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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
HUMOROUS,

She--So he married her for her
money? Hc--Yes. She (thoughtful-
ly--How awfully rich she must bel
She latter the QUARREL must
we part forever, Harry? Howell.
at least until tomorrow night, Maude.
1t is one of the strange things Of
this world that every now and then n
girl will give up $40 salary to get
$40 husband.
'Davie, what's q friendp" why,
a friends some one you tell things
about yourself to SOS they can tell
about you to some one else"
'Papa, | wish you'd whip me-"
"Whip you, my son! Why should /
whip you?" because when you whip
me mamma gives me some jam.
Bizzley--You must dislike New.
combe very much? Grizzly hate
him as ficrcely as barber hates
baldheaded man with full beard.
Father-When | was boy, children
had some respect for their parents.
Son--Yes; but in those days the chit
dren didn't know any more than their
parents did.
Waiter Ito diner who is absorbed in
the menu What do you wish to eat,
please? Absent-minded Professor
l haven't time to talk now. Ask me
after dinner.
Yeast--That man Doughton is very
skeptical. Unless he sees thing no
won't believe it exists. Crimsonbeak
He never ran into n rocking chair in
the dark, then,
He--I saw something in the barber
shop that would have pleased you; it
was n gentleman poodle. Shelf you
saw it in barber shop it must have
been n shampoodle.
Inquiring Tourist--How does that
man lounging over there happen to be
called Stationary Jim?" Alkali Ike
--Bercuz he is too blame lazy to git
out Of his own way. \
al saw man-eating shark" said
the boarder who had been at the sea
shore. ~ saw more than that" said
Asbury Peppers, without leaving
home. saw man eating chicken"
Sometimes girls graciousness is
caused by the fact that she has laid in
a new supply or orris root, and some
times her GOODNESS may be traced to
onions for dinner. Kissing is no sin,
but it has its politics just the same
"Who il that man who laughs so
ecstatically every time wave causes
the ship to lean to one side?" asked
the passenger on an excursion steam
er. "He thinks he's doing it," replied
the captain. "We bring HIM along to
keep him from causing any real DAM
age, He's the man who rocks the
boat" %l
perhaps you would like to do the
shopping for the family YOURSELF"
she exclaimed. perhaps you would
like TO undertake the responsibility Of
providing the funds" he retorted.
Then both shuddered and realized
that there was no use in trying to set
tie the question. II was the old. old
dispute between capital and labor.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
Silk.

Strange as the story seems to be.
A little worm eats OF the mulberry leaves,
Then silken shroud for itself 1t weaves;
And In the silence and darkness deep,
Closely enwrapped, 1t falls asleep.
From the cocoon, have heard II said
You can wind three thousand yards OF
thread.
Then It's woven In looms and shipped DER
the sea
To make lovely dresses for you aud me.
The Teachers World.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
Iron ships Lighter Than Wooden Vessel

Iron ships Lighter Than Wooden Vessels.
An iron ship weighs about 90 per
cent. Less than wooden ship of the
same dimensions. It's walls ale thin
ner and it will carry about 10 per
cent. more cargo on less draught OF
water.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-10
The Labor World.
J 800 toy factories.


Paris has 300 toy factories.
Germany has 900, 900 textile workers.
Wosbington nrinters orpanized in 1917
80 wo--,,,. p-,,.,,
r rao,,Ma
>o,,,.>
HocHlhg Nai,'y (oh'o) ni'hers uoh aver
"se W
Cahtoh, oh'o, nus pun '"e uuen'pioyeu Ut
Improving roaus'
Wages OF Savannah city detectives were
reduced ana one struck.
A Pontiac (NIich.) carriage factory is run
ming twenty-four hours day.
Cleyeland Italian laborers have orranizei
and will take u hand in politics.
Emnloyes of the Newark IN. ~ street rail-
wav were discharged for gambling.
NJ. =, ,ha ,o,.o, ,,;us % C.,oa, ;r
tend to close down for three months.
-,. -, ..n,., ,,
LarSo worhroolhs Lot @ hv%,ou % ieii'"'o
iaoor nave oeen 'pen'' ~ So" iorA'
Brooklyn city authorities oppose the bill
requiring s'"''o"''S ehs'"oo'S w pe "cehseu'
Minimum pny Of Erie penn painters
tbis wear will lie twenty-tye cents an hour.
n-.4i,, ,i,,,,,,, ,,,o 80 ,. 80 ,,,
',J ir"o.'oiJ ~ y, 'pa',I NIin ,. % ~, sno
maS' "o'"''' - ~ "''' '''''''' "'' 1'-''-
No v,.,, t,,,,o-,, ,r,o, h.., ,ooi1od o,
Wv -" ,"na Tor ~. m"n 49, - w
ra,so nar" o'S ''A' W. 80 ''i''''' ''''-'-
,,.,o.,o,.l .,on,,o,s % ooosi,o. Ina,
,,A.iI, a.. ~, ,,orl,in'. ,I,ss,s u,iiI 80, T.,
pnati,, " co.,,,n, 20. ann "''' '''S' "a
'SrHH' ooiI' ,,,r N
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-10
job will never be usurped by machin-

job will never be usurped by machin-
cry.
Nearly dozen of the shanties are
chemical houses. They are called
"safety buildings" and are used for
the storage of the many acids which
help to make dynamite what it is.
One of the initiatory stages OF the
cartridges is Cooking" of the dyna-
mite gelatine. The product of the
cook is nitro -glycerine. Many acids
nre poured into a big leaden tub, the
most conspicuous feature of which is
n thermometer like hawk, and chilled
water is added from time to time to
keep the temperature oi the mixture
down. Should it evince sudden de-
sire to rise there i'd nothing for all
hands to do but run.
After all the acids have been added
the mixture is allowed to stand, and
then nitro. o.glycerine comes to the top
like cream in milk. 1t is skinned off
aud carried to another house, where
it is mixed with the prepared law
material, principally sawdust.
When the coalition has been effected
the result is loose dynamite, looking
for all the world like brown sugar. 1t
is conveyed 70 another building, called
the pack house, where it is stuffed into
the cartridges. The loose dynamite is
placed in q dampened trough on a
damp table, and the men fill the long
narrow tubes with the stuff, using
wooden SCOOPS. Great care is taken
that none of it drops on the floor, rs
happening of that kind might be the
preliminary of big disaster. In this
room the cartridges are packed for
shipment. The women in the factory
are employed in little house given
over to making the paper caps for the
cartridge. As there Is no danger
about this work, machinery is en-
ployed to some extent, and rs n result
only dozen women are employed.
As little finished dynamite is kept
on the ground as possible. Stock is
never maintained. The dynamite is
shipped of as rapidly as it is made
into cartridges, and the burden oi
watching it passes on to others.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-10
"Piousl All, ciel the poor little

"Piousl All, ciell the poor little
angel he was always at prayers, re-
piled the widow; Eat night, before he
went to rest, at the foot of his little
bed; in the morning, when he rose,
before the image of our blessed Lord
that hung on his bedroom WALL
"That is enough" said the photog-
rapher, rising. "When science and
piety work hand in hand in a common
cause we may hope for success.
have 80 strong wish to aid you, ma
dame, that / do not doubt that / shall
find a why. Adieu! Au revoir u
The clothes were sent, the work was
begun, aud two days afterward Dame
Yvonne received the first proof of tho
portrait. She uttered cry of JOY.
'It is he r. she exclaimed. al know
him again. 1t is my son Seel there
is the little vest with the silver but
tons-the little trousers / made with
my own hands; there are his little
arms, his tiny fingers, his long golden
hair falling over his shoulders. oh,
yes, it is-it is my little child! On,
monsieur. how much 1 owe you'll"
MADAME" said the photographer,
'in presenting to you an image which
you recognize MS your son, who died
six years ago, 1 have accomplished a
miracle. Miracles are not paid for"
For us the miracle is not difficult to
explain. Nothing is SO like, in figure,
air and attitude. to a child of fivo
years old than another child of the
same age. The photographer had
merely placed before the camera one
of his own children, dressed in the
pretty Breton costume of the dead
boy. He was represented kneeling on
n cushion, his head bent, his face hid
den by his hands, which were raised
and clasped together in the noble at
titude of prayer.
Dame Yvonne returned to Brittany.
She showed the portrait to every one
she knew, and to all who would listen
she enlarged in terms of reverence
and wonder on the marvellous power
of photography, which had produced
the likeness of boy who had been
dead six years. If any one iudis-
creetly asked: "Dame Yvonne, why
does your son hide his face thus in his
hands?" she answered, much affected I:
'You must be bad Christian not to
guess that. The poor angel, who is
in heaven, prays for his mother, left
in this world, bereaved and desolnte. "
New York News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-10
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

