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I mi—m -AT- . «t. J*I:«I>S FALLS, 1'KANKMN COINTV, N. Y. TERMS--J1.00 PER YEAR, • STKICTIA JN ADYANl'K. £ All lot If r« nnd communlCHtlong should (IrrKBfd vto ROWELL & ALDRIEH. Editors and PnNlsbers, St. ileui* Fall*, N. Y. THE Mirottttocli Items. VOL. I. MOMENTS. Oh/ there are momonts in man's mortal fcan. .Whanr for an instant that which long has lain Beyofcd our reach, in on a suddon found In things of smallest compass, and wo hold' The unbounded shut in one *mall minute's spa/re, And (worlds within the hollow of our hand; A world of music in ono word of loVe, . A world of love in ono quick wordless look,- A world of thought in one translucent phrasq, A world of memory in ono mournful ohord, A world of sorrow in ono little song. Such moments aro rtian's holiest; the divine And fh-Btsown seeds of love's eternity. / A Grandfather For Sale. there was uot a single black hjin. He was accord*ngly ho was duly i ! \It's all very well for you, Caboi, tor S quote that trite remark about rank being only the guinea's stamp. You know as well as 1 do that the social gliinea -here in ]»oston,of all places—must b e stamped before it will ^o into circulation. Society strongly resembles retail trade in this one particular. I>t mc offer a lump of the purest gold to any small dealer as pnyff\which I refer.\ mciit for the goods I have bought of him( wid ho would at once say he'd rather . have the dirtiest bank-uoto in town than ray unstamped metal; wouldn't he?\ \Well I suppose he would. If we were ^m a more primitive! state o f existence the yellow metal, as it came from mother earth, would s.ltisfy our greed. Now it has to be vouejicd for as gold before it can take its proper position among the other circulating meuiums.\ '•Exactly so! A,nd as We are not in a primitive state, but a *t*y 'highly cul- tured' one, I, for example, need to have a stamp before I c:m pass muster. All the wealth my Midas of a father left t o mc will not take IUO more than just so far; yet I dress according to the laws of to day, I don't eat with my knifc.Iknow how to raise my hat to a lady; in short, I flatter myself that I make a fairly good ap- pearance. Hut I have no grandfather worth speaking of!\ And though there was mock pathos in his tone, Maxwell Jennings meant more of what ke said than he would have been willing his com- panion should suspect. Edgar Cabot, glanced at him a little contemptuously; then he allowed his eyes to wander enviously around the luxurious appointments of, Maxwell's rboins. Everything bespoke j an abund- ance of both mtyey and taste on trie part o f the one who resided there. A casual-observer would never have sup- posed that a man who 'could appreciate the engravings and books which crowded the walls and tables was a mushroom of an hour, tho son of. a man who had amassed a large fortune by the manufac- ture of rum and judicious speculations in stocks and mines. The moment that Tom Jennings's.business and all other posses- sions fell into his soli's hands, that young man sold tho obnoxious distilleries and *TCrtt abroad for three years to finish the 'Studies his father had sent him thereto begin. «01d Tom Jennings had the sense to Know that he could never aspire to any higher position in life than the ono he was born Into; but he was determined to \make Max a gentleman,\ and so far as cultivation and study conld do it,Lhe succeeded. , ' , \By Jupiter, Jennings, i f I had a tithe of your money I wouldn't care a pica- yune if I hadn't a grandfather!\ sighed Cabot, whose bank account was as short as his pedigree was long. \And I, Cabot, would give a hundred thousand dollars tins minute if I had one of your dignilied ancestors,\ Jennings answered, earnestly. \Yesf I'd give it gladly if I in'any way could flaiin a .great-uncle or grandfather of note!\ \ \A fellow has a perfect right to sell what is indubitably his own, hasn't he?\ asked Cabot, thoughtfully. \Of course he has.\ \ I, as everyone knows, am 'the last o f my lino of the Cabots. i I am badly in want of money; you'think yonrselfr- or, to be more exact, f)r. and Mrs. Itandall think you—badly in want of ancestors. What will you jjivo me for 1 say old \Meet md at the! Suffolk Bank to-mor row, at ten, and I will turn the Kin' over to you. It i s an hour that will suit you, I suppose, as you are a mar of leisure?\ Trie hour and tie wholu tenor o f the proposition suited Cabot to a nicety; so the next«lay the transfer was made, Jen- nings receiving, in lieu of n given sum o f money, d receipt for \all riglit and title to the possession olj the late Colonel Henry Cabot and tho late'Judge Frederic Gabot, formerly the possession o f Edgar Cabot, and to all honors, ^ank, glory, etc., which may accrue from,the ownership of the same.\ , ! •• A few (fays late^ Cabot proposed the namevof Maxwell, iss a member o f thev^ery exclusive West Enfl club U which bo bo- longed. At this proposition there Was some demur, and Cabot q lietly said to one of the objectors: \I know what you fellovi s are thinking of. You fancy thi|t Max hi is nothing but his money to back him for admittance here, but you are mistaken. I happen to know—know, mind you—that -he cfm claim lawful ownership in 1 is excellency, the late Judge Cabot. He lias papers I i n his possession which prove t.