Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 1, 1884, Page 4

f; § THE OMAHBA BEE — Omaha OfMoe, No. 916 Farnam Bc Osnncil[Blufts OMoe,INo, 7 Poarl St. ®troot, Near Broadway.| | New York[Office, Room 65 Tribune Bullding. Published every morming, excopt Banday' The ‘only Monday moraing daily, WM BT MAML +.#10.00 | Thros Montha T WREKLY BER, PURLISIND NVERY, WEDNRSDAY. THRMA POSTRAID, £2.00 | Throe Months 00 | One Month ... . American Nows Company, Sol Agente, Nowsdoal @ In the United States. .l CoRRRACOXDRNCE. A 1130mmunloations relsting 4o Newn and Editoria ansitors should bo addressod to the Korrom or T B BURINESSZLEYTERS, All Bastnems Tottors and Romittances should b addressed to TxR Bex PUBLISHING COMPAN HA Ghooks and Postoffice orders to bo pay able to the ordor of the company. & THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., PROPS' B. ROSEWATER, Editor. A. . Fitch, Manager Daily Ciroulation, P. 0. Box 466 omaha Neb. erm——————— Trr Iowa prohibitory law is proving a bonansa for the lawyers. It isanill wind that blows nobody any good. Tom Hexvricks didn't forget to ro- mind the committee that waited on him that there was a fraud in 1876, et — Tur fusion ;f the republicans and greenbackers in West Virginis will bring confusion to the democrats in that state. THEY are going to have another sena- torial campaign in Colorado, and it is about time for the Denver newspapers to change hands again. Persons who want to study the beau- ties of the democratic platform can find ftin the Omaha Herald, where it still continues to do duty as a leading editor- lal, Few die and none resign, but here is democratic congressmsn who commits suicide, and that too in a district once reptésented by the immortal Henry Olay. Tux wheat crop of Nebraska is esti- mated at 32,000,000 bushels; that of Towa at 33,000,000; Minnesota, 44,000,- 000; Dakota, 26,000,000; Wisconsin, 26,- 000,000; total in five stater, 156,000,000. These estimates are made up from the figures in the agricultural department at ‘Washington and from the statistical bu- reaus in tho several states. It makes a big showing. A Jupk in India has excused journal- ists from serving ou juries. He holds that reporters thould be excused from serving on a jury because through their presence at preliminury examinations end inquiries for the purpose ¢f publish- ing the news they might be in possession of facts which might come out in evi- dence, and probably they would have pre-judged the case. The India judge is correct, and his rule would be an excel- lent one to adopt in Ameri Hiraerro the French have been un- able io enjoy the luxury of absolute di- wvorce, but the new divorce law, which has just gone into effect, provides for the dissolution of the matrimonial knot for various causes, and already three thousand suits have been commenced under it, many of the suitors being mem- bers of aristocratio families. It will «nake business for the divorce lawyers, who have had little or nothing to do in France. aake Koeley's motor go. The deluded etockholders who have been contributing o this mysterious enterprise, are about tired out with postponements of the ©eVentful day when the motor shall work. Failing to induce Keeley to set a final date for the exhibition of his motor, and %o reveal to them his great eecret, and how far he bad progressed, they held a meeting recently and determined to shut down on any more money contributions, Dr. O'DoxxELL, the enterprising San Fraucisco doctor, who is traveling over ¢ho country with a couple of Chinese fepers whom he proposes to exhibit, has ©0 far met with poor success. In Chicago the authorities would not permit him to exhibit his lepers, and he was told to aoveon. O'Donnell now threatens to present the leprous Chinamen to Senator ‘$Hoar and Rev. Henry Ward Beecher to convince them that they are wrong in op- posing the anti-Chinese movement. ——— Joux Quixy for once is entitled to credit for dislodging the rat out of the workingmen's meal tub. Those *‘Knights of Labor" who never work except ;when ¢they are *‘working” the candidates be- €ore an election, are not to be trusted 63 leaders of laboring men, There are fasues in almost every campaign in which ‘workingmen have a vital interest But " #he fellows who are always ready to con- tract for the delivery of the working- man's vote usually csnnot ocontrol their own vote, ‘Waex Omaha was talking about water- worke the insurance men all promised & weduction of insurance rates