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The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-11-02

The case of Ferdinand Ward, who
fGcetiously welcomes II ten years sen
tence as n boon, when if he had been
acquitted on the first charge he stood II
chance of getting about two hundred,
is like almost everything else, not with
out a precedent 1t recalls theyconvic-
ton and sentence TO the penitentiary at
Detroit of the United States marshal
for one of the districts of Arkansas u
couple of years ago. He was tried for
embezzlemcnt of public funds. The
evidence of guilt was plain. He hal
been q prominent member of fash
ionable Church, the superintendent of Il
| Sunday school and was considered Il
pattern of morality. He was especially
the fayorite Of ladies and children. His
| defense was feebly conducted and
caused his friends much surprise. An
old and intimate friend cXpostulated
with him for his apparent Indifference
| to his personal interests and urged him
| to make statement that would to some
extent enable his friends to think better
of him. lie declined to take this step.
When pushed to give reason for
| HAS "I'AtAAs Nv lNl'llS'l as lVIipN = e
| The charge against me Is for pur-
Joining large sum of money, from
! 81 600 to $50 900. Let this stand us
proven. My Indifference in the matter
is explained by this conclusion to which
l have arrived, My penalty will be
probably from five to seven years.
see no surer way of corning 81, 900
clear Of all expenses than by serving
out the sentence. 1t is matter Of
calculation and thought on my part. +"
Ferdinand Ward seems to have the
same eye to the main chance. He
doubtless has his plums preserved and
expects TO enjoy them after serving ont
his term, returning to the world at 10
years of age with sufficiently long
lease Of life before him to enjoy the
fruits Of his knavery.
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General Manager,
FRANK VRlGG. Eastern Passenger Agent,
TclpuhOnc call 5lS-3
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1885-01-22
MlDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO. PENN'A JANUARY a. 1885

cd ber. she was such wee midge,
of thing, was curled down besid,
EN-. with her Dolly in her arms, fas
asleep.
II couldn't thi;ik CT letting Mimi,
go" says John, she looked so mucl
like her.mother. Au' rbo'a always
took to me, so sho wouldn't be con,
tented away from me-" An then he
reached over an kissed her; au' I saw
a tear shining on her face in the can
delight.
IAN little Georgie's always been
mothers boy says.l, choking up
again at the thought of letting him
go. "He sets by me more u the rest.
some way. | wouldn't part with
him. Amt he pretty, John ?" an
| held the candle SO it could shine
on his yellow hair.
"Yes, he's bright, dear little
boy, says John, proud as he could
he OF the little fellow. if he was
mothers boy" "but you wouldn't
think OF letting him have Dottie
Dimple. would you 2" an declare.
bis voice shook 30 he. could hardly
speak plain.
"Ob, no, no " says J, breaking
right down, an | reached down and
hugged little Dimplo mp tight to me.
There shan't anybody have little
Dimple while I'm alive T.
II don't sec how we can spare any
OF en-, says John, 4 don't believe
wo can
1--WE cant" says I I'm willing
to work twice as hard, John, but
amt willing to let the children go.
God give 'em to us to keep, an it
wouldn't be right
An then, ma'am, we kiesed EN-,
every one, an we wrote back TO I'm
Gle William that we could spare mono
OF them, An he sent down lot OF
things the next week. enongh to
last us half the winter, till John got
well, anyway-an' he wrote he didn't
blame US bit. 81 wouldn't have
let ono 80 if l was in your place
says he,
You SEQ, ma'um, it's hard to tell
which one you can spare best, an
YOU need 'cm all. Bless the urar
They're deal of comfort,
an they do help us so much more'n
any oue'd think, ma'am. If we'd n
dozen, | dare cay we'd 6ud it just as
hard TO let one so.
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Continued from ida ,reeN)
How Natch Cases are Made.

