davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18
Advice to a Young Man.
HaWkeye.

Young man, when you see anything
you want, ask for it like man. Ifyou
want to borrow five dollars of man, or
if you only want to marry his daughter,
don't sidle up to him and hang on to
your hat and talk politics and religion
and weather and tell old, stale Jokes
whereof you can't remember the point,
until you worry the old man into
nervous irritation. Go at him with
full head of steam on and your bow
ports open, like an iron-clad pulling for
a shore battery. Snort and paw and
shake your head if you feel like it, no
matter if it does make him look aston
ished. Better astonish him than bore
him. Go into his heart or pocket book,
or both, it amounts to the same thing,
like a brindle bull with curl in his
forehead charging a red merino dress,
eyes on fire, tail up and the dust fly
ing. Then you'll fetch him. Or posi-
bly,, he may fetch you. But never mind );
you'll accomplish something and show
you aren't afraid to speak what's on
your mind. And that's a great deal
more than you would accomplish by
the other method. You needn't be
cheeky, but you ought to be straightfor-
ward.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18

The fact has just been discovered that
the late A. T. Stewart left provision for
the development of a great philanthro-
pic enterprise in the shape of univer-
sity so munfcently endowed that it will
furnish the highest education at an ex-
tremlv low price. It was as prelim-
mary step to this enterprise that Mr..
Stewart purchased the Garden City es-
tate, on Long Island itself about as
large as Manhattan Island, and all the
extensive Improvements are designed
only to be the surroundings of great
collegiate system. The magnificent
Cathedral, in whose crypt the mer-
chants bones were expected to rest, is,
Of course, to be the ARCHITECTURAL monu
ment of Gardeo City, and around it will
be grouped the Episcopal residence,
male college. female and a divinity
school. The two main college buildings
will be on a vast scale, each with a
frontage of 275 feet, aud containing three
hundred private and single bed rooms
for students, which together with the
dormitories will accommodate five hun
dred students within each building. The
endowment is SO generous that Judge
Hilton. who is working out Mr.. Stewards
ideas, has decided that the entire ex-
penses of a student, male or female, for
board. washing, attendance and tuition,
shall not exceed $500 per collegiate year
70 forty weeks, while, besides this, there
will be as many free scholarships as
possible. The institutions, although
endowed by the estate of an Episcopal
liam family will be non-sectarian in
character and the intention is to make
the instruction they furnish ofthe high
est character. The first brick in the
male college was laid yesterday morn
ing, and the contract requires the build
ing to be under roof by next January
and finished and ready for occupancy
the following September, the other
buildings to be completed year later,
The development of this great scheme
will be watched with interest.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18
Whitehall Review.

A friend of mine, coming from New
York lately, was fellow-passenger with
a Yankee who never by any chance,
except when he was eating or sleeping,
had a cigar out Of his mouth. 81 have
seen a good many smokers" said my
friend to this individual, but / never
saw such an incurable chimney as you
are" "Yes," was the reply; 81 am
fond of my Havana. [ can't live with
out my Havana, and Ihave left instruc-
tons that one is to be put in my coffin
when I die" "And," interjected anoth-
er Yankee of the party, 81 guess you
won't have to go far tor light, any
howl" This anecdote being repeated
In the presence of two specimens of the
rising female generation, one evident
ly enjoyed it, but the other looked very
solemn indeed. When they got to-
gether out of the room, she of the seri-
GUS turn of mind said to her compan-
ion: That was a very naughty tale
that your uncle told. know that
there are all sorts of nice things in
heaven, but | am sure there are no
cigar-Gghts there" A right-minded
child, that.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18
A Horrible Story From Mexico.
Logansport (Ind.) Journal.

