davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-18

He was taken prisoner and kept a long
while, too, and that is the reason why be
did not come home with his regiment.
But how long since you have seen him p
Fifteen years, sir. He sailed from
Marseilles with the first that went tc
Algiers. But where Is he now? Where
did you see him last ?"
''He landed at Toulon with me-"
go, God bless you, sir And he will
come to me soon. Did you leave him
there?"
No. He started on with me-"
"Started on? But where-where did
you leave him?"
"The last saw OF him was in small
hut where he had called to pass the
night. But you see, came off with his
crutch and staff, SO shouldn't wonder il
he had to stop where is for some time.
"O-how could you, sir? But you
didn't know that he had waiting, weep.
ing wife to whom he would go.
Yes, did"
And you left him thus -
F'But the crutch was mine"
"Ah-you lent it to him. But no-it
you had only one crutch between you
both, how did you come so far?''
Simply because we were both one
and the same person.
"One-both-you"
81 am Francois Chollett."
The woman started to her feet. and
having gazed one moment into the SOL
dier's face, she sank upon his bosom and
wept. Pierre was upon his legs in an
instant, and in the next was by bis faith
er's side. He forgot for the moment his
expedition upon the highway, and only
realized that his father had returned.
He remembered well when that father
took him upon his knees fifteen years be-
fore, and kissed him; and he remem-
bered, too, how the big tears had rolled
down that fathers cheeks.
But the husband and father was at
home once more, and If he had returned
with his body manned, he had brought
back an untarnished name. In addition
to q goodly bulk of gold which he carried
stitched up in his vest, he had pension
settled upon him, aud the future looked
bright and clear. The son of Corporal
Chollet became an important parsonage
among the good peasants, and the SOU
prefet was among the first to solicit the
friendship of the battle-scarred old SOL
der. The little cot smiled once more,
and Pierre had never occasion to go upon
the highway again with any foul intent.
The old soldier often refers to meeting
with the young robber of st. Gervaise,
and under all the circumstances it rather
pleases him, and he thinks he can see in
it the proof of Pierres courage, and also
of his true affection for his mother.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-18
Statistics of the Turf.

According to advance sheets Of Kinks
| Guide to the Turf for 1880 the total
number OF races run during the past
year IN the United States and the Do
min1on of Canada, as far as reported,
was / ,250, two of which were afterwards
declared void. Add to the remaining
| 1,248 total of 80 races in which Ameri-
| can-bred horses contended in England
| and British Guiana, it makes total of
| ], 1928 races in which horses bred north
OF the Rio Grande ran during the year
1879. Of the 1928 races won liz the
United States and Dominion of Canada,
1,1O4 were won by horses with known
pedigrees, and LAT by those reported as
unknown. Add the % won abroad and
6 dead heats, in which the money was
| divided, both horses in each case being
credited with o winning start, the total
OF l ,28O is realized, as shown in the ia
bic of the total number of winners
whose pedlgrees are known, ], 133, and
of those whose breeding are unknown,
LAT. Deducting the six dead heats and
the two races declared void from the to-
tai Of 1,2S0 wins, leaves a balance of
], 1872 races actually won. Of that number
/ ,125 were won by horses with known
pedigrees and lat by those as reported
as unknown. Of the 1,125 races SO won
% were won abroad-22 ON the fiat and |
steeplechase; while of the remaining L.
102 races 100 of them were won by
Jumpers-60 hurdle races and 40 steeple-
chases. OF the lat races won by the
"unknown," 1876 were on the fiat, 4 were
ever hurdles, and were steeplechases.
Again, of the LOOP races won in the
United States and Dominion of Canada
by horses with pedigrees, BIG of them
were heat races-293 on the fiat and %
over hurdles-with total of 761 heats,
705 on the fiat and so over hurdles. OF
the LAT races won by the unknowns,"
81 were heat races, with total of 221
heats, all of which were on the fiat,
which makes grand total of 400 races
of heats and 9S2 heats. By counting
each heat as dash and adding ten dead
heats which were run off, it makes a
total of L, 742 contests run in the United
States and the Dominion of Canada dur
ing the year 1879 as against similar
total of 1,731 run during 1878. The
principal cause of the reduction In the
total number of contests as between 1879
and 1878, in view of the increased num-
Der of meetings in 1879 over the year
1878, is explained by the greatly reduced
number OF heat races and the compare
lively few races reported in the Domin-
ion of Canada.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-18
The ZuIus Eat Some Meat.

