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MARIETTA, PA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 25. 1888.
Vol XXXV, Xo. 4
Bursting of a Bustle.
Those persons who attended the read- infis of Charles Dickens, .Jr., at the First Congregational Church about two months ago, will recall, when their memory is re¬ freshed, a peculi.ir and embarassiug acci¬ dent that happened to a lady who was present one evening.
Mr. Dickens was delivering in his most English style the story about Dr. Mari¬ gold, the philosophical "cheap Jack," and had almost awakened a feeling of interest iu the minds of his audience.
A tall, finely formed lady, with patri¬ cian features and a dignified gait, entered by the left door about this time and walk¬ ed up the aisle. She was accompanied by her husband, whose militrry bearing added effect to the aristocratic appear¬ ance of his better half.
Ou reaching a seat a few yards from the platform she gave a swing to her dress as she attempted to sit down grace¬ fully. But her foot caught in the carpet aud she stumbled and fell heavily on the seat.
As she did so a muffled report was heard, and the lady was observed to col¬ lapse with a lurch. Iler face turned first a deathly pale aud then a carmine hue, uud she sprang to her feet in great con¬ fusion,
Mr. Dickens stopped a moment in his reading at the sound of the explosion, if such it was, and then, finding that noth¬ ing serious had apparently happened, he continued bis efforts. A titter, combined with a broad smile, however, passed from one to another of those who divined the nature of the trouble.
The husband, wlio possessed a man's hardness and who could not sympathize with a woman's chagrin aud tender sensi¬ bility, clasped his arm round his wife's waist as she arose and told her not to look and act so foolishly.
But the explosiou of a patent bustle is no small matter to a lady, and although she at length consented to stay, she evi¬ dently felt ill at ease all the evening. A large shawl was thrown over her shoul¬ ders to hide the blushes which even stole arouud tlie back of her neck.
It was an accident deserving of the most sympallietic consideration, but in¬ stead it receiveil ouly ridicule.
No oue dreamed that this story would be the subject of a ciril suit, and as it was uot published at the time, through sympathy with the lady, it was thought by those present that it was lost ou the air.
Justice of the Peace Boland fouud yes¬ terday afternoon that this vvas uot so, wlieu Mrs. Elsie Wilkius was sued by Miss Margaret Towan to recover $20 in the Justice's Court, on accout of goods supplied aud work and labor  performed.
Mrs. Wilkina was the wearer of the bustle and Miss T(,wan Ixer dressmaker.
Miss Towan took tlie stand, aud said : "The defendant ordered me to make a dress for her, which must be a perfect fit. She purchased the rich, dark brown material, so 1 was to charge $20 for my labor and a bustle. 1 took exceptional pains to fit her, but it seems to me that she varies iu size from day to day, and re¬ quires an alteratian of her dress after every meal, as she expands and contracts considerably.
''As to the bustle, I would say that I am the agent of importers of bustles in Chicago. I only give the printed guarantee of the firm and a caution to purchasers. I hear that the bustle burst wheu the lady sat down in church, aud she was so enraged that she refused to pay my bill, but I can swear t^bat I told her what the couseqifencea would be if she were not careful in sitting down."
-Do you maintain that that the skirt of dress fitted Mrs. Wilkius?" queried Attorney W. W. Matthews.
"I do, sir." ^.       -  -
''Don't you know that it was discarded after the first nigbt V" -There was no reason for it, if such
was the case." "What kind of a bustle was this t "It was in shape a cross between afoot- ball and a birdcage.   The outer coyering was of rubber, and by means of a screw
iu the righthand corner
it could be opened
guaranteed that there would be no danger of any such distressing predicament as that in which she had been subsequently placed.
The case being submitted, Justice Bo¬ land closely inspected the dress and speci¬ men bustle and then said :
"This is a most peculiar case. I have read of bustles being made of horsehair, muslin, newspapers, pillows, bird cages and eveu quilts. I have heard of alarm clocks striking the hour wiihin the folds of a lady's dress. Smuggled cigars jewel¬ ry and brandy have also been brought to light, but I never before heard of an air¬ tight bustle exploding in church, and then being made the subject of a civil suit. Not being married yet, the situa¬ tion is somewhat delicate and perplexing to me, but still, looking at the case from a legal standpoint, I think we cau adjust matters satisfactorily. The dress appears a litlle tight, but still very becoming, and were a non-explosive bustle used, this suit might never have been brought."
His Honor theu deducted $8.50 from the bill, as the defendant set up a claim for damages for the explosion trouble. Ue then rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $11-50.—San Francisco Eocaminer.
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lu tnerigutnauu v.v^i"^''	
ben inflated by using a tube tbatjc orn^ panies it; then the orifice could be closed and the bustle made air-tight. This style is called 'The Eclipse,' and for grace and comfort it eclipses all the other pro¬ tuberances   made   of   wire   or   other
'"tTo witness then produced, a similar arUcTeTo the one in dispute, and it was a source of amusement to his Honor and source oi »^ while   tbe ladies
the specUtors present, while slyly touched their cheeks wUb powaer
rags to bide their ^^,^f'^'      -„ ^ ^ream-
May Gilbert, a prize beauty in^ xjolored dress, said she ^' «J»°^'*^'^ tbat Towan's assistants, and ^^J^^^^t the no special guarantee was ni«de *ha' t bustle would not explode under any
cumstances. ,      .«fj,oppmains
Patrick Duffy said he found the remam of what he thought was « ^oy ba^loo" when he swept ont the church "^^^ mom iug, but it proved, however, tobe the cori.se of the bustle. _ .^^
Mrs.   Wilkins  then   rei"-ed    "to    he
.ludgo's chambers, and ^^f P^^'if "'es few minutes wearing the dress in ques
tion. . .
She said it was too tight across the hips and impeded her progress in w^m^"^; When .she tried to sit down the tension ^vas too great and the dress improvei ac- ttJi-din-ly burst. The plaintiff baa ex- t^Ued the merits of   "The Eclipse,   aud
One Tery Youas Crank.
Tommy Cute, aged 1, having suffered as long as he can stand it, writes to me in order that his grievances, being known to the public, may immediately be cured,
I object, he says, in the first place, to being forced to adopt Farmer Jones' brindle cow for a foster mother.
I object, also, to the existence of a like relationship between myself and tho condensed milk factory or the cornstarch mill.
1 ohject to having my stomach stuffed as a remedy for a mosquito bite on my liitie toes or a nasty pin in my back.
I object to personating a churn, prefer to take my butter after the churning pro¬ cess is completed.
I object to being kissed by all the womeu,oldand young, who come near me. I prefer to wait a few years, or at least until I shall be old enough to make my owu selections.
I object to having people ask about my age. It is an impertinence. Besides, grown people sometimes remember, aud of age.s  lhey are apt in keeping a record.
I ol)ject to going hungry until company is served. For my part, I don't see what people want company, for it is a nuisance. Mamma and papa have said so hundreds of times iu my liearing.
1 object to being obliged to go about with my neck and arms brire.' Wheu it ie ]iot the fiies aud mosquitoes bother me awfully, and when the air is chilly 1 feel as though I was freezing to death.
I object, when I go out to ride in my perambulator, to having myself left alone in the suu while my maid sports with that long legged chap with the yeUow mustache and readymade clothing.
I object to being sent to bed when I am not sleepy, and to having a uasty rubber tube stuck into my mouth every time I turn over in the night.
I object to having straugers make faces at me. They give me au ^iwful start sometimes when they thiuk they are amusing me.
I object to being spoken to by people with whom I am not acquainted. Why don't they wait for an introduction ?
I object to being the only child in the family. It's awful lonesome uot to have any brothers or sisters. I wish I had been born wheu it was fashionable to have large families.
I object to being called Tom, just be¬ cause my papa was called Tom when he was a boy. Because his papa gave him a name he didu't like was no reason for giving me a name I detest. I should think a boy ought to be allowed to choose his
own name.
I object lo wearing dresses and havinct my hair curled.   Half the folks think I'm
a girl.
