wrong; that to eat and drink an6
sleep and bathe well WE not only
make us healthier and Rs.ndsomer;
but as a consequence, smarter and
better. A good digestion makes s
good man, and though there may be
demons who chew their food well
there never was an angel who die
not masticate his.-New York Led
ger
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
What Lands Blood Medicine
Will Do.
HOLLANDS STORE, S. c.,

HOLLAND s STORE, .. u,
April l6, 1898.
The Howard & Willet Drug Co.
Gentlemen: Having prescribed
LANDS AITERAr1vE formula giyen) in
various pathological conditions, I
must say that I am convinced Of its
value for all that is claimed for it.
Mrs. B., married, 35 years old,
gave birth to large baby November
1880; was attacked third day after
confinement with pelvic cellulitis,
milk leg (phlegmasia albudolens;)
was critically III six weeks; has been
barren since, until November, 1881,
T treated her for catarrhal infamma-
tions, endo metritis, chronic ovaritis
for four or five years. I then car
ried her to distinguished gyn@co-
logist, and she found no relief. 1
put her on Lands Alternative in June,
1891, and after taking two bottles
she gave birth in November to fine
child. Yours, ETC.,
r. G. WITHERsPOoN, NJ. ID.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
The Stupid Ostrich.

While the ostrich has absolutely
no brain-see Job for authority-it
has vicious propensities that show
some sort of wicked intelligence.
Some Cape Town people had a fowl
fatting in a special coop near an os'
trich kraal. The bird dropped and
grew thin. It was watched and seen
to peer through the Stats of its coop,
curious to watch its neighbors, the
ostriches. Every timeit put its head
out it received a kick from its
neighbor and would soon have died
had it not been removed.
A meek looking male ostrich stood
about with its consort looking so de-
iected that some visitors remarked
it must be henpecked.
"Oh," laughed their host, "he is
hen kicked" and they soon saw him
receive a staggering blow from his
gentle spouse which sent him with
dropping feathers into corner
Detroit Free Press.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
a1astbesia From Torture.

An extraordinary thing happened
during Mr.. Seney's last illness.
While friend was with him he was
smitten with a violent attack of an
gina pectoris. It seemed as though
his suferings were more than the
body could stand and survive. The
paroxysm lasted for more than an
hour. After it had passed he opened
his eyes as one who awakes from a
sound sleep and said to his friends,
"Why, I have eheen asleep, haven't
n" So t led that the ex-
cess of pm and struggle had really
produced a sort of anaesthesia, and
the case will be discussed at a meet
ing of one Of the medical faculties
Philadelphia Press
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15

A Drug Department has just been opened
Drugs and Medicines to suit the popular
demands has been placed therein, and your
attention is invited to some OF the numer-
GUS articles in stock as follows:
Ayers Sarsaparilla, Cherry Pectoral. Hair
Vigor and Pills.
Maltine various compounds. Electric
bitters, Ca!esaya tonic, Grooves tasteless
chill tonic, Cod Liver Oil with Hypophos-
phites, Syrup of Figs, Wizard Oil.
Simmons Liver Regulator, Stanley 8
nerve and bone linement Hartey's diar-
rhoea and cholera spec fc, Godfrey's cor
dial, Winslow's soothing syrup, Bulls
cough syrup, Boykin's cough syrup, ALL
cocks porous plaster, Court plaster, Soda
and Mint tablets, Chlorate Potash lozen-
gers, Browns bronchial troches. Homes
fragrant frostilla for chapped hands, etc.
DR.. Kings life pills, Brandreth's pills,
Quinine pills. Everybody's pills, Capsules,
Seidlitz powders.
Horse and Cattle powders, Ammonia for
cleaning clothes etc, Sapolio, Perline,
Stove Polish, Putz Pomade, Benzine.
Mouth wash, Toothache drops, Corn
cure, Hair dye, Mustache wax.
Mexican Mustang Linement, Opedildoc,
Yaseline, Glycerine.
Vermefuge and Worm CONNECTIONS.
Lactopeptine, Quinine, Blue Mass, Gallo
mel, Mercurial Ointment.
Rhubarb, Pain Killer, paregoric, land
anum. syrup rhubarb. syrup squills, castor
oil, sweet oil, sewing machine oil, British
oil, spirits ammonia. spirits nitre, spirits
camphor, camphorice and gum.
ASS ,rted Flaycring Extracts, Essences
and all kinds OF spices.
Jsmacia Ginge1. Ready-made Mustard
plaster, Rough on Rats.
Alum, Borax, Ssltpetre, Bluestone,
Birthstone, Sulphur, Coperas, Salts, Cream
Tartar. Gum Arabic, etc.
Nursing Bottle fittings, Rubber Nipples,
Teething Rings etc.
Cuticura and Carbolic soap.
A choic line of sweet soaps. perfumery
and toilet goods. Tooth, Hair, Cloth and
Shaving Brushes, Combs, etc.
..---a AT THE BAZAAR.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
THIS SNAKE WOULDN'T TURN.
They Had Him In Lathe and Were Going
TO ESQ Kim Tor Shafting.

