davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-10-02

In another column we publish a
petition calling on Col. Vim. Il.
King 10 become a candidate for
Sheriff. As the names are all names
OF Republicans II shows how the
wind is blowing.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-10-02

THE Journal, be 1t to it's credit,
.ssys that John ". Guseman. Esq,
is one OF Valley districts solid men.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-10-02

THE POLE RAISING At HOWEs
WILLIE has BEEN POSTPONED
FROM THE 2ND UNTIL THE 9TH
or OCTOBER.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-10-02
IN RELATION TO UNION WAR
CLAIMS"

the Governments obligations to its
defenders come first They are
lasting and sacred. The public laws
of civilized nations dc not In general
recognize claims for Injuries TO prop
erty resulting IRON the operations Of
war. Nevertheless, our Govern
Eient has treated with great iudui-
gence the claim for losses and dam
ages suffered by Union men from the
military operations OF the war OF the
Union. But, as hostihues were cIosI
ed more than fifteen years ago,
claimo oil that nature, now mostly IN
the hands OF brokers or persona other
than the original sufferers are b.,
coming stale, and IN my judgmnu:,
might larlY be considered az bar.ed
by the lapse OF tipe, and If bere-
alter entertained At all, should bs
subj ted to the stricteRt Rc.uuny,
Yours, very truly,
w s. HANCOCK.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-10-02

nOIJ Great chance 10 make money
IIf8YfB We cd pcrsOu In every
S' tow 20 lake subscriptions for
'hc lsrgcst, and best illustrated family
publication in the world. Any one can
become "a successful agent. Six elegant
works of Grt gwen free 20 subscribers.
The price is go low that almost every
body euh-rub.a One agent reports tax
inc over 100 subscribers boz p day lady
sgcut reports making over 500 clear
prof 1 rn davs al. who engage make
money fact. You can devote an your
time Co ,uc business. on only your spare
time. You need not Doc away from home
over night rou can do it NJ well as oihs
crs fuIl directions and terms free. Ele-
CANT and XnousiYo Outfit rec. If you
vnui profitable work send us your al.
drcss 90 once IL costs nothing tO Try the
business. No one who engages fails 20
make great phy. Address GEORGE STIN,
SON & Co., Portland, Nainc jol7
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-10-02
Those War Claims.

We learn from very reliable
source that there are Republicans 10
this county, some OF whom are 10
KlnRwood, who are trying to fright
ten tlmid persons by the assertion
that in the event OF Hancock else
tiou the soldiers will lose their pen
slcus' Upon this subject read Han
cooke letter, as loilow5:
GoyERNoE,s ISLAND, N. Y.
September %
To Theodore Cooh, Esq, Cincinnati, Ohio (:
DEAR SIR:-Your letter OF the
20 inst. has beeu received. | re-
kret that YOU are d stuub.d about
nat bughear, Southern War
Clams.' The peop cannot he
.islel by NJ T, suppose that
l., rbel c al ms, o. claims IA the in
t.Iest OF persons WHO were in rebel
lion, can in any way or in any degree
e. Couuteronced, Is an lmpu,a Ion
% dIs oyaty such AZ useu TO be
ia /, rgalust D-mOcrt even when
they were ia arms defending the
country.
so FAR AS IT TOUCHES NE, DE-
NoUNCE IT.
The Government can never pay a
debt, or grant pension or reward
Of any sort Tor wsg.ng war upon It's
exlstencei nor could be induced TO
approve Or encourage payment OF
such debt, pension or reward. No
body expects or wants such unnst-
ursl action. To propose Il lUouLd be
an insult 10 the Intelligence anil honor Of our
people. When Me rebellion ,Cds crushed,
Me.hercSy Of secession, la CraD (D,Bt and u,
eUeIy JO1Tn iOen dorm JOTctc. Il IS atbing
OF the dead past. We move Onward not
backyard. mOuId UetO al tegistItiOH
which uIgN come before me, piOUidin1 for
The consideration o. payment ~ claims Of
any kind for losses or duHld0eS by persons
WhO icer9in Me.Iebottion, UhetheJ BdTdOit>
et or not.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-23
French Farmers.

French farmers work increasingly.
They are not rapid workers, but
they are always at it. This indus
try is accompanied by extreme fru-
gality. Their clothing is of the SIM
plest and most primative form and
material, and the French housewives
or mothers seem to have carried the
art of patching clothing to the high
est pitch of perfection. In some
specimens | have seen it would be
difficult to say with certainty which
was the original piece as distin-
guished from the patches. They
spend but little in furnishing and
almost nothing in the ornamentation
of their homes. They live also in
the most frugal way. 1t has been
said that two Scotchmen would live
where one Englishman would starve.
Be that as it may, it is probable that
three Frenchmen could live on an
allowance all too small for the most
frugal Scotchman. This fact seems
to solve the problem how it happens
that populous country like France,
with an average production per acre
less than England, can yet export
breadstuffs. The producers consume
SO much less. Small farming seems
to rule the country, one man tilling
his own land with the help of his
wife and children.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-23
The Brumfield Case

The Kansas City Journal of Septem-
Der Both, mentions suit pending in the
Circuit Court of Jackson county, Mo-,
which, rs it is of interest to many readers
of this coast, We reproduce as follows:
"A petition was filed in the Circuit
Clerks Office on the 9th of September
by Nancy NJ. Brumfield against Samuel
Lewis Wolf, in which she prays that the
title of the Brumfeld homestead be di-
vested from said Wolf and vested in her.
The plaintiff charges in her petition that
the property was the home of herself and
former husband long before his
DEsEKTIoN AND SUBSEQUENT MURDER
In Washington Territory. That on or
about the first day of August last, when
Brumfeld was making secret prepara-
tions to leave her and deeamp with his
daughter-in-law, he obtained by fraud
and false pretenses, her signature to a
deed conveying this property to the de-
fendant, Samuel Lewis Wolf. But the
plaintiff further AYERS that no considera-
tion was paid or ever has been paid by
the defendant for this property. That
the deed to him was fraudulent, and
made with the understanding that
he was to reconvey the prop.
erty to Brumfeld in person, and
thus defraud her of her rights.
That he was only holding the property
in trust for Brumfelds sudden death
only prevented him from conveying the
property back to Brumfield. The home.
stead is valued at $4,000, and lies east of
Kansas City on the Blue river. The
suit will come up at the next term of
the Circuit Court. The remarkable
story of the infatuation which Samuel
Brumfield, rich farmer, conceived for
the bride which his son brought home
one day; the manner in which he had
FALSE WARRANTS SWORN OUT
And ostracised his son from fear of the
law; then quietly disposed of his prop
erty and eloped with his daughter-in-
law, is familiar to all the readers of the
Journal. He was joined by his friends,
Bud Thomas and his wife, and subse-
quently the bodies OF Brumfield and his
mistress were found in Washington Ter
ritory, and Bud Thomas and his wife
came back here, and were soon after ar.
rested for the murder. The story is one
of the most remarkable in the annals of
crime" Thomas and his wife still lam
guish in Jail at Walla Walla, awaiting
the tardy arrival of the day which will
send them to the gallows for an awful
crime, or give them back their long with
held liberty
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-23
Human Power and Progress.

The Greeks taught their children music
that they might learn obedience to the
laws, for all music is the subiugation of
sounds to fixed laws. Mans self-wlll
makes discord. Modern civilization
seizes the same idea and illustrates the
thought that there is no such thing as
human power aside from obedience to
law. Man in himself is weak, but when
he falls into sympathy with the laws of
nature and uses them intelligently, he is
almost omnipotent. Self-will is the es-
sence of weakness and the father of the
whole brood of infirmities. We have
made great progress in the development
of the country, because we have studied
and used the laws of nature. All our in
ventions are simple applications of nat
ural principles, for no man ever created
principle or force. Two classes of
men have been chiefly instrumental in
this stupendous work. The hard stu
dent of principles, without grain of
practical sense" has discovered the
principles upon which nature works,
and ''the practical man" has applied
these principles to practical uses. Hence
our wonderful material progress. And
the question arises, How far can we go
there any limit to human progress
We answer that the scope of future
triumphs will be larger than that of the
past. 1t will be so because the laws of
nature are all mprehensive, and no one
can for moment believe that we have
exhausted the forces of nature. In fact,
we have only entered upon the outer
confines of the era of development, be-
cause we have only begun to discern. the
elementary principles that lie at the basis
of natural law.
Our future success, however, will de-
pend upon our ability to stimulate the
student element The practical man
gathers and enjoys his rewards as he goes
along, and he needs no special encour-
agement But the student of laws and
principles receives few honors and less
emolument If we discourage the abb
sorbed student, We paralyze the germin-
ative powers of progress. Without
the student, the practical man, who ap-
plies knowledge, cannot exist. Hence
the necessity of nourishing our higher
institutions of learning, for in them we
create careful students of the laws of
nature. The university is the home of
progress. Practical men must realize
this truth and richly endow professor
ships and scholarships. In this way
alone can we make provision for the
illimitable progress of the future, that
must be the joint work of the student
and the practical man.-IS. +. Post.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-23