upon the completion of the worke. Our water- works have been completed for more than two years, the system is perfeot for fire produstion, and with its 42 miles of mains and nearly] 400 fire hydrants wffords amplo protection fagainst a confla- gration, but the insurance rates instead - of going down have gone up, with a few exceptional [riske. The insurance pool MUST BE DEFEATED. ‘When it was proposed during the s sion of the last leglslature to create a board of railway commissioners, the question was raised whethor the legisla- ture had the right to create new execu- tive officers under any pretext. The suprome court, at the request of the Touse, rendered an opinion on this ques- tion, and it held that a railroad commis- sion, elective or appointive, which was not composed of state officers already in existonce, could not be created without violating the 26th section of article 5 of That sestion reads as the constitution. follows: “No other executive state oflice shall be continued orcreated and the dutiea now devolving upon officers not provided for by this constitution shall be per- formed by the officers herein croated.” Tho advocates of the railroad commis- sion, and notably the railroad attorneys in the logislature, who were opposing railroad regulation by statute pushed through a proposition to amend the con- stitution so that a board of railroad cora- missioners should be added to the present state officers. That railroad commis- sioner amendment has just been sub- mitted to the people ina proclamation by Governor Dawes, together with another amendment, relative to the pay of tha legislature, and will be voted on at the coming election in November. The proposed railroad commissioner smendment is submitted as a substitute for section 1, article 5, of the constitu- tion, designated as ‘‘executive depart- and reads as follows: utenanL-governor, sec wr of pubic a-coua ndent of pub 1¢ instruction, attoruay-gen: ral, comwissioner of public lands and buitaings, and board of railway commmis- rioners. Thy officers named in this section shall each hold bis office for the term of two yoars from tho first Thursday after tho firat Tuesday in January next_sfter his election, and until hs suceessor iselectad and qualifiod, Provided, however, that the firat election of #aid officers shall be held on ths first Tuesday suce eding the first Monday in November of 1886, and each succeeding election shall be held at the same rclative time in each even year th fter. Al other officers that may bo provided for by law, under the provisons of this section, shall be chosen in such manner and at such times, and shall hold their offices for such longth of time as may bo provided by law, and shall perform such duties and roce; nch compensation as may be pro- Vided for by law, The governor, secretary of state, auditor of public_accounts, treasurer, commissioner of public lands and buildings, and attorney general, shall reside at the ng their term: ords, hook: icers herein nam e wich duties as may be required by This proposition must be defeated by the people at all hazards. It is & most ingenious device on the part of the rail- road corporationa to stave off the regula- tion of the railway traffic until 1886, when the proposed board of commission- ors is to come into existence. It is a scheme to take from the legislature—to whom the people look for redress from existing abuses, extortion, discrimination and impesition—the power which the constitution now vests in| it, and place it in the hands of a board of commissioners who can be easily handled and used. In England the railroad commissioner sys- tem has been a success because the com- missioners are clothed with executive and judicial power. They hear complaints, adjudicate cases, and enforce their orders, without appeal. In this country the commissioner system isa sham and a fraud, The commissioners usual- do nothing more than oollect such statiatics as the railroads are willing to furnish, and publish them in book form, They hear complaints and when the railroads are willing to abide by their advice it is heralded as a great victory for the commissioner system, but when the railroads refuse to act upon their advice the commissioners have no power to punish them or redress the grievance of complainants. Whenever and wherever railroad commissioners havo attempted toestablish maximum rates and prohibitextortion they have met with opposition and obstruction, which usually nullifies their orders and leaves the puab- lic at the mercy of the cormorants, Where this method of nullification fails, bulldozing and bribery are resorted to and when aanjority of the board is an- nexed the commissioners’ rogulations be come adead letter. This is why the railroad managers in Nebraska prefer a railroad commission to railroad regulation by the legislature, But even if the railroad commissioner system was iu every way satisfuctory the proposed amendment should be defeated. 