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VOL XIX . PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1897.
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THE WRONG MAN.
I.V il. it. Iiir.MiAM.
V hen our foreman weut away to
the Northwest territory to tin. I u cut
tlu rmigo unspoiled by settlers, Hubert
wus (ml iu ehurgo of t lie ranch. This
wan equivalent ti u proinotiou of
Hiddy iiImi, fur tin! Missouriun, whoso
bonv frame, lul l bona built from the
Jilllestollt) waters 111 bin IlllliVO htllt
whs btill tin: i 1 1 1 1 it r i ami protector of
tbo suppy youngster from northern
Vermont.
"Vim uro a Canadian pony and I am
a lluiiiblotoiiiiui," said H.'ibi'1't ; "but
if wo like to trot together, I guess tho
oilier bosses on this lunge will have
to take our ilnit."
The frii.ii.i-.liip hetweon theso two
men was founded on complementary
qualities, mi l only a wninaii could
break il, Tho woman iu this instance
was Miss Bjil.tho schoolteacher ut tho
Bend.
Tho burned child dreads tho tiro,
but a bird will re I urn ami iiguiu dash
into (ho llames. H ibert's encounter
with tho fair fonce-culter wns like
flumo to tho bird. Ho nought uu iu
trodiielioti aiul forthwith became a
suitor for her baud. Biddy, tho only
in iu in on id who took it upon, himself
to flit iris.) any not of Hubert's, re
lii'HiHt Intel with It 1 1 II.
"Von uro a btril, aren't you?" Biiiil
he; "liio girl mesmerized you once,
hIiu'II bamboozle you for twice, iiinl
bonne j you for three times. Whut
do you moan to do?"
"I iiionii to imirry her if iiho will
huvo mi'," replied Hubert, simply.
"Yes, 1 know I tol.l you plenty times
t 11 ut a cowboy hud no business to
in ur rv, uiiil that's right, but Tin mi
exception. 1 don't know bow ami 1
iloii't know why, but 1 know I'm bit
liniil. 1 got to have her."
So Hubert, bi;, lmlking.forty years
obi, was iu love for tho first tuuo iu
bis whole life. If force aud earnest
ness avail, be should win.
Lead forceful, loss earnest, balf ns
obi, Biddy was iu tho sauio plight,
llu udvioo to llibort to lot tho girl
nlouo wus iu good f.iith; ho thought it
tho best thing for liobert but ho
bail n biul oase of "physician heal thy
self upon bin lniu.li. He, too, was
resolve. I to win aiul uinrry Miss ISell.
Ho dnl not suy ho to Hjbort, ho bard
in it for most me u to bo open in a lovo
iilViiir, mid for a time Ujbert knew
mothing of it. Everyone else huw it,
and Seotty tobl Biddy bo bad better
fctuud from under.
"If you loelt boras with K boit,"
said he, "he'll get you dowu and walk
nil over your frame." Ami Soot ty
added no mo ri'lleotioim ou tho luw of
supply uud dtuiuii 1. "If tbero wuro
twenty Bi'liooluiu'ftim round hero you
would not look at one of tbuin, but
uoOiiiiNo ttiero in only one, vou are
fixing to get your nkiti so pluuib full
of bullet holes that tho wind won't
whititlo ad it blown through."
Hnldy laughed and weut bis way to
cull upon MihB Hell uud urge bis hint.
Aiul Kobert wont bin wiy, which was
tho Slime way, upon the uatuo errand.
I do not know whether Miss Bell
gave to cither man any encourage
nieiit, but an tho doiid-shot is siiid to
add ii notch to tho marks on bis
pistol-grip for each man h'i drops, so
it i supposiiblo that about this time
this young lady increased her list of
rejected Huitors by tho uanios of these
two cowboys.
It was done iu her kindest lnnauer,
this rejection, and alio hud said to
each: "1 am sorry this has occurred,
bat since you have so houorcd mo.yoii
must co:uo to my we lding. I am to
bo married next mouth iu the church
at UiiiiiuioniL 1 shall really fool it if
you do not eouie."
And each limn bud promised to bo
there.
