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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
lNCANDESCENT LAMPS AND FIRE.
Discussion of the Theory That They
Are Capable of Starting n Blaze.

Are Capable of Starting a Blaze.
A few very simple experiments that any,
one can make will answer this question in
fairly conclusive way that will furnish
an interesting demonstration Of the extent
OF incandescent lamp fire risks under GER
tain conditions, says Casters MAGAZINE
Those who lack the opportunity to make
the trials for themselves will find the re-
suits which they undoubtedly would have
obtained in a report submitted long time
ago to John Lindsay, chief of the ST Louis
fire department, by A. J. O'Reilly sfper-
visor of city lighting. The investigation
which Mr.. OReily made was prompted by
a recent fire In that city, supposed to have
been started by an incandescent lamp ly-
Ing against couple of wooden poles, and
his conclusions. which have since been
borne out by similar tests repeated several
times. are decidedly to the effect that an
incandescent lamp may, under favorable
circumstances, cause q fire.
Where the ignitable material was in a
vertical position and the lighted lamp sim
ply rested against 1t, Mr.. O'Reilly found
that in the case of white pine a spot one
inch in diameter and having a light brown
color, appeared after about four hours
In the case of vanished oak, we'll sea-
soned, the varnish became blistered in
three minutes, and blackened in about Is
minutes. The wood had the appearance of
being charred at and near the point of
contact, but was not ignited. dry white
pine board began to smoke after 40 minutes
but. through the breaking of the lamp the
test stopped at thar point. With lamp
encased in two thicknesses of muslin the
latter commenced to scorch in one minute
In three minutes gave off considerable
smoke, and at the end of six minutes when
the muslin cover was removed from the
lamp and fresh air reached its interior, it
burst into flames. q Where a lamp was laid
on inf1ammable material the effect seemed
to be more rapid due. probably, to the
pressure exerted by weight of the lamp
newspaper was in this way carbonized in
.hree minutes, and ignited in As. The lamps
oower, and the results satisfied Mr.. Lind
say, as they will probably satisfy many
others, that fires may sometimes be very
properly ascribed to what has generally
been regarded as an absolutely safe form
Of light
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
HOi0rn uen.RHCk.

II see they have potato here, too, for a
pen-rack This Big early rose variety makes
the most attractive holder for pens. except
perhaps the old-fashioned long Johns we
see sometimes farther North, of any po-
tato that grows. 1t is surprising how gen.
eral the use of potatoes is becoming for
this purpose in hotels. I have seen them
in use in the great hostelries of the East,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
THIS Is A NEW DRINK.
Known as the "BOstOn Bamboo" ana
Has Certain Welcome Tonic Effects.

Known as the "BOstOn Bamboo" ana
Has Certain Welcome Tonic Effects.
Anything in the shape Of before-dinner
Gus effects of the insidious cocktail must
certainly be welcomed as a most desirable
newcomer, says the New York World. The
drink known as the Boston bamboo can
perhaps claim all these advantages.
1t is certain stomachic, unquestionable
in it's tonic effects, and, so far as can be
discovered, harmless as a beverage The
Boston bamboo is an equal mixture OF
sherry and Italian vermouth. The YER
mouth detracts from the softness of the
wne while the sherry counteracts the
acridness of the bitters. it might be claimed
that vermouth itself is but partially dis
guised form of absinthe, but this is not the
case. All the poisonous qualities of alb
sinthe are absent in well-decocted vermouth
although they are both manufactured from
the same mother NORWOOD. There is al
most the same proportion of alcohol in YER
mouth as there is in absinthe but any
drinker of the latter will tell you that he
fails to get the old familiar sought after
effect from the yellow wine of Turin that he
never fails to obtain from the green demon
of the Gaul.
Cocktail drinkers should welcome the
Boston bamboo, for the reason that, al
though they cannot get it from the same
suspension of thought attributable to dis
tillation of rye, there is no doubt as to its
efficacy as stomachic tonic and an appe-
tiZer.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06

timore exposition, to be held in 1897. The
remainder of the day was devoted to
eulogies on the late Representative Post,
of Illinois,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
'sHOLY SMOKED"
Some Churches Allow Pipes and CT
CARS During Service Time.