1t is an ingenious dovice for creating & horde of new s'ate officers, and raising the pay of the present officials to any amount that legislatures can be induced to fix it. By this proposed amendment there is not only a board of railroad commission- ers to be added to the present number of executive officials, but there is a clause that leaves it optional for the legislature to add to them, Another hole in the wall is the omis- sion to limit the number of commission- ers. The amendment simply creates ‘'a board of railway commissioners,” but does not specify how many members shall constitute the board, nor what salary they shall draw, Shall the commission consist of three, five, seven or fifteen members Shall a railroad commissioner get $2,000, 5,000 or $10,000 & year? And why should the people of this state vote an amendment that will re. move the barri which they placed in the present constitution, against the crea- tion of numberless state offices, and the extravagant salaries which political rings might see fit to vote to its own members! There is no doubt that the jobbers, the tax-eaters and railroad managers will support this amendment, but thefarmers, workingmen, merchants, and taxpayers generally must stand shoulder to shoulder next November and vote it down, < OMAHA DAILY BEE--FRIDAY. AUGUST 1, 1884 the Burlington, 50,000 and » salary of $20,000 for five years, if he will go over to that road. There is no truth whatever in the story. The Union Pacific in ita present condition is not looking around for a 20,000 manager. Itis not in heed of a manager, and if it wore it could get plenty of good men at less money and without giving a bones of %50,000. ASSISTED EMIGRATION. Rov. Father John J. Riordan, the Catholic chaplain at Castle Garden, has gone to Ireland to recuperate his health, and at the same time to promote the in- terests of those of his countrymen who propose to come to America, It is his intention to dissuade his countrymen from emigrating unless they are fitted physically and pecuniarily to undergo the change. This mission of Father Riorlan was no doubt caused by the action of the New York state board of charities in call- ing upon the commissioners of emigration tc enforce the law requiring the return of pauper emigrants on the vessels which bring them to this country. Before his departure Father Riordan stated that he proposed to dis- courage indiscriminate emigration, and combat the common idea in Ireland that all one has to do to make a fortune is to geot to this country. It is this ides, says Father Riordan, which leads the lame, the halt, the blind, the imwmoral and vi- oious to pour themselves upon American shores and disgrace the name of Irishman. They are worse off here than they areat home, where they have some little re. straint; but getting in a new land they Ir any body attempts to take ‘‘strawa” ona passenger train in Nebraska he ought to be promptly knocked down with a stuffed club and thrown over- board, The straw fiend must go. POLIICAL POPCORN. Doos Logan still wear that ‘306" won fighting Blaine four years ago? The Bartholdi statne is like the democratic party; it hasn't a leg to stand upon. Mr. Hendricks has entered the campaign with a pot of red paint ia his hand. Campalgn medals will make excell 'nt tramp currency whon this oru:] war of elcquence is over. Frosh candidates should bear in mind that medal he the shores of Salt river are lined with saline icebergs, Cholera germs are not half so abundant as the “‘germs of new parties,” but the former powsess the more vitality. Twist and quibble as we may, we cannot deny the damning truth that Grover Cleve: l-m{hnn a dimple in his chin, Lovisiana is determined that the bull-necked man shall not upset her sugar bowl if he doss monkey around as an alleged democrat. "I'be groenbackers are goetting tired of the Widow Butler's fiirtations, They want her to say at once whather or not she's willia,. The Widow Butler is now flirting as strong- Iy as formerly. Thore