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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-03-30


put in. Until l began to keep my own
chalks l had no idea how much your
till swallowed up. You would not trust
me for a pint, but 1 can have my
money out of the bank whenever /
want it"
"1hst's something" said Mr.. Rewitt,
tartly.
eft is everything to q man who has
wife and children to keep" replied
Jerry. "The best OF US have g ckness
and trouble and rainy days, and then
it is q great thing to have something
to fall back upon. 1t is better to keep
yourself than TO go to the parish.
There's another thing, too, about these
chalks of mine-your's went down be-
fore my wife and children were fed ;
mine so down after that's done.
think that my chalks are the better of
the two So l say to all, Chalk your
own door,"
Mr.. Rewitt had nothing 10 say; he
could not deny it, and he could not
admit it, but took refuge like other
heather men, in fight. With the
boots under his arm he hastened home
and presented himself before his wife
in q rather excited condition.
What is the matter, Richard 2" she
asked.
Nothing particular" he replied,
Except that Jerry MIDDLE has Joined
the temperance lot, and he seems SO
firm in it that 1 don't believe he will
ever touch drop again"
Richard Rewitt, of the "0ram Arms,
was right. And Jerry, who bears the
name of Middle no longer, but is
called by the name to which he is en-
titled by right of birth, viz, that OF
Marden, has not touched . drop oil
strong drink from the day of his re-
formation to this. His door has been
filed again and again with the score he
records in his own favor, and the beer
he has not drank is everywhere around
him in tee form of comfortable home
q respectable amount in the bank, and
a goodly investment in q building
society.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-03-30

The Transvaal is again demanding
attention. The Beers have been max
ing many attacks upon the native
chiefs, and many EnglisAmen feel that
it is the duty of their country to inter-
fere for the protection of the latter
The government, however, is very
much disinclined to assume new obi
cations in that quarter, Lord Derby
saying that the use of force would
only tend to create an African Ire.
land.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
A WONDERFUL MAN.

The st. Louis Globe Democrat
says: Abner G. McIlrath. who kept
famous hotel for thirty six years
six miles from Cleveland on Euclid
avenue, has been gathered to his
stalwart fathers. He was u mighty
fox hunter and remarkable athlete.
Six feet 81 inches tall, his average
weight was about 264 pounds. but
yet he is said to have frequently on
foot run down foxes. He once
lifted with his hands from the ground
an iron shaft weighing 100 pounds,
which would be equal to lifting
double that weight were he har-
messed with straps to weights and
allowed to lift under the best ad-
vantage. Two men would hold
string two inches above his head,
and he would step back two or three
steps and jump over it without touch
ing it, making the leap about feet
0 inches in height. He has been
known. rather than to lead his horse
around to the other side of the barn,
to put his long arms under horse
and lift it up to the floor of the
barn, which happened to be three
feet above the ground. In Buf
falo he oncs wrestled with and threw
with ease Charley Freeman, the
"American giant" who aftcrward in
England defeated the "Tiptop Slash
err in a prize fight. Another
feat of the Old tavern keeper was
his chase On horseback of fox one
December over frozen Lake Erie
far from sight of land. He lived to
the age of 20 years, having been a
paralytic for the last four years of
life as a result of exposure during
a fox hunt. He was borne to his
grave Saturday by six Of his tall
sons, four of whom ARE 6 feet
Il inches high, and the othsr two
just six feet. and whose combined
weight is 1905 pounds.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
ROASTED ALIVE.