\ \Are you sure?'* was tbjo amazed in quiry. I have sren the document* to 'I nm. \It must hava^Jbcen on his 'mother's side if there was suxh relationship.\ \Did you nevef hear o f my aunt, Lctitia,who disappeared so mysteriously?\ \I thought she committed suicide.\ \Some of us Ciibots arc such lunatics that wo think suicide preferable to a mesalliance,-\ rcplietl Cabot, significantly. Ho the story wSnt arou id that Max Jennings had just discovered that he was a decendaut of the Old Calx* family, and when his name\ was proposed for election ball against notified that of the accordi elected a jneinber Miles Stanch Club. * As soon^lts Jennings received this notification he hastened to t i c Reception Committee o f said^ club, and explained the whole matter, to thent. Whereat, pleased with his frankness, and highly amused at the absurdity ol the transac- tion, the club, at its next m 'cting, unan- imously elected him a member \on his own merit*, and i^ot thost o f his sup- posititious ancestor^; 1 ' and also, equally unanimously, dropped fronr its roll the name of Edgar Cabot, \A. man who could sell his grandfather not being worthy of tho noble r.anieof a Miles Standish Brother,\ was the verdict. Dr f Randall, in common vith most o f the sons o f the first; settlers, was a mem- ber of\ this same club, so he naturally told his wjifc about tho transaction be- tween Capot and Jennings. She an- swered: , / \IamguMKH evinces a rcry proper feeling on Mr. Jennings' pari to want a Colonel Cabot? The one, you know, who ( »<>t all thSJ pretty things wl grandfather; but surely ho] must have known that such a sale was impossible. What better off i s he for the nominal ownership of Judge Qabot? Does it give him any of the Cabot virtues f\ \Has the actual ownership of such a grandfather given $)dgar Ctbot any of those virtues? Do you think> the Judge has much to be proud o f in su ch an^heir?\ asked her husband. \You know, my dear, *t nerer had any love for Edgar Cal>ot, and '. have still less for him now. Do you i uppose that Mr. Jennings had any idea tl at this pur- chase would cnha*nco # his vilue in our eyes? He has certainly been very atten- tive to Olivo lately^ and I lave feared that she liked him too well.\ \That will never do!\ exclaimed the doctor, emphatically. \I cmnot have one o f my girls marry the s< m of that old Tom Jennings, a most disreputable old creature who possessed bu ; one virtue, that of generosity, so far as I can hear. No, no; that must not bd I have noth- ing against Max* Jennings !iims«lf, but 'blood will tell,' you know.\« \As it has done in the case of Edgar Cabot,\ said Mrs. Randall, dryly. She liked Max, and,sh* more than suspected that Olive returned the love which Max so evidently felt for Jier, and she did wisliihatHhwrc could bo some way de- vised by which he could be transformed into a suitable huslland for her. And then his wealth, too! Poor Olive | had ch girlH of r Tyaa killed in King Philip's war.\ '\What an absurd idea!\ ftxdaimed Jennings, with a laugh. \ Not at all absurd. The old codger is now my great uncle; if I sell him t o you, why, of course, he'll be your's. Or, if you don't like him, there's my granfl father, i Judge Cabot how will he fill your bill? Now, Jennings, don't look so amftsed. I assure \oii /am in dead earn est. I am so hard up I'd sell my soul «••- mtich more such a (rifle as a grandfather —f\>r a hundred thousand dollars.* Jennings knew that Cabot spoke the truth about his financial condition, and, being a good natured fclkrw, who was gwiteful to Cabot for several introduc- tions which he valued very highly, es pecia 11y, the one to the? aforementioned Randalls, determined {<»• helpjCabot otlt of his. pecuniory'quagmire by humoring 4iim in hi s ridiculous proposition. •.' I declare, Culxjt, \i the thing were feasible I'd accept your offer with im- her age ought to have, the mother felt \There arc exceptions to all rules,\ said tho'doctor, concisely, \and Elgar Cabot is the exception to this one.\ ''May not Max Jennings bo also an exception?\ suggested Mrs. I andall, but her husband made no rejjly, only became suddenly very much interested in the evening paper. A little later, in all about two months after the purchase of his ancestor, Jen- nings called on Dr. Randall's family one evening, and Olive's younger sister, an irrepressible girl of thirteen, i amed Pau- line, said t o him, Homewhkt abruptly: \Oh Mr. Jennings is it tn c that you have bought Mr. Cal>ot'H gran 1 father?\ \It is true that Judge Cal>ot now be- longs to me—that he i s my«gmndfather,\ was Max's answer. \'Sface Pauline ha* broached the sub ject, Mr. Jennings,V said Mri. Randall, \I must own that I am s little curious to know what gave rise to^ this remarkable mense gratitude. But suppose I should • story which is gojng around tell anyone that Judge Calwt belonged to m<v who would lirlieve me?