111o-S3ndeIQ1u.l
It was such a scene as am powerless
to describe Each boy sat at the fire in
front of his own particular stick or ram
rod, on which were the little knobs of
meat; but beside each was pile of long
strips about an inch thick, and some of
them yard in length. While his knobs
were slowly roasting, the boy would take
one Of these long strips, containing at
least half q pound of meat, and, holding
one end to the fame, would let it get
toasted for few minutes; then he would
place that end in his mouth and begin to
chew it, placing the still uncooked end
in the fame, and at the same time watch
ing that the knobs on his stick did not
get burned. For three hours or SO not
boy moved from the fire, except to cut up
fresh supply Of meat or get drink of
water All this time they hardly spoke
word, SO intent were they in gorging
themselves, but as the night advanced
they broke into low, monotonous sort
of humming chant, during which, one
adventure of the day, or expressed their
delight at 80 much good food, the others
all the while keeping up an accompany
ing chorus of the humming chant.
Occasionally they wonld raise their
voices to yell, and then sink them 50
low as to be almost inaudible. Wood
ward and myself turned into our blankets,
and were soon lulled to sleep by the
monotonous, but not unpleasant singing.
All through the night the boys alternate
~ ate or sang, and several times when 1
awoke / saw them still hard at work
chewing down the yards of meat.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-18
Tennessee's Pictured Rock.
lFrom the Cincinnati Commercial. ]

Not LOO miles below Nashville Is q
curious spectacle, known as the "Sun
and Moon" It consists of a painting
upon an immense rock which rises to an
an altitude of several hundred feet. As
to who painted it is mystery which |
believe never was unrayeled. Many
think it was the work of the red brother,
centuries ago, perhaps. But there the
sun and the moon shine out in all the
freshness of new paint. They are located
midway between the cliff, and stand out
in bold relief. AS to how many human
beings ever reached the spot is question
which, [ believe, has never been solved.
It Is supposed that in those days they
had no giant ladders, and could not easily
have reached the point from below. The
only natural rope of that time was wild
grapevine, of which Tennessee is so
prolific, and some Indian might have
been by this means let down over the
dizzy bluff, and when he had finished has
work had again been let down or pulled
up. At any rate these pictures are shere
on the everlasting rock, and are likely to
remain for future ages
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-18
DOMESTIC MATTERS.
ONION SOUP.

Take six onions, let them brown slight
~ in casserole with a tablespoonful of
butter; add three potatoes sliced: pepper
and salt, not too much, and let it all cook
in two pints of water for an hour and q
half; must cook slowly.
WHIPPED POTATOES
Whip boiled potatoes to a creamy
hghtness with fork; beat in butter,
milk, pepper and salt; at last the frothed
white of an egg; toss irregularly upon a
dish, set In the oven two minutes to re-
heat, but do not let it color.
PRUNE PIE.
Two cups French prunes stepped in
water over night, one cup sugar, one
teaspoonful extract lemon, tablespoonful
vinegar, one third cupful water; wet the
edges of the paste with milk; bake
twenty-five minutes in rather hot oven.
SOUR CREAM DoUGHNUTs.
Take one coffeecupful of sour cream;
and beat into it two-thirds OF teaspoon
full of saleratrs, prepared as directed
above. Beat one egg well, add it to the
cream, with two tablespoonfuls of sugar.
Silt III -four enough to roll out very soft.
Cut into shapes and fry lii hot lard.
SOUR CREAM
Two cupfrlls of sifted flour, one cupful
sour cream, half teaspoonful saleratus
dissolved as for cream pastry, and stirred
into it; two eggs well beaten Zone will do)
and one cupful OF sugar. Bake in shall
low pans. Add cinnamon, nutmeg or
mace for favoring.
APPLE BUTTER PUDDING.
One pint sour cream; one small tea
spoonful saleratJls dissolved; two cupfuls
sifted -four; two eggs, well beaten; a
pinch of salt; two cupfuls or raw sour
apples, cut In thin slices. Bake or boil
one hour Or serve with sweet sauce.
CABBAGE SALAD.
Take one teacupful OF sour cream that
has no bitter taste, and beat into it two
raw eggs; half a teaspoonful of raw mus
tard, rubbed smooth in cold.vinegar; two
thirds of a teaspoonful Of salt and dash
of pepper. Put upon the stove or range
and let tit boil up, stirring it as soon as it
begins to boil, to prevent the eggs from
curding. When thick as custard, take
from the fire; add half teaspoonful of
strong vinegar to it, let it cool, and turn
it over a dish of finely chopped raw cab
bage, and see if you have not dainty
dish to go with the Sundays dinner of
cold meat. Potato salad dressing can be
made in the same way. Slice very thin
" cold boiled potatoes, sufficient to fill
dish; chop small, raw onion, and
scatter through the slices. Then turn
the sour cream dressing over the whole.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-18
OUR DREAM.

