davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1875-04-24

plump into big custard piel
l thought John would die laugh
ing, for he said ! had smashed that
custard and the plate all to thun-
der. You see we had to be awful
quiet, so the old man woald not
hear.
l was now ready to get into
bed, so l put the light out and
picked up my boots, thinking to
put them in a more convenient
place, when down went one Of my
legs through a piPe-hOlO, which
had been covered by paper, up tc
my hip.
Now, one part of me was up.
stairs,whil the longest part of me
was in the kitchen.
As my leg was very long it
reached a shelf which was occu-
pied by dishes, pans, coffee-pots,
ETC., and it turned over with a tre-
mendous crash.
The girls had not yet retired,
and l could hear them laugh fit to
split their sides. 1 felt awful
ashamed and scared, and my heart
was in my throat, for 1 expected
the old man every minute.
1 extracted my leg from the
confoundsd hole just in time, fol
the old lady looked into the
kitchen from her bedroom dool
and asked what all the noise wa:
about.
The girls put her off as best
they could, and 1 went to bed,
while John was strangling himself
under the cover to keep from
laughing aloud.
We soon went off into the land
Of dreams, with the hope of wax.
ing early. 1 wish l could tel
you my dreams, but it would -talee
me 49, lS..s--ono moment ]
would fancy myself by the side Of
Sallie, slipping nectar from her
heaven-bedewedlip lips; nextI tIwould
see the old man Aourishing his
cane above my head.
This all came to an end by
John giving me a kick.
On waking up and looking
round 1 saw Johns eyes as big as
my fist, while the sun was beam
ing in at the window.
What to do we couldn't tell, for
we heard the old man having fam
lily prayers in the kitchen.
John looked out of the window,
and said we could get down over
the porch roof.
Get out and dress as soon as
possible, he said.
So in my hurry my foot got
fastened in the bed-clothes, and
out l tumbled, head foremost,
turned over, ana rolled down
stairs until / struck the door,
which was fastened by wooden
button, and it giving away, out |
rolled in front of the old man.
He threw up his hands and cried
Lord, save us! for he thought /
was the evil one.
The old lady screamed until
you could have heard her a mile.
was so scared and bewildered
that l couldn'tget up at once. 1t
was warm weather, and 1 didn't
have anything on but a shirt.
When l heard the girls snicker-
ing it made me mad, and I started
for the barn. When half way
through the yard the dog sent up
a howl and went for me. When |
got into the barnyard 1 had to run
through a flock of sheep, where
was an old ram, who backed up a
little and then started for me.
With one bound / escaped his
blow, sprang into the barn, and
began to climb the logs in the
snow, when an old mother hen
pouneed upon my legs, picking
them till they bled.
l threw myself upon the hay,
and after John had slid down the
porch into hogshead of rain wa
ter, he came to me with one Of my
boots, my coat, and one of the
legs of my pants.
He found me completely pros
trate. Part of my shirt, my hat,
one leg of my pants, my vest,
stockings, necktie, and one boot
were left behind. l Rever went
again to see Sallie.
, 1875-04-24
Port Townsend Hospital.

IA no8ullul uutH luI lNO tlloHtus ilICCCu-
Ing his application for admission, Is entitled
toHospifal relief.
Port Townsend Hospital.
The above Institution having been placed
on q permanent footing, as the United
States Hospital for Marine Patients on
Puget Sound, the proprietor takes pleasure
IN announcing that no pains or expense
viii be spared IN minisferlng to the COM
fort and convenience OF private patients.
This Il the largest General Hospital north
Of San Francisco, aud by far the most com
plete IN equipment. Il has been thoroughly
RENTED and refurnlshed. Its general wards
have accommodations for about one hun
dred patients and are peculiarly adapted
for cases requiring the most careful treat
ment and constant supervision at limited
expense. Those who desire them will be
furnished with nriyate rooms, entirely
separate and distinct, at a slight additional
cost.
e. The attention Of Mil owners, and
those Interested in shipping, is called to
the fnct that aeamen suffering from cOnta-
gions diseases will be treated outside the
Hospital without expense to the vessel.
THOMAS T. MINOR, Md,
oetf Managing Surgeon
, 1875-04-24

Prosperity makes friends and
adversely tries them.
, 1875-04-24
US. Marine Hospital.


ANY SICK SAILOR WHO HAS PAID
"A Hospital dues for two months preced-
Ing his application for admission, is entitled
toaospifal relief,
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09
An English Strong Room.

