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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-01-17

the packet down with a loud 'beml
which signifed tie completion of her
task.
"Fiddlesticks!" was the brief yet
significant reply.
Karl rubbed his nose,with the end
OF his pen, .evidently a little disap-
POINTED.
"You think they won't do?" said
he.
"Of course they won't said Miss
Di. 'Dishwater and adjectivesl what
are the girls thinking of? An impos-
sible love story, with the hero on
stills, and the heroine mere milk and
water. Pshaww
"Poor child!' said Karl compass
sionately, but he never once thought
of an appeal from his SISTERS decis-
ion. And she was sure of success"
"They always aro," said Miss Di.
Rubens was a little provoked at
his strong minded sister, but he re-
memberod, as palliating circum>
stance, that Miss Diana had never
seen Blanche Ainslie.
The editor did not sleep very
soundly that night.
He could not help thinking of the
beautiful girl 80 suddenly reduced
from luxury and wealth to poverty,
and when at last he fell asleep, it was
TO dream of blue eyes, and chestnut
hair braided with shifting lights of
gold.
KaIl lad always admired the
bre kcr's pretty niece from respect
iul distance.
Now it seemed as if she were fair
er and more attractive than ever.
In fact, al bough he was not fully
aware of it himself, lie was towering
dangerously Lear tie magic ground
tf love.
lie called at Miss Ainslic's next
evening with II e Condemned manu-
scripts in his pocket, and l do believe
had he not ST, cd in righteous fear of
his strong minded sister, lie would
have told Miss Ainslic that her pro~
ductions were 'acccptcd,' and secret
ly burned them tn the sanc;um fire.
AS it was, it vas too late iur any
such sly system tf dealing.
Blanche was at home sitting IL
mong The splendor that was to be
hers 50 brief time now, and her
bright upward look, as he entered,
went to his very heart.
Il feel like Crookback Richard,'
he thought, going to murder The in
nocent little princes in the Tower"
And when he told her, as gently
as lie could, that the stories and poe
try would not Lass muster, sue b"rst
into tears.
Mr.. Rubens could not endure those
bright, sparkling drops.
"Blanche,' lie tallered, "don't cry.
Dear Blanche, it is not worth it,"
And before they parted that even>
ing, Blanche Ainslie had half prom
iseG to consider the possibility of ac-
cepting the editors love, since tie
editor could not accept her contribu~
tions.
"The idea of supporting yourself
is very rediculous,' said Karl. It's
a great deal better to let me support
you."
And so Blanche Ainslie became
an editors wife, and the happiest of
little matrons, and Karl keeps the lit
tie packet that was respectfully de-
clined,' to this day.
|
New YORK, Jan. An the board
| of alderman this afternoon a resoln-
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-01-17

The winter is now severer in Tnr-
key than that during which the
Germans campaigned in France in
1901.
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-19
NUMBER 13.

