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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-21
A Locomotive Built for Fast Run.
ming,

THE Baldwin Locomotive Works have
Just turned out a remarkable specimen
of work intended for remarkable pur-
pose. 1t is a passenger engine con-
structed for the Reading Road, to be
run over the Bound Brook route,
between this city and New York, in
which service it iseXpected to eclipse
any thing of the kind going. 1t has
been built chiefly for speed; and, if the
expectations of the contracting parties
are carried out, the time between this
city and New York over the above route
will be lessened about half an hour.
The distance from Philadelphia to New
York is ninety miles, and the fast trains
over both the Pennsylvania and Bound
Brook roads have been making it in
about two hours. The Reading people
are aiming to make the distance in one
hour and a half, and with this object
in view they some time ago contracted
with the Baldwin Company to build
them an engine that would perform that
work, or, in other words, accomplish
ninety miles in ninety consecutive
minutes. The new engine has the
largest pair Of driving wheels, perhaps,
of any passenger locomotive in this
country, the wheels being 12 feet in
diameter. The ordinary driving wheel
of passenger engines has diameter Of
from 3 to 1-2 feet. The new engine is
different in other respects also, having
but one pair of driving wheels instead
of two additional smaller ones, as is the
usual custom. 1t is also much
heavier than the regular passenger en-
gine; its weight is about 81, 900 pounds,
while the ordinary engine weighs from
10000 to 10000 pounds. 1t is expected
to make the entire distance to New
York without stopping to take water.
That this may be done it is supplied
with a tank of about twice the capacity
of engines in general. 1t will hold A.
900 gallons of water. The capacity OF
the ordinary passenger engine is from
1000 to $500 gallons. The new engine,
which was taken out of the works few
days ago and is now at Reading, will
be put to use on the Bound Brook Route
within week or ten days. Should the
attempt to thus lessen the time between
Philadelphia and New York prove sue.
cessful other engines will be built and
put regularly on the road.-Philadelphia
| Times.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-21

once, "you can 90 back TO your nest.
You have helped me out of the difficulty
this time.n
SO he let the little creature fly out
into the yard, where Il belonged.
Charlie Warner was the next one
ushered into the stufiy, smelling room.
He, too, speedily finished his sums, and
began to look around him for something
to occupy his attention.
"Oh, myl What lot of boxes" said
he, "piled up one above another, like q
Tower of Babel What can Mr. Pepper
grass keep in all of themP"
Charlie listened. No advancing foot
steps were near. He looked cautiously
about him, but he saw nothing. Then
he rose from his chair, and crept toward
the mysterious pile of boxes. They
were of all shapes, rather small, and
fitted with loose, wooden covers.
Charlie lifted the lid of one. II was
full of English walnuts.
"Hellop thought Charlie. "rm in
luokl Old Peppergrass will never miss
two or three Of these" and he pockcted
a handful.
The next box was full of beautiful
Malaga raisins Charlie nipped two or
three bloomy, wrinkled fellows off the
stem, and ate them. He was fond of
raisins.
"What nextPn he said, tugging at the
covers of the third box, which seemed
to fit little closer.
All of sudden, however, it flew off
with jerk, filling the air with Cayenne
pepper, and setting poor Charlie to
sneezing as if he meant to sneeze his
head off.
Mr.. Peppergrass hustled in.
"Ahp' said he. 81 see! But YOU
needn't have been in such hurry to
examine my stock, young man.
haven't engaged you yet, and l don't
intend to"
And poor Charlie sneaked away
through the back door, which Mr.. Pep
pergrass held politely open for him,
feeling that his curiosity had ruined his
cause.
1t was some time before the Cayenne
pepper was sufficiently cleared from the
atmosphere for johnny Jarvis to take
his turn mt the sums in decimal frac-
tiOns, but he worked them patiently
out, and then sat looking around him,
Us the others had done. But he was too
honorable to dream of meddling. He,
too, wondered what was in the boxes,
but he didn't do anything more than
wonder. He heard a mysterious
rustling behind the faded-silk doors of
the old bookcase, where Mr.. Pepper
grass had shut up his pet kitten, but he
never thought Of opening it to see what
it all meant.
He saw glass jar of mixed candies
on the mantel (sly Mr.. Peppergrass
had counted every one, besides cover
ering it with a dusty lid, so that the
least fnger-mark would have been
quite visible), but he sat there quite
still until Mr.. Peppergrass bounced into
the room.
The old grocer looked at the candy
jar, he glanced at the unmolested
boxes, and opening the desk, saw the
kitten fast asleep in the corner.
"Ahr' said Mr.. Peppergrass, with a
long breath. "Yes, exactly! You are
the boy want. Come right back into
the store, and I'll set you to work
weighing out tea and coffee"
And that was the way Mr.. Pepper
grass suited himself with a boy.-Lucy
Randall Comfort, in Golden Days.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-21
Why She Knew.