is a percoptable weak-: ness in the winkof the giddy creature’s off eye. Nast and his old demoeratic tiger scem to be fislflnu along Ver{ nicely together, But per- aps the animal fs waiting for the arlist to got a littls fattor, Revivalist Harrison, at Lake Bluff, is bring- ing in converts at the rate of one hundred a day. Caudidate Harrison is in the corn belt, but he keeps no tally, The studied persistency with which Mr, Tilden omits to congratulate Claveland, is wc- counted for on the score that the old gentle. l‘nnn i3 training for a rowing match with Han- an, Bald headad mea may find steady employ- ment duing the campaign by permittivg the words **Vote for Blaine and Logan” to be in- seribed in Roman capitals over their bumps of caution and self-csteem. feel privileged to act as they please and eventually become a burden and a curse to themselves and the country. America has no use for such people, yet they will come in spite of remon- strances. The fame of this country as a land of freedom and prosperity has been heralded the world over, and the poor miserab.e wretches of the old world will continue to seek to better their condition by coming to America. Father Riordan will we believe have great difficulty in convincing his poor countrymen that they will be better off at home thanin Ameri- ca where they will be without money and friende, and undergo hardships worse there than they are now suffering in Ireland. However, if he can in a meas- ure check the ‘‘assisted emigration,” he will be doing a great and good work. Thoee who are in good physical condition and sober and industrious, and those who have a little money or friends in Amer- ica, he wil¥ encourage to emigrate, as such people will have no difficulty in get- ting along in this country. The Union Paciflc report of earnings for May is mainly encouraging because it ehows that the road has begun to re- tronch its expenses. This is what stock- holders want; they would prefer to have railroads suspend all expense, if they could at the same time make dividends. —Springfield Republican. The retrenchment, however, has beén begun at the wrong end. Thousands of mechanics and section men and train men have been discharged when in fact their services are really needed. There is plenty of work for the mechanics in the shops, but themanagers concludedit was more advisable to dispense with the ser- vices of the shopmen and neglect the re- pairs and the construction of cars rather than to cut down the pay of the high- salaried officials and dischargo the super- numeraries, political wire-workers and lobbyists. Had the retrenchment been begun at the top it woald have been more satisfactory to the stockholders. The wholesale diecharge of the working employes of the road will prove a false economy, It is importantthat the equip- ment of the road be kept in thorough re- pair, that the track shall be maintained in good condition, and that trains shall be properly handled. All this work must be carefully performed, but with the present force it can't be done, and sooner orlater the result will be accidents that will cause loss of life and property and cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tnr New York Zimea dovotes a whole page to the history of the relations of the government to the Union Pacific rail- road and the peculiar methods pursued by the managers in shirking the payment of the interest on its debts while it was paying dwidends on watered stock. This is & chapter of history which we recommend to the traducers of Van- Wyck. Turrepublicanshad anarrow escape two years ago with their congressional candi- dates in this state notwithstanding the large majority which the party had pre- viously given, and it is a seriousquestion whether it can afford to run these risks again by nominating any man who does not enjoy the popular confidence. Tur Omaha Repudlican objects to Church Howe as a candidate forcongress. What is the matser with Church Howel Has not the Republican always vouched for his steiot Integrity and party loyalty? Is not Mr. Howe the choice of Blaine for manager of his campaign west.of the Mis- souri? Mnr. J. Steruine Morton has not been souffed out entirely. Wo notice that his name is appended to a call, as chairman of the democratic state committee, for a state convention to be held in Omaha, on September 11th, to put in nomination & state ticket. Tu grand jury of Chicago has indicted thirteen “‘special”’ quack doctors who The platform announced by ‘the independ- ents has attracted considerable attention, but if the independents waut to cause a pricking of ears all around the horizon they will pro- oceed to take their own census. 