rs n public highway. the State furnishing
the motive power ou the inclined planes only.
The experiment of making the road public
highway was very unsatisfactory.
Individuals and firms employed their own
drivers with their own horses and cars. The
cars were small. had four wheels, and each
would carr about seven Thousand pounds of
freight. Usually four cars made a train, and
that number could he taken up, and as many
let down an inclined plane at one time. and
from six 10 ten such trips could be made in
an hour. The drivers were n rough class,
and as it was not practicable 10 make them
work 10y a time table, the consequence was
That there was much confusion when there
only one track through the drivers
meeting each other at points where there
were no turnouts.
The matter finally became so had that. af-
ter much opposition. the Legislature passed
an act allowing locomotives TO be uSed on the
road, and the first one used was the Boston,
constructed in the city of that name before
the days OF heavy locomotives TO climb steep
grades. The untnher of locomotives was
gradually increased. and iu 1884 Mr.. VI. w.
Baldwin of Philadelphia. buii three. The
business of the road in 1S45 amounted 10 So
600 tons of freight and 20 OO0 passengers.
The cost of the rnad AT the close of the wear
1885 WAS 81. .635 3jI 90 AT the contract prices.
The Pennsylvania railroad was organi zed in
1917, and iu September. 1850, opened for frnv-
el fren Harrisburg To a point of connection
with the Portage Railroad at Duucausville.
the State road, as they had constructed a
summit tuunel and did not use inclined
planes. After protracted negotiation The
State sold its line TO the company. and in
August, 1857, the Governor transferred the
main line OF canals and the Portage Railroad
To the Pennsylvania Railroad compauv.-
| Shortly thereafter the Portage went out of
/ use.
In 1888 was published in London book
called \ "Sketch OF the Civil Engineering
! of North America" by David Stevenson. a
son of the distinguished engineer of the Bell
! Rock lighthouse. He says that America
I now numbers, among it's many wonderful
fetal lines of q, ,mmunicatiou, a mouutaiu n
railway, which in lo'duess of design and
/ didiculty Of execution can compare TO no
modern works have ever seen. excepting,
perhaps, the passes of :he SimplOu. aud
Mount Gems In Sardinia but even these
remarkable passes, viewed rs engineering z
works, did not strike me as beiug more won
! derful than The Allegheny Railway in the
! United States.
/ Michel Che-alier, the distinguished French
| engineer and political economist, visited the
/ railway and gave 4 description of IL in his
/ hook on the public works OF the United
| States, which was published in Paris in 1910.
J The paper, which contained. in addition 10
! the above, a great deal of information in re-
/ gard TO the railroad history of PENNSYLVANIA,
was listened to with much Affections
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-19

As 1OU Sow so SHALL. You REAP. The
season for gardening is close upon rs and
the following hints for April are useful
Sow mortgages about Your house. 4
summer cottage covered with mortgages
has a very striking effect.
Trim the sausage bushes and see that
they grow in Il cool shady spot. 50 that the
fruit when ripe shall not fry out in the hot
sun.
Now's the time TO plant rich insane
fathers. RIry them pretty deep, since it
is better they shouldn't come up until late
in the fall.
Pins need light sandy soil. Sow
broadcast.
Hn"pskirts should have top dressing of
waist material.
Seaweed needs good deal Of irrigation
with salt water.
Cook aud paIlor stoves may be set out in
about five weeks.
Umbrellas need n good deal Of irrigation
before they viii open.
Eggs should be sown broadcast in rich
loam and well narrowed.
Now is the time, also, to plant your hogs
that you may have baked pig for the
Fourth of July.
IL you have hot house try and raise a
light spring OveIcOat. This, however.
needs great care. Few succeed. .-NsJ0
I0rk Graphic,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-19

CAN THE DEAD WIN AT CARDs.-A
very curious law case came recently before
German court, arising from the following
circumstances y gentleman sat at faro
table in the Town Of Koe;hen, in Saxony,
playing with the usual attention aud silence
Several plays were made, and the caldS
which the gentleman continued unchaug ed
ly to keep forward won repeatedly. The
gold pushed toward the winner by the
crUupIer, however, was not drawn by him.
aud, after several more accumulaiions had
made the pile incn~venieuily large, the
keeper of the bank rather augrily requested
the fortunate man To take in his money.
With his eye fixed nn the cards, the player
took no notice of the request. Draw in
your gold p was again uttered by several
round the table Nnauswcr. ''Mnusieu.
you incummoce the other players - said
the crpupier. The same mOtIouleSs silence.
y person sitting next the offender took
hold of his hand. The winner was dead.
As the body was being removed the crou-
pier drew back the money he had showed
toward The dead player, alleging that The
game based npon reciprocal engagements
could not exist bet Ween the dead aud the
living. The heirs of Il e defuuct presented
themselves the day after, declaring thai
the winner ban regularly commenced he
game. The question was carried before
the tribunal of koethen, and will probably
depend upon The evidence as - the point
OF time when the player ceased to live.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-19

