davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bossier banner., 1882-12-14
For Young Readers.
COUNTING THE BLESSINGS.

Mamma says must sit down.
q want to GO out and play
And count up the blessings of the year."
For tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. .-
Now what is blessing, ask?
Would any one say it is school,
And having to study as hard as can,
And always living by rule?
Is it blessing to eat oatmeal,
And go to bed early at night,
When they have waffies aud raisin-cake,
And a parlor blazing with light!
Perhaps it's a blessing to go
On errards all about,
When am crazy to read, and see
How lovely story comes out.
And oh, you may be sure
The blessing just begins,
When you have to throw down bar and ball,
To amuse pair of twins.
Ho, hum! There's another side.
There's many bother at school,
And fellow often gets mighty tired;
But one won dnt be fool;
And go sneaking through the world,
servant or shirk;
It's well worth while denying ones self,
10 be ut for manly work.
And a boy that means to learn,
Must first learn to obey;
He doesn't get far in a world like this
by taking his own way. ....
The famous bOating-crews,
That strive for the highest place,
Don't think of their stomachs, or what they
like
They mean to win the race.
And it isn't so easy to win.
If one does ones best to train:
1t is neck and neck, and if one fails,
1t is up and at it again.
The very things we like best
May be stumbling blocks in the way:
No boy has had more blessings than /
To be glad for on Thanksgiving Day.
Mrs. NJ +. Butts. in Youths Companion.
The Bossier banner., 1882-12-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

Contrary to the common opinion,
the census returns show that the num-
ber of Irish persons in this country, con-
sidered relatively to the total population
OF the country, or to the foreign popu.
lation alone, has steadily decreased dur
ing the past thirty years.-N E. Farnaer.
The Crown Princess of Germany,
wearing little hussar cap and long
plume, rode at the head of the black
hussars, of which she is the Colonel, at
the recent great parade before the En-
peror, and then, holding her small riding
whip swordwise, took her place with
the other commanding officers at the
right of the Emperor as the regiment
filed by.
The other day while two ten-years-
old boys were playing on the top of the
mountain, on the west side of what is
known as the Notch, about mile south
OF West Bolton, Vt, one of the lads, n
son OF Riley Giles, of West Bolton, made
misstep and fell down an almost per-
pendicular precipice 250 feet into the
valley below, being, of course, Instantly
killed.
"A man who wantonly wounded a
bird with his rifle is reported by the Raral
Canodsan as having made this frank
confession: 'It futtered across the field.
where | followed it, and found the pant
ing sufferer at its nest and the blood
dripping upon its young. Ny cruelty
flashed upon me in all its nakedness, and
cringed under my reflections like
guilty butcher as was'
"A Mrs. Marstin and daughter killed
a bear which invaded their door-yard in
a Nevada town short time since and
was making off with a pig when they
discovered him. Mrs. Marstin threw a
kettle of boiling water over the bear, and
the daughter attacked him with an AK,
cleaving his skull in two. That night
the old man was asked if he would have
pork chop or bear steak, and couldn't
make it out until the affair was described.
The NeaO England Farmer saws that
the forest lands of Maine, formerly con-
trolled by the State, have now nearly all
come into the possession of individual
owners, who handle them so as to obtain
the largest returns and yet keep them in
thrifty and improving condition. The
lumber is rarely cut clean, but the best
IS culled out, leaving the smaller growth
to be cut at future time In this way
a crop can be taken once in every twenty
or twenty-five years.
or the land composing Great Britain
DIR. Carpenter said in lecture in Boston
recently that it was part of the European
continent, and that no geologist can
question the fact that that corner of
Europe has been up and down no end
OF times. All the northern part of Eu-
rope, he said, is a low plain which would
be entirely submerged, with q few ex-
ceptions. by sinking of a hundred
fathoms. -Massachusetts Ploughman.
10 In the old hall of the House of Rep
resentatives in Washington, each State
is allowed space for two statues or busts
OF its prominent sons. Hitherto Ohio has
not used either of these inches. This de-
feet is now to be remedied. as, at the last
session of the Ohio Legislature, bill
was passed appropriating $4,000 for a
statue OF General Garfield, to be placed
in one of the spaces allotted to Ohio
N. 7. Tribune
The Bossier banner., 1882-12-14
A Horrible Execution in New Zealand.

