davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
National Republican., 1881-11-29

w Newspapers, Books, Pamphlets, Rags Rope.
Copper, Brass, Lead, Tea Lead, Zinc, Pewter. Type
Metal Iron. Bones, Bottles, Nc; orders by mail or
part of city or suburbs. M ULLMAN corner tieoT-
ga avenue and Tenth street southeast. oc2t-ims
XTANTED-CA RPETS TO CLEAN AND STEAM
w NJ RICE'S, 40 Maine avenue southwest feathers
to renovate mattresses 10 remake, furniture to steam
the Oldest aud best concern In The city. ocio2m
NoTlCE.-A BUREAU FOR COPYING. TRANS
IN latng, Type Card Stenographc, and Letter
Writing at Rooms 10 and II, No 3i2 D street oppo-
Amnnuenses, and copyists supplied on short notice
se2lly
National Republican., 1881-11-29

DEXTER LAUNDRY MAKES CUFFS AND
- Collars a specially, while all other work done
By us Is equal 10 the best Reerences our wcll-known
Increasing trade No. 50l sixth street. corner of q,
National Republican., 1881-11-29

TVHETREMoNTI HOUSE oFFEIls MORE HOME
Il comforts than any hO e la the city, tho nails
aud passages nre heated Wth steam, tho roOns Hr0
new Nud well furnished and the table is second 10
none. Transient rates gAJO ana 81 neT dayt mOnthly,
tl1 90, AA, aud kin sesl
National Republican., 1881-11-29
FOR RENT-Eurnishod Isooms.

JCoR RBNT--AN ETEoANTIY FURNISHED
- PArlOr and Bedroom on first floor, suitable for n
CONGRESSMAN or two gentlemen, ut 83 II street north
uo91l3ts
The true northerner., 1881-08-19
CROP REPORTS.

The Minneapolis Tribune prints estimates OF
the yield Of wheat in every county Of Mime
sofa, showing as follows Total yield, 40, $50, ,6S5
bushels average per acre, a fraction less than
fourteen bushe 8 excess over last year, 1,4S4,
$50 bushels. Nearly all the grain in the State
will grade No. 1. Oats and barley are q fine
yield Corn prospect unequsled crop.
telegram from Des Moines, Iowa, says
"TLe reports 80 far gathered at this point from
most OF the counties are rather discouraging
for good crop. Wheat, taking the State over,
will hardly yield the seed used In planting.
Thousands Of acres have not been touched and
others harvested which left the farmer IN debt
for the cost of harvesting"
A gentleman who lately returned to Lincoln,
Neb., from tho western part of the State re-
ports corn in very bad condition. He says
that some fields are I" all dried ap," and that,
unless there IL rain soon, the crop will DO al
most total failure in Western Nebraska.
Kansas City paper prints reports from
nearly every town in Kansas reaahed by tele-
graph giving the condition of the crops
considerable alarm has been caused by the
continued dry weather. but the reports are in
the main cheering, showing that the damage
up 10 the present time has been much less than
feared here. Taking INTO account the increased
acreage and the failure of the crops III the
western portion Of the State last year, it seemr
fair to estimate that this years crop Of both
wheat ana corn in Kansas will be near
ly up to the amount produced last year,
provided rain comes III q week or 30. Some
sections have suffered severely, while OF hers
will produce an average crop. In localities
which suffered last year, with some exceptions,
there IL cheering prospect at present Taken
all In all, there ID as yet no cause for serious
alarm. Reports from Southwestern Missouri
are much the same as from Kansas.
The true northerner., 1881-08-19

In the st. l. uis postof1ice is employed
a man with phenomenal memory. He
was taken on in the mailing division
about eighteen months ago and given
the lowest position. He was several
times promoted on account of his good
record, and Mt his last examination gave
evidence OF his close application and
phenomenal memory. 1t is customary
for the examiner to name the postoffices
in a certain amount of territory and re.
quire the examinee to give the location.
In this case the employe was examined
on the postoffices of Missouri, of which
there are / 100. He did not need TO be
The true northerner., 1881-08-19
FOREIGN NEWS.

