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The Lamar register., 1891-12-05
TERRIBLE WRECK AT TOLEDO.
A Rear End Collision Results in the
Loss Of Several Lives

A Messenger train on the Flint q
p,,e Nsrouette road crashed into the rear
n the Lake shore express in Toledo on the
,i,ht of the 2,th, causing the death and
in5nrv of a score Of persons The collision
.,,.,,rr,5 abont forty rods from the Union
aepot at 5 O'Clock .. m, and BY II three
dead and sixteen mangled anu tefrioiS
sealded people were taken from the "reeN'
Five others died during the next wenv-
four hours
A babe scalded TO death and seyera!
women whose limbs and faSe. were oooAea
beyond recognition added 70 the horror ;
The Pere train is due in Toledo a. 30
and the Lake Shore follows a. $50 H0n
Air Line Junction. The Lake Shore was
one minute late and the Pere Marquette
nine minutes. The Lake shore puheo
down from the junction ahead Of the Pere
Marqueltte, though there was little room
between them. Aboat forty rods from tAs
junction was tunnel hfty yards long
The Lake Shore bad nearly got through 1t
when a freight ahead made 1t pull np
The brakeman ran back TO give the signA1
70 the Pero Marquette engineer, but u was
TOO late, the trains were too close Ihe
engineer and fireman Of the Incoming
train laid down in the!F cab aEd crashed
into the rear Of the Boston q Chicago eI
press
The day coach was split in twain, the
engine blowing through untl the 1901 oi
the car made q cover for the engius clear
% 10 the cab. The steam escaping IN vol
umcs bid the wreck from the view oi the
great crowds whIch bad gathered on the
high bank along which raa tho road
Help came Immediately and The wounded
were drawn out one maa, WArrca l.
Potter, himself slightly seaIdea, attempted
70 pull Mrs. Mccoy from tho car znd the
hesh came out In great chunks from the
womAn's arm The baby Of Mrs- Mccoy
was scAldcl 70 doath and taken oat Of the
smashed car cooked aud blIsicred mass
OF hesh almost 6eyoad reooEaitioa As a
human form
There was no are, aud few were iEiared
except BY the escaping steam.
The Lamar register., 1891-12-05
Mr. BxncHrR used to saw that wher

one thinks enough of you to write a
letter asking for your autograph and
to enclose a stamp for reply the least
you can do is to crafty him. That
was well enough whom there were per-
haps hundred autograph collectors
in the country. Now it is different
Ausograph-hunting breaks OUT in a
school like measles. All the boys and
girls are attacked with it all at once
but the health board never closes the
school on that account and so the in
lection spreads without restraint
The Lamar register., 1891-12-05

IT is regretted that many judges are
not OF the same sterling quality, to
deny the ignorant and base the sacred
franchise of citizenship. The amend
ment of the naturalization laws, to re-
9uire the alien applicant to satisfy the
court that he understands the consti-
tuition and knows to what he makes
oath. and to make this obligatory on
the part OF the court is the much
needed. essential want in protection to
citizens.
The Lamar register., 1891-12-05
a Lady College President Steals.

Mrs. E. S. West who for six
years the leading principal of Rut-
gers Female College at No Sc West
f1fty-htth street, New York, and who for
a much longer period has been regarded
as the personification of goodness, stands
convicted by her own confession of con-
verting the funds Of the college to her own
use.
Inc aggregate loss through her is known
70 De much greater, although the exac.
amount cannot be stated Certain in i.
however, that the drain upon its resource.
Was wss 80 y neayy that the life of the College
WAS actually menaced at one time,
The Lamar register., 1891-12-05
An English Veteran of the War of 1872.