Recent New Zealand newspapers con-
tain accounts of the execution of Ma
orr named Winiata under horrible cir
cumstances. Some Years ago Winiata
murdered young Englishman in the
Auckland district, and escaped to the
wllds of the native territory. A half
caste name Barlow, desirous of obtaining
the money set upon the head of the fu-
gitive. recently entrapped him and hand
ed him over to the police authorities.
Winiata was tried and condemned, and
executed on August 4. He protested his
innocence to the last. The convict
stepped out of the cell and walked firmly
towards the scaffold, nodding to the
Sheriff and spectators. Winiata said:
''Friends, Europeans, am going to give
my body to be killed Listen to me, all
of you. My hands did not kill that
European; this is the end of my BODY.
have now word to say to God" Rails
ing his eyes to Heaven, he continued: Il
am delivering my soul into Thy hands;
remember me when I come into Thy
kingdom. This is all l have to saw"
The cap was then adjusted over his head
and the wardens stepped from the side
of the convict, who was left standing
alone with the rope round his neck. Be-
hind him was the executioner with mask
on, and. as he placed his hand upon the
lever the trap-door flew open with
crash, and Winiata disappeared from
view with dull thud. Running nimblv
down the steps the executioner entered
by a door below the scaffold, and the
novelty of this proceeding caused num-
ber of the spectators to approach close
TO the foot of the scafold. The sounds
which met their ears were horrible. The
drop had failed to cause instantaneous
death. and the deep and stifed breath
ings of the half-strangled convict were
distinctly audible through the crevices.
The executioner could be plainly seen
engaged in the horrible task of tugping
at the hanging mans legs for the pur-
pose OF completing the strangulation,
while Winiata writhed and twisted in q
slekening manner Gradually the sounds
of choking and stitied breathing died
away. the violent vibrations of the rope
ceased, and ten minutes after the rope
was pulled the executioner came forth
from his ghastly hole and slipped away.
After hanging for an hour the body was
cnt down. 1t was then found that the
moose, instead of being behind the ear,
was Immediately under the chin and was
not drawn tightly rourd the neck.
The Bossier banner., 1882-12-14

if you please, and the world will still
thank you for living. When you have
written so much, so vigorous and SO
beautiful poetry as Mr.. Tennyson has,
my son, when you can command fifty
dollars line for your poetry, then you
can afford to write as poor poetry as
Mr.. Tennyson now does. But don't try
it now, my boy.-Burlington HaWk- Eye.
The Bossier banner., 1882-12-14
An idiot is a man who

An idiot is man who approaches
mule from the rear without notifying
and pacifying the front end first. The
wise man is he who never goes near the
mule at all, but is simply a looker-on
IN Vienna while the brute is making
gestures with his hind feet. This state
ment is just as true in morals as it IS 10
natural history. Indianapolis Jot17aa%
The Bossier banner., 1882-12-14

1t is an undeniable fact that nearly
all centenarians are poor and have been
poor all their lives. If you wish to live
to good old age, young man, never ad,
yertise. Boston Star.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-12-29

Artemus called 'the fore-guarters' of
wagon gathering mt his heels. This
incident Artemus utilized in his ad-
dress. He said =
"'rhe fine vehicular elopemcnt which
has Just taken place, yonng ladies, has
furnished us with ii timely topic of dis
course. Young ladies' semimaries are
ever exposed to runaways. Once when
travelling with my show. came upon
Il female institute. There were lad
derS, and lads too, as to that, at every
window: Manly perpendiculars carry
ing fainting hOrizOntalS to the ground.
Fire = | shouted. None of that re
piled il solemn voice from the orchard.
There amt no fire ; these are only
young fellows running off with their
sweethearts.' There is moral enter
taInment for man and beast in this
runaway. No horse, if attached to
wagon, that is, if sincerely attached to
it. will run away with it; but the more
IL young man is attached To young
woman the more he will run away
with her, leaving no trace, in fact,
none of the harness. behind. Young
ladies, since have stood before your
beautiful faces | have lost something,
and if you or the boy that sweeps out
find II red object, looking like coral
brcastpin that has been stepped on,
You may know it is my poor busted
heart. y Indianapolis News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-12-29
What a Volcano can Do.

COtapaXi, in 1898, threw its fiery
rockets 5000 feet above its crater,
while in 1854 the blazing mass, struG
Cling for an outlet, rOared so that its
awful voice was heard at a distance of
more than 600 miles. In 1917 the crat
er Tuangu. .angua, one of the great
peaks of the Andes flung out torrents
of mud, which damned up the rivers,
opened new lakes, and in valleys 900
feet wide made deposits 600 feet deep.
The stream from Nesuvius, which in
1897, passed through Tore del Greco.
contained b 900 cubic feet of solid
matter, and i'll 1903, when Tore del
Greco was destroyed a second time,
the mass of lava amounted to 5000,
600 cubic feet. In I760 Etna poured
forth a flood which covered eighty -four
square miles of surface, and measured
nearly zoo, 200, 900 cubic feet. On this
occasion the sand and scoria formed
the Monte ROsini, near NicholOSa, Il
cone of two miles in circumference and
1000 feet high. The stream thrown
ont by Etna i'll 1916 was in motion at
the rate of II yard day for nine
months after the eruption and it is on
record that the lava of the same noun
tain, after terrible eruption was not
thoroughly cool and consolidated for
ten years after the event. In the erup-
tiOn of Nesuvius, A. ID. 70, the scoria
and ashes vomited forth far exceeded
the entire bulk of the mountain while.
i'll 1860, Etna disgorged twenty times
its own mass. Nesuvius has sent its
ashes as far as Constantinople, Syria
and Egypt; it hurled stones eight
pounds in weight to Pompeii, dis
tance of six miles, while similar mass
es were tossed up 1000 feet above the
summit. CotopaXi has projected Il
block of 100 cubic yards in volume IA
distance of nine miles, and Sumbawa
in 1915, during the most terrible erup-
| ton on record, sent its ashes us far as
Java, distance of 300 miles.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-12-29
Women of the Past and Pres
ent.

