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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-23
a GHOST AT COLLEGE.

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Uproar in Tennessee Female Education
| al Institute---A Speculative Apparition
WHO Owns the Property.
! South Memphis is in a furore of ex-
element over occurrences of super
natural nature recently made public,
and which concern the Brinkley Fe-
male College and its inmates. The
college is a spacious frame structure
with rather sonbre and dreary as
pect, situated at or near the intersec-
| ton of Georgia aud De Soto street.
| The school at present numbers be-
tween forty and fifty pupils. Among
them is Miss Clara Robinson, daugh-
ter of Mr.. Robinson, an attorney, re-
siding on DE Soto street. Her age is
about thirteen years, and her temper
ament is of the nervous kind, while
her health is rather what might be
called delicate.
THE MYSTERY.
One week ago last Tuesday Miss
Clara was alone in one of the upper
rooms of the institute practicing her
music lesson; an apparition suddenly
appeared before her in the shape of a
girl of about eight years of age, with
sunken, lustreless eyes, and strikingly
emaciated form and features. The
object was virtually skeleton in ap-
pearance, clad in a dingy and tattered
dress of faded pink, which was partly
covered with a greenish and Shiny
fold. 1t seemed also to be transpa-
rent. a sad expression rested upon
the features of the strange visitor
NaruraTTy the vision spoke quickly, in
a mild, pleasant tone, and said, ''don't
be alarmed, Clara,
MY NAME Is LIZZIE, ~ t..;.,
l will not hurt you" Clara stood
transfXed with terror. The vision
spoke again, and in distinct tone re-
lated that the Brinkley College prop
erty was hers by rig ht, title, and deed ;
that its present pretended owners
held it illegally, having no shadow of
claim to it whatever; that there was
no one else to claim it, as her people
were all dead, and she herself was the
last one that had died. She desired
Clara to obtain the papers which she
had previously mentioned to her, and
with them in her possession claim and
retain the property in her own name
and right. Unless she did so she new
er would do good to or for any one.=
Of course all this soon spread among
the usually quiet people of South
Memphis. Several yonng ladies went
home frightened out of their wits,
and several others were affected with
illness, some it was feared seriously
1Lea1ohas 4 cQlanc7ke, March 5.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-23
Business Cards.
RaTenna Nattress WORKS & UpholsterY

East Main Street, opposite Carriage Shops,
Ravenna, Ohio, Manufacturers, Wholesale
and Retail Dealers in all kinds of Mattresses,
Lounges. &c. Repairing promptly attended to-
Orders solicited. STEIN & BANE.
Feb /, 1911. 127-tf.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-23

Uproar in a Tennessee Female Education
al Institute---A Speculative Apparition
Who Owns the Property.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-23

CLEvELAND & PITTSBURG RAILROAD
On and after Dec. 4th, 1870. Trains viii leave
Stations daily. fSundays excepted9 as follows:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-16
Freak OF a Dog.

