davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-03-21
Struggling a gainsf Death.

Recently, Mrs. Annie Oakley, Of
New York, after a family difficulty,
took an ounce of lauddnum. 1t
was some time before he fact was
known by her relatives, and then
the trivial carse of the attempted
suicide was dropped, and all bent
themselves to save her life. DR.,
Kent was sent for. When a per-
sou has taken laudanum, of course
the great desire Is to go to sleep.
If the patient can be kept awake
till the effects of the narcotic pass
away, there is 30 further danger.
But sleep is the sleep of-dea,h. In
vain the women begged, implored,
prayed, entr Gated them to let her
lie down in rest /; but they kept her
awake with forced walking, sha-
king. switching her with twigs, and
other light punishment, and at the
same time gave the proper anti.
dotes, chiefly the active principle
of helladonna, to counteract the ef-
feet Of the narcotic. In spite of
all this she continue d to sink, until
at eleven O'Clock her pulse had run
down to four or five beats minute,
and it seemed Impossible to keep
her from the fatal sleep. Doctor
Kent sent for Drs. Movers and
uufd, to come, and uling their
galvanic batteries, which they did,
and all three doctors commenced
at the woman, keeping her system
stimulated and preventing her +. ON
going to sleep by strong continuous
clfcui.s OF galvahiem that would
have made Il normal person almost
crazy. The minute battery was
yemoved the woman appeared to
sink, so they kept them going at
full strength, ore being loaded up
with fresh chemicals while the
other WAS being used, and this Was
kept up unremittlngly until ABOUT
three O'Clock the next morning,
when the effects Of the drugs began
to wear off, aud the pulse showed
signs of strengthening. BY four
O'Clock she had entitely recovered
and was out OF further danger, 80
that the exhausted doctors could
take their leave aud seek rest for
themselves. They never more en-.
phaticalIy and literally kept IA per-
son from dying in their lives. 1t
was il literal tussel with death for
eight OF nine hours, bnt with f.
ual victory for the NJ. DIS. and
heir little electric machines.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-03-21
The MeaHest Y ct.

Some gentlemen were talking
about meanncss, when one said he
knew man on Lexington aveEucwho
was the meancst man III New York.
GLOW mean is that?' asked tricn |.
why, he is SO mean that he keeps
a five cent piece, with string tied
to it, to give to beggars, and, when
their backs are turned, he jerks it
out of their pockets. Why, this
man is 50 mean, continued the gen
tlenan, that he gave his children
ten cents apiece the night before
the Fourth Of July, and during the
night, when they were asleep, he
went up stairs, took the money out
of their clothes, and then whipped
them in the morning for losing it =
sDoes he DO anything else 2
sYes !! the other day | dined with
him, ard [ noticed the poor little
servant girl whistled all the way up
the stairs with the dessert /; and
when asked my generous friend
what made her whistle 50 happily
he said: why keep her whist
ing, so she can't eat the raisins ont
of the cake 70
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-03-21
WINSTON. N. c., THURSDAY, MARCH 2l 1878
Lines on "A Beautiful Girl.

All golden is her virgin head,
Her cheek bloomy rose,
Carnation bright the f1uttering red
That DER it softly flows,
But neither gem nor fioweret vies
With that clear wonder of her eyes.
But twice hath hue like theirs been given
To be beheld of me.
And once twas in the twilight heaven,
Once in the summer sea;
A yearning gladness thence was born,
A dream delightful and forlorD.
For once in heaven a single star
Lay in a light unknown
A tender tint, more lucid far
Than all that eve had shown
1t seemed between the gold and gray,
The far dawn of fairy day.
And once where oceans depth divine
Der silvern sands was hung,
Cleaned in the half lit hyaline
The hope no song has sung
The memory of 4 world more fair
Than all our blazing wealth of air.
For dear though earthly days may flow,
Our dream is dearer yet =
How little is the life we know
To life that we forget =
Till in a maiden's eyes we see
What once hath been, what still shall be.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-03-21
Tramp in the Smith
Family.
(Spf cial to the Cincinnati Enqutrer )