Some Churches Allow Pipes and CT
Ears During Service Time.
We often hear men say in answer to ur
gent invitations from their wives and daugh-
tiers to accompany them to church, "Oh, if
l could only smoke In church l would co.
and this is looked upon as a knock down
argument, for no one in these days would
think of desecrating church with the
fumes of tobacco. 1t may, therefore, be in
teresting to some people to know that there
was time when smoking in church was
practiced in England and Scotland.
Sir Walter Scott, in his Heart of Mid
lothian" refers to one Duncan of Knock
under, an important parsonage who smoked
during the whole Of the sermon from an
iron pipe tobacco borrowed from other wor-
shippers. We are told that at the end of
the discourse he knocked the ashes from his
pipe, replaced it in his sporan, returned the
tobacco pouch to it's owner, and Joined in
the prayer with decency and attention"
The same practice existed in the Hudsons
Bay territory and some other of the British
possessions beyond the for some time
after the erection of the first churches in
these early settlements, there being a gen.
eral recourse, at the commencement of the
sermon, to the soothing weed, the minister
waiting until the pipes were fairly under
way before proceeding with his discourse.
1t is also an interesting fact that smok-
ing in church was by not means confined to
the COngreSa ton or even to the minor cler
gymen, for it Is recorded that the Arch
bishop of York once reproved by the
vicar Of st. Marys, Nottingham, for at
tempting to smoke in the church vestry.
The Rev. John DisneZ of Swinduly, in. Lin
colnshire, writing on the 18th of December,
1733 to James Granger, says:
THE archbishop ordered some of the ap-
positors other attendants, to bring pipes
and tobacco and some liquor for his refresh
nlent after the fatigue of confirmation and
this coming to Mr. Disnez's ears he for
babe their being brought hither, and with
a becoming spirit demonstrated With the
archbishop upon the improperly Of his
conduct, at the came time telling his grace
that his vestry should not be converted into
| smoking ROOM
We have no evidence Of the fact but
-ording to tradition smoking was allowable
n the churches of the American colonies
something over so years ago, but the good
sense Of the people put stop to it, and it
is never likely to be revived in this part of
the world, SO that 1t is quite safe for men
to say they will go to church when they
are allowed to smoke there.-Phiadelphia
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06

The Biggest Congregation In America
PrOba bly, Has the Smallest Edfhce.

The biggest congregation in the country
is one of the poorest, says the New York
Recorder. 1t Worships In the smallest of
edifices. 1t numbers 10000 souls. FIR.
Russo, of the Society of Jesuits is it's
pastor, and last year he baptized $50 in
fants, beating all metropolitan records.
FIR. RussOS parishioners are the poor Ital-
ians of the East Side, and they worship
in the little Church of Our Lady of Lor-
etto, in Elizabeth street, between Blocker
and Houston streets FIR. Russo was edu-
cated in France, and came to Boston when
he was II years old. There he entered the
Jesuit order, finally coming to New York
to ST. Francis Xavier's. For several years
the Italians in the region of Elizabeth
street worshiped in the basement of st.
Patrick's, because they could ill-affcrd the
small fee necessary to admit them to the
main body of the church. FIR Russo was
delegated to undertake the work of organic
ing them, and he had services in a store
Sufficient funds were soon accumulated to
build the present edifice, which is a very
plain affair." not much larger than two ordi-
nary dwelling houses. It's furnishings are
as plain its parishioners. Now FIR.
Russo has three assistants. One, Rev. FIR
Vincentini, has come but recently. FIR
Russo went all the way to Rome to select
a priest who possessed the peculiar quail
fications for certain part of the work of
the little church. This qualification none
other than the ability to speak a certain
S1c11an dlalect spoken Dy many OF MS peO-
pie. who came from the mountainous region
of the sunny island
MY people are very poor" said FIR. Rus
So There is not Of congregation
who is worth $500. But they give more
willingly and more literally according to
their means than many weather. church
people. They are Woodworking and thrifty,
go to their priests about everything, and
they are quite willing to listen to our ad-
vice. In our school we teach the children
English three hours out Of four. Their
sons and daughters will be worthy of the
country where their fathers found better
conditions than they had ever in the moth
er country. II girl has not found hus-
ban nd when she reaches 10 she comes to ask
me to find her husband. So you see my
| duties are as versatile es they are ardu-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06

Consider the diff ,rence in the amount OF
money each brings, and the length OF time
between returns, when choosing between
beef and butter production. Butter can be
shipped weekly, with cash returns regular
~ while the pigs, the calves and fields are
constantly fed the waste and fertiliziug
elements, and value is growing up all about
you.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
ELECTRICITY.
As 1t Is Put to Use by Up-tO-Dato
Dentists.

