davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29
WATER FILTER.
JEwETT'S PATENT
Spring Water Filter
A Perfect inter at Last. A RemOV.
able and charcoal Combined Pill
ter. RESERVOIR for Ice and
entered Water.

UHE ADVANTA-
ges derived in
using Uttered rain
or river water over
hard well water
are being more
widely known and
appreciated. TIL 0
Faculty give 1t as
their undivided
opinion that the
lime and other min
eral substances with
which river water is
i~mpregnat d. is one
OF the chief exciting
causes OF many dis
eases arising from
the varied changes
incident 10 the eli
mate of this u
uy.' 1t has also
leen asserted by
Boards Of Health in
various cities, that
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29

curing the choieta season at least .two-thiIds
hltered instead Of river water. For sale By
u. WETTER a. CO., 10, l5 Monroe ST,
56-l3l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29
COLEMAN'S COMPLETE LIST.
The Only Depot for the Following
Ia at the
ROSA C0NeHA CIGAR BONANZA,
200 Main street, four doors from
Washington.
= n ON HAM

Seidenberg's ChicOs and Graciosa,
seidenberg's Zerlinss and Reg ChIcas,
~Seidenberg'S Conehas and Londres,
%Seidenberg's Elegantes and After Dinner,
Seidenbers'S Regalia Reina and Espanola,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29

Rumas. strict, and Delrun.
Josephine and Reina Victoria.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29

Mystic Crew and Meridiana.
Fumas. I'd, and DesigRio, etc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29
JAMES PARK,
Vednesday, juno 2, 1szS.

ON
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29
COMMITTEE ON ORDER.
COMMITTEE ON GAMES.

Hsic by Arnold's Old Memphis Band.
|aled proposals will be received BY j. r.
b, No 1872 Main street, until May 9th.
10 following privileges; Bar. Confection.
Restaurant. -C%igar.Stand and Shooting
|ery.
eitively, no improper persons admitted.
Tickets, soc. Ladies' Free.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29
FOUND.
CEAD MILE FAILTHE.
o ANNUAL PICNIC
KNIGHTS OF TNNISFAIL,

or rnr-
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1875-04-14
Sic 8crlincr Nc9icrnn9 lit M0tbrlt

Gs wdre ei9entIih bpd 9enu9> ruenn
Die pdtcrlid)c preubild)c Nc0erunA nebcn
Dem unptrmeioli9cu "GuIturfampIe" lid)
nit Ser @r]6perln9L bcsiebun9slpcileWer er=
6inoerung Der NuSwonoerunN o6ml'0te.
Menn 1ie ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ins 2o0
ltclfte, Militdrpflidtigc au f9riHe, @toots=
oom1ncn meni9ltcns auf Dem Papere in
Bouern0iitsr perluanoelte, uno ,pas Der
&leiuigftten mebr iein m0sen, Die gu fol-
hem 3,petfe nptb,penoig lino.
S3omnit bo run ,u Dem MQen-ilt ooS
n DIT mirtlih hort ?-oud) mod, bic Gor9c
UNI &udwanoerer p0er ci9entli6 Ginpon=
serer aus ben Ser. Stoatcn.
l1no man ;iltcrt III YreuBen onuor, oos
ldBt lid foum mebr be5peifeln. Tiir@tet,
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1875-04-14
Ohio @Sailcufrcuuo.
Sic ;Sl,fs,nft Ser Stride.

