davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-17

AdUcSffsemenss not exceeding Tea Lines can be in
serte6 Msder this heading for Nre cent? per line for
each psbication. sfLos,'' 'tFousd, - "Wanted, -
SssThReaf," ETC., will be found here.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-17

Smnrt weed and Bellss,onna combines, with the
other in the hest porous plas,ers,
make Carter's s. W. b. Dackache Plnsters the
best In the market. Prize u cents. Bold by r.
3. Stevenson. nj
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-14
In the Australian Forest.

Morning and evening the Australian
forest is awake; at noon it is asleep.
No greater contrast can be imagined
than between the morning hours and
those at midday. In the former the
very flowers seem to possess an active
existence. Myriads of such, larger and
more brilliant than those under En-
glish skies, load the air with the sweet
est scents; magnificent tree ferns wave
their fronds or branches in the light
breeze; on old stumps of trees great
green and yellow lizards lie watching
for their prey; the magpie throws her
voice from the wattles, and possibly the
lyre-bird in the denser scrub; and in
the tall gums numberless parrakeets,
parrots, rosellas, cockatoes, butcher
birds, love-birds, etc., are screaming
and darling to and fro. But by and
by the intense heat will silence all
these, and nothing will be heard but
the chirp of the grasshopper and the
shrlll sound OF some unseen insect. At
twilight again there is revival of life,
but not of so cheerful description.
The cicadas shrek by myriads their
deafening "p-r-r-r-r-r," drowsy opos-
sums snarl in the gum-boles, and fiocks
OF cockatoos scream as some great gray
kangaroo bounds past them like be-
lated ghost. If there is marshy ground
near, the deep boom of the bittern, the
wall of the curlew, and the harsh cry of
the crane, mingling possibly with those
OF the returning or passing flock of
black swans, will add to the concert.
In moment of silence one NAV be
startled by the hooking laughter OF the
Jackass, or the melancholy " mo-poke''
Cor "more-pork'') of the bird of that
name. The dead of night is not so still
as the universal hush of the burning
noon.- Chambers Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-14

and that they generally pay very dearly
for them. Poor roads wear out horse.
flesh, break harnesses and destroy wag-
ons and carriages. They prevent max
ing quick trips and hauling large loads.
They often operate against the interest
of farmers in various ways. The con-
dition of earth roads generally depends
on the state of the weather. During
and soon after heavy rains they are al.
most impossible. AS a consequence
farmers are generally obliged to market
their crops and stock when the roads
happen to be in good condition. 1t
often occurs that at these times pro-
duce is low, while freights are high,
and that the reverse is the case when
the roads, owing to want of proper
construction, are in very bad condition.
Neither town nor village people seem
to properly appreciate the value of good
public roads. The former are indebted
to them for the principal portion of
their trade and the patronage given to
mechanics. The latter owe much of
their financial prosperity, as well as
most of their social pleasures, religious
advantages, and the means of intellect
ual culture, to the condition of the roads
leading from their homes to the large
towns in the vicinity. At the present
time there is nothing by way of public
improvements that is so much entitled
to attention as the common roads
throughout the West. As rule, there
is no lack of sufficient railroads and
other means of public conveyance and
transportation. In nearly every con-
siderable town there are commodiSus
school-houses and spacious halls and
churches. But the roads are abomina-
BILE. They are little less than a dis
grace to our civilization.-C Chicago
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-14
Qnr Ran1a GaMs.
PROFESSOR MILTIADES OBSERVES
THE CONS PELLA TON "CANCER.n
Professor Miltiades Peterkin Paul