\ ''If you were to buy him hi me you'd give me a receipt ft/r hhn, I suppose? Juid as L would give you a receipt for the money you paid mc for him. \Certainly t should, v answered Jen- nings, laughing at the idea oi giving a 5e<xipt for an ancc^or. \Then you COUKI truthfully say that / i 1 ii Judge Cabot wan a n ancestor of your own, ao>1 tl»i£. would Mdtlj it, as \ would l>c careful to iajrao, too, for rtcoplo rnrely in(U k -t u|Kjn one's proving that t$o-and-so ii hi-* 'Kin'*, nnd if anybody waif still du bioux you could bo justly indignant be- ciius^' your word was doubted.\ 4, I Uiiuk if I buy one o f them I woultr like t o h-ivo the other t o keep him com- . jiany; lie might feel lonesome so entirely out ( f hi.. <len»ent. What will you take rfof.f.t'i twu?\ asked Jonnings,^seriously. •CitWii- lo^ke*! fixedly at him for an in- tffanj; ^)<*t', seeing that he was in earnest, ansvi-cr'-d. . . Oli, rn not bargain with ynu in thit and Edgar Cabot \ Oh.it is .* very' simple. |Cal>ot was hard up, snot I traded off a ew dollars for an ancestor or, two,\ replied Max, lightly. \Do you really mean to claim those dead CaboU for your own?' asked Dr. Kaadajl, a little testily \I do. W>y notr* was Mix's ouery. \Is not what you pay for your own}\ about you yoh* Ind documentary evidence that 0 Dr . Randall could neither siv yes nor i I fmdt. I'IUIM crutjul if you will give | n» quickly at his older daughter did', * me a h'indnd thousand fdr the two of'em i however. Before her father a >u1d frame no. While he was hesitating [for A suit- able answer which should tore • the whole ground and yet not hurt. Max s feelings, Max continued : \You know, sir, that you value descent slK)ve money. Let us supposeja case; If a man had 4 daughter, ana two men were to present themselves as i uitors, the ono with a*good name but a px>r purse, the other in exactly the reverse condi- tion, to which would you advise her to give an affirmative answer?\ Dr. Randall appreciated tho full mean ing of this question, which was even harder than the previous one to be an Mwercd. He could not collect hjs thoughts '- tj;<\oid Colonel nnrTtlic Judge.\ ^Aie'vnif ,su\a> Um! will.satisfy | a reply, Olive said, determined ly: you? I \i think it would be wel to let the Bupp '•><\ t i»rt*i\huli<lred an<l twentytivo | girl havo some voice in such a natter. I for the two?*** '\ • ' • ' think that tho characters o f th; two men list vnii\ urtl me s^ik[ tH'ttcr, of ought to be taken into c*onsid<ration. I don't believe any pirl would wlant a man nfit me s^ild tnetter, o f l^ond. 1o himself IIQ rci TnufTJhan [tx)i follow, trieyHie |rn)li. who could sell bis grandfather. She'd be more apt to too worthy q Jalities in the one who didjr't consider money the only thiDg^wortl/having.\ mistaking the slg lon£2^or of htr fli mother's side.\ he pretended to make a jest of tho whole matter, afcd answered: \Ah Max, you see what a minority I am in I My wife always agrees with Olive, and even Pauline echoes her, sd I dare not dispute a word she says.\ . Max looked pleased, and Mrs. Randall; positively beamed on her husband But fancy the feelings t of all when Max said: \The most singular part of the whole affair is this: Ono of my—of old Tom Jennings's friends hoard o f this bargain between Cabot and mc, and put me in the way of ,proving that Tom Jennings adopted mo in my earliest infancy out o f an orphan asylum, where I dad been placed by mother just before her death. She was in consumption, and as her last few hours drew near she made a confidant of Tom Jennings's wife, and told her that sho had been deceived by a false marriage- between horself ami the father of this Kdgar Cabot. As tHc years passed, and Tom found that the Cabots were not, as a rule, dissolute men, ho thought die would investigate the so-called false mar- riage. He did so, and found that it was a genuine ono; that ray father, Edgar Ca£ot, Sr., had had no intention o f de- ceiving my mother, but having died sud- denly before my birth, had kent the mar- riage secret only for fear of iiis father^ wrath, for my mother was a plain farAv cr's daughter, jwor but honest, as tho phrase is. Old Tom had become fond of me, and knowing that the Cabots had nothing to bequeath me except the name, he legally adopted me as his son. So, y on see, I purchased my ancestors o f my' older half-brother, Edgar Cabot. I came here to-night, Dr . Randall, fo tell you this story: To-morrow—\ \Max was your mother's namo Rachel?\ Dr. Itandall asked, abruptly. \Yes; Rachel Dennisoii, o f Weston Mills.\ \I was present at your birth, boy, and your mother told mc this story. I inves- tigated it for her sake, and found it true, your father having been a widower be- fore he mot your mother. When I next saw her she was dead and the baby had vanished, so the whole thing went out o f my mind until this moment.\ Here the doctor Jiad to pause to rub his specta- cles, and Pauline took advantage of the brief silence to say: \Now that you've got a grandfather o f your own, I suppose you and Olive will be getting married^ and then you'll be my brother Max, will you not ?