It hud com.) to llobert's notice be
fore this time that liiddy was his rival,
but with tho hope and intention of
success htrong within him, he bad
been affected differently from Sootty's
forecast. Uo went straight to Biddy
and told him b "go in and win if you
can, X don't waut the girl unless I
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cull got her fair mil bold her aguinst
ull coiners." Hut when both bad
been refused, each imiu thought the
other was accepted, nnd enoli waited
for tho other to broach the subject.
Jt was a il i flic u 1 1 time. There woro
tlurk looks, but no explosion. They
avoided each othf-r, mid this littlo
cloud, no bigger thsu a woman's
bnud, Heemcd about to cover tho whole
sky. Hiddy asked for leave of ab
sence nnd got it. Thoy did not meet
again until the wedding day.
That day found Hiddy still storm
ing at fate; but Robert, who had a
simpler and stronger nature, had put
bis own disappointment behind hi in
nutl was looking forward with pride if
not pleasure to his friend's liappinesH,
What fjlloHH is iu Hubert's words:
"I got there curly and took a scut
in the back pirt of tho church. I
wanted to be where 1 could get out if
my nerve failed me. Many people
camo iu, and at last the bride, looking
very beautiful, came out from a side
door with three ineu and stood up iu
front. And I was proud for Hiddy
that bo was goiug to have such a tine
wife. Hut I couldn't hco bim any
where. And tho preni'lic-r said any
man having uu iiupediuieut was to
step forward.
"Then 1 looked for Hiddy, but ho
didn't come. I had never before been
nt a wodding iu church, nnd I thought
muybo it was the way to keep bim
corraled iu tho little room until the
biBt moment, for fear be would go
back onto tho old range.
The preacher weut on saying
thiugs, nnd I didn't pay close atten
tion, because I was thiukiug bow pretty
she looked, until a bold man in a
Hereford shirt and low-necked vest
took her baud, nnd the preacher said
'I pronounce you man and wife.'
1 lieu 1 jumped up wild. (roat
Scott !" I veiled, 'that's tho wrong
man !'
"At that instant somebody clapped
a baud over my mouth uud hustled
mo out of tho church.
'If you don't waut to get shut up
for druuk and disorderly,' said Hiddy,
for ho it was who dragged mo out,
'stop that racket !'
'What's up?' 1 said, soon as I
could got my breath. 'Why areu't
you in there getting married?'
1 urn not in there getting
mar
she you
riod,' said liiddy, 'becuilno
wouldn't huvo me. I thought
were to marry her today.'
'What, me?' says I. 'I never was
within a thousand miles of it.'
'Why didu't you sny so, old
111UU.' nskcil linlilv.
" 'Say so yourself,' said I. 'Yuu
were dumb as mi oyster.'
Thou we both laughed, nnd whilu
the folks inside were crowding up to
the front to congratulate tho happy
pair, Hiddy uud mo ha 1 a hearty
handshake on tho sidewalk, and we
went homo together." Argonaut.-
Captain llcaiil's Kxploit.
The i-peo.l of tho Baltimore clippers
in days gone by nm.lo history redound
with their exploits, livery boy and
girl bus rend at some tuuo or place of
the piratical, loin;, low, rakish-looking
schoouers that cruised the oeeau
ostensibly as privateers, but chiclly as
pirates, iu those days, uud huvo mar
velled more or less at their astounding
adventures. A good story is told of
the late Captain Augustiue Heard, thut
w hile iu command of u lino ship richly
laden, bound from China to New
York, bo was overhauled by olio of
this kind, v. hich came up under bis
lee, tired a shot into bis ship, and de
manded in "good English" that she
should bo hove to. Captain Heard
watched a favorable opportunity,
npuircd bis yards, ran tho privateer
down, pussod over her between tho
musts, and when well to leeward
brought his ship tj tho wind and re
sinned his course. She bad lost some
of her head-gear, but sustained no
damage iu her hull- Captaiu Heard
left the "long, low, Muck privateer,"
or pirate, to her lute, and bud no
doubt that alt her crew perished.
It was a daugorous thing to do, but
Heard relied upon tho good timber iu
bis ship's bows to withstand tho shock,
although his heart grew sad at the loss
of life. Still, us he put it, "My honor
and life were nt stake, so ho had to go
under. " Harper's K mud Table.
A Question of I'rouiini'iation.
Guest (sarcastically) How do you
pronounce tho word''oleomurgarine?"
Hotel Waiter I pronounce it "but
ter," or I'd lose my job. Bostou
Traveler.
Heans ns an Army Ration.
"Take it altogether," said tho old
soldier, "I think I liked beans tho
b:st of tho army rations. Hard bread,
of course, was essential, and wo ex
pected to get that any way; but I nm
speaking now of the comparative lux
uries ou tho army bill of fare. I
should prefer corned bocf, if that is
sued in tho army had been uuiformly
of a dosirablo quality; but often it
was of a harduoss more like that of
quartz, and of a saltiness past belief
by thoss who have never tried it.
"Suit pork woll, fat salt pork, oven
of the best quality, is not desirable as
a steady diet of food, aud we got moro
salt pork thau any other meat, and it
was most always not of the best. Iu
fact, no old soldier will ever forget tho
suit pork of tho nruiy, but his recol
lections of it will not bo surrouudod
by a n aurora borenlis of delight.
"Not evorybody likod bonus, but
according to my notion they woro the
best of tho army rations, all thiugs
considered. If wo had a picco of pork
to put iu tho kettlo, so much tho bet
ter; but wo had silt nuy way, and beau
soup, with hard broad to break iuto it
uud a cup of oolfuo made of meal that
hud decided clemonts of hopefuluods
iu it.
"It is truo thut somotimes when wo
hud beans duy after day for days to
gether some of tho men would get
tired of them. Hut you would grow
tirod of ortolans, wouldn't you, if you
had too many of them.
'I always used to bo glad when wo
bnd beans ; and to this day I like now
and then a dish of beau soup, and
never cat it without pleasant recol
lections of tho uriny." Now York
Sue.
QUAINT AMI) CURIOUS.
Bicycles aro tuxod in Franco.
Maine has a etato photographer.
A pound of phosphorus hoads l.OOO,-
000 matches.
The Islo of Man possesses many
privileges nnd uniquo features. It has
a music all its own.
The ancients knew how to cheat.
L Jaded dice have boon found iu the
ruins of Herculnuouui.
Twenty years ago there wero only
328 miles of railroad open in South
Africa; now there uro 2,500 miles.
Tho highest village iu Switzerland
is Iuf, in tho valley of tho Avcr,'J,133
metres nbovo tho sea. Hut ou tho
Ituliun side there is the vitiligo of
Hery, which lies twenty metres high
er. Sailors do not like oats. They hvo
a saying when tho cat is frisky sho
has a gale of wind iu her tail, and a
charm is often resorted to iu a calm
by throwiug the cat overboard to ruise
a storm.
Dentistry is ono of tho oldest pro
fessious. It is kuowu that tho Egyp
tians bnd dentists 5,000 years ago.
Dr. Cielst-Jiicobi of Frankfurt, Ger
many, has written a history of deu.
tistry from 3700 H. C. to tho present
time.
Thero are 530 anthoii.od guides iu
the Alps. One hundred und four of
them have taken a regular cour.se of
instruction iu their profession mid
have received diplomas ; 35 of them
are between tiO mi l 70 yearj of ago,
and six aro over 70.
A London thief has been doing a
thriviug business by providiug him-
solf'with a hook attached to a line, by
menus of which he managed, from
the flat roofs, to secure birdcages with
their inmates, which ho sold ut a great
profit on his investment. ,
The largest mountain lion probably
ever killed iu the State of Washing
ton was killed near Mount Baker two
weeks ago by a hunter and brought to
Now Whatcom. Its body is seven
feet long, and with tuil oulstreched it
is mfiVo thuu ton feet altogether.
Tho "Drummer boy of Areola,
who saved the day for Napoleon, is
not a myth. At least France does not
consider him a myth, aud is about to
erect a statue to his memory at Casta
net, iu Vaucluse, his birthplace, where
bo was known as Audre Eticuue.