The London Daily Neass gives the fol-
lowing description of the new premises OF
the Safe Deposit Company in Bucklers-
bury, London: "The building, roughly
speaking, is divided into two divisions,
namely: office and safe. There are in the
building four tiers of safes, and, as tenders
TO them, four tiers OF offices. These two
divisions are separated by brick wall
eight feet thick, through which there Is
only one entrance on each floor, such en-
trance being a massive, corrugated iron
door that has stood the test Of two days.
fire without finching. The "safe" d.
vision of the building contains thirty-two
distinct chambers, and each chamber con-
tains many hundreds of compartments,
great and small, for the deposit of papers,
etc. The walls of this gigantic safe are
composed of three feet of the hardest blue
Stafiordshire brick, with an exterior OF
firc-bricks, and inside there is an armor-
plating four inches thick, cast on a
wroughtiron gridiron, that Is calculated
TO make entrance doubly impossible.
Around this parent safe there Is a clearly
defined passage, which will be patrolled
night and day. To each department of
this gigantic depository there is door
composed of twelve inches in thickness Of
solid steel, slid into grooves by hydraulic
machinery, behind which there is per
petual pressure of 100 tons These doors
arc composed Of steel SO tempered that
the greatest expert who could be found in
the country after drilling vigorously for a
week found that he had progressed only
half an inch, and retired disheartened.
To guard against Defarious entrance to the
premises by boring from below there is,
rs final floor TO the building, tank OF
eight feet of water, to reach which an en-.
terprising burglar would have to engineer
his way through forty five feet of concrete
for the mere pleasure Of finding himself
drowned like rat in hole. The water
in this tank Is used for variety Of pur-
poses, being ultimately sent with rush
to the top OF the building. The steam en-.
gines, boilers and all the machinery are
duplicate, SO that one set falling the con.
Germ will not be brought to standstill."
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09
Pennies In the South.

The Atlanta (Ga.) Herald has started an
evening edition At three cents per copy,
and thus describes some of the experiences
sustained: /" II was stated in the prospectus
Of this paper that change in coppers would
be given to all purchasers as far as the
specie resources OF the city would admit.
After careful search Of the town we were
unable TO find over "a worth of pennies in
Atlanta. There is volume of homily in
this statement apd the consequences that
1t carries. II is our opinion that people
that recognizes no piece of money less
than the nickel can never know what true
thriftiness and economy means. For years
we have been enjoining the people to the
use of pennies and the various fractions
of the nickel. We have now determined
to purchase and bring here . large num-
Der Of pennies, with which all the Herald
newsboys will be supplied and with which
they will make change when nickel is
offered them for the evening paper. In
this way we expect to gradually work the
humble but useful cent into general circu.
lation, and feel assured that ii will be
found, when they have become q usual
machine Of purchase, that three-fourths of
the articles for which we now pay nickel
can be bought for fractional part there.
of"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

eighty cents on the doiisF. confdenee Was
being restored In business circles IN saa Frsn-
ciseo "a the 3osh, and The wcrst was thought
TO be over.
Fr.ASs were at hahmast In San Francisco
on the 2e.h on account 81 the death n Bank.
President Ralssou, and expressions Of regret
and sympathy for the deceased were heasd on
All sides. The theory Of bic suicide was
strongly disproved by later Developments, and
.he statements 81 his attending physicians
would seem 10 show that bis death resulted
from apopiexy while swimming.
TIE Canadian steamer Manitoba coiiided
wish the propeller Comet On TIE evening o.
The 18Th ADORE White Fish Point, Lake snpe-
nor. and the latter vessel Immediately stink.
Ten lives were lost.
TIVE funeral Of Bsnk-President Ralston 81
San Francisco on the 3oth was largely al.
.s1ded, at least 1000 people being present
The ceremonies were Of the most imposing
and impressive character.
The trial Of the negroes charged with IN
surreetion In Georgia commenced at Augusia
on the 50th uls.
rHoRoUeH examination OF the books
and assets Of the National Gold Bank and
Trust Company Of San Francisco, made by
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09
A San Francisco Pandemonium.