lem, I'M bic 3 II fun t berr b III ! d)=
Wirdc porberlo9en
III fGnncn. Is bnt cbcn giner tic prephc=
ieit Der mcby ul5 eiuYrcp0ct it, ecrSpbn
Bpttes sbcr gr fat iu cincn Npolcln
iuno bcrcn 9tohlpl9crn, ocn rDm'lh= toz
! t6olilNcn NWhnftN NIT hcm Nop|te,
oie 99nrtc 9clprrdDen : ~Sisbc, ih bin
bel cuh bis on's Gnoc Der eSelt." 9(lln
big an's Gnoe Der 9Sclt mno Die r0mllN
fol6olilhe Stride iprtbcl ltthcn unter ocm
5hubc ocs 9ottliben GrlDlers. 9Snbl
luivo ser 5aton ourh Mtcnlhen, bic cr
ac9eu bic STRIDE oufbett, betdmpfcn, oMrd
Terfcl9un0en ollcr 9lrt, ourd robe 0e'
malt lpie our0 2>rlebrc, Hilt uno 1ru9.
N6cr Der 5obn Bpttes bat perbelBen :
v0u bit Nctrus uno ouf Die Tellcn 'u'l
ic6 meinc &irde bouen uno Die Yforten
Ser S,Dlle weroen lie ni6t iibcr>udltlacn.
| Nlo oclicn 1ino wir bonn 9eilano lelb1t
uerl ihert 0ie oui Yetrl!s 9ebollte, bic
pom 9iohipI9erYetri re9ierte. Die r0ml\d)'
fotbplilbe 53ir6e miro oQc NerfoIgn9en
Die pom Goton ous9eben nno ron DC"
lcincn 3lueten oicnenoen Wen)hcn, ('c9=
reid ii6cr>pinoen.
| l(no oielc Ntppbsjeiung bat li6 rcid)<
li0 bclpdbrt. @leid in Den erlten Sclten
lpuroen Yrie|ter nid)t ct>pa blcB III 'brcn
6unctionen 9ebinoert emgctertert oer
Gottcsoierjt unn,oglit3 Scmo1t o,e 9e.
meinoen inrer 9iltsn berobt - we't Ner'
8eres nod seldab. 0os S!ut Der @lau=
6iocn hrB in Gtrpmcn, cin Yoplt nod>
Dem onocren wuroe bin4eli@tet, V{l!llo=
ncn @dubi9e wurocn nit tcufTllder
Nruu'omteit bin0el lhlohtet - rno Nebc,
iols ber&oiier 9iocletion H@ ldcn rllbmte,
ct babe oasgbril iltentbum uernl@tet: oa 9e=
raoe lturite jein &oilert6ron 5ulommel1,
Die rd9enoe @ono Gottes erellte i'm uno
Die onoercn Nerfolgcr, nno Oos &rui
lieote Die &ir1e fcierte i6rcn 9|orrelGen
5riumpb.
8ol6 ooraui pcrIu6te cine irr9laub'9c
@enolleni6oit, Die Nrianer genonnt, un<
ter Dem Woreeben 1ie bdtten ben olten
fotbolilden Blouben, Die rDmil1 rtotbo=
hide Stride 5u ltiirSen. 9(Qes l9icn !9uen
na6Wunl@ 5u ssbsn. Sie ton0en e'1r'9e
Bef0roerer an Der >ueltli1en Ne9lerllll9.
0ie oomoli9en Safer lieben r1n1l)d)=ta=
tbolilde &ir9en wcgnebmen uno ocn9lr'o=
nsrn einrdumen uno btoriidtcn Die rnml=
i6cn &atholitcn oui jeoc Msile. 0ur@
Slit uno Grug, burh @eriteQun9 uno
6eudclei puroen uielc &otboltcn lrre9c=
iibrt uno i9loilen lib Der &ebercl an.
N6er es mar 9llles umlon1t. 0enn Ole
Srrlebre fam ME 6eltebcn, bic SSabrbelt
mus ]iegcn! so perl9mono oenn ou@
Der Mriauisn,us, Der Aliaionen Gbrll ten,
ia lel6lt picle Bil60ie Su leinen Seten=
ner 9e;ablt, 9onse g0ltcrl6 6aften Der ro=
mil6en &irNe cutrillen bate, lpurlos
ucn oer Groe, >udbreno Die rbml\tb: to-
t6ol. 2ir6e liA blii1cnber ols por9er er9oo
llnb 10 gin9 es nod INNER lelt 1890
Sobren. Srrlebrer 9aben pon 1c9cr: ote
J $}irAc on9e9riien-oie &irhe bat ME EN-
Yunfthcn uon ibrcr@ouben5!ebre prcts=
9e9ebcn. gSc!tlidbe Se'uolten Daben o!e
Sird)t ibrcr Urcibct uuo ibrsr pon @ott
oeqcbeuen Nchte bcrou6cn mouen - olc
&iyde bat naAge9ebtn lopeit lie tonnte
: o6ne @ottes@elet superleben .Sann ober,
lobolo man ibr Gtwas 5umutbete, mos
@ottes Wuoronun9 Dieoerltrebte, bot )'e
Y j, 90 ,.4 Lo~,,son S1}nn 1t11R
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1875-04-14

