davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-08
An Engineers Need Of Nerve,

Unquestionably the bravest men in
America are those who stand upon the
foot-boards of the locomotives which
draw the fast express trains. But few
persons are aware of it, but on the lead
ing railways, where connections must
be made, if possible, only engineers
known to be brave and daring are given
engines on express trains, and, as soon
as an engineer shows the least timidity
about running fast, he is taken from
his engine and given one on a freight
train to run. Two such cases have &C.
Cured recently on Indianapolis roads,
Railroad officers state that the first sign
that an engineer is becoming timid is
that he will be five or ten minutes late,
possibly half hour, for some days or
nights in succession. He is then called
to an account, and, unless his reasons
are convincing, another engineers given
his engine to run for few times, and
should he bring the train promptly on
time, the frst-named engineer gets a
freight-train engine to run until he
braces up. It is stated, however, that
after an engineer allows his timidity to
get fair hold he seldom so far over
comes it as to have the bravery to step
on to an express-train engine and run
it at the speed necessary to make the
time. Quite recently, an engineer on
one of the roads running west from
here got an impression that some acct
dent was to happen to him, and one
night, when running fast express, he
constantly lost time. At the first sta
ton where the train stopped the con-
ductor berated him for running so slow.
The engineer actually shed tears, and
owned that fear had overcome him, and
that he dare not run fast, and at his
own request an engineer of freight
train which stood at this meeting point
was given the train to run through that
night, the conductor telegraphing the
train-master, asking that the request be
granted The timid engineer has since
run freight on the road.-I1adia1aapo-
us Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-08
Paroles Victory at EPSON.

During the time that Parole was being
promenaded about the paddock he was
extensively scrutinized, and exclama-
tons were recognized such as "That's
that foreigner!" "There's the Ameri-
can!" What a queer-looking devil he
is, but he is of good color" and many
remarks were made of similar charac-
ter. A large crowd watched the sad
ding in the stall, where more remarks
were made about his appearance. Wien
his clothing was taken off renewal of
opinions about Paroles looks burst
forth, such as what an old-fashioned
head he has," "He's wiry one, and no
mistake" and "He's a deuced long
reach" Parole submitted quietly to be
mounted by Archer, who looked cheer
full, and, with whoa; SO, my boy" he
walked the gelding away throug h the
crowd.
After false start the flag fell to a
good one. Ridetto took the lead at
great pace, followed by Couser, Parole,
Elf King, Knight of Burghly, Attalus,
Cradle, and Belphebe. When the horses
fairly settled down to their work, Cou-
ser drew away to the lead, followed by
knight of Burghly, Elf King, and Ri
detto. At Tattenham corner Elf King ran
to the front, Knight of Burghly, Couser,
Parole, Ridetto, and Cradle following
into the straight run home in the order
given. AS the horses approached the
grand stand, Elf King, Couser, and
Knight of Burghly were beaten and fell
back. Ridetto then gained the lead.
Up to this time Archer had been wait
ing with Parole well in hand for the de-
cisive moment to bring his powers forth.
Fifty strides from the finish he called on
Parole, and, the gelding gamely respond
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-08
An Explorers Outfit.

M. Soleillet, a French explorer, is
travelling through Africa in Fremarka-
bly, primitive fashion. His sole means
of transportation is mule of great do
cihty, and his only escort is man SER
want. He never carries arms, and
adapts himself to the habits and GUS
toms Of the tribes through which he
passes, eats and dresses as they do, and,
as he speaks the language of the coun-
try, he finds no difficulty in keeping on
friendly terms with the blacks. He
advances very slowly, stopping at every
village he reaches, and rendering any
services he can to the inhabitants.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-08
VOl.taire'S Remains.

