davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1881-11-19
NIndOm's Parting.

Judge Folger to-day assumed the du-
ties of Secretary Of the Treasury, Ex-
Secretary Window turned over To his
successor certain keys which are always
kept by the Secretary, and bade him
aoo1-bye
, 1881-11-19
ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES

Department prepared to on
which cannot possibly surpassed Franchise iii
y
prices less than other stores Waa "aa
Mems Heavy Wool Socks in endless variety.
tssass sortMent 9 Gloves III Wsla Wsla
Jumpers and Duck Clothing at San Francisco prices
Mems Wool nderw in eve possible style
Hats, less than Wala Wala prices
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
lEeENp or TnE HIcKoRY rREs.

Hundreds and hundredl Of year, ago,
! The gnoInes who lived In the caves below
In the mines and assures under the earth,
Where MORALS are never allowed to go
Once wanted beautiful forest tree
To bridge DER stream on q mountain height,
And, Just as the sun sunk into the sea
: And the Wales grew dark with the shades Of night
A thousand gncmes repaired to the wood
To hew down this grand old forest tree.
And under lis dropping boughs they stood,
And its dropping nuts they cracked with glee.
The elves OF the tree (for each flower then
In the ages of old. had its guardian sprite1
Looked down from their homes at the little men
And all were disnlayed at the fearful sight,
Their beautiful home was in danger they knew,
Where they'd lived and loved so many years,
And they met In their leafy bowers TO view
The work Of destruction with signs aud tears,
But the fairy I.u, who had gene TO the sea
To visit the Queen of the Kelpie fays,
Had heard Of the peril OF her dear tree,
And journeyed swiftly, through nights and days;
And just as the King Of the goblin men,
Had lifted bis ak for the first fierce blow,
She stood In her wonderful beauty, then,
And witG sad eyes begged the dwarfs TO go;
The K ng oil the gnomes was cross and Ole
He saw not her beauty, nor pitied her then,
But her pleading eyes, and her locks OF gold,
Had turned the hearts of his brave little men;
They turned aud left him alone in the wood,
For they would not rob fay Of her home,
But he vowed be would come again. when he could,
And make them afraid OF the little old gnome.
As soon as he'd gone, the trembling elves
Came quickly around their heroine, Lu,
And when they had feast I'd and rested themselves,
And quaffed cup OF their faYorite dew,
They went TO work in the hours Of night
TO render their tree - hard and tough,
That the stern old dwari-King Try Is he n lght,
Could not render his axes cutting enough,
Let him chop at The wood as long as he dare.
And 60, when the, dwarf did Try it again,
They gave up the hopeless tas: in desptir;
And up to this very day we see
No wood 50 enduring, 50 hardy and fair,
AS the wood Of the beautiful Hickory tree.
-Mg YORK Tribune
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28
Curious Uses and Works of Ants.

The ant belongs to family of insects
such as wasps, bees, hornets, but is the
superior Of them all, as are the elephant,
the horse, and the dog, In other lines of
animal life. Ants are constructed with
the "back bone in front, and the heart
and other internal organs on the oppo-
site side are put together upside down,
as we might think. Their mouth is for
biting and swallowing food only, not for
breathing. Their bite is so determined
and lasting that they are used in some
countries for combining the edges of
wounds and cuts. Ants heads are pre-
scented to the cut surface, which they
grasp with their nippers, when their
bodies are cut off, leaving a whole row
Of them TO hold the flesh. They are
cheaper than sticking plaster in some
countries.
They sometimes excavate tunnels I'M
der rivers Of considerable depth and
width, and use the tunnels for trans
porting supplies. They dig wells TWEEN
ty feet deep and foot in diameter for
drinking water. The harvesting ants
plant seeds on farms, which they Guilt
vate with great skill and neatness, keep
ing every weed down and harvesting the
grain, curing and storing it safely in
weather-proof cavities in the soil. They
also organize into divisions with com
manders, each individual doing a certain
kind of work. Some ants are smart
enough for engineers, while others only
know enough to do as they are told.
They can count and make correct esti-
mates Of the magnitude of an undertak-
ing, as proved by observers.
Eight chrysalides (often called the
eggs of ants) were placed in a path
where ants travel. A single individual
found them and undertook to remove
them to their home. Several were car
ried by the single ant patiently enough,
but when twenty chrysalides were placed
in the heap, another. ant was found en-
gagged in the work. The pile was in
creased at intervals till eighty ants en-
gagged in the undertaking, showing that
workers were detailed according to the
demands of the case.
Ants battles sometimes last many
days, in one case seven weeks, the vic
tors finally taking the stores and remov-
ing them to their own houses. Their
wars are quite as justifable as those Of
men, when the obiect-pillage-is the
same. They have the power, too, Of
knowing members of their own commu-
mites even after six months absence.
Strangers are always driven off or killed.
They are very helpful to each other, and
show sympathy in case of accident or
sickness. Some families OF ants build
arched roads covered by an arch of clay
or mortar for protection against enemies,
and show great skill in the work, which
is under the supervision of trained en-
eineers. who order a rebuilding if the
work is not perfect. Some kinds of ants
keep COWS, build cow-yards, and milk
their COWS regularly, and don't throw
milking stools at them, either, to make
them " give down" but pat and stroke
their backs very tenderly. OF course
these cows are the plant aphides SO IA
miliar to all farmers and gardeners
Prot. E, S. Morse.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28