ben, Neocn> Sbun uno 0onocln ols r6
i6 ME ctluos aebonoclt, aclhricbcn, &C.
rebct unb gctbun bdtte." Hutbcr botte
fcincn @luu6en an bic Merste tr uollte
i5rem 9iothc mic 5Sol9e lcilten. Scin
3uitanr mar om VnSe 10 beldmcvliN,
oob er feinen 5dritt mehr tbun tonnte,
cbne ooB er iirrbtcn mubte ct wcroe
ioncn. Die &ronfbcit, an melber 2utbcr
ltt> mar ner Mo9cntrcbs. lin einc
Strttigteit ,pilhen lutbcrilNen Tiirlten
iu lhlidten reilte 2utber nah GlSleben,
leinenT Geburt:orte >uo CT III leincm
tronfeu 3ul ltonoc on IS. ,Sonuar 1916
onfon. 9(m So2e No6 lci,er 9(ntunit
botte CT lid etlpos erbolt uno 6elticg bic
&oniel in Der &irhc Hss bciligsn 9lnorcos
NO sr nit uibietcn 1einer lektsn Hebcns=
tr0f fte Dor eincr 9roLcn @oltsmen9c 'einc
Sdimpiereien uno Nn3riffc oui Bic fo=
thplildc Stride 'nieherbpltc, NIT uelher
er 20 Solrt lang lcine Yiidcr 9eiiillt
battc. Sic Wrafen, inter >rclhcn cr Trie=
Den ltiIt,n lolltc nabnlen i'm gut oni
uno lestcn ibm Die berrIid)ltrn Speilen
uuo Den be ten Nbciruen ppr. 2utber
as uno tront bier 10 lebr ooB Moimtor9
6sbouptet, CT babe Ser ltouo un0Gjcluno=
felt bel oielsu @tla9en 9elollen. Gr
mari btnn audi bel oielcr Gjelegenbclt
nitt loltcn mi idthiaen 3oten I'M lid,
oob mir iie niht oniii6rcn t0nncu. MIS-
es cinmol rcd)t lultig om slide bcr9lnB,
ltoub Hutltr oui, nodm cin >Stiif &rcioe
uno ]6ricb an sic Wono
~2ebsno mar iA Dir. Yopit cine Nclt,
5oct rcrbe ib bciR ; % leill :"
ltit loutcm Wclddtcr muros biclc
lein loIlenoeY eYrcpbe;ei1una ccren Hii9enr
boiti9teit lid) nun lhon mcbr n!s brel
Sohrbunoertc erprobt nat, prn ecn Silb'
ycnolIcu oui4tnommtn
s(m II. Ucbu,or lnb Huiber en- Uc!iel
uno udrmte li6 uno lpottete ilber olf
totboli16c Stride. YlOblid empfan>
Der ohgefallcre M0n6 befti9e 5dmerSen
W}on sob ibm Bronntlucin unb oer Q(n
fau sing ppriiber. 9onn ldliei er il
l.inem @tuble. 9lls Die @lode 9l6cno
10 l@lus, 9in9 CT su Sett. 81 lprod
babel nod iibcr Den Yapit. Sn Der 9(od)
lpuroe es ]dlimmer nit ibm, 9c9en ub
irogte i'm Sonos "@ollt ibr auf Gbri
itus uno bic 2cbre, luie ibr lie gcpresi91
Be itdnoi9 1erben 2" ~So" " antlportet
2utber, le9te lid ouf bic Seite uno ldlie
elm, nm ni6t mebr su erwaden. 2ut9el
Der llrbeber bes 9roben Nbfollcs ppn De
STRIDE @ottes, 1tono pcr @ottes &idter
lrble
M}on be9rub Den obsefollenen Nf0nf
in Der ct. 9lnrrcostir6c 81 GisIcbcu
| 81 enbete bie1er 10 reid bc9obte O{onn
ocjjen Soleute ebsn lolpobl bQttcn sun
| 5c9cn Der Menld)beit per>uenoet lucroe
f0nnen ,pie lie perluenoet wuroen, ur
3onf uno 9oocr, Gpo!tung uno Gren
nun9 in Die Gbrltcnbeit Su pcrfen.
| g0ir l6lieben nun porldupg olele
She'll Der @c5didte ols Proteltantlsmu
al, I'm I'M ndhlten Sobr9on9e lpen
@ott lpill, bus 56eua wieocr ouiSu
nebmen.
Sic 8crlincr Nc9icrun9 iii M0tbcll
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1875-04-14