The South African Republic has been
formally proclaimed by the Beers, to whom the
British have yielded the Transvaal
Systematic incendiarism directed
against the Jews il the probable cause OF the
destruction Of eighteen Russian villages by
fire.
The British Government will, it is said
cease prosecutions under the Coercion act, aud
if, after the passage of the Land bill, there Is a
show OF law and ORDER the prisoners arrested
under the act will be liberated. Anti-Jewish
disturbances have also broken out again in
West Prussia and Pomerania.
The fortress at Puerto Plata, San Do
mingo, was destroyed by an explosion, and
twenty-five lives were lost
British fnapciers are somewhat exer-
cised over the commencement Of Withdrawals
OF gold from the Bank OF England on Ameri-
can account. Italy has been drawing heavily
of coin, with which to replace her paper money.
In the Edison Department of the
Paris Electric Ex position machine is exhibited
worked by four operators, which will send 1,200
words per minute.
The drought in Switzerland has con-
tinued for nearly two months The grass is
burned, and in the mountain pastures beasts
are perishing from heat.
A commissioner of the London Times
who has made O tour OF the wheat districts Of
England estimates O yield OF thirty bushels to
the acre. and all increased crop Of 3, ,000, 900
quarters.
The Cornell boat crew were defeated
at Vienna. When half thu course had been
rowed over, and the Americans had winning
lead, one OF their men sank exhau ted and
they relinquished the race. The prize, which
WAS worth f250, was won by the Vienna crew.
Mr.. Gladstone Is suffering from over
work and worry in his efforts to secure the
passage Of the Land bill.
Dutch is to be the official language Of
the Republic of Transvaal. This will place ma
tive and British residents at a great disad-
vantage.
A dispatch from Geneva, Switzerland,
says that Prof Roone Picket, who has been
giving his attention lately to marine architect
ure, announces a discovery which, il anticipa-
tons are realized, will effect a revolution in
the art Of shipbuilding. The discovery con-
sists of a new method Of construction and su n
an arrangement of keel as will diminish the
resistance Of the water to the lowest possible
point Vessels built in the fashion devised by
Picket, instead of sinking their prows in
the water as the speed increases, will
rise out of the water the faster they go,
in such way that the only parts
exposed to the friction Of the water
will be the sides Of the hull and the
neighborhood OF the wheel In other Words
ships thus constructed, instead OF pushing
their way through the water. will glide over it.
1t Ia claimed that steamers built after this de-
sign will attain speed OF from fifty to sixty
kiiometers "a hour.
An old building, four stories high,
situated in the most frequented part Of the
city Of Vienna, suddenly fell The greater part
of the house was occupied by Offices and FASH
ionable shops. Twenty lives we're lost and
thirty persons seriously injured.
The true northerner., 1881-08-19
A Novel Idea.

A farmer in Iowa sends the fol-
lowing novel proposition respecting
telephone facilities to the Iowa State
Register: "Will not some of those
smart patent right men invent US
a cheap insulator? Then we can utilize
our wire fences for telephones, and have
the whole country connected and in
speaking distance of each other. At the
road crossings insulated cables can be
run under ground, or regular poles can
be planted to raise the wires above
travel. In riding around 1 notice we
have a continuous wire on the fences al
ready. All we need is an insuator, cost
ing small sum and whichis so arranged
that the wire can be frightened, and held
firmly and securely, and we shall have
the line already strung that will do away
with telegraph monopoly Gf there is
one.) Then make each postoffice tele-
phone exchange, and business for farm
ers will be expedited, saving many trips
to town to order parts of machinery, or
to learn if some important letter has ar
rived. Visiting friends can notify MS of
their arrival ON the train; hasty tr ps for
medical assistance may be done away
with, and many other things not now
thOuQht of
The true northerner., 1881-08-19
vbsDv r.ilro.d. 81. Of the negroes wore oon-

gheny railroad. six Of the negroes wore CON-
victs.
The Kentucky Board OF Agriculture
reports that there has been no such shortage
in crops in that State slnco 1864. Not more
than half an average yield Of wheat viii be
harvested.
GEORGE Griffin was executed ut Bir-
mingham, Ala AS his neck was n 1t broken by
the fall, his sufferings were terrible.
Benjamin Bird. negro, was hanged
at jacksonville, Fla, for the murder OF Police
man Nelson. The moose at first slipped on his
neck, and he fell to tho ground, but the hang
mans second attempt proved successful.
The drought has become 80 intense
in the region trit utary to Nashville, Tenn,
that fire screens have been placed on the loco
motive smoke-stacks to prevent Wholesale
conhagration.
The Perry county (Ark.) troubles are
at an end, and the militia have returned to
Little Rock
On the Memphis and Charleston rail
road, near Tuscumbia, Ala, three negroes went
to sleep on the track, and train killed two
and severely injured the third.
The true northerner., 1881-08-19
MISCELLANEOUS GLEAN1NGs.

