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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-10-10
a DIVERS STORY.

"No. never was frightened but once
tn my life, and you will hugh when tell
you how it happened. have been in some
mighty ticklish places, as you know, but
never knew before what kind Of feeling II
was to have the cold chills run up my back
bone, making my teeth chatter thousand
times minute and my knees knock to.
gether like pair of drum sticks" The
speaker was T. s. Wilson, the submarine
diver. The occasion was when he descend.
ed to find ont what bad caused the wreck
of large lake steamer When / reached
fifty feet" he said. '' began to feel The
pressure considerably. But this was MOTH
ing, for had been below that depth num-
Der of times. Sixty feet, seventy, eighty |
Great Cesar where was I [? It was darker
than pitch and couldn't see an inch before
the glass in my helmet. thrust out my
arms and touched something cold and hard,
which seemed to be all around me. At first
imagined that had gotten into big hole
in some way, but just what kind of a hole 1
couldn't say. climbed up little, but my
cylindrical tomb still surrounded me.
climbed ten or fifteen feet father down and
II was the same. Stories Of extinct species
of immense and horrible sea serpents that
were still found in tho ocean began to float
through my mind and felt my hair began
to rise little as I thought that possibly !
had gotten into one of their dens.n
By the shades of my fathers, I must
get out Of here, said l, and yanked that
signal rope to come up for oil / was worth.
Up went, and when was pulled up on
the scow and my helmet taken of I was
met with loud burst Of laughter from
every side. What's the matter p asked I,
trying to look unconcerned. Oh, nothin',
Tom, except we guess you got down the
smoke stack by mistake, didn't you ?" said
the other divers. looked down ut myself,
and, sure enough, was caked over with
SCOT from head to foot, Well, yes re-
piled, that darned ladder fell in the wrong
place. and didn't find it out till had got
ten down step Or two. But hand her up
said /, bravely. and we will try it again.
They suspected th.t was q little scared, I
guess, but tried mighty hard to make
them think differently! So, assuming an
off-hand manner began the descent again.
This time steered clear of thesmoke stack
and accomplished the task that had been
assigned to me-"
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AN ENrERpRIslNo REPORTER.

Probably the most startling piece Of new@
paper work Of the past decade was tbs
printing in full Of the Star Islander investi
cation Of alleged police corruption by
Senate committee whose sessions were held
in the large parlor of st. Louis hotel.
The Committee sat two days, and the after
noon of the second day newspaper was
filed with the testimony of witnesses and
the proceedings. Nobody knew how such
complete report could have been obtained,
and even old and experienced newspaper
men were obliged to accept the explanation
that a microphone had been secretly placed
in the room before the Committee took pos
session, and that this wonderful instrument
had transmitted the whole business to the
office, where q shorthand man kept his PEN
Gil flying while he held his car against the
receiving tube. The explanation Of the
manner in which that greatest Of all local
scoops" was obtained was this: Adjoin-
ing the parlor in which the Committee sat
doctor, fond Of newspaper notoriety because
It helped his business along. had o suite Of
rooms. A door between the parlor and
the doctors sitting room was locked and he
bad large wardrobe covering the door.
The city editor saw the advantages offered
by the double rooms, and, through third
party, made terms with the doctor for the
use Of small space behind his wardrobe,
and between that piece Of furniture and the
door that led into the Committees parlor.
The doctor took his pay in puffs. EARLY in
the morning of the day set apart for the
opening of the investigation member Of
the local staff went up to the doctors room
and was shown his place behind the ward
robe From the moment the taking Of tes-
timony began, at 10 o'clock in the morning,
until II closed late the first night, the re-
porter, folded up in an uncomfortable posi-
ton, remained at his post writing down the
questions and answers that he plainly heard
grom the Committee room. Being familiar
with the Legislators and with the witnesses,
he found no difficulty in distinguishing the
voices Of each. 50. Louis Post DispdtcA
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THE OLD FARM wooDsHED.