OF the stones crying out in the walls
when the glad mountains and waves
are mentioned in the Psalms in the ac-
count in John of the voice that cried out
from heaven when Jesus went into Jeru-
salem, and the people wondered whether
1t was thunder or an angel in the story
OF the conversion Of ST. Paul. and IN
the account of the pouring out of the
Holy Spirit ON the day of Pentecost. The
profane history Of antiquity also tells of
voices from above, and ascribes TO them
a supernatural significance and an infiu-
ence over the hearts of men. Instances
IN point are sounds of battle and the
clash OF arms and tine nelghing of horses.
heard by night, according to Pausanias,
on the field Of Marathon the address
Of the god Pan to the Athenian Ambas-
sailors to Sparta, told of by Herodotus.
and the voices heard by both armies
after the battle of the Romans with the
sons of Tarquin The Germans have
myths of the din made by the war cod
and his marching hosts, of the Wild
huntsman, of strange cries and of the
barking of dogs heard IN the air and
the French have stories not unlike them.
-E,rchanqe.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28
Natural Sounds.

Among the natural sounds Of obscure
origin with which mythology and SCI
ence have been occupied are the rustllngs
and so-called voices which seem to come
from the air, sometimes from the bosom
OF the earth, and which have been re-
marked upon in all ages. Autenrieth
refers them to the same class as the
noises like thunder or the firing Of can
non, which the hearers often fail to
trace to an apparent cause. Sometimes
they seem like the trampling of horses,
or the roll of drums, or the clargor Of
trumpets at other times, Ike human
voices. IL the last case the sounds are
those which are. common to all men, and
may be interpreted by each hearer as in
his own language. 70 the Romans
they spoke Latin, to the Greeks Greek,
to the Scotch Highlanders Gaelic.
History has notices of these sounds; the
Bible descriptions attribute TO them a
religious significance. They are re-
fe1red to when it IS related that Samuel
heard the voice OF Jehovah three times
in he temple whon IIabnkkrk. pro-
nouncing the curse on Babylon, spoke
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28
Why Lincoln Appointed Him.

The Rev. James Shrigley, who is well
known here, was appointed by President
Lincoln hospital chaplain during the
war. Pending his confirmation by the
United States, a self-constituted commit
tee of we Young Mems Christian Asso-
ciatiop called on the President to protest
againlk the appointment. After Mr..
Shrigley's name had been mentioned, the
President said:
'sOh, yes, I have sent it to the Senate.
His testimonials are highly satisfactory,
and the appointment will no doubt be
confirmed at an early day"
The young man replied: "But, sir, we
have come MOTTO ask for the appointment,
but to solicit you to withdraw the nomi-
nation, on the ground that Mr.. Shrigley
is not evangelical in his sentiments. =
"Ah!" said the President, ''that alters
the case. On what point Of doctrine is
the gentleman unsound?"
HE does not believe In endless pun
ishment, was the reply.
Eyes, added another of the commit
tee, she believes that even the rebels
themselves viii finally be saved, and il
viii never do to have man with such
views hospital chaplain.
The President hesitated to reply for o
moment. and then responded with an
emphasis they will long remember: III
that be so, gentlemen, and there be any
way under heaven whereby the rebels
can be saved, then, for Gods sake, lei
the gentleman be appointed"
He was appointed. Reading Pa
NeaDs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28