The many great improvements intro
duced in the manufacture of the Jas. Boss'
Gold Watch Case, have led to similar i'm
provements in tho making Of silver cases.
Under the old methods, each part Of a
silver case was made of several pieces Of
metal soldered together, requiring great
amount Of cutting and soldering, which
soAened tho metal and gave it the pliability
Of lead rather than the elasticity of silver.
Under the improved methods, each part
Of the Keystone Silver Watch Case Is made
of one solid piece Of metal hammered into
shape. The advantages are readily sppar.
ent, for every one knows that hammering
hardens the metal while soldering soi,ensit
To test the superiority Of the Keystone
Silver Watch Case, take one Of 8 OF. weight,
press it squarcly in the center when closed,
and it will not give, while . case of sams
weight Of amy other make will give enough
tobreak the crystal. The Keystone Silver
Watch Case is made only with silver cap
and gold joints.
Send sat stamp to Ksysssss wah oss vsssssss ram.
dsipha f for handsome ustsa,sd Ps.pAiss Lov
'sAs bssS sss ksyssoas "sssA cssss sss usts.
S1s h ssst.ns>d) .
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aimed ut him. Her fiusl trick was
conclusive. IL Consisted in sudden
| ly pulling her skirts clear of his
trousers, md deliberately eo.ting
her feet 40 far in the other direction
~ the end Of the car would permi,
Nobody doubted that the dear, do
mnre creature bad lbeeu grossly in
suited. A man atoso from lha op
pOsito sido.
"WIll you exchange seats will
ne = Lc very gallln,ly aud polite.
ly said, lifting his hat most de.
fcrcntially.
Now, he had been foremost
among the original oglcrs-,b,
yoricst simpleton Of them all.
Thank you, sir she replied. n.
bland rs n white hoifcr, "bui / pre-
fer to sit beside hy husband
Thus, with the same stone she
killed that vulturc bird and the
dove.ma'o whom she had undertake
en to instruct as to tho philosophy
Of mnle gallantry.
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TIE STREET GIRL.

A few nights ago while stood OF
tue corner OF Franklin aud Nassau
streets waiting for car, yer,
small and ragged girl came up auo
asked mo i would buy paper,
sqid wouldn't. She said:
"Well, it don't make no difcr.
encc. | ANT got any papers any
how
"Do yon cell papers for living ?
NO. Mo muddcr does. She's II
landy, che il, an don't make ne
error"
"Why don't yon help her -
Cause amt goin, on eight
years yet. When | bees goin. OF
eight, I'll help her. That's wbn,
onr family Olwnys does Me- three
sisters didn't do nawthin till they
wuz eight"
Are they selling papers now :"
mop. They're sowin' books
(book agonD. They're playin' in big
luck now, too. They re ladies. Tm
II Eld.'
."o "." "'l'rJ' i" -.., - t,.
griiny little fists clutched her skirts
on either side as sho hopped N. .and
down to keep warm. Finally sic
made the customary request OF II
coin, and after had searched aud
found mono, she danced ont on the
sidewalk, shouted bnck q few sen
tences OF. the vilest vltuporation,
jumped on tho step of n bob tall car,
and went sailing up tho street -
Bahleey HaH IN Chicago Tribune
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MY SERE AND YELLOW DOG.
THE MISHAPS OF A MAN WHO ADOPT
ED A CANINE.

When l moved into the country,
some time ago, l came to the con
clusion that l must have dog to be
happy. So l got ope-an old-gold
dog with ono ear and no tail HeI
was gift dog, and l never stared
him in the mouth when lie had no
muzzle on.
had not owned him more than
two days before began to under-
stand why the man who gave him to
me parted with him 30 freely. 1t
was because he was sucba mischiev-
ous dog. lie was the kind of dog
that you could be fond OF, stuffed,
under n glass case.
When | got him he was shedding
his hair with the swiftness and pro-
digiality of cheap tooth brush, and
every time he saw me with velvet
ulsi or on, he would make it point
to lump on me and cover me with
bis awful mayonnaise hair. Every
thing in the house that had plush on
it, from the chair cushions to the
family photoeraph-album, had more
or less dog hair on it in fact, there
was hair enough lying around tc
cover four dogs.
He shed his hair 30 fast that
stopped worrying, in the firm belle
that he would be entirely bald in
day or two. But he never got bald
y For every hair that fell out four neS
: ones seemed to come in to keep NJ
the aftermath.
, He had many unpleasant habits
/ When I wanted u go anywher
alone he would insist on following
y me and when l called him he woul'
turn and run for his life, under th
!, impression that he was going to b
y cuffod and beaten.
He had no virtue as watch dog
: He wouldn't watch anything tha
y he conldn't eat, and he only watche
a that long enough to get q chance t
q steal it. He had q great habit Q
burying his food in my bed. II
70 would carry all sorts OF bones mp
n stairs, and get under the clothe
!. with them, aud leave them there
n Then, in the middle OF the night,
II would roll over and get all tbos
Is bones right in the small OF my bacl
/, and be madder than ever was sine
\. ii slept With my lesser brother, wh
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ate crackers In bed.