Kiug Humbert of Italy holds tho
record of haviug shot the largest ibex
ever seen. The horns measure thirty
tivo inches iu length the circumference
at tho base is nine iuchos, ami the dis
tance between tho horns twenty-seven
inches. Ho has also shot the second
bost speeimou, whoso horns measure
thirty-four inches.
Terhnps the most remarkable art
exhibit in the world is that of tho lu
natics in the Ville-Evrard asylum in
Funs. Most of the patients iu tho
asylum have beeu painters or design
ers, and the physician in charge inau
gurated a "salon" of their works.
The effect on tho minds of patients is
said to be excellent, ,
HORSE HOSPITAL.
An Institution Much Like Similar
Ones for Suffering Humanity.
Equine Patients Are Carefully
Nursed and Treated.
Thero was recently established in
New York u horse hospital that is at
tracting considerable attention, espe
cially from turfmon aud owners of rac
ing stables. The horse hospital, says
the Detroit Free Press, is one of tho
natural results of a progressive civili
zation. It is now very generally ad
mitted thut in most oases of sickuoss
and in all cases injuries the bost
pi "Co for a human patient is a well
conducted hospital, because thero
every needful appliance and conven
ience, trained nurses, cooks experi
enced in preparing food for the sick,
co us taut attendance of physicians,
surgeons and apothecary, regularity
aud porfect sanitary conditions will
givo tho patient a much better oppor
tunity of reoovcry. If this is truo of
tho human patient, it is much more
applicable to tho horse.
Human habitations aro gonernlly iu
better condition than stables, aud
whilo thoro may bo readily obtained
all appliances for the rolief of human
patients, this is almost impossible for
horses besides nearly every one
Itnows something about tho intelligent
'.jursing of a human patient, whilo few
know anything about nursing a sick
or injured horse. In tho new horso
hospital doctors, surgeons, assistants
and grooms sleep on the premises, aud
tho wholo institution is conducted
like any other hospital. On tho first
floor is located the office, reception
room, apothecary's room and tho noe
essnry stalls nnd box stalls. Tho
horses aro brought by tho ambulances
of tho Society for the Provoution of
Cruelty to Animals. Upon their re
crptiou they aro examined nnd n re
ceipt given for them, when they lire
assigned to a htall anil at ouce put
undor treatment.
Horses aro iu many respcots like
human beings iu their ailments, but
as they eauuot talk and tell their
symptoms, very much depends upon
the power of observation of tho veter
inary surgeon in making a correct
diagnosis. If tho injury is such thut
the horse cannot be cured, the animal
is destroyed to put it out of its misery.
If there is a possibility of a ouro tho
best menus to accomplish Unit purpose
are taken. Tho most ingenious slings
are provided to take the weight of tho
iiiiiiiiul otf its feet ; it is so fastened
thut it c innot possibly i n j uro itself.
Tho pulse, temperature and respiration
are taken at regular intervals aud
medicines are administered with tho
regularity of clockwork- Proper food
adapted to tho requirements of the
animal is prepared aud givcu und tho
results achieved nro wonderful.
Cases of apparently ineurablo dis
ease or injury aro frequently found
auienublo to skillful medication or
surgical treatment. While inspecting
the hospital, the writer saw one horse
with an iuj.iry to the hoof. A rubber
hose was attached to its foot, from
which a constant stream of cold water
had kept tho hoof irrigated for weeks,
both night aud duy, resulting iu tho
cure of a case that hid bcon pro
nounced hopeless by some of the best
veterinary burgeons iu tho city, all of
whom hud ml vised the destruction of
the uu i tnu). Of course there are ho mo
important dill'ereiieos between tho
treatment of a sick nnd injured horse
and that of a human being. Ouo of
these mis s from the fact thut tho
heart of a horso is weak, uud there
fore chloroform or ether cannot bo ad
ministered to produce nuesthosia.
Again, though a horse may havo somo
of the weight taken o!T him by sus
pending him iu a sling, the wholo
weight ciuinot thus be supported, for
fear of producing peritonitis; there
fore, where mi injury of a horso dis
ables moro thuu one leg it is dillicult
to givo relief from supporting its
weight on its feet.