On the line OF The Albany & Susque-
hannah Railroad, about one mile west
of the Wells Bridge Station, lives Mr..
J. Youmans, who is the owner OF an IN
telligent dog named Rover. Now Rov
er is very much like other dogs, drlv-
ing the cows when told, playing with
the children when not too lazy, and re-
fusing to eat his potato unless cut into
very small pieces and covered with gra
w But Rover has peculiarity one
trait in his character, Which shows HIM
to be no common dog. Like some 9th
er bipeds he must have place to run.
g It is the sin that so easily besets
him = Whenever Il train is heard ap-
preaching, Rover starts for the track
and places himself on the ties with his
head toward the rushing engine. He
stands in this position With dropping
head, until the engine is within about
one rod OF him, then giving a sin
gle bark, he whirls about and
starts on a race with the monster,
at q speed which shows that the seven
years practice lie has had, enables him
to use his steam totl1e best advantage
though during the race he wastes none
of it in blowing his whistle He runs
at full speed TIL the cowcatcher nearly
touches him, when he springs suddenly
from the track and continues the race
at one side till the locomotive Is fairly
ahead Of HIM, when he returns slowly
to the house, and waits for the next
train, when he is sure to be ready for
another race. Several years ago, when
be first commenced the performance,
he ran on the track too long, and on
one or two occasions barely escaped
with his life But wisdom has come
before gray hairs, and now he is never
struck by the remorseless competitor,
though sometimes he is not more than
one foot ahead when he springs from
the track
A short time since we staid with Mr..
Youmans over night, and had a good
opportunities to witness Rovers saga
city. Whenever a coal train is APP
preaching he watches it with more un-
easiness, and when he springs from the
track he rushes to the fence and con-
tinues his race on the opposite side, as
the men on the tram frequently pelt
him with pieces of coal. The employ
ees on the road all know him well, and
the engineers would miss him from his
place on the track, where they always
expect him rain or shine. On one Oc-
casion when he came back to the
house after SO narrow an escape he was
confined III room when the next train
was due. but as soon as he heard the
familiar rumble approaching nearer,
he sprang through the window, break
ing the sash and glass, and did not
miss the race and they never since
confined him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-16
A Hearts L0Fe ana a PaWnJr0ker'S
Profits.
From the Cincinnati Commercial.


About a year since lady of this city
a widow we believe, who had seen far
better days, called on a pawnbroker, to
pledge the best articles she could spare
without taking tne- garments off her
person. They consisted of silver
half dollar that her lost infant child
had worn, a silver whistle that it's
sweet little lips had often clasped, and
a gold pencil all keepsakes, dearer to
her than anything left save life. The
disciple OF the Lombardines, knowing
the applicant for loan, and confident
the value to her of the articles would
insure a return of the money, loaned
her five dollars-much more than the
articles would bring at u sale at sew
enty-fi five cents per month interest.
Managing to reach Peoria, Illinois,
where she was forced to struggle hard
to live, she was never able to get to-
gether the five dollars with which to
redeem the trinkets. But this woman
would not think for a moment Of the
loss of the keepsakes. So month after
month she forwarded seventy-five cents
to the pawnbroker here, per United
Saates Express, paying the express
charges each time, IN addition, until
she had paid eleven months interest on
the five dollars-$S 25. When the last
modest package arrived the express
agent here, j. j. Henderson, who had
heard this story of devotion, decided
that an end should be put to the bust
ness. Mr.. Clark of the American, and
Mr. Wehr of the Adams, and some of
the Eeboys" around the office threwdn
a trife each, made up the amount re-
quired, and sent for the pawnbroker
He gave the circumstances about as We
have related them, and produced the
trinkets, which will be awarded to the
mother 1t is not an excessive stretch
of an imagination to suppose that her
heat will jump with JOY when she re-
ceives the return Of the treasure in
place of the pawnbroker's ticket, with
the usual receipt indorsed on its back.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-16
The College Beat Kace-How the Mis-
take in Time was Made.
From the Springfield Republican, July 26.

From the Springfield Republican, July %.
ft was considered severe strain on
the propriety Of things that the crew
of the Amherst Agricultural College
should defeat both Harvard and Brown
at the recent University race at Ingel-
side but a discovery has just now
been made which renders the brilliant
victory of the "Aggys" still more ex-
traordinary and surprising. They not
only defeated the old University crews,
but the time keepers now show that
they made in so doing the fastest time
on record. There was, it seems, an er-
ror of Just one minute in the time as
announced on the day of the race, which
being deducted, gives the Amherst
Agricultural crew the absolutely
unprecedented time of Is minutes,
46 L. seconds. The error was discov-
eredj yesterday, through the merest
accident, by MI. l. J. Powers of this
city, President of the Springfield Club,
and one of the time keepers. He bad
preserved the original piece OF paper on
which the memorandum Of the time
was made on the day of the race, and,
coming upon it as he was looking over
his pocket book, he ran his eye over
the figures, and, to his amazement, dis
covered the mistake-simple error of
substraction. We give copy of the
memorandum, SO that any one may see
how 1t happened.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-16
Steam Type Setting Machine.