Miss Emily Faithful delivered lee
ture in fremont Temple, Boston, the
other evening, on "The Changed Po-
sitiOn of Women in the Nineteenth
Century" The underpaying and un-
dereducating of women was pointed
out with its attendant evils. Abiding
To the position of women in England
she observed that there was no class of
male workers i'll that country who were
obliged to give all their time and work
for the bare means of subsistence
Young women, she cOntended, should
have a trade on which they could de-
pend i'll all the changes of fortune that
might come upon them. The fact that
women of certain classes are disposed
to despise work is to a great extent due
to Il mischievOus prejudice. A con-
tempt for labor is at the root of almost
all the trouble in the condition of wo-
men. They shOuld be trained to feel
that not only is work honorable in
men, but that idleness is discreditable
to women. All life is either progress
or retrOgressiOn, and the wonder is
that so much good survives in those wo-
men who lead idle and colorless lives.
If girl is not taught to take an inter
est i'll what is good and wholesome,
she will surely take an interest in what
is frivolous and mischievOus. We have
so long heard that man is for the world
and woman for the home, man to gov
ern and woman merely to obey, that
we have come to believe it. God has
"A distinct plan and purpose for every
man and woman, and it is only by fol-
lowing this plan that we can find the
clue to our life work. A woman is
generally at the beck and call of some
body, often of everybody, and yet they
have accomplished much in art and
literature. Women must not be train
ed as drudges beneath men, nor as
angels above them. A girls depen-
dence upon marriage as the only means
of obtaining Il settlement in life is most
injurious. In the interests of men as
well as of women there should be an
education of women above the ordina-
ry standard. The lecturer pointed out
that in the London University and 9th
er educational institutions in England
women competed satisfactorily in win
ming educational hOnors and it is found
that their health is not impaired by
study. A gradual change is taking
place i'll England, and women of wealth
and standing are beginning to look
with more favor on these women who
make their own living. There is "A
special welcome for women who have
attained position in artistic work or in
the drama. In closing Miss Faithful
made an earnest plea for the advance
ment of women not only i'll the accom-
plishments of the home circle but III
remunerative employment and public
| life.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-12-29
How 10 Become independent.

Large savings invariably originate in
small sums, just as money embarrass-
ment arises from little eXtraVagances.
Very few persons of ordinary honesty
deliberately set to work to make large
purchases which they cannot afford, and
yet numbers spend Just as much in the
long run i'll little things that they
scarcely think are worthy of notice. 1t
is very difficult to fully realize the
value of small sums. Little savings,
if made at all, must be made in personal
expenditure. What is spent upon the
household is generally needed, but the
small personal luXuries which cost so
little, are not. And when any saving
is made i'll this way, the money should
be put aside and saved, instead of be
ing mixed with the spending fund, and
additions made To it as frequently as
possible that will make you under
stand as soon as anything, what small
economics amount to. When money
is put aside to he saved, it should be
put in some place where it. cannot be
directly got at-the savings bank for
instance. The very fact that IL little
trouble and formula has to he gone
through with before it can be obtained
many time prevents it being spent
when it certainly would have been
were it close at hand. To secure i'm
dependence to ourselves is really wortf
some self-denial.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-12-29
RepenIed, but too Late.

The New York correspondent of the
Baltimore American tells this story of
sad descent: Fifteen years ago the
daughter of rich and prosperous
man, living in fine style on Fifth ave
nue., went out i'll IL carriage, Ostensibly
OH shopping expedition. At Stewards
store she left the carriage, and her
coachman waited for over two hours,
until finally, becoming anxious, he
made enquiries. The young lady had
disappeared, and though Il great deal
of money was spent and much effort
made to discover her, there was no
trace. Ter years passed, and the de-
tective who had worked on the case,
very faithfully and anxiOusly, rose by
degrees to the rank of police captain.
One cold night, just after Christmas,
four or five of his officers entered the
station with eight or ten intoxicated
women in their custody. One or two
were crying over their arrest and the
prospect of prison others were fierce
in their oaths at the interference of the
police with their Orgie, while Others
again were sulky. Standing little
apart from the group of prisoners the
captain noticed a tall woman of abOut
30, aud he saw that once she had been
beautiful, though now her face was
disfgured by bruise on the cheek
and a black welt under one eye. There
was, however, an air of refinement
| about the woman that attracted the pO-
| lice captain, and he eyed her curiously
while the sergeant recorded the names
of the prisoners. Suddenly the woman
beckoned to him. Captain, do yOr
know me ?' was her question. ''NO.'
! Didn't YOU once try to find Miss Gl acc
-?r "Yes." "Well, Pm her! Irar
away just out of pure deviltry, ