davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-23
Under THE NAVY DEPARTMENT,
NAVY-YARDS.

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire:
For repairs of all kinds, seventy-five thou
sand dollars; for repairs of floating docks,
eighty thousand dollars for permanent i'm
proyements, namely, for bridge connecting
SeaYeYB island, four thousand dollars; in
all, one hundred and fifty nine thousand
two hundred dollars,
For constructing and testing experimental
breech-loading boat-howitzers, ten thou
sand dollars.
Navyyard, Boston, Massachusetts, For
repairs OF all kinds, seyenty-fye thousand
dollars.
Navv-yard, Brooklyn. new York: For
repairs of all kinds, one hundred thousand
dollars.
Maynard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ::
For repairs of all kinds, forty thousand
dollars.
Navy yard, Washington, District of Co.
lumbia: For repairs Of all kinds, seventy
five thousand dollars.
Navy yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For re
pairs Of all kinds, one hundred thousand
dollars.
Navy yard. Pensacola, Florida: For re
pairs Of all kinds, twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
Navy yard. Mare island, California: For
repairs Of all kinds, seventy-tiye thousand
dollars; for repairs Of floating docks, one
hundred thousand dollars for permanent
improvements, namely, TOR commencing dry
dock two hundred thousand dollars; CON
tinuing quay wall and wharves, thirty thou
sand dollars; continuation of rail tracks,
five thousand dollars; in all, four hundred
and ten thousand dollars.
Naval station at League island, Pennsyl-
vania: For repairs and maintenance of EN-
bankments and for dredging, one hundred
and fifteen thousand dollars.
For naval station at New London, Con
necticut For building wharf, grading, for
building storehouse, and for care and pre-
servation Of property, twenty thousand
dollars
Naval station at Key West, Florida: For
repairs Of all kinds, fifteen thousand dol
lars.
Emergencies at naval stations: For emef-
gences that may arise at naval stations,
forty thousand dollars.
UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF AG-
RICJLTUkE.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-10-05
NEWS DEPARTMENT.

We receive telegraphic dispatches up TO 4P. M NJ
and present them to our readers every evening, EN-
h~,cing nev,s of rreat interest from oil sections OF
RE coIntry. We have made special arrangemen's;
whereby we receive regular Petroleum, stock ana
Produce Market Reports every evening by teieera?h
rom New York, philadelphia, and iiItsb'iig, which
torether with Editorials and Local matters, make II
ono of the most desirable newspapers published In
the OF Region. Asan
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-10-05
ARRIVAL AND DEpAnTuw e O.
TEAMS ON O. @. d A. u. z.

ARRIVAL AND DEPAs'TUwSs'U O.
TRAINS ON O. @. d a, Ia. X.
On and after Sunday, June 2nd, 1872,
trains will run as follows:
NORTH NO. 8. No. 3, NO. l.
Leave Irvine. Has A N. sos i
Leave Oil City 600 A II. 2,27PM. G,l5pM
f" Pete $50 % $40 +" 7,O7 "
g Timsy. 7,l0 = 3,55 " 75O +"
Arrive Cory, S,I5 +" 5,25 f" 9,I5 d"
No Accommodation Freight.
Leaves OH City 94o NJ; Pet Centre,
1926; Titusviiie, Il. IS; Ar. Cory, l2,5Opm
b SOUTH. NO, 2. NO. 4. NO. 6.
Leave Cory, lO,45 A NJ. 6,l0A NJ. 6,05PM
g Titasv. II, l0,P N. 7,3O " 7,35 :"
g P. Cen. i,lO . $40 g $50 Z"
Arrive O. City l,5O I" 9,O5 " 9,25 4"
" Irvine. 4,4S ll,40 "
No. lG---Accommodaton Freight
Leaves Cory LIS p m; Titusv, 2,50; Pet
Centre. 3,55; Ar at Oil City 4,40 pm.
.E- Ne. and run on SuldaS.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-10-05

July lt, lsi2 %Runs sur days
&s-SilvcrPa'ace Sleeping Cars on Night Express
trains both ways between Pitt-burgh snd CORY.
j j. LAWRENCE, Gcn1 Supt
Tnos. III KING Asst Supt.
Minnesota Staats-Zeitung. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1877, 1872-09-05
3me'ter 1bet'.
Ser erfe 8erea DIT.