The lady had sunk into the chair and
was deadly pale. By a powerful effort she
oveicame her momentary weakness and
said in strong tones
II don't know, sir, what you speak Of
! on are either laboring uuCer a mistake or
you are luuatic.'
DO you happen 20 have a dress Ike
this, ma am ?' the man asked, drawing
from his pocket the piece which he had
cut from tire dIess of ;he occupant Of the
vault the night before.
The lady's face grew white and dry.
She tried to speak but her tongue Glove to
the roof Of her mouth and utterance was
impossible.
I am reasonable, madam" the man
said Il know your secret, but will keep
1t IT you. will make it worth my WHILE
"Ilow much do you require p the lady
asked, acquiring the power of speech by a
great effort.
Twenty pounds will satisfy me for the
present." the man said, "aud more, at an
other time when need it,
The money was paid aud within a month
the man returned and demanded more
The lady evidently revealed the story of
her d sgrace and crime to her husband
Tor he paid IlIe money and soon after re-
signed his living and retired to England.
ilIis part of the condemned mans con.
ieSsiou was made known to Mr.. Bell. All
The parties 10 this strange transaction are
dead, and hence the names used here are
fictitious. The writer's informant 'howev-
er vouched for the truth of the story. and
there is no reason to doubt his veracity.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-19

a GREAT PRINTING PREss.-Hoe's per-
fecting and folding press seems to reach
The very ultima thule of newspaper pro-
duction. The recent improvement of the
Hoe Company resulted il securing a rate of
$4,000 copies an hour. but a still more i'm
portant addition has been made to The ma
chine, consisting of the combining with it
small folding mechanism Of novel design.
which puts out of use Room full of ma
chInery and performs the work of twelve
men. The entire process is automatic A
roll OF paper is hung on horizontal axis
over the press, the end Of the big ribbon is
pushed INTO the machine, "A lever starts the
revOlu ions, and as the roll unwiuds com
picte copies, neatly folded and ready for
the mail, issues in two streams at the end
of the machine, no hand touching them
from the time ,he roll is swung into is
place till the folded papers are gathered up.
The nominal speed of the new rerfectinp
aud folding press is about g. 600 an hour
greater than that of the earlier perfeciing
press. But since the work of the new one
includes folding, its real speed exceeds even
tins high figure by just the time required
To fold an entire edition. 1t is beyond all
sorts of comparison, therefore, the fastest
printing machine ever devised. 1t can de-
hver $4,000 papers au hour folded for
mailing.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-19

TRUE Story OF MARY's LITTLE LAMB.
The Boston Ad5ertissr says that little
Mays name was Mary Sawyer, aud she
lived in Sterling, Mass. She is now Mrs
Taytur, of Somerville, vigorous lady
over 20 years old. One morning she went
ont 10 the barn and found two little lambs
which had been bonn ~ the might. One
was so weak and sm u that her father said
it WAS no use - Try to raise 1t. Mary : ten
der hra:. ultieo the tiny creature, aud size
begged her father to ny to save il. He
gave it to her care, promising il it lived
that it should be her lamb. The day that
it went To schoul and was turned out, it
happened that youug nan WAS there who
saw the whole transaction, aud he wrote
out the story in thcverseS which the chill
dren know 50 well. The lamb lived aud
thr:ved, aud had lambs OF its own; it ran
in the fields with the cattle. till one day a
cav, with sharp horns. while playing, toss
Ell il into the air, aud it fell bleeding At
the feet OF Mary, who happened To be in
he field. Win deep grief she watched its
life go out From the lambs WOOL guam
tity of yarn had been spun, aud Ms. Tyler
brought some of il 10 Auut Eabitha'S bee
and sold it at p cents for each piece. So
that up to last week. Mary's little lamb had
earned 500 toward paying for the Old South
Church III Boston.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-19

SELF-W WINDTNG CLOCK.-A German has
invented self-winding clock in which the
winding machinery is operated by the al
terna;e expansion and contraction of gly-
ceriue, or other suitable liquid. A piston
pn the surface Of the glycerine-is SO con-
nected with ratchet wheels and too:hed
racks that motion in either direction will
wind up the weight. The inventor thinks
that the contrivance will be especially val
nable foT Tself-registering meteorological in
stTumeuts.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-19