Mr.. Stewards remains can hardly have
a more checkered career than those of
very different celebrity - Volaire.
When he died at Paris in May, ITS,
the church there refused sepulture to it's
arch-enemy, and his body was inferred
at,Scelieres, in Champagne. During the
revolution the National Assembly de-
creed that Voltaire's remains should be
brought to Paris, and they were accord
ingly deposited in the Pantheon with
great pomp, in 1871. Thither, too, pres
emily came the body of Rousseau. One
dark night in May, 1914, when the Bour-
bons were enjoying their own again,
some Of the faithful, indignant that the
bones of such enemies to religion should
rest in consecrated ground, threw them
pel1 nell into a sack, and carried them
to point in the suburbs near Bercy,
where there was large vacant lot be-
longing to the city. Here hole had
been already dug, and the contents of
the sack were shaken into it and COW
cred with quick-lime. The hole was
then filled in, and the conspirators
trampled down the earth. Voltaire's
heart had been saved by a friend, in
whose family it remained until 1864.
On it's then being offered to the Gov
eminent, Napoleon III. decided that it
should be placed with the body. On
consulting the Archbishop of Paris,
that functionary suggested the expedi-
ency of verifying the actual presence of
Voltaire's remains. An investigation
followed, and the truth came out. The
heart was then placed in the National
Library, and portion of the brain ap-
propriated by the surgeons at the au-
topsy was publicly sold. It's present
whereabouts is unknown.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-08
Trustees i'm a Bad Way.

It is an awkward thing to be GUS
todian of trust-funds in Great Britain.
Several wealthy gentlemen had acted as
trustees for widows who held shares in
the Glasgow Bank among their other
property. The bank officers entered
the shares in the names of the trustees
instead of the actual owners. The bank
went into liquidation, and decision by
the highest court in the United King
dom has made the unfortunate trustees
liable for the debts of the bank not only
to the value of the shares, but to the
whole extent of their private fortunes.
By the nature of the trust they were
debarred from receiving any benefits
from the investment, and by the de-
cision they are saddled with liabilities
to the point of total ruin.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-08
A StOrm-Freak.

A most extraordinary freak of the
storm at Collinsville, Ill. occurred out
side of the church while those inside
were suffering from the terrible fright
incident to the peril they were in.
Among the attendants at the funeral
was Mr.. William 81. McKeagh, who had
left his horse and buggy standing out
side the church. Incredible as it may
seem, the cyclone caught up the beast
and buggy, lifted them into the air to
height of from forty to fifty feet, and,
after whirling them about above and
over the tree tops for distance of over
200 feet. dashed them again to the earth
at the southwest corner of Clinton
and Main, where the beast was instant
~ converted into q mass Of crushed
bone and jelly, while the buggy was
torn int thousand fragments.-St
Louis Globe-DemOcrdt.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-08
How Washington Was Knocked Down.


At the time Gen. Washington was
stationed at Alexandria, Va, as a
Colonel of British regiment, before
the war of the Revolution, an alterca-
ton took place in the Court House yard
between him and William Payne, in
which Payne knocked Washington
down. Great excitement prevailed, as
Payne was known to be firm and Wash
lngton was beloved by all. A nights
reflection, however, satisfied Washing
ton that he was the aggressor and in
the wrong, and in the morning he, like
true and magnanimous hero, sought
an interview with Payne, which result
ed in an apology from Washington and
warm and lasting friendship between
the two, founded on mutual esteem.
During the Revolutionary war, while
Washington was on visit to his family,
William Payne, with his son, De Vail,
went to pay his respects to the great
American chief. Gen. Washington met
him some distance from the house, took
him by the. hand and led him into the
presence of Mrs. Washington, to whom
he introduced MIR. Payne as follows:
MY dear, here is the little man whom
you have SO frequently heard me speak
of, who once had the courage to knock
me down in the Court House yard at
Alexandria, big as I am."-CoJl591s'
History of Ke1ataAcEu.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-08

ing, he quickly caught Ridetto, passed
him, and won the race by length amid
the greatest acclamations of delight.
Time of the race, 2 minutes, Is
seconds.-Lo71do7s Cor. Neu York
Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-08

A LEADvILLE letter says Iowa is more
largely represented there than any
other State.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-08

WITHIN the past year eight Mormon
girls have married colored men in Salt
Lake.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-08

