Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1886 — She Was. [ARTICLE]

She Was.

“Have you any reason to offer why sentence should not be passed upon you?” asked the Judge of the female pawnbroker, who had been arrested for extortion. “Please, your honor, I throw myself on the mercy of the court. I am a poor loan woman.”— Chicago Rambler. By the addition of a small percentage of cobalt the tenacity of copper is greatly increased—even as much as 50 to 100 per cent., according to M. Guillemin. The alloys are all red. We gain as much in avoiding the failings of others as we do in imitating that in which they excel.