Mr.. NJ. E. Conway writes to the GIN
cinnati Commercial from London let
ter in which we find description of
the famous steam type setting ma
chimes now in use III the office of The
Graphic and several other journals
Of London. The machine or machines
cost about $500, and were gotten up
and patented by Mr. Mackie, of War
ripgton. One Of them has a key board
like piano, ol fourteen keys. Mr..
Conway, in his description, says ''The
operator sets before him the copy which
is to be put into type, and manipulates
the keys, whereupon there is evolved
from beneath an interminable
strip OF paper, two inches wide,
which is full Of punctures. Each one
of these punctures corresponds with Il
letter of the written copy. The whole
manuscript having thus been copied in
punctures, the roll of punctured paper
is set In a machine that looks like an
iron centre-tabIe. The top of the CEN
tre-table has all around on it's edge lit
tie boxes containing type. The top OF
the table then revolves. The punctured
paper runs around, and when d certain
falls Cbv reason of the opening allowed
one end of it by the hole in the paper,
the other end touching and selecting
the letter that is needed. The
type SO selected falls into the
place, and the row of selected type
pours in a continuous stream out upon
a regular composers stick, which, as
fast as it is filled, is removed to the
form. This may all seem complex in
the description, but it seems wonder
fully smooth and simple when seen. =
A man engaged at the perforator, and
three boys at the composer to feed the
boxes with type and space out the
lines, set up a newspaper column large
as one of the Times III one hour, which
Mr.. Mackie maintains is equal to the
composition Of eight men. 1t econo-
mizes fifty per cent. OF outlay: The
inventor has been ten years on 1t, and
has now certainly gained success.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-16
.Ehiers' Term Of Offlce.

A Paris special gives the following
particulars about the caucus of the Left
Centre Of the National Assembly, which
voted yesterday for the prolongation of
liners powers as President of the Re-
public. The deputies of the Left Cen
tire, nominally all moderate Republi-
cans, were convened by circular
which bore the signature of Gambetta
and others, for the purpose of shaping
policy for the party, and to take some
definite action concerning the proposed
extension Of Thiers term of office.
The Convention then voted by ma
iority OF 100 against 5, to advocate in
the Assembly, the PRONUNCIATION of
Theirs powers for three years, with a
proviso that Theirs shall bear the title
OF President of the French Republic,
instead of Chief Executive, as hereto
fore The meeting resolved by the
same vote, to create the office of Vice
President. The Vice President is to
be at the same time President of the
Council. It was further decided to ex-
press confidence in Theirs by giving
him the power to choose a Vice Presi-
dent. but Thiers alone to be response
bic for the government.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-16
Death OF Engraham Gould.

Ingraham Gould, one OF the 5. 1es5
known of Wisconsin nlrserymen, dlea
at his residence at Beaver Dam, on
Sunday, July 16, after apainiul illness.
in his 61st year. He was native OF
Maine, but came to Wisconsin III 1898,
with a small stock OF trees and shrub
berry. In 1865 he began his nursery
operations, which continued to expand
until, at the time of his death, he OWL III
ed 70 acres, and had 30 acres leased, "a a.
occupied with his nursery and orenaraS' e1aro'E,
Mr.. Gould was a man OF m1cl etie5 81, :,
and seemed very much interested IN IN
his business and in the prosperity OF
Booye,. Dam He was an active mem
her Of the Wisconsin State Hort1cul-
tural Society. Western Farmer
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-16
1 Husband Subingated III the Surf.