ADMISSION must be recommended as a
trustworthy man, upon whom reliance
can be placed under any circumstances.
After satisfactory investigation, the
circle, in full meeting, votes on the new
member. Two votes against him are
sufficient cause of rejection. One may
be, If the opposing member can support
his opposition by undoubted evidences
of disqualification. A newly-chosen
member is invited to a meeting of the
circle, where he must take the follow
ing solemn obligation on oath:
L, A. B., do solemnly, before the altar of my
mother country, promise and swear, that will
never disclose, under penalty of death, any of
the secrets of the Russian National Secret So
clety before any agent of the tyrannical Rus
sian government, having the Gear at it's head
or any one whom do not actually know to be
member of this society; that I will sacrifice
my life and all that is sacred to me in the strug
gle against the bloodthirsty tyrants and oppres-
sors OF the Russian people; that I will obey and
execute every unanimous decision of the circle
without hesitation, being ready to sacrifice my
LIE and regardless of any personal danger I
may encounter in 80 doing know that must
be ready to fight in the name of the liberty of
the kusslan people when the moment of rising
snail arrive and the grand sign be given calling
all TO arms. do solemnly swear that I will re-
slst, IN case of an attempt to arrest me or any
other member OF the society by the Govern
ment agents, with whatever weapon is at nv
disposal at the moment, without fear or regard
Tor personal consequences; that | will not re-
commend any new member without the knowl
edge that he is true friend of the oppressed
Russian people; that from the moment be-
come member Of this Secret National Rms
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-08

SuAohCu WI1tCl03 SACIClSluS a. powerful
influence in the conversion of the opin,
Ion of the Russian youth.
REVOLT OF THE WOMEN.
The sympathies of the women were
so far engaged that they became will
ing to make great sacrifices to show
their total disregard of the existing GUS
toms of society. They cut off their
long hair, and many entered profess
sions. Many studied successfully, and
became doctors of medicine. AS such
stand prominent the names of Sonslo-
va, Tagantzova and Pavlova. Follow
mag recklessly the examples of men, they
affected contempt for the mere cere-
'mony of marriage, and entered into the
relation of wife without the perform
ance of the legal formalities, declaring
their intention of renouncing every
time-worn custom as trammel upon
the freedom of thought and action.
They ridiculed the old notions of their
parents, pronouncing them "Otstagbi.'
They declared that they were no longe,
satisfied to be only well-dressed dolls,
with painted faces, but demanded the
rights which men enjoyed, and the same
opportunities of knowledge; to have po-
.sitlon everywhere, and to be useful
members of society. eve shall resist
our oppressors as enemies to the i'm
provement and progress of women
Tourganieff, in his novel Fathers and
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-09-10
Foreign News.

Two bands OF insurgents have made their
appearance in different parts of Cuba, and MI
the troops available have been sent against
them.
The Swedish steamer Nordenskold has been
lost on the coast of Japan. The officers and
crew We're saved. The Nordenskjold was
fitted out Tor the express purpose OF going to
tho assistance of the Nordenskjold Arctic ex-
petition, and sailed from Maea, Sweden, on
the 81 OF June for the Arctic regions, well
equipped Tor voyage OF two years. Her
commander had instructions to follow the
course OF Professor Nordenskjolds exploring
ship Vega, from which no tidings have been
received Tor more than n year, and il found to
aid her crew, and if disabled to take her place.
The Los Debates Madrid newspaper) re-
commends that Spain should free all the slaves
in her dependencies and to substitute seven
years period of sevice Tor slavery.
Mr.. Longman, the last OF the original part.
ners in the eminent firm OF English publishers
is dead.
A Geneva (Switzerland) correspondent re-
| ports that carriage containing n party OF
American tourists, driving from Martigny tc
Cnamounix, was overturned. A lady namct
Mrs. Wright, of New York, fell into gorg,
and was killed.
The sculling match at Halifax, N s., be
tween Smith, of that place, and Wallace Ross
OF st. John, was won by the former.
Paris dispatch says fifteen persons bav
been killed and many more injured by an ex
plosion OF fire-damp in the coal mines at Bon
champ, France.
Reports received by the Italian ministry Q
agriculture indicate that the crops this yea
will be poor. The wheat crop is equal only t
| q third OF that of 1878.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-09-10
A Daring Outlaw ct the Plains.