This terrible story is told from FL
mira, y. u. under date of December
5th: A hidiouS accident occurred
upon the Lehigh Valley Railroad to-
day ut Bummertield, a small station
between Tonawanda and Wyalusing:
The horror consisted not so much in
the loss of life as in the terrible man
ner in which the lives were lost.
Train No. 8, due at Elmira at SIS.
owing to misplaced switch ran into
freight train standing ON the south
bound track at Reemertield, and the
engines crashing into each other
were reduced to ruins. The baggage
and express cars were thrown from
ID to 20 feet from the track. The
wreck was complete The baggage
man and expressman were thrown ON
| top OF the cars, receiving serious but
not fatal injuries. The first sleeping
car was thrown up on the tender of
the passenger engine, and three
freight cars laden with hay were
piled up promiscuously on the
wreck, and the debris at once took
fire. Then cnsued a most heart
rending scene. The engineer, n.
Faulke, of Waverly, stood in the
midst of the burning mass, in plain
view of the spectators, but could not
move as his right leg was caught in
the iron and timbprs as if in wise
All his efforts to release himself from
the fire rearing around him were
vain He could only stand there and
look death in the face. 1t came
slowly, surely and cruelty. The
crowd did what they could to reach
and save him, but the heat was too
intense. The man was gradually
roasted before his friends and com
panions, who were unable to give any
succor. There was no tiinching
about the unhappy man, however.
He stood up and calmly directed .he
efforts of the men who were trying
to save him. Even while the scald-
ing steam was stripping the flesh
from his bones he shouted to the by
standers to cut the cab away, but
this could not be done on account of
the fearful heat from the burning
hay. Flames from this ignited tho
express baggage car, and next the
sleeper that had been piled on top of
the engine, so that Faulke was speed
lily beyond all human aid. The spec
tators could only turn their heads
away from the horrid sight. The
fireman of the freight train, Leander
kingsman, of Waverly, was missed
from the first. His body was sub
sequently found under the charred
timbers of the trains. Both men
have wives and children. No passen-
gers, fortunately, were injured. The
accident is the most serious that has
happened on the Lehigh Valley Rail
way in may years. and blocked the
road nearly all day. The unrecog-
nizable remains of the engineer and
fireman have been taken to their
homes at Waverly.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
ROBERT FULTON.

E:,isrt Fulton. celebrated for the
successful Introduction of steam
navigation. was born in PENNSYLVANIA
in l7G5. He received common
school education. went To Philadel
phia al the age Of seventeen. and was
a miniature painter. Even mechani
cal pursuits mingled with these of
the artist He went to England and
while there abandoned the profession
Of painter and adopted that of Il
civil engineer In December. 1906.
he returned to New York and at once
devoted himself to his plans for sub
marine war and steam navigation.
10 steam navigation Fulton's atten-
ton had early been turned. he having
written to Earl Stanhope. respecting
the moving of ships by means of
steam. in Sept. l793 After much
experimenting in naval architecture,
Fulton. late in 1893. constructed a
working model of his intended boat.
and at the same time commenced
building a vessel &c feet i'll length
and S feet in width. When finished
it did not move with the speed that
was expected. In the same year,
however. he sent an order to " att and
Boulton for steam engine to pro
pei boat of large size. which was
completed and reached New York i'll
1906. For this new machinery he
planned Il boat that was completed
and fitted i'll 1907 and named Cler-
mont. Its progress through the
I've miles an hour Ir the course Of
the ensuing winter the boat WAS en-
largcd, and SO completely WAS the
utility of the invention established
that the Legislature contracted to ex
tend the exclusive privilege to Mr..
Livingston and Mr. Fulton of naviga
ting the state waters by steam five
years for every additional boat, pro
vided the whole term should not ex
coed thirty years. From this time
on, he was closely employed in mat
ters connected with steam navigation,
until in Jan, 1915, being called AZ
a witness before the Legislature of
New Jersey. Fulton on his return was
exposed to the inclemency of the
weather, while crossing the Hudson
in an open boat, and contracted a
severe illness. which subsequent ex
posture rendered fatal His death
was recognized as public calamity.
Fulton was married in 1906 to Miss
Harriet Livingston. a relative of the
chancellor His success in interest
ing capital and official influence in
the prosecution of his projects indi-
Gates the possession of uncommon
tact, energy, patience, and enthusi
asm. To these qualities We're added
Gentlemanly address and manners.
He was emincntly popular in his life
time, and his name is still regarded
with ailectionatc veneration by his
cOuntrympn.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
NEWS ITEMS.