The centenary of the birth oil
Thomas Wiltshire Summersum, who
fought in the American war of 1872, was
celebrated at Brightlingsea, England on
the 18th with banquet The veteran
sang the national anthem in fine style, and
in a Hearty speech said he hoped 10 carry
himself like man to the last day Of his
life After the banquet forty octogenari
ans and twenty seven septugenarians
headed by Summerium, marched in pro
ce5siou through the towp,
The Lamar register., 1891-12-05

A LOVE OF good may be cultivated to
almost any extent where the original
foundation of an unselhsh nature ex-
istA A passionate ideal of excellence
can so fill the mind that no pleasure is
felt in anything but in strong persist
ont efforts 70 realize il
The Lamar register., 1891-12-05

The contemporary mind may in
rare cases be taken by storm but pos
terity never. Tho tribunal of the
present is accessible to inAuencei that
OF tho future Is incorrupt.
The Lamar register., 1891-12-05

THHRH is nothing which shis age
from whatever standpoint we survey
IL needs more physically, intellectu-
ally and morally, than thorough ven
tilation
The Lamar register., 1891-12-05

IMAGINATION. whatever may be said
to the contrary, will always hold
place In history. as truth does in ro-
nance Has not romance been penned
with history in viewr
The Lamar register., 1891-12-05

Aspen is preparing to entertain the
delegates and visitors to the Western Colo
rado Congress, which conyenes there
December 18th, in right royal manner
The committee has decided to send out
5000 unique invitations to prominent peo
pie all over the country, inviting them to
attend the sessions Of the Western Colo
rado Congress as members of the Third
House, Among the features of the Con
gress in the way OF entertainment will be
big barbecue and grand ball. Arrange
ments will be made by the local newspaper
men to entertain the members of the press
handsomely.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-17
Rnhhit,s-Eont Lnclk.

"Do believe dat dis yere rabbits fur
bring me good luck 2" repeated the old
darkey in shrill tones as he softly brushed
his chin with it. why, sab, if it hadn't
n been fur dis fut liars no tellin' what
might happened to me. Look at dat
julius Tompkins. He lowed dat q rab-
bits fut was no good, an whar is he
now? Went up to Louisville to work in
a pork house an died wild smallpox.
"Yes.
AN look at de time l wus on dat coal
barge at Mobile Had dis yere tut hang
ing to my neck by blue string, an
some Of dem niggers called mo 'Hoodoo,
an wus gwine to take it away from mo
an feed it to dog. When dat barge
struck snag an went to de bottom who
got saved: Dis yere pusson an nobody
else Four of dem went right down like
rocks, jist like dey might have OK.
pected. !
Lucky for YOU " =
"Yes, sab, an how wus it de time de-
ghost of Peter Robbins come scroonin'
frew our nayborhood? Pete he was
hung up at Greensville, you know. !
wus right dar' and seed it all, and when
he swung off kissed dis rabbits fut TO
times. Some oh do folks laughed ut mo
and called me fool Niger But how
did it cum out? Peters ghost cum up to
Langville an scarf everybody outer his
shoes everybody but me. Nebbel
knocked on my doah one single time,
an nebber left no smell Of birthstone
round my cabin. Couldn't do it, you
know. Dis yere tut was PAWN him.
away all dc time"
will any rabbits foot bring a person
luck?"
mo sab No sah OATS dc reason ]
wouldn't sell dis one for n million of dob
lars in COLE De circumstances has got
to be right. You has got to find your
rabbit in de full of de moon. De wind
has got to be from de east Dat rabbit
has got to be huntin' for jimweed to
cure cataract in his left eye. You has
got to creep up behind him and kill him
wild a stick dat dead man has carried,
an when you ar takin' off de fut you
has got to h'ar ghost cry out down In
de cotton. Oh, no sab. Doan you lot
none oh desc yere common niggers round
yere sell you no common rabbits futs
Dey wouldn't keep de kyars on de track
till you got over to Decatur.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-17
that Of Romeo when he gazed at Juliet