Professor Miltiades Peterkin Paul
f. r. s., l.. l.. D., X. Y. 2. and all,
nose,
And a long piece of stove-pipe Chat blackened
his clothes
In the most shocking manner) with left arm
Rugged tight,
While an old wooden saw-horse was clasped in
his right
In fact in complete scientific array.
Might have been seen one afternoon making his
With all possible speed toward small knoll
In the South Meadow Lot near the edge of the
wood.
At length, with his traps having climbed to the
OF the e knoll land the view was most excellent
He planted his saw-horse with scrupulous care.
AND, laying the stove-pipe across it, cried
There's a telescope, fine as you ever set eyes on!
can just sit here with it and sweep the horizon.
Let me see. Yes; guess now in points about
We will ascertain what consultations in sight"
So the telescope pointing straight up at the sky,
Applied to the opening. Then, all in a minute.
Fer he really bad gotten a good look within it,
/ he 81 ieaped to his feet with cry of dismay..
Whew! ne mgrmured with awe, that was
Why, it seemed to be all legs so far S could see,
And terrible monster, too. What could it be?"
In moment recovering his courage bit,
Our hero with caution took another look at 1t.
Yes, there it was still in the sky there-a thing
50 monstrous it filled up completely the ring
That bounded his vision-so horrid and vast
That Professor Mlltiades stood quite aghast,
ton,
Never taking his eyes from the queer constella-
ton.
Just then his big brother came into the lot,
SO Mlltiades called him at once to the spot.
- wish, John Henry Jack, you would come
here" cried he,
"Andtell me what this constellation can be.
am sure It's most unaccountable sight
With It's gray ugly legs and its skin black as
hight.
That it's Cancer, the Grab, have scarcely a
Doubt
ThouGh do not quite see what the creatures
sbout."
So join Henry Jack wondering what it could be
That his brother had found in the sky, came to
But the moment the object encountered his gaze
Jumred up and stood laughing as if he were
"WelP' cried he, Herr Professor, really must
You appear to be very far-Sighted to-day.
Why, your cluster of stars of such unwonted
Is a Zig spider spinning its a0e6 in the pipei"
Wide A1D0ko
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-14
January 8, 1856. A kind father, an in

January 8, 1856. A kind father, an in
dulgent husband, and true man."
Boggs, on being arrested, declared that
he was not guilty of theft; that the in
scription showed that it belonged to
him. 1t was Bogg's stone. The de-
scription, too, fitted him exactly. He
was a kind father, an indulgent hus-
band, and true man. No one could
possibly put in better claim to the
tombstone than that When the date
was pointed out to him, he replied that
that, of course, was lie. Unless there
was some kind of misstatement upon
it no one would take it-he certainly
would not have done so-for tomb
stone, and that this was the least harm
full possible form of misrepresentation
Some one testified that they knew
Boggstone, and that he died at the date
mentioned, and the tombstone was SUBJ
sequently erected over his grave. To
which Boggs answered that if that man
had had the use of the stone twenty
years, it was all he could reasonably
ask, and that neither he nor his friends
had any right to object to its standing
guard over somebody else, to whom the
epitaph applied with much more &C.
curacy than to any other man in the
community. In fact, Boggs pleaded
his case SO eloquently and astutely that
the court was forced to acquit him, and
he carried off his tombstone IN triumph,
like Sampson with the gates of Gaza.-
Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-14
COntagiOn.

Contagion consists physically of mi
mute solid particles. The process of
,contagion consists in the passage of
these from the bodies of the sick into
the surrounding atmosphere, and the
inhalation of one or more of them by
those in the immediate neighborhood.
If contagion were a gaseous or vapory
emanation it would be equally diffused
through the sick room, and all who en-
tered it would, if susceptible, suffer
alike and inevitably. But such is not
the case, for many people are exposed
for weeks and months without suffer-
ing. Of two persons situated in ex-
actly the same circumstances and ex-
posed in exactly the same degree to a
given contagion, one may suffer and
the other escape. The explanation of
this is that the little particles of conta-
gion are irregularly scattered about in
the atmosphere, so that the inhalation
of one or more of them is purely mat
ter of chance, such chance bearing q
direct relation to the number of parti-
cles which exist in given cubic space.
Suppose that hundred germs are float
ing about in room containing two
thousand cubic feet of air. There is
one germ for every twenty cubic feet.
Naturally the germs will be most nu-
merous in the immediate neighborhood
of their source, the person of the suf-
ferer; but, excepting this one place,
they may be pretty equally distributed
through the room; or they may be very
unequally distributed. A draught across
the bed may carry them now to one
side, now to the other. The mass of
them may be near the ceiling or near
the floor. In a given twenty cubic
feet there may be a dozen germs or
there may be none at all. One who
enters the room may inhale germ be-
fore he has been in it ten minutes, or
he may remain there an hour without
doing so. Double the number of germs
and you double the danger. Diminish
the size of the room by one-half and
you do the same. Keep the windows
shut and you keep the germs in; open
them and they pass out with the chang
ing air. Hence the Importance of free
ventilation; and hence one reason why
fever should be treated, if possible, in
large, airy rooms. Not only is free
ventilation good for the sufferer, but it
diminishes the risk to the attendants
Nineteenth Century.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-14
French Politeness With the Gilt Off.

A correspondent of the Newark
advertiser, writing from Paris, says:
You would not think very highly of
their average politeness if you could
study intimately, as l have done, their
manners at table, especially in hotels
and at restaurants and cafes. Mind,
do not assert that French ladies and
gentlemen eat in the following manner
at their own private tables. But at
nearly every French cafe and restaurant
have ever been in, there is no spoon
furnished for the salt and pepper, and
every one plunges his or her knife or
spoon into the common receptacle and
thus helps himself or herself. When a
Frenchman or Frenchwoman, of no
matter how high social station, desires
to use his or her pocket handkerchief
at table, they do so in a manner so
offensive, so noisy, so filthy as to seri-
ously disturb the stomachs of all Ameri-
cans who may be seated near them.
They seem to think nothing of blowing
their noses loud enough to awaken the
Seven Sleepers, and that. too, right
opposite you, while you are eating.
They have also another perfectly dis
gushing habit-that of splitting in their
handkerchief in a peculiarly sickening
way while at table, which doesn't tend
to enhance the pleasures of degustation
to yourself. Nine out of every ten
Frenchmen at a restaurant or crenaerie
(Which is a sort of second-class restau-
rant, cheap but very respectable in its
management and cLiertsLe willy. when
the rolls and croiSsonts are passed to
him in sort of basket, pick over and
handle nearly every one in the basket
before making his selections. Imagine
the pleasure of having to eat these
croiSSarats after adozen of dirty fingered
clients have tossed them over and over!
There are many other table habits
which will not bear repeating, but when
seen they tend to alter ones precon-
'ceived opinion of French politeness and
native elegance. l firmly believe that
the Americans are the most highly
civilized and truly polite people in the
world.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-14
As To TOmbstOneS.

Tombstones have, from the earliest
times, created more interest in the
breasts of those to whom thay lie than
on whom they lie; and if they were
stricken from history and literature it
would leave chasm like toothless
mouth. They have probably far out
numbered the houses in which men
have dwelt, and in the case of the pyr-
amids, have rivaled them in size. The
virtues which they display on their
broad countenances are more constant
and enduring than those of the mortals
for whose benefit they parade these
merits. Though they are the artificial
products of mans ingenuity they are a
happy imitation of nature, covering up
with pleasing adjectives, as she does
with grass and flowers, the disagreed
BILE defects of the person beneath.
Virtuous and repelling as they are,
tombstones offer temptations to sin not
always resisted. A woman in Paris
was recently arrested charged with
stealing a tombstone. 1t was proved
that she had gone to a benevolent gen.
rtleman with the story that some of her
husbands creditors had levied upon the
tombstone which she had just had made
and sculptured, so that she could not
pay fitting tribute to his memory. nor
in this way find vent for her terrible
grief. She begged him, therefore, to
lend her the sum sufficient to release it,
he himself taking the lien upon it.
Conducting him to the stonecutter's
yard, she promptly pointed it out to
him. Touched to the heart by such de-
votion, he handed over the sum re-
quired, only to find subsequently that
the handsome monument was sacred to
the memory of another man, and that
she had selected it as the one most like
ily to impress the philanthropist with
the safety of loaning her the money.
In Nevada, not long since, one Boggs
was arrested while staggering under a
tombstone on his back, on which was
the following inscription: "Sacred to
the memory of w. Boggstone. Died
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-14
Now Save the Rags.

The most noticeable, perhaps, of an
the advances during the late "boom''
has been in the price of rags, which
have more than doubled in value, and
are now worth three cents and a half
per pound. At this price, and even at
much less, it will pay to save them and
sell them. The same is true of old
paper of nearly every kind, as by clean
sing they are reconverted into white
paper by the manufacturers.
In consequence of the scarcity of rags
and old paper, the price of print" or
paper for news purposes, has gone up
from six and half to ten cents 1t
wholesale. If this price keeps up,
there will be general rise in the sub
sscription price, as has indeed in many
instances already occurred.
Almost any family can make enough
IN year by selling rags and old paper
70 pay for all their reading matter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-14

A DELICATE parsel-A young lady
wrapped in herself.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-17
Learn TO be Short.