I never recur to this dear old cenotaph
without thinking of my ancestor on my
fathers side. It was there that he filed
my retrospect with the hieroglyphics Of q
bovine stylus. How oftea when the breath
of the clover was mingling with the chirrup
of the crickets and the music of the water
fall floated away in the cleaning, my atten-
tive natural guardian turned from mission
airy work in the barn-yard to one of our
animated interviews in the woodshed.
: can see him now as he spit on his hands
and yelled to me. Then would rise with
the longing wish to be turtle with shell
on my back. My faithful progenitor would
take me gently by the dexter digits and
proceed to take the consent out of my blue
drilling. It was there got the Evolutionary
drill which made my services indispensa-
BILE in making the call for campaign funds.
And ! remember how, when the cyclone
vas done and was hot and smarting with
my wounds, the patent administrator of
moral suasion by the hyperdermic process
would ask me IL didn't love him, and I
would lie and say yes.
The dear old woodshedi there have
blazed away ON the grindstone while my
father rode ON an az. How often has he
gone to sleep and fallen of and thumped
me for not tending to my business. And,
when I had turned myself wrong side out
he would relieve me by resting while went
half mile to the spring for water.
Dear, darling woodshed where the festive
flea mounted the pants leg and encompassed
the whole body round about where the
speckled hen took homestead till red
flannel was tied to her tail; where pups
froicked and chawed up harness till ripe
enough to flourish tin can tied to their
sequsl where sal seductive steel traps
whe.e when came from the field dripping
with perspiration and sunstruck with hunger
found the old churn waiting with thirty
seven-minute churning for me to refresh
myself with; where carrolled in the lap Of
,pring and beat more mud out of rag car
pets than Darwin and Huxley grant the
Creator to make the world. Dear old wood
shed / squirt down the procession Of
yesterdays and gaze upon thee as fondly
Is the blind hoss on the old treadmil! 7
see the inner courts festooned with seed
corn swinging by the husks. without sec
the pelt Of the calf which died with the
hollow horn and the hired girl calling like a
rod headed calliope for dry wood. Fart
thee well, my own.
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jooD DETECTIVE ANALYSIS.

naa q curious case two years ago. A
Wealtny man had been attacked with partial
paralysis, ana his speech and the greater
part OF bis memory had left him. He wrote
ont fne question, Where did ! put my
money Ihe amount was large, $52, 00o
N ponds, which he had been about to take
70 safe deposit building. The heirs were
wild. I stopped al the tearing up and
cushion pricklng business, for the man was
not q concealer,' though i was supposed
py tne doctors that be had FELT the attack
coming on ana had put the money In some
ou1-of-shs. way place ust how Or IN what
Spot ~ h's library ne had faiien, could not
% mace out. After days reelection my
partner ana had 70 conclude that he hed
peen roopea. Two courses were open p
" w couAa 1naxe sudden arrests without
any feai evluenoe' Always natoful confEa
.or = gooa oesecuse % take Or We must
nno sne exaes Spot where the man Seil, and
ms Up rom snat Inc doctors helped
y l'01e .ou naa oe'ser examine sna gem
.ieinai : pouy' uhey salu. Me aia e, and
'0una = iong nofazon'ai marx on tne mp,
ana oiue MARKS on the knee ana elbow. de
hAs' taiies hdewlse over an object not over
slA'een lncnes nign, anu nagins narrow,
rounded edge q metal Tor an iron mark
was round ON sne ciotning Every piece OF
FURNITURE IN the mouse was inspected, but to
no purpose. The heirs apparent were in
despair. We took all night to think the
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RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

Tn this connection II NAV ba interest;ps
b, consider br;afv die GENERAL cha,acter az
railway accidents. OF these collision il the
most fragment and moat fatal IN Ia a
necessary consequence If the fallib;lity Of
man. and however GREAT NAV The nresar.
tiona taken aca;,,st Il n IA aonhtfnl ,rbetbe,
3sc~ any ;ss.,,,,s..,,<s X ,,a, IL yhe,llx
escaped. Al the same time. since the cases
In which collisions occur between two
passenger trains are few as compared with
those between passenger trains and goods
trains, il seems that much vet remains to be
done 70 Iessen this danger. Goods trains.
for example. should never pass through
stations, experience proving that the shunt.
ing, which is chiefly carried out on the main
line is the commonest cause Of collision.
Among other Of the perils Of railway travel.
inc. the following NAV be briefly enumerat.
ed Trains leaving the rails travelling In
the wrong direction through points run
ming into stations AZ too bich speed hurst
irp of boilers or tubes of ENGINES and
failure Of machinery. wheels. and eanecial.
" Of axles. the brake apparatus. and
couplings. Il will be noticed that these are
all Of them due To locomotion.
But the danoers of the road itself are
scarcely less serious. Tbus. among constant
causes Of accidents NAV be included
Cattle or other obstructions ON line !. GATES
AZ level CROSSINGS. fa;Iura az br;doas a,
rails: and foods. The schedule Of &C.
,idents to passengers from causes other than
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-10-10
a CHILD rELEoRApHER..