0ld Bandana is not to be soothed with but- tered parsnips after having been choked to death with a hangman’s rope, nearly, and he has pnmrtnrily 1efused the nomination for congress in the Columbus (Ohio) district. Itisa queer political contest. All the re- publicans are going to vote for the democratic candidate, and all the democrats for the re- publican laacer. At least, that is what an iu- telligent New Zealander would conclude to be the case after reading the more strictly partis- an newspapers on both sides, Col. Pat Donan of Dakota, said the other day that *‘the Territory is & mere pastaring- pluce for the played-out old npm’incrrnml pofiv eviled political hacks of every other region— com' ined Botany Bay, hospital, and asylum for the political criminalk, eripples, and ~beg- gars of the administration.” The nomination market etill shows an up- ward tondency. A third grade presidential nrticlo was quoted at 81,000,800 (bid) at Pitts- burg the other day. The holders of ths prop- erty, however, deeming it too valuable to be eacrificed for a cash cousideration, decided to plice it in the hands of a trusted agent for legitimate development. Wo merely montion a_historical fact when wo state that, while Chairman Barnum doesn’t know a moral principal from a Georgia yam, he can Kqueezo moro meney out of party skin. flints and put more genuine cent-per-cent en- ergy into & campaigu than avy other man in the democratic party, Curtis, Schurz, et al. will be delight-d with Barnum—there i3 no dm.lhz-buuz that, He i for reform—aud mules, The Prohibitionist convention has had its littlo eay. And John 8¢, ohn and Daniel are among the lions of the day; But when tho soversign people have polled their vote, why then St John will long for Patimos, and Daniel for his den. saiont 7 The Atlanta Constitution says, “John Kelly i ths Jonah of the democratis party.” Well, Qhué)ll'ly had better listen to him then, and avoid rerious trouble. Jonah was a prophet, and the word came unto him, *“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry sgainst it; for their wickedness is comeup before me,"” * * And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journay, and he cried, and said: Yet lortx days and Nineveh shall be overthrown,” And the people of Nineveh listoned to_him and repented, “‘and put on sackeloth, from the vreatest of them even to the least of them,” The people to whom he preaches had better listen to Jonah. “Throw him over- board,” says the Constitution. But throwing Jonah overboard wont save Nineveh. Throw- ing Jonah overboard, deluded democratic sin- vers, only eaved the staunch, swift-sailing and seaworthy craft on which he had taken temporary paisigo, and the republicans with whom he'was trying to run away. Beside—, Tarow him overboard? Why, man alive, do you forget that ha was picked up by a whaler komewhero aud landed safely in three days? You listen to Jonah and you will hear® ser- mon that will do you good. — B JOorr the motto in the Third STA’ NGBS, ““Gut Thayer” district. The Baptist church of Hartiogton is nearly com, leted, Ben Butlor's Eaglo at Wymore now ecreams for Clovelaud. The Fremont craamery ships large quantities of buter t Denver, Bosler Bros. recently purchused 12000 head of cattlo st Ogallala "There is o large acreaze of sod flax in the southern portion of Ce (ar county. "The Tribuno thinks Dodge county will give the ropulican ticket 400 majerity this time. The Fremont fire boys are gloating over their victories at the state tournaient, They sconped in $150 and a gold badge. Mr. Jonsen, county clerk of Kearney, ro- ports the present condition of the growing crop oud aud will reach fully 100 per cent. tate papers generally are currying the men, particularly the Thurstons, kicking during the tournament, The assessed valuation of real estate, in Oolfax county, In 1884, Is $1,008,808; assessed valuation of !;nul»nul, $616,314; population per census, 8,473, The assessed valuation of real estate in Holt county, in 1884, is 8315,998.94; assessed valuation of personal, $1,184,420.47; estimat- ed population, 13,000, Ansessed valution of real estate in Brown county, in 1884, s $126,441; assesrod valua- tion of personal property for' L84, is $278,780; railroad and telegraph, 18240,110; esti population, 6,016, The 8t. Paul Free Press says: Mr. Adum Bricker shipped last week a'pair of two months old ‘blonded pigy o Tux Omana Bee. Tho gy wers worth $40.00 and were given away hy Tuk Bk as a prize. This is & matter that St. Paul wmay feel proud of, as well as the owner of this valuable stock, ff o cow’s tail, and the and died from loss of ()lha cow yesterday re- ner of the hog %20 as the value of the cow aud her abbreviated *Shoo y. The democrats a'e on a still hunt again for the electoral vote of Nebraska, wnd the history sud faflure of seventy-six s to be repeated, An eagtern house announces it will ship to any purchaser democratic mnles monated an wood for §6.50 per head. Now, bogs, buckle to and stave in the bar'l, A littlo horse sense now and then is relished by the beat of men, A Dadge county farmer nimed William Zorn, whilpped his hors in # blucksmith +hop i Fremot, and received kick f the animal that sent him howling agelost one of the forges. J, D, Calh the “topic” man of the State Journal, has been intrusted with b way from Jackson, Florida, to Keokuk, Towa, where they claimed to have friends. They were hungry and penniless and & small oollec: tion was taken up to cheer them on their way. 11 this isn't God's country, aays the Oxford Registor, we don't know wher his chosen spot s in this world. No more bountifal crop was ever harvested than that which s now being harvested in the Republican valley, while the prospect for the cornyield promises to to excel anything ever known in the history of any state, Up in Knox county, near Creighton, & lightning bolt stenck the houss of ‘Thomss Henderson, killed a dog, smashed a pan in which a beefsteak was frying and knocked the meat throuvh the floor into the cellar, Tha beefstenk was tenderly raised but proved a8 tough s over, The clark of Kearney connty furnishes the fo'luwing statisti ed valuation, real acrea of wheat in 1883, 30, Total number of acres un: 1883, 63,288; in 1884, 74,384, ulation 1n 1853, 4,802; in 1584, n 1884, 20, Estimated pop- 56. of Hubbell sends for publ grace in favor of the republican presidential candidates, canvas In on hand,"” quotes the plous Dotson, and Thou knowing the pre-disposition an traditional habit of the dem cratic politicians opponents and puff and eulogize theie princi- ples and leadera, and by boistrous assertions deceive the honest masses if possible, we pray Thee,oh Righteous Father,to close Thine eyes and ears to the democratio canvassing so that Tho ay ratain Thy 1ighteousness o as to make democratic canvassers to be saved.” Go thou Dotson, to the hilltops and preach tha faith that is in thee, and button-hole thy democrat- ic neighbor aud convince him of the error of his ways and make him vote a: thou dost, and thou wiltf wora thy knee in political prayer, b NITRO-GLYCERINE. Some Remarkable Exhibitions of Its Terrible Force—The Theory of Explosion, A contributor to The Nows writes: Many Dreadful Instances,” is the cap tion of an article published in The News | "¢ I was attracted by the heading and read the article with much of May 28 last. interest, probably from the fact that I had lived several years in the oil regions a8 an oil operator, and while there was conversant with many disasters that oc- curred to persons handling this terrible explosive compound. It is a common practice all through the oil regions to *‘torpedo” oil wells when the production begins to fall off, and like all other oper- tors I resorted to the same method for my own wells. Thero is with the great majority of men employed in working about oil wells a reasonable fear of acci- dent from premature explosion from nitro- glycerine. I never could induce men in iny employ to assist the agent that came to do the work, and [always had to assist him myself. The fear that is first felt soon wears of after afew trials, if you have to face the danger as I did, and the recklessness spoken of in the article ra- ferred to is the result of tae constant fa- miliarity in handling the treacherous compound. It 18 perfectly safe to handle it if kept at a temperature below 32 degrees, but above that temperature it becomes dan- gerous; the higher the temperature the more sensitive to concussion, and it ex- plodes at 300 degrees; but the point I wish to make is the solution of the fol- lowing: “‘Lhat any satisfactory explanation can not be given of the singular feature of the almost complete annihilation of mat- ter. Some savants have attempted to explain the mystery of this