Long visits, long stories, long cx-
hortatioEs, long prayers, and long
editorials, saldor, profit those who
have to do with them Life is shor!.
Time is short Moments ire precious
Learn 10 conaense. ab,ilgc and intcn,
siry. We can endure many AZ acI,c
and i'll if it is soon over While even
pleasure :a,rpw insipio and pain !ne"r,
able, if they arc pro,rac;cd beyond The
limitsofreason and convenience. Learn
to be short. Lop ofbranches ;sticl> te
the main facts in your case. lryou
speak tell yonr message and hold
your peace; boil down two wold into
one, and t,lhree into two. Always
learHttoibe short. 'h'' = - =
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-17
a Gentleman Definnd.

3. "WGat is gcn,lemans" asks mn
interested exehanses AS wo sras"
the aahjsst, y gentleman Is ;. strange
m tsdley OF cpriops mysleries:r 1t isral
living ahds NOTING hannah bein~ j, e
hangs out at hotels, 81 .s, that
hose and iep" reora cardinal
sporte 80 not to show them,
p.ss ,dimtnullve cane, bridges his
nasal beacon eye glasses hitchcd
10 string, oglcs pretty girls on the
street or at the thoater, bores editors
and other Sweals livered dyspcptics,
smokes The clear quid, ,kinickkinick
filler, with tissue paper wrapper, plays
billiards muchly, swears elegantly,
wal,zcs the ."tRacket" divinely, talks
slicker than boiled grease, knows the
ropes, Intimate with the kitchen me-
chanics, owes everybody, pays moth
ing, not even attention, and frequent
ly wrcs,les With The existence Of {,
muslache. 'The thorough bred always
belongs TO so,ne club. He is an or
nament TO Himself.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-17

II is the man with only one suit o
cloths and II small salary, my son
who has to be polite and agreeable
and rigid, faullless observer Of th'
striclcst points and forms ofctiqu"te,
The man worth $4,000 may tran i
on your corns, walk across yoGr wilc's
train md eat pic with knife, and il
is all right his standing III society
isn't affected by it. But you-don't
you, Oh your present salary, attempt
to drink soup out ofsthc side Of your
plate, il you want to marry an heir
css. You can't afford to act that way
just yet, no. & =
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-17
REMOVAL.
JAMES CANNON, TAILOR,

Respectfully informs thc'public that lie
has removed his Tailor Shop from the
Public Square to Middleton Street oppo-
site Mr. Strauss residence, where all
work in his line will be neatly and Dromp-
tly executed as heretofore. Ill new
"ork guaranteed. 3mo.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-17
How Watches are Made,

II will lie apparent to any one who will
a examine SOLID GOLD WATCH that
| aside from the necessary thickness for
engraving and polishing, Il large propor-
ton Of the precious metal used, is need
cd only to stillen and hold the engraved
nOrtions in place. and supply the ncces-
sary solidity and strength. The surplus
gold is actually needless SO far rs UTILI-
| TY and beauty are concerned. In JAMES
BOSS S'PATENrGOLD WATCH CASES
this waste of precious metal is overcome.
and the SAME SOLIDITY AND STRENGTH
produced ut from Onc-third to Onc-hali
Of the usual cost OF solid cases. The pro-
cess is of the most; simple nature, rs fol-
lows: plate of lIicklc composition met
al. specially adapted to the purpose, has
two plates of SOLID GOLD Soldered one
on each side. The three are then passed
between polished steel rollers. and the
result is strip Of heavy plated compost
ton. from which the eases, backs, cen
tres. beZelS, &c. are cut and shaped by
suitable dies and formers. The gold In
these cases is sufficiently thick to admit
OF all kinds Of chasing, engraving and
enamclling: the engraved cases have
been carried until worn perfectly
smooth by time and use without remov-
in% the gold.
THIS is TIE ONLY CASE MADE
WITH TWO PLATES OF SOLID GOLD
AND WARRANTED BI SPECIAL
CERTIFICATE.
For sale by all jewelers.. Ask for H.
lustrateh Catalogue, and to sec warrant.
March -. lSS0--ly
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-17

would announce to the congrega.
ton that, probably 10y mistake, there
was left at the Westinghouse this
morning small cotton umb: ella,
much damaged by time and wear, and
Of an exceedingly pale blue color in
the place whereof was taken very
large bl-ck silk umbrella of great
beauty. Blunders Of this, sort, my
brethren, are getting7a little too com.
lnon."
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-17