that of Romeo when he gazed at Juliet
in the window.
Women admire downright boldness
tempered with the deepest respect.
The naughty Miss Valoppel bowed her
head toward her conqueror and recei7
ed an exquisite kiss.
The next moment she exclaimed:
What have l done! How can l
marry coachman! Father will never
forgive me!'
But Buckskin quickly told her some
thing which restored her courage, and
caused her cheeks to glow with happi-
ness.
They returned to Miss Valoppels
stately home, and entered it hand in
hand.
In the parlor they encountered Mr..
Valoppel and Count Poccopucci. They
glared at the couple.
'What do you mean by entering
this parlor on the arm OF that coach
manP" shouted the aristocratic father
in tones of thunder.
1T means that your daughter has
PAOiAAASNu w bISOliiC NY NllCs
1T shall not be. She shall not
marry an ignorant coachman.
II am not an ignorant coachman.
| am the son OF gentleman who owns
thousands OF cattle in Texas, and
whose wealth surpasses even yours.
l was educated at Harvard college.
and my only disadvantage is that I
have never mingled much in cultivated
society. l fell in love with your
daughter the first time l saw her, and
concluded that the best way TO secure
a prize so difficult to obtain was TO
become the family coachman, because
nowadays smart coachman, next 10
an Italian count, is the most successful
sutton for the hand of n rich girl"
Mr.. Valoppel was at first bewildered
by what he had heard; but recovering
himself, he cried:
You impudent scoundrel. l do not
believe word you have said
HE has told the truth. as | can
prove to your full satisfaction, " said a
calm voice.
Mr.. Dunstan. member of n WELL
known Wall street firm, whom Buck
skin had summoned by telephone be-
fore Miss Valoppel and he entered the
mansion, had come into the room I'M
perceived by the irate parent; and it
was he who had spoken.
Mr.. Dunstans firm had written the
letter of recommendation that had en-
abled Buckskin TO become Mr.. VAL
oppel's coachman. Mr.. Dunstan held
in his hand papers which substantiated
all that Buckskin had just said.
LAS for this man." said Mr. Dun
stan, painting TO the Italian, Il can
produce the proof that he is a con-
summate villain. He has been seek
ing to marry your daughter, although
he has wife living in Italy"
Count Poccopucci turned deadly pale
and hastily made his exit from the
house.
A month later Miss Valoppel and
Edward Livingstone, alias Joe Buck
skin, were married and went to the
elder Livingtone's ranch in Texas TO
spend their honeymoon.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-17
Good story on IngersoiI.

Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll would
never be suspected of being a respecter
Of persons, for he has such free and
easy way Of discourSing upon religious
matters. His legal protege was Judge
Puterbaugh, then judge of the Circuit
Court at Peoria, Illinois.
Upon one occasion, while the judge
was engaged in filming a spectator fer
on.empt of court, Ingersoll offered some
gratuitous advice, which was resented.
with some show of indignation. Ingersoll
retaliated by limiting that when the court
was fishing in political way after tho
ermine he had not been SO chary about
accepting advice. This warmed the old
man up in earnest, and no at onoo inn
posed upon the presumptious advocate
q fine Of $40 and costs.
Ingersoll fumbled in his pockets for
moment then walked up 70 the bar With
outstretched hand and said:
"Puterbaugh, lend me $40.
The stern expression of the court nevet
relaxed for an instant Turning TO the
clerk, he said;
"Mr. Clerk, let the record show thae
Mr.. Ingersoll's fine is RENTED Peoria
county can better afford to lose $40 than
cam"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-17
The News In the Future.

The news item OF the future will
read something like the following:
las Farmer Smith was delivering q
bale Of hay at the treasury building,
and while waiting TO have the govern
ment stamp affixed, his horses took
fright at the limited express on the
Washington and San Francisco Air
ship Line. They dashed down the
avenue, and, turning the corner at the
uptown station of the Washington 81
Chicago Pneumatic Tube Rapid Tran
sit Company, brought up with dull
thud against the celluloid window of the
Potomac Artificial Egg Company. In
the crush and general confusion Farmer
Smiths head and two of his limbs were
severed from his body, but he was
promptly removed to the Edison Hos
pital, and after the electrical bone
welding operation was performed he
was able to drive homo and keep his
appointment with the man who holds
the mortgage on his farm. Washing
ton Host.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-17
CHAPTER X.
GROWING SUSPICIOUS.