LOVE STORIES. was, we think, with
sJane Eyre" that it began to be sup
posed that the hot encounter of two low
ers, with all their juxtapositions and all
their quarrels, heats and coolnesses, was
the only object of fietion-a disastrous
discovery which has done more damage
in the world than many more i'm
portant mistake. Taking Shakeapeare's 8
example, however, we may say that a
story which is pure love and nothing else
must end in catastrophe. It is an in
tolerable state, not to be supported by
the great mass of human beings who are
not in love; and its suddenness, and the
overpowering brief current of its po-
tency, the pity of the strange and tragic
conclusion, the bitter sweet of that union
which is ending, are component parts of
its power over us, and justify its accept
ance as the supreme romance, the one
typical tale of youth and passion. There
is no looking behind or after in that sud-
den rapture--it is all concentrated in the
moment, the hour, the one point of
everlasting duration, which to ordinary
mortals is beat out upon the clock in the
shortest spell of time. But when the
youthful pair occupy their real position
in real world, the interest of their story
not only gives zest TO the study of moro
ordinary existence, but it gives the in
dispensable composition. the necessary
beginning and ending which every tale
requires. -Blackwood's Magazine.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-23
The Educational Failure.

Mr.. Richard Grant White contin.
ues his reasoning against the present
public school system, and with the
skill which usually attends him in
argument. ~ It has been
long dawning on the minds of our
thoughtful men that the American
educational system is not precisely
what it is claimed to be. Mr.. White
shows how and why this is, and we
cannot add anything of appreciable
value in that direction. But We
would like to say, what we have
thought for good many years, and
said at intervals, editorially and per-
sonally, that we attribute the most
of tho evils under which this people
suffer-political, social, moral, and
intellectual-to the incompetence of
our educational system. And this,
first, because the system inculcates
only platitudes and truisms instead of
principles and laws. And, second,
because its tendency is leyeling in
stead of elevating, training minds to
the suppression and sacrifice OF in.
dividuality, and only to the advan-
tage and advancement of qualities
which are generic and not specific
memory, comparison, accumulation,
instead OF analysis, causation-in
fact, reasoning. 10 this leveling
tendency is to be attributed the fact
that we have, as a product of this
system, actually no first-class men or
women in any walks in life; that our
greatest minds bave done their work
under the influence of special educa-
tion-the system which preceded our
public school system, and which con-
sisted in affordlng the student the
tools by means of which he was to
gain his education, and leaving the
matter there-minds belonging to
the generations now passing away;
tAa our political public school sys-
tenn produces professional politicians
instead of political economists, law
ovaders and law breakers instead of
lawmakers, copysts instead of origi-
nal thinkers. As to all of this we
shall have more to say in the future,
and shall be quito ready with the
proofs. In the meantime, we are
glad to see such innovations as the
Quincy (Mass.) new school system,
the improvement in Boston and in
Philadelphia, and tho wiso icono-
elasm by which Mr.. Richard Grant
White is preparing the scene for o
manifest change in the scheme Of
education and in the characters
which are to introduce and estab-
lish it.-Era.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-23
HysterIa