Minneapolis is turning ont p I.0M
barrels of flour per day.
Next years beef crop in Texas is
expected to fall little short.
In Ohio the dogs kill $4,000 sheen
IN a year and iniure as many more.
There were completed in November
!49 OIL wells, producing 17S6 barrels
daily.
The Pennsylvania company has or
dered Do new locomotives and 5000
cars.
Gov. Stanford's residence in San
Francisco is offered for sale at 81 900
| 100000.
The Gazette Medicale places the
number of bodies dissected in the
Ecole Pratique and the Clamart
Anatomical Theater during the past
three years at 10,144. 1t would be
interesting to know how they were
all obtained.
With only 1900 population, Union
Springs, N. Y, has eight churches.
The last, now being built, has only
one male and six female members.
1t is the result of legacy, requiring
It's erection within stated period to
prevent the money from going in
another direction.
Captain Allen May of Missouri
county, at the ripe age of IOI. has
taken out license to marry Il maiden
Of nineteen.
Lotta, the actress. has Just obtained
Judgment for $4,000 against Bos
ton firm with whom she was speculat-
ing in cotton.
The Greenback vote in Missouri
for President in 1850 was 35, 135; for
governor, 36,3l0; and in 1882, for
supreme judge. it was 80, ,407.
The official embezzlements in Rus
sla are estimated at 10000, 600 roubles
for the year 1882. The star reuters
will hang their heads in shame.
The governors Of the thirteen origi-
nal States are each expected to at
tend the Newburg, n. Y. centennial
with one hundred mon in Continental
uniform.
New Zealand has had wonder
ful hop crop this year. Soil and
climate both favor the production,
and there are plenty of colonists who
understand the culture.
The Rev j. p. Jay, of Memphis,
refused communion to an excommun
icated member of his church, and the
latter attempted to whip him. The
dominic was equal TO the occasion,
and the other is in the hospital.
The seventeenth anniversary of the
wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah
Hurd, of Bennington. VT. has just
been celebrated in the house where
they began housekeeping. They are
81 and 81 years of age respectively.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
RECOGNIZING THE CoNFEDERhCY.

The following extract from the pen
OF Redpath will be read with interest:
During the late war. Ingersoll raised
a regiment of cavalry and com
manded it, and was assigned to the
Western Department. He WIS i'll the
battle of Shiloh and several other en-
gagcmcnts. On one occasion he was
commanded to guard ford. with in
structions to delay an advancing
army OF the enemy as long as possible,
in order that his army might make
certain counter movements. He held
his position as long as he could do it,
but the enemy came up in such over
whelming force that he had no other
alternative left but to give the order
to rctreat-every man as best he
could to save himself.
AS Col. Ingersoll was galloping
away with his men, as fast rs their
horses could get over the ground, his
horse stumbled in a lanc and threw
him. just as he fell, several balls
struck the log near him, and on look
ing up he saw two or three of tho foe
raising carbincs at him. With charac-
t, ri tic quickness and presence of
mind, lie shouted at the top of his
voice: Hold on there. don't make -
fools of yourselves. I've been doing
nothing for tho past five minutes but
wishing for a chance to recognize
your ---Confederacy"
A Southern officer ordered the men
to stop, and they all laughed at the
unknown Yankees impudencc, and
then took him prisoner At that time
he was little known outside of Illinois
and Indiana.
AS he is one of the wittiest and best
takers in America, in private as well
as on the stump, he was soon great
favorite, and Forest, whose command
captured him, treated him with tho
greatest consideration, once telling
him that he would get him changed
the first chance that was offered, be-
cause he was getting so-popular
that he began to be afraid he would
take his men away from him. He was
not exchanged, believe. but paroled
and sent home. This ended his mill
tary history.
Ingersoll said of his career: Il
was not tit for soldier; I never saw
our men fire but l thought Of the
widows and orphans they would
make, and wished they would miss"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19