A visit 10 'Korljohn's Cheap Casl,
Store at this time is really instruc-
tive and remunerativc. One has no
flea how many bargains are to be
had until they 60 and sec for them
selves. One pleasing feature in this
establishment is that they are moi
pulfed up by their success, hut every
one is willing and anxious TO show
you around and sell YOU low down for
cash-for you Wnsi remember that
Sic secret Of kolij"hn's success has
been the cash trnllr. lie max. 5 no
exceptions. Keeps nn slate. NJ,
menorun.lums iliIcash7trawcr, bu,
gives sle,lYe hapsn"r l.:#gainsein cx.
change for'tlie Amer ca1l dollar, zWi,i,
alert, experienced "huyrrs '"g..,fal.
indymrnL, puck, u.i'laci'y aud shli
W, having hnlimitcd cu,i'mana nt
that one lhing' tla, viii ls,ly: til,
world, they are 'ab!us to watch saud
take advantMG nf llc*c ;s;,ich.ir
chancca and ,,Hals 10 their m,stpn,,.>
who are net afraid. tie insane cr,
Of auction goods, jobs, leaders anG
spccihIiies well calculated Lu.uns",ll
the brain Of the buycr on,inn at tit,
per cent. Oh goods 'intrrc,i added
1t Injuries. no fabric to drive itihiu.ui
the giant engine Of y. :. ttAc>iial Anr
assignee, the &hcriH aad HE auy!iu,
mart OF The city. 1t onIs >.i',r.
the price from Il very 4ii2btn q vc :.
l
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-17

BLACKBERRY BRANDY at Wulla-s
CunnUu's old stand.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-17
SIIERIDAN'S
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

TENhis School opens on the First Monday
Il In September annually and continues
uninterrllptcdly until the last Friday in
June.
TERMS PER MONTH.
First Grade. advanced English. ......S3 90
Second Grade. Grammar pupils...... $50
Third Grade, beginners. 200
Latin and Greek. each extra........... 30
Students may enter ut any time during
the term, and are charged only from date
of entrance. Assistance will be employ
ed if necessary.
Board may be had with the Principal
ut twelve dollars per month, including
lights and washing; or at eight dollars
wiieh the student goes home OH Friday
and returns OH Monday of each week.
Other good families will take boardcrs
on same terms.
Students are prepared for the Sopho-
more class of any college.
No intercourse allowed between BOYS
and girls. This is positive,
HUGO G.iSHERIDAN. Principal.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-17

ANDnEw j. Gilen, who shot and
killed Miss Singerson, y lady who re-
fused to receive his attentions, in
New York n few days ago. vas arrcs
ted ON Friday ut Cedar Keys, T.,
lie Immediately SHOT himself and
died in u few hours calling upon "Ma-
ry" with his last breath. lie was q
lawyer and seem 10 have no other
f,ult than being insanely in love.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-17

Pure CORN and RIE WI akiep II
sale 1T Wallace CannOn'S old land.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-17
NEW STORE! NEW STOCK

/ avinH erected Il new and cOinM0Gi-
K 4 ons Store on the site Of olir Old
Stand. our facilities for conducting the
Foreign and Domestic Fiuit trade are
now unsurpassed in The Southern Cuun-
;y. The attention of our fic.ltiS. and
dealers generally. is called 10 this fact +.
and also TO our fresh supplies arriving
to-day.
100 barrels Northern Apples.
30 boxes McS:ina Lemons
~ barrels aud half barrels Pears
- pk@S Delaware and Concord Grapes
goo lsarirlS l.. Rose Potatoes
- nrrls Onions
lGO barrels Northern Cabhagcs.
Teaches aGl Grapes fresh "r"rv morn
~ by Expires. G. BART Il CO.,
65..N and 80 Markct-strcct.
Sept 2l-inos Charleston, ).