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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-29
TOrSE'S FIRE COMPANY.
Little Opportunity to Fight Flames. but II
was Useful In Other ways.
From ne Chicago T-iou'

From ne Chied9o Tribune
stranger went into the engine house In La
Sale street and asked questions After he was
enlightened he said TO his Informant
There have been some changes in the bust
ness since | was in il | reckon you never
heard Of the Touse volunteers"
The informant never had
"TouSa Is the name Of the town. It's spelled
T-n-o-s Il was a lively place in its day down
in the lover end Of Buchanan county. Mo
county that 81 Joa's in II was a volunteer
outfit. re company was We had a hand en-
sine and our uniform vas red shirts. blue nan
keen brooches. red-top boots and oilcloth caps.
You never see any caps like them now
Have many runs?"
Not to fires There wasn't but one Are in
the town in We years, and TINT was n hay
stack.
You hadn't much 10 do, them"
Didn't WEI We was in demand all the time
TOuse was Q great place IN IL day for runaway
couples 70 get married. and a. the captain of
the volunteers was the Justice Of the Peace be
alSays called out The company 70 be present al
the ConnubialtiaS, as he called them. and there
WIS no marriage until We got there Some
times tnero was A dane after the wedding tn
the public square ard the bride had 70 alle-
mande left and sa,hay with every member Of
the volunteers before she did with her husband
Then We used 10 nave loot races on me
Fourth Of July, and whenever there was a
county fair Rs were the ones altogether
lovely In ~ winter lime when the circuit
rider cam" 70 town and gov up 4 revival We
always turned out, and Il the sinners didn't
come 10 taw a llyelv A. they should. We would
pull -trHws 20 sa- who would 90 up as mourn
era, and IN that way the revival would be- pro-
longed. II va. always understood that the one
that pulled the short straw had the privilege Of
backsliding after the season va. over.
There were no secret ord'rs in Touse a.
that time. 80 when A prominent citizen kicked
'he bucket. a. We said Of a man when he died
the r0u>e volunteers turned OUT and planted
him with Masonic or odd Fellow honors, ac-
Cordirg 10 the wishes of his fricnds There was
no hearse in tho town, 80 We put the. deceased
on the engine. II his friends wanted Masonic
hOnOrs over his grave our captain would tOot
IN. trumpet fit was do Fellow houors that
was demanded We runs the bell and IN that
wav stranger ~ in rouse always knowed which
wav the deceased had affiliated so 20 speak, in
his life There wash = much N Touse that the
volunteers didn't lake a hand in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-29
OVERtWED TIE STRIKERS.
Thorn p.on showed Them That He was a Dead
Shot and Violence Ceased.

'Nhnnevsr | read Of strike riots, said a civil
eng naer. i recall n smll one that | witnessed
yanrs ago which was an ob .ect lesson. This
strike Wa ordered in n bag coal yard on tho
lower wnst side Of town which was owned by a
friend NJ mine whom | may cal Thompson
Thompson was not n big mar, but he was an
expert revolver shot. II was hS PCT fad and
~ spent a lot Of tim and burned much powder
~ perfect himself IN II. II" could hit coins
thrown in the az and do all m" w"ll-snown
tricks with a revolver In h, "pal yard ye-r
emplov we'd tventv-nvp or thirty hus.i" coal
handlers and when they were ordered On strike
thsv started IN 10 MAKE trouble at once
Thompson engaged a new gang Of men
and sent them round to his ward. but they
were beaten Or nv the strikers Several very
serious assaults occurred there on me nrst
dav Of the trouble and Thompson was warned
% stnv away n he valued h- lie. He sent
back word that they might expect hun early
the NEXT morning and that 10 wanted i2 800
all of tHe strikers IN his yard 10 talh I" them
Iha gang assumed that fhl~ meant Cnpi'uIatlon
On his part and they celebrated acCordlngly.
Thompson invited mo 10 go 10 the yard with hun
NEXT morning and see the IN We found tn"
dent. Thompson told the mon TO stand a. on"
side 81 the yard They obeyed' WONDERING
what ha proposed 10 do. lie stepped over
10 the side o! u hig shed and With 4 piece ot
chalk drew roughly the outlines Of n man.
Walking back about tfty feet h" said 10 the
strikers
men pretty roughly in rhls neishborhood and
Won thr-atened IN do me up II | didn't weld, Vow
| am not that sort ot A man You fellows nave
made A mistake. cam here ths corning TO
settle Ibis matter and arl going 10 DO IL with
our the aid Of the police. In an hour = time
I expect a new gang Of men here and will So"
The strikers we're ugly at this in"I pected
statement. but before they could ADVANCE
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-29
Butler and I s.,, tia, thu, v.s no ol.c. ,or