Dentists.
Stomatologsts, as the progressive dental
lurgeOnS now called, have for seyeraE
fears used with great advantage an cleo
trio lamp for the examination of the mouth
tags the New York Herald. Recently this
lamp has been wonderfully improved, 50
that now, the size of hazel nut it has
TN intense Illuminating power, allowing
the operator to look right through the
gum and detect the slightest inflammation
about the roots of the teeth By this in
Vention the slightest deviation from normal
conditions in any tooth can be detected at
q glance.
This does away with the of those
sharp steel probes and separators. But the
lamp is mere nothing in the line of dis
covery when compared with the dental adj
vancement made through the agency OF
"catophoresis,' or INSTRUMENTATION This
formidably scientific name implies the in
trinsically simple but new process by which,
medical solutions are made to penetrate
the gum tissue by means of a galvanic
current
In practicing the new method, the cleo
trodes, poles, are ordinarily placed
in such relation to the locality affected
by disease that the current, in passing
from one to the other, shall chiefly trav-
erse that particular spot. This subtle pow
err is under complete control of the opera
tor, and the strong, feeble or medium cur
rents are perfectly regulated by scien-
ifcally arranged switchboard, which con.
ects with the wires Of the battery.
The galvanic current is also best in facial
paralysis where the muscles do not respond
or reach the Faradic current. In general
practice the current is insulated within q
rubber handle, to the ends Of which are
attached two rubber cups, each about the
hZe of a Scent piece. These hold cotton,
which has been saturated with the drug
to be used.
Now. for example just before extracting
a tooth, the operator places these cups,
on either side of the root, and in a few
moments the current will have conveyed
the vegetable anodyne held in the cups
through the gum. The tooth can then be
painlessly removed.
The dentist using the method must
be thoroughly schooled in this new ap-
plicaton of electricity; he must not BE-
satisfied with knowing how to apply 1t to
the discovery Of disease, or as in days
gone by, to send q strong galvanic current
through the tooth at the moment Of OK.
traction, thinking that the current acts
as an anaesthetic.
The farmer who has q flock of sheep will
do well to stick to them now. The sheep
is under cloud at present. 1t often
again, and all the sooner if it is mutton
sheep.
We must not fatter ourselves that the
road to success is any other than earnest,
dligent, persistent labor. If there is any
one thing more than another that is cast
ing a gloom over agriculture it is the
thought that has taken possession OF the
rising generation that there is no dignity
in labor; that it is to be Stunned; that by
hook or crook they will gain living with
out work.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
Why He Carries Il Cane.

why do you carry a cane? You're not
and modest young man by one Of his init
mate aMo friends nd; yesterday. .
keep from losing my umbrella"
What in the world do you mean? How
does your cane protect your umbrela?"
Simplest thing in the world. Before l
ing umbrellas. Finally 1 got to thinking
about it and this the conclusion 1 came
to: A man has an umbrella with him only
on rare occasions. 1t is an unusual encum-
brance and he easily forgets 1t. But a cane
one may have with him every day. except
when he has an umbrella.
Thus he gets in the habit of remember
ing his personal property. He feels always
that there is something that he must take
with him when he starts out from the
shop, the office or the street car, or gets
up from the restaurant table. This is a bit
Of philosophy that would save many a man
money If he would take it to his heart
Cincinnati Tribune.
Snow That Disappears Like Dew.
II have seen four feet of snow fall in
eight hours" said Conductor Cobb of the
Maine Central, land yet it was light
that you could wade through 1t just as you
can through water. 1t was in the Sierra
Nevada mountains-a sort of frost like snow
that falls in the night, burying everything
Twelve feet away from another man you
can just him, with a sort Of halo around
him as though somewhere the sun was
shining through the storm. In these
storms 1t is impossible to tell direction or
distance. One is simply lost when only
short distance from camp In the morning
we walked down into town. One man Wen
ahead breaking the snow, which came near
ly to his armpits, as he moved through it.
He would tread until tired, when he would
drop to the rear and some one else would
lead the procession. AS we walked into the
valley it grew less, and down below in the
town there had been no snow. and all the
time the sun the stars had shown. Such
a snow goes like the dew-dsappears, evap-
crates. '-Lewiston Journal
The Shoemaker.
"a man who is not a good judge of
human nature should engage in the bust
ness of selling boots and shoes for liv
ing" was the observation of veteran
to a. Chicago Herald man. "a great deal
of the funny stuff you read about the feet
of neople is rot. Most of those who are
NV customers prefer ease to sizes. and the
shoe man who foots his customer so that
the customer forgets when he steps and
that he has shoes will generally get
that mans custom again. Same with a
woman l never allow one OF my clerks to
ask q woman what size she wears. If she
knows her business she will tell that when
she comes in. The average woman is
careful about an easy shoe as a man. And
for a shoe to be easy 1t doesn't have to be
loose 1t isn't one time in hundred that
a woman will lie to a shoe dealer about
the size she wears or the last There Is
no business that l know Of where honesty
pays as mach on the dollar as selling
shoes"
Consider the diff ,rence in the amount of
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06