\— Fran- ces K. Wadleigh y in the Current. Mexican; Scorpions. The most common pests in Mexico are the alcarans or scorpions, for duriug ccr-' tain seasons o f tho year they are as nu- merous as flies around a Kugar house. They aro Vithiu the cracks o f tho wall, between bricks o f tho tiles o f the floor, hiding inside your garments, darting everywhere with inconceivable rapidity their tails which sting, ready to fly up with dangerous effect upon the slightest provocation. Turn up a corncx o f the rug or table spread and you disturb a flourish!dg colony o f them; shake your shoes in the morning, and out they flop; throw your bath sponge into the water, and half a dozen, of them dart out of its cool <jleptlis,into which they had wiggled lor a -'siesta; in short, every article you touch must be treated like a dose of med- icine—\to be well shaken before taken.\ The average scorpion is niahogany-hucd and about two inches long; but I have seen t(hcm as long as five inches. Tho small, \ yellowish variety arc considered most tamgerous, and their bite is most apprehended at midday. In Durango they arc black and so alarmingly numer- ous—having been allowed to breed for centuries in the deserted mines—that tho Government offers a roward per head (or rather per tail) to whoever will kill them. Their sting is seldom fatal, but it is more orJess 8overc, according to. the state o f tho system. Victims have been known to remain for days in convulsions, foam- ing at the mouth, with stomach swelled as in dropsy; while others do not suffer much more than from a beo fjting. Tho common remedies are brandy, taken in sufficient quantities to stupefy tho pa- tient, ammonia, administered both exter- nally and internally, boiled silk and gua- iacum. . It i s also of use to press a large key or other tube on the wound to ffjta'O out part o f tho poison.— Iioxton Tran- ncrivt. j / Something New in Clocks. A self-winding clock is one o f the nov- elties in this market. Ono would natur- ally think that a self-winding clock would come pretty near to a solution of tho problem o f perpetual motion, but it doesn't. The self-winding clock may bo locked u\h and left untouched for more than a year, and i t will run right along without appreciable variation, and, H'm said, keep belter time than a common clock that is often \regulated.\ Iu tho self-winder the winding is performed every hour by an electric battery con- cealed within the case, and it is reasona- bly claimed that this frequent action averts overwinding and running down, evils which are largely responsible for tho variations of ordinary timepieces. Self- winding clocks cost all the way from %TtM to $750. The inventor of this clock says ho can connect by a wire all the clocks in the stations on a railway between New York aod Chicago, or be- tween any other cities, so that a simple touch on an electrical instrument in one city will set all of the clocks to the same time, without a second's difference being left between any two o f them. I f this fertile inventor will now devise some means of keeping tho watches carried by engineers and conductors o f freight trains always within two -or three second* of true time, he will confer a still further blessing upon his railway-collision ab- horring fellow men. The Strongest Man on Earth. There is a man on the Darson River, below Dayton, named Angclo Cordelia, who claims to be the strongest man in the world. He is an Italian, aged twenty- eight, a*nd stands five feet ten inches, weighing 108 pounds. His strength was born with him, for ho had no athletic training. Ho. differs from other men chiefly in the. osseous structure. Although not o f unusual size, his spinal column is much beyond the ordinary width, and his bones and joints are made on a similarly large and generous scale. He has lifted a man. of 200 pounds with the middle finger o f his right hand. The maAsJDod with ono foot on the floor, his a stretched, his hands grasped b£ sons to balance his l>ody. Cor stooped and placed the third riffht hand under tho man with scarcely any precentibl •ft tsi i\m \tMor\J i\LiJLa\ir BI fe\FL(ta * ALL KINDS OK JOB £RIN' M t. li AS Cards, letter-Heads. . i Xotc-Heads, Ilill-Hcad* % Statement*. I.n icl Handbill*. NEATLY AND I'KOMPT AT THE LOWEST FOR ST. ,ilEQIS FALLS,! N. Y., SATURDAY. MAKCH 12, 1887- l NO. 1. We solicit the f>atronai;' intT.i Mats. THE GROWTHJOP MlN\N«APOilS' GREAT INDUSTRY. What Followed the Erection ! of the Little Government Mill in 1823-ThQi Largest Mill in tttc World. \ i -^— -. .Ni Paradoxical at it may seem, the great flour mill explosic a which took pl.iccjn Minneapolis May S, 1878* resulting in t{c loss of seventeen lives and th*o destruction of six great milling establishments, was the salvation of the Minneapolis mills. The key'to this anparent enigma is to be found in the fact tluit the explosion brought about tha introduction of what is called the \gradual reduction\ process in jmaking flour. ! The old roller process was superseded and the Minneapolis mills were enabled to retain their supremacy. Tho old Government Mill, built in 182*2, was the beginning of the present great industry. It waajfor the benefit of the army post at Fort flnelling. and for twen- ty-five years occupied the field alone. Then Franklin StJcl built a dam at the Falls of St. Antjiony and established the second mill. 1854 that the worth capacity time Captain .tyhn pletcd tho Islan^ three stories high, stone. The surro sparsely settled the wheat for so g Grain was accordi to St. Paul by thence