~ 49,
RICHMoND, Va February IS
The'latest tramp sensation here Is
the richest and the best. On
Church hill, which is the lofty and
picturesque locality of this city,
runs a wide, fashionable avenue,
and on this avenue there stands,
among other stylish residences, a
towering brown stone front, occu
pied by Mr.. r. M. Smith and fami-
ly. Last night, at late hour, Mrs.
Smith, as is her custom, went. into
the hedchamber occupied by her
two daughters, Misses Mary and
Bertha, tc see if the precious things
were covered up and tucked in
The madam carried "A taper IN her
hand, as she saw through the half
open door that the gas in the young
ladies room had been put out
When the faint glimmer of the
light fell upon the bed, what did
she see )! Oh, horrors! There fast
asleep, under the cover; in between
the two precious sleeping girls lay
a strange bearded man. The con
trast, now great it was. Mary and
Bertha have recently bloomed into
lovely womanhood. Mary is cigh-
teen and Bertha is seyenteen.-
Their faces are finely chiseled, their
compleXions are fair, and their skins
are as white as marble. The strange,
bearded man seemed to be between
thirty and thirty five years Of age,
and much bloated. When Mrs.
Smith beheld the scene, she tipped
rapidly back to her own chamber,
and walked her husband In hnr~
ried whispers she told him of the
awful situation NJ. Smith ran in
and beheld the stranger and his two
girls sound asleep, ''thrce in "a row."
lie rushed out to the street for a
policeman. Officer Tillman hap,
pencd to be passing, and the two
hastened up to the ladies chamber.
All this time the three slept quiet.
ly. Officer Tillman ierked the
stranger out Of bed. The danght-
ers aroused first one shrieked, ard
then the other, then the mother
shrieked. and finally they all scream
ed out togatllcr. No one could ex
plain. The daughters tainted
The stranger vas somewhat in his
cups, and greatly embarrassed
The polieceman made him put on
his clothes aud marched him TO the
first police station, where he was
locked up. This morning the pris-
oner appeared before Justice White,
on charge OF va@rancy and unlaw'
ful trespassing. lie explained to
his honor that his name was Kelly;
that he lived, when at home, near
hanging Rock, Ohio, which is "a
few miles below Ironton, on the
Ohio river but that he was now "a
regular tramp last night while a
little tight he was passing the fine
house described, and thinking it was
may be boarding house, he tried
10 ger III that he was successful,
the door being unfastened that he
crept up stairs and found his way
into the chamber of the ladies'; that
the light being turned low he took
the fair sieepers to be men, and
wishing a warm place to sleep, put
out the light and crowded in be
tween the individuals whose gender
he had sadly mistaken. Justice
White said as no harm seemed to
have been done he would only give
him six months in Jail for making
hat mistake Kelly, as he called
himself, was tolerably well dressed,
aud looked like he had seen better
days.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-03-21
Cheap for Cash!

you can buy for cash in New York, and there be-
ing remnants to take off the profits, we en-
abled to sell on very small commission, and most
respectfully invite the public to examine stock,
and satisfy themselves.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-03-21

A young man sent sixty cents to
a firm in Michigan who advertised
a receipt to prevent bad Dreams
He received a slip of paper on which
was written ''Don't go to sleep"
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-03-21

Some of the yonng members ofa
church in Turnbridge, VT, got
themselves into trouble by turning
a prayer meeting into a kissing
party.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-03-21

A man at Harrisburg, Pa, invited
his friends, recently, to- his "grand
annual bawl." He has been married
eleven years and has eleven children.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-02-17
FIRE AT BODIE.

