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The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23
MANUFACTURE OF DYNAMITE.
a d agcrcps Process ami Buildings
Arc WILDLY Sennr=tad.

In the midst Of stretch of desolate
Sand dunes in Lake County, Ind. scarce
ly-more than thirty miles from Chicago,
is a spot which might well be the Mecca
of the anarchist. Everywhere is sand
sand in beaches. hillocks, ridges and hills
and cut Of these drifting. shifting heaps
rises smoke from the stacks of enc of the
largest p'srts in The country devoted 10
the manufacture of dynamite.
The tramp. the hobo and even the far
mer folk Of the reighborhood make wide
circuits Of the silent buildings. over which
the smoke Of time seems to take the form
of that grim messenger. Death. 1t is a
plague spot to those who look upon it
from afar, but to those whose duty takes
them into mixing houses, nitrators. acid
works, packhouses and magazines in the
plant of nearly 500 acres it is place
where wages are good, where employment
is steady and wherever through the at
mosphere Of uuceasing watchfuiness and
care-the s2irit OF gossip and laughter and
song may find vent
Each building is separated from the
others by wide streets. in which sand en-
bankments have been heaped as a further
III one building communicating to an
other. Several tramway lines connect
these structures. however. making the
wide distances of small consequence in
the matter OF time. The whole plant is
heated by steam and lighted by electric
ity, thus minimizing the dangers of fire,
and with these general precautions the
studied carefulness of employees in every
deFa. tment OF the work is the price of
safety in this ever-menacing occupation
of dynamite making.
Few visitors have ever gone through
these works Few persons have ever ex-
pressed a wish to do so. As might read
lily be perceived, the machinery adapted
TO the manufacturing of dynamite nitro
glycerin, and gelatin has been slow in ap-
preaching perfection. 1t has grown by
steps also as cautious as those by which
the chemist has come to a knowledge of
what will happen when he mikes two sub
stances in mortar.
In the early days of chemistry the
stroke of a pestie in a mortar has sent
a laboratory up in smoke. or blown il to
fragments fer idle winds To-day chemi-
cal laboratory is a good fire risk. and the
time may come when even factory
making dynamite will be allowed site
in a city block
Both dynamite and gelatin are packed
in paper shells that have been dipped in
parafin. The packing of dynamite cart
ridges is done by hand, while gelatin
usually is packed by machine. Packers
receive about $50 month for this work
and consider it comparatively free from
danger. The mixing houses are constd-
cred most dangerous, although accidents
are lew even :1sre. In one big plant near
Chicago. which has been in operation
more than twenty years, only eight men
have been killed, and whe' 1t is consid-
cred that II times 200 men have been en-
plcyed It VIII BE- seen that dynamite
workers are less liable to accident than
are me-t in many other occupations that
commonly are regarded as scarcely in the
hazardous class-Bcston Journal
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIND.
AIabaster Gar From Ecypt Now in
California University.

tStstorHEH University.
An alabaster jar, which men who study
such things say once belonged to Unas.
long dead king. who fourishsd in EgyDt
in the DAYS before history vas written
and many centuries before Pharaoh was
drowned in the Red Sea. has fallen into
the hands of the University of California.
The cid jar was recently dug up at Girga.
In Egypt, by the men whom Mrs. Phoebe
A. Hearst has there unearthing ancient
relics for the museum of the university.
The diggers were cropping in the dust
left by several milleniums in the grave
OF some important parsonage of Unas'
time when they found the precious article,
quite Unexpectedly. The find has greatly
pleased and encouraged the university ex-
cayatcrs and DR.. George a Resner who
is at the head of the work in Egypt has
sent two boatloads of native diggers down
the Nile from Keft to break into more
Of the ancient graves at the same place
from which the Kings jar was taken.
The university has obtained conces-
sion from the Egyptian Government TO
dig up the whole Of an old-time cemetery
at Girga, most of the inhabitants Of which
have lain undisturbed for thousands of
years. Another archaic cemetery has just
been found this season at Girga among
them a bronze spearhead forty centime-
tres long; a handful of gold foil and
pottery boat.
In one grave was found pink lime
stone Jar. In another were two boxes,
both plundered in ancient times. The
space around the boxes was, however, IN
touched and in 1t was found row OF jars
filled with food for the use of the shades.
Several carloads of ancient Egyptian
relics and mummies have come to Berke-
ley and been stored In a warehouse erect
ed for their accommodation near Hearst
Eall.-San Francisco Chronicle
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23
A GOOD ONE ON GOODWIN.
How the Actors Memory for Faces
Mnlc Him Treat.

Hndc Him Treat.
Nat Goodwin, the actor, has a remark
allie memory for faces ard has frequently
boosted among his friends that once he
has seen man and talked with him, even
for minute he never forgets that mans
face. This highly developed faculty was
put to a triumphant test the other even
ing soon after the return of the actor
from his European trip.
He was seated with a party Of friends
in Broadway cafe when his attention be-
came riyeted upon a well-dressed man
sitting at table short distance away.
There's q man whose face is as famil-
lar to me as though ! had seen him but
yesterday" remarked the comedian TO his
friends, but for the life OF me | cannot
place him in my memory
None of the party remembered ever
having seen the stranger before, and Mr.
Goodwin. after worrying over the thing
and cudgeling his brain for time, could
stand the suspense no longer and went
over 10 the stranger.
Pardon me, sir" said the actor in his
most polite tones, but feel as if | knew
you well So stupid of me in forgetting
your name. am Mr.. Goodwin-'Nat'
Goodwin-and | trust your memory is
better than mine and that you can recall
where We have met"
Certainly, Mr.. Goodwin" replied the
stranger with a profound bow. Il have
the first chair at IS shop up here on
Broadway. l shaved you yesterday"
"Ah, so you did so you did replied
the comedian in far away tones. Il am
glad to meet you again
Then Mr.. Goodwin went back to his
party and called for something all
around st Louis Star
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23
Needed the Lords Aid Badly.

Little Harriet o'Neil is the 6ve-year-
old daughter of Walter 0'Neil, assistant
secretary OF the Milwaukee Mutual Life
Insurance Company, and the grapddaugh-
ter of the late George Wiswell Harriet
has n will Of her own and while the birch
IL never used, IT becomes necessary at
times to confne the pugnacious youngster
10 the depths of Il dark closet
One day last week Harriet was I'M
usually naughty, and was punished &C
cordingiy. That night before being tucked
away in her little bed she got down on
her knees and said the following prayer:
"oh. Lord. please bless papa and bless
mamma, and make me n good girl. and
dear Lord, you will have 10 try awful
hard this time. for have been locked up
n The closet three times today. Mil
w'-'-se Sep.Anes
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23
WIRELESS, TELEPHONY.
spoken words Transmitted Through
the Ground Without Din;cuIty.


The very acme of achievement in the
transmission of messages would seem to
have been reached in the wireless tele-
phone system which has recently been
developed by Prof. 4. Frederick Collins,
an electrical engineer residing in Phila-
delphia. Spoken words are transmitted
great distances through the ground with
out the use of connecting wire. and in
accordance with plan totally different
from that of the Marconi system Of wire
less telegraphy.
The Collins system simply takes advan-
tage of the fact that there are natural
electrical currents in evidence slightly be-
low the surface of the earth at any point
that may be selected, and by this inven-
ton currents of this character are utilized
to cause flow of electricity between two
instruments stationed above the surface
of the earth
The only underground mechanism en-
ploycd consists of small zinc-wire screens,
which are buried in shallow holes, one at
the sending station and the other at the
receiving station. Above these are tri-
pods supporting transmitting and receiv-
ing apparatus. such as lis employed in or
binary telephony, wire affording con-
nection in each case with the buried
screen. When the electricity from stor-
age battery is turned on, sounds of all
kinds may ne sent through the transmit
ter. and heard, in many instances, even
more distinctly than were a regular over
head telephone employed.
The Collins invention in its simplest
form is adapted to sending a message but
one way-that is, it is not possible to
utilize receiver as n transmitter and
reply to a message received, but the
transmitter and received are eacn equip
ped with an annex for performing the OPP
posite function, so that to all intents and
purposes this new telephone Is not diff
ferent from the instruments in use.-Har-
pers for February.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23
DYNAMITE NOT DANGEROUS.
That Is If L: Is Kept in Swinging
Hammock.