Butler and I felt that that was no place for
". climbed up To the egg box and Butler
united the horses which had bs~n standing 30
patiently all that while. We would have gone
In a second had not Gaskins perceived our In
tcntions and stopped vs..
You amt got the marketin' yet. he said.
There's five pounds an a half o. butter an
sx dozen aigS.
He handed ~ the lar and the basket. Silent
ly Butler slowed the stuY away In the wagon.
Then by the faint light he counted out the
price Of the produce,
" How much did you say butter an aigs il
this yeak7' asked Gaskins.
e Buffers twenty and eggs eighteen said
Butler. briefly.
Gasluns iingled the coin he had already
received. -usplciOusly,
~ do know about that. he said. I don't
like to let things go for that You're cuttin'
me- down mighty close You paid twenty two
cents last week for butter an twenty for aigs.'
Butler Owed down into his pocket and drew
ont some change which he held out without
counting and pressed II into Gaskins's hand.
My God. he said. Here. take II. III
paw any thing YOU say. only don't stand here
clubbing AZ such a time a. this
We drove away then, When We reached the
rickety gate | looked back. The man stood in
the -slfsams rlac with the BASKET on his arm
The little glrl had come around TO the front
OF the house and had thrown herself. face DOWN
ward, upon a bed Of yellow easter flowers grow
ing there She still vept. Her sobbing was
aud. bic even AT that distance. but save for that
one pitiful sound all within the house and around
about II was very stu"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-29
TRTrH NOr STRANGE EN0rGH.
An Instance where Something Stranger and
Better was Found In Fiction.
From the Nsr or ,Ini times Democrat.

CT, ,r,,b .,r,,,o- tho, so,io, % aid =,
" "N' = '0'"S' ia" "''"u' SUI n"
amateur cynlc OF TINS GUY, II Is w"lIior a fellow
% fb a littlA when he wants TO be be eyed
-, .r,-, d.
WV ms "-'' ~ SO 'I' ." "
young Trend o' mine, VINO works Tor a GER
tain shining house here, was detained at the
". ,,,, ,r,,r uidrt,b, and ma, h,r,-.
UNIV ""'' H'' "''''"s"' "N "' "''''
high swinging shelf. In 40 doing he disIOdged
Iaaro- Which s,-r,l, hin, an ,ba br,a,o ~
" -"
me nose a. " TEL ana kho'h'n on n good
sued section Of skin. besides hlackInE one Of
ls eyes. occupy rho ad dining office, and
hearing the racket, went IN and helped patch
hun w.
Nov. 7 happened 10 know that this Young
man had A VIE who was inclined 70 be very
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-11-23
TIE MANGO IN LONDON.
What On English Paper Thought o
the Luscious Fruit.

Can it be that this fruit has only
lately found it's way into the London
market? 1t would seem so, from the
following taken from a London ex-
change: Have you seen a curious
looking fruit at the fruiterers lately?
1t Is of a green color. and shaped
somewhat like a squashed Rugby foot
ball. OF course. it is smaller. It's skin
reminds one strongly of the green liz
ards leather, out of which purses are
made. Smell 1t, and visions of eucayp-
tus and influenza, benzine and motor
cars, with a distant suggestion of a
half-decayed pear float across your
mind.
This compound fruit is the mango.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-11-23

Should mangoes ever become popular
in England their skins might be prof
itably substituted for tie red herring
in the drag net. Even at the high
price at which the mango is at present
selling yon are apt to think at first
sight that you are getting a good deal
for your money. Experience will soon
disillusion you. Quite Nlree-quarters
Of the fruit is taken up by its stone,
which looks like a large. hairy mussel.
Take from the remainder the thick,
leathery skin, and little is left to eat.
And what is the edible part like? You
will never forget your first mouthful
of mango. Imagine influenza medi-
|cines, turpentine, sugar and soap eaten
out of spoon dipped in paraffin! That
is the approximate flavor of a mango
Ito a Londoner's taste.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-11-23
Moved the Benches