The average weight Of an adult mar
is 40 pounds six ounces.
The average weight of skeleton is
about fourteen pounds.
Number of bones, $40,
The skeleton measures one inch less
than the height of the living man.
The average weight of the brain of
man is three and One-half pounds; of a
woman, two pounds eleven ounces.
The brain Of man exceeds twice that
of any other animal.
The average height Of an Englishman
is i've feet nine inches; Of Frenchman,
five feet four inches: and of Belgian,
five feet six and throe-quarter inches.
The average weight Of an Englishman
is $50 pounds; of a Frenchman, 136
pounds; and of Belgian, 140 pounds.
The average number of teeth Ii thirty
two.
A man breathes about twenty times in
g. minute, or 200 times in an hour.
4 man breathes about eighteen pints
Of ali III minute, Or upwards OF seven
hogsheads in day.
A man gives off 4.08 per cent. carbonlo
gas VI JIG d1I H6 ISStl11tS, LES t'i1 % H. OCO
cubic feet of carbonic acid gas III twenty
four hours; consumes 10.667 cubic feet
Of oxygen in twenty -four hours, equal to
1875 cubic inches Of common air.
A man annually contributes to veg
citation 124 pounds Of carbon.
The average of the pulse in infancy is
1870 per minute; in manhood, eighty; at
sixty years, sixty The pulse of females
is more frequent than that of males.
The weight of the circulating blood is
about twenty-eight pounds.
The heart beats seventy-five times in
minute; sends nearly ten pounds of
blood through the veins and arteries each
beat; makes four beats while We breathe
once.
Five hundred and forty pounds, or one
hogshead one and one-half pints Of blood
pass through the heart in twenty-four
hours.
One thousand ounces OF blood pass
through the kidneys in one hour.
One hundred and seventy-four thou
sand holes or cells are in the lungs,
which would cover a surface thirty times
greater than the human body.-E1tract
from an Old Volume.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28
A Constitutional Walk.

Few people walk enough in winter,
yet it is precisely at that season which
people Of close sedentary habits should
walk. How grateful the crisp air is to
the lungs. How clear and sweet it is to
the nostrils. How it inspires and sus-
tains one in a swinging gait of four or
five miles In an hour. How the cheeks
glow and the eyes shine, and the mus
cles Jingle with delightful vigor, after
such walk through the winter sunshine.
A sleigh-ride is not half 50 good, for it
robs the trip Of the necessary exercise.
Try it, if you would seek health and
strength.
Winter walking, as "nervine," is a
million times better than medicine, and
for the complexion it is worth a whole
harbor full of lotions and washes. It
viii put an edge on appetite that you
can't buy. at the doctors, and in prompt
ing digestion is better than corner
drug stores entire stock of bitters and
pills. If you have never tried it, take
walk. Keep your mouth closed. your
shoulders well thrown back, your head
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28
The Worship of the Drum.

A writer in contemporary speaks Of
the extensive prevalence ut one time Of
the worship of the drum or rattle. Saw
age people have singular tendency to
venerate whatever makes a noise. The
great seat of drum worship was South
America. Even at the present day it is
found in full vitality in the interior Of
Brazil; but hundred years ago it could
be said that "the dyum was the only OBJ
iect of worship from the Orinoco to the
La Plata" This is two-thirds of South
America, and, as it is more than proba-
BILE that Patagonia should be added too,
this would make the area of the practice
nearly co-equal with that of the conti-
nent. In former times drum worship
also prevailed in Lapland.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28
Like Her Brother.

A young gentleman somewhat numer-
GUS in social circles took his sister, wee
miss, to see family in which he is a
regular caller. The little girl made her.
self quite at home, and exhibited great
fondness for one OF the young ladies,
hugging her heartily
Chow very affectionate she ISL said
the lady of the house.
"Yes, just like her brother, 2 responded
the young lady, unthinkingly.
PotegJanaiti0s looked up sternly over
his spectacles, the young gentleman
blushed, and there was CONSERVATION in
the family circle.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28

up, and remember that your Iegs-and
especially your hips-were given you to,
walk with. Some people walk with
their knees, bodies and shoulders-and
no wonder they don't like It. We don't
like to see them. There is AN art in
walking, as in other things II you
don't believe it, observe the motion OF
some shapely woman who knows how to
move, or study the gait Of the man who
has some spring and Htheness IN him.
It is never too late 10 learn to walk by
walking.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28
THEN AND NOW.