1t is recorded that in the year 1871
a poor old man, residing in Taren-
tum, near Naples, was the subject of
very marvellous change at the age
of nearly 90 His skin peeled off, it
is said, and a new, soft and smooth
skin supplied its place: his muscles
became plump and yielding; the
wrinkles disappeared from his face,
and the white hairs from his head
the fresh complexion of youth re-
placed the one, and dark, curly locks
the other Fifty years later he again
became decrepit with a second age;
and he died after he had passed his
150th year!
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19


Won't come back
Till he's tight.
Little girl. do you know whose
house this is?' said Il solemn-looking
old man of a bright child seated on
the church steps. Yes, sir,its Gods;
but he amt in" she added. as the old
gentleman was about to walk up the
steps: ''and His agents gone to EuI
rope" 8
A new hymn has been written en-
titled ''Never give up" The chez
leader who selects that for singing
while the contribution plate is going
round will be fired ont by the dea-
cons.
The London Lancet says that a
moderate use of tobacco is not in
furious. BY moderate. not enough to
hurt, Is meant, and the opinion is a
remarkably wise ole, for a doctor.
How can | can tell whether the
unknown author of a novel is man
or woman! - Edith. Read the
novel. If every five pages the hero
''lit Il cigar" it's a woman.
Josh Billings says: None of the
humorists of the present day will
last Then thinking of himself. he
adds, mentally, present company
excepted"
The Study of History-Grandpa
And SO you like Edward VI best;
but why?" Mary: We'll, then, be-
cause-he's only page and half
long
Ont in Ohio they revive n tainted
man by putting piece Of Limburger
cheese to his nose. If there's any
life i'll him, he gets up and travels.
We often hear actors speak of my
tailor" my shocmaker.' my attor-
ncy," etc. but who ever heard one
speak of my pawnbrokcr?"
Among the poorer classes blood is
about the only thing that circulates
freely all the year round, and yet it
is all in vein.
a st. Louis man has had l6 differ
ent attacks of delirium tremens. and
he says menagerie is a positive bore
to him.
On the bill of fare in restaurant
of Rio Janerio is dish called
"Aristu." 1t is intended for Irish
stew.
One of the best known business
men in Mobile is DIR. Damrich. He
ought to be happy.
Having run his rig rs Il donkey,
Oscar Wilde now wants to be a pro
fessional beauty.
The jaws of English mailens are
wagSling over American chewing
gum.
BY some strange freak of nature
great many donkcys have only two
legs.
The presence of two watch chains
often indicates tho absence of tick.
Red hair catches on among the
fashionables this season.
OF nil the Irish cities Dublin is the
most troublin'.
The cheese that is mitey will pre-
vail.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
REST.
EY FATHER RYAN.

My feet arc wearied, and my hands are
My soul oppressed:
And with desire have long desired
Rest-only rest.
'Tis hard to toll, when toll Is almost vain,
In barron ways:
'Tis hard to SOW. and never garner grain
In harvest days.
The burden Of my days is hard to bear,
But God kEows best:
And have prayed-but vain has been my
prayer
For rest-sweet rest.
'Tis hard to plant i'll spring. and never reap
The aItumn yield:
'Tis hard to till, and when It's titled to
Ger fruitless field.
And SO cry. 4 weak and human cry,
So heart oppressed:
And SO | sigh, u weak and human sigh,
For rest-rest.
My way has wound across the desert years.
And cares infest
My path: and through the flowing of hot
pine for rest
Twas always so: when still child laid
On mothers breast
My wea!ied little head, cen then Iprayed
As now, for rest.
And am restless still: twill soon be DER,
For, down the west,
Life's sun is setting, and l see the shore
Where l shall rest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19