characteristic of nitro-glycerine by the theory of instant evaporation of matter. That might be truo as to flesh, but could the great masges of bones in the human body be vaporized In an instant, in the twinkling of an eye! Could iron be reduced to vapor in au instant? Others offer the theory of atomization of matter. This theory was disproved by a most melon- choly occurrenco in Alleghany county, New York, two or three years ago. Charles Berridge, a well-known oil man, was blown up by nitro-glycerine. The ground around was covered with spotless, new fallen snow; on either side wasa high and abrupt hill only a few rods apart, Berridge was a very large mao, of perhaps 180 pounds weight., The re- mains were searched for carefully and long; for he was a good man and popular. The ceflin in which they were borne to the grave, contents and all, weighed but fifteen pounds. Now for the atomi- zation theory—the greatest force of nitro-glycerine explosion is always up- ward. 1f the matter had been reduced to atoms, however infintesimal, in falling back upon the spotless snow some trace of them must have been seen upon it. But it remeined as epotless as before. The statement that the greatest force ofa nitroglycerine oxplosion is always upward is tho reverse of the fact, Iis greatest force is always downward for the two fullowing reasuns, as it is always proved by the destruction of all material substances within its influence. The pressure of the atmosphers of fifteen pounda to the equare inch is less than the solid earth, and the greatest forco is always exerted in the direction of the greatost resistance. The praatical re- sults of blasting rocks or boulders show that to place the nitroglycerine uponthe top of one and explode it every portion will be blown to atoms, Dynsmite is as explosive as nltro- glycerine, or explodes with as great force, with this difference: dynamite is safer to handle, as it is made b ing either sawdust or w shavings called ‘‘excelsior,” with nitro.glycerine, Dynamite burns without explosion if unconfined, bu' confine it ever so ly and the explosive force is evolyi g:oportion to the resistance that has to overpowered and to release the gasses that, pent up, are generated by the burnlng of the compound. As an illustration of this ~ downward re. sistance, I call to mind one of those dis- ters, by premature explosion of nitro- glycerine, that occurred to a gentleman, a friend of mine, by the name of Clark, who was an agent for the Roberts Tor- pedo company, of Titusville, Pa. The magazine and manufactory of this company was located a short distance out of the city of Titusville, Pa., and the ncon!- for the different districts drew all their supplies from this magazine. Mr, Clark lived at Tidiout, about fifteen miles from Titueville. He went for a supply of nitro-glycerine for his distriot, at Titusville, and loaded six hundred pounds upon wagon, covered it with canvas to hide it fcom view and protect it from the suu, and drove into the city, He hitched hia horse in the busiest por- tion and allowed it to stacd for several hours in the hot sun of an August day. By the time he wus ready to start the Number r_cultivation in Dotacn Seybold, a plously aclined resident ication a_lengthy prayer, in which he appeals to the throns of “‘And now that the presidential to mis represant and blackmail their politicss potsible for a small remnant of tho complish more than if thot ps and bared thy shinbones Indianapoli Terrible Nitro-Glycerine Its Power of Annihilation as Proved by hundred pounds exploded. A gentleman[BUY IT AND TRY IT! who started from Titusville on horseback overtook Mr. Clark with his load. and, knowing the kind of cargo Mr. Clark was arrying, fell baok to a safe distance, and kept it up to the time of the explcsion, saw simply a cloud of dust, and heard a deafening sound, his horse was throw n, to his knees, and _himself to the ground badly stunned by the concussion. All that was ever found of that oree, wagon, the #ix _hundred pounds of nitro- glycerine, and Mr. Clark, was the face of Mr. Clark, all in front of the ears upon both sides, cut as smootbly as the sharp- est knife could doit, The face was un- injured, except one eyo was gone. A estate, in 1x8 in 1884, 8616609, Assessed valuation, persona’, in 1883, $403," [ few shreds of tlesh, whether of the man 109; in 1 5. Number acres of oorn | or horse none could tell, were found a in 1883, 016; in 1884, 28 312, short distance from the spot of the