GOD AND THE ANGELS LOOK DowN-It
was raining, and the streets were gloomy
aud uniuvijing. The procession was head
ed by an express wagon, in which sat IA
gray haired DID lady beneath an old um-
brella. which partly sheltered her aud the
diver from the rain. She was bowed with
grief and Surrow and wore Il at tired
weary aspect of despair which betokens
hop"lcsSness. JESt behind her was n rough
coffin of plain, CHdresScd pine-a pauper
coffin. What it contained could only be
guessed by Inference. In a lumber wagon
jus behind the coffin came family of
children, drenched with rain and slrive.ing
III their wet rIgs Blu they we're all CIV
ing and bowed with anguish 1t was a
sad sight and told tale of poverty and
sorrow in language which spoke louder
than words. An aged widow, too proud
30 give her deceased cnuSort n pauper's
burial. \ sad aud SoITowful family in a
bnrro we'd wagon. No friends no hearSe,
no c"tfin but a rough pine box. no car
riaCeS-rnt hing but drenchiug rain.
dreary journey and gloomy return. IL
was the most effrcting funeral that ever
passed through the streets of Kansas City,
-haRsas CHy Mo- Times.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-19

THE "BRowNUsT' WEDDTNG.-The
browueSt wedding We have heard of took
place ia Tuscaloosa recently. The groom
aud bride were Mr. David /. Brown aud
Miss Minnie Brown. and the ceIemoucy
was performed by Rev. John Brown. aud
the reception was given 10y Mr.. Henry
Brown. Miss Minnie Brown has brown
eyes aud was atliIed in Drown frOuSSeG8,
while Mr.. David Brown was likewise
dressed IN "A brown suit. Altogether. the
occasion was brown affdi. and the Ga
zette of The Oak City in extending congratu-
lations To Mr.. Brown aud Mrs Brown con-
fidently expresses, hop" that the ''name
of Brown may ever be p rpetuated." We
guess it will.-DecatUr i ka.l Mems
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-19

THERE used to be man-gnne West
now, poor fellnw-in the United States
railway mail service, ran east of l}nrliug-
ton. whose eyes were 81 crooked he could
carom with them. lie conld hold "A postal
card ont ut arms lergth befnre him. read
The address with one eye and look around
the end aud read the message un the other
side with the other, aud watch man try
ing to climb in al the car door behind him.
all the same time. He left the service be-
cause he always had to GO to the door on
the other side "f the car to see :he station.
-Burtington Hatokeye.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-19

WHEN most men give their wives ten
cents it looks as big as trade dollar,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-19

\ NAN, irii>ing porter, said il was so
"x-elien beverage that, though taken in
large qnaniitieS IL always made him fat.
i have seen the lime, said anuihsr. 'swbeu
it made you lean" ''When. I should 6ke
To know inquired the eulp.sist. sVhr
no longer agO than last II ui,5ls-4zsicst tbe
s7au 4"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19

From Saturday Is Daily.
Republican County Convention.
The convention was called to order
by 7. P. Spillman, Esq, at 2 o'clock,
p. M, and he suggested Dr.J. Will
Hanson, Of Ottumwa, as chairman of
the convention. By vote of the con-
vention DIR. Williamson was chosen
chairman, and on motion Of DIR. Dins-
more DR.. B. F. Hyatt, of Chillicothe,
was elected Secretary,
DIR. Williamson stated tho object of
the meeting and made a neat and
very pertinent briefspeech. He spoke
earnestly in behalf of harmony in the
party the sinking of all personal in
terests for the good Of the party sue
cess. He said that he felt in the re-
publican party was lodged the best
and highest interests of the country
and that it seemed at this time there
was urgent need for the most
harmonious efforts of that party to be
put forth to prevent threatened and
possible revolution. The Doctors
head is very level indeed, and he was
heartily cheered at the close Of his
remarks.
On motion of DIR. Thrall q commit
tee of one from each township was
appointed by the chair on credentials.
The following were the members of
that committee:
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19