Persimmon Bill is known on the plains
MS one of the daring outlaws of the age.
His real name is William T. Chambers.
He is about thirty five years of age,
weighs about lao pounds; has dark
brown hair, bright blue eyes and pro-
.jecting eyebrows. He was born in the
mountains of North Carolina. Having
served throughout the war, first under
one flag and then the other, he turned
up at Cheyenne in 1867. Highway rob.
berries were traced to him, but not unit
1870 did he add murder to his crimes
Thereafter followed q half-dozen assas
sinations and desperate acts, and soor
Persimmon Bill was in the Sioux Cit,
Jail He escaped from Jail, went to til,
nearest saloon, and, with the handcuff
yet clinging to his wrists, ordered drinks
The sheriff soon put in an appearance
Bill smiled at the sheriff and explaine'
that he only wanted little fun ant
would go back if the cussed bracelet
didn't hurt So" The sheriff, pleased a
the easy capture, unlocked the irons
No sooner did the outlaw feel the wrist
bands of than he struck the sheriff
death-blow, leaped through window
mounted horse and escaped. He ha
been at large since that time, though
So, 900 reward is offered for him.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-09-10
.Rausr md his Record.


"Rarus," the liking of the turf, who
has been bought by Robert Bonner OF
New York, for 5000, attracts more at
tention than he otherwise would nom
the fact that he is without pedigree. lie
has never yet beaten Edwin Forests
best time-2,I l3-but competent Judges
of movement say that he @iL make easy
work of doing It; having twice beaten
the fastest previous record Of Elsa
and ? 1874. the former after 7.30 Z. NJ,
hence. half in the dark. The mystery is
that this should be done withouta pedi-
gee. 1t is said that he is a son of Conk-
Inns Abdallah-but who, then, is Conk-
Inns Abdallah? His build and color in
dictate, according to critics in such mat
tiers, Hambletonian strain, but there Is
no basis for this except conjecture.
"Rarus firstachieved renown rs trot-
ter in 1874, which season he closed with
"A record of 2.2si. In 1875 he made the
circuit in the 1927 class, and some OF the
greatest flyers of the day succumbed to
his prowess. He won Mt Cleveland, get
ting a record of ? 23I won at Rochester
and Utica, and at Charter Oak park
won in straight heats, and also carried
off a gift purse of $4,000, getting a re-
cord of 2.2O3. In 1878 he made almost a
clean sweep of the grand circuit in the
2.20 class. He was beaten at Cleveland
by MAY Queen" but won at the six
remaining places without reducing his
record, though it was evident he could
do so whenever forced. At Fleetwood
park, October 26, he beat very fast
party, and won fifth heat in 2.20, and
closed the season with that mark against
him. The next winter he spent in Cali
fornia, and his races there with Gold
smith Maid are matters OF history. In
one race he Tapped the mare out in 2.l94,
and beat her in another, getting a record
of2.l9t. Last season he made clean
sweep for the 81 class in the grand
circuit, and won two free-for-all races
besides, only losing one heat, to Hope
full" at Charter Oak park. He wa.
closely pressed in most of his contests
by Lucille Golddust," but had speed
enough to beat her every heat. He wol
six races and $4,000 in this circuit, anC
emerged from it with a record of 81
made at Charter Oak park. This season
he has been barred in nearly all the free
for-all races, but has made several ex
hibition trots. At East Saginaw, Mich.
he showed trial mile in 2.l44, withou
break or skip, and at Cincinnati, Jul,
4, he made the fastest performance owe
n half-mile track. Herapidly improved
in his speed until he clipped the wing
of "Old Time at Buffalo by trotting il
2.l3t. His gait to the three-quarter pol
was at the rate f2.lll. There is onl,
one horse in Mr.. Bonner's stud that cos
him more than "Rarus," and that i
"Pocahontas," which Simons sold t,
Mr.. Bonner for $4,000, eight-ninths O
which was in actual money, and the re
mainder in trade. "Startle cost hin
$4,000, dexter" 5000, and "Graf
ton" $4,000. goldsmith Maid |" ant
"Jay Gould" represent $4,000 each
Lady Thorn" $4,000, Socrates
$4,000, Lucy" $4,000, "Tattler
$4,000, "Rosalind 1913 200, and Gen
Knox $4,000.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-09-10
Where is Andra Buried :?