The Bankers Association was in ses-
sion at Niagara Falls last week. Z. G.. spald-
ing, OF Buffalo, presided. Every section of
the country was represented
The German Government has taken
the Decessary measures to protect the Jews in
Pomerania and West Prussia, where strong
hatred exists.
Recent deaths: Maxine Jarez. Mica
rauga Minister at Washington Mrs. Mlllard
Fillmore, at Buffalo, N. Y, aged II Rev. John
H. Burton, Scotch historian; Col Henry b.
Hayes, Pittsburgh millionaire; Benz. Jones,
the founder Of the city OF Manitowoc, Wis,
aged 81.
The deaths are announced OF ex-Con-
gressman Origen 8. Seymour, formerly Chief
Judge Of the Supreme Court Of Connecticut
Of John Hanna, O railroad contractor OF Indi-
ana, and brother of Maj. Hanna OF the United
States army OF Eben Elliot Aldrich, Superin-
tendent of the Troy and Boston railroad, and
Steuben Butler, the oldest inhabitant OF
Wilkesbarre, Pa.
The value of exports of petroleum and
petroleum products for the two months ended
June 80, 1881, was $40, ,3l5.596, against 1885,
2lS, Gas the corresponding period the previous
year.
Prof. Parkhurst, the astronomer,
between the earth and the new comet, as the
latter will not come within 80, 900, 900 miles OF
our planet
The true northerner., 1881-08-19

was not apprehended that death would
ensue to-day In the event no Improvement oc-
ours, but IT Ia evident from the expressions Of
the physicians that unless the stomach quickly
RECEIVERS its tone the gravest results In the near
future are apprehended. At midnight the
President was resting quietly, his pulse had
somewhat subsidized, aud he was free from
nausea and vomiting. but there was reason to
believe that these symptoms would return IL
food should be administered"
A collision of freight trains near
Wooster, Ohio, caused the death OF q brakeman
named Joseph Whitaker, and the destruction
Of two engines and fourteen loaded cars.
The whaler Abbott Lawrence, which
was towed into ST. Johns in disabled condi-
ton, reports that during January and Febru-
airy the mercury ranged between Is and rs de-
grees below zero at Marble island The whal-
ing season was a failure, because the ice-packs
prevented the whalers flom moving o ships
length.
Henry w. Howgate, disbursing officer
OF the signal service, was arrested at Mount
Clemens, Mich, charged with obtaiaing $4O,-
900 of Government funds by means OF fraudu-
lent vouchers, and taken to Washington.
A duel has taken place in Indian Ter
ritory between T. o. Carpenter, a Choctaw
chief, and Col. Amos Price, prominent Creek.
The latter was killed, and the former fatally
injured.
It is reported in St. Louis thst the
two chief barge lines on the Lower Mississippi
have been consolidated, with capital OF $3,-
OO0, 900. The amalgamation will give feet OF
twenty-three tugs and l49 barges, having ca
pacity of 5000, 900 bushels.
The jailer at Kansas City made the
discovery that Bill Ryan, the Glendale train
robber, had bunch of burglars saws in his
cell, and had cut three sides of large square
in the iron floor.
A prominent physician OF Cincinnati
reports twenty well-defned cases of typhoid fe.
yer among the 400 English colonists at Rugby,
Tenn. A corps OF physicians and nurses has
been dispatched to the afii cted settlement.
Bad drinking water was the chief cause of the
epidemic.
Signor Merinetti, distinguished
member OF the Italian Alpine Club, Was killed
by an avalanche on Mount Rosa.
The Republican State Central Com
mittee of California recommend Marcus d.
Boruck for Secretary OF the United States Sen
The true northerner., 1881-08-19
Frontier Criminals.

The different kind, of criminals In
New Mexico and Arizona are given dis
tinguishing names. ''Rustlers are
thieves who steal cattle ON the United
States side of the line, run them into
M, xico, sell them there, and then load
themselves with Mexican plunder for
the return trip. Cowboys are those
who earn an honest living by herding,
and behave we'll enough when at work,
although when In the towns for holi.
day they commit oil manner of outrages
FORUM. "Card jerkers are professional
gamblers who cheat those with whom
they play. "Dinglers are stage rob-
bers. "Notchers "are men W no wantonly
take human life, apparently with the
sole object of gaining reputation as
desperadoes. They are the terror Of the
border, and little is even done TO bring
them to punishment except by sudden
resentment of a mob. Silver City, how
ever, is an exception in this respect
among border towns, for it has n District
Attorney who prosecutes vigorously and
O Sheriff who does not let his prisoners
escape. The trials are queer, the jurors
often being unable to understand any,
thing but Spanish, while the speaking
is done in English 7; but that does not
seem to hinder convictions, for sixteen
condemned murderers were in jail under
death sentences only ten days ago.
Virginia New Chronicle.
The true northerner., 1881-08-19
POLITICAL POINTS.