THE other day there was suit in
Justice Alley between two Wayne Coun-
ty farmers regarding the ownership of
fourteen unmarked grain bags. Each
side was prepared to stoutly swear that
the bags were his, and each had wit
nesses to back his testimony. The COM
plainant swore to buying the bags at
certain store on a certain time, and his
hired man swore TO handling them rs
they were taken from the wagon. The
defendant sworc that he purchased them
at certain place at certain time, and
his wife was called to the stand to tell
what she knew about it. She was a
large, heshy woman, and very much
bewlldered.
"Land save mel but was never in
such a crowd before, and | feel as If |
should faint!" she gasped, as she took
the witness stand.
"Neyer mind fainting, Mrs. X" said
the lawyer. "Tell the jury what you
know about those bags"
A" Obi land but | know all about
Fem! We bought 'em on the 10th of
November ~
" How are you sure it was the 10thPn
Sakes alive! but know II was, for
! boxed Melissa's ears that morning for
leaving a spoon in the dish-water, and
she was married ON the 10TH"
"Who asked for the bags at the
storeP"
"Ohl stars and gartersl but did ]
remember it as plain as day.
"What did the clerk sayPn
"Ohl stars! but he said, certainly
and he went and got EN-"
"What else do you rememberpn
"Oh, lands but l wanted a calico
dress!"
"And You didn't get itP"
"Bless granny / didn't, and we
jawed all the way home"
"And now why are you positive that
these are the bagsP"
"Oh! dear, ohl but while we were
jawing / threw 'em out into the road.
Some one lend me fan, for I'm most
deadl"
"Never mind being most dead, Mrs.
X. What else about the bags.n
"My husband boxed my ears for
throwing 'em cut. Oh! starsl / didn't
mean to tell thatl"
" He did, eh? Well, what elseP"
"Ohl dear but when we got home
kicked the hired manP"
"Kiokod the hired man, ehP Well,
now can you be positive that these are
the bagsP"
"Great snakes! aren't you done yet
Yes, 1 am positive"
How can you beP"
al don't want TO tell.n
+" But you must.n
swell, II / must, must, though I'm
sure shall faint away. That night
boxed Melissa again.
"Yes.n
"And husband boxed me-"
"Yes.n
"And we both boxed the hired man
and we were all so mad we sot up al
night in our cheers and have had chill
blains and catarrh ever sinee Do yo
suppose we'd have made fools of ouI
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-21
Saved by Her Pet Dogs.

Observation-Disclosures wentoutfor
a walk ecentlyanddidnotreturn. Search
was maintained for eight days, when
the missing woman was found far up the
mountain. The searching party was
attracted to her by the barking of two
dogs, which had accompanied her and
kept with her all the time. It's thought
that these dogs saved her life by keep
ing her warm at nights, one sleeping on
her feet, the other by her side. When
II is remembered that II was freezing
every night, the fact of her surviving
the exposure at all is remarkable. She
was asleep on a rock when found. Her
CATERS and the bottoms of her skirts
were worn off with her struggles through
the brush, and she had taken parts of
her clothing and wound it round her
feet for protection.-Sl, Helena (Cal)
Star.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-21
Our Young Folks.
THE ARMY or SPRING.