Dear ancient school boysi Nature taught to then
The simple lessons Of the star and flower,
Showed them strange sights; how on single stem
Admire the maryels OF Creative Powerl-
Twin apples grew, one sweet, the other sour
how from the hilltop where our eyes behold
In even ranks the pIumed and hammered maiEs
Range its long columns Ia the days of old
Tho live volcano shot its angry blaze
Dead since the shadows Of Noah's Tatery days
How, when the lightning split the mighty rock,
The spreading fury OF the shaft was spent;
Bow the young scion Joined the alien stock,
and when and where the homeless sparrows went
10 pass the winter Of their discomfort.
scant we're the geamilgs 10 those years Of dearth;
No Culver yet had clothed the fossil bones
That slumbered, waiting for their second birth;
No Lyell read the legend of the stones;
Science still pointed to her empty thrones
Dreaming of orbs to eyes of earth unknown,
Herschel looked heavenward in the starlight palsg
Lost in those awful depths he trod alone
Laplaee stood mute before the lifted veil;
While hOme-bred Humboldt trimmed his t0y'ship's
sail.
No mortal feet those Ioftler heights had gained
Whence the wide realms Of nature we descry;
"a vain their eyes our longing fathers strained
TO scan with wondering gaze the SUBMITS high
That far beneath their children's footsteps LIE.
shilIe al their first small ventures as We may,
The schOOl-boy's copy Shapes the scholars hand,
Their grateful memory fills our hearts to-day
Brave, hopeful, wise, this bower Of peace they
planned,
While war S dread powShsre SCARED the suffering
land
Child Of our children's children yet unborn.
When on this yellow page you turn your eyes,
Where the brief record Of this May-day morn
In phase antique and faded letters lies,
How vague, how pale our fitting ghosts viii risel
KS. in our Veihs the blood ran warm and red,
For us the fields were green, the skies were blue,
Though from our dust the spirit long has fed,
We lived, we loved, we toiIed. we dreamed like
you,
Smiled at our slres and thought how much We
knew.
Oh might our spirits for one hour return,
When the next century rounds its hundreth ring,
Ali the strange secrets 1t shall teach to learn,
TO hear the large truths its years shall bring
Its wseS sages talk, its sweeter minstTels lDgl
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28

SoME grown-up people are very easily
satisfied. PLEASED with rattle, tickled
with a straw" A Western editor ex-
pressed his delight at havingnearly been
called ''honey' by the girl he loves. be-
cause she saluted him as Old Beeswax at
their last meeting.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28

A POLITICAL speaker mentioned some
body as Shylock, and an auditor asked
who Shylock was. " If you don'tknow,"
the orator scornfully replied, "you'd
better go home and read your Bible"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28
Knew When to Quit.

81 think may be excused for a little
show of pride in saying that knew when
TO quit Wall street" he observed, as an
elevated train carried him over that
great thoroughfare.
:" So you used to speculate, ell 2"
Yes, I was on that street for seven
years"
Made your pile, suppose ?"
" Yes, [ made and lost money the
same as the rest. At one time could
draw my check for 500, ZOO, and that
wasn't so bad for man who went into
Wall street with only $40 in his pocket. :"
"And You knew when to quit p
Yes, sir.
"That was when-when- n
"That was when [ had enough LETT to
pay my fare to Elmira and hire boy to
carry my sachel up to my father-in-
laws house was the quiet reply
FaH Street IN. y. d Ncas.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28
g Wish I was 10 Tennessee,
A-settin' in my cheer,
jug q whisky by my side,

This was his favorite. Who shall
doubt that it expressed to him all the
poetry, romance, passion, of life?
After time Uncle Brimmer fell i'll.
and we sent for q doctor.
DR.. Trattles Jex was the medical man
Of our county. Hell lived in Middleburn.
seven miles away, and he came trotting
over on a great bay horse, with pair Of
saddle-bags hanging like Gilpin's bot
ties, one on either side. He looked as
dilninutive as a monkey perched on the
tall horses back, and indeed he was "a
wee bit pawky body" SIS was said of
Tommy Moore. But, bless me! he was
as pompous and self-important as though
he had found the place to stand on, and
could move the world with his little
lever. A red handkerchief carefully
pinned across his chest showed that he
had lungs aud mother. His boots
were polished to the last degree. His
pink and beardless face betrayed his
youth; and his voice-ah! his yoiceI
What treasure it would have been
could he have let it out to masqueradersl
Whether it was just changing from that
OF youth to that of man, or whether. like
reading and writing, it ''came by ma
trte, ! can't tell. One instant il was
deep and bass, the next. squeslSing aud
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28