Perchance to men 1t may not be given
To know things real from things that seem;
IF living on the earth dream of Heaven,
Why then, hold it better to dream.
Let us dream on mid the splendid shadows
That make existence q Gladstone thing;
The dim, deep woods and the 1owery meadows,
Where fairies frolic and the skylarks sing
Where bright shapes 1inger, AID angel faces
Glow in the CLEAN of visioned day;
And DER the upland, ON grassy spaces,
Fond lovers wander, fair children play.
Let US dream still then, nor strive to sever
Thing that are real from things that seem:
Let us sumber on forever and ever,
And know no waking from ife's glad dream
Good Hor5s.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-18
An EVentfuI Life,

The life of James Laughton of Detroit,
who died recently was an eventful one.
He was born In en- old British fort In
1890, on the site of what is now the city
of Detroit. When the war OF 1912 broke
ont, the Americans took him prisoner
and confscated his property. He was
released upon agreeing to leave the
country. Laughton returned to Canada,
joined the British troops, took part IN
the battles of Long Woods, Streets
Grove, and Lundy's Lane, and was taken
prisoner at the latter engagement. He
escaped after being confined four months,
made his way back to Canada, and set
tied in Sandwich. He never received
pay for his property, nor for the time he
served In the British army.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-18
Wednesday. Februar is, 1880.
SUNRISE COMES TOMORROW.

True it is that clouds and mist
Blot the clear, blue weather;
True that lips that once have kissed,
Come no more together.
True that when we would do good
Evil often follows;
True that green leaves quit the wood,
Summers lose their swallows.
rue that, in this age of ours,
There are none to guide us
Gone the grand primeval powers!
Selfish aims divide rs.
True the plant. But, if moro true,
l would not deplore it;
an Eden fade from view,
Time may yet restore it.
Evil comes and evil goes,
But it moves me never;
For the good, the good, it grows,
Buds and blossoms ever.
Winter still succeeds to spring,
But fresh springs are coming,
Other birds are on the wing,
Other bees are humming.
have loved with right good Will,
Mourned my hopes Departed
dreamed my BOiueH urealtt-auu slAu
Am not broken-hearted,
Glad am 1, and glad win be:
For my heart rejoices
When sweet lips and looks I see,
When / hear sweet voices.
Apple blossoms on the trees,
Gold-cups in the meadows,
Branches waving in the breeze,
On the grass their shadows
Black birds whistling in the wood.
Cuckoos shouting DER us,
Clouds, with white and crimson hood,
Pacing right before us.
Who, IN such world as this,
Could not heal his sorrow?
Welcome this sweet sunset bliss
Sunrise comes tomorrow.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-18