TINS or THOUSANDS, and ten timos ten,
Glad in yellow, and purple, and pink
Little folks marching like stalwurt mth
Up from the dark to the dny-time's brinkl
Can II be dark where such robes arc mado2
Surely the looms In the light must be
That oOlored these uniforms shade by shade,
And fashioned the rare ombroidcryO
Wherefore the rlsnp-can any one say
or hosts that rush from the realm Of night,
Letting no hindrnnces bur the way.
Bursting upon US with joy bedightY
Tens of thousands, and ten times ten,
Vested In violet, blue and gold
Little folks marching like stawart men
Up through tho winters rime and mold,
Come they to tell us that down below,
There where the baby lies hid I'm flowers,
Down I'm the hollow, under the snow,
Is better world than this world OF oursl
Tens of thousands, and ten times ten,
Bright in scarlet and green and white
Little folks marching like stalwart men,
Muster before us princely sight;
Gonfalons floating and flags outsprcad,
Lily bells ringing and Ccnscrs swung,
Bunuetted, plumed, and with slippered trend
The sweetest cavalcude over sungl
What is their mission7 Which OF US knows,
Save that they bless us, and pass away,
Destined TO scatter the seed that grows
And blooms In battaliOus here tO-day2
-MuIU y. Dodge, IN IViiC-Ardfe.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-21
POstage.stamp Collections.

THAT numerous class who devote
their learned leisure TO the collecting Of
postage-stamp may be interested in
knowing that there are about 5000
different descriptions of such things in
existence. The Museum of the Berlin
Post-oflice alone contains between four
and five thousand specimens, of which
half are from Europe, and the remain
der divided between Asia, Africa,
America, and Australia. Some of the
stamps, it appears, bear coats OF arms
and other emblems, impartially bor-
rowed from the heavens above, the
earth beneath, and the waters under the
earth - stars, eagles, lions, horses,
serpents, railway trains, dolphins, and
wild fowl. There are the etligies of five
Emperors, eighteen Kings, three
Queens, one Grand Duke, several
inferior titled rulers, and many Presi'
dents.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-21
Cave DWellers.

THE time has long passed since cav
erns could be regarded with any feelings
of superstition; for a very slight ac-
quaintance with the science of geology
must make the most inveterate mystery
worshiper among us quickly cognizant
Of the laws to which they owe their
origin. But many of these cayerns are
revealing to us histories which are far
more wonderful than fairy tales. We
allude TO the so-called bone-caves, which
in this and other countries are furnish
ing geologists and the scientific world
generally with materials from which
they can in somewhat form history OF
prehistoric times. Ever since the dis
covery of the remains of an extinct
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-21
A Poisonous Violet Powder.

YESTERDAY Mr.. Payne held an in.
quest, at Southwark, on the body of
Mary Smith, the infant child of parents
living at No. 50 Tower Street, West
minister Bridge Road. Immediately
after birth, the deceased was placed in
the care of q Mrs. Marshall, who APP
pears to have treated the child with
kindness and care, wrapping it in new
flannel and keeping it clean and well
powdered. The violet powder she
used she purchased of a chemist in the
Waterloo Road, but after using it for a
day or two she found signs of great ir-
ritation about the body of the deceased,
and very large blister, extending from
the abdomen to the shoulder, formed.
DIR. Donahoo was called in, and Mt
once ordered the discontinuance of
the use of the powder, but the mischief
was too far advanced for remedial meas
ures to be ellicacious, and the child died
on Saturday. DIR. Donahoo, of the
Blackfriars Road, stated that, in his
opinion, the death of the child had
risen from blood-poisOning consequent
upon the application of the so-called
violet powder, which contained very
large percentage of sulphate of lime.
The body of the deceased was very
much inhamed, and the irritation very
excessive. Such powders as described
were highly dangerous, and ought not
TO be sold. The jury, after long con-
sultation, returned the following YER
dict: "We find that the deceased child,
Mary Smith, died from blood-poisoning
from the nDDlicntiOn To the bOdV of an
irritant powder containing sulphate of
lime, and which was sold by the chem
ist as violet powder; and the said jurors
think that these powders ought not to
be sold without being analyzed before
hand, and then under proper supervis-
ion. London NeiDs.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-21