There are over 2, 900 miles of rail-
ways in operation in Japan.
The British Mint coined in 1896
%, 600, 900 more pieces than during
1895.
Bulgaria has only seven high schools
for girls, with 5,146 pupils and 1S5
teachers.
ST. Louis, No., is the largest street
car manufacturing city in the world.
The output last year was about 5000
cars.
The aggregate weight of family
living in Van Buren, County. Michigan,
is one ton. 1t consists of father and
mother aud four children, and when
they go to church together they all sit
IN one pew.
The oldest tree of which there is
authentic record is the Soma cypress
of Lombardy. 1t is known to have
been in existence in AZ b. G. There
are, however, many trees for which q
vastly greater antiquity is claimed.
Some of the Senegal baobabs are said
to be 5000 years old.
Florists and gardeners have found a
simple and what is said to be an effect
i've means OF Kidding their green
houses of devastating insects. To-
bacco stems are placed on the heating
pipes, and the heat brings out tho
odor of the tobacco. which destroys
the pests.
Being advised by lawyer in the
lobby of Lincoln (Neb. hotel how
to find out how a clgnr cutter on
counter worked, barber belonging
to the hotel shop stuck his little finger
into the opening designed for the end
of cigar and had the tip clipped of.
That was funny wedding that oc-
Cured in M.ysville. Ky., recently.
julius Bergang, aged II years, be-
came smitten with "Aunt" Hannah
Curtis, aged 81 years, and proposed.
She accepted and two more souls were
made happy.
A funny wager was made by gem
tleman in Bangor, NJ. He bet 50 that
he could force six people out of ten
to involuntarily yawn. He entered a
trolley car, took u seat, and in few
minutes simulated long ami loud
yawn. Fourteen of the 10 people
present followed his example.
The gift by Mrs. Harriet Maxwell
Converse of New York of valuable
collection of relics of the six nations
to the New York State museum is an
nounced. The relics include the Iro.
qnois Indian national wampum belts.
Mrs. Converse is an Iroquois Indian
by adoption, aud also IN honorary
chief OF the tribe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-10
Pennsylvania LEGISLATURE.

March There was q rather slim at
tendance nj tho legislature when both houses
met at 0 o'clock tonight. A lot OF new bills
were again presented.
The senate read a number Of bills the first
and second times. Some time was also used
up over resolution to publish u book on
poultry diseases. The resolution was de-
feated.
March 2.-The members Of the House and
Senate seemed more interested today in get
ting to Washington for the Inauguration
than in getting down to legislation. During
the en- ire session there has been succession
of adjournments. and neither branch OF tho
Legislature has got in full weeks work. 1t
was agreed among the leaders that the
House and Senate would adjourn tonight
until next Monday, and from that time on
they will get down to business.
Among other acts passed on third reading
was one that gives married woman living
separate and apart from her husband author.
ity TO convey and cucumber real estate with
out the joiner OF her husband
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-10

This latter rule was formulated some
years ago, after one of the workmen
had stepped on tiny piece of dyna
mite, the nails of his shoes causing it
to explode. The shock caused quite u
quantity of the stuff on one of the
work tables to go off, the shanty was
blown up and there were some fatal
ties among the workmen.
There is no need Of emp Toying
special men to see that the precau-
tionary rules are observed, as every
workman is q spy upon his neighbors,
for he knows that his safety depends
quite as much upon the others as
upon himself.
Dynamite is principally a mixture
of sulphuric acid, Chile saltpeter and
lockwood sawdust. There are good
many other things which enter into
its composition, and before it takes
the shape Of the finished cartridge it
passes through variety of hands.
There Is one thing that the dynamite
worker is thankful for, and that is his
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-10