Messrs. ellison & Barber received a letter
from Bodie dated the 18th in which it was
stated that restaurant belonging to "Big
SAM" otherwise known as Sam Chung, a
Chinaman, was destroyed by fire the day be-
fore The cause of the disaster is not stated.
Mr. ellison informs us that this was the favor
tie restaurant of the place, also that Sam was
insured for So, 600. The building burned was
Immediately in the rear of ellison & BARRIERS
place of business. There high wind
blowing at the time of the fire, but luckily its
direction was away from ellison & BARRIERS
store, elsewise the town would most likely
have gone. There is bucket company at
Bodie, and they did effective service in pulling
down a building between the burning mass
and the neighboring structures, The des-
truction of this eating house will be a serious
to the citizens of Bodie.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-02-17
THE ADA RICHMOND TROUPE.

Concerning this company of burlesquers,
the Nevada (CaL) Daily Transcript of Thurs
day says: ga crowded house greeted the Ada
Richmond Burlesque Company at the Theater
on Tuesday. Kenilworth' is all that is
claimed for it-one of those rollicking, jolly,
don t-care pieces, to witness which affords the
most refreshing relaxation from the cares of
everyday life 1t is full of funny scenes and
incidents, and the songs and take-offs' of the
day are interspersed through the programme
at frequent intervals. The sprightly Rich
moltd is irresistible, and unlike most of the
grca5 opera bouffe artists Of the country, has
MOI yet begun to yield any of her bewitching
ways up to the inroads of age. The whole
troupe is far above the ordinary, and their
engagement in this city will long be remem-
bred With pleasure by the hundreds who
witnessed their entertainments.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-02-17
PETARyTACEE EKGAE..

THE Town is healthy. The sanitary condition is all that
the fasdios of the medical profession could desire
This informed, is owing to the purity o the drugs
medicines, fancy articles poriumory powder, pomatum
and peculiar article Of improved pills furnished by o.
P3thecary Willis, the old stand opposite the Capitol
ana the Of King and Carson streets which, it is
morally understood, every understands where it is
and is only necessary keep up the general of the
altly condition Of the general system, any
other system. to keep patronizng Willis Everything
the drug line be procured the shortest notice and
on the most reasonable terms jnl
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-02-17
MORNING APPEAL.
FEBRUARY IL. 1878
ITEMS.

Our ever enterprising townsman, Mr.. John
u. Fox, Fastening to relieve his customers
and friends from the Inconvenience and I'M
Certainties of mud and narrow walks, has fin
ished his sidewalk with luminous and SPLEEN
did alacrity all his own. And, by the way,
that building which now stands on the cold
Frisbie Corner only lacks little of being as
slightly as the original building We are glad
to note so strenuous a purpose on the part of
our more vcntursome fellow citizens to sacr-
flee means to taste Undoubtedly we should
all, as our means accumulate, lend our most
intelligent and valorous endeavors in the di
rection of architecture and the other Hstheti-
cal applianccs
The mud which erst did accumulate on Car
son street has given way to a softer and more
liquid substance. Indeed, our principal tho
roughfare seems, atop, like ready -made and
very crude compromise between IN aimless
and natural arastra and the Sink of Butte
Creek. Meantime, the taiiings seem to be
waiting for drying breeze or a patent Alden
drying process.
For notices of births, see another column
We are necessarily confined to one depart
ment That is to say-weil, never mind.
Pretty soon the Ivancoych Brothers viii be
in the Circulating Library Building. Then
of course, under the literary influence and at
mosphere of the place they will keep and dis
pense the latest dates.
As nice piece of Limberger as ever smelled
to heaven, and as toothsome a bit OF Swiss
cheese as was ever made from the milk of the
goat can be had at the grocery of the Harris
Brothers, also staple and fancy groceries, pro-
visions etc, for cash or its equivalent, also
apple butter and oyeralls
In the lexicon of youth which fate reserves
for bright manhood there is no such word as
fail. Likewise planes, chiscls, saws, and car
penters, joiner's, mason's and other mechan-
les hardware at Rails, two (or three) doors
west of the office of the MORNING APPEAL, %
cents week, delivered by carrier, also book
and job printing, and the only religious jour
nal published in Nevada, price s. in advance
We note that hay in bales still comes to our
market from the bucolc swales of Douglas. |
Also Tom Hickey, he is i'll from there. By |
the way, Tom is out of politics. Also we no.
tice with much satisfaction that Cap'n Pray
is in the city If the weather keeps on, we
wouldn't be surprised to see the Cap'n start a
steamboat on Carson Street-a stern wheeler,
maybe.
But for the fact that the Ormsby House
stands where it does, there might be some
thing else built on that historical corner.
Regular boarders complain of the chespness
of their rate of payment there; and as to the
transients, do not they get small bounty for
boarding there For the mere matter of lun-
cheon he is already out and injured and they
are the best lunches in the State
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-02-17
BEE.LS OF FARE.