by teams flour found ready But it was not until first mill of note- fas built. At that Rbllins com- mill, 40x60 in size, nd with five run of ding country was but could not furnish antic an enterprise. ly brought from Iowa at and transported p St. Anthony. Tho sale among the new D THE NEW. settlers and brough In 1858 began the i! $9 to $12 per barrel. st shipment of flour to the East, ten barJtrls being sent to New Hampshire. Shipn mts continued every inuously increasing ormous proportiona. lis were ouilt on the in 1850, 1864, and ; were burned shortly ,and these completed mills. Then flour year afterward, coi until they reached Three other small n east side of the rive 1805 respectively, b after their completioi tho list of pioneci shipped East wcnt,ilhbrandcd and poorl) packed, a tedious I mrney by team and river before it reach) d the seaboard. Now it is londc^ in three! veeks from shipment in tho European maj tets. Of tho twenty-ninj mills now in opera- tion tho \Pillsburyi V\ deserves special notice, standing as i docs as type of the most persect flouring mill human skill can devise and being t\\\ largest mill in the ury A\ is built of esandan attic. The xl75 feet, and the m of the wheat pit world. Tho \Pill stone with seven sto dimensions arc 1 2 height from the hot to the roof is 187 fc on the mill in Mar completed in tho s the water which su Pillsbury <fc Qo. p $5,000. Tho moti two Victor turbfuc power each, its architecture and and cost $500,000. Work was begun 1870, and it was ing of 1882 lies the mi an annual * ^ power const heels of 1.400 tasteful in elegant in its finish ts capacity is 7,000 adopted, and the old method of grinding by mill-ston\s was a thing of the past. The basis and cause pf reformation in milling were economy and safety. It was found that by the old method of crush- ing wheat between the mill-stones, the rough treatment of the grain broke UD the bran and mixed a portion of it with the flour, which, with tho dirt adhering to the kernel, not only colored the whole product, but compelled a large portion of it to be sacrificed at low prices. The milling reform began in Hungary under the namo of the Hungarian process, but has been much improved in Minneapolis, and further improvements are constantly being made. Briefly the method is as follows: After the wheat is brought from the elevators, tho cleansing provess is-the primary step, consisting first of large separators, by which straw and other foreign matter is removed; seconoj it ia passed through two oat and weed ex- tractors, and through a cockle machine f it is next scoured ana then passed through two sets of brushes, after which it is brought to the crushing machiney, which consists first of corrugated rollers. The first reduction or break aims to crack open the berry without breaking it in fine pieces. The outside coating or bran is tougher than the kernel itself, .and by the careful breaking of the kernel it re- mains nearly entire, and can be removed. It is now passed through what are called scalping reels, by which any remaining dirt and the beard arc removed. A little flour comes out at this stage, but of a very low grade, the market for which is in foreign countries and among the Indians, who are not inclined to' be fastidious regarding, quality if they are satisfied concerning quantity. The half-crushed grain next passes to the second reduction by corru- gated rollers set closer, when it is broken again. At this stage three separations/ are made; some of the middlings, the finer portion, goes to the purifiers and the coarser to tho third reduction, while some flour is saved, about five per cent, ol a quality similar to the old process flour. At the third reduction, still by corrugated rollers, four grades of middlings are sepa- rated and some flour is obtained of a bet- ter quality than that from tho previous reductions and called \bakers'.\ The fourth break is a repetition, of the process The World's Most Noted Bicyclist Thomas Stevens, the bicyclist who left San Francisco, Cal., April 18, 1884, on a bicycle tour around the world, arrived at San Francisco early in January, 1887. from Japan. With the exception o f some rough treatment in China and a little of the third, with a similar result. At^ WO uld have demolished it had not the the fifth reduction' only three grades of middlings are separated, as the successive reductions havo removed the courser. The flour obtained, at this stage ia \ bakers'. \*but of a poqrcr quality than tnat obtained at the last stage. At the sixth and last reduction the middlings ire all removed. The flouriierc obtained is of a lower quality Vhan at tho last reduction, but ,bctto cow TO MILL IN 18 than the The biiilding is ILL IN 1887. at the first barrels per day, ana to accomplish this great output it has [00 pairs o f rollers, 200 middlings puri ers, twenty ru n o f stone 1 , 200 bolting re Is, and all other ma- chinery in .proporti n. About 150 men arc employed in the company operates f idea o f the extent o gained from the dai mill. Forty cars of form the daily pro< .form three full train to New York, five quired by a freig trains arc constant! the product to'the returning of cars af t charged. In additi