Smokey Fair was in full swing, and 10
was said by the majority Of inhabitants that
1t was the best fair they had known for
years.
This was not saying much perhaps, for
the sports and pastimes Of these ancient
revelries are growing out Of popular favor,
or being superseded by pleasure more suit
able to the taste of the age.
Music-halls, and an increase in the num-
Der of theaters, the railway, the telegraph,
and hundred other things have all COM
bined to help towards the determination of
the strOlling player who performs in booths.
Plg-faced ladies, spotted boys, six-legged
calves, and other ancient favOTltes, no long
er hold their own, and it is only In odd
places that some remnants OF this class of
exhibition linger still.
Smokey was one Of those outside plaCrs.
The chief caterers for the public were
gipsies-mostly half-bred, for the Romany
daughters are not 50 faithful 10 the tradl-
tiOns OF their race as they used to be, and
there are many men and women who, like
Bardolph Dimsey, owe their birth to assO-
citation with the house-dweller.
Many OF these were at the fair, the men
showing most Of the alien blood and the
women clinging TO the tricks of the nomadie
race.
They told fortunes while the men bought
and sold horses, and their smooth tongues
wheedled many piece OF silver out OF the
pockets of ignorant listeners who believed
in their forecastings.
jim the showman's wife was there, while
Jim exhibited peepshow bearing the am
bilious title of the victories Of England at
Sea and on Shore"
He stood outside TO vaunt the praises OF
his pictures, and to take the money. A big
handsome man with grey hair, and silver
rings in his ears, broad-shouldered and
strong-a man who might have made for
tune as an exhibitor OF feats Of strength II
he had not been, like all his race, Unborn
idle and fond of life Of ease.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-17
VIDA'S REVENGE.
CHAPTER vuL-ooNTINUED.


1t was strange that she could be merry,
but then, you see, she had rid herself of
great burden, and all went we'll with her.
Was not Basil dead and buried, the gipsies
gone, and her tool, wicked Bardolph Dim.
sey, lying still in q place that might not be
visited for years TO come?
And even suppose he were discovered,
who would suspect her?
The flight of the gipsies would fasten the
deed upon them, and who would believe
any mad story they chose to tell?
Yes, all went we'll, and 1t was a good time
TO be merry. Therefore she laughed, and
TESTED, and flirted with Kenard, and they
had very pleasant time together.
On leaving him she went up to her room.
and found Phoebe there doing some busting
and general arranging.
The girl looked pale and troubled, but she
spoke quietly.
IF you please, miss" she said, 1--WE beer
to the village"
"Indeedp' said Vida; "well, you often 90
there. What them"
II came back by the churchyard, miss"
Vida turned quickly to her wardrobe, and
opened it.
Game home by the churchyard did you%
she SAID; that was very courageous OF you
seeing it Is broad day"
Pm not afraid of the graves, miss" said
Phoebe quietly, but was going to say that
found your handkerchief there, miss, and
I've laid it here?'
Thank you, Phoebe" said Vida sweetly;
II did not miss it. Have you finished your
dusting?'
Eyes, miss"
"Then do not remain
Phoebe left, and Vida with frownng
face went TO the toilct-table and took up the
handkerchief the girl had placed there.
1T is a good thing for me that you cannot
speak," she said, arostIephising it; "a bless
ed thing you have no tongue
Barely had the words escaped her, when
she saw something that might have spoken
to PhGbe, and told the bitter tale in part.
A SPOT Of blood
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-17
LOVE IS MASTER.
I waft the Wilderness of my soul