Long Branch Cor. N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
The wife of a gentleman at our hotel
tells good story at her husbands ex-
pense. 1t is we'll understood that they
did not live pleasantly together, but
evidence of this is rarely seen IN pub
lie. The other evening, when taking
their usual drlve-they are both high
spirited and hard to curb, and when
their tempers are aroused there is no
controlling them-one word brought
on another, when the husband said;
"You will drive me mad.
T should call that admirable drlv-
ing" retorted the wife.
UBv-l" exclair the ia hand,
eff you say anothcr word wi! rive
into the sea" They were near one IT
the roads, in the vicinity OF Geu.
Grants cottage, that leads down to the
beach.
"Another word" screamed the lady.
'eDriye where you please, she added,
into the sea. [ can go as deep as
you dare go, any day.
He became furious, took her at her
word, and drove the horse and vehicle
into the ocean. They began to swim.
He held in, looked into her face, ana
she laughed in his
EFWhy do you stop?" f" she demanded
exultingly, exhibiting not the slight
est alarm.
seYou are a devil" he exclaimed
turning the horses about, making toI
the shore with all expedition.
"Pooh! pooh " laughed the torment
or. Learn from this that there IS no
place where you dare go where | dare
not accompany you.
Given to-?
s'The only exception y she answered
with chuckle. "There, my dear, /
will leave you"
She had conquered The pair re-
turned to the house, and the only cvl
dence of anything extraordinary having
occurred was the appearance Of the poor
| horses.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-16

Coz. &c. BoUDNoT has just made a
speech to the Cherokees settled IN the
Indian Territory, advising them and
the other tribes in the Territory to have
their lands sectioned, and after reserv-
ing farm of sixhundred Tor eac9 lam
ily to sell the remainder. THESE lands,
exclusive of the farms reserved, would
Weld the Indians 10 million dollars,
and in ten years the farms would be
worth on an average five thousand dol
lars each, making the Indians the rich
est community in the world,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-16

In one of his first law cases General
Butler said, in his usual way, when the
case was called, '1et notice be given.
''In what paper? " asked the venera-
BILE clerk
eInthe Lowell Advertiser, " said But
Ter. selecting local paper detested by
the party to which the clerk and the
Judge belonged. There was pause.
'EThe Lowell Advertiser " said the
clerk, restraining his feelings. 4
don't know such paper"
Pray, Mr. Clerk" said Butler, L
don't begin telling the court what you
don't know or there will be no time for
anything else
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-16
VOL. XI.
WOnan's L9Ye.

BY JOHN hay.
A sentinel angel sitting high in glory,
Heard this shrill wall ring out il purgatory:
g Have mercy mighty angel hear my story
81 I loved, and blind with passionate love- fell:
Love brought me down to DEATH and death to hell
For God is just, and death for sin is well:
20 i do not rage against his high decree:
Nor for myself do ask that grace shall be,
But for my love ON earth; who mourns for me-
q Great Spirit, let me sea my love again.
And comfort him one hour, and I were fain
To pay a thousand years of fire and PAM
Then said the pitying angel q Nay. repent
That wild VOW Look the diaI-finger's bent
Down on the last hour of thy punishment y
But still she walled: ''I pray thee let me go
I can not raise to peace and leave him so
Oh, let me soothe hiIa in his bitter woe =
The brazen gates ground sullenIy aiar.
And upward, joyous, like a rising star
She rose, and vanished in the ether far.
But sooA adown the dying sunset sailing,
And like wounded bird her pini0ns trailing,
She futtered back with broken-hearted waihng.
Size sobbed @ found him by the summer sea
Reciined, his head upon a maiden's knee:
She cUrled his hair and kissed h m. Woe is me-"
She wept: q Now let my punishment begin;
I have been fond and foolish. Let me in
To expiate my sorrow and my sin"
The angel answered: fs Nay, sad soul, go higher
To be deceived in your true hearts desire
Was bitterer than a thousand years of fire!'
-Hayper's Wee5ty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-16