I object to being bossed by women, man ought to be his own master, just sick of petticoat governmeut.
I object to beiug taught baby talk. What good does it do me ? After I have become proficient in it I have to go to work and unlearn it and learn grown folks'langwage. Wby dou't they teach me that in the first place V
I object to having folks bore me with their silly stories which I have heard so many times that they are veritable chest
nuts.
I object to having people humbug me all the time. They tell me what I should do and what I should not do. I notice they are not given to taking their own medicine. What dunces they are not to know tbat I learn more from what I see than from what they tell me.
There's lots of other things to which I object but this will do for a starter.— Boston Transcript.
"I HEAR that Miss Wytherly is going to marry Mr. Snipperson," said an Iowa lady to her husband,
"Well I'm glad to hear it. Snipper- son is a nice mau. The only objection to him that I could think of would be the
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Searching for the Braak.
Dr. Seth Pancoast came up from the Breakwater yesterday afternoon and in speaking of the search for the sunken British war sloop Braak, he said that all doubt had been removed as to the location of the sloop and that everybody interested in the search was satisfied that the vessel had been located. Dr. Pancoast thinks that all that is to be done now is to scoop up the millions of dollars of treasure.
The steamer Long Branch, on which the exploration party is quartered, lies directly over the supi)osed spot where the Braak is sunk. Captain Adams and Lieutenant Blow, of the navy, and the divers are said to be confident that their work will meet with reward in the shape of large quantities of gold.
Diver Pedrick, who has made several journeys to the bottom, is the most en¬ thusiastic. The exploring party consists of a crew of twenty men, three divers, Captain Adams, Lieutenant Blow and Chief Engineer Pike.
Every thing is done under perfect disci¬ pline and a stranger would imagine that the little steamer Long Branch was a mano'-war. A regular walch is kept aud there are three eight-hour "tricks" and a lookout for each "trick."
The deck is covered with all the latest scientific appliances for carrying on the work, including the best air-pump for supplying the divers with breathing power, the most powerful pumps for clearing away the debris and mud which may have collected over the wreck, and a fine centrifugal pump which will di-aw everything but gold to the surface, the precious metal being of too great a specific gravity to pump up, and if found it will be brought up in baskets.
The diver in preparing for a descent en cases himself first in a flannel suit and then in a waterproof canvas suit with a heavy copper shoulder plate and hemlet, a pair 'of immense leaded boots and a leaden belt weighing about sixty pounds, the whole suit when he is ready to dive weighing about 180 pounds. The life-line and air-tube, which are fastened at each side of his breast, are carefully guarded by three men aud the tender or caretaker of the mau iu the water.
By previous-arranged signals conversa¬ tions can be carried ou at a distance of forty fathoms as easily as though tbe two meu were talking side by side. Whenever the diver signals for a rope the crew and little party on the upper deck all become excited aud congregate around the tender and if a piece of timber or an old iion nail is brought to the surface there is re¬ newed excitement.
Divers Pedrick and Hickman take turns In exploring the bottom of the ocean and each is proportionately proud if he brings up some new evidence of a hidden vessel.
So far the discoveries have been two mounds located'exactly north and south and supposed by the navy olhcers to re¬ present the prow and stern of the sub merged vessel, with the hidden treasure in the centre. Each point is carefully marked by sextant angles taken by Lieu- tenant Blow with perfect accuracy and duly marked on the chart.
No less than thirty-eight positions have been thus located in au oval space of about 150 yards, and each position marks the recovery of some evidence of an old vessel or of a spot to be investigated which may lead to a discovery.
Day after day the work goes on with unremittiug regularity, and Diver Hick- man declares that within three weeks they will have cleared out the hull of the Braak, and all her treasures will be on board the Long Branch or in the Mint.
The evenings on board the Long Branch are devoted to speculations on the first treasure which will be recovered. At 10 o'clock lights are put out and the little party seek the rest which will prepare them for another day's work.