A Watch that Wi uds Itself.
The latest novelty in tho line of
timekeepers will appeal to lazy aud
forgetful people. It consists of a
watch whic'i does not require any
winding. All thut is neoessary for its
owner to do, in order to have the time
with him always is to walk half a mile
a day. The watch does the rest-
Theso novel watches are got out in
several varieties of cases, some of them
extremely ornamoutal, but the kind
most commonly seen iu Chicago is
mad w ith a plain black case and an
open face. Tho winding mechauistn
cousists of an ingenious contrivance,
by which u small weight is raisod and
lowered f.om the jar of walking. Tho
motion of the weight works a small
ratchet arrangement, which winds the
spring to its full tension, nnd then is
automatically held until more winding
is needed. A courso of shaking up
uud down for a few minutes will
answer tho sumo put-pone ns a stroll
afoot, whilo ull the jolts and jars of
ordinary existeuce aro likewise made
useful as a means of winding.
Tho possibilities which this new
watch opens up for forgetful and lazy
people are enormous. Tho tnuu who
comes homo lute nt night by an irregu
lar courso of progression down tho
street will no longer need to Luve bis
wife wind his wuteh iu order to keep
it going, aud the more tempestuous
aud full of ups aud downs his eveniug
has beeu the better tho watch will bo
wound. Tho student, college profes
sor and the young woman iu lovo will
nil bo blessed with a perfect running
timepiece, no matter how often they
forget to wind it beforo going to bed
ut night. Above all, society will bo
delivered from tho necessity of hear
ing the remarks of tho fool man who
says he doesn't carry a watch simply
bccuiiHo bo is too luzy to wind it.
Chicago Tribune.
How Three Coyotes tint a Brink fast.
George Bird Griuuell tells in Forest
and Stream about soiuo coyotes he has
observed.
"I weut out ono morning," bo says,
"to get tho horses for too camp.
They were nowhero to bo seen, so 1
climbed n hill from which I expected
to see them. Just beforo I got to tho
top an old doo antolopo camo into
view, closely followed by a coyote.
Both seemed to be going ns hard us
they could, having their tongues out
ns if they had come a long way. Sud- (
denly auothor coyote appeared close
to the antelope's heels, taking up tho
chnse, whilo tho first coyoto left off
following nnd snt down to wntch. Tho
antelope ran a loug way, always bear
ing to tho loft, showing thnt sho was
circling like a dogged rnbbit, and
would most likely como closo to tho
hill after a time. Tho wolf I had first
seen trotted off 200 or 300 yards and
suV dowu on tho pruirie again, almost
iu tho lino of tho antelope's run.
"As the uutolopo approached tho
sitting coyoto crouched closo to tho
grouud, rnisiug its bend slowly now
nnd then, crawling along a littlo as if
to get directly in the antolopo's path.
As the antolopo drow near tho crouch"
nig c.iyoto I saw that she was stagger
ing tirod. When sho reached tho con
cealed coyote the wolf leaped at her
throat, and down tho two wont. The
wolf thut ha I tukeu up tho chaso had
been joiued by auothor, and thoso two
mixed iu with the uutolopo aud first
coyote. When tho waving tails and
stretched logs hud straightened out
and were quieted down tho throo ooy-
otes were seen eatiug their breakfast.
Frozen Sausages Scared Him.
McNub wus tlio hero of a hair
breadth escape. It was iu Canada,
where MeXab, it brawny Scotchman,
was u colporteur. Ho was ridiug
through a forest unarmed. He had a
pack ago of Bibles ou ono side of bis
saddle, and on tho other a string of
frozen fcuusngo, which wero to bo
thawed nud cooked for bis breakfast.
A highway mill stopped McNub's re
flections aud his progress ut tho same
time. I he Scotchmuu was frightened.
He hud a littlo money iu his boot, uud
ho loaned over to remove tho boot
nud satisfy the demand of the robber.
His hand struck against the frozen
sausages. Ho bethought himself of
these. Perhaps they would be ac
cepted instead of mouey. Ho broke
one of them in two, und was about to
offer hnlf of it to the highwayman,
when siiddeuly be found himself
alone, aud heard tho clatter of a
horse's rapidly retreating hoofs. Tho
robber hud mistaken the cracking of
the suusago for tho cocking of a pis
tol, nud had tied. Argonaut.