explo- sion. Not a fragment of anything elso was in sight, or ever found in the vicinity or anywhero else, It was u complete an- nihilation of the entire outfit. The gravel road bed was as hard and dry as constant travel and a long drought could make it. At the place of the ex- plosion it was scooped out several feot i |deep and across the entire width. One barn, said to be eighty rods from the explosion, was twisted out of place, so violent was the force of the explosion. To better understand the position of Mr. Clark at the time, it is proper to state that the seat of his wagon was elevated two or more feet on the front end of the wegon box, This placed him above the horse and his 1oad back of him, so the force of the explosion was back and be- neath him, and the scooping out of the road bed and the annihilation of the horse, wagon, tin cans that contained the glycerine, and all thero was of Mr. Clark ‘except his face proved. What be- came of all the materials that were 80 violently and instantaneously sundered and destroyed? And what 1s the philo- uo%hy of the method? 1y own idea and explanation is simply thisn: Tho force of this agent is 8o great at the instant of the explosion that a perfect vacuum is formed by displacing the atmosphere, and the limits of this vacaum are measured by the quantity and quality of the exploded nitro glycer- i The more washing that is given it in the manufacture and the higher the temperature at the time of the explosion, the more sensitive to concussion, and the more desrructive the force involved. If this proposition is the true one the mystory is solved by it; as no material substance can retain its form in a pertect vacuum. KFor the instant of the explo- ston the laws of gravitation and cohesive attraction are suspended and the laws of repuleion of chemical affinitics act to drive every fcrm of material back to primitive elements, the fluid portion of organized life back to vapor or gases, the solids of all substances to atoms, infinites- mal and therefore not visible to the naked eye. Hence the spotless snow remains as spotless as before. The theory of atomization of matter is not disproved. In the case of Mr. Clark, the walis of the vacuum, formed by the displacement of the compressed atmoaphere, were just at the point where ihe face was cut smooth from the head, while the face wasouteide the line of destruction. of Femalo Labor, Regulat London Lancet. ‘Whatever may bo said of the equality of the sexes, it must be conceded that such equality, if it exists, is general and not particular. There is marked dispar- ity, for instance, in favor of the male, in physical endurance, and this is not a mere wmatter of education, Health is a word of a ditferent meaning for the two sexes. It is part of the health of woman to suffer pain, and even illness, and, suf- fering more, they necessarily work less, or should. ~ Special legislation, then, in the limitatton of work, may be claimed for women seelng that the variable code of business custom takes little heed of physiology. The duration of actual working time allowed by the act—a max- imum of fifty five hours a week-—might be lessened without unfairness toemploy- ers, and with much needed benelit to their femalo workers, Even more im- perative is it that sanitary principles should be rigidly enforced in business houses, This can only be done by the/extension to shops of supervision such as now prevails in factories, There can hardly bs any reasonable objection to such a course. Factory tnspection has heen found to work, on the whole, not less to the satisfaction of master than to the advantage of men Why should not tact and candor be equally successful in the visitation of shops and warehouses? Here is an opaning for the employment of women. If appointed to bo inspec- tors of the condivon of their workihg sisters, they would doubtles bring to bear sufficient skill and knowledga of their duties, with a moro penetrating insight into various important details, than a man could be expected to show, Oae important provision should not be lost sight of. 1t is that suggested by Dr, 1. H. Bridges in a paper read at the Health Exhibition on June 26, viz, that women ghould not be allowed to resume work in cases of confinement until six weeks afcer that event, This is not too long a period of rest, Perhaps, however, it would be better to make the return to Try it for Toothache, Try it for Backmohe. 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