Edward Mcdonald, an expert diver, re-
siding in Long Island City, who has blown
up a great many wrecks with dynamite
and is thoroughly familiar with that eX-
plosive has been consulted in reference
to giving expert testimony in connection
with the tunnel explosion. He has person
ally handled over $4,000 pounds of dyna-
mite in his business of blowing up wreck
ed vessels and has slept alongside OF
thousands of pounds OF it and has never
had an accident. He had charge of the
removal of the wreck of the English
tramp steamer Nankin, sunk in the Swash
Channel in 1883. and used 10000 pounds
of dynamite to break up the wreck. He
made his home on schooner anchored
near the wreck and had the dynamite I'M
der his hammock on the vessel.
When asked for his opinion as to the
cause of the tunnel explosion, he said it
was certainly not caused by fire.
II have lighted my pipe with sick OF
dynamite" he said There is nothing TO
fear from it coming in contact with fire.
The explosS n in the shanty might have
been indirectly due to fire, but If II was
started in that way the percussion caps
that fire the sticks of dynamite must have
been in the shanty with the explosive.
THE only way TO keep dynamite safely
is to have IL resting in a sort of hammock,
with room to swing a considerable dis
lance each way. If that is done percus-
sion caps may be exploded near il with
safety. / have never allowed dynamite
to rest on a solid spot. Wherever it is
handled by a man who understands his
business IL never blows up. Thawing dy-
Mantle is an everyday affair and not at
tendant with any danger unless the per-
cussion caps are put on the sticks.
While such Jobs as the subway exca-
walton are going on in New York city the
people will not be safe unless the dyna-
mite is kept in swinging hammocks and
the percussion caps stored some little dis
tance away from it. Sometimes blast is
set off near the power shanty, but If the
dynamite is swinging it does not feel the
shock New York World.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23

There is a freshness of face, lustrous-
ness of eyes, healthfulness of color anu
complexion about the Limerick girls that
carry off the sweepstakes trophy. The
girls of Cork and of the Lakes-in fact. of
the country all the way down from Dub
lin-are somewhat of the Limerick order.
In form they constitute a happy medium
between the rotund English maids across
one channel and the sylphlike Partisan
demoiselles beyond the other. But the
Limerick face is the perfection of female
beauty human ceramic without blem-
ish.-St. James Gazette.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23
AMERICAN HUMOR.
Its Appreciation Impossible to the
Average EnGIishman.

Average EngIishman.
Clinton Fiske has friend, an English
man by birth and an American by force
of circumstances. who has been in this
country long enough to absorb the Ameri-
can idea of humor. Last summer he was
in London on a visit, and happening to
have business with a ran on an upper
floor of tall building took the lift to
reach his office. The elevator was one of
those excessively deliberate affairs, and
its snail-like progress annoyed the Amer
icanized Briton. The only other occupant
of the car was middle aged Engiishman
with d manner of peculiarly English seri-
BUSINESS. The man from America ventur
ed to address him:
II think could make a great improve
ment in this lift,' he said.
The Englishman looked seriously inter
ested. How" he asked.
why" the other man went on, I'D
make II go faster by a simple little ar
rangement I'd stop the lift altogether
and move the building up and down"
The Englishman looked slightly more
Interested.
Howl" he asked.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23
FOR
"77" Prevents Pneumonia.