Abnuneslos 9tne @afael in bte GaQe.
9Srfn wir Die unterbaltun8 8eiper an
na@pem per @bepalier (einem iunsen
Greunpe tur@ cine Glal@e feurisen
@Yraeuiers bas 6er3 auf bic 3uuse &C.
le8t bate. -
v@afael", besann bieitr, ~Du fas<
ttR, Du wpllteit na@ 2onbpn, ni&t
mabr 2" .<I. s.# t.s"
I &afael befdtt9te bies. ~:.=
|, ~Mu@ t@ babe bic Mbil9t, cine Heine
&ei1e 3u MAIDEN, UNI ben Ginbrud bteler
teuti8en Scene ;u perpi1 1&en. Du fabft
mid 9lei@silti9, uno bod fuble t@ MIDI
ttf er9rtfen bur@ ben @@mer3 oieies
jun9en ,@eibe6. SD oerbar9 bies ab<
f9tli9." - sEA &
Mafael bor&te auf. =. E=S
nS@ unb@k Did na& Qpnecn beslef<
ten, fubr ber @beYalier fort. ~@ie
1pdr's, wenn mir 3ulau1men retfen? Sd
fenne ben @rafen ,1nb mIrbe Dir Sielz
let4t Bel ibm BON yuben iein tSnner1. -
Sd mub jepo@ nod beute fortlu, allen>
falf9en 9fa&fori@un8en Der Beb6rpen
wesen be6 beutisen &prfaQS aus rem
gBtge 3u eeben." ~. - -. ~
@afael beabf&tistt alerbiuss biele
tleine &eile, aber e6 ,parb tbm .f4mer,
itltit in etnem 10 tpt9ti9en 3ned fttne
2u3ie ollsin IN paris 3urid 3u la0en. =, :
Der Gbepalier abnte bits. L sIs s....ss ...ss
= vDn reiitft l@on beute e frasttHafael
1erfreut.
sJu menisw Stunbtn ulu6 ID auf ben
8ese mad Gatats fetn, benn f@ patf jts
Minnesota Staats-Zeitung. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1877, 1872-09-05
3eitunaS @e1cee Der Ser. @taatcn.

gBenn Mbpnncntcn itre ;3eitnn9 nidt abbefr!<
len, 70 pirb anaenOmmsu, Gag iie pieeIbe fcrt8ubt~
talten miinihen.
Rein 4bonaemen, fann re9tselltte ab5siieat
perpen, obne eaa aas Riidfdnbe be3ablt iino.
QBenu Htonu:NteN unterlalfen, tbre 3ettunse'
Don Der poitcIics absuboen, ~ limb tie bafir ser
antmortlidb, bis lie ibrs game Re9nnns be5ab!t
unb bic 3citung abhtfe(lt baben.
Wenn ubvnnenten ;breE QBobnort anbern, Dbne
bic 3eitunss Office gu bsnstrttttgen 10 1T ee tbr
@dapen, ,penn bic 5situns mad ibrem ftiteren
9scbucrt 9e{bidt mro.
Cine Dsissr'ua, re 3etsuns BON ber poR-0f-
Rce ab,uboen obhe tieiete beaablt 3u baben, miro
ais ahittlcper Bs'ru3 anseirben.
Der prei Nummtrn elmer 3eitune anutmnt.
miro ale 9(bouneut an9eieben unp bat fir bieitlbt
~ besablen. -,
3eitunaen fnb in BEN County, 100 ft sebruet
n.recu. portofret.
Minnesota Staats-Zeitung. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1877, 1872-09-05
81. .:"s.@ >:.: 211DSdentlia 100 ~ usg bt.==5"::

ten Gpe!n1lltb 9e5:t9t r1a9 etnen ber5|iz
den 9dnrepruf uno etnt9en ebenlo berg
li9en Trolte8wprtsn fir 2eonttne febrte
tr gum Ylas 3uriid. .*, "
Der Gbepa'ter mar nidt mebr bort:
&afael fanp ibn> ieiner 1portenc> neben
Zen, 8ogen. ." 2
20 .uDu tesleiteit mid in meine Bpbs
nunG &afael?" fraste er ben ianaen
Matln. q.
#,u,S@ ee{tebe bic Seene fat MIDI tiei
eribiittert", {a9te pteler, cbne pen Gbepa<
lier an3utliden, be1n gam erften Male
en,pfanp ct Die 6er;lo09feit pteies Manz
mes, Der nit eiierner @leid9Mtt9>
felt jener @cene 3ueef@aut unp iI@ Nnz
sef6t6 oerielben cine @isorre anse;inoet
batte. II" il ii.
vDu bift Elm &ino, &afael", fubr Der
Gbepalier fort. 49,.
v8enn i9 e6 bin, 70 bate t6 ppppelt
Ne9t, 3u e,npfnpem pob Du bic @ebote
penisltens elmer 1&ein barren Gbe1ls
nabme Dtrleeteit." >'
SD ta6e nieEen Meniden, unc
pennp@ iab1t Du, ca6 i@ 1ein eeten
l9onte."
,,0ieBprte bieier unalidli6en id5nen
Trau }1nttten mir ine .9ers unp uberz
3euaten MIDI, ba6 Gle uria6e nteies STEM
centres cine siel pi9tt9ere ,par, als Du
mid abnen liesef."
vBob! Giferlu9t! Ni9ts &petter! -
Do6 Die 9uft 1T falt; iputea mir
uns! Nebmen &pir Elm 6rabitQd bet @ez
fpur!"
@9wetsenb CAB &afa,l feline 3uitim<
mune, unb ber Wogen ieBte ild nad
pariS surad in 8ewe9uns. &afael per-
mieb untermea6 jepeS @eiprd@ bie g.
{nneruns an bic rlbrenre Scene, peren
3euse ct Sepelea, nabm Jpn gang In Nnz
(pru9. 3um erften 0fale fublte er e'ne
9e,piNe, ftSfelnpe &tneieune sseen ben
@bepalter.
Dieter >pubte lebr 9enau> ras in &az
fael per9in9; Is gait, ben jun9en Wann
5u utsr3euSen, bab ct II unp ntbt anoers
babe banpeln Z, Il fen, uno chen pe5<
batb fubrte er ibn gum GribRiid. Dab
Die Sa9e cine iol9se @enpun9 &C.
nemuen, mar gang 9e9en rte 8cre@nune
ipes @benalters5 pteielbe itSrte ale feline
Irpetteren y dne unp batte lein 3iel porz
'ldufs p;reitelt. @r nannte paS bic Snz
coniequen3 Der Beiber. SeDenfaQs muBte
CT jebt ior9en, AUDI iein anperes 3{el
nt9t ju oetf feMen, penn >par feline SYe>
ration sesen 2eontine eben wettes nt@te
ais cine oer {9urfil@en, 9e>rti1enlciea
D}a9tnatipnen, bic aur 8ei@df ftteun9
Iunp 3erltreuun9 ee6 @ipeurS sebDren>
,allo cine priYatla@e> io banpeltc
er.9e9en 2u;ie in b6beren Sntere1en unp
bier crebte es ft9 al|o ,tm etne &C.
1@dft6Ia @ofael. lein Berf<
seue pa6 lheinbar cine 3eit laa,1 ii@
lelb|t iiterla0en, purfte DOR s(Qen ni4t
ben @@atten etnes MiBtrauens 9e9en
,ibn be9en, im @esentbtil, er muete BET,
junsen Wann jeBt wteoer en9er al ft&
tetten. St tlbrte Jpn 81 @efeur> as,, nit
tbm iber feline 2iebe gu plaueern.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-07-26

Talent is serious, grave, sober and
respectable. Tact is all that and
more, too. 1t Is not distinctly a
sixth sense, but the life Of all five.
1t is tho open eye, the quick ear,
and Judging taste, tho keen smell,
the lively touch. 1t is the inter-
prefer of all riddles, and the re-
mover of every obstacle, and shows
a man his way in the world. Talent
is power; tact is skill. Talent is
weight; tact is momentum. Talent
is wealth, while tact is ready
money.
For all practical purposes, tact
carries it ten to one. Take them to
the thcatcr; one will produce play
that will fall dead upon its first
representation; the other will keep
the house full every night. One
makes the world wonder that it
moves no faster, the other excites
astonishmcnt that it moves so fast.
Take them into the church; talent
convinces, tact converts. Take
them to court; talent feels its way
tact finds its way. Talents com
mand; tact is obeyed, Talent has
the cars Of tho house; tact wins it,
hearts and votes. Talent is a fine
thing to talk about, but tact is tho
talent of talents; the eye Of discrim
ination; the right hand Of intellect
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-07-26

