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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-18
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-18
Cupid'S Reign.

80, Lowell in such q wilderness as this.
Where transport and security entwine,
Here is the emrire of thy perfect bliss,
And here thou art God indeed divine"
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-07-14

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ipirflihuna ojeier Soee wiiroe tpo6l Die
gr0Bte 8emsgung in u%nierer !3eit berDors
ruien; Die 2eibslgeni6aft 1T u lett 20
Sabren auiaeaoben; Die 8auern, Die Die
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rung bilben, baben ii6 III Die neuen Ser
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Fer She'll beS GrunobeiiBeS aus perldulz
Deten a~0eIipen 6dnoen burh &auf III ben
0eiiy uon 8auern geIangt. Dieien @runos
beib mllBte iDnen Die Hegieruna Wegs
n~ehnten, benn ein 2eibeigener bari fein
G;gent6um beiiben. Collie Der Gsar aut
Die turittid1e Soee eingeber, 10 milrne uliz
fehlbar Die b!utigite Neuolutlo1 ausbredlen,
Die Die W}eni6beit jr erlebt Bat. SEPT feblte
MIR nod, baB eth Ghnli6er Streber I'll
Qlmerifa Die Mieoerejn'ibrung Der 9tegers
%iflauerei beantrasen loate!
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-07-14
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-24
CHAPTER II.
THINGS THAT TEE NOON sHoSE on.

THINGS THAT TIE NOON sHONE on.
The vianGs Of the supper at Camp
Nineteen differed hardly any from those
Of its eighteen predecessors, and the
sameness Of the fare had begun TO offend
those Of the party accustomed 70 any de-
gree Of luxurious variety; but this time
there was one feminine eater and her
presence made the occasion almost a
convlvial banquet Deuce Low had q
seat on the rough bench IT sne END Of
the table with The msSnates OF the
camp. she was al the right hand OF
Boss Donald. the chief of the party.
NeIt TO her on the other side vss VIII
Brown, VINO treated her "a his own
guest, ana MS C0lrteSieS kept Donald.
who was not smooth Elan. from treat-
ng her wE-h E,p114ncy which her wora
tl0thes and battered father would other
wise hsve ilCiteJ Directly across the
= Die was ,'eck High at elbows with a
Glcck v:-is,,e-ed foreman OF contractor
named AlecE Wi2r-s, whose part in the
expedition was % provide wozkmen and
Conveysnces for Transporting and plant
ing the telegraph poles.
Jack was loqu2cious and Wians was
reucent; 20 tIey were paired happily for
supper conversation. because nearly 81
re speech was By one and the listening
almost wholly by the other. From fur
Their down the long table, even from
where the ne-est manual laborers sat
at the other end. came zlauces OF curios-
itv and the sounds Of uncommon vivac-
itv. all caused by the tatterad girl, TO
when viii Brown could not have been
more deferenEal + her gown rad been
silk The eating was precedenUsdly
hearty, N conseo 1ence Of the zeSt in
parted 70 TIE general appetite. and Il
was twilight by the tine the table was
Quilted. Almost Immediately full. IN
clouded moon began 70 uiumine the
camp, and breeze so faint IS 70 hardly
make the long shadows Of the foliage
waver in the grass carried away the heat
which the san had le11 behind
There was no chair IN Camp Nineteen
But VIII Brown politely conducted
Deuce Low 10 a spet Of grassy uphol-
srery at the foot Of rree. where she
might SIT with her hack comfortably
against the smooth bark The moon
beaurifed sbe face into which II shouA
The sunburnt skin became alzbAs-A1
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-24

One OF the prairie wagons was made =
prison for the t<o capGyes The walls
were only canvas. and tte entrance hal
nothing more ike bars tkAn the cross
nzs Of cord that Ted the fsps toge.ber
But DsYutv StE-iE snd Detective Ailo-
way re-enforrsd the ctcth with huDal
safeguards. Boss Donsld We convlEcs1
Of the prlsODsrS probable gJda. and be
felt that Il vzs riZht 20 hend tOur work
msn 70 the d1ty Of p~trOli1g s-oCnd tas
wagon Until Usozning. lie had &c Eym-
patky for JACK Hlgh- s5d Dot nush for
Old Jagg Brown: sua1 hzs rude klrsfli-
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n 3 E1sF1e cnnaznA - clear away
from the vehicle cczsaznnx their &C.
spsed father
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MS b-zvuy hsR6s aid sowing futs nis
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-24