ate crackers In bed.
Another unhappy trick Of the
dogs was to rush into iny room in
the morning and Jump on the bed,
and commenced walking and run
ming on me. would fropucntly
wake rs from nightmare, tud find
Tho dog walking on my eyes After
yawning and wiping the dog out Of
my eyes, would hurl him on the
floor with q dull, sickeniug thui,
aud that would be the last Of him
until breakfast timc.
| called him Arthur, nf.er Kiup
Arthur Of the Table Round. because
he vas always round The tublc.
The most diilicnlt thing ever
undertook to do was to ptt Arthur
out at uight. | could push him out
through the door, but he would al
ways rush back before | could close
it, and be under the table looking at
me to SEQ what | was going to do
next. Tho only way | could get
bin out ont was to carry him, close
tho door after me, deposit him on
the ground, and climb in through
window. Then Arthur won,d set
howl. and keep IL mp until ! was
glad to let him in for tho sake OF
peace.
1t was very difficult to catch him
when he didn't want 10 bo caught
| have fishod for him With a meat-
covered pickerel hook, aud chased
him with n scoopnet in va y
One day ! set large ra trap for
foxes cut in the hennery mud cover
ed it with straw. 1t was baited |
with mutton. Arthur smellsd it in
his rnmbles, and put his noso down
on it little too hard for, before
ho knew it, the saw-edged scmicir.
cles, jumped off the floor, grabbed
him behind tho ears, and asphyxiat-
cd him on tho spot.
Ho now sleeps beneath tho OK
eyed daisies, where the ruzzle, the
brick, and the small boy bloom not.
-Puck.
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4 BRIDE WELL Po3TED.

self evident says Clara BCllo III the
Cincinnati EnQuirer, that every
man will defend n womon against oil
men except himself. If you
haven't noticed it Tread j,
you have only to look for it an hour
or 50 in any place OF mixture Of the
sexes. Clap your eyes on pretty
woman without male escort, aud two
phenomena will become obvious
Firstly, thoro will be large amoant
of open and covert staring at her. to
all uf which her ob!iyouiness is of
co urse only assumed. secondly, II
one of the starers happoae to real
ize that others are at the same
he will maifest plainly LIS disgust at
such treatment Of an unprotected
beauty, utterly ignoring his own
offense.
A husband and wife got into n
street car. The man was somewhat
dudish in dress. TIN woman WAS
under twenty, and rs pretty as na.
ture and art are in thehabit Of COM
bining to produce. They were
chatting on the very ubject that l
have here introduced.
"Percival, DEAR" sal she, 81 will
prove to you that | al right, and
take only ten minutes to do it, if
you'll promise not get angry
about it,
i He closed tho contra. Then she
drow herself up, as thoyh tho hus-
band sitting beside hewas an en-
tire stranger, and WED for the
car to fill with passengs at Union
} Square.
Now, she whispere behind her
fan, "observe how l amgled when
] alone"
, Within five minutes,e saw that
/. half dozen masculir passengers,
' from hoary age to calioyoutb, eyed
o his bride with more orss audacity,
and several manifest would not
have needed the smalli beginning
0 OF wink on her part seize upon
& then and there. Thapart of the
d exhibition was triumfor the wife,
Q but the most curious iture OF her
e experin ent remained be tried.
"You certainly do m to attract
I. q great deal Of admirsn," said the
t husband, supposing It the pre-
d tended strangeness wat an end.
o She lifted her eyelws in sim
II ulated surprise, as thsh an imper.
9 tinent fellow had un 'rantedly ac>
y costed her, and pointq turned her
IS face from him. He erstood her
.. now, and did not speto her fur
l ther. Next, she drewer shoulder
10 away from contact th his. By
:, this time the spectatlwere believ.
70 ing that he was annoy her dread-
olfully, and ssornful anees we're
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TWO scNooITEliows.