! watt the Wilderness of my soul
Across the skies TO thee,
And pray that heavens sweet control
May keep thy love for me.
l know that not in all the world,
Nor yet in all the skies,
Is atom or a thought unfurled,
Can bring to thee surprise.
! know that in thy sentient hand
Our destinies are sure;
That in each near and distant land
Thy government is pure.
i know that in thy sentient breath
Our souls do breathe as free
As love Is master over death;
So keep thy love for me.
w. II. ThoTne.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-17
peril that threatened her liberty and almost

peril that threatened her liberty and almost
her life.
And she must pocket her ambition TO be
Mrs Moore, and give up Kenard, too. This
was CALLING, and this giving up was not all
on her side. Kenard might not be pliablo.
He might hold her to her word, which was
already given in lovers sense.
All round the horizon was troubled. She
had been sleeping unconscious of volcanic
fires beneath her, and the first rumblings of
the approaching storm and wreck came
when the sun of her life was bright, and ali
SO fair before her.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-17
Who Knovvsl

An Arabian proverb says: "Iie who
knows not, and knows not he knows
not, is a fool: shun him. He who
knows not, and knows he knows not, is
simple: teach him. He who knows.
and knows not he knows, is asleep:
wake him. He who knows, and knows,
he knows, is wise: follow him."
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-17
She Wns TnIItnfIye.

"Oh, John!'' said Mrs. Smith, tear.
fully, INA has cut her thumb dread.
fully and the doctor says there's dan.
ger Of lockjaw."
He needn't be afraid OF that" re.
piled Smith, sarcasically. Shell
never give her jaw chance to locks
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-17
Queer Pennsylvania Justice.

A novel sentence has been pronounced
by a justice at Huntington, in this
state. a wife had kissed another
man." her husband had chastised her
with corporal punishment, and Justice
Kelly, supplying the third act in II
drama unhappily played with too much
frequency in all our courts gave YER
dict that the wife retire TO her usual
place of abode, and lock the doors so
that no strangers can be admitted for
u period OF six days; that the husband
for the same length Of time board with
his next-door neighbor and sleep in the
barn, and that each party pay half the
costs and stand committed until the
sentence is complied with OF the
efficacy of such an original judgment
there cannot be much doubt, although
a question might be raised on the con-
stitutional ground Of its being cruel and
unusual punishment-at least for the
next-door neighbor. The usual pun
ishment for wife-beating, however, is
so clearly inadequate that, in the alb
sence Of whipping-post, the result OF
the new departure in dealing with this
despicable crime deserves careful
Observation-Disclosures Record.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-17

G F. Gunther, the Chicago confeo-
toner, possesses among his manuscripts
several that are almost invaluable
Some Of them are the originals Of
"Home, Sweet Home" Burns's "Ault
Lang Syne," and Newman's aLeadI
Kindly Light
, 1891-06-25
A rleLls ma. wa. 80, rnlen.

MY most embarrassing experience. -
repeated the young lady thoughtfully
"Well, as nearly as | can remember, It
was connected with a pickle. ] via a
guest at a dinner in Washington. 1t
was not n very formal affair merely
formal enough for the gentlemen present
10 wear evening dress. There was a
dish of dainty pickles near me, aud l
o one-a baby cucumber, It was
about big enough for two bites, and |
tried to cut it with my fork. when sud
dealy it launched itself like "A skyrocket
across the table and struck the immacu-
late shirt bosom of n very particular
swell opposite, fairly in the middle.
Il don't quite know how 1t could have
happened so fortunately, but converse
ton had been going on so briskly that
no one save the man who had taken me
into dinner saw who was the author Of
the I never blush, a fact,
trust, not to be set down seriously 90
my discredit-and l managed to so skill
fully dissemble otherwise that nobody,
with the exception | have mentioned,
suspected me at all.
None of the other guests were 50 i'll
bred as to take visible notice of the OC-
currence, and the talk went on almost
uninterrupted, while my victim ad.
miuistered surreptitious wipes to his
manly chest in a hopeless attempt to
rsm"ve the stains Of pickle. To this day
l am unsupported as the author Of the
mischief Washington Star.
, 1891-06-25