II seems so simple for any one to risk
having the Grip or Pneumonia, with per-
haps a weakened constitution forever
after, when they can positively be avoid
ed and prevented by the use of Seventy
Seven" err, Dr. Humphreys Precious
Specific for the cure OF Grip and Colds.
The best results are obtained by keeping
III" handy lit fits the vest pocket. and
taking a dose at the first chill or SILVER.
Taken early, ii cuts 1t short promptly
Taken during its prevalence preoccupies
the system and prevents its invasion.
Taken while suffering. relief is speedily
realized, which is continued to an entire
cure. At Druggists. &c. or mailed.
Humphreys Ned. Co.. 81 John Street. New York.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-09-07

Trib cures insect bites and stsings.
When you want a Lucky Jim cigar
r. N. Horton was a visitor in Car.
son yesterday.
Sam Longabaugh spent yesterday in
this city. He is pretty busy at Ophir
fluming wood.
Miss Marie Peters, Miss Maybelle
Swift and Mrs. Eva Warner, all of
Gold Hill, were Carson visitors yes
terday.
Sshool books, tablets, pencils, school
supplies at The Fox Store. 1w
Mrs. d. A. Bender is guest of Mrs.
H. M. Yerington.
The water main was shut off for
couple of hours yesterday as the COM
pany was repairing pipes.
H. Blackie and wife were among the
departures for Sacramento last even
ing.
Abe Frey, wife and child, of Pla
cerville are guests at the Briggs.
Mrs. H. F. Musser of Markleeville,
is registered at the Briggs.
The admission to the Relief Co. p3
lawn party to be held at the residence
of Mrs. Emmet, next Wednesday ev-
ening, will be free and refreshments
will be twenty-five cents. Everybody
should attend as a good time is anti
cipated.
| The old camp of Como is coming to
the front, apparently. There are about
forty men employed in the camp. The
j Boyle tunnel is now flowing about
twenty inches of water. George Fry
er and Chas Sldst, c:s, have thei,
shaft down abocI 200 feet and have
a four foot ledge of fair grade mill
ing ore at that depth. County
Times.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-09-07
Local News of Carson and Vicinity.

Davey & Mafsh have the best &C.
lected line of fruit in this city.
When you want Lucky Jim cigar
M. T. Little of Salt Lake is regis
tered at the Arlington.
The v. & T. freight depot is shin
ing with new coat of white wash or
the platform.
The finest line of fresh fruit can be
found at Davey & Maish's new store
For Sale or Trade-A fresh milch
COW, aged seven years. For particu-
lars enquire of James Virgins.
Miss Jessie Elliott was a departure
for California last evening.
VIM. Booth, of the Tonopah Bonan-
"a, are registered at the Briggs. He
and his wife have been spending the
past two weeks at the lake and are
now on their way home.
Minnie Barnes was granted Iii
vorce from F. III. Barnes at Ha. ".
| thorne last Saturday.
The hunting season is open and we
have a large stock of all kinds of am
munition. The Fox Store 1w.
| Davey & Maish have opened theil
delicacy counter and from this time
on customers can find select boiled
ham. tongue and other refreshing
viands, that will save cooking Il
home.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-09-07
Notice..

No shooting or camping will be al
lowed on my property without per-
NIT. Positively no feeding from barn
or stacks allowed.
THEO WINTERS.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-09-07
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES

MEETS every Second and Fourth
Tuesdy of the Month. Sojourning
cordially invited.
G. e. KITZNEYER, M. w.
GEO. w. KEITH, Recorder.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-03
HOW TO PRONOUNCE THEM.
Names of Cities That Are Variously
 Sounded by the Public.

The suggestion has been made that the pr oper pronunciation of the name of St. Louis should be finally determined be- fore the opening of the Louisiana pur-- chase fair in that city, and 1t Is urgsd the Council of St. Louis or even the Legislature of Missouri should pass upo the question. It is pointed out that an immemorial dispute over the proper pro- nunciation of Arkansas was settled by the Legislature of that state in 1881, when it was enacted that the pronunciation should be "Arkansaw," and the State liv- Lo1is was bestowed by the French when the place was settled, and the French pronunciation Is Loo-ee, to rhyme with the name of Admiral Dewey. The Eng fish pronunciation is Lewis" practical ly rhyming with the word Jewess. The suggestion, once made, does not, of course, halt lamely at St. Louis;
 is proposed to ask Kentucky to declar e whether the name of that commo 1- wealth's chief city shall be Loo-ey-ville or Lew-is-ville. And Illinois might set tie the point whether the name Of the thriving city of Joliet shall be pro nounced as the French explorer after whom it was named did-Zhole-ya-or whether it shall be called Jolly-yet. All this is exceedingly stimulating to the mind which keeps reaching out for wide! fields, like the mind of man afflicted with the habit of indiscriminate punn- ing There are plenty of other towns which need attention. The name of the city of Beaufort, in France: IS prJ- nonnced Bow-for. A town in North Car oIina. named after 1t. is known as Bow fort, while one in South Carolina is call ed Bu-fert. A noted French seaport, Ca lais is pronounced Kal-lay, While Its namesake up in Maine, is called Kal-lis-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-03
GOVERNMENT REPORTS
AS TO COTTON SEVERELY CRITICISED AND PRONOUNCED
 ALMOST VALUELESS.
The New England Cotton Manu- facturers' Association Has Plan for Improvement-That Body
 to Change Its Name.