gNe0cr 0lc Yreb1rclDelt Ou: III olc Nrtl:
beit Der 3eitun9srcOattcure, me9en Si5=
mardbcleioi9ur9 uno 6altfrantung i'm
3utt6ous III brummcu 9io9 ii: %cr=
lammll'a9sfreibeit oos lit bic 6re6cit
ourd YoliSilt beim Sro9en gcpod! su
merben, menn iiber "56cmo" Delprohcn
miro.
limo ltl5jt bic oltbclp0brttn treiIliNcn
3lu in &c oiiritcn lid) bel o;tlrn bart
lholigcn Mmcrifanc:n tol1m ,ulrtlom CT
mcilcn. 9Hcocr Scr SmpISmaui ourd
pclNcn Dem fleinen 94eltbiir9er unnlitrl=
bar nob 1einer Mntunit Die Sfrop6el=
troutbcit ocer cine dbulid)t ouf boNltc
2(noronun9 in oos sortt 3eQcn9epcbe
gebrod)t miro. 9ip1 Der Wiilit11oiesNe
,mang, tra!t peltlcS oos 9liidlid} grob
gcluprbsne SnoiuibXum bis 5u lelncm
II 2Iten @cbcnsjobrc sum- be1duoi9en 3pot=
acihwolien- lu;roen ouf &on,monbo brrclt
lit. Mod 1elblt Der ollerf0 ltlidte Sbul-
iluoug, ourd >ucl6cn in oltprcuBllNer
Q3eile bic vHicbc sum ongcltoxlnten 9err=
l6erbuule" uno bic rluabre g9elt9el
!nod GpbcllAeu Gt6eptcn cingetrihtetr
bejie9un9lucile gcprll9elt miro.
9osu tommt, oob lid oieie Mcr. 5toat'
ler ouf gang un9elubbnlibe Wcilc permeb=
rem. Sbrc Tamilien acltcn mod tcine5
,uc9s ais belonocrs 5ablrcitb, >penn lie ou /
ben llniong Der 6omilie oes trpionilben
&0nigs 4riomus lteigen. 3>uDllbunoert
lit pielnltbr Die bel ibncn beliebtcl lte ,3if
fer. 9obci cntiteben neuc Bcncratiouen
! nidt mic bel onscrn SterbiiNen oae
Sabre, lonoen aQe fini59 Sage.
5ino lie oober einmol 0o, 10 tona man
|ilrcr nidt 5err meroen. Selblt Yori|cr
! @riiu il it. mir reocn notiiriN bon Dem
Golprooot1f f:r - nur Gin l,br mi lihcres
Gsgengiit.
Sn Mnbctro6t aQcr 0icler I'm ltdnoe
6ot li6 MIN Die 8erliner &egierun9 ent-
j6(p1en> Die ginfubr BON &ortpHeln ous
ben Scr. @tooten bur6aus du perbicte'.
5e6r por1ibti9 obne 3lpei fel Scum ei II
Ne9 fir ben suorinsli6en Ginmonaerer,
I'M ii6er ben O5ean gu fommen, ,udre
ollcroings Der, oob ct li6 auf Die &ortoi
ieltnoQen ooer in Die &artofelldde lebtf
unb li4 10 freie YaIa9e ouf einem 9am:
, burger poer 8remer @ampfer perldaHte
9a er inoeb &artofelfrollen ni6>
fribt 10 lit bic Mus,pobl elmer iolden
ue6eria1rt ieincr @eits ndt beIonoers
,uabrldcinlieb. QHarum f6nnt ere nidt
e6cnlogut ouf onoerc Sitter r6er aui
@6iiisracen flie9cn uno lid) 10 neben
ireier Poliage AUDI nod oas @er9nii9el
oer8etrodtun9 Der @unoer ees Ojeons"
perldofien? Sa Elm Sarmer ous DIARY
LAMB, luo1elbit CT lid) fiir5li9 9ejei9t
bat, tonnte i'm leidtlih auf leiner &appe
ooer in leinem 9anol6u6cn mitbrin9en
5intemalen nun Die Wer6rcituug un=
! leres fleinen 2anosmonns in PreuBen
fat er lid einn1ol bort ongelic0clt, weoel
ourN Bismord mod our6 Wloltte auf9c'
holten >peroen f0nnte, uno oa Die 9lotb
Die ct III bclastem 9anoc bcruorruier
luiiroe, I6erlih Die bel uns on9erihtet
. uno wobrlAcinlit6 1elbit Die in Srlon(
on,urihtcnbe nod iibertrdie, 10 >udre De-
10 weile motenocn pdtcrlden Tegierunl
in "Gpree '2ltbcns" wirtli6 5u rat6cn
ooB lie li0 su bur69reif fenoeren Mabre:
ge|n cnt}bIDNs.
, yGip m1rr rs am, Vpilniel menn Il
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-12-16
We have extensive facilities at our
Till on Conn ar's Point