~ Me hill and valley,
Uv1wn by the steam.horso's power
~ pilroad King is.speedinS
M miles an hour!
n5nnts his wealth by millions,
counts his men;
len thousand miles Of cleaning
rails
waves his sceptre-pen.
diamonds Of the coal mines,
e.toil.the miners grim,
the gold Of the waving corniields
" tribute unto him.
bale and worn Is this monarch;
III ee'iing is the eye
re which the smiling country
b.. .flitting and whirling by.
he sees but does not notice
y farmer rein old dray
ne crossing,to let the special pass,
esding upon its way.
wart and strong Is Farmer John,
hi bronzed with sun aud weather,
wife" he laughs, you'd never
N think
and ] were. boys together.
that shadow, silent and sly,
bigger than my arm,
bwns n hundred millions; I
ave only you and the farm;
q, Lord" laughs Farmer John;
e who'd change'
Dor fellow. he never sees
Iupland meadow of clover red,
pr blossoining apple-troes.
only hears the changing wheels
'hd the engines whistle shrill;
y are the humming of the bees
I'D the wild birds musical thrill.
while in the dusty town he
tolls
toll that ne'er is done,
-derf the to merry song
bur- wind and sun.
&uri
pa" be jogging behind old |
tray
IN earth his bones shall lie.
'ng do these meadows keep the
sound
MS bWIIl nam IOssIsII.s ~
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A white lie often told makes q
black story.
The want of money is the root Of
much evil.
Egotism 10 an alphabet with ope
letter.
The late campaign is said 10 have
cost Ben Butler $250,000.
Forty-eight women bold positions
as bank cashiers in Dakota.
Luxuries A? Why, they come from
the Latin word lux, meaning light,
And what do luxuries tighten : Your
pocketbook, boy, your pocketbook.
Candidate st. johns troubles null
tiply rapidly. In recent spescl:
he said: "To get drunk is folly
but the bibulous compositor put it i.
ITO get drunk is Jolly"
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WHICH.

- 1'ro quite right. 1t is
|3 II yea -. us to keep six children
beo,. and food, these hard
IN typ ~ nothing of John an
endit lad to work hare before,
Jap. ,h we had all we could do
b! 81 both ends meet, an if 1t
.rd then, you can see ma'am,
At it can't be near 30 easy now,
u you know, ma'am love helps us
er hard work wonderfully, an
len we're working for the chill
Zen, we don't mind it 30 much.
bhn an | found that ont.
You see John was sick last vim
r, all the first Of it, an You know,
a'am, with six children's mouths
fill, it hadn't been possible to lay
Up much money against sickness
] managed to save Bispence now
Ind then, an put away in the old
blue teapot on the cupboard there
but as soon as John took sick tht
money seemed to melt right away
qt was gone the first | knew, an
didn't know where any more wa
coming from. But | begin to think
ma'am, there's nlvays something
body can do if he's willing and he
got some one to work for. So
looked about an good luck was Of
my eide, for ] got job of MAXIM
vests for q shop down town al
though il didn't bring ina great dof
it brought in something, an as
said to John, when he otto frettin
over it, Something's q good de'
better'n nothing"
don't you you worry" says l
81 won't see you an the childre
~ i've yet awhile. You've worke
r.A .solf all out for us, an now it
49,, T. IN to do something and Ii
you rest up"
But it was hard work keeping tt
wolf outside, ma'am. The childre
had such big appetites that it use
TO scare me too sec the bread GO
but some way, ma'am, for all that,
always enjoyed seeing 'em eat
did me 30 much good, you see' A
I'm sure | don't know what shou
have done without the children
help me.
There was Mary. She was t
years old last Christmas, an it wor
have done your heart good to
how handy she was doing up
dishes, an getting the table rea'
an sw eeping out the litter the b'
made. While she worked, | could
sewing, you see, an the dear ct
really more than paid her "
maam. An Johnnie an Joe--tl
nsod to pick mp blocks to bnrn,
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HANDY FOR REFERENCE.

Envelopes wero first used in 1889,
Apmsthosia was discovered in 1914
The first steel pen was made in
1880,
The first air pump Was made in
1864
The fret daily paper appeared in
1902.
The fret lucifer match was made
in 1898.
Tho first iron steamship was built
in 1880,
Nahommod was born at Mecca
about $40.
The first balloon ascent was made
in 1898.
Coaches were FIRST used in Eng,
land in 1869.
The Franciscans arrived in Eng"
land in 1924.
The first steamboat piled the
Hudson in 1907.
The entire Hebrew Bible was
printed in 14SS.
Ships were first "copper-bottom
ed" in 1853.
Gold was first discovered in Cali
fornia in 1913.
The first horse railroad was built
in 1S2G-27.
The first telescope was used i'll
England in 1G0S.
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Ovut9he hill and valley,
Uvnwn by the steom.horsos power,
IhfXp Xpilroad King is.speedinS
M miles an hour!
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-13
John Il. Grinin's Kesignation.