time the train was under it. The
bridge was evidently wholly unsafe,
and the circus company will take
steps to recover from the town Of
West Haven. The total damage is
estimated at $4,000. No insur'
ance.
When order was restored it was
found that many men were wound
ed. Several men were buried in
the ruins, but all escaped with
nothing more serious than bruised
or broken limbs.
There was some excitement in
West Haven last night. Sleep was
disturbed by the Gathering Of the
monkeys. which spent the night in
talking and throwing green apples
at each other, and the inhabitants
were in constant fear that they
might receive visit from the vul-
ture, or that the anaconda would
call to bid them good morning.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-07-26

The Titusville Courier, of the 9th
ult., gives the following interesting
particulars Of the Newton well, six
miles north of that city: SIT has
been down about twenty days, and
has continuously poured forth such
a volume Of gas that it was found
impossible to pump 1t, as the valves
would not work. The tubing was
pulled Wednesday and the well was
cased in order to let the gas blow
off, so that it might be pumped
After the casing was put in, the
sand pump was lowered for the pur'
pose Of agitating the we'll, and the
gas raised a column of water
throwing a solid stream into the
air hundred feet. The noise was
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-07-26

terrific, and could be heard for a
distance of more than two miles,
The noise was something like the
loud roar of thunder, and when the
column burst at the top it threw the
water each way for fifteen rods from
the we'll. The water was exhausted
in about twenty-five minutes and
then a column of gas followed,
rising with tremendous force fifty
feet above the derrick. The out
pouring of the gas makes roaring
noise that can be distinctly heard
for two miles from the we'll. The
noise around sounds like the rush
ing OF the whirlwind. The column
can be seen mile from the well.-
NO tools can be put into the welI.-
AS soon as the attempt is made,
with such force does the gas come
out that the tools are carried into
the air. From descriptions of eye
witnesses, this is probably the
greatest gas well ever struck in the
oil region. Up to last evening the
gas showed no signs of being ex-
hausted. The people in that vicin-
ity are very much alarmed, and the
cattle run about the fields perfectly
wild with fright"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-07-26

A young Kentucky physician,
who had. been regularly educated
for his profession, was called to the
bedside OF a patient whom he had
been attending with his best care
for some time, but who obstinately
grew worse and worse, until now
his end seemed very near.
"Doctor," said the sick man, 81
am dying-I am certain am dy-
ing, and believe you have killed
me-"
The doctor seemed to think very
earnestly for minute or two, and
then quite gravely and solemnly re-
piled:
eyes, | see that you are dyingl-
and, on reflection, l believe that
you are right believe that | have
killed you; but, l have taken my
oath that, if God will forgive me
for having unintcntionally murder
ed you, ! will never murder an
other-I will never give another
dose of physic professionally as long
rs l live"
And he kept his oath. Heat once
quit medicine entirely, turned his
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-07-26
TWO QUEENS IN WESTMINSTER.