number of cars is rc< 50,000 bushels of wh at which the Pills bury system, turning flour per day, rcquin its gigantic maw. The event which of the* whole civilize ing industry of Min riblc explosion of M with the loss of eight 000 worth o f proper in the evening a tc ill alone. The same ir other mills. An the business may be output of tho \A\- our und ten o f bran ucts. These would f cars. In running ays are at least re- train, and fifteen required to convey abpard, besides the their freight isdis- to this, a greater ircd to bring in the put 12,500 barrels of every day to feed ccf ed the attention world to the mill- polis was the tcr - 2, 1878, attended fn lives and $1,000,- Af seven o'clock fie explosion took ? urn A\ mill, fol- tely fcy a fecon< the whole vicinity a blaze. Every ill perished, and I dacc in tho \Wash owed almost irnmed •hock, and in a mom of the mills seemed man in the Washbu ono each in tho \Zcljith \Diamond and \numboldt.\ I ich of these mills ifras totally destroyed, together with the ^Galaxy\ and that owned by Petit, Robinson & Co. Tin solid stone walls Here thrown out at! though they had been paper, and hai 11 y one stone waa 1+ft upon another. It was demon* seated that the fine t lur dust produced by the old roller r occss was, wheu mixed with common i r, as explosive as giui cotton, nnd it i*| surmised that the cureless lightuing of I match at a timo when all the conditio!* were present for an explosion producc< the awful results. Mill-owners, howovei salutary lesson. ' Insicad of idly\ sub- mitting to what scemi rl the destruction onhomilliug Indus y in Minneapolis '^dings were cr ctcd and the mil- about for n iw processes. Iesi nnd more el ectual. The Pills- first to ifaopt new methods, d a monopoly a proflt were taught a icd at the first re- in t remains is bran. Thus •ocess has been mainly one of fg and preparing the middlings for the manufacture o f flour. The middlings arc the best part of the wheat, and from- them is now made the choice flour of the market. Each o f the four grades of mid- dlings is purified separately by different machines adapted to each grade and passes through four sets of machines. They are next sent to smooth rollers oi chilled steel and highly polished in order to remove particles o f the grain and bran that may adhere and to pulverize them finally. Tho flour next goes to the bolting chests; then the packers place it in barrels, and the best patent flour is ready for the market. Any residue that has not been thoroughly reduced is sent to the old-fashioned millstones, and the product is a good patent o r a second grade patent flour, according to quality. In the largest mill 200 coopers are con- stantly employed to manufacture barrels /or the daily output. ( The demand for the' flour now comes from all parts of the world, although the exporting only began in 187$, with 109,- 000 barrels. Iu 1886 the exporte were over 2,500,000 barrels, and the countries in the order of the extent to which they used American flour were England, Scot- land, Ireland, Holland, Netherlands, Ger- many, and France, while even Egypt and South America were also represented. In 1885 the barrels of flour made in Minne- aooiis amounted to 4,850,062; last year they were 5,957,000, an increase of 1,106,- 038. The shipments during the year were 5,707,044, over 42 per cent, going to foreign countries. The average daily production throughout the year was 19,- 000 barrels, a l'ttlc more than half the daily capacity. The wheat receipts in Minneapolis for the year were 35,000,100 bushels, while the shipments were but 6,800,000.— Chicago Tribune. some notes on. the capture of butter- nd mothi, Mr. S. T. Klein remark* that'the attractiveness of the \ladies\ among the Lepidoptcra is very remark* able. In favorable weather and locality, a young female of Dombyx oucrcus quick- ly brings around a dozen of the opposite sex, ana on one occasion, after remaining for a considerable time in one spot, this observercvunted over forty of tne male moths within fifty yards, all attracted by the female in his hand. Street Arab's Subtraction. \ trouble elsewhere he has retained only pleasant memories of his journey. In trying to reach India he was twice turned back on his journey, once by Russians in Cental Asia and qguin by the Afghans on the ; frontier. He was thus forced to take a mope roundabout way. The re- ports concerning his rough trcatmenc by peasants in China were fully corroborated by Stevens, and he added that he was vcry/^lad to escape with his life. To use his Own description he says: \I arrived a^ Canton, Octohrer 11, 1S86, by steamer from Calcutta, and proceeded up the Ki Kiang River through the Province o f Quang Tung. At first the crowds that followed me did not moke any attempt at molestation, simply pressing around me curiously. At Ta Ho, however, two sol- diers were provided as an escort, and traveled with me to Kingan Foo. Here a mob commenced jostling me, then took to throwing pepplcs, and finally \bricks. I was knocked down, and my large pith helmet alone saved my life. Soldiers warned the crowds that I was armed, but they wrenched my bicycle from mc and TEMPERANCE. Sons; of the Glass. With eyes inflamed and blear, v