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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1895-01-10

Tie County Commissioners have employ
"a pr f l. stevens ia attend tha nr;snnars
III tiie laii tht present Near-
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The annual REPORTS of the County Cem-
n4>sionerS, TREASURED aa# ,later Wil ~ 81
SHED th~ Week tlom tnt r-ss " George w
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779>2 Including Nq7 80 cash IN Treasury
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-$54 o4 Tie liabilities are Sl2a5l.76: W.
sources SlI. a7S4-, -Neess Of liabilities, 81
{ 218 ~ OF the county tan of 1891 amount
4 ing to -l6.nN0 there has been paid ~11 ,2So6S
A HE .Iailar report shows 557 prisoners com
united dNFhg fhe year' q wAifh Up wele
vagrantS, los tramps, 20 DRINKS 10 for break
ins and entering, Ter IiNgor selling, " fer
safe krtllnL, Tue Naidlief III sfnalltr number
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1895-01-10


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poi' II - Ne"'ieoeN' ISIS oiieA III Wolh
Ni' ''iT "e' ~ ray MI man fha Team i
10y
MISS hlngsburN will give an illustrated
lecture heNf edneSday evening ~ fhe most
pN'lAihenl p"lhls ol interest N tht NAVY ~
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nV rNPniV lha' - morton stewart Ssh
"N'''.' V''''p "' pe'ias' d' ohce
t W 'N '0its vas Fic'ha'''ie e.
- ~" "'ite N -'Vi'ohf'h . Drown WAY
i'S Ne'>e' y p'io Sltins'
AS there has been some interest in the
matter we wlll state, hy authority. that the
late II " Patterson claim for damages
against the Name Central Railroad Co. in
whose car ne was on duty at the time OF the
accident, has been fully adjusted by mutual
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
SIX MEN ENTOMBED!
BUSINESS HOUSE coLLAPsEs
AT WHEELING, w. VA.
The Structure Had been Condemned
Several Years Ago-Twenty-three Men
Dead in the Whatcom Mine Dis
aster.

Wheeling, ". Va.,sa April 10.-This
morning, shortly after 8 o'clock the
fve-story business house Of Chapman
& Son on Main street in the whole
sale district, and the adjoining four
story hardware establishment of T. T.
Hutchinson suddenly collapsed and
buried six persons in the ruins. Dad,
Williams, a carpenter, escaped with
serious injuries, but the following at
taches Of his establishment were en-
INT. Hutchinson, merchant and pro-
prietor.
NJ. J. A. Ford, salesman.
p. j. Koran, clerk.
Eugene Burch, clerk:
Bob Winches, clerk.
Western Union messenger boy, Harry
CoWl, caught in the alley and buried.
Hutchinson vas taken out with w
ribs broken and ,othersinjuries and cans
not live. .
The Hutchinson building was of light
construction and years ago was de-
clared unsafe. The fire department did
effective work in keeping down the
flames, while volunteers went to the
rescue of the victims of the disaster.
At 1925 o'clock Michael Ford was
taken from the ruins alive but fatally
hurt. He had been pinned beneath an
iron girder and the dead body Of young
Koran lay across him.
1t is TO- known that the Rev. Father
H F.. Parke, vicar-general of the Cath
Ole diocese,.is under the ruins. He was
on his way to the cathedral from a
train when the walls fell.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
THE SUN AND THE STARS.
Astronomy Claims That the Two Bodies
Are About the Same.