ton of the old adage, ito make hay
| while the SUN shines, is in danger Of
losing it's force In that country.
| FENCE posts or timber cut for other
purposes in September, viii be more dur
able than if cut at any other season.
| Many farmers give it as their experience
that fence posts cut in August Or Septem-
Der will outlast by many years others
the ground ends Of gate posts are slight
rot for years.
The matter of windows in stables is
one of vastly more importance than some
farmers think. Animals, no more than
vegetables can thrive in the dark Our
long winters are sufficiently trying to the
constitutions of our farm stock under
| the best circumstances, and an animal
upon which the sun scarcely shines at all
| for five or six months, Will come out in
| the spring in bad state of health, even
though the feed and ventilation and the
temperature have been all right.
THE best breed of fowls would never
satisfy the man who did not take an in
terest In them. Fowls must have care
and attention just the same as any other
| live stock. It is foolish and unwise to
think they can find their own living and
ct the same time yield fair profit to the
owner. Good, clean, pure water and a
food of reproducing and nourishing
constituents, fed regularly and wisely,
will pay the owner of the flock, no matter
what may be the breed or pedigree.
THE ewes will now be in lamb, or
should be, excepting where late lambs
are desired. Where wool and mutton
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-18

WHAT is home without wife p YOn-
ke,''s Gazette. A boarding house, gem
orally.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-18

SIX bangles on one arm is not an I'M
usual number for fashionable girl.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-04

No .rd roo,t;o,; of o,n,u,I M, Length
the Division Direction. lance NJ VI ~
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-04

Total length of the river channel through
the valley. ..........................6 81 miles.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-04

1t is quite certain that the bed of the Feather and
that of the Sacramento below the point OF junction
with the Feather river has been greatly raised dur.
ing the past thirty years. and that since 1862 when
sands brought from the upper canyons in great
volume the rate of filling has been rapid than
prior to that time.
The raising Of a bed Of river is first made appa-
rent by the increase in elevation of its low water
plane or level, the movement of which is fair ind-
cation OF the average filling the shoals of the
channel.
Thus the Sacramento may have reaches of five to
ten miles in length OF water fifteen to forty feet in
depth at its low stage alternating with short shoals
wherein the water will only average five to ten feet
in depth and the low-water plane will be held in
position by the shoals, which act as partial dams.
There is abundant evidence to show that this was
the character OF the channel below the mouth OF
Feather river in the early DAYS of its navigation.
Now we find these deep reaches in gre measure
filed up and the shoals raised, as evidenced by the
increased elevation of the low water plane.
Feather river though less decidedin It's character
formerly as deep channel, has nevertheless been
greatly filed, particularly at and below the mouth
of the Yuba.
The low water plane of these rivers has been
raised about as follows:
Sacramento river head of Grand Island II to 81 et
Sacramento river, Sacramento ......5 to ST feet
Sacramento river, mouth OF Feather % to feet
Sacramento river, Knights Landing. L to Ii feet
Fea her river, Nicoaus. 10 feet
Fea, h river, mouth 81 Yuba ...... 13 TO Is feet
Feather river, Orovllle. ..........5 TO feet
From what has been said it viii be understood
that these figures do not represent the full depth of
filing in the beds Of the rivers It Is difficult to
determine just what this has BEEN for there 50
few surveys made in early yea s. with the results OF
which the present channel may be compared It is
KNOWN however, that in front Of the city Of Saera-
mento and for near two miles of the length of the
channel the average filling has been to depth of
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-04

through the upper portion of its course hence we
find az the head of Grand Island hump in the food
profile of the river. The two channels, as they ex
st, are not of sufficient capacity to carry away the
floods which could be brought to them from above
by the main channel as it exists, but this main
channel lsshoaing for some distance above the
point OF division SO that it is being adjusted TO the
decreased capacity below, and this effect will. OF
course, gradually work on up the river There can
be doubt that the levees in this DIVISION particu
lary at the head Of Grand Island, should have been
set further back to m3ke way for ordinary floods
though their present position cannot be made ac
countabe for the shoaling which is going on above
the point of bifurcation.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-04

Total length OF the river through the valley:
BY way of Old river channel. -. .249. , miles.
BY way of Steamboat slough. $3.50 miles
FEATHER RIvER-DIvIsIoNs OF THE CHANNEL.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-06-25
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER.