It's remoteness from every hing was
the reason of the factory being 10.
Gated there. A branch railroad runs
into the property connecting with the
principal railroads and the Delaware
River. BY these means the commodity
is shipped through the country and
to the seaports.
The factory spreads over a mile of
swamp land and is nothing more than
three score of wooden buildings, one.
story in height, and not very securely
built. For the most part they look
for all the world like the rundown
cabins OF the South and are Just
about as handsome. They have one
modern appliance, however, and that
is an attachment for depriviLg light
ming of its powers.
None OF these shantIes are very
close to TIE other. Plenty of open
space is necessity when tens of
thousands of pounds of dynamite are
always lying around. Commercial
prudence accounts for the cheap and
scattering look of the factory. Ex-
perience has taught the owners that n
single big building would be rash
enterprise. Explosions occur once in
a while no matter how carefully they
are guarded against, and it is ar easy
matter to replace the shanty.
A more potent reason is the protec-
tion it affords to the work people.
Were al! the business concentrated in
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-10

~ ECENTLY the Cuban Junta,
- located in this city, placed n
large order for dynamite,
variously estimated at from
80, 900 to 5000 pounds, says a New
York correspondent Il was probably
nearer the former than the latter fig
ure, but even il it was the minimum
amount, it would be sufficient to tear
some pretty big holes in the Spanish
ranks, il properly applied.
The concern that secured this order
has made lots OF dynamite for the
Cubans in the past twenty months; it
also supplies the needs OF Uncle Sam
whenever he is in want of anything in
this line. For long time it was kept
busy turning out 20, 900 pounds of the
stuff day for the contractors at work
on the Chicago canal. In year it
turns out enough of the explosives to
eens.
1t would seem that a concern which
does all this would be an imposing
affair, with a factory, or series of fac
tories, with numberless acres of floor
space. But it is just the reverse, and
stranger could stand in the very CEN
tre of the dynamite factory and not
recognize it as such.
Dynamite is peculiar commodity,
and it is manufactured under peculiar
conditions. Uncertainty is the ruling
thing about dynamite, and this dom
mating feature permeates the whole
establishment. The factory is located
at Gibbstown, n. j., place so small,
and in a section of the State so sparse
ly settled that the outside world would
never have heard of it's existence, per-
haps, were it not for the dynamite.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-10
A FACTORY OF FEAR.
DvNAMITE-M EAGER TO
OBEY ALL SAFETY RULES.
Making and Mixing the Terrible FIX
plosive-2O,O 900 Pounds Turned
Out Daily-Shanties in u
Jersey Wilderness.

y ECENTLY the Cuban Junta,
y located in this city, placed a
large order for dynamite,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-10

one building aud an explosion to occur
in any one department, the shock
would cause instantaneous upheavals
throughout the building, killing or
manning every one IN the place.
Several hundred people are employed
in the factory, including dozen
women. Each and every one OF them
realizes the danger OF their calling, and
they exercise the greatest caution in
performing their work. There are GER
tain rules formulated by the company
which they must obey, and this they
are only too glad to do. One is that no
matches, firearms or explosives Of any
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-10

During 1896 the big Anaconda cop
per mine, in Montana, earned profit
of 81. 600. .000, the output IN that year
being 100000 pounds OF copper,
nearly 100000 ounces of silver and
about $4,000 ounces of gold. More
than 1000, 900 was spent on improve
ments
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-10

Colorado College, at Colorado
Springs, has succeeded in raising an
endowment fund OF $500, 600, and its
future is now reasonably assured. DIR.
ID. X. Pearsons, of Chicago, gave the
handsome sum of $50, 900 towards the
undertaking.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-10

A favorable report was made in the
Texas Legislature on a bill making
the payment of the poll tax qualif'
cation for suffrage.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-03-16
George COx's Convention,

Mr.. George b. Cox held his trien.
nial municipal convention at Tur.
ner Hall yesterday morning. AS a
rule, Mr.. CoX's conventions are or
dinary, but one thing is always
noticeable, and that is the rapidity
In which his men transact the bust.
ness. This feature was noticed
yesterday, but there were others,
one OF which would not have been
over looked by that very we'll
known, Senator Joseph Benson
Foraker. And that was the icy
manner in which the mention of
his honored name was received
There was time when the name
OF Foraker would set Mr.. Cox con-
vention on fire, while that of Nc
Kinley or any of his henchmen
would be given the frozen stare.
But yesterday was different.
When the chairman mentioned
McKinley's name there was APP
plause, and when Senator Hanna's
name was brought out there was
much enthusiasm. But when it
came to Foraker the chill that
swept over thai hall was something
far worse than experienced by any
North Pole explorer. In fact the
name of Foraker was given such a
fiost that it became ossiiled or pet
rified, and is now stored away in
some of the quiet corners of Turner
Hall.-Enquirer
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-03-16