A Woman Seomer.
Often mentioned is Ceoil Khodes's
dislike to women, nud the fact thut bo
will not allow a female to servo him iu
uuy way. Ho bnd a secretary to whom
he was much attached. Duo day ho
uuuouuccd the fact thut ho was going
to be married. Tho chief was thun
derstruck, and after glaring at him tor
a second growled out: "Where tho
mischief nm 1 to got another secre
tary?" aud then walked out of the
room and banged tho door. His in
nate goodness of heart, however, pre
vailed after a bit, for bo presented the
bride with some lovely diamonds ; nud
when, soon after, he left for England,
he lent the young couple his carriages
aud horses, so thnt tho ofl'euding bride
was euabled to return her wedding
calls at his expense. It never occurred i
to him, however, to keep his favorito (
secretary ou, Tho mere fact of his j
marrying put that quite out of tho
pule of possibility. New Orleans
Picsyuue.
A F A PIYi H Y fi I? IWAl?
A 1 ' AL AUK 1 UI All.
DYNAMITK-MAKKIJS KACKIi TO
OIJKY AUj hAKKTY Itl'LKS.
Muh Ina mid Mixing the Terrible K
plosive 'JO.OOft l'oiimts Turned
Out Dully Shanties In u
Jersey Wlldeciiess.
T ECENTLY tho Cuban Junta,
located in this city, placed a
largo order for dynamite,
variously estimated ut from
50,000 to 500,01)0 pounds, says a New
York correspondent, it wus probably
nenrer tho former than the latter fig
ure, but even if it was the minimum
amount, it would lie huflicient to tdtr
somo pretty big holes iu the Spuuish
ranks, if properly applied.
Tho concern that secured this order
has made lots of dynamite for the
Cubans in tho pni-t twenty mouths; it
also supplies the needs of Uncle Sam
whenever be is in want of nnythiug in
this lino. For u long time it was kept
buY tuuiug out 2(1,01)0 pounds of the
stuff a flay for the contractors ut work
on the Chicago cnunl. In u year it
turns out enough of the explosives to
almost blow the earth iuto smither
eens. It would seem thnt a concern which
does all this would bo nn imposing
allAir, with a factory, or series of fac
tories, with numberless acres of floor
space. But it is just tho reverse, nud
a stranger could stand iu the very cen
tre of the dynamite factory uud not
recognize it ns such.
Dynamite is u peculiar commodity,
nnd it is manufactured under peculiar
conditions. Uncertainty is the ruling
thing iibcut dynamite, and this dom
inating feature permeates tho whole
establishment. The factory is located
at Gibbstowu, N. J., a place ho small,
aud in a section of the State so sparse
ly settled that the outside world would
never have heard of its existence, per
haps, were it not for the dynamite.
mm-'- 'mr
Hl'MM.K AtOPK OF TIIK IllCIfi F.riT VYSAMlTK FACTOKY.
Its remoteness from everything was
tho reason of tho factory being lo
cated there. A branch railroad runs
into the property connecting with the
principnl railroads aud tho Delawnre
llivcr. By theso means tho commodity
is shipped through the country aud
to tho seaports.
The factory spreads over a milo of
swampland uud is nothing more thau
three score of wooden buildings, one
story in height, nnd not very securely
built. For the most part they look
for all the world like the ruu-dowu
cabins of the Soutu mid aro just
about ns handsome. They have one
mod 'ru appliance, however, nnd thnt
is nn attachment for depriving light
ning of its powers.
None of theso shanties nro very
closo to tie other. Plenty of open
space is a necessity wheu tens of i
thousands of pounds of dynamite are
always lying urouud. Commercial i
prudence ucconuts for the cheap nud
scattering look of the factory. Ex
perience has taught the owners that u
n i ii g I o big I ml. Img would bo a rush
enterprise. Explosions occur cuce iu
a while no matter bow carefully they
aro guarded ngainst, nnd it is uu easy
matter to replace the shuuty.