A private letter from Col. 7. H. Bring
hurst, dated at Parral, Mexico, May 10,
1879, shows that the preparations for
extensive and successful silver-mining
operations are progressing very salts
factorily. In the letter the Colonel
gives the following narration: ''Last
week, in Chihuahua, a woman went in
to shoemaker's shop in front of his
dwelling and was measured for pair of
shoes. The son of Crispin said to the
woman: You have very pretty foot.
DO you think SO? said she. He replied
Yes. That is the prettiest foot in Mex
ico.' The woman was to come back
next day and leave ST., when the shoes
were to be commenced. The shoemak-
er's wife, hearing all, said nothing. The
next day the shoemaker was out when
the woman with the pretty foot called,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18
How the Whale Blows.

The common notion regarding the
"blowing of the whale appears to be
that which credits the animal with
inhaling large quantities of water into
it's mouth, presumably in the act of
nutrition. The water is then said to
escape into the nostrils, and to be
elected therefrom in the act of blowing.
The behavior OF whale in the open
sea at first sight favors this apparently
simple explanation. Careering along
in the full exercise of it's mighty powers,
the huge body is seen to dive and to re-
appear some distance off at the surface,
discharging from it's nostrils shower
of water and spray. The observation
is correct enough as it stands, but the
Interpretation of the phenomena is
erroneous. Apart from the anatomical
difficulties in the way of explaining
how water from the mouth could
escape in such large quantities, and 50
persistently, into the nostrils, there is
not merely an utter want of purpose in
this view of the act of "spouting," but
we have also to consider that this act
would materially interfere with the
breathing of the animal. Hence a
more rational ex planation of what is
implied in the blowing of the whales
rests on the simple assertion that the
water and spray do not in reality pro-
coed from the blow-hole, but consist of
water forced upward into the air by the
exploratory effort of the animal. The
whale begins the exploratory or "breath-
ing-out" action of its lungs just before
reaching the surface of the water; and
the warm expired air therefore carries
up with it the water lying above the
head and blow-holes of the ascending
animal. That this view is correct is
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18
One Lucky Bullet Saves Hundreds Of
Lives.
Edinburgh ScotSman's Durham Letter.

Edinburgh ScOtSmans Durham Letter.
In the middle Of the fight at Rorke's
Drift, when the Zulus had fired the hos
pital, a rush was made by band of the
enemy to fire the storehouse, the other
building which Outlasted the defense.
AS fast as these Zulus came on with
tirebrands they were shot down, but one
managed to escape the fire and got in
close to the wall of the storehouse.
The defenders, with their rifles through
the loop-holes, could not slope Their
weapons to kill him, and it seemed as if
his purpose of firing the thatch on the
roof of the house should succeed. For
tunately, young Corporal of the Army
Service Corps named Atwood bethought
himself of plan to rid the camp of the
Zulu. AS luck would have it, there was
a small square hole in the wall which
had been used as window, and the
Zulu happened to get below this. At
wood, with his carbine, made his way
to this hole, and pushing out his weapon,
let it hang pointing to the ground. It
was impossible to take aim in his awk-
ward position, so he trusted to fate. The
Zulu had by this time stuck firebrand
on the end of his assegai and was in the
act of rising up to set fire to the thatch
when Atwood, not seeing the Zulr at
all, but knowing about his position.
fired the earbine with his thumb. The
shot probably, in fact, saved Natal from
an invasion of the Zulus. The Zulu at
daylight was found at the spot with his
skull smashed in, and the assegai, with
the frebrand stuck on the end of it,
held tightly in his dead hand.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18
The Boston Idea of Good Story.
Boston Advel tiser.

A good story-the better because it is
true-is told at the expense Of a benev-
client lady who was examining the work
of the Associated Charities in this city.
One Of the applicants for relief seen by
her was a colored woman, who told a
doleful story of suffering, which SO
worked upon the mind of the lady that,
against the advice of an experienced
friend, she gave her 81 to relieve her
present distress. Her disgust may be
imagined when she learned that her
ward bought four-button pair of kid
gloves and a seat for "Pinafore" with
the money!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
What Detroit .nyentOr is Doing.
Detroit Free Press.