For the manufacture Of lumber and timber of
all kinds, and always keep on hand full sup
ply, both green and seasoned, so that we are
enabled to fill nh orders at very short notice
ana low rates
Our location On Conuer's Point, with our
dock on the steamboat channel, gives Us SUI
perior conyeniences for fling orders from
Duluth or points along the river or along the
Zine of the Northern Pacific.
We pay particular attention TO saving
:imbers for houses, docks, bridges, &c.
aprl5,1l
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-12-16
THE ANNUAL REPORT,
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the
County Board.
Annual Statements of County Clerk and County Treasurer
Bills Allowed During the Year Etc.

Financial Statement of the Board Of of
Ending
County Clerk.
Tax Ce1tfca of
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-12-16

County Treasurers Report.
COUNTY IRE Douglas Wis
{
DIR.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-12-16


OF
January at November 81 1875
uDscite eland TO dav o
RIrcHIE oaryP
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-08-12
Tootl, Pulling Extraordinary.

y
A Kansas paper tells story about
man who had the tootlIache dread
fully. He was too mean to go into
town and pay dentist fifty cents for
extracting the tooth, so he determin-
ed to dragit out with the popular
method of the noble red man. So
that Kansas person proceeded to the
woods and wrapped a piece d cop
per wire tightly around the offending
bicuspid. Then he took his mule,
and rugged up block and tackle and
bent down stout sapling to the
ground. He lay fiat on his back,
fixed the wire firmly to the tree, and
reached over and cut the rope by
which the mule held on. In about
one second certain sufferer from the
tooth ache might have been seen pro-
crossing toward the blue ethereal
sky at lightning speed, and turning
successive somersaults and flip flaps
and things, as he went.
After tearing around up there for
a few minutes, grazing the monarchs
of the forest, and moving about forty
yards onward, he swooned down into
apond, and began to strike out for
shore. His tooth is in its socket yet
for the wire was wrencbed loose
from the tree. But you never met a
man who seemed to have a more
whole-souled detestation Of Indian
customs than that man has. He
says it disgusts him to think about a
red man now.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-08-12
YOU KISSED ME.