Astronomy Claims That the Two Bodies
Are About the Same.
The sun is star and the stars are
suns. This fact has been a familiar
one to astronomers for many years.
That the stars shine by their own in
herent light, and not by lights re-
Elected from another body, like the
planets of the solar system, may be-
easily proved. That many of them
at least are very similar to our own
sun is clearly shown by several
considerations.
Three facts prove this conclusively.
First, their great intrinsic brilliancy
compared with their slAall apparent
diameter, a diameter SO small that
the highest powers Of the largest tel
escapes fail to show them as anything
but mere points of light without
measurable magnitude. Second, their
vast distance from the earth, a dis
lance so great that the diameter of
the earth's orbit dwindles almost to a
point in comparison. This accounts
satisfactorily for the firstfact. Third,
the speetroscope-that unerring in
strument of modern research-shows
that the light emitted by many of
them is very similar to that radiated
by the sun.
Their chemical and physical consti-
tuition is, therefore, probably analo-
gous to that of our central luminary.
The red stars certainly show spectra
differing considerably from the solar
spectrum, but these objects are COM
paratively rare, and may, perhaps, be
considered as forming exceptions to
the general rule.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
THE DREAM OF CHEMISTRY.

Hopes In Time to Produce ralatable
Beef Steaks Out of the Elements.
The electrician has one dream and
the social philosopher has another.
But the chemist has also a vision of
the alchcmis; of the dark ages. This
is how he would solve the problems of
comfort and happiness which have
been put to the human race:
The chemist hopes for a synthetic
beefsteak, for a chemical loaf, for a
cup of coffee made, like his soda water
extracts, out of inorganic matter. He
wants to see the day when a synthe-
tic climate shall hold the string to
the unruly bags of Aeolus."
"In that day the food and raiment
of mankind will be produced in the
cru. lies OF the chemist. Once more
verdure will clothe the fields now de-
faced by human toll, and the shaggy
woods Will spring anew on the de-
spoiled slopes of the hills. There
will be ne tilling or harvest, no
slaughtering of tame beasts. Out of
the original elements chemistry will
compound chops and outlets, knead
the dough, and brew ale.
The battle has already been partly
won in the case of medicines and
drugs. The wine at the table d'hote
never saw the vineyard. The prize
fru1t flowers of the drug store are in
nocent of the orchard and garden.
Synthetic chemistry is yet young. It
mas MADE great advances in the pro-
duction Of glycerine and sugar. 1t
has 1000 devot.es IN this country who
hope to make the dream a reality"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
DEAF MUTEs HOME AFIRE.
Inmates Out Of Danger, but Six EN-.
-. p n1ovoc Hove No - eco- ~

Inmates Out of Danger, but Six EN-.
ployes Have Narrow Escapes.
New York, April 1O.-Fire started on
the second floor Of the mechanical de-
partrnent Of the New York Institution
for the Deaf and Dumb at One Hundred
and ~SiSty.fifth street and the boulevard
near midnight last night. The building,
a three-story brick, is a total wreck.
The loss is estimated at $50, 900 on build
ing.and $4,000 on machinery and stock.
Six men were asleep on the floor above
where the fire started. Three of them
craWled down ladders put against the
windows. Two Others were partly over
come by smoke and had to be carried
down by the fremen. The other man,
William McCaffrey, jumped from 4 Win
dow and was severely injured. All the
inmates were rescued without injury.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Johnnie Brown Knew.

A boy about ten years old occupied
one of the front seats in an oral ex-
animation in history at one of the
grammar schools a little over a
month ago. He was rather bright
looking, and evidently had a very
good opinion OF his own learning.
'Who can tell what slaves and
servants of the king were called in
England in old times?" asked the
teacher.
The t~en-year-old raised his hand
like a rocket.
"Well, you, Johnnie Brown"
"Serfs, vassals and vassalies." was
the reply
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
EXTENSION OF CIVIL SERVICE.
Chiefs of Divisions May Yet Ee Brought
Under the Law.

Washington, April 10.-The civil serv-
ice commission recently submitted to
the President further correspondence
and data setting forth the benefits to be
derived by placing under the civil serv-
ice regulations the offices of chiefs Of
divisions in the various departments.
1t is understood the President has not
yet had time to act upon these matters,
but that he will during the summer
make the extensions. The commission
will regard this as a most important
step in the direction of reducing the
number Of places now subject to polit-
ical favor n will demonstrate it's con-
tention that UGH offices can be as well
administered from an absolutely non
partisan basis as other Offices now IL
the classified service.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Area OF States.