Australia, with Tasmania, is only a
little less in size than Europe. The
hottest climate in the world probably
occurs in the desert interior Of Aus
tralia. Capt. Stuart hung a ther-
mometer on tree shaded from both
sun and wind. 1t was graduated to
127 deg. Fahrenheit; yet so great was
the heat of the air that the mercury
rose till it burst the tube, and the
temperature must have been at least
12S deg. Fahrenheit it-apparently the
highest ever recorded in any part of
the world. For three months Capt.
Stuart found the mean temperature
to be over 10l deg. Fahrenheit in
the shade. Nevertheless, on the
southern mountains and table lands
three feet Of snow sometimes falls in
n day. Snow storms have been known
to last three weeks, the snow lying
from four to fifteen feet in depth, and
burying the cattle.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19

EUROPEAN FoREsTs.-A consider
able portion of the wealth of Europe
is derived from its forests. Those of
Germany, for instance, which extend
over some 34,0O0,0O0 acres. produce
an annual income of S50,000,OO0
Germany's imports of timber never
theless exceed her exports by over
2.O0o,00O tons. Austria and Hungary
have about 43,000,00O acres of forests.
Italy, whose forests extend over Ia, =
100000 acres, is unable, ON account
of her bad roads, to do much in the
timber trade. Spain possesses about
S,50O,000 acres in forest, but is about
as badly off as Italy in the way of
roads. Portugal, while possessing
only about 100000 acres, finds a
very good market for her timber.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19

Mrs. Mary Austin, of Washing
ton, GA, who recently died, had been
the mother of forty-four children.
Among her children were six sets Of
triplets.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
A MURDERESS.

Following is an outline of a re-
markable murder committed more
than two years ago near Arkadelphia,
Ark, the trial of which has just been
concluded by the discharge Of the de
fendant: The examination of wit
nesses in the Stephens murder case
began to-day. Several witnesses for
the prosecution were examined,
among them Vim. III. Stephens, father
of Malinda Stephens, the murdered
girl. The main points of evidence
for the prosecution are as follows:
On the morning of the 26th of April.
1850, Sarah Stokes and Elizabeth
Shelton passed the house of Ste
phens. As they passed the Stephens
house they had some jocular conver-
sation with deceased In about an
hour and half or two hours they
returned and stopped at Stephens
house and called for Mrs. Stephens,
who went to the fence. Miss Stokes
inquired of what Jane Stephens was
mad at her about, to which Mrs. Ste
phens replied that it was on account
of certain tales she (Stokes) had told
in the neighborhood. This was fol-
lowed by a quarrel, participated in
largely by Miss Stokes and Mrs.
Shelton, but in which very little was
said on the other side. At the be-
ginning of the conversation only Mrs
Stephens and Mrs Kesterson were
present, but at the end, 10 or Is min
utes later, Malinda Stephens, the de-
ceased, and the witnesses. Mary and
Ben Stephens, came up. They took
no part in the quarrel,put were silent
listeners to some remark made by
Mrs. Stephens. Miss Stokes told her
she told lie; Malinda Stephens for
the first and only time spoke, saying:
:" You can't say that" and immedi-
ately stepped over the fence, which
was low. and started toward her.
About the time she made the advance
Miss Stokes began 10 unbuttOn her
riding skirt and by the time deceased
reached her she jumped from her
horse and as she descended struck
the blow which proved SO fatal.
None of the witnesses saw the knife
until after tho wound was inflicted.
Because Of an insinuation that he
had not properly accounted for
money furnished by the Rev. DIR.
Curry, agent of the Peabody Fund
for holding normal institutes, and
other persons, the Rev. j. W. Denton,
Arkansas, State Superindent of Pub
lie Education, committed suicide at
Fayetteville. The charges against
him had been fully disproved, but in
judicious persons kept reiterating
them, and thus drove the unfortu
nate man to his doom.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19

MIR. Greeley used to say that an
apple tree is like a cow tied to a
stake; you must carry food to it or
it will die.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19

An Ohio man named Weaver an
nounces that he is King of America
and Great Britain, and that he owns
both countries.