Mr.. John II. Griffin, the popular Travel
ing Passenger Agent OF the savannah,
Florida and Western railway, has ten
dered his resignation to take effect Tues
day, Sept. II. MIR. Griffin has accepted
andwill at once enter upon the
duties of General Travelling Pas
senger Agent of the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois and the Evansville
and Terre Haute railroad companies. His
headquarters will be at Atlanta. where
an office will be opened. Mr. Griffin is a
native OF Savannah and has been with
the Savannah, Florida and W estern about
Ii years, aud in that time has made a
wide acquaintance among railroad men
in the South. He thoroughly understands
the details OF the passenger busi-
ness and will be valuable
acquisition to the staff of the COM
panies with which be is going. These
roads are working for the through passen-
ger traffic between the Northwest and
Alabama, Georgia and Florida. The line
from Chicago TO Evansville on the Ohio
runs almost directly south, and the new
bridge at Evansville gives these roads the
shortest line from Chicago TO Atlanta. Sa-
Vannah, Jacksonville and other points in
Florida. MIR. Griffin was selected as be-
ing familiar with this end OF the route
For year his position will require a
great deal Of travelling, but after that he
will probably have much less.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-13
THE GAS COMPANY.
improvements and Changes in the Old
Works-SOme New OHices.

Improvements and Changes in the Old
Works-SOme New OHices.
The changes that have taken place in
the gas-making interests in Savannah of
late have been done so quickly and our
city that 1t is scarcely possible TO realize
that few months ago fierce war was
going on between two rival organizations
competing for business. Since the leasin g
OF the works of the old Sa-
vannah Gas Company, the plant
has been remodeled so as to make
improved gas, and now the people are be-
ing supplied with gas from both works
under the new management.
Mr.. Alex {. Humphreys, director OF
the Mutual Gas Light Company, of this
city, and chief engineer OF the United Gas
improvement Company. of Philadelphia,
has been here for several days inspecting
the changes and improvements which
have been going on for some time past at
the works OF the old gas company. Mr..
Humphreys will remain in the city for
several days longer.
Mr.. W. II. Hayden, Superintendent OF
| the Mutual Company, has resigned, and
/ Will probably be succeeded by Mr.. Louis
/ e. Lille. Mr.. Lille is son Of the man.
! ufacturer of the celebrated Lille iron
safe. he has had considerable expert
! ence in the gas business.
I Mr.. John Ii. Jones, late foreman of the
| savannah Gas Company's works, has
been appointed to fill the same position In
the Mutual company. Mr.. Jones has de-
voted almost his entire life to gas making,
and his friends will learn with pleasure
that he is to hold his old position under
the new order of affairs. Mr.. Henry Nc
CURE, the efficient assistant foreman OF
the old works, has also been retained.
Capt. Henry Blum, the President of the
company, is giving almost his entire time
to the interests of the new company and
appears determined upon making the
Mutual the most complete and thor
oughly organized and equipped works in
| the country.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-13
ZEE .BIG pUKE0 DowN.
The Old Tower Removed and the Bell
Awaiting the Erection OF New One.

The Old Tower Removed and the Bell
Awaiting the Erection of a New One.
The work OF removing the tower on
which the fire alarm bell, "Big Duke" was
hung was completed yesterday, The tim
bers were cut up and will be used for fuel
By the fire and police departments. The
tower was about 90 feet in height and was
built OF heavy timbers. 1t was erected in
1875, and it is said would have lasted
fifteen years longer had it been protected
from the weather. The work Of removing
was under the direction of Mr.. j. j.
Morris.
The Big Duke VIII be covered over and
left on the site Of the tower in the yard
back OF the police barracks until the
Council takes some action. 1t has been
suggested that il another tower is built a
different location be made. Some OF the
volunteer tiremen want il removed further
south or southwest, 50 that those living
in the southern section of the city will be
more likely to hear it. Those living in
the northern section are called by the Ex-
change bell. While the large bell is down
the service Of the volunteer hremen will
be greatly impaired, for many of them
cannot hear the alarm from the exchange
and engine hon es