and was rapidly floating with the current
beyond their view.
Two hours passed and at last they saw
boat approaching. Yes, it was their
boat! Oh, was she there?
NO, only one" moaned Nan. Girls
feel as though l had killed some onev'
John, the boatman, soon told his story.
The house had fioated over what was an
island and lodged against a great drift
and there it was lying on it's side, wedged
in by all manner of debris and a COM
plete wreck All was deserted. No one re-
sponded to his repeated calls.
Shall l attempt to tell you the story Of
tnat weary day, the long boat ride to the
landing where they were met by wagons,
or the three hours drive over a rough, billy
country? All day scarcely a word was
spoken. Their hearts were too full except
to cling tightly to one another and sob
the long hours away. Death had come to
them for the first time, and they thought
they could never be happy again.
1t was 5 O'Clock when they entered the
waiting train They were just going to
take the first empty seats when Belle gave
a scream. Girls, girls! Is it a ghost?'
No, for. startled by the noise, Miss Sc
combe had turned around and stood look
ing at them
"Hunph! And SO you are here.
thought l should have to go home alone''
Such rush as they made upon her! How
she was kissed and Rugged!
'Humph! You smother me-" she said,
pushing them Off
But how did you get here?" asked Flos-
Sy.
"A boat from the opposite shore heard
my cries and took me in
She had met a little steamer, which had
brought her within two miles of the train
and she had been waiting for it to start for
several hours
and if l ever get to R shall never
leave it again.
Could we find a happier or more thankful
group anywhere? 1 think not. And, let us
add, each girl had learned in that time Of
danger lesson of the value of doing our
good deeds while the opportunity is given
US. And each one is trying to fulfil her
promise to make Miss Secombe's life hap
pier. Although the outside crustiness is too
deep to be broken, yet our four girls have
found the heart underneath, and her door
will now always open to them.
HANNAH PETTTT
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06


1--WE will drown" moaned Nan, throwing
herself upon the bed the house ran into
some floating debris and tottered.
"A boat! Girls, girls, boat" called
Flossy from her window. "Oh come and
call; all of you! Will they never. never
hear us?'
With one accord, five pairs of lungs sent
up shout after shout.
AYE, aver at last the answer came
THANK God. help is comingv' exclaimed
Helen, sinking upon a chair; then rushing
to the window again, where now five pairs
of anxious eyes were strained to watch the
little boat come near and nearer. At last
it was beside them. A strong rope was
thrown in through the window, which Miss
SecOmbe caught.
Jump in quick called a hearty voice.
Nan was the first to lifted in, Belle and
Helen followed
You who have the rope hold it while
you get in, or the boat will ge away from
the house. What! two more left? Can't
do it! 1t is risky to carry four of you in
this little boat. If 1 took another we
would all go down together. Come, quick,
one of your
Co. Miss Secombe," shivered Flossy
"Humph, child! 1 am old, you are young
Jump in or 1 shall let this rope go, and
we will both be drowned
Flossy felt push and found herself in
the boat. The rope was loosened-the boat
and house were separated.
'Oh, Miss Secombe! Miss Secomber'
screamed the girls. Go back for her,
boatmanr'
Sorry miss, but it would not do.
We are almost sinking as it is; another
weight would swamp u.s." With this the
boatman rowed his silent, shivering load
to the nearest shore.
"Now stay here, and I will see about
your friend
"Oh. Flossy! you were kind to her."
groaned Belle.
Il will never call anybody cross or mean
again. sobbed Helen.
"Oh, if she is only saved, 1 will do all
1 can to make her life happy" said Nan.
And so will We ALL solemnly chimed in
the other three.
The house had rapidly drifted far down
the river and now seemed to our anxious
watchers to be turned over on the side
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-12-04
eI.Ea ae Ponce