CYPRUS is afflicted with plague OF
dogs, which, it is stated, are even more
numerous and useless than they are in
Constantinople. They infest the vari-
Gus towns and their outskirts, and are
at the present time a source not only Of
annoyance but of danger, for the cattle
disease which, although diminishing,
still prevails in the island, is said TO be
propagated from village TO village by
them. They scratch up and feast upon
the buried earcases of the animals that
have died of the disease or have been
slaughtered on account of it, and after
ward drink at the troughs where the
cattle are watered.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-21

selves over fourteen grain-bags belong
ing to man living three miles awayi"
That settled the case with the jury,
and the verdict was in favor of the de-
fendant.-DctrOit Free Press.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-21

PAPER is too high for bustles; it can
only be afforded for collars.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-28

The everyday business gait. Going
right along with your feet, and your
thoughts in the office store, shop or
whatever it is. You never know how
far the walk, nor how long it takes
you TO cover it. 1t is an indefinite,
and frequently the only, aid to good
digestion.
The take it easy, don't care a cent
sort Of a gait, with cane twirling over
his fingers, is typical of the man Of
the world. He leads q life of leisure.
and would't hurry himself As con.
sequence he grows fat, rheumatic aud
gouty, and in later years walks with
two canes and tremulous limbs. II
doesn't pay to bunch your pleasure.
The slow gait. For further partic-
ulars send a boy on an errand.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-28
American Wheat In Russia.

Ten years ago - per cent. Of the
foreign wheat laid down in Great
Britain came from Russia. 4 few
weeks ago two American vessels, laden
with wheat from this country, steamed
into the port of Revel and discharged
cargoes. Carrying Goals to Newcastle,
or cotton goods to Manchester, or cut
lery TO Sheffield is not so great a per
formance as selling wheat to Russia.
Yet this We are doing. Not TO any
great extent, perhaps, but enough to
show that Russia's exporting power j.
on the wane. The most substantial
proof of this lies in the fact that
northern Germany is now givin.
preference to American wheat over
Russian, because il i cheaper and Of
better quality. Ru-sian agriculture,
in fact, apart from the failure Of crops
during the present year, Is at very
low ebb, and It's future Is gloomy. The
grain raising districts show great
falling off in productiyeness, and nei-
ther the buyers nor the peasantry
know how to apply the necessary rem
edies. The press of the country has
been profuse in warnings, but these
have had no effect in arresting the
mistakes of slovenly and unintelligent
farming, in promoting the employment
of capital in agriculture, or in divert
ing the people from their persistence
in the employment of old.fashioned
methods and clumsy machinery. The
"granary of Europe" in fact, is thor
oughly rat-riddled, and needs TO be
rebuilt from the foundations.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-28
About Walking.

No two of us walk alike. The
hinges of our gates turn the same way
but with different results.
The baby strikes a toddle because
it hasn't strength enough TO walk, but
it has the underlying principle of a
natural walk, because it toes in"
"Toeing out" is a military artifce,
invented for the express purpose of
showing how much more a man knew
than the Lord.
The hippity, hoppity, skip and jump
is peculiarly the little girls gait.
Uneasy and restless the Autter-budget
seems determined to wear the sole of
her shoe and the soul of her mother
out at the same time; but she is the
prettiest picture of animation human.
ity can show.
The dead run all out of breath is
the small boys gait. You can set
down the boy who so far forgets him.
self as to walk as already in his dotage.
The bound-to-have-it-gait is rapid
straightforward stride, never turning
to the right or left. The man who
has it knocks over children, barks his
shins against market baskets, and
stubs his toe against everything on the
walk. But he gets there, and his coat
tail arrives about two minutes later.
There is the slow measured, gait,
tread, tread, tread all day long. The
man who carries the hod has his pe.
culiarity down fine. He would run to
a fire in the same step, and get there
possibly.
The long lope, thirty-four inches to
the step, with a sag of the knee joint,
a vigorous swing of the arms, is that
of the young man from Ruraldom.
He gets the walk from going over the
rough ground, and anybody that gets
the best of him has got rough ground
to 90 over.
The quick, sharp and spiteful gait
with the little metallic heels ringing
on the pavement, is the gait Of the
smart young miss, with bright eyes
and lots of vivacity. The young man
who intends to keep company with
her for life must make up his mind "a
train to her step. She will never train
to his.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-28
4 Lament for Summer.