The actual land area OF many Of
the older states is a matter OF uncer-
tainty. The more recently admitted
states and territories have been
carefully surveyed by United States
engineers and the land areas and
water areas have been distinguished.
The accepted areas Of the older
states, however, are in some in
stances of uncertain authority and
there is room for a great deal of in
teresting geographical work by the
state authorities.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
siGhttlly used. The many, who live bet
ga others and enjoy life more, with
Expenditure, BY more promptly
!pthig the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health CT the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive ; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will NOT
accept any substitute if offered.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Blizzard.

DR.. Samuel A. Green Of Boston has
been looking into the origin Of the
word blizzard, and finds that it prob
ably originated among s~eafaring
people at least a century ago, and
was used in its present sense by q
Western newspaper man in 1860.
though it did not come into general
use till about 1980-Sl.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
How ne D-tsnppeared.

''Now you may tell the court the
circumstances Of your husbands dis
appearance" said the attorney to
Mrs. Persimmons. We'll, SIR re-
piled the good lady. che went out
one morning, and it wasn't more than
half an hour till he never came
back."-Harper's Bazaar. ,s
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Heavy LOSS to the Treasury.

Washington, April 10.-Treasury of.
fcials are greatly dispirited over the
supreme courts decision in the income
tax case, and while admitting that they
have no reliable data upon which to
form an accurate estimate, they ex-
press the belief that the net result Of
the decision will be a loss of at least so
per cent IN the receipts from incomes.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Springfield officials Hope to Run the
Quartet Down.

Springfield Officials Hope to Run the
Quartet Down.
Springfield, Ill, April 10.-The robbers
of the Springfield p~ostofhce have been
traced to Litchfield and it is believed
to be a question Of only a little time
when they will be under arrest.
Information was received here yes
terday that on the day following the
robbery a farmer living four miles north
OF L1tchheld left a surrey and two
horses at Voorhees, livery stable at that
place, saying they would be called for
by the owners. AS the owners did not
call the ~liveryman became suspicious
and began telephoning to neighboring
towns to ascertain if the outfit had been
stolen. 1t was finally found the rig and
the horses were the property of a
llveryman at Wagner, Montgomery
county. The farmer, who took
them to Litchfeld, says on the
afternoon of the robbery four men
drove up to his house, and, saying their
horses We're tired, asked him to
take them on to LitchfieId. They also
instructed him to take their horses and
surrey to Litchfield after the horses had
been rested and to leave them at Voor-
hees' stable. The description Of the
men tallies with the photographs in the
possession of Inspector Gould and also
with the description of the men who
were seen driving away from the Pres
byterian church corner in his city a
lew minutes after the robbery oc-
CURED.
The robbers are welI-known crooks
and are wanted in New York and other
places for safe cracking. They are sup
posed to be the same men who robbed
the Auburn bank recently.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
He Lacked the Nerve.

We will mail at once, free Of charge,
upon receipt Of name and address, a
package Of beautifully illustrated cards
explaining just how and why men fire.
quently suffer from rvo troubles
that prevent them from doing the right
thing at the right time. Address, men
tioning this paper, the Sterling Remedy
company, 10 Spruce ST., New York, or
As Randolph street, Chicago, III
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
MESSAGE FROM LOST WARsHlP
No Room for Doubt Exists that the
Refna Rcgcatc Sunk.

10 NUUH TOT DOUbt 1.XiStS tTl0t the
Refna Rcgcatc Sunk.
Madrid. April l0.-Further evidence if
any were needed, of tho loss of the
Spanish cruiser Reina Regcn1e was
tound yesterday. A bottle tina had
been washed ashore was picked up and
IN 1t was found q piece Of paper on
Which was written in pencil q message
signed by the captain OF the cruiser.
The message, which was dated March
III, y o'clock a. m, twelve miles dis
tant from Bajo Aertanos, states that
the position Of the vessel was Their
hopeless.
At a cabinet meeting it was decided
to offlclal!y announce the loss Of the
Reina Regente. The ministers also de-
clded that the government shall assist
the families of the crow.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19

People buy it because 1t cures pain
quicker than any other remedy on earth.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
BY DRIFTS.
Railroads in the West at the Mercy Of !,
Hlizza1 d.