the government $4,000 in salaries
paid to idle employees of the Pen.
sion Bureau.
On Senator Gorman's motion the
credentials of Mr.. Wood, appoint
ed by the Governor of Kentucky
to succeed Senator Blackburn,
were referred to the committee on
elections, and nobody need be sur
prised If they are never heard of
again.
After looking over the ground
King Hanna concluded he had
enough to do without antagonizing
Tom Reed, so there will be no ad-
ministration candidate for Speak
er of the House.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-03-16

their Efforts in that direction. This
Is not the time for personal fights
but time to lay all things aside and
work for our craft. May success
crown the efforts of all the officials,
both sub, state and national, so
that ere long we can see the silver
lining through the dark clouds.
Secretary Bearce was with us
one Saturday afternoon shaking
hands with old acquain tances, and
making new ones.
/ am very glad to see Brothers
Ratchford and Kane doing all that
lays in their power to bring about
better conditions in the Pittsburg
fields.
viii give you report next week
OF condition of all the places I visit
with the amount earned for the
last two months.
Yours for success,
FRED DILcHER.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-03-16
Hooking Valley
Mining News as Reported by Execu-
tive Board Member Dilcher.

From the United Mine Workers Journal.
The glorious Hooking Valley OIL
which we have boasted in the past
as being the paradise of the min
ers, is fast fading away, and all
that is left for us is Il lake trade
and some local orders. The mine
where | have my toolS-that is a
pick and shovel; machine mine
also-worked this week 13t hours,
while Poston's worked 8 hours and
other mines about the same. Pros
perity has not hit us very hard yet,
and | do hope that in the near fu.
ture we will he in better shape,
though L can't see when our condi-
tion will be improved; but hope
that | am mistaken. God only
knows what would become of us in
the Hooking Valley If it were not
for certain cash stores in the val
ley, one of which l will mention,
namely, StrattCn Bros. In re-
cent Issue of the journal you quot
ed prices at Powhattan, w. Va,
that the miners must pay at that
place. There is no organization at
PoWhattan and | will compare
prices at this place where the min
ars are working under tire United
Mine Workers of America.
Flour at Powhattan IS per barrel,
Nelsonville, 81 to s.; potatoes at
Powhaitan SLIGO per bu., Nelson
vile, 80 cents per bu., coffee at
Powhattan 80 cents per paper, Mel
sonville, II cents; beef, cheapest
cuts at Powhattan, 10 cents, Mel
sonville, q cents per pound; salt
meat, 12g cents per pound at Pow
haitian, at Nelsonville cents per
pound; sugar at Powhattan, f., 10 cts,
per pound, at Nelsonville Al cents
per pound. AS this Is all that was
gwen to your paper from Powhat-
tan l will give few more articles |
that we AS miners are compelled to
have: Powder 81 per keg; oil 28
cents p9r gallon; shovels, No. 9
steel 81 cents. In the provision
line we get l31 pounds of beans for
20 cents; 0 bars of Star Soap for 25
cents. Great credit Is due the
irms who give us cheap goods,
while we have to live on our mea-
ger earnings.
Last week in company with ex.
Secretary McBryde, we went to
Murray City.
The earnings Of the check weigh
nan at Murray, which is the high
'st wages earned at the mines, for
wo weeks was $l.88. 1t Is mys-
cry TO all how our brothers live. If
he truth was only known what
Misery and poverty would be re-
'ealed.
/ do hope that the persons who /
re trying to disorganize will cease
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-03-16
Shallow Hole In the Ground.

Some shallow-pated correspond,
ents Of Cincinnati papers last week
started the report OF oil having
been struck in the Wolf well at
Adelphi. The depth reached, it is
believed by those who have reason
to know, does not exceed 800 feet,
At that depth, the tools were
drawn from the well and the hole
plugged.
II either gas or oil IL found IL
will be at depth closely approxi-
mating 1000 feet. We confidently
believe however, that IL The we'll is
is drilled deep enough either gas
or oil will be found in paying
quantities.--Valley Record.