A San Francisco correspondent gives q
lively description Of the grand habbubthat
is daily witnessed at the mining stock ex-
change in that city during the busy sea
son. 1t is worthy of visit from the
stranger Of an investigating turn of mind.
Facing the great entrance door, on araised
dais, stand the caller and his secretary.
Ranged TO the right and left are rows Of
chairs occupied by members of the board;
seats worth some $25 900 or $4,000 In
gold apiece. At the call of a given stock
these eighty men-the number is limited
rush frantically to the space fronting the
callers desk Then the scene defies de-
scription; It's Bedlam let loose. Yelling,
shouting, wildly gesticulating on all sides,
and to the unfnitiated free fight seems
more than imminent. Finally, out OF the
Babel-confusion Of voices the caller brings
forth order, and proceeds to announce the
various sales effected within these briet
moments Of confusion. This form con-
cluded, another mining stock Is called,
and the wild scene is recommended, and
SO on for two mortal hours, morning and
evening. The business is . prosperous
one; but men not infrequently therein bar
ter their health and reason for gold. Spec
ulatlng in mining stocks is a temptation
few can resist Millionaires and servant
girls, women and children, preachers and
sports, all join in this legitimate gamble
Palatial mansions are up-springing as if
by magic throughout the city" made in
stocks" Men and women are almost
daily shipped to the insane asylum-sent
there by stocks" Any child on the
streets can give you lucid explanation of
the mystic words, margins, points, assess
ments, buyer and seller thirty, etc. The
elsewhere comfortable fortune of one or
TIVE hundred thousand dollars is here only
moderate competency.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09
One Secret Of His Success.

A. T. Stewart, who has such large in
terests in Saratoga, is bound to make all
he can there and has just opened dry
goods store. A letter to the Troy Times
tells this little story:
For instance-and guarantee the truth
OF what / say-a lady in looking over
parasols in the establishment recently was
satisfied with only one, and that had al
ready been sold. She expressed regret
and started for the door, saying she did
not care for any other style of sunshade.
As she left, even before her back was
turned, Mr.. Stewart quickly signaled to
the clerk who had been waiting on her.
The young man sprang to obey that mag
netic forefinger:
"What did she wanttn
A parasol, sir.'
And couldn't you suit hers'
No, sir. She wanted one that Mrs.
- had already ordered the only one of
the kind in the store"
Call her back, quickly"
The clerk fastened to the door, for the
conversation had lasted but three seconds,
and requested the ladies to wait for q mo-
ment A. I. himself came forward with
short, nervous steps, and said: IF you
will call to morrow morning we will give
You the parasol you ask for, without fail"
Inc same morning a telegram ordered
supply from New York; before the store
opened in the morning the lady's order
was filled. This is the kind of man A.
L. Stewart Is, and this is the secret OF his
success and Of his fortune.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

IA he Porte 10 suppress the Herzegosinian
trouble. Ill officers % farlcuzh had been re-
called.
ACCORDING 10 R.gusa dispatch Of the LET
.se TurEs had compelled the Insurgents to
leaye Trpbigne and retire 70 the mountains
a BrnLrS telegram n the 1st says the
Bishop Of Paserborn had been ou1iswsa ~
Ministerial order because be 1eft inc city
..,ere he was interned without leave.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09
General News Summary


A WAsHrxeros dispatch Of the 9th say
Secretary Dsisno was confined 20 his home q
Mount Vernon BY rheumatism, and that The
time Of HE return TO Washington was unesr'
tain.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has de-
cided that pine timber, commonly known -
asuusredn or sided" Is subject TO duty ~
the rate Of per cent. per cubic foot, and moi
10 per cent. nd palo,ens, as heretofore he'd %
the department.
JIM. TuATcHEa, United States Commits
sioner OF Patents, has sent In his resignation
TO take effect Oct. /.
Tag public debt statement for August Is a.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

ALI1hLE boy was sad, talking of the
death Of his father. The minister said
!" Cheer up, my boy your father was q
good man; you should remember him al.
ways, dnd strive TO be like him. What
was hid last wordr' Nothing, sir,
,uld knowthat when he
was talking with my
was not allowed TO have
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09
WEST Ann SOUTH.