You kissed me. My head had dropped
low on your breast,
With a feeling of shelter and infinite
rest;
While the holy emotion my tongue dared
not speak,
Flushed up like flame from my heart
tony cheek;
Your arms held me fast; oh, your arms
were so bold.
Heart beat against heart In that passion
ate hold;
Your glances seemed drawing my soul
through my eyes,
As the san draws the mist from the sea
to the skies;
And your lips clung to mine till l prayed
in my bliss,
They might never unclasp from that
rapturous kiss.
You kissed me! My heart, my breath
and my will,
In delirious joy for the moment stood
still;
Life had for me then no temptations, no
charms,
No vista of pleasure-outside of your
arms;
And were this moment an angel pos
sessed
OF the glory and peace that are given
the blessed,
1 would fling my white robes unrepin-
ingly down,
l would tear from my forehead that
beautiful crown,
To nestle once more In that haven of
rest,
With your lips upon mine and my head
Oh your breast.
You kissed me! My soul in bliss so di-
vine,
Reeled and swooned like foolish man
drunken with wine;
And l thought 'twere delicious to die
then, if death
Would but come while my lips were yet
moist with your breath;
'Twere delicious to die, if my heart
might grow cold,
While your arms wrapped me round in
that passionate fold;
And these are the questions ask day
and night
Must my life taste hut once such exquis-
ite delight?
Would you care if your breast were my
shelter as then?
And if you were here would you kiss
me again?
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-08-12
Romance and Reality.

A lady read the following para
graph in paper,
"a young wife once cured her hus
band of a disposition to absent him
self from home at night by providing
a good dinner, and saying to him al
terward, George, if you find a sweeter
spot than our home describe it to
me. and will rival it if die in the
attempt. A kiss and a few tears
completed the victory"
This lady tried that game ON her
husband. He wasn't melted bit;
he merely said'
sWhen you can get the boys to
come here and smoke cigars, and talk
politics, and you set up a keg of Ia
ger, you can count on me"
Our lady saw that sentiment had
no effect on him. So she didn't
throw herself on his neck, and hug
and wet his paper collar with tears
but she took saucer and fired it at
his head, and followed it with a
cup, and ended by singing dish OF
strawberries on his shirt bosom.
Since that time he has been an ex-
emplary husband. Yet he does seem
very anxious for her to visit her dear
mother as often as four or FIVE times
O week.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-08-12
Strange SIGHTS.

This is what the editor of the Ohio
State Journal has seen:
ave have seen the management of
the Central Lunatic Asylum Building
Fund taken ont of the hands of an
unpaid Board of reputable Trustees
and put into the hands of an ex-
pensively salaried Commission, with
the work delayed from inadequate
appropriations and inefficient man
agement. We have seen a Democrat
ic Superintendent of the Soldiers
Orphans Home convicted of lewd
practices and permitted to resign, af-
ter short administration which
largely increased the running ex-
penses of the institution. We have
seen an attempt to oust the Superin-
tendent of the Reform Farm, and put
in a partisan successor, before his
term expired, We have seen the
Ohio Penitentiary demoralized in dis
cipline, and its net proceeds reduced
to nothing, while the number of con-
victs has beon larger than at any pre-
vious year of its history, and the pro
ceeds should have been correspond
ingly increased. We have seen the
Superintendent of the Northern Ohio
Lunatic Asylum secretly examined
on charges similar to those against
the Superintendent of the Soldiers
Orphans Home, the reporters for the
press excluded, the witnesses dis
charged for testifying, and the SUI
perintendent "allOwed to resign"
We have observed the ruling price Of
one hundred dollars head for dem
ocratic reform Legislature, and the
suppression of material part OF the
record of an investigation, under q
resolution of the body implicated.
We have seen Democratic Governor
unable TO sign his own name, and
carrying on the Executive functions
by means of a stamp signature in the
hands of subordinates. We have
seen the only creditable performance
of public duty in institutions still un-
der the administration of officials ap-
pointed nnder Republican control
We have seen the democratic party
rent into factions, and its platform the
laughing stock of Republicans and
Democrats alike everywhere outside
the State. We have seen senile
candidate for Governor eat his own
forty years. record in the vain hope
of gaining votes on what Is declared
by the National Democratic organ to
be san absurd and prepOsterous plat
form" We have seen the brains of
the party, even in Ohio, opposing the
platform and denouncing it, or pre-
serving a grim silence toward il"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-08-12
NUMBER 30.
How Old Preston Won a Bet.