A more potent rui'-on is the protec
tion it affords to the work people.
Were all the business concentrated iu
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one building and an explosion to occur
in any ouo department, tho shock
would cause lustnutaucous upheavals
throughout the building, killiug or
maiming every ono iu tho place.
Several hundred people are employed
in the factory, iuctudiug a ilozeu
womou. Uneh and every one of them
realizes the danger of their calling, aiul
tbey exercise tho greatest caution iu
performing their work. Tbero are cer
tain rules formnlatco' by tho company
which tbey must obey, nud this they
re only too g'ad to do. One is that no
niatches, firearms or explosives of auy
kind must bo carried on the person.
Another is thnt no iron or steel pegs can,
bo worn in tho shoes. Wooden pegs
nrc permissible, because they ore safe.
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This bitter rulo was formulated some
years ago, alter ouo of the workmoa
hud stopped on a tiny piece of dyna
mite, the nails of his phoos cnueing it
to explode. Tho shock caused quite a
quantity of tho fitull on ono of the
work tables to go off, the shanty was
blown up nnd thero were somo fatali
ties among tho workmen.
There is no need of employing
special men to see thnt the precau
tionary rules are observed, us every
workman is a spy upon his neighbors,
for he knows that his safety depends
quite as much upon the others as
upou himself.
Dynamite is principally a mixture
of sulphuric acid, Chile saltpeter and
boxwood Nuwdnst. There are a good
many other things which enter iuto
its composition, nnd beforo it takea
the shape of tho finished cartridge it
passes through u variety of bauds.
There is one thing thnt tho dynumito
worker is thuuklul for, uud thnt is his
job will never bo usurped by machin
ery. Nearly n dozen of tbo shauties nro
chemical houses. They nre called
"safety buildings" and ore used for
tho storage of the many acids which
help to make dynamite what it is.
Ono of the initiatory stages of the
cartridges is "cooking" of the dyna
mite gelutine. Tho product of the
cook is nitro-glyoerine. Many acids
are poured into a big leaden tub, the
most conspicuous featuro of which is
u thermometer like a hawk, aud chilled
water is added from time to time to
keep tho temperature ol tho mixtuio
dowu. Should it evince a sudden de
sire to rise thero is nothing for all
bauds to do but run.
After all the acids have been added
the mixture is allowed to stand, and
then mtro-glyceriuo comes to the top
like cream iu milk. It is skimmed oil
aud carried to auother house, where
it is mixed with tho prepared iuw
material, principally sawdust.
Wheu the coalition has beeu effected
tbo result is loose dynamite, looking
for ull tho world like brown sugar. It
is conveyed fo nnother building.culleil
tho puck bouse.whero it is stulled into
the cartridges. Tho loose dynamite is
placed iu a dampened trough ou a
damp table, and the meu till tho long
narrow tubes with the stud', usiug
wooden scoops. Grout care is tukeu
that none of it drops on the floor, u
a happening of that kind might bo the
preliminary of a big disaster. Iu this
room the cartridges nro packed for
shipment. The women iu tho factory
are employed in a little house given
over to makiug tho paper caps for tho
cartridges. As there is no danger
about this work, machiuury is em
ployed to some extent, aud as a result
only a dozen women nro employed.
Ah little finished dynumito is kept
on the ground as possible. Stock is
never maintained. Tho dynamite is
shipped off as rapidly as it is made
into cartridges, and the burden of
watching it pusses ou to others.
During 18'Jti tho big Anaconda cop
per mine, in Montana, earned a profit
of (100.000, the output in that yenr
being 107,000,000 pounds of copper,
nearly 500,000 ounces of silver ami
about 15,000 ounces of gold. Mora
thnn $1,000,000 was spent on improve
ments. Colorado College, at Colorado
SpringF, has succeeded iu raising an
endowment fund of 8200,000, aud its
future is now reasonably assured. Dr.
I). K. Pearsons, of Chicago, gave tho
handsome sum of $50,000 towards the
undertaking.
A favorable report was made in the
Texas Legislature on a bill making
the liii v men t of the poll tax a iiualifl-
cation for suffrage.
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