All Of the benches with the exception of
two. In the rear half of Judge Humphreys
court room. were ordered removed by the
Judge The order was carried out yester-
day morning and only two seats remained
AS there were no seating accommodations.
the people were not represented yesterday
and only those who were directly con-
nected with the proceedings were present
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-11-23
COMPILED WITH HIS REQUEST

Mr. G. Ormandizer (struggling to
carve the first turkey his wife has ever
cooked)-"Say. Mary, the bones in this
bird are thicker than a shad's-1ust
hear the knife grit"
MRS. q. Ormandizer (almost crying
with anxiety)-"You must be against
the shells. John"
"Shells?"
Yes. John; don't you remember that
you asked me to stuff the turkey with
oysters?"
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-11-23
MINER nrvosc,
= occupies til. D., N
Court.

n,a "a the Circuit Court -.
m,net MN divorce case went y ss''7is
son. for the plaintiff, s.a o. VI
the i1 de defense objected + vas s aal
IT m,s, was ,s brought out BY :, |, as' s' I'd,
VIVA waat the object of ~. : aaes \
Mats mat she was brought 'sa T. .s sv'isas
MIN Miner wa: was in the t habit . = sAos ~
an unfit custodian - sds prove c' tAa !.
,.s a portuguese Port sewing rl1sss ss Is /
mao seen the dress saI, Woman !
tor, torn by DR.. Mlner xs,1. ssla to aa1.'
S,lf. wife. She had also 'r,,s hs.,. Won i
quarrelsome tones. "eaFd sais,
Mrs. Lakeland said .
tt .he doctor threaten to ,sos. sas i,s = !
the ,, Hawaiian Hotel in '.,o' aSe, Gag
Mrs Mrs. Frank Damon t. tsstiss, ass,'t
bruises on Mrs. Miners 'i,,,sa hase 'ee
MIS-. Miner was m, ~ wv.
again but nothing new W.. W b :
In cross examination vas ds's'
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-11-23

The name is guarantee of its pur-
ity-Jesse Moore Whiskey 10 always
right.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-11-23

Subscribe for N. ANU,
"""'" delivered to .nr HS.r-s D.S =.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-20

companying map its unwavering march
toward the west, with occasional dips
to the south and north Is shown. In
1870 it was east Of Baltimore twenty
miles. In ten years 1t had moved
forty miles westward. The annexation
of Louisiana brought 1t south and
west, and in 1920 it was sixteen miles
north of Woodstock, Va. In 1910 the
pioneers Of the West brought it north,
and in 1850 it had moved south again.
Texas had come into the Union. The
growth of the great West had switched
it back to the North in 1860, and it was
near Chillicothe, Ohio. War reduced
the population Of the South in the de-
cade between 1860 and 1870, and the
centre moved north near to Cincin-
natl. In another decade 1t had cleared
Cincinnati in it's westward progress.
and in 1870 It had settled in central
southern Indiana.
The past ten years has carried the
centre westward about twenty miles
and northward about seven miles.
There is no reason to b lieve that 1t
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-20

dition. Young plants of trifie over
an inch in height were planted on the
same day and in the same manner "a
all of the four houses, and We're are
fully attended to. After three II Jnths
a notable difference was to r. seen.
Under the blue glass the plants did
not die off, but neither did they show
any signs of growth. In the white
house they were well developed and
had grown to an average height of
four inches. In the green house the
plants were a little etiolated-that is
to say. they showed instead of the
normal green color yellow-white
color, but their development had been
magnificent, their height averaging six
inches. The greatest development. how
ever, had taken place in the red house.
where the plants not only showed their
usual normal color, but had reached
height of seventeen inches-that is to
say, fifteen times the original size, and
were blooming splendidly. Flam-
marion then took two other plants and
attained almost the same, or, at least,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-20
Where to BE Good.