Railroads in the West at the Mercy Of :
Blizza1 a.
Kansas City, Mo, April 10.-The rail-
roads have been battling with a new
enemy in Western Kansas and Eastern
Colorado since last Friday night. 1t
was a combination sand and snow
storm which swept over those regions,
completely demoralizing train sched-
ules and causing serious inconvenience
and discomfort to travellers. The flakes
of snow and particles of sand mingled
and were driven across the prairies at
q terrible speed by the gale which blew
necessarily for two days. There was
no loss of human life because the
storm was not accompanied by the
usual degree Of cold, but many cattle
and horses in Western Kansas are re-
ported to have been suffocated by. the
Whirltng clouds Of sand.
The sand and snow filled up the rail.
road cuts and buried the track. The
snow melted and the sand settled down
In a hard, unyielding mass Rotary
snow plows and all the modern mechan-
zeal appliances for the battling with
snow drifts were useless against his
new enemy, and the railroad companies
were compelled to engage men with
PICKS and shovels to remove the sand
from the track. The work was begun
while the gale was still in progress and
the suffering of the workmen is said to
have been intense.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-07-30

An amusing story is told of Robert
franz, the famous German song writer,
and another equally celebrated compos-
er. The incident occurred soon after
the publication of Ihanz's famous
"Open Letter to Edward HansliclC, in
which no mado severe criticism upon
some musical work Of tho composer,
Johannes Brahms.
Franz had occasion at that time TO
take a five or six hours trip by rail. In
the compartment with him was a little
man " ith whom he fell into conversa-
tion. The fellow travellers found each
other delightful and whilcd the hours
away in agreeable talk, which did not
turn upon music.
When the train reached Franz's dcs-
tination, he took out his card case, say
ing to his companion:
you have made mo pass most de-
hghtfal afternoon. Allow me to give
you my card "
Tho stranger seemed highly gratified
and offered Franz his card in return.
Each looked at the bit Of pasteboard he
had received in amazement. The stran-
gers eyes opened wido at reading the
name of his merciless critic, "Dr. Rob
ert Franz, while Franz himself was
equally astounded at reading on the card
in his hand, johannes Brahms
There was no time for mutual oxpla-
nations, but each of tho musicians had
discovered that, however their ideas
might differ from musical standpoint,
they were at least admirable travelling
companions and had found much to ea-
Joy in each other. Youths Companion.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-07-30
IRISH mUo CABINS.
How the Dinry Dwelling Places Are Con-
structed and Furnished.

How the Dinry Dwelling Places Are Con-
strncted and Furnished.
The mud cabin IN Ireland consists Of
two rooms and possibly a small semide-
tached clubhouse which is used as a store
room for perishablc articles There is
not a chink in the walls on thatch save a
narrow chimney, which seldom if ever
answers its purpose. The doorway faces
the east and emits tho smoke. What lit
tie light penetrates inside through the
tiny window discloses the deep choco-
late stain from the eternal turf rock
which pervades the atmosphere Of the
interior, and literally paints walls, roof
and furniture q uniform color The fur
niture is rough and also scanty, fow
stools atoning for the occasional COM
plete absence Of chairs.
The mud floor is always moro or less
wet from the pattor of tho children s
bare feet or from the animals which
have free access to the house. At night
there is a goodly company within the
walls Of this spacious mansion. In the
inside room there are two or three box
beds or berths, where the children sleep,
according to their age and sex. From
to 10 is not an uncommon number
in a family. In the state berth in the
calliogh, or recess at the side of the
hearth, the father and mother ropose un-
screened from the 1.-Two stock of the farm
and breathe the same atmosphere as some
eight quadrupeds besides the poultry.
Pigs, cattle, dogs, cats, and probably a
horse or donkey. have their bed space re-
spectivoly, and jealously resent any en-
croachment by bedfellow.
Astonishing as it may appear, there
are hardly any disagroeable odors. The
overpowering smell of the peat smoke
evidently acts as a complete disinfcctant,
and fortunately it is innoxious to the in
habitants Of the hovel. Equally astonish-
ing is tho fact that tho whole commu-
nifty is in comparative harmony, aud
even the babies rarely cry There is
plenty of occupation for all tho family
who are able and willing to work, The
mother doing little else but nurse the
youngest infant.-Cornhill Magazine.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-07-30
Aluminium.