A GERMAN lately married says: I'D
vas yoost SO easy as a needle Good walk
out NIT camel's eye as to get der be-
hindt word nit voman's.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-28
Man,

The average weight Of an adult mar
is 40 pounds six ounces.
The average weight of skeleton is
about fourteen pounds.
Number of hnnas 90
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-03
NOTICE TO MERCHANTS.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT EU-
IN reks county, through its Board of county
Commissioners, will positively refuse hereaf-
ter TO allow any bills for goods. wares and mer.
.chandise purchased for the coun ty, unless the
bill is accompanied by a written orde r signed
by one or more Of the County Commits sioners
This order will be strictly enforced.
E. r. DODGE, Clerk.
ByL. MoLrSELLI, Depyzty Clerk.
3 ureka, Dec. 8, 1889. dec Tim
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-03
Delinquent Assessment Notice.

no j. HI. LUKENS.-YOU ARE HERE
Il BY notified that / ave performed work on
the Hidden Treasure Mine, situated in Eureka
Mining District. Eureka County, State of Ne
vada, from January, 1879, to January, 1881,
amounting to forty dollars in Gold Coin of
the United States of America, for your interest
Of 400 feet in said mine, and that unless you
pay said amount within ninety days after the
publication of this notice, your interest in said
mine will become my property by law.
W. H. COLLINS.
Eureka. January 7, 1881. jan8-9Od
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-03
Canned Goods.

Slender & Co. have opened the richest
display Of jar and canned fruits, preserves
etcl. the citizens Of Nevada ever looked up
IN. They are as good as they look.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-03
NOTICE.
Notice to Creditors.
Estate Of A. NJ. Hillhouse. deceased.

Estate OF A. M. Hiilhouse. deceased.
NOTICE Is GIVEN BY THE UNDER
~ signed. Executrix of the last will and
testament Of A. M. Hillhouse, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having claims
against said deceased, to exhibit the same,
with the necessary vouchers, within ten
months from the first publication of this mo-
nee, to said Executrix, at the Office Of f.. W.
Cole, attorney-at-law, at Eureka. Nevada.
MARTHA Hill LHOUSE, Executrix.
Eureka, New. Decemh err %, 1880. d25 10m
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-03

G.. b. Ford, at the livery stable formerly
RIM by Moore Bros, has wood OF any KIND
and quality, which he will sell and deliver
in sny quantity from one-fourth OF a cord
- s0 cords.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-03
Rich Candies.

The finest candies ever offered in Eureka
are now to be seen, and are for sale at
Steindler u Co.'s, second door north OF
the Parker House.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-03

For general groceries, there is no house
in town can compare, in quality and price,
with the --latest arrived, "-Steindler d
III q
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-03

Grape brandy for mince meat: ra1slns,
citron, currants, pumpkin flour, Cape God
canberries and new buckwheat Hour, Just
to hand. at T. R. HUTCHINSON d Co.'s
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-03
Assessment Notice.

A psny. oSSolD oo~'
Location Of principal place Of business, San
Francisco, California.
Location of works, Eureka Mining District.
State of Nevada.
Notice is hereby given. that at a meeting of
the Board of Directors, held on the Thirteenth
dayof January, 1881, an assessment No. 81 Of
twenty cents per share was levied upon the cap
itai stock of the corporation, payable immedi-
ately, in United States gold coin, to the Secre-
tary, at the office OF the company, Rooms 9
and Z, 327 Pine street, San Francisco, Califor-
mia.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid On the Eighteenth day Of Feb
ruary. 1881, will be delinquent, and advertised
for sale at public auction: and unless payment
is made before, will be sold on
Monday, the 18th Day of March,
1851,
to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with the cost of advertising and expenses of
sale. By order Of the Board of Directors.
D.. b. CHISHOLM, Secretary.
0gFIcE-Rooms 6 and 7, No. 327 Pine street,
San Francisco, California. .jan16td