With featureB hollow and wan, ' A drunkard fiat in a ricketty chair In his attic, all akroe; His person covered with rags, < His hair a tangled mass, In a voice that told of soul's despair, He sang the eonx of the Glass, Drink, drink, drink, < TUl the eye grows frenzied and wild; Drink, drink, drink. Though ft murders wife and child; Drink, drink, drink, Ay, quaff the poison-bowl, Though every drop it contains is death, And ruin t o the soul. Deep hid i n the sparkling cup A grinning demon glares, A deceptive fiend of beautiful form . Concealing a thousand snares; Baware of his comely brow, Beware of his noxious breath, Tis the devil's sacrament he offers now, Twill lure you on to death— Death by the suicides hand, Death bv the murderer's steel, A maniacs ceJI, a hangman's cord, A grave i n the Potter's Field- Ail this and more W bestowed. Av, more than tongue can tell— An hour of bliss, an eternal abode, In the sulphurous fumes of hell; O fiends in human form! O men unworthy the name! Tis not a good you're dealing out, But rum, disgrace and shame— Shame for the gray-haired sire, Shame for tbeagnd wife. Shame for the iiuiorent, prattling babe, 4,That follows him all through hie. O men with franchise crowned! Awake from your sluggard's sleep; Hear ye not that wailing sound 1 Tis the nation's women who weep— Weep for the thousands untold, Who lie 'nmth the rum-stained grass, While annually thousands renew their ranks And sing tae Song of the Glass. Drink driuk, drink, Till the eye grows frenzied and wild; Drink, drink, drink, Though it murders wife and child; i Drink, drink, drink, Ay, quaff the potson-bowl; Though every drop it contains is death, Anu ruin to the soul. —O. F. Tcnruxnt, in Temperance Advocate. Er 4 to soldiers interfered. The mob howled and clamored for mo like a Ivnclung party, and had I not been provided With a vice- regal passport I would never have escaped the clutches of the heathens. At mid- night I was packed in a palanquin and carried down to a sampan, surrounded by native soldiers, who treated me much as if I were a murderer whom they were un- willingly obliged to guard. The mob must have numbered upward of 2,000, and tho air was lull of stones, my body being bruised all over. At Kui Kiang I was placed on board a steamer plying on the Yangtse to Shanghai, and then once again Inbreathed freely.\ Mr . Stevens's experience has led him to form some very decided opinions upon Chinese character- istics. While journeying in tome parts there were nothing but narrow: footpaths, which began and ended in the most un- expected places, so that somesirncs he did not make over a mile an hour, and a large part of the'timc he was obliged t o dismount and walk, owing to obstructions. Finally at one time he gave up trying to ride and hired a boat, in which he traveled for eight days, resorting at tho completion of that time to his wheel again. In Japan he received the very best of treatment, and his journey through that country was much enjoyed. Mr. Stevens is a short young man of medium bight, and lias spent all o f his former life west o f the Mississippi as a ranchman. He was a resident of Kansas, and is apparently between the ages of twenty-five and thirtv vears. ., *«-«. An Ar»i t'» \Roily\ Time. <v;*-... rp, vr ft* * .- ** The artist's sketch o f a bull. The Witness Stand. If there is any time or place when--^ man will be careful of his statements and avoid saying a word that may be con- strued wrongly, it is when he is giving evidence in public upon a matter which affects society as a whole. In the heat of debate, o r during the excitement induced by an applauding audience, a man, oth- erwise o f the strictest integrity, may be tempted to deviate from the straight line of unswerving accuracy and truth. But a truly great man, however far he may have erred in the use o f color to make his forensic word-painting more pict- uresque, may be relied upon to the ut- most when he places on record an opinion or statement- o f fact, wfyich, uttered m his calmer moments, and destined to gc forth to the world for good or ill, cannot but call forth his keenest judgment and deepest sincerity. Let us, then, summon a few witnesses, and hear their testimony or competent opinion 5n the great cause that has been so long on trial in the court o f reason: \The People against Strong Drink.\ First yCall Dr. +i. S. Davis, ex-Presi- dent of fiio American Medical, Associa- tion. He says: . T Alcohol is neither a food nor a generator of \force in the living body. I have found no case of disease and no emergency arising from acccident that I could not treat more successfully without any form of fermented and distilled liquors than with. Another expert is the late Baron Lie- big, the most eminent of German chein- is •eign \JO~ \ of continually dirooted :f«:.anre ot poae<? with all jr>wBr* uaiiy vntb (-rerinany's neighbor's li prwwmt Rfjchst'ig. without nes.ta.tjoc djvisiur.. gives unanimous expressing t\ t.V solve that th e nation will put iurth its strength in lull panoply now and at all um* against any attifk upj:i our fnr.t .