1t was Payne avenue car, rather
crowded, too, on last Sunday night.
In one corner sat two little urchins,
taking up as little room as possible.
Indeed they occupied about as much
room as one adult. The boys were
evidently Of the class which run about
the street on weekdays in bare feet
They could not, however, be included
in the bad boy" class. They were
evidently not used to sitting quietly
and orderly, and fidgeted about in rea.
distress. Their eyes roamed from the
floor to the people, and back to the
floor again. Finally one said to the
other, in confiding whisper: "Golly.
but ye have to be good in car, don't
yef"-Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-20
!: CENTRE OF POPULA- {:
: TION :
OF THE :
UNITED STATES. :
!: So deg. 80 m. 53 S. w. Long :
80 deg. II m. Sc sec. N. Lat :
ERECTED BY :
. THE CHICAGO HERALD. :

This monument was dedicated with
elaborate ceremonies by the people of
Columbus and the contiguous country.
Eloquent addresses were delivered by
notable Indiana orators and lively in
terest wa felt in the event by the en-
tire Hoosier State. The centre was
then about twenty miles east OF Col
umbus. 1t is now about seven miles
north of the same city. Hence 1t is
moving north and west.
In time, with the great increase in
population which is coming for the
Northwest, it may shift to Chicago. 1t
is by no means impossible that changes
in the growth of the population will
bring the centre, even If it is carried
west of the west shore of Lake Michi.
gan, back to Chicago. where it will
remain fixed indefinitely.
The centre of population is the cen
tire of gravity of the population of the
country each individual being assumed
TO have the same weight. Ike metlot
of determining that centre Is as fol
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-20
Gas by the Can.

Gas by the can is Partisan novelty,
according to Sterling Heilig's letter in
the New York Press.
These gas fountains-using the word
In the French sense-are long, narrow
metal boxes, standing upright, of solid
construction, to hold compressed illu-
minating gas, that by means of rubber
tubes are led to incandescent burners
by way of movable lamps like those
that stand on centre tables in America.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-20

lows: The population of the country
is first distributed by square degrees"
as the area included between consecu-
tive parallels and meridians is desig-
mated. a point is then assumed ten
tatively as the centre, and the cor
rections in latitude and longitude to
this tentative position are computed.
In 1890 the centre was assumed to
be at the intersection IF the parallel
of 80 degrees, with the meridian of
sc degrees west of Greenwich. This
would have made the centre of pop
ulation of the United States just two
miles due north Of Seymour, in Jack
son County. Ind. From this assumed
base the verifications were made and
the true centre was located.
The movement of the centre has
been steadily westward. On the ac-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-20
rs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 81
SRED GLOW MAKES PLANTS GROW 4
\ Flammarion's Investigation of the Influ-
ence of Various Kinds of Light
b on Vegetation.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The experiments In regard to the
influence of the different parts of
the sunlight upon the growth OF
plants have been carried on for sever
al years, especially by the famous bot
anist Sachs, who proved that red rays
of the sunlight especially favored the
growth of plants and flowers. Such
Investigations have now been again
taken up by NJ. Camille Flammarion,
a celebrated French astronomer. Flam-
marion established, in connection with
the Observatory at Juvisy, near Paris,
an experiment station in the form of
a small garden, as represented in one
of the cuts, where he studied the mat
ter and conducted his experiments. A
report recently published contains
some interesting points. Flammarion
used the double-sides bell-shades,
which were flled with colored solu-
tions. and at the same time he pro-
vided beds, covered with colored glass.
The best results, however. were at
tanned in four little hot houses, one
of which is covered with ordinary Win
dow glass. and the other three with
blue, green, and red glass. The glass
used for these houses was carefully ex-
amined, and only those pieces taken
whose intensity admitted only mon
achromatic light. Heat ana all other
conditions are the same in the four
houses. The screen-like device shown
in the other cut represents a number
of thermometers made of colored
glass = while in the extreme right is 4
radiometer for the observation Of the
intensity of the light. Flammarion
first selected for his first experiments
plant from which, through its Pc
culiar forms of growth, we can judge,
at any time, of it's healthy condition.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-20
The New Centre
Of Population in
the Unitsd States

The census bureau has declared Col
umbus, Ind, the centre OF popula-
ton of the United States. Columbus
is in Bartholomew County, on the east
fork of White River, in the finest
farming land in Indiana. The city has
S13O inhabitants, an increase of 1869
since 1890.
Since 1890 the centre of popula-
tion of the United States has shifted
little to the north and a little to the
west. 1t is still in the State of In
diana, not far from Columbus, the
capital of Bartholomew County, in the
southern central part of the State. On
the old pivotal point arises monolith
monument erected there May 10, 1891.
by the Chicago Herald. On one of
the sides of the column is the follow
ing inscription:
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-20
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANcE.