Saturday evening a reporter of the
Free Press spent a couple of hours in
the old church on Pine street. where
several months ago he discovered
Charles J. Vandepoele, the enthusiastic
Belgian electrician. A flood Of light,
beautiful in its soft brilliancy, fell upon
the tools and patterns scattered every-
where, and cast inky silhouettes on the
floor. Pendent from the centre of the
ceiling hung the marve Gus cause of it
1.-THE coming light produced by
electricity. The plucky Mr.. Vande-
poole, although working at great disad-
vantage, has made notable improve
ments in the light which he first ex-
hibited to q reporter of this paper
some months ago. The light which
was shown Saturday night was a clear
white ray, having a steady glow, flicker
ing occasionally, when the arc between
the carbon points was changed by the
current. Sixty feet away from the
light the finest print was easily read.
and still its brilliancy did not dazzle nor
pain the eyes, as it came from the cell
ing. When the light was lowered to
the table, however, it was much too
strong, but easily regulated by the
force of the current.
Mr.. Vandepoele was particularly iu-
bllant, and spoke of the coming exhi-
bltlon which he proposed to make in
the streets OF the city. He had hoped
to get his new large dynamo-electric
machine ready to make the practical
exhibition On the evening of the Fourth
ofJuly, but will hardly be able to. He
expects, however, to exhibit one light
in front of the City Hall on that even
ing and with it illuminate the whole
Campus Martius. The test which Mr..
Y andepoele proposes to make within
the next two months must satisfy the
city authorities whether they will invest
In the electric light or not.
He will place twelve or fourteen lights
at different points in the city, locating
several on the Campus Martius, one
near the river and the others wherever
the authorities may wish. The exper-
iment will cost him 81 900 and the COM
mon council are not asked to appropri-
ate one cent. Consequently, it is sng-
gested that the committee appointed to
visit Cleveland postpone their visit I'M
til it is learned what "home talent" can
do with the electric light.
" [ know l shall succeed" said Mr..
Vandepoele, "but if [ don't, why, all
right; they can let Charlie co."
Win not the cost of the carbon
points be a great objection to the use
Of the light now that you have dis
covered how to use and control it 2"
asked the reporter.
The statement that carbon points
are expensive is all nonsense, with coke
at s cents per bushel."
Mr.. Vandepoele exhibited the cele-
brated Jablekof light and showed his
visitor the manner of manufacturing
it, all of which he does himself. He is
an interchangeable worker and is confident
Of complete success in his undertak-
ings.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18

INAsMUCH as laughter is faculty be-
slowed exclusively upon man, we seem
to be guilty of sort of ingratitude, if
not impiety, in not exercising it as
Titus we have "lost day" if We have
passed it without laughing. The pill
grims at Mecca consider it so essential
a part of their devotion that they call
upon their prophet to preserve them
from sad faces. "Thank God," ex-
claimed Rabelais, with an honest pride,
as his friends were weeping around his
deathbed, eff I were to die ten times
over. I should never make you cry
half so much as / have made you
laugh"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18

rendered highly probable not merely
by the observation of the breathing of
young whales and porpoises kept in
confinement but also by the fact that
the last portion Of the elbow" consists
of white silyery spray or vapor,
formed by the rapid condensation of
the warm air from the lungs as it comes
in contact with the colder atmosphere.
The water received into the mouth
escapes at the sides Of the mouth, and
does not enter the nOstrils at all.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18

PEER who jumped from the suspen-
sion bridge at Niagara Falls, a few days
ago, wore a rubber life preserver, to
lessen the depth of his penetrations into
the water; sponge over his mouth and
nostrils, to prevent the water from be-
ing forced into them; and thick cloth
over his feet and legs, to prevent them
from conclusion. A brass wire, at
tached to his shoulders, was reeled out
as he fell, with just enough tension to
keep him in an upright position. To
strike the water Pathways would be GER
tain death. Peer dropped 1872 feet in
four seconds. He was exceedingly
nervous just before the feat and it was
thought that his courage had given out.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18