<;\». sn resolution, even IWone carri*' riaUy strengthen the guaranty removet hedou:its which the ary debate may have lnspir- feels assured thrit the lvrieim tjons will give the Federal tkaiai policy on H safe ha-* this conviction the couticit will bless h;s (Jforts to p and seourity of ijorni'iny. Tin- bills that were submitted t o Reichiitfig ~v% 111 a^airi L<e ofTVrtw. Lon r»l new sources of iwenu.- iv.vV oi the methods of taxation an- ur^: Two hundred and utty ine.ml»ers •»«-.' ent. including most of th e nu-n>i> rs National Liberal party, chief a^fv-r: the {ScptennuU* The meml<r* M. thr desrath entered the cliaaiu.tr noafl' B'*rr von lioe>.Ui:h? r. repre^.'utnuv* o.' -_ Chancellor, who read th e E;njx-r >r's f-p-* 9^^ The concluding jlassa^** of %ti.* speodb, *^& f' rtnp: to Germany'.- j>ea.eful j»oin y anifanj^* tellj iu^' to the Itei'-usta^ lor un-muiuty u\J£ ~- J? fti the Army bu., were repja!<xL\ int^j£ ? ? ~* bv ciders'. ^^^'^•i * £ When the reading of thrf^ppssW w^^ 1 ?^ eluded Count 1>\.\ ue-nt'eld j»: • j >- • -w^di cheers for the Iinjiervjr, and led the i stration that foil»wed in response. The IVes d«-nt «*'.* t of th-' il.uclista? \ Conservative, while the Vjce-1 rvsk.i'.'.t National Li! nil Both suppo;-t the fck'p nate. Thy actional Libera s desire .'. Benning'sen vu icontinue m too li^auaraoip then - pony. —^ ' Battlofi in tbc Balkans. *jXn^&^a< seni/roro Shuinlannd i\i*st-~bfi Tosuppn-ss a i'Of ojt at •.'- pb>lifd their ta^li alter a 1». en^a^eiiicnt. The opp.*i. met in the dediie l»eIore was held by th e .Silhs. to prevent the passage of the ft baiToclwS where the jiisurgeni- trenched. Th e po\ eniMnu.il their way througu the deli f oK'^ and alW >• rebels, kihimj ana woundi.t^ m.wj . auc ing the res* fron the bai racivS Yn the absence of the pw-risen from R;. chuii a revolt took placi- there, the niMi ^o-.i occupying the citadel aud shci.iin^ the loy .troops in the ba n UCKK. Anotii'ir insiuKstuinory mor»»Tjaerti« E >rt<*l t o luive taken place nmr * aj azardjik. in LasU'in Koumelia. liowm.ij mossing troops along her ( rout)cra>a un of precaution. Turkish troop* an centittted alon^ the L-.-uiuehan L outn AXjjbnoistnn preparing for- News recciynd from Af^hanl^t] that tne Anuvr is making slreuno!. raise a ue»\ rtnnr. A11 'bm-s t tet**< - of U-T1 ami ei^iiti'i i»>_^ inwts drilled for military sei \ i<-»<, mid an roadico liic n;c ol eighteen \«v.r«* n»c eiirohe*l in the army. The Atii-vr ha^ i< a circular U) In* sue'jocks U'IIIII^ t'lcui • pare for a lio!y \v;ir. it is •uMn-vd t, contemplate u war n^aiu< Illicit Th\ Mtii nl the lanati' dervi«.n Muj.hk-i AJ tltoi, backed by tho Turuhs, Jnd.-rV UIJIVI • Jokee?. Kakont, and <>tk«M li ib»••», ima oij 'IU Claimed hunx-lf ruler of .Alchaui.iLau Sunt tlu< AuuH»r a defiant lettei th-'» to attack Lam without dcLtv. The Terribk* N«\r Ksplosr Gcncial lit tahnont,, wtio ha> r^-<- ex|H-i'iinci)l inc. in Itel^imn witij plosive. uielimU 1 . ha>> a<lVIMSI government to vu^|»en'l l.oo works around lineh.'vcM, as i sary to d-:viv new piau^ expioaiv«. • 2. _ c ists. Speaking of the beverage that the greatest enemy to his countrymen, he stales: As much flour as can he on the point of a table knife is more nutritious than eight quarts of the best Bavarian beer. The laboring man o f America, in or- ganizing to protect himself against the oppression o f capitalists, has chosen for his Gfcand Master Workman, Terence V. Powderiy. fiis evidence should jL>e o f j more thatt ordinary weight. Here is part j of it: *. j. I In the whole aisdish language I can find, no j word that strikes SsSjtffirr°r t o my* aodl than the one word: \Rum f ^ ~~ In the military .world, George\ • Clcllan is competent 1^. speak ,with ay-i^.-i thority to the soldiers he loved so * „ And he spoke in these w< nls: Would all the officen nn. \ in arttlng 0L< ^ •olaUers an example of total ^Dstuiencc f row< ; a intoxicating drinks, it woukfbe equal to An J ^ addition of 00,Out) men to the armies of th e United State*. ^ Abraham Lincoln, when on iiis w*\ Washington to take the oath of offict president, was proffered a glass r st Cincinnati. Coupled with hi* were tlie following wordi; For thirty r r fl*raJ L bar« been a De LcRKcps's I iit) ^ A di-patch lioui Jx-rll \*5 Lc*v^]» is cynun^ her-e U» trainy in the event ol war in exclian^ts for tiorniau I'^ypliaii 'jucstion ui cun^ aspu ationa. ^ o Savages Cajiturc a Vicc-Conj Ravages have oapiui\cd and can'j with them ih».- ihili^h Via'l'oa^ ltty, m tiie t \anw! o-jus (i.miti v>^ gunboat has l^oen sent to l va*^ 4>* STEIKEE3 IF' Two two! ance h Bn) and of. -T1- ^dio • Tl»e bull's catch of i« artist. One called ' bo>, n WAS cja '^lo ••111 \No ' Alcohol Ia The^ tcllC,l • I un noMuro but cvtf crusade agalof t strong drink in the h<u*« should be^in in the kitchen, Sod iA ^ tliC ^w^ing room. At an/ rate, when /ou consider Uic subject culinsvly, yoiv/^-ac 11 . b 7 consent, a vital pojht in y*t treatment ^ ft ^ of the wb/ihi yxMoy What men has a^rcat dell to tf V uli yKhut drink. More tkan fa ^ ir eUh Z uort- the habit of dria*i\ff intoxi(*Hnfl£ u o{ It is piain ths* if the fum ^rcq U enOy, akohol arc jfegttlarly, 0T J^ people, tne recognize^ in the food cy n J^t^tope^ desire\ to take it'' st^ght, ~\ ~ ill be perfectly natural its have it, wil avoidaW Plain, cookeryVwill never, appetite f( su nutt 7*««I'