Occasional variations are given to the steady work going on by the visits of curious sightseers and the formal calls of the Quarantine tug, when genial Captain Pat Byrne enlivens the time with quaint
stories. Dr.   Pancoast   said  yesterday  that a
piece of teak wood tive feet long, which
was undoubtedly part of a vessel, had
beeu brought up by one of the divers.
At the Ball Room Boor.
There is plenty of matrimonial business going ou here all the time, writes a corre¬ spondent from Saratoga to the St. Louis Globe. The ends are accomplished in different ways. For instance, the place of the master of ceremonies is at the door of the baflroom. As the mammas mar¬ shal in Iheir interesting charges, they
*^-Now! Mr. Mahler, this is my daughter. Please see that she has a desirable partner tbis evening." .      ,        *, v.
Al d the master, who hag been through a dozen seasous of thesame thing, lays his hand on his heart, bows and says:
'With pleasure, madam. Thenheruusovertheelig.bles of the other sex he has in mind, aud mtroduc
tions follow. ,
Or sometimes the mamma says. Mr. Mahler, who is that nice looking gentle¬ man sitting yonder with the eyeglase Do you know if he is married r" Is he ""''Tou'my honor, madame," says the master, "he's a stranger to me. I don t thiukleversaw him at the springs be¬ fore."
"Can't you find out who he is ? 1 like his looks," coaxes the mamma.
"Certaiuly, madame," replies Mr. Mah¬ ler.
He goes over, makes himself known to the stranger, talks about the weather, comes back and tells t!ie inquiring mam¬ ma that the young fellow is all right; single, is in the jewelry business and worth $100,000, and so on. This illus¬ trates to some extent the delicate office of master of ceremonies at Saratoga.
"Oh, yes," said Mr. Mahler, cheerfully, when asked about it. "I have introduced lots of couples who got married, had children and are as happy as two peas in a pod. Some of thera who got acquainted through me are coming back to Saratoga, and 1 am teaching their children how to dance. The unhappy ones I neyer see, thank God."
'Then it isn't strictly against the rules to give  introductions  at the hops, al-l though you told the Frenchman so last night," was asked. i
"No," replied the master. "When a gentleman comes into the ballroom and says I'm a stianger; I'd like to dance. Will you introduce me to some lady ? I look him over, and if I am satisfied he is all right I give him as good a partner as I can find, and sometimes it is partner for life."
A Puzzled Bntchman.
Some good stories have been told in illustration of the absurdities to which the "liberal construction" of spiritual pass¬ ages generally leads, but we have notseeu anything more sarcastic iu this line than the following observation by a puzzled Dutchman at a sort of service held by a "progressive" sect out West. A Wiscon¬ sin paper is responsible for putting it into print:
Ouo wbo did not believe in  immersion for baptism   was   holding  a   protracted meeting, and oue nigiit preached on  the suliject of baiitism.    In the course of  his remarks, he said :   Some belie\r«e it neces¬ sary to go into the water and come up out of it, to be baptized.    But this he claimed ; to be a lallacy, fjr the  preposition  into I ot ttio scriptures should be rendered differ¬ ently, as it does not meau^iN'TO at all I tiines.   Moses, he said, we are told, went j up INTO a mi)uutain. &e.   Now, we do ' uot suppose that he went i.\ ro ^.he mouu- ¦ tain, but upon it.   So with going down j iuto the water; it  meaus simply going ' down to or near the water, and bein-' ' baptized iu the ordinary vvay, by spriiik-
! ling.