The American people are pre-emin-
emily sugar eating people. The con-
sumption of sugar by each individual
in our country is shown by statistics to
be about forty pounds year. 1t Is
seen at once that the adulterators Of sug-
ar and other sweets not only cheat our
people in the quality of what they furn-
ish, out the quantity as we'll.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18

The following showing the assets of
the national treasury on the LIST of May,
1879, will be of interest to the finance
no1itician in the fall elections.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18

THE committee of Woman Suffrage
of the Connecticut legislature has re-
ported against giving women the right
to vote in school district meetings and
on liquor questions.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18

WHILE the interoceanic canal con-
gress at Paris is eliciting large amount
of information on different routes, it
has SO lar failed to show that any of
the Central American schemes would
yield fair return on the capital needed
to carry them into effect. The pro-
motors of the rival enterprises will
have to be explicit on this point, before
they can expect monetary aid.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18

A PARIS letter says that ex-Queen Isa-
bella of Spain looks like large water
mellon in dress of bright yellow and
green.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18

A man who owns good oil-well is
said to hive On the fat of the land.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-10-17
SAYING CLOVER SEED.

The very high price which farmers fire..
quently have to pay for cloverseed should in
duce them to save at least a sufficiency for
their own supply, and undoubtedly, if we'll
followed up. make it a very profitable busi-
ness as money crop, A farmer, who is
vouched for as one of the best coverseed sa.
vers, gives the following hints as to the saw.
ing of the seed: The second crop is for the
seed and is really fit for no other purpose, as
it salivates the stock fed on it. The best
time to cut for seed is very nice point to
determine 1t should be cut when a majori-
ty Of the heads turn brown, and before any
begin to shed off the little seed pods, each Of
which contains a seed. Cut the second Gor
OF clover just as though it were for hay, rake
it into wndrows and let it lie and take one
or two showers then put it into very small
cocks while damp, about one good pitchfork-
ful in place, and when it is dry put into
sacks and cap with something that will turn
water, or what is still better, if you have a
shed or barn, put it there and let it remain
until you get huller to take it out for you
Let our farmers save all the cloverseed they
can, and thus help to make thousands of dol.
lars for the State, now sent out each year tol
cloverseed to sow
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-10-17
KILLED BY A DEAD SNAKE.

l will tell you very curious and melan.
choly incident that happened on one occasion
in church where was conducting the SER
vice. The windows and doors were, of course,
all wide open, and through one of those open
doors a cobra glded into the church. I did
not notice it myself, but several of the con-
gregation did, and were not unreasonably
much alarmed. The beadle, a native, was
fortunately on the alert, and he managed to
procure tulwar, with which he cut off the
creatures head before it had time to do any
mischief Tranquility was restored, and the
service proceeded to its close, when many Of
the congregation went to look at the dead
snake as it lay headless on the ground
Among them was a man who in his curiosity
to examine the reptile, put his foot on the
head and rolled it toward him when he in
stantly uttered loud exclamation and drew
his foot away. By some means or other be
had contrived to set in action the muscular
apparatus attached to the poison-fangs, which
had darted violently forward and struck hin
on the foot. All remedies were useless il
half an hour the poor fellow was a corpse
proving, with vengeance, the awful viru.
lence of the poison Of the cobra di capello i
Chambers journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-10-17
ROADS.