In the Chapel OF Henry the Seventh,
Where the sculptursd ceilings rare
Show the conquered stOnc-wOrk hanging
Like cobweb films In air.
There are held two shrines in keeping,
Whose memories closely press
The tomb Of the Rose of Scotland,
And that OF stout Queen Bess.
Each side OF the sleeping Tudor
They lie; and over their dust
The canopies mould and blacken,
And the gliding gathers rust;
While, low on the marble tablet,
Each efigied in stone,
They lie, as they went to Judgment,
Uncrowncd, and cold, and alone.
Beside them pass the thousands,
Each day; and hundreds strive
To read the whole of the lesson
That is known to no man alive,
OF which was the more to be pitied
Or which the more to be feared
The half maculine, petulant ruler,
Or the wOms Il too close endealed.
One weakened her land with faction,
One strengthened with bands of STEEL
One died on the black-dfaped sca1iOd,
One broke on Old-age's wheel.
And both-oh, sweet Heaven, lhe pity
Felt the thorns in the rim Of the crown!
Far more Than the sweep of the eriiine,
Or the ease of the regal down.
Was the Stuart of Scotland plotting
For her royal sisters ang
Was it hatred, ii crown or in person,
Drove the Tudor 10 wish her fall?
Was there guilty marriage with Boutwell,,
And black crime at the Kirk of Field?
And what need how the smothered passion
That for Esse:. stood half revealed.
Dark Questiors !-and who shall solve tlem?
Not one, Till The great assiZc,
When royal secrets and motives
Shall be opened to commonest eyes;
Not even by hoOkworm students,
Who shall dig, and cavil. and gropc,
And keep to the ear learned promise,
While they break it TO the hope.
All, well there is one sad lesson
Made clear to lis ALL at the worst
Oft forces made quite inca mate.
And hat equally blessed and cursed:
With the English woman, all-conguerng,
Was Power, with its handmade, Plide:
With the Scottish walked o,-browed Passion
Calling lovers to her side.
And the paths were the paths of ruin,
OF disease and of wO, 10 bo IL
With thei- guerdon the sleepless pillow,
And their weapon the broken troth;
And each, when she died, might have shuddere
To know she had failed TO find
So near an approach to cOntenimcnt
As that felt by some landcss hind.
All, well. again!-they are sleeping
Divided, yet side by side:
And the lesson were far less heedful
1ftheir sculptures severed wide;
And well, for Bess and for Marie,
That The eyes, to judge them at last,
Will be free from the wells and the glamors
binding all, in the present and past.
-Eyo,u fLe iLf;1e foy yuIu
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-07-26

My sudden departure, however,
prevented his doing 50, and he there
fore speedily jumped on the fleetest
horse in the lot and started in pur-
suit. Mortified and ashamed OF my
self for having been so dreadfully
frightened without cause, I gladly
gave the fellow the money he asked
and resumed possession Of my re-
volver. He then assisted. me to
catch my horse, and on taking
leave l gave him to understand that
if he wanted to make a friend for
life he must never say word about
this adventure.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-07-26
wIGrALL AND RR0OKEs.
"Reminiscences OF Ancient Days j,
South Carolina.
Baltimore Letter to he New York Sun.

Baltimore Letter to he New York Sun.
Louis Wigfall, a native of South
Carolina,and long Senator from
Texas, is praticing law in this city.
He is a man of great originality,
dptonab, quaintness, and force Of
talk. He is very earnestly for Mr..
Greeley, and it is thought may be
sent to the South to stump such
parts as have received the infliction
of Toombs and Wise. It is very
entertaining to hear Wigfall discuss
Southern things. The old man
loves to revive the earlier scenes of
his life, when he lived in the Edge
field district Of South Carolina and
made his great contention with the
powerful family of Brookes. The
Brookes family had great numbers
of negroes and broad acres. and
were a sort of hereditary Office keep
ers in the Edgefeld district. They
despiscd Calhoun, not for his opin-
ions, but because he could COM
mand the attention of the country
without wealth such as theirs
Wigfall being the henchman of Cal
houn in Edgefield, the elder Brookes
said some mean things about him,
at which Wigfall sent him notice
that he meant to post him at the
Court House, door, and would spend
three hours in defending the post
ing. In the Southern style, there
fore, Wigfall denounced old
Brookes as liar, etc., and waited,
with a small arsenal, for somebody
to knock a chip off his shoulder,
taking his liquor in the meantime,
as he had been doing for the great.
er part of his days. In due time
along came couple of nephews of
old Brookes to tear down the bill,
when there was an instant explo-
sion of percussion caps, and one
Brookcs was killed and another bad
ly wounded. This led to a chal-
lenge to Louis Wigfall from Pres
ton S. Brookes (the future castiga-
tor Of Chas. Sumner), son of the old
man, and they met, and at the first
fire both were slightly wounded
and at the second fire both danger
ously wounded. Before Preston S.
Brookes died he acknowledged the
injustice of his family toward Wig
fall, and sent a nephew Of the latter
to the Naval Academy. These old
and ruined rebels are queer objects
in society, and their stories and le-
gends are listened to as If Captain
Kidd, or Sixteen-String Jack wero
to come out Of the grave.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-07-26
SIGN OF
The Big Hat

AS the sign denotes, it is tru-
ly a Hat Stere, both for Ladies
and Gents. Every person who
visits Independence is familiar
with Turner'S millinery and Fur
nishing Geeds Store. Last spring
they added to their stock in the
shape of Gents Hats and Fur
nishing Goods, making it truly
a Hat Store. We say it (and
without boasting), that we have
as large and as fine an assort-
ment as can be found in any
store of our class of goods west
Of Chicago.
To the Ladies Gas usuall, we
solicit a share fyour patronage.
70 the Gei.ss remember it is
truly, surely, and the only Hat
Store in the city. Our Facility
and Experience for purchasing
stock is seceHd to none; expen-
ses small consequently oul
prices we guarantee.
Remember the place, The
Sign of the Big Hat.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-07-26
Touching Incident.