A Michigan paper tells the follow
ing good, story: A Front street sa-
loon keeper is a great historical
scholar, and will argue for hours on
issues, events and men of past celeb
rity. Old man Preston was aware of
this, and he dropped into the place
one warm day last week and SAID:
'By cracky, Jim, but this is warm
l havn't been so warm since o d Gen
eral Cass was President of the United
States" What" said jim, "Gen-
eral Cass never was President of the
United States" "Why, yes, he was"
replied Preston, with well feigned as
tonishment. "Pll lbet you the drinks
for the house he WASN'T said the ex-
cited proprietor. "Done," answer
cd the old man, and he drew forth his
poeket-book, unfolded a page of the
Congressional Globe of 1889, and
proceeded to read that President Tay-
Tor having died on Saturday, and Vice
President Fillmore not being at
Washington, the President of the
Senate, General Cass, became Presi-
dent of the United States until the
following Monday, pending Fill
more's Inauguration. When the old
man had finished reading, he looked
around and said; 'Come up, boys.
A little Stoughton in mine, Jim.
Must excuse ignorance, you know"
Then he rambled out, while jim
rammed the bottles back on the
shelf, sOused the tumblers in the
rinse, and rs he wiped up the counter
remarked: 81 have seen good
many mean men in my time, but for
tirst-class star beat old Preston can
take the money"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-08-12
The Man with an Item.

1t WASH t right, and future genera
tions will say that it wasn't He
came tramping up stairs, tossed his
hat on to table, and as he sat down
in chair he carelessly remarked:
"Suppose you'd like big item?'
"Yes, of course" replied the lone
reporter.
81 haven't been to ary other paper
with it." he continued, as he leaned
forward; ''I've taken the Free Press
for twenty nine years, and I've walk,
ed four miles to give you this item. "
: "Well, Tn very much obliged in
decd. What is the item!'
"Well, you know the Grand Trunk
Junction."
"Yes, out here about three miles
from the City Hail."
"Well, it was mile beyond that.
Me an another fellow was coming in
on the track. He was stranger
and seemed down hearted and
gloomy, said he didn't care two cents
whether he lived or died"
"Poor fellow! Can you describe
him?"
ayes, he was about five feet, six
had red hair, big feet; coarse clothes,
blue eyes and no whiskers."
swell, go on"
s:We'd got within a mile of the
junction when the express train from
the east came laundering along"
"Yes."
"And of course we stepped off the
track"
"Yes."
81 wasn't looking for nor expect
ing any such thing, you know, for tht
man didn't let on nor betray himsel
by word or look. If I'd only sus
pected it, why could have grabbed
him."
"Yes, I see."
"Well we stood faciIn the train
l was a leetle ahead of him, anf
what did he do as the train g0i
within three hundred feet of us?'
'RuShed on the track!
'No, not that. He made a JUMP
for the rail, kneeled down, and
"Great blazes, but it was awfulr
interrupted the reporter.
lawful? l guess it was! l wa:
never so weak in my life. He delib
erately laid his neck on the rail
shut his eyes, and"
"And the locomotive took his head
clean off, shouted the reporter
springing MP.
emo. AS 1 was saying, he delib
erately placed his neck on the rail
held it there
"And was mashedw
"No, sir-held it there for a mo
ment and then
"And was then struck by the pi
lotp'
/ "No, strand then he deliheratel.
took it off again, and is now in sa
loon around the corner inqairing fol
job"
The reporter leaned back and look
ed at him for long time.
/ The stranger leaned back and look
ed at the reporter.
Nothing disturbed the deep silenc'
but the ticking of the clock.
BY and by the man with the iten
looked up at the sky-light, down a
the floor and softly slid ont into thu
hall and was gone.-Detroit FFe'
Press. In