The Alabama State Temperance Con-
vention was in session at Montgomery two
days. An executive committee for the State
and each county was appointed. All attempts
to make the question q party one were voted
down.
The Civil-Service Reform Association
OF the United States" met at Newport, r. L.,
under the Presidency of George William Our
tis, and adopted resolutions approving the
Civl-Service Reform bill introduced into the
United States Senate last session by Mr.. Pen
dleton, OF Ohio, calling on members of
Congress and Senators to aid in maxi
ing the bill law, favoring competitive
examination at various convenient points in
the United State, for those who might
wish to be examined for positions in the
civil service declaring 1t necessary that the
CivilService Reform League Of New York
should be aided in its work by local organize
tons aud declaring that the bill introduced IN
the House Of Representatives last session by
Mr.. Willis, Of Kentucky, provides practical and
judcious measures for the remedy OF the abuse
known as political assessment /; and urging un-
compromising opposition to arbitrary removals
from Office, and the interference OF members
Of Congress with the exercise OF the appoint
ing power.
The Republicans Of Virginia met in
State Convention at Lynchburg The "straight-
outS" were In . minority, but their leaders,
Congressman Dexendorf and Jorgensen, and
the Chairman Of the State Central Committee
The true northerner., 1881-08-19
Ripe and Sweet.

1t will not take many years to bring
one to- the period of lite when men. at
least the majority of writing and talking
men, do nothing but praise. Men, like
peaches aud pears, grow sweet little
while before they begin to decay. 1t is a
fact that most writer's, except sour and
unsuccessful ones, get Ied of tiuding
fault at about time when they are be.
ginning to grow oil. At 80 we are all
trying to cut our names in Zig letters
upon the walls of this tenement of life !:
twenty years later we have carved it, or
shut up our jack-knives Then We are
ready to help 9TH ~ aud care les, TO
hinder any, because nobody's elbows
are in our way.
The true northerner., 1881-08-19

must give here as my opinion.
founded on what / have observed. that
lips become more or less contracted in
the course of years, in proportion as they
are accustomed to express good humor
and generosity, or peevishness aud a
contracted mind. Remark the effect
which moment of ill-humor AMI grudg-
ingness ha, upon the lips, and lude e
what may be expected from an habtual
series Of such moments. Remark the
reverse, and make similar Judgment
The mouth Is the frank part of the face ;
it can the least con- cal It's sensations.
We can hide neither i'll temper with it,
nor good we may affect what we please,
but affecta'ion will not help.us In a
wrong cause it Will only make our oh.
servers resent the end avor to impose
upon th N. The mouth is the seat of
one class of emotions, as the eyes are of
another or rather, it expresse9 the same
emot ons, but III greater detail aud with
more irrepressibie tendency t. be in
motion. 1t is the region of smiles and
dimples and OF trembling tenderness. of
q sharp sorrow, of full breathing iov.
of candor, of reserve, of IA carkiug care,
of liberal sympathy. -Leioh Hunt
Rev. DIR. TALMAaE said that mod
ern young ladies were not the daughters
of Shem and Ham, bus the daughters OF
lem and sham
The true northerner., 1881-08-19
fhistlepod's Dog with Rattles on HIS
Tail.

"Say," said old Mr.. Thistlepod, chew
ing his morsel of navy plug with the
rapid intonation of man who was In
earnest "Say, you know that spotted
coach dog of mine that bit his leg with
rattlesnake nigh onto three weeks aguf
Well, ever since he's been tryin' to coil
himself mp all the time, and has eleven
rattles growed out on the end Of his tail.
Has for gospel fact. Nights, when he
was around the house, 1t sounds like
drum corps goin' by. / declare TO
goodness wished I'D brung him in TO
let you see him. Nero. the dogs name
is, he went on. d" Nero; years old
this spring. Raised him myself; you've
seen hum hundreds Of times under my
wagon" stNa8
Surprised that no astonishment was
expressed, the old man added:
'.YJu probably remember that shaggy,
rough haired Scotch terrier of Ben Mar
tins? Well, sir, Ben he sent to Phila-
delphy and got q couple o dozen silk
worms and fed 'em to the dog, an'-ye
hain't seen that terrier since last Satur-
day, have YEP Well, sir, / hope may
A;o some time if that dogs hair h&in't
come out the softest, finest silk fringe
We ever saw in your life Silk fringe,
with braid two inches deep along his
back, an ball of chenille bangin' from
the end of each ear. Ben's goin' to buy
up q couple O. hundred cheap long
haired dogs, feed 'em silk worms and
shear 'em every spring"
The editor thought there would be
money in it. F..
"Better'n gold NINE" the old man
said "an' do you know, while he was
feedin' of him, Ben forgot to take off
the dogs collar, big leather collar"
"And what happened to the collar"
the editor asked, little YEARLY.
"Velvet," said the old man enthusi-
astically. cit grew Lyons velvet, with
a celluloid buckle"
The editor promised to make note Of
the fact under the head of --latest In
ventions," and Thistlepod went away
perfectly contented with himself and the
rest of mankind.
The true northerner., 1881-08-19