An old Democrat, delegate from
Orange county, Indiana, was seen
leaning against the wall of build
ing A few minutes after the adjourn
ment Of the Cincinnati Convention
weeping bitterly. When interroga-
ted by kind hearted gentleman,
who was passing, as to the cause of
his trouble, asking at the same time
if he could serve him in any way,
the mortified and deeply humiliated
old man replied: sNo, my good
man, you can't do me no good. God
knows I wish was dead; for forty
long years I've been votin' the
Democratic ticket, and I've made
an ad7dacy that I'd stand by the
party, and here they've gone and
passed orders to vote for Horris
Greeley, and I've got to do it or
break my afidavy! And that amt
all, Mister, I've raised nine sons,
and they're all a livin', and I've
spent many night reading Hen
dricks' and other Dimocrat speech
es to them children-and very late
ly, toto teach 'em what an ever
lastin' old niger thief and lynn
hypocrit old Greeley was, and now
they're all gone back on me, and
l've got to go home to them boys
and tell 'em that their old dads
been lynn to them all his life, and
that old Horris Greeley is one of
the Lords anninted" And the
poor, deceived, and almost heart
broken old man, bursting into tears
again, trembling with emotion, went
his way, saying only: "This is too
much to bear; l believe it will sure
ly break my hearth
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-07-26
A Woman in a Turkish Bath.

NJ. H. B., the sprightly lady cor
respondent of the Missouri Repu6
Acdn, has been taking a Turkish
bath in New York, and don't like
it. Here's what she says Of it:
We are divested of every stitch
of our clothing, our rings and
bracelets locked up, our back hail
taken off, our own special possession
of seventy-five or hundred hairs
made into little hirsutc pill and
impaled with a hair pin. That was
the only token of civilization that
we boasted. The procession form
ed. At the door we were handed
a miniature sheet and little bit OF
sponge wet with cold water. We
went through passage to a room,
where we dropped our sheets and
entered vapor that clothed us de.
Gently. I wonder the Illustrated
Police Gazette or the Days Doings
haven't hit on this business for illus
tration. Well, in this steam
thought l should suffocate. Itpour-
ed up and in and down through
holes till it was dreadful. The use
of the vet sponge, l here ascertain
ed, was to put on the top Of your
head to prevent "coup de steam,''
or some such dire complaint. They
wouldn't let me out, and the tenn
perature got worse and worse, and
began to think of my mother and
an obituary notice in the Repubi-
can, when
WE WERE PRONOUNCED COOKED
enough, and let out into a room in
which was mighty tank of cold
water, through which you must
wade or swim as you could. Gees
ar's ghost! l few through it. My
anatomy and physiognomy were
heated to boiling point. TIE wa
ter seemed like Ice. It sent the
blood rushing to my hollow head
Q'm convinced l have no brains),
and my heart came ker flop up, and
went ker-chunk down. l made up
my mind that this was the worst of
it and tried to resign. had been
scraped and scrubbed and scrubbed
in the vapor room till I was sacri-
feed. l stood on the brink and saw
my companions splashing through
the internal tank. One Of them, to
expediate her own release, caught
at my ankle; away went my soapy
feet from under me, and went in
for second time. How very near
an end was the happy connection
between M. H. B. and the St. Louis
Republican.
At the next stage of this truly aw-
full experience we received the
SHOWER" had now become con-
vinced that should never see home
and friends again. In calm des-
pair, l walked under a column of
water that nearly broke my back,
and just here l got mad. That fat
attendant hasn't yet recovered suffi-
ciently to make a complaint, and
when the thin woman went before
Judge Bowling that gentleman said
it was conspiracy, that no one
woman Of my size, unaided could
do such damage. He told the wo-
man to go home and say nothing
about it, for she'd evidently been
dreadfully drunk and attempted to
walk through carpet-cleaning ma
chine. And that's the first and last
Russian bath take.