TIC nzIz showed us Drown tnts -gIossz@
Gnu Use ryes gHsseuea Win rejected
light. Whatever she thought Of these
advantages, or Of the still mere potent
one OF being the only girl her compan-
ion had seen in weeks. the consciousness
was not divulged in her resting, careless
attitude, nor IN her chldishly unalert
manner. VII stretched himself on the
grass before her. and By chance or choice
he lay in the shadow Of the trees trunk.
He fsncied that from his comparative
obscurity he could crafty his admira-
ton OF the iIlunined face without break
ing etiquette law against staring. They
talked trivially Of their immediate sur
roundings. then about each other little
and at length VIII said:
by what name may cali your
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-24

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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-23
A woman's Presence of Mind


Mrs. Richard B rker. of swansea
Mas, secured a servant from a Bostor
intelligence Office, an everything ven
well for week. One day the girl was
working about as usual, and Mrs Barker.
who is a slight, frail woman, was alone
with her suddenly the servant threw
up both hands and exclaimed Il have
had vision, and am ordered 10 oiler up
sacrifice Without any further expla-
alton she started into the kitchen, seized
carving knife and began diligently to
whes il in true Shylock fashion, mutter
ing TO herself strangely all the time.
Mrs Barker saw that she was at the
mercy Of crazy woman. and for u sec.
ond or two fright almost overcame her
She kDee that she would be no mattel
for the servant in struggle. Moreover,
IL she attempted To make her escape she
felt that the knife sharpening wcnld
ccme ian end and the attack would
commence. IL was al this point that Mfs
Barker displayed unusual nerve and wit
Acting on the principle that it il often
well TO humor the insane as Ear as posi-
ble, she threw up her hands. and, iuiia-
ting the servants manner said: Il, toe
have had visien. There Is letter fol
you at the posiofiice, and you must gc
for il at once The servant. pleased tc
discover her mistress a kindred spirit
dropped the knife and rushed out of the
door. bareheaded, in great haste to eei
possession OF that imaginary letter. MIS-
Barker bolted the door against the girl
but the latter had escaped by train tc
Boston before she could be caught. Lon
isriile Courier Josrasl
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-23

"Now, Mr.. Conductor" said a snappisi
looking old lady, as she boarded th'
sleeping car al Chattanooga, Il want you
TO tell me the names Of all the places OF
interest we pass on the way TO Atlanta
for this, believe, is the road aloni
which General Sherman marched"
"Yes'm, replied Mr.. J. b. Jackson, the
conductor, as he cast his eyes at two pref
ty girls with the old lady.
"Jane," sand the old lady TO one Of the
girls, "you get piece Of paper now and
take down the names as the gentleman
tells you"
"Yes, ma replied the gill, with
smile that made the conductors heart
ache.
"What stream is that" asked the old
lady. as the train passed over trestle.
That's Chickamauga creek" replitd
the conductor.
Take that down, Jane"
Half mile further another stream was
crossed.
"what stream it iha,?" again asked
the OH lady.
"Chickamauga creek, i" replied the con-
ducior
Take tha. down, Jane"
awhat stream IL ihat?' inteirogated
the old lady.
"Chickamauga."
The old lady began 10 look suspicious
but said
"Take that down, Jane"
~What stream is that one yonder, run
ming into those woods now we are cross
ingit?"
Take that down, Jane
An ominous silence followed until ih'
same creek had been crossed four addi
tional times.
Another stream was seen babblini
over the rocky bed.
With iimid glance at the yellow wa
tiers the old lady asked:
And what creek is ihis?"
"Chickamauga,n came the reply in
despairing tone, and the girls looked lik'
they eoull bite the conductors head Of
as the old lady said snappishly:
Take that down, Jane.p
Another creek was crossed, but the ole
lady said nothing Still another WA
crossed, and she asked:
And that stream is what ?"
"Chickamauga.
ia Ike that down, Jane" was heard in
an almos inaudible voice
Two more streams were crossed, bu'
the ole lady was silent.
Suddenly her face frightened Will
new hope as the train pulled up at lit
tie staten. What place is this?' sh'
asked confidently.
"Chickamauga - came the monoto
nous reply.
Jane, throw that paper out Of th'
window. That horrid-"
Hold on, madam - exclaimed the con
ductor; and 10 save his scalp be had i'
explain that the road crossed Chicka
mauga creek fourteen times before reach
ing the station by the same name.
1t took the old lady some time to re
cover her spirits, but she didafter a while
and the nile and the sweet words sh'
and her daughters gave the conductor or
leaving him at Atlanta cheered him fo'
many miles on his way.-Aaania Journal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-23
The Bet Declared Off.