The fifth annual convention Of the Iowa
State Woman Suffrage Association was re-
Gently held NJ Oskaloosa. James Callahan
Of Des Moines, was chosen President for the
ensuing year; Mrs M. g. Callahan, Core.
spending Secretary; l.. b, Read, Recording
Secretary; @. Pitman, Treasurer, aud Mrs. j.
q. Mckinney, State Agent. The platform
adopted declares that women are citizens and
entitled 10 suffrage; makes the perfection d
human government, through woman sufifagf
the paramount Issue Of all true America
calls for the cooperation Of women In lcs 4
tion. to enact laws to protect women ag9h
the repeated brutal assaults OF men; dcelarea
that the cooperation OF men and women II
the law Of nature, of civilization, and essen
tial alike 10 happy home, refined society,
a Christian church and republican State;
and opposes appropriations To aid the Ccnten.
nial until women receive equal consideration
with men In the Exposition.
THE excitement In San Franeisco over the
failure OF the Bank Of California continued on
the 9th, and was greatly augmented by the
sudden death, by drowning, OF Mr.. Ralston,
President Of the bank, who went sca.bathing
IN the afternoon. The general belief was
that he committed suicide. aud II Is reported
that previous to going Into the water
he took dose Of poison TO make sure work.
The banks failure ID attributed TO Its doiag
an illegitimate banking business and Its OIL.
GERS engaging heavily In outside speeulaiions
Owing 10 heavy runs on the 9th the National
Gold Bank and Trust Company and the Mer'
chants Exchange Bank, OF San Francisco
were forced TO close their doors, but II was
thought they would be able to resume on the
8oth, heavy transfers OF gold being iiade by
the Treasury Department Ut Washington to
support the banks, upon official notice
received that the agents Of the banks hs
posited gold with the Assistant United ssy
Treasurer In New York.
ONE statement made on the 10th vast. ...'
effect that the liabilities Of the Bank OF Call
fornia were sl4,o00,ooo, with assets at less
than s6,0oo,oOo. Another report says the
creditors az the bank win eventually realize
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

"OY all the fools in this world" says
the Rochester Erpress, the greatest fool
Is the fool who is voluntarily and conspic-
uously noisy, blatant fool, and who glo-
ries in his foolishness, thinking it smart
ness, and all the while quite unconscious
Of what confounded fool he ISL
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

The Prince of Wales will distribute a
large numbsr Of souvenirs In the course
of his tour through India. Several hun.
bred gold and silver medals and gold
rings have bedn ordered for the purpose.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

A MIGRATORY sheep. raiser in Beatrice.
Neb, has flock Of 500 sheep. His home
Is on wheels, and with his family he
moves from place TO place, wherever he
eau find good grazing lands.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

How KIND and accommodating those
learned men of science are, 10 tell us all
about things we don't understand and
make them plainl Here comes the great
German chemist, Prot. Kobe, orexample.
aIitlasslhres us that he has actually ascer.
tained that while sodium salicylate yields
on dry distillation sodium sodio. salicylate,
potassium salicylaie similarly treated yields
POTASSIUM paraoxybenzoate,"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

#<]#4RsHNet
ammo =. 80 surrender Of the carlIst eta.
de, ~ lei 10 the Alphonsists. The
Ig made prisoners OF war and
sfcerda. fhe Bishop OF the do.
Asotaken 10 Puycerda as prisoner
British Foreign Office on the eth re-
4, inotice from the Minister In China d
PROBABLE complications with the Chimes
Government arising out Of the Burmese que$
ton. =
TRIIon has apoiogized TO the United
States Consul for the Insult offered 10 hlm
and his wife.
A MAJORITY Of the jury Of inques. upon
the bodies Of those drowned when the Queens
Yacht ran into the Mlstletoe are reported 10
have recommended that the officers OF the
royal yacht be prosecuted for manslaughter
A LospoS dispatch OF the 2sth says the
foot AMI mouth disease Is spreading among
the cattle In Cumberland and Aberdeen.
shire.
THE representatives OF the foreign powers
have assembled In Mostar 10 attempt TO effect
IAAc paeifcation Of the rebellious Turkish
~ saces. Over 1900 Turkish Croats have
tue Danube Into Austrian territory.
Qarations are going on steadily
Il NJ Belgrade dispatch OF the 2sth
~ 80 anita OF NovarosSh had re.
yoisl med the chief town OF the
brownies
A RsGus4. dispatch Of the goth says an 10.
surrechon had broken out IN Albania One
thousand 5ervian volunteers had entered
Herzegovina 10 aid the insurgents. The In.
surgeons had rejected the advice Of European
powersand demanded the independence of
Bosnia
A M.Dnip telegram OF the Goth says the
Ministerial Council had decided to send l2 600
troops D Cuba by Sept ~ and 10000 more
In Oct~er.
A pIrATom 10 the London Times Of the 30th
uit. sas force OF Russians had taken the
field apinst Khoiend. The rebellion had ex-
tended 70 the southern districts.
A BrsLIs dispatch Of the 30th ult. says
Bosnia was full Of rebellion. The Herze-
goyInia insurgents had established nation.
al government.
A LolpoN dispatch Of the soth nit. says
adyieesla just been received from the Polar
expedition The two vessels had sailed for
Upcrnaik on the nth Of July, All well.
al TO the London Times T~
sd YES that all the insurgents
lot fed into Austrian teri
red to the Porte.
sa. .2a.... . "a -, s,.fa., axtat.J H.,
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