Hysteria is by no means confined to
women, for one of the worst attacks
which ever witnessed occurred in O
man. This gentleman one day found he
had lost his all, and on returning home,
he became the victim of laughing and
crying, until sheer exhaustion brought
an end to the attack. This was quite in
voluntary. But it might be remarked
that even III hysteria such thing as
fashion prevails. showing that certain
power OF restraint may be used. When
1 was boy, hysteria was the fashion
and If during conversation any remark
was made to touch a lady's sensibilities,
she would clinch her hands, make wry
face; her eyelids would undergo q rapid
vibration, she would give sob or two,
and sink from her chair. The cure
was accomplished by throwing
cold water over her face; and if
this encroached on her neck or
wetted her dress, the cure was very sud-
den and complete. During church
service, it was the usual practice to have
young lady carried out; but think as
rule she belonged to an inferior class,
whose kndsof work during the week did
not allow them to play dress-making
tricks with themselves on Sunday; for
if I remember rightly the cure was
effected in their case by the call for
penknife. This was used to loosen the
body-armor, when loud explosion took
place, followed by deep sigh and
speedy recovery of the patient. So
fashionable was fainting or Mysteries in
church that have a lively remembrance
of young lady who had weekly
attack, and was often carried out By
gentleman in the next pew. AS these
two were afterward married, apprehend
that this was one mode of courtship. /
am only too thankful TO think, for the
peace of other people, that this method
of forcing matrimony has gone out
I Chambers journal.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-23
A Bond OF Sympathy.

A man with grip-sack in his hand
halted before Detroit fruit stand and
priced choice variety of peaches. When
told that they were twenty cents dozen
he whistled to himself, walked softly
around, and finally asked:
'Are you Baptist"
Hardly"
''Neithr am I. didn't know but that
if we both belonged to the same denomi-
nation you'd throw off little. Do you
lean on the Methodists?"
Cant say that do"
'sThat's my case. I never did take
much stock in the Methods 8. Twenty
cents a dozen is an awful price ON these
peaches, considering how tight money is.
1 expect you are Uniyersalist, eh?"
''No."
Neither am I. Can't yon say fifteen
cents for dozen of these?"
Hardly"
aren't you On Eplscopalian?"
'sNo, SIR"
Neither am I, but was afraid you
were. I've been q sort O. looking you
over, and I shouldn't wonder if you
trained with the United Brethren. Como,
now, own up.
81 never attended that church" )" was
the steady reply.
''Nor |, either. Say, what are you,
anyhow
I'm hard baked old sinner"
'.Nol Whoop! That's my case to a
dotl Tn called the wiekedest man in
Washtenaw county! / knew there was a
bond of sympathy between us if we
could only find it outl Now, do you say
fifteen cents dozen?"
The. fruit dealer counted them out
without further objection.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-23
A Drunken Mans Safety.

A man sent out to repair telegraph
wires on the 18th began by getting drunk.
He had on his climbing hooks, and
catching sight of the procession at .
point near the crossing of the Boston and
Albany Railway and Columbia Avenue,
he forthwith Skinned up telegraph
pole. From this perch he beheld the
sight, and getting both legs over one of
the cross-bars and both arms around the
pole he fell asleep, meditating very
likely, upon the forward strides made by
our city within the last half century.
While thus reclining 25 feet from the
ground, he was espied by kind hearted
individual, who pointed out the perilous
situation of the man to police sargent
of the Fifth Division, remarking that
he the sargent must get him down, or
he would fall and kill himself. "How
am to get up there?'' asks the sargent.
Cant say" replies the kind-hearted
man; "but something ought to be DONE"
'"The feller haint in no danger" breaks
in man with red nose and squeak
in his voice, who has just come up and
taken critical sldelong squint at the
man on the pole. "Why isn't ho9
sharply demands the kind-hearted man.
'Don't you see," returns the squeaky
voice, "the feller's up there so tight he
can't fall, nohow.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-23
Dayton. Hall and Lambersou.