Our strong suit, Gf We may be INDUCED in
The expression), is the printing OF bills of fare
To speak after the manner of the profane and
gamblesome, we beat the deck on bills Of fare.
As to price, that IS a mere secondary con
sideration.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-02-17

MAzEPPA -Why can't we have the boss
piece here! OF what Jim Vinson is doing at
Pipers the Gold Hill News of last evening
says: There was another good audience pres
ent at Pipers New Opera House in Virginia
City last evening "Mazeppa" is play which
none will tire of witnessing, and those who go
once are sure to be found in the audience
again This is particularly noticeable on the
Comstock. The performance last evening
was better than upon the first presentation.
Miss Buckingham seemed more at home, and
was received with wild demonstrations of
appreciation. In everything Miss Bucking-
ham is in accord with the spirit of the piece.
The gallant gray, James Melville, has be-
come quite favorite. He never makes
mistake, and evidently knows more than many
Of the other actors on the stage J. Ii. Vim
son, who is very prominent as Abdah Kahn,
does the part to perfection. The rest of the
company are very good.
The work of getting the scenery ready was
done by c. W. Bisop and T. Andrews, stage
carpenters. They worked all night Wednes-
day night and till almost time for the play to
begin on Thursday evening at getting ready
the runs necessary for the presentation of the
piece, digging the lumber used out of a snow
bank. They camped inOne of the boxes while
doing the work, their meals being sent them
to them Albert Hires, who volunteered as
scene painter, painted the work as fast it
was put together.
ROBBERY AT THE ORPHANS Home. lit,
tie fellows down at that comfortable and cosy
institution have displayed great ingenuity in
their arrangements for work and play. Among
other things they fitted up, in one end of the
barn nice little house, wherein they kept
their skates, books and a general assortment
of Christmas things. The room was taste
fully arranged and the youngsters took great
pride in it, and enjoyed it greatly. Night be-
fore last some unprincipled scoundrel broke
into the place and carried off nearly all the
childrens treasures. 1t was one of the most
cowardly tricks ever perpetrated i'll Carson
and the villain ought to be, well, we wish we
had tho furnishing of him, that's all
ST.. PETERS CHURCH Episcbpal). Services
at II o'clock in the morning and at 80 in
the evening. Sunday school Immediately after |
morning service. H. L. FooTE, Rector. |
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-02-17
JOB w 0Rh.

The MORNING APPEAL establishment is pre-
pared to perform job work at rates a long way
below the prices which obtained in the earlier
ane purer days of the Republic
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-11-02

BLACK CASHMERE
numbering thousands of pieces, which will
importation cost:
BLACK CASHNEEES FROM Zoe III.
BLACK DOUBLE TWlLLED NEElNOS. At
- AND Juc PER YARD
SILK WARP HENRIETTA CLOTHS. GOOD
QUALITY, IT 9uc-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-11-02