Who VIII voiunteer:-A Collection of
Tragedies, Showing What Awful
Account the Rum Seller VIII Have
to Give at the Bar of God.
Who is ready, who is willing? Who will
volunteer?
Who will join the gath'ring army? Who
the call will hear?
Right and truth against the evil must pre-
vail;
If we trust our mighty leader, we shall
never fail.
Faithful soldiers now are needed on the
temperance field
Who are always firm and dauntless, who
will never yield,
Who are never faint and fearful when the
foe is near;
Such are needed in our army, who will
volunteer?
-. -Temnerancc Banne-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-20

The gas boxes, sold to the consumer
at So each, require only to be taken
home and set up on shelves. Three
form the regulation battery" for a
moderate-sized house, lighting the
three rooms which the French light
brilliantly. the dining room, the ante.
chamber and the kitchen.
One of those bidons, or gas boxes.
represents a provision of about 1000
candle hours, which means ten can
dies during 100 hours, or twenty can
dies during fifty hours, and so on.
When the first bidons are empty the
company exchanges them for full ones
at dollar apiece.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-20

very similar results. Experiments
carried ON with strawberries showed
also the same results; under the red
light they developed marvelously. 1t
will readily be understood that these
experiments, especially with regard to
valuable, rare plants, are Of the high
est ue.-Philadelphia Record.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-20
The Crusade in Brief.

The footsteps of every prosperous man
are far and away from the saloon.
Ii you drink beer, rum and whisky, YOU
are certain to suffer from bitters.
A little in ones own pocket, and less in
the saloons, is savings bank notion.
Drunkenness has become dsrcputable
or it is pited as the manifestation of de.
plorable disease.
Canada consumes just two-thirds of a
gallon of spirits per head of population
per annum; the United States consumes
one gallon of spirits per head :. popula-
ton per ann1m.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-20
A Request From Little Bobs.''
Lord Roberts has found time amid hi:
multiplied labors and excitements tc
send from South Africa to London a tele
gram rebuking his home-staying fellow
countrymen for the form of welcome with
which they have received his discharged
Docs Not Give Eorc.

Professor Bunge says: 'Alcohol does
not give force; it is not force-producing.
The seeming exciting impulse which Il
produces is but feeting exaltaton of the
organism, after which comes the period
of fatigue, weakness and paralysis The
consumption of alcohol neither augments
the physical energy nor the muscular
work. Alcohol does not warm the organ
ism. Alcohol does not favor Digestion
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-20

will not continue on its course with the
sun and shift to the north until 1t
settles near Chicago, there to remain.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-20

This was the Mimosa pudica, the well
known sensitive plant whose leaves
act only upon exterior irritations when
the plant is in perfectly normal con-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-20

gates are WIDE open Tor our entrance. we
are marching on and marching on, and our
every step brings us nearer to the city.
At what h.. we shall enter we have no
power to foreteil, but once enlisted amid
tine blood washed host our entrance is GER
tain 1t may be in the bright MONDAY or
the dark midnight. 1t may be when the
air is laden with spr!ngtime fragrance or
chilled with falling SHOWS. But enter we
pust and enter we will through the grace
offered us as the chief of sinners. Higher
hills than any l have spoken of will guard
that city. More radiant waters than l
saw in the Russian valley will pour through
that great metropolis. No raging confa-
grafton shall drive us forth. for the only
fires kindled in that city will be the fires
of splendor that shall ever hoist and
never die. Reaching that shining gate,
there will be a parting but no tears at the
parting. There will be an eternal farewell,
but no sadness in the utterance. Then
and there we will part with one of the
best friends we ever had. No place for
her in heaven, for she needs no heaven.
While love and JOY and other graces enter
heaven, she will stay out. Patience. beau
tiful Patience, long-suffcring Patience, will
at that gate say: Goodbye. helped you
in the battle of life, but now that you have
gained the triumph you need me no more.
| bound up your wounds. but now they
are all healed. L soothed your bereave-
ments. but you pass now into the reun-
ions of heaven. l can do no more for you,
and there is nothing for me to do in city
where there are no burdens to carry.
| Goodbye. 1 go back into the wor from
which you came up to resume my tour
among the hospitals and sick rooms and
bereft households and almshouses. The
cry of the worlds sorrow reaches my ears,
and l must descend. Up and down that
poor suffering world I will go to assuage
and comfort and sustain until the world
itself expires and on all its Mountains and
in all its valleys and on all its plains there
is not one soul left that has need Of pa
!. tience." -- -