rom Chamber Journal
Weep, Mother Nature, weep;
Summer is dead.
See there she iies 10 her shrOud Of fysrrs
Dropping her sun-crOvhe1 head
while the Past iIOufs
Knesl, all weeping round hsf rOSery bed.
Blow gently, Autumn Winds;
Sigh zpit and low:
Summer only knew IephYrs balny breath
But shr that loved him 40
Now lirs ia death
Sing ye her diry"--bat sing IL eft and low.
Mourn. o We DTyads. mourn
Your woDd- are bare
The gracious Summer with her sunny Lehi
No more Will Iiugrr there.
Her spirit bright
Has spread her wing and vanished into air
soft fall. yc Autumn Rains
Summer hHs fed
Pall gently on her fair aud fragrant far".
A. tears from heaven shed.
I,gst is her grace:
Then weeping, fall on the beloved Dead.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-28
How Indiana Was Carried by the Re-
publicans.
FROM the Evansville Courier.

FROM the Evansville Courier.
Latest developments show the De
mocracy that the Republicans did not
gain victory on Tuesday, but that
Republican money did. The crisp,
new two-dollar Treasury notes with
which the First District is flooded
tells tale of party shame that every
Republican, be he never so unprinci-
Piled, should blush at. On Wednesday
afternoon a remark wac made that
Alex. Foster had made an offer of
money to John Resing the evening
before the election. A gentleman
standing by offered to bet that such
was not the case, when he was prompt
ly taken up, and finding Resing the
latter made the following affidavit
before justice:
estate of Indiana, Vanderburgh coun.
ty, IS. Now comes John Resing and is
duly sworn on oath and says that Alex.
ander Foster offered me $50 in presence
of Joe l.. APP, October II, if | should
vote and leave town. told him
would not take it. In half an hour
| after Foster met me on Second between
Main and Sycamore streets. according
to request, from whence we went to
| First street and held conversation to
the following effect. As ] remember,
Mr.. Foster said
"John, have got new idea for you
will give you 800 if you will go TO the
polls and vote the straight Democratic
Ticket and let me get IN all the votes
that ! cannot vote anywhere else; and
| want to vote them at the Second
Ward, where you are the head chal
lenger; and anything you say goes
II told him ! could not accept it
under any consideration. walked
away from him. .loHS REsING."
Subscribed and sworn TO before me,
October -, 1880. I. McTERSAE,
SEAL Justice"
4 reporter was then despatched TO
interview Mr.. Foster, who was found
in the billiard room of the St. George
Hotel. When questioned about the
matter, Foster admitted that he had
offered Resing $50 to keep away from
the polls and 500 if he would cast his
own ballot and 90 away from the
polling place without interfering with
Il negro.
Hugh DunIevy makes the following
affidavit:
Estate of Indiana, Nanderhurg Coun.
ty, ss.-IIugh Dunlevy swears that on
or about the llth day OF October. 1850,
at said county, as atfiant verify believes,
at said county and city of Evansville.
Now comes the aifiant and makes oath
and says that he was with Charles
Roberts and Abe Smock near the corner
OF Second and Main streets on the
aforesaid date and received from Smock
$40 in money five new 80 notes.. Rob.
erts saying at the time, Il want you to
work for Heilman on tomorrow or
words TO that effect.
"HuGH DrNLEyY."
"Subscribed and sworn To before me
this 2jth day OF October, 1880.
"T. McTERNAN,
SEAL. Justice"
All the boys have 50 bills right
from the mint, and those of them who
have not had any money for months
are flush as princes. 1t is stated upon
the authority of one in a position to
know that the Republican National
Central Committee spent $4,000 in
this district alone.