It is natural for people suffering with Dys-
pepsia and liver Complaint or any derange-
ment of the digestive organs, such as Sour
Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual Costive-
ness, paipitation of the Heart, Heart burn,
the pit Of 9th, the Stomach, Yellow s skin, Goo Coat. t.
ed Tongue. and disagreeable taste in the
mouth, coming up of food after eating. low
spirits, &C., to put off from day to day buy
ing an article that they know has cured their
neighbor, friend, or re ative. yet they have
no faith in it until it is too late But if you
will go to your Druggist and get bottle of
GREENS AUGUST FLOWER your immediate
cure is as certain as you live. Sample Bot
ties of this medicine can be obtained for 10
cents to try its superior virtue.
Regular size IS cents. Try it, two doses
will relieve any case
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-06-25

Read the following testimonials, not from
persons 5000 miles away, whom no one
knows, but from well known and trustwor-
thy citizens of Oregon, whose names written
with their own hands, can be seen at our
office:
Portland, Or, July 81, $780,
The OREGON KIDNEY TEA has cured my
back and kedneys, and am at a loss to ex-
press my grtitude. shall always remem-
ber the Oregon Kidney Tea with pleasure
and esteem, and highly recommend it to all
my friends and acqnaintances
]. II. P. DOWNING, lat P. Selling's)
Portland, Or. July 81, $780,
While was in Tillamook last Winter, l
was affected in my back and kidneys so that
it was almost impossible for me to reach
Portland. When I got here was induced
to try the OREGON KIDNEY TEA. drank,
at my meals, the tea made from it, and it
has effected radical cure. can highly
recommend it to ali who are afflicted as 1
was. E. COHN.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-06-25
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

N. e. CHURCH-Regular services every Sunday,
at IL A. NJ. and p Sunday-school at the close of
morning SERVICE with Bible classes for old and young
Prayer meeting on Thursday evening at z o'clock.
general invitation and cordial welcome.
w. T. CHAPMAN, Pastor.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH-The Rev. Mr.. Sewood.
OF Oregon City will hold the services and administer
the Holy Communion In the Episcopal Church, Cor
Wallis the 3rd Sunday in each month Lay services
will be held on each Sunday at II and z. Sunday
school at 8. By order Of BISHOP MORRIS.
n. E. CHURCH SOUTH-Services every Sabbath
at IL A. NJ and p M, at the college chapel. Sunday
school at Csc A. NJ Prayer meeting Friday evening
at o'clock. Public cordially invited
JOSEPH EMERY, Pastor.
EVANGELICAL CHURCH-Services regularly ev-
cry Sabbath-morning and evening, unless otherwise
announced Sunday school at 3 p N. each Sabbath.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday at P. NJ The
public cordially invited
REV. w. c. KANTNER, Pastor.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-06-25
BODY FOUND.

Several weeks ago the GAZETTE made
mention of man by the name of Gilmore
being drowned in the Boonville slough, some
five miles above this city. The father and
brother of the deceased searched for two
weeks unavailingly, and were compelled to
g1e up the search.
On last Saturday afternoon two men, en-
gagged in choppiong wood for Chas. Alexan-
der, on what is known as Alexander's island,
were attracted by something floating in the
river, which, on investigation, proved to be
the body of the missing man. They imme-
diately sent word to this city and party
of citizens went up and brought the body
to Corvallis Sunday morning the the re-
mains were taken to August Knights un-
dertaking establishment and enclosed in a
egraphed and on Monday brother of the
deceased came mp and took charge of the
body. Tuesday morning the wife and Sis
ter of the deceased came up, and the re-
mains were placed aboard the steamer Occi-
dent and sent to Salem, where his folks
reside.
From a conversation with the brother OF
the deceased, we learn that his name was
VIM. Gilmore, and was about 80 years old
at the time OF his death. He leaves wife
and two children, and a large circle of rela-
tives and friends in Salem, to mourn their
loss. He was well spoken of, and his un.
timely death will he regretted by all who
knew him.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-06-25
1 Wish Every body to Know.

Rev. George Fl. Thayer, an old citizen Of
this vicinity known to every one as most
influential citizen, and Christian Minister Of
the NJ. Z. Church just this moment stopped
in onr store to say. g wish every body to
know that I consider that both myself and
wife owe our lives to, Shiloh's Consumption
Cure" 1t is having a tremendous sale over
our counters and is giving perfect satisfac-
tion in all cases of Lung Diseases. such as
nothing else has done Bourbon, Ind, May
l5, 78. Drs. Matchett & France. Sold BY
Allen & oodward, Druggists.