Levi Judkins, son Of George Judkini
operator at the Western Union Office in
Claremont, N. H., began to send and re-
ceiye messages when he was seven years
old, operating entirely by sound with the
Morse system. In 1877, when Levi was
eight years, he was referred to In the Jour
nal Of the Telegraph Of May as probably
the youngest telegraph operator in the coun-
try, being good sender and able to receive
readily by sound, and writing good hand
for boy Of his age"
Mr.. Huntoon, the manager at White River
Junction, sent for Levi, previous to the
strike, TO work month or six weeks, as he
was short OF men. He went there, and
during his stay OF White River Junction,
after the strike had taken place, Superin-
tendent Gates, Of the fourth district, who
resides there, desired to transfer him to
Boston, where he had already placed a doz-
IN Of his operators; but the need Of his
help ct Claremont during the vacation Of
he manager compelled him to return, after
working about three weeks at White River
Junction.
His duty ct White River Junction was to
work the New York wire, upon which is re-
layed all the through business for the
mountain hotels and places on the line Of
the Passumpsic and Central Vermont Rail
roads as far as Montpelier. He can send
with either hand, and record the time OF
transmission with the hand that may be idle
equally well. He takes all press reportaa
and year since received all the election re-
turns at the Claremont office. It seems
sery peculiar to notice him leave his game
Of marbles, and taking his seat at the wire
receive by sound the fastest sending with
out break. Levi is quite small, and when
percbed upva bis stool ono would little sus
pect him possessing such remarkable talent.
He viii enter the Stevens High School, in
Clarsmont, In September, to pursue scien-
NO course u study.
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Aycung lady the other dav presented her
selfto the gsntlcmanly librarian Of our pub
lie librury and inquired Il An Idle Clergy
man" was in. Somehow things had got
mixed. II was finally evolved that the book
she desired was "A Reverend IDOL
LososH Cytixen.
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--Gold--G old--at Perrine 8 Cigar Store,
Church st. The Gold Cigar good as
sgold" for cents each.
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C. A. % G. III. SKILLMAN
Atformevs-at-

SOUTHEAST COR. BRIDGE AND UNION SITS,
LAMBERTvILLE, N. J.
Collections and all legal business Entrusted to
our care will receive prompt and faithful stten-
tion-
@. A. SKILLMAN, G. III. SKILLMAN,
coansellor-at-Lau. 4ftorney
July 2, 1879.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1883-09-20
SENTENCED.

There was a sad scene witnessed
in a Wisconsin court room the other
day. A msnacled young man, con-
victed of murder, stood up to be
sentenced. As the kind-hearted
Judge referred to the sorrowiug
mother, the prisoner wept like a
child. When the sentence was pros
nounced- State prison for life-he
shuddered and almost fell to the floor
at the thought of the living death
awaiting him
The youth was not a trough"
the police did not even call him a
"bad one" He was a smart boy,
but he drank and gambIed. He
did not murder his victim in cold
blood, but when drunk with whisky
and maddened by losses at the gam
ing-table.
There are scores of smart boys
who are beginning the terrible end,
where waits the entombing cell or
the gibbet of death If they would
gaze on the heart broken mother, or
listen to the clack of the youths
mauacles as be shudders at his sem
teuce, they might realize that they
are going, as he went, to destruction.
The man never lived who beat whis-
Ky and the faro bank, and continued
their slave Youths Companion.
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Vol. XVII. Marietta Ca THURSDAY MORNING. Sept
DON'T BE A DRONE.
IBoston Globe.

It is ementsble fact that in ev-
cry community there is class of in
diViduals who somehow or other, to
use their own expression, "can never
get ahead in the world" Sickness,
lack of useful vocation of apy kind,
or hard times, are some of the ex~
cuses given for their failure. There
is much truth 10 their statements.
and they are often to be pitied. But
there is another class simply droues
who use similar arguments to ex
plain their condition in life. These
latter, however, deserve no sym
patty. They are a nuisance They
do harm in community. they
care not for the scriptu al Injunction.
Whatsoever thy hand fudelh to do,
do it with all thy might" and con-
sequently thy never succeed in any
thing they undertake 10 fact, they
seldom undertake anything, Lazi
ness may or may DOT be catching"
yet it is unquestiooable that the
ranks of the drones never decrease
10 numbers
1t is we'll for young man 1st
starting out in life to remember that
every battle is won by pluck, tena
city and perseverance. This is not
new advice, but it is as valuable to
day as it was centuries ago when
philosophers first uttered 1t. If a
young nan enters q lawyers or doc
tors office as a student, he cannot
expect to get ahead in the world
unless he makes the best of the op
portunities there offered him
Young men do enter these profes
sions, however, study little and
then become drones. They forget
the aim they had in life, and hear
Jog of the success of some one else
in their ch 'sen vocation, they think
that there is some short road to
fame and fortune, and filter away
their time, and, like Wilkins Mi
cawber, wait for something to turn
10. 1t is the same with the business
mau's clerk. Often he is not con
tent to climb each round of the led
der, bnt be idly sits and waits for
some chance to jump at one leap to
the top.
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COBB county has a model farmer