Experiments are being made by the
navy department with a new system OF
protection for gunners in exposed places
on men-Of-war during action. From a
Pennsylvania factory has been procured
n peculiar description Of wire webbing
made of interlocking steel spirals which
is remarkably flexible and strong. 1t
bears some resemblance to old fashioned
chain armor, and it is proposed to use
curtains of this material to protect gun
uers behind shields from fragments of
exploding shells. The resisting quality
of the netting is believed to be equal to
a solid plate Of steel an inch thick.-Ex-
change.
, 1891-06-25

TAs6gst complete translation Of the
Billy insh the English tongue was eff
neeted by John Wycliffe about 1880. This
was the Lollards' Bible, and a large
number of manuscript copies must have
been written and circulated, for 10
copies are still in existence. There were
also many transcripts of certain books.
as well as of the whole Bible. Wycliffe
could not 90 to the original texts, so he
translated from the Vulgate, or ac-
cepted Latin version. 1t was not a per
feet performance; but the reformer was
prevented by death from revising it. AS
he doubtless intended to do.
The revision, therefore, was under
taken by John Purvey, and completed
in 1888. 1t is curious that the whole Of
Wycliffe's Bible was not printed AS one
book until 1850, when it was published
under the editorial care Of the Rev. 10.
siah Forshall and Sir Frederic Madden.
Chambers journal.
, 1891-06-25

NEw YORK, June 24-Wall street,
for the present, seems to be as near
asleep as it is possible for the money cen
tge Of the continent to be, and the stock
market reflects the uucCrtaintIes in the
situation by the most intense dizziness in
transactions and staguation in iuctua-
tons. The market closed dull and rather
heavy, and final changes tonight show
sOmc irrcgularity. but small losses are
most numerous. Rock Island and Pacific
Mailare each down ! per cent.
Governments dull.
Pctroleum-July closed at cot.
Money on call. easy, closed offered at p
Bar Silver, Sl.OOi
COpper-Nominal Lake. June. 81. 90.
Tin-Unscttled. Straits. $50 80.
Lai-Dull- Domestic, $I.ij.
Following are closing prices Of stock
e.. ). As, registered, l6!. u. s. As.
coupons, ia, Pacific 6s. 9. AtchisOn,
3ll American Exuress. 10. Canada Pa
cihc. 7gt, Canada Southern, 80. Central
Pacific. 80. Burlington, s7i. Delaware,
LackawannA & Western. 35s. Denver n
RIO Grandc. igl Erie, lsi Kansas 4
Texas. l4i, Lake Shore, 9, Louisville
\ Nashville, %. Michigan Central, 50,
Missouri Pacific. Col Northern Pacific
23i. preferred. 664, Northwestern, lO44;
preferred, l32, Sew York Central,
g9. Oregon Navigation, 20, Oregon
improvement. p; North American, 10.
Pacific Mail, 54l, Reading, 29s. Rock
Island. 7Us Milwaukee Il st. Paul,
68, st. Paul x Omaha, 23l, Texas Pa.
cilc, I3. Union Pacific, I34 Fargo Tx.
press, 40, Western Union, 79l; Oregon
Short Lane. p; American cotton oil ri!
Rio Grandc Western. 49, preferred, 60;
frsts. 7Gi.
CHICAGO, June ~ -Cattle-Receipts
$1,000. Market steady at yesterday Z
prices. Prime Co extra steers, 5000
6.35; others, s.. OOCa5 80: Rrasscrs, 80 90
al 70; Texans. 81. 25Ca4 50.
Sheep-Receipts > 5000. Market irreR.
ular. Natives SiOuCa5 25, Texans, - 20
CG435; Westerns, S4.i5(a i,9O.