FRENCH AND AMERICAN PosToFFICEs.
Many a man whose patience might have
stood the test of coming home and finding
all the '.uttons Oft of his shirt, just as he
was going Ia dress for swell dinner at the
cub, d: of having his washerwomau, IN re-
turn for a dozen of his finest cambr;cs.
bring home like mum Der of the vilest Man
chester cottons, would feel urged 10 profan-
ity of the most serious character at the
iiioSyncracirS If the French Postoifcr. |
don't think that il rs too strong qualilica
tiuE To say that for insuiIerable stupidity
and dirt the General Postoliice Department
AT Jean Jacques Rousseau can scarcely be
matched in the world Ii a Postofiice were
simply a medium for the entertainment or
convenience Of the cDuntry in which it il
located, It's local arrangements might an.
swer very we'll. but unfortunately it is pa
troniZed 10y Chinese and Irish, Duichmen
aud Yankees. English, Fins, Russians and
Turks, aud while ! do not propose to il. sisi
that the Postoilice department shall be a
college of modern languages, | do not think
that st Is asking Ia much to demand that
al least they shall know their own. What
| complain Of is rot that they do no know
Chimes" ol Irish. bat they do not appear to
know anything else. II is not too high al
estimate 10 say that, at the present time
fully one third uf the Paris mail is directed
to English speaking people, and yet, at the
Bureau dc Ia Grande Poste at which they
are compelled to apply for their letters,
there is not single English speaking
official. 1t is very possible that, in Tie To-
Cal offices Of London, Manchester, New
urk or Penny lvauia, you may not always
he able 10 find talcutcd and accomplished
French lingui>t, hut mos, certainly either
ut the General Post"iIice in London or New
York, a FIeHchman would not find the
slightest difficulty in discovering some Que
who would give him all the information he
required IN his own ycrnacular. Here you
have To either speak French or bring your
own interpreter if you want a penny worth
Of postage stamps. The letter boxes, com
mon in the streets Of less civilized lands
are entirely unknown in Paris. You can
not post paper at the same office at which
You post your letter unless II HAPPENS To be
a Bureau de GrLndc poste, aud one evening
! arrived n the station just as the postmau
vino was gathering the evening mail, was
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-11-02
BUBBLES.

The comedian is 4 farce seeing man.
Isn't every policeman an arrest ocrat9
"A son net-Your neighbor's pretty
daughter.
The days are getting shorter now at
both ends
-" Grandfather's clock = has made :.
good " strike"
1t is the tin business which is almos,
liable to a panic.
Give a cat money and it will, of course.
put it in its purs.
An ex detective is about to issue vol
ume of lis. ketches.
Like the dog, the mosquito caresses the
hand that strikes at it.
Doing credit business is one of the
relics of an-tick. guilty.
-"Oh, for the touch of vanished hand, -
sighed one armed soldier.
To make pun that will be relished
abroad it should be hoinespun.
Feathers are used this year to trim
everything except hotel pillows.
What's inn name. 4 man named
Tavern keeps a hotel in Jersey.
Why don't wholesale dealers employ
prize fighters To box their goods?
Adam was e.l3 man. Why? Be-
cause he was the first of the race.
The popular number with the purehas-
ers of lottery tickets-The number won.
David invented the present musical
scale. Sc Ia was a favorite refrain of his.
When a lawyer turns preacher it is a
question as to which profession gains
most.
The clouds drop mist, but when a
drought comes the clouds seem to have mist
drops.
1t must be pretty cold in New York,
for all the papers are crying register regis
ter register
The Indian summer is welcomed in
Utah as the only good thing the Indians
ever invented"
Mr.. Steer is the name of comedian
at Il Chicago theatre. Just think COW easy
it must be for aim to beef funny.
4 celebrated English author is spending
three days in New Jersey, and will go home
and write a book about the United States.
We Rad !, an axchanye nf irnuL nm
laborer who cruelty beat his aged father.
Such a laborer is not worthy OF his sire.
A car conductor may be deficient in all
that pertains to science and art, but he
never takes a twenty cent piece for quar-
ter.
James Parton says that if there was
ever an honest man Ben Butler is one
Don't believe, then, there ever was an hon
est man.
When all the projected improvement $
are completed, it is believed that sailing in
the pathless air balloons will be as safe rs
a Mexican war.
The tramps are lucky lot, after all.
The returns are all in, and it is "A positive
fact that not single, solitary tramp lost a
dollar by the Bank of Glasgow failure.
When the trees leave out in Spring.
they have new dress; when the leaves
turn in Fall. they have another new dress
nude dress.