This young and enterprising firm have
very handsome exhibit at the Mechanics
Pavilion, near the entrance, and opposite
the fountain in machinery hall.
They have large show case
filled with fine cutlery, such as razors,
pen-knives, scissors, etc., and number
of miscellaneous articles, such as door
bells, solid bronze and nickel-plated door
and window trimmings, locks bolts
sad iron, which would be boon
to any housewife. In neat upright
showcase they present some extra fine
fishing rods and tackle, pistols and other
sporting goods. which takes the eye of all
true sportsmen. On the shelves to the
left they show farmers and housewives
goods, such as axes, forks, rakes, black
smiths hammers, tongs and fireside sets.
The rear wall is very prettily
covered with miscellaneous display
on crimson background, composed of
cross-cut and hand-saws, broad and
chopping axes, ship carpenters tools,
chisels, augurs, butcher and hunting
knives, surrounded by q festoon of log
and halter chains, the whole forming a
beautiful background, which shows ex-
cellent taste in arrangement. Four
scroll saws are shown, which catch the
eye of every boy that comes into the
Pavilion. They are the Rogers, Lester,
Holly and Barnes velocipede patent, and
are but a small part of that class of
goods which this firm handles. They
show q number of brackets, picture
frames, etc., which gives an idea what
can be done with the scroll saws They
also show Sibley builders level on q
tripod for which they are sole agents.
At their corner on First and Taylor street,
in this city, the firm have hand
same brick store which they have been
compelled to enlarge by an addition of
30x50 feet, two stories high, in order to
keep up with their largely-increasing
trade. Their store is now 100 feet in
length, with 80 feet frontage, and is filled
from cellar to garret with shelf and
heavy hardware, mechanics tools, sport
ing goods, scroll saws, farming
implements such as shovels
spades, rakes, scythes, axes, etc. etc.
as well as large assortment of fine
tools for carpenters, machinists, black.
smiths, masons and miners. The gentle
men that compose the firm are Frank
Dayton, Robert F. Hall and Buell. LAM
berson, all young men who have been
brought up in the hardware business in
New York City from boyhood, and
have eastern connections which enable
them to offer some rare inducements to
the trade. Though this firm have been
known until recently as retail dealers
solely, they have made arrangements to
Wholesale all the kinds of goods in which
they deal, and the reputation they have
made for themselves as fair dealers in
Portland, will be of great help to them
in their new line of business. They are
prepared to fill orders promptly and at
lowest market rates for all kinds,of goods
usually kept in hardware stores, together
with many novelties not generally found
in that line-Ielegram.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-23
A Miners Daring.

There are no drawer men in the world
than can be found among the mines of
the Comstock. Accustomed to face dan
gers every day of their lives, they never
shrink from the call of duty. An in
stance of personal bravery occurred re-
Gently at the Hale & Norcross, which is
worthy of record as showing what men
will do and dare. The pump column
in the mine burst, the flow of water
which is usually pumped at the Hale &
Norcross, a large portion of which comes
from the well-known north drift on the
2200 level of the Savage" and is
very hot, was sent through con-
nections to the C. N. S. shaft to be
raised to the Sutro tunnel level. One
day this flow of water was unusually
strong. The pumps labored assiduously
to keep it down, but labored in vain.
Bailing tanks were added, and still the
accumulation could not be kept down.
When the 2 2,400 station at that shaft was
some three feet under water, information
was sent to the Hale & Norcross of the
fact, and n desire was expressed to know
the cause of the increased flow. The
necessity of an investigation thus be-
came imperative
Superintendent Deidesheimer, not
knowing what might have happened in
that confined locality to threaten the
safety of the mine on the lower fevels,
and not wishing to send men where he
was unwilling to go himself, sent for
Foreman Kellogg, who was working on
the broken pump column, informed him
of the situation of affairs and asked him
to go with himself and see what was
wrong. Mr.. Kellogg would not allow
Mr.. Deidesheimer to incur the risks OF
the exploration and set about preparing
to go alone. He saturated woolen
shirt with ice.water and bound it on and
over his head, leaving but single eye
exposed He then muffied both hands,
and thus prepared entered the drift, leav
ing with the Superintendent request
that if he did not return in fifteen min
ntes the drift should be closed behind
him to be opened no more. This could
well be done, as the Savage had bulk
headed that level, the air had been shut
out and the workings there practically
abandoned. After enduring that terrible
heat for twelve minutes Mr.. Kellogg
came back and reported nothing amiss.
The extra water was but an unusually
large intermittent flow from the old
north drift in Savage When stripped
of his mufiiings Mr.. Kellogg found that
in some way one of his hands had be-
come barred while he was in the drift,
and the back of it had been burned to
solid blister by the dry, hot air to which
he had been exposed. Water boils on
the Comstock in 1913 degrees, and he had
sustained for twelve minutes tempera-
ture only 40 degrees below that of boil
ing water, and sufficient to have roasted
him in very short time.