j. M. Hedrick, President, Judge
N. M. Hubbard, Vice President, and
w. w. Walker, Of Cedar Rapids, and
w. T. Harper, Of this city, Of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Cedar Rap
ids, Sigourney 8 Ottumwa Railroad
Company, have been in Chicago and
Milwaukee during the past week.
We are informed that a memorandum
of an agreement is now in the hands
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
company looking to the success
of the scheme. The Directo-
ry of that company will visit
Iowa this week and 60 over their
new purchase, to-wit: the Dubuque
& Southwestern, which terminates at
Cedar Rapids; after examining that
road and considering on the spot the
desirability of extending the same
from Cedar Rapids to Ottumwa, con-
Meeting here with the great system of
Southeastern Iowa railroads, the d.
rectors will assemble and take formal
action.
In the meantime their full corps of
engineers, under the direction of the
officers of the Cedar Rapids, Sigour-
ney and Ottumwa company, will run
another and perhaps q shorter and
better line from Cedar Rapids to
Williamsburg, in Iowa county, and
also make survey and an estimate
of the work necessary to make the
old grade from here to Sigourney
ready for the iron.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
ORDINANCE NO. l25.

WHEREAS, 1t is deemed desirable
and proper that the tract of ground
designated upon the original plat of
the city of Ottumwa as the public
square should be improved and beau
titled tor the benefit, use and enjoy
ment of the public, as y public square
and in accordance with the design
and intent Of the original grantors
as expressed in the plat granting and
dedicating the same for said purpose.
aud,
WHEREAS, A portion of said pub
lie square being so much thereof as
would be included within the bound
airy lines of Court street, if extended
across it, has been used by the public
for the purposes of a street or high
way for number of years exceeding
the statutory limitation governing
the rights in real property, and the
question has arisen as to whether the
publir have acquired any rights for
street or highway purposes in and to
said portion of said square by reason
of said use, therefore,
SECTION let. Be IL ordained By the
City Council Of the City of Ottumaca,
That so much of Court street as may
lie within the limits of the tract of
ground designated upon the record
ed plat of the city of Ottumwa, Iowa,
as the public square. be and the same
is hereby vacated, and that all the
rights, if any, which the public may
have acquired or now hold, to use, as
street or highway the portion of
said public square included between
the lines of Court street as originally
plated, if extended across the said
square, be and the same hereby
are cancelled and annulled, and
as to such rights said street
or highway is hereby vacated. Pro-
vided, however, said street shall not
be enclosed or the public prohibited
travelling thereon until that portion
Of said public square including the
streets on either side of width of
AZ feet at the narrowest place. shall
have been graded and prepared for
public travel and use in lieu of
the said street as now used and trav-
eled.
SEC. 2. This ordinance shall be
published once in the Ottumwa Daily
COURIER and shall take eff ct and be
in torce from and after such publica-
ton, as provided by law
Passed June II, 1878.
u.s.. PORTER, Mayor.
Attest: w. II. FETzER, City Crk.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
From Mahaska County,

oShALOOSA. iowa, June Ii, TO-.
Ed. COURIER A dispatch from
this place to the Register, Saturday,
under the cognomen of "Read," stated
that Mahaska county was solid for
Capt. Hull, for Secretary of State
Such is not the case. Capt. Lee M.
Cooley, the one legged soldier, who
was wounded in the memorable
charge at Vicksburg, on the 22d of
May, 1868, has host of friends here,
and will receive at least six, perhaps
more, of the thirteen votes of this
county, all reports to the contrary
Notwithstanding. A iruer or better
soldier never enlisted in the cause of
freedom than Lee M. Cooley; al
ways ready for duty, in camp or on
the battlefield. We believe in JUS
tice to all. Yours, JUSTICE.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
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