This is the way | make good road with q
pow and drag: Commence in the middle
of the road with good, sharp plow, as soon
as the frost is well out while the ground is
yet soft, and plow it into the centre from both
ways, plowing strip from twenty to twenty
five feet wide, then drag it down thoroughly:
then plow again in the same way, then drag
again at least twice over, and so on blowing
and dragging until the road-bed is raised
from one. and-a-half to two feet high. | am
sure to go straight, for nothing looks bette
to me than straight road | don't like ser.
pentine roads. When raised high enough,
drag four or five times over, SOW on grass
seed and roll down.
In the district where live we are taxed
about seventy days on the road. A team
plow and man are counted three days work
With these seventy days work we can round
up good half mile and it is as smooth when
we get done as house floor. Can drive
two-forty gait just like "a mice Being dont
while it is moist, it will pack down sole
and not run up. We used to wait until abou
the 1st of June, then tear things all to pie
ces by getting Jumps on to rough spots anC
making them rougher, and soft dirt on to sof
spots and making them softer and somewha
dangerous for spring wagons to pass over, go.
ing 'helter-skelter up and down and all over
You gentlemen who like good roads try IN.
plan know you will like it. You will b,
astonished how much you can do in a day
how fast you can round up the road and how
nice and smooth it will be when you get done
Plow it fine, drag it fine and do it while tn,
ground is wet don't wait until it gets dry
and hard. Do it right and you will be glaC
and happy and make Others happy. A goot
coat Of gravel put on one year after is an ex
cellent plan, and such road will last man,
years without any more expense.
&. w. PALMER.
Monroe county, N. y Germantown Tel
| egrdph.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-10-17

An infdel passing through the shadows
that hang around the close of life and finding
himself adrift amid the dark surges of doubt
and uncertainty without anchorage or harbor
in view, was urged by his skeptical friends to
hold on, but will you tell me what to hold on
byT Here is question which men do well
to consider before they reach the closing
scene. If they are told to hold on, what are
they to hold on by Where is their trust ?
Where is their confidence? ? What certainty
have they as they go down into the shadows (
Surely man who comes to his dying hour
needs something better than infdelity car
give him he needs the guiding hand of Hin
who is the resurrection and the life, who ha.
conquered death and riumphed over the
grave, and who is able to brisg us safely off
at last He needs that hope which is as ar
anchor TO the soul, both sure and steadfast
and which entereth into that within tn,
veil.'
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-10-17
THE NEW INDIAN WAR.

The slaughter of Maj. Thornburg and q
dozen soldiers in Colorado, perhaps
of the whole of his force, adds another tc
the long list of needless horrors which have
attended our management of the Indian
tribes within our borders. The painful re.
Election about incidents like that of Milk Riv.
er is that they excite so little attention Ir
England such an event would occupy great
space in the press and in the debates on the
hustings and in Parliament, and public opin-
ion would demand that the causes which
brought about the calamity should be fully
investigated in order that the blame might be
placed where it belonged With us the Ad-
ministraton knows it will not be seriously
called to account either for the lack of a
sufficient military force at the scene of the
outbreak, or for the acts of the Indian De-
partment which have sent the Utes on the
warpath. As for the latter, we know that
the Indian Commissioner and Agents are al
ways prepared to show-or rather to pretend
to show-that the turbulence of the savages
is caused either by the faults of the military,
the acts Of the settlers, or their own innate
deviltry, and never by the dishonesty, ..ineffi-
cheney, or lack of tact of the Indian Agents
Whether in the case of the Utes there has
been any serious fault on the part of the
Agent Meeker and the civil authorities it is
still too early to form decided opinion. The
facts, as far as they have been developed,
point rather to lack of tact and knowledge
of the Indian character than to the outright
plundering of the Indians, which has too
commonly been the course of their Agents.
But it is evident that somebody has blum
dered hideously in the disposition of the
troops. The reports show that Governor
Pitkin, Agent Meeker, and nearly everybody
else in Colorado, have long been distrustful
of this tribe. In the entire absence of any
symptoms of disaffections of such a grave
character on other reservations, the public
may fairly ask why as large a force as Gen.
Merritt is now commandne was not in the
vicinity of the Ute reservation before this
fire, which was known to be smouldering,
burst into flames. As at present advised, we
see no excuse for this apparently criminal
neglect of symptoms which were notorious
All these heart-sickering occurrences-in
the loss of our Canbys Clusters, Thornburgs,
and the rest of the long roll of heroes sacri-
feed to the Unsuitable rapacity of the Repub-
lican party and its Indian ring-speak but
one lesson That the responsibility Of man.
aging the Indians ought to be placed in the
hands Of those pho, in case of mismanagement
'ciH hare to fgh. and be Killed by Mem.--lSua-
day Herald.