: A large yellow-and-white cat started
to cross Broadway nearly opposite Park
row yesterday afternoon when traffic was
at its greatest. Where she came from was
known only to herself, but that she was
making for the friendly shelter afforded
by the rails Of st. Paul'sehurch-y yard was
apparent 10 all Her chances of get,ine
across the street safely did not seem 10
be good, and She shrank back terrified
from passenger car, lodged under the
wheels Of an express wagon, and escaped
being run over by one of Uncle Sans
mail vans by less than half the length Of
her tail
Two we'll dressed men from Philadel-
phia stopped in the middle df the thor
oughfare to watch her
"Bet you she is crushed said one.
Take you,' replied the other.
Just then the pole of double truck
struck the fifth rib of the man who had
offered the bet, knocked his hat of, and
nearly threw him down.
"Hil roared the driver, "hain't you got
no eyes"
At the same moment the man who
had taken the bet received blow Oh the
back of the neck FROM the of horses
head that nearly dislocaied something
spinal.
eli" roarel The driver Are you
asleep.
The men escaped to the sidewalk
"Where's the eat ?" asked one.
"How do know" replied the other.
And as the venture some creature was
not visible, dead or alive, the bet was
ordered Off
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-23
Hard on the Horse.

Tecpliar accident occurred at Rspid
City. Ia. A one horse wagon, heavily
laden With meat. while crossing Rapid
creek, got struck, and the horse, in his
efforts 10 get ont Of the trouble. swung
around and went over the side Of the
bridge, which Is Thirty feet high. The
wagon WAS heavy enough 20 keep its
place and the harness sufficiently strong
10 bear The weight Of the horse. 50 that
the animal hung head downward over the
creek. All efforts 10 pull him back onto
the bridge proving unsuccessful. the ira
ces were cut. dropping the poor beast
head fifsi into the water. lie was then
gotten ashore without much trouble, but
not in a very prsseHiabie condition, as
struck bottom and was covered with mud.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-23

Ten O'Clock in the buiiding Of big city
paper. The electric lights are burning,
and the whiri OF presses and click Of type
make busy scene. Edi,ors. reporters,
proofreaders, are busy preparing the days
doing's for the morrow
The door Of the chiefs Office is pushed
carelessly open, and blue-eyed, faxen-
haired maiden Of six samners. and as
many winters. enters. Nobody ever
saw her climb the stairs, or walk through
the hall. She is sraggeJ, dirty, and has
been crying
+ you the editor man p
Yes. little one; what can | do for
yoa?7
Reube is dead, and | thought maybe
you'd like to tell about It"
Who is Rube ?"
"why, didn't you ever hear Of Rube?'
You see, there are so many people
that cant know them all"
The big. bearded man was actually
ashamed Of bis ignorance.
But Rabe wasn't people-be was my
brother. He sold papers, an blacked
boots, an all that. lie wasn't very rich,
an ma said the city man would bury him
but he was good TO me"
Do you sell papers. too ?"
@No, stayed home, but Rube brought
me candy dogs an candy roosters, and
licked bad boys that made me cry. An
if you'd tell folks how good he was, may
be they'd think better Of him."
"What do you want me to say. little
one2"
"Why, that he was twelve years old an
was helpin' mother an'-oh, don't know
but member he was alwas good TO me- =
Before the little mourner left the Office
she wls the recipient Of handful of
coins donated by @the boys Of the Of
fee, and the big editor ordered the jan
itor to accompany her home
Thus it happened that the readers Of
the great paper were mildly astonished
to read on the mornings local page:
DIED. Yesterday, Rube, the news
boy, aged j years. lie was the support
Of his widowed mother. and Lowell his
little sister better than life itself He was
butied in the potter's field last night
Defr0d Free Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-23
How Edison Made a Bug.

Iwonder how many reade RS ever heard
The wonderful story Of how Edison msde
bug? Ii happened away back in 1880
)r 1881, before the electrician had be-
come a count, and known in the most
remote corners Of the world. There had
been two or three persons killed by the
electric wires, and people were seriously
contemplating some plan to get them out
Of the way and still keep the wonderful
white light.
Edison proposed that the wires be put
in the gas pipes but how on earth We're
the pipes to be threaded" with the
electric wires?
After studying the matter one night
Edison said to a fellow electrician
"Why, see here, johnson, III make a
bng that will drag a wire through every
foot of pipe in New York city, fit be-
zones necessary"
MAKE bug exclaimed his compan-
ion, thinking the inventor had lost his
mind "What in the world do you
mean ~
"WeI, I'll make a bug" said the in
ventor, confidently, that will go where
send him, and drag a wire, too"
A few days aflerward be laid curl
,usly constructed thing on the table in
the office before time TO go TO work it
Eas his gas pipe bug. 1t was constructed
.hus: A minute eleciro-magnet, carry
ng behind il fine insulated wire pawl.
Vow, observe-every time the circuit
vas closed through the magnet the ar
nature was attracted, the pawl clutched
the ii les Of a piece of gas pipe provided
ior the occasion, and the magnet behind
vas drawn toward the armature about
he sixteenth of an inch. When the cir
.uit was opened the armature reachtd d
forward ready to take second step,
Thus, at every closing Of the circuit, the
little bug advanced one step, dragging
he wire behind. No doubt This descrip.
ion will be hard for non-experts to ur-
lerstand. but as every body knows some
hing about electricity nowadays a toll
,rably comprehensive idea may be
ormed of how the bug Travelled, even
bough the reader never saw an electric
I motor Of any kinds. Louis Republic.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-23
coupIe of War stories.