played sharp trick on the Coalitionists
shut them out from tho convention hall, and
admitted only those who would act under
their Instructions Those who were shut out
organized o convention Of their own. Com
mittee of Conference was appointed The
Conference Committee failed TO bring about
peace. Tho CoAlitonists, or Mahoneites, in
dorsed the regular Readjuster platform and
adjourned without making nominations.
The "Straight-outs" nominated Gen. Will
lam @. wickham for Governor. Sam
uel NJ. Yost, OF Stanton, for
Lieutenant Governor, and Judge willoughby,
Of Alexandria, for Attorney General. All these
gentlemen have declined, no sever, and it is
probable that no other persons will be nomin-
ated in their places, in which case there will be
. square, fair, stand-up fight between the Re-
adjusters and the Democrats.
The true northerner., 1881-08-19

Dispatches from the capital on the
10th inst. say that yesterday was the most
unfavorable day for the Presid, mt since the
second day after the shooting. His stomach
refused to perform its functions, and nourish-
ment had to be administered by injection.
Vomiting and nausea occurred several times
during the day. The patents pulse went at an
alarming rate, rising at one time to 1870. The
physicians were evidently alarmed, but refused
TO speak much. The Cabinet officers evinced
the greatest anxiety. The streets OF the capital
were thronged with eoger, sorrowful crowds
anxious TO hear the latest news DIR. Bliss.
who has been uniformly sanguine AMI hopeful,
Is quoted as saying last night that IL the Presi-
dents stomach does not improve he viii die. II
The true northerner., 1881-08-19
Peace TO His Ashes.

Not long since Gus De Smith took q
stroll through the Austin graveyard.
When he came out of the graveyard he
looked very serious.
Gilhooly meeting him asked him whet
was the matter
Nothing, only L was thinking that
the Austin husband must light all the
fires in the mornings.
What makes you think sop
Well. L see no many of them are
burned to death. noticed on three or
four tombstones Pea to his slies. -"
-I6rds SITTING.
The true northerner., 1881-08-19

questioned. but, without prompting,
named every postofiice in the State and
the county in which it is situated, and
without missing or mistaking postoffice
or county, and did this in thirty min
utes.-NeiO York Comnierciai Adver-
Gsey
The true northerner., 1881-08-19

Deputy Marshal Marks. of Arkansas.
pursued an Usage chief. named Little Buck, for
FIVE days, and killed him because he resisted
arrest
Several negroes were killed near Lex
ington, Va, by slide in . cut upon which
they were At work ON the Rchmond and Ale
Fair play., 1881-06-25
Franklin's Swimming School.

On Milburn's first evening at Carlyle 8
theconversation happened to turn upon
the associations connected with Chelsea
and its neighborhood. Whereupon said
Mr.. Carlyle: '.Well, sir. this part of the
town. think, should have an interest
for tho people from your side of the
water. for it has associations connected
with certain countryman of yours
named Benjamin Franklin. When he
was toiling as a iourneyman printer in
this metropolis. more than century
ago, he was accustomed to stroll upon
Sunday afternoons along the banks OF
Father Thames and this end of the
Cheyne Row was usually his goal. One
day as he was discoursing with friend,
he declared himself able to swim from
here 10 sI<oudpn Bulge. distant five
miles. His friend offered a wager that
it was impossible; and he upon the in
stant. stripping, plunged boldly in and
seBted for his mark. while his friend,
)ring The scfothes, strobe down .the
Tx, anAagreat multitude of specta-
ton growing Fever greater as hepro-
oealed, followed to see the feat. He,
with brave stroke and lusty sinew, buff
feted the tide. gained the bridge and
wager; whereupon. amidst great accia-
matiOns, the people suggested to him
thst he should start a swimming school.
Bat God had other work for him to do;
Tor in later years he was to teach the
people Of your continent how, by fruSI
gy6ty and AboRs andpa&ienceSnd eours
]. any nm n ht tufetthe ka1es q
6.tune aaA 50 ekaiEhe on topros
lefity and Success. And that was the
School which he was to es-
tS6lish. "-Carly,e's Table TaE.