They Had Him In Lathe and Were Going
to Uso Tim Tor Shafting.
In the fall of 1886 I was sent from
en- eastern firm to Colorado to super
intend the erection of sawlnill to
replace an old one which was de-
stroyed by fire. Everything went on
nicely, and the mill was in running
order in about two weeks with the
exception of a countershaft to run
the planer and hatcher, which was
missing. To send to the factory
would take not less than, two weeks,
and we came to the conclusion to cut
a piece off the old lire shaft and trnn
it up ourselves, as we had an old
lathe standing next to the boiler and
engine
The weather of the last month was
dry and very warm, but at sunset
that day a heavy snowstorm set in,
and the thermometer dropped to zero.
The next morning we sent our en-
gineer to get one of those old line
shafts, but found them covered with
snow and ice. At last he succeeded
in getting hold of piece about s
feet long. It measured about 3 inches
in diameter, somewhat thicker in the
center and tapered at one end. We
needed only feet, so we sent for
sledge and chisel to cut off the right
length. One stroke and of flew the
thin part I told the men this kind
of iron would not do, but the engi-
neer said all iron would break like
this in zero weather; it soon would
be all right if it came into the lathe
next to the boiler. He took the shaft
over to the wise and centered same,
end from there to the lathe. put the
steady rest in position and sd to
turn it to the right side, but an in
vain. The lathe was located near
the boiler, warm place, the ice had
melted during the time, and the shaft
got softer and softer, and the tool
would not cut at all.
At this moment the proprietor of
the place stepped in, and seeing his
man running the lathe asked him
what he was going to do. II am
trying to turn a shaft for our planer,
but never saw a piece of iron like
this First it was as hard as glass,
but as soon as it got warm it turned
soft and is getting softer all the
time" The proprietor took a step
forward just IN time to see the two
ends drop out Of the centers, but
held in the middle by the steady rest,
showing several different colors. The
proprietor was an old man and had
for many years lived in Colorado,
and one glance convinced him that
|is engineer had taken frozen rat
6esnake for a piece Of iron, cut off
Sthe tail and put the balance in the
lathe to turn it off for countershaft.
The snake was not hanging on the
rest longer than a minute when it
commenced to whirl around to free
itself All the men ran, and the
snake after them, until somebody
killed it with club. We looked fo1
the tail, which by this time had also |
thawed, and found Is rattles on it. |
The engineer swore he would never
look for another piece of iron on
day like this in Colorado. .-Cincin |
natl Tribune.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
4 Clever Dodge.

A country paper tells of beauti-
ful, amiable, fascinating and i'm,
mensely wealthy young lady in a
village in the country, who carefully
conceals the knowledge of her wealth,
wears cheap clothes and works in a
millinery shop, waiting for an inter.
esting young man to WOO and win
her for herself alone" There will
not be milliner left in that village
in three months. Tit Bits.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
The Husbands Lam ent.

After a conjugal scene the wife
gave the husband slap in the face.
Instead of flying into passion the
husband very composedly took up
his hat, and before going away spoke
as follows:
Madame, six years ago, when 1
solicited your parents for your hand,
l little suspected the use you would
make Of it."-Petit Rouennais.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
It is Easier to keep We'll than
to Get We'll!

If we could only keep our Liver in
such a condition that we did not
know we had a Liver, we would
escane three-fourths of humanity's
ills-such as Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Constipation, Sick Headache, Malaria,
Loss Of Appetite, etc. Liver-Aid
will do just that thing for US. It is
the latest and best formula for Tor
pid Liver and all of it's evils.
A medicine glass graduated for
table, desert and teaspoon, fit as
nice cap on each bottled. Price SOC.
For sale at the Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15

women travel abroad nowadays
with q mania for one article collec-
tons. A fortunate individual comes
home laden with several dozen lamps
of every size and shape, from the
thickest brass affairs picked up in
Holland to the daintiest filigree silver
incense burners.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
BuckIen's Arnica SaIve.

The best Salve in the world for
Cuts. Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains Corns, and III
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or ne pay required. It is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale at the Bazaar
March 81.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15
Probably an Exaggeration.

Snooks-What makes you so glums
You say her father did all he could
to hasten your suit.
Sledgeby-You do not seem to real
ize that was in the suit at the time.
-VOc,l7a
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15

Pranzini wrote at the last moment
toa priest, ''The consciousness of my
innocence inspires me with the desire
to have recourse to your functions in
order to console myself for what is
called the Justice of man"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15

A New York tenant who had a
grudge against his landlord began
the habit Of paying his rent of $50 a
month all in pennies, but the land
lord complained to the courts, and
the courts have stopped the practice.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-11-15

It is bad form for any person to
use toilet articles that are not bis
own. The Questionable habit is
most trying to others and shows lam
entable ignorance on the part Of the
offender.