Kentucky, va 60 sgara4ss - fasii'forr on
the SID.
A 7Ex.YElR-oLp daughter Of Michael
GlayIn OF Niles, Mich. poured Kerosene oil
from q can on some live Goals 10 the stove, on
the 3Is, ult The can exploded and the burn
ing oil wac thrown over her and her little sis-
Ter, ten months old, who was clingng TO her
clothes. The babe was burned 10 death aud
the giil very badly injured la trying 70 save
the child.
Asm F1AscIsco dispatch Of the 3lst uit.
saws tie excitement had entirely subsided
ana = better fss'' prevailed. Statements
1917 ~ OF the Bank Of Call.
! R< the bank were In a
ss tf.s han anticipated, with
49, .ueak64.. ( business with new
.,-.snd done much 70 restore confidence.
The ddprs Of the Merchants Exchange Bank
and ID, National Gold Bank and Trust Com
pauy we're stIIl closed
THgfourth annual session Of the Louisville
(Ry.) Exposition opened on the evening Of
the lat
FoUh children u Mr. Mier, OF Ascension
Parish La, were poisoned by French worm
lozeng& on the ist, and died In few
hours.
Gro. la. Smith, Second President Of the
Mormot Church, and Brigham Young's chief
adviser and counselor, died at Salt Lake City
on the morning Of the LIST, aged hfty.eigS
years. He leaves five wives aud large mug
Der Of children. by virtue Of the rules Of u r
Mormon Church George q. Cannon, Delegs
10 Congress, will succeed President smith, he
being next In age and position.
THE California election occurred on the LIST.
A San Francisco special Of that date says the
Democrats had carried that city, aud the
state had probably gone the same way.
In Chicago, on the lat, spring wheat, No.
2, was weak, closing ut Sl.l3Aobl.i44 cash.
Cash corn Grmer; closing at Csc for No. 2
and Ole for rejected. Cash oats, No. 2,
sold at 2i0t3514c; October options we're
sold nj 3se. Rye, No. 2. s0nsic Barley,
No. 2, si.l00i,iI. Cash mess pork closed at
go 55o120.G0. Lard, si2s00i2sb Choice
10 extra beeves brought s5.75td6,75; medium
TO good, t4256Q5eO; butchers stock, s2.75C8
400, scalawags, etc, s2.250la;.so,. Hogs
brought s7,s50os 20for good 10 extra Sheep
sold ut s4l00@4.75 for good to choice.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

THE Secretary Of the Treasury on the LIST
issued calls for redemption Of sis,Ooo,oo 81
$40 bonds Of "a, ss,0o0,oo0 Of which are on
account Of the sinking fund. The principal
and accrued interest will be paid at the
Treasury Of the United States or at the Office
Of the Assistant. Treasurerin New York, Dec.
/. 1875, interest TO cease ON that day.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-09

bic wst1 green Dat NJ ~ par Oh usniaDn-
b Ti.lf the legal money Of the country shonio
BE enddwsd With the power 70 pay al asup, pun a
s.d rrfIafe except that portion Of the bonded In
aebtsd,,ess s.eeihcaiiy made payable Ia coin.
T1btt ~ the enactment Of the last Congress
uyovidIlg for resumption o. specie payments IN
isYg h lHpracticsbe and impossible OF execution.
and dissstrous In IL effects upon the bnsiness CT
The c0nptry. we demand its Immediate and nncon-
ditionai repeal. -
g. Thai the plan Of Government currency pro-
lend 10 render our Government and people indie
ryendcnt financially Of foreign Influences or com
licaiois and not subject hereafter, ~ heretofore,
10 The disturbing control or influence OF foreign
countries. :
That we recommend the organization OF
C;reeubaek Clubs In every State Of The Union Tor
lbs purpose of carrying out the principles and
measures set forth iD the foregoing resoiuuohs'