I He carried out this idea fully, and in due season and style closed his discourse, wlien an invitation vvas giyen to any one who felt di.sposed lo rise and express Iiis thoughts. Quite a number of the brethren rose aud said they were glad that they hud been present on this occasion, tiiat they were well pleased witli the sermon they had just heard, and felt their souls greatly blessed. Finally a corpulent gentleman, of Teutonic extraction, a stranger to all, rose aud broke a silence thai was almost painful, as follows :
"Mr- Breacher, I ish so glad 1 vasli here to-night, for I has had exblained to my mind somediug dat I never could be¬ lieve before. Oh I ish so glad into does not mean into at all, but shust close by or near to, for now I cau believe manish things vot I could not understand before. We reat, Mr. Breacher, dat Taniel vas cast INTO de ten of lions, und came oud alife I Now, I never could understant dot, for de wilt peasts would eat hira up right off; but now it ish very clear to my mint. He vas shust close by or uear to, and did not get into de den at all. Oh, I ish so glad I vas here to-night. And we reat dot de Hebrew children vas cast INTO de firish furuace, and dat alwash look't a peeg story, too, for I dinks dey would have been purnt up; but ish all blaiu to my mint now, for dey were shust cast close by or near de furuace. Oh, 1 vash here to night.
"And den. Mr. Breacher, it ish said dat Jonah vash cast into the walesh pelley. Now I never could understand dat; put it ish blain to my mint now; he vash uot taken into de walesh pelley at all, but shust shump on his pack and rode ashore. O, I vash so glad I vash here to-night,
"And now, Mr. Breacher, if you will shust explain two raore pashagesof scrip¬ ture, I shall be. O, so happy I vash here to-night! One of dem is vere it saish de wicked shall be cast into a lake dat burns mit fire and brimstone alwaysh. O, Mister Breacher, shall I be cast into dat lake if I am vicked, or shust close by, or near enough to be comfortable ? 1 hope you vill say, I shall be cast shust by, a gtiod way off, and 1 will pe so glad I vash here tonight! De oder passage is dat vish saish plessed are day who obey these com¬ mandments, dat dey may have a right to de tree of life, and enter in through the galea into de city. Oh. tell me I shall get into de city, aud uot close py or near to, shust near enough to see vat I have lost and I snail pe so glat I vash here to-night."
'•What ia Democracy?" asked an in¬ quirer of a prominent Democrat. "1 don't know," was the slow reply, "unless it is free trade, civil service reform, 'turn the rascals out' and put in the Southern confederates." He was one of Ihosti who didn't get an appointment when his party came into pviwer iu March, 18.S5.
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Lifting Heavy Weights.
Topha mlifted a weight of nearly 3,000 pounds by the use of tlie strength of his whole body. He stood with a well-bal¬ anced framework heavily loaded, and lo be raised by broad straps, two passing over his shoulders and two attached to a Strong waistband. The lifting power was obtained by straightening his lower limbs almost straight just before lifting, and at the same time slightly raising his shoulders. The heavily loaded frame¬ work was thus raised an incli or two, a very sliglit swaying movement showinpj the spectators that it was really free from all contact with the ground.
So powerful was Topham's frame for this sort of work that he was backed to pull against two strong diay horses, his body being in a horizontal position, and the pull of the horses being resisted by the pressure of his legs against a fixed horizontal bar close to lhe ground, so that the action was precisely the same as that employed in the lifting experiment.
The secret of the great lifting power of the legs in such work lies in the fact that the actiou has that exceedingly effective leverage which is employed in the Stan¬ hope press, familiarly known—in fact, for this very reason—as "knee leverage." When the legs are nearly upright the knees may be a half a foot, perhaps, from the position they take when the legs are straightened. When they move ihrough this half foot the l)ody is not moved, per¬ haps, more than half an inch, consequent¬ ly the power used iu straightening the legs is multiplied into a twelve-fold great- er lifting power. It is because of this powerful knee-straightening actiou that lifting exercises are apt to develop abnor¬ mally the muscles of the lower aud inner end of the thigh.—St. Louis Globe Demo¬ crat.
"Dear ! dear.l" he said as he laid dowu his paper and looked around the car, "but a hundred million dollars is too much for any one man to have."
"Who's got itV" asked the man on his right.
".lay Gould."
Then, for a moment, everybody was silent. An old woman with a bundle on I llie opposite seat began to moye about uneasily, something like a blush came to her cheeks, and she finally leaned forward and hoaisely whispered:
"Aud he isn't a widower, is he ?"
Every body lau.:?hed, and she got huffy aud left the car at the next crossing. Luck always runs against some people.— Detroit Free Prexs.
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