The F'7O5.3 L" was the time given
by the time keeper at the upper stake
boat, and it was placed below the time
of the arrival of the Amherst crew at
the lower boat, to be esubstracted there
from. In sttbstracting the seconds, it
was necessary, of course; to "borrow"
one minute from the minute colume,
but when the substraction from the
minute column took place, the borrow
ing was forgotten, and "17" was writ
ten down instead of F'16," as should
way the error occurred.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-16

OCEAN DRIFT.-A bottle was recently
picked up on the south beach of the
island of Key West, with a memoran-
dunn enclosed showing that it had been
thrown overheard from Norwegian
brig at point SIX hundred miles to
the eastward of the Island OF Martin
iuue. From an examination OF the
chart it appears that this bottle, driven
by the currents known as the drift of
the Northeast trade winds, must have
passed into and through the Caribbean
Sea around the Island of Cuba and
into the Gulf of Mexico to the beach
at Key West This long course covers
a distance of nearly three thousand
miles. and from the date on the memo
randum the rate of progress of the bot
tie must have been over thirteen miles
day, it having been driven along by
the currents for two hundred and
eighteen days.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-16
4 Safe Melon,

In tract of country III the south
wes tern part of Africa, distinguished
for it's dry, but rich soil, says the
Journal of Chemistry a gigantic peren-
NAL melon has been discovered, which
is delicious, wholesome fruit, and
which is largely consumed by the in,
habitants as food. In order that this
melon may flourish, it is necessary that
il should strike it's roots through the
sand thirty feet to reach the permanent
moisture. That it does, and grows IN
great llXurIance where all else IS
shriyeled and parched by heat. But
this is not all IF it were simply
huge melon with smooth and delicate
skin, every one would be destroyed by
wild beast before coming to maturity.
To prevent this, nature has armed It's
outer rind with a covering of long,
sharp, terrible thorns, which so LAGER
ates the mouths and nose of the AMI
mails that they are glad to leaves it alone
in all its tempting freshness. Man,
with his hands aud sharp knives, finds
little difficulty in opening the luscious
ruIt. The native has no necessity for
putting fences around their melon
patches, for the plants well protected
IRON UNDER THE MICRosCoPE.-Ac
ing to the experiments made by Mr..
Schott, the eminent chemist, the differ
enG qualities Of iron and steel can be
distinguished by means of microscope.
Thus the crystals of iron are double
pyramids, In which the proportion of
axes to the bases varies with the quail
tY or the iron. The smallness of the
crystals and the height of the pyramids
composing each element are IN proper
tion to the quality and density of the
metal, which are also seen in the fine
ness ofthe surface As the proportion
OF carbon diminlshes in the steel, the
pyramIls have so much less height =
In pig IRON, and the lower qualities of
hard steel, the crystals approach more
closely the cubic form. Forged iron
has It's pyramids fattened and reduced
to suEerposed PARALLEL leaves, whose
structure constitutes what is called the
nerve Of the steel has all it's crystals
disposed to parallel lines, each crys-
tai nihng the lnter6tices between the
angles OF those adjoining. These crys~
tails nave their axes in the direction of
the percussion they undergo in the
working Practically, good steel ex-
amlned under the microscope has the
appearance Of large groups of beautiful
crystals, similar to points of needles, all
pafallel and disposed in til same di-
rechm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-16
Heart Deaths,

Hearts oft die bitter deaths before
Inc breath Is breathed away,
And number weary tviIights DER.
Ere the last evening gray.
I've sometimes looked on closed ewes
And folded hands of snow.
And said, ." 1t was no sacrifice.
The heart went long ago"
o, blessed death, that makes our bed
Beneath the daisies deepl
0, mocking life, when hearts have fed,
And eyes must watch and weept
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-16

THERE is a Lowell factory girl who
spends her evenings in the study Of
phonogrophy, rhetoric and French,
with the view of becoming a reporter,
and eventually an editor. She has laid
out heavy Job for herself.