Mr.. John Austen Stevens, in the
Magazine Of A,ne, jcan History, has
raised question which should set Dean
Stanley at work Immediately with
pickaX and spade in Westminster
Abbey. 1t has been taken for granted
for half century past that the remains
of the unfortunate Major Andre were
laid at rest in 1891 under the mural mon
ument which had been erected long
before in the abbey to commemorate his
death for his king and country. There
can be no doubt, we suppose, that q
grave found where the gallows had stood
on which Andre suffered was opened in
1921, and that the remains taken from it
were sent to England, in compliance
with the wishes of the English govern
ment. But Mr.. Stevens has unearthed
and published ga Personal Narrative
of the Services of Lieut.. John Shreve,
of the Continental Army" son of Col.
Shreve, of the Second New Jersey Regi-
ment, who was an eyewitness of the
execution, and who distinctly asserts
that the body of Andre was not buried
under the gallows on which he died at
all, but was conveyed in British man.
ot-war's boat to New York, then in the
possession of the royal army.
Nothing can be more explicit than the
language of Lieut., Shreve. His father
had command of the detachments which
formed a square around the gallows to
keep OIL the crowd, and he stood near by
and witnessed the whole proceeding.
This is his account of it:
There was wagon standing under
the gallows with a coffin in it, and Andre
stepped up into it. General Parsons, of
our army, was officer of the day; herode
near and read the sentence of the court
martial against him, and looking at his
watch said, Major Andre, you have fiji
teen minutes to live; if you have any.
thing to say you can say it. Andre re.
Piled, 1 have nothing to say, but this is
for you to bear witness that meet my
fate like brave man. He then tool
two white handkerchiefs out of hi,
pocket, pulled off his scarlet coat ant
handed 1t to his servant, telling him tc
put it in his trunk. The man obeyed
going to the house where the trunk was
the tears running down his cheeks as h
went. The wagon moved to let Andr
swing clear. have seen several me
hanged, but he founced about more tina
any one | ever saw. When dead he wa
taken down, put in the coffin and drive
under an escort to the landing place {
the river, where boat belonging to th
enemy was waiting by permission, an
took the corpse of Major Andre to Ne
York city, and arrived with it at IL
British camp before midnight. His bod
was not buried under or near the gallow
as some historians have asserted"
this account be authentic, where are I'll
remains of Major Andrea Certainly S
Henry Clinton never sent them back
lie buried under the gallows. Certainl
then, the remains disinterred in Is
from the spot where the gallows sto'
half century before cannot have be-
those of Major Andre.-Neao York Wori
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-09-10

Cans made in the flesh By ahsSesses ~ -. a.
.sr. spes-iily disappear without Lawns 49,, en-.
,'ben Henry's Carbolio salye = me ~ -,ticls
rloved 10 heal them. This slai',''l I.,,s,,sons
rures the worst Sores eradio, -, I's,,isb,.
ersptions, relieves the PAIN Q. 49, 80 sn5 bas
. ll..S - ~ eminently successful in rcinely
ioss.i ~ ana soreness Of the throat ana
chest. sold by all druggists, -
g., Js-lson's Best Sweet Navy Iot"oo'
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-09-10
The Products OF indigestion

Inability of the stomach to act upon the food
is productive of serious and speedy mischief to
the entire bodily economy. The circulation
languishes and grows poor; leanness, palIor,
and loss OF muscular and organic power SUI
pervene; but worse than this, the functions
| associated with and dependent upon digestion,
such as evacuation and the secretion OF bile,
grow irregular, and the organs whose business
it is to discharge those functions become badly
disordered. This disastrous state OF things is
more readily and thoroughly rectiied with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters than any known
medicinal agent. The stomach being inyjgo-
rated the life-giving principles OF the blood
are increased, the system properly nourished
leanness and debility overcome, and the
bowels and liver thoroughly and promptly
regulated.
A cough, cold or sore throat requires imme
diate attention, as neglect oitentimes results
in some ncurable lung disease. "Brown't
Bronchial Troches" will almost invariably give
| relief. Twenty-fiVa cents n box.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-09-10

DR.. d. b. Foote'S Hegl+s Monthly AYERS
that =" it is now possible to reproduce
the voice and the handwriting at a great
distance by means of an electric wire
and suitable apparatus, and an instru-
ment is being perfected whichwill make
a photograph in Boston Of a person sit
ting before camera in New York;