In obtaining alumina from clay, ac-
cording to Heihling, supposing a clay of
q known strength in the alumina, for
each molecule Of the latter there is in
corporated with the clay three molecules
Of ammonium sulphato and an almost
equal weight Of neutral potassium sui
phate Ono molecule Of the latter is
theoretically sufficient, and the whole is
VOL worked up and mado into hollow
bricks, these 70 be baked at 27O degrees
20 280 degrees. The ammonium sulphate
is then dccomposed into acid ammonium
sulphato and ammoniacal gas, which
may be collected in a condenser. The
acid Of tho ammonium snlphate is first
thrown upoh tho neutral potassium sui
phate, which becomes acid sulphate,
and tho lattor at this temperature, in
presence of alumina and clay, is neu-
tralizcd by tho alumina, forming double
aluminium and potassium sulphate--i.
@. alum. Tho bricks arc then extracted
by methodic hxiyiation, and tho silica
may bo usod for cement Tho alum is
feed from iron by disqualification, and
the solution may be treated for the pre-
cipitation Of the alumina by means Of
tho ammonia which has been distilled
or. 70 obtain The alumina in granu
lated stnie it is spread out upon stages
IN tower iravorsed from top to bottom
by tho hot moist ammonia obtained On
baking tho bricks
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-07-30
FRED L. ALLIES, Secretary.


One Of the most significant signs Of
summer ia the rcappearnce Of the shirt
waist It is worn by yall classes and con-
ditions Of women.
Age or size is no bar 20 it. Comeli-
ness or homeliness are equally suscopti-
bic to It's attractions. It has come with
bigger sleeves, brighter colors aud more
extreme styles. In its latest form it is
an exact copy Of a mans shirt except
that it has a drawing string around the
belt and Is endowed with tho privilege
Of separating from the garment that sup
plements It.
This prevalence Of the shirt waist IS q
token Of the religious laxity Of the times.
It's hold upon feminine favor shows That
the Bible Is not read or needed as ia the
days Of our grandmofhers. Ia Douteron-
omy xii, 8, are these Words "The
woman shall not wear that which per-
iaineth unto a man, neither shall o man
put on aw0man's garment For all that
do So are an nbomination.
AS the women are putting on not only
tho shirt waist, but tho collar button,
the studs and tho four Ia hand ties,
which pertain unto d man, II isvery evi-
dent they do not take scripiuIal injunc-
iions very much TO heart Denver
Times
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-07-30
The Hnraadrynd.

Tho keeper at the zoo, describing to
me hehamadryad' s appearance WHOM it
raised itself to strike, said it was
"proud" and bold looking. It's no
ticn was as swift as Thought and looked
almost like spring from tho ground.
How high when irritatod the terrific
thing can strike is not known, but no
othor instance IS authenticated Of a
snake making good blow so high rs
four feet from the ground, while marks
ON the glass Of its cage show that the
reptile has, in its endcavors 20 escape
from confinement, reached up to the
height of nine feet
Supposing, thon that wo wcro in
clined % believe all that tho natives Of
India say about it-that it Is so fierce as
TO attack man al sight, SO yindietive as
to follow him with dOgged resolution
and add TO IL all We actually know about
tho reptile, that IL can climb trees like
an anaconda, swim like "a hydra, get
over 8 foot wall and squeeze through
a inch hole, and that iis bite Is death,
it would have to be confessed that ihe
snake eating snake is the most terrible
creature in nature -Good Words.