AZ gran dolor. y ocultando u frente entire
las names
y si me niego frmar9 EscIan6 To-
rando
Os perdeis, contest6 el duque de Guisa
con voz sorda Consider5os como nrerto para
Il muudo, no nos obligueis derramar Ia
sarge de un hombre que ha sido nuestro
rey.
No &c me obigars frmar, dijo Enrique.
y . habia yo yisto ESQ, dijo el duque de
Guisa dirigendose q su hermana, cuya fren
te sc arrug6 y cuyos ojos despidieron un res
pleLdOr siDiestro.
ID. hermano. anadi6 dirigiendose Ma.
vera, haced que tcdo el mundo sc arme y
-e prepare.
-iPara quei dijo el rey en tono lastimero
Para TODD, respondi6 Jose Foulon
FL rey do entonces mayAres muestras de
desesperacion.
-i Pardiez exclam6 Gorenfot, 70 te abo
rrecfa, Naois, pero ahora te desprecio "a
mos, hrma, moriras mis- manos.
N POGO de paciencia, padre, dijo el rey
dead que me encomiende Dies para que
me de resignation.
Quiere rtfexionarlO mas, grit6 t-Oren-
hot dIrigiendose a los de ff1era.
Sc ie da de termino hasta las doce de Ia
roche dijo el cardenal
Gracas, cristiano cartatiYo, dijo el rev
con el mayor descoDsuelo. Dios te 10 pague.
-Su cerebro estA en- efecto debilatado. al
10 el duqae de Guisa, es hacer un seryicic
Francia ell destronarle.
n No imPorJa, dijo la duquesa aunqae
este debil, tendrfa mucho gusto en- tonsu
rarle
Durante este dialogo, GoTe1 dot. con les
brazos cruzados delante de Enrique l. i, in
riaba atrozmeLte echAudole en- cara todos
sus eXceSOS
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-12-04

Entonces va somos reyes diio ell cardena
al dnque-a apoderate d. ese precioso docu
meBto
El rey, en- IN acceso lie dolor, derribo Ia
d1ica lampara que alum5raba Ia escena: pc
70 Ell duque de Guisa tenia "a Ell Ia maro q
pergamino.
-gQue hacemos7 ique hacemcs9 pregpn-
to IN fraile que lego corTiendO que a pc
sar del habito se conocfa q1e era IN csba
llero bien complete armada Crill6n b.
llegado con las guardias francesas Y nos
ofs7
II Abrid ca nombre del rey :! gritabo
Criilon con voz muy fuerts.
Va 70 hay tai rey-oontest6 Goreraot
Sc asorno en Ia ventana
" quien 10 dice brib6ni -dijo CriIl0n
=. Yol 70 -dijo Gorenfot desde Ia oscu
ridsd, con scento de orgullo de los mas pro
Much .chos dijo CriiloD, tratar de dir
tinguir donde esta ese bellaco. plantzdne
le uDas cuaDtas balas en- el vipntre.
GorenfJt ylendO a los guardias preparar
las armas. Sc dej6 caer de espadas en- medic
de Ia zelda
-Echad la puerta ahajo, Crilon, diio
en- medic del silencio general una voz au4
erIzo les cabellos de tcdos los frales verda
deros hngldcs, que espera ban en- el CORE
dor.
Aquella vcz era la de IN honbre one sahd
de las flas, sc adelanto hasta Ia escalera
del p6rtico.
Ia scy, senior, contesto Crilion descar-
gaudo en- la poerta principal u. fuerte ha
Chazo que hizo retemb blar rs rare1es.
-tQae Sc ofrecea dijo el prior al tempo
que sc ssomaba una veDtaEa, Y neno de
niedo.
-lAh! sols vos, padre prior, dijo Ia mis-