New York Special to New Orleans Times
 Democrat.
 That the New England Cotton Manu- lecturers Association will at it's next spring meeting, become the American Cotton Manufacturers Association seems almost certain
 At the seventy-thrd semi-annual meet ing of the association, which opened in the clubroons of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers this evening" Charles H. Fish of Dover N. H., Presi- dent of the Association, advocated the change in his opening address. and the suggestion was generally welcomed by the members, as the Association has long since broadened out beyond the limits of any one section and has now many mem bers from the South.
 After the address of President Fish. James NJ Dodge of Niceton, Pa., Vice President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, spoke briefly. wei coming the visitors in behalf of the so- ciety; after this the New York Cotton Exchange had the floor, and it's mem hers made the most of the opportunity to call attention to the strong points of the New York market.
 I. Temple Gwalthmey, President of the Exchange. spoke first, welcoming mill men in behalf of the Exchange. He was followed by Samuel T. Hubbard former President of the Exchange, who appeared before the Association at it's last meet ing in Boston, and starte dthe movement which seems destined to bring the New England mill owners and the New York cotton men closer together.
 MT Hubbard was followed by James F. Maury. who presented paper upon the compilation of cotton statistics and gov crnment cotton estimates that was list ened to with the greatest attention. He most sharply criticised the governments methods, and the mill men applauded vigorously.
 He said government cotton reports were almost valueless, and suggested a plan by which they might be improved. The chief statistician should have at least twenty special expert agents to travel over. the cotton belt and report what they saw instead of what some people told them.
 Walter T. Miller, who followed MT Maury. was much more bitter in his de- nunciation of government methods. He said that cotton crop reports were often purposely made incorrect, not by the heads of the department at Washington but by agents in the South.
 l.. l.. Fleming called attention to the concessions the local market has recent lv obtained from the transportation com panies. He pointed out the manifold ad- vantages to the Eastern min man in having a large stock of. cotton on hand in a convenient market. and in being able to go into a broad market and buy against their needs in way to take the best advantage of price fluctuations. President Fish's speech follows:
 "As you know. this association in car wing out one of it's fundamental prin- ciples, has from the first been keenly alive to everything pertaining to the es- sential questions of improvisg the con- dition of the cotton as delivered to the mill. These questions have included the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-03
"PRoTECTIoN's HANDMAIDENs''
Revived Republican Interest in the
 Kasson Reciprocity Treaty.
Special Correspondence

Washington Special Correspondence of
 The New York Evening Post.
 The recent revival of interest in the Kasson treaties. as shown by Secretary Shaw's Chicago speech, and their emu meration among important issues, is one of the unexpected developments of the day. Only four of these treaties, strictly speaking, are before Congress; these are the French treaty and treaties with Brit ish dependencies in this hemisphere-Ja, maica, British Guiana, and Turk ana explains that the extension of the period during which these treaties may be rat ined--the French one for another twelve months, and the others for six months Tn each case-was done at the instance of the other side, and not because of do- nestle impulse It will be recalled that a two years limit was set by the Ding ley tariff act of 1s97 within which treaties might be negotiated under certain se- were terms; some of the Senatorial op- ponents of these treaties objected to them last winter on the theory that this limit included consummation as well as negotiation, but this objection was espe7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-03
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