Some men. tolersblv truthful in other
matters. are tremendous liars when they
tell war stories or fishing adventures
Last month writer in reputable west
ern magazine ..She CoamonaoealiA quoted
an Ohio soldier who made afii davit that
when he was con fned at Andersonville,
President Davis endeayored 10 persuade
the prisoner to enter the Confederate
service. When they refused, saying thSt
they wonld die first, Mr. Davis repi'ee
~Yon viii die then.
Vow. this story on it, face - outra-
eeously absurd. The only match Tor It
that this writer recollects was told by a
man in north Georgia, who claimed that
General sherman had treated him badly.
The General on his march turned him
out of his house an occupied it himself.
Years afterward the victim said
AJest as told yer. The Ginrul hung
me out er my house, and ] went to q
Little cabin half er mile off Then
thought Of my bat, and went back ter
the house. The gInrul stood in the do
Sezee :"
~'what yer want p
"'My bat, sez |.
"'Git or III have you shot, sezee.
"'But my hat, sez /.
"Is that yer cabin p sez the ginrul,
pinting ter my little shanty.
-Hit is sez |.
Then the gineral ordered a cannon
ter be pinted, and in three minutes blew
the cabin ter smithereens.
Air yer satisfied . sezee.
81 am sez I, and then lit out.
"Thet, sir, was the way the gineral got
my hat !"
Time and again the refugee told this
storv-told il till he believed IT, As
war liar he would be well matched with
the ohio man, only he had the grace not
to swear to tie truth Of his yarn.-Afian-
fd Constitution.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-23
To rree His Mind,

Giim Stanton, his war secretary reyer
quito knew how to take Lincoln. Stanton
was for exterminating sDch elements as
Jared TO ask questions. II is related that
once some one had refused TO understand
an order, or, at all events, bad not obey
ii. q believe i'll sit down" said Slant
IN, "and give that man piece OF my
mind" "Do Sc" said Lincoln "wr,ie
him now, while You have it on your
mind. Make it sharp, Cut him all up
stanton did not need a second invitation
Il was bone cruncher that be read 10
the president. That's right" said Abe,
that's a good one" "Who can | get TO
.end il by2r unused the secretary. 'Send
ttl' replied Lincoln; send it, Why,
ion't send it at all Tear it up. You
have freed your mind on the subject ard
that is all that Is necessary. Tear it up
You never want 10 send such letters;
never do."-Saa Francisco Argoaaut
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-23
1t Didn't Pay.

In the endeavor to cheat ragged little
booiblack out of one cent penurious
citizen got into the lookup the other az
ternoon. He had just had his shoes shin
ed on the sidewalk at the Northwestern
depot. Pulling out handful of change,
he found four loose pennies, and he ga, e
them to the boy, with the remark
Here, sonny, keep the change"
A street car was passing, and the man
boarded it before the boy could find his
tongue. The angry bootblack chased af-
ter the car, while the passenger stood ON
the rear platform and grinned, for the car
was going at rafting pace.
Fare, sir" said the conductor. The
passenger hadded over a nickel. Tie
breathless bootbIack caught the car just
then and clambered on. He demanded
the other cent, and the passenger, with
an oath, made a motion as if to throw
him of. Quick as thought the boa grab
bed the hat from the mans head, and
dropping off the car, ian with all his
might in the opposite direction.
The man had paid his fare, bnt he got
of just the same and gave chase to thu
F.. boy and the hat. He caught,.thes boy
near the depot, and was plo .eeding to
PonImsl him, when a muscular citizen
not wishing to learn the merits of the dis
pIte. championed the case of the weak
against the strong. and planted a lion la
mer under the fellows ear which sent
him rolling in the mud. 4 crowd gather
ed, and with it came policeman, Mat
ters were explained at some length, with
the officer as court of judicial inquiry
with the resnlt that the smart man who
tried 70 get shine for four cents was
given chance 10 find bondsman on a
charge of assault and bat;ery,-Chicagc
Tribune