COBB county has a model farmer $
cub formed recently 1t 10 called
the Ptenix, and last meeting it
spent whole day debating what is
the best wheat aud the b-st me bod
of planting. 1t proposes to establish
a dairy on the farm of each member
and sell butter branded with the
name of the club, and packed with
it's guarantee. A large dealer 10
Atlanta has just bought all the seed
barley the club had to sell at top
figures because it was sold with the
clubs guarantee So the club pro
poses to raise stock and sell onl Y
such animals as a-e approved by he
clubs committee There are special
committees on stock, fertilizers, i'm
pIements, buildings, etc, that report
at each meeting.
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BRO. GARDNER ON MArR1MoNY

II understand" began the Presi
dent of the Lime Kiln Club, as the
meeting opened IN due form, 'dat
quite a number of the members of
DIS club am gwine to be married
during de winter OATS all right,
an | wish 'em much joy, and shall
be glad to witness de obsequies of
each and ebery one. But want to
say few words in gineral. 10 de
fust place, am you gwine to marry
for love or for sort of business
partnership If you answer for love,
let me warn you to be sartin dat you
doan mistake tho sentiment. Many
a youog man who thought his heart
torn by love has plunged into mat
rimony to diskiver dat he simply
had an admiration for a thirty dollar
set of false teeth and high instep
If you answer for a sort of bizness
partnership, let me warn you not to
expect too much. You won't love
de woman, aud she won't trust you.
1t will be sort of boss trade in
which both parties will be cheated
aud both continue to be mad about
| it. You kin git along after fashion
and people who see her on your
arm at church won't know how you
fight at home.
"If you must marry, let common
sense have a show 10 de trausack>
shun. Doau go off yer feet bekase
you meet a gal who kin siog like a
robin, smile like o rose and jump off
a street car without botheIin the
driver to stop. A wife will have
much to do besides singing and cul-
tivating dimples. If you am gwine
to marry, ak yourselves how fur
ten dollars per week will go when di-
vided up fur clothes and pervishuns
and fuel and incidentals. Before
you fall in love wild girl who looks
too sweet fur anything 10 a red
plush sscque, kinder feger 90 how
many SIGH buds you income would
afford her. Before you am all broke
up on gal who plays de pianner,
talks French, paints landscapes and
reads poetry, jist sit down and fig
ger who am to cook yer meat and
taters. patch yer close, darn your
socks and help ye make twelve dol
lars worth of things Before you
let pair of Aashiu eyes and Guns
min dinpie captivate ye, LOOK around
little an see if de owner has got a
temper like a wildcat. Marriage
am lottery simply bekase people
take each odder insight and unseen.
Let us now prOguosticate to bizness
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A CoNVICr's STORY.
Born and Reared in Luxury, He Is Dy
ing IN Felon's Cell.


ing IN Felon's Cell.
A convict known as Henry Rob-
inson, Who lies at the point of death
in Fulton Jail, from the effects OF
wounds received while attempting to
escape, adds annther to the romantic
chapters of aristocrscy in crime
He is a remarkably handsome man,
thirty five years of age, and says
that he was born 10 Kentucky, of an
sristocratic family, but refuses to
dlvuIge the name He admits hav
ing always been the black sheep of
the fl ok. but boasts that be has one
brother that is now in the United
States Congress. and another who is
on the retired list of the army.
Having saved two Thousand dollars,
he went to Bluff Springs, Florida,
determined to lead an upright life
A few months later be fell 10 love
with lady holding fine social pc
s,tion 10 that place and married her
On bis return to Florida from his
Wedding trip be had but $25 of the
$4,000 left Realizing that bis Pc
sition made money a necessity, he
determined to cure il at one stroke
Telling his wife that be was going to
secure a legacy left him by rela
tive, he came t. LaGrauge, Ga ,
and learning that certain safe con
tanned 81 700 determined to blow it
open and secure the money The
first night be failed to get into the
safe the second night he succeeded
bnt secured only SIS, the rest of the
money having been removed that
day.
The robbery created sensation
in the town. and r binson was soon
detected ard sentenced, as al eady
narrated The prison off ;ials,
among ~h IN was the late Dr. Raines,
do not doubt the prisoners story
about his antecedents, as every &C.
ion bespeaks culture and fiae breed
ing
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Pomeroy's Democrat tells the fol
lowing unique story; "Some years
ago we had in our employ a man
who several times day ran out of
the office to buy a drink of whisky
Every time be went out the cashier
vas instructed to drop ten cents n
the drawer to our credit AT tn
end of sevt nteen months the man
who had gone out so often had drunk
himself out of good situation, aud
the drawer when opened 8 found
to contain S409. which We loaned to
a young mechanic a. 7 per cent IN
ter est, who used it to purchase set
Of timers tools. Ga the 10Th OF
February, 1876, be returned 1t to
US with interest, saying III bis letter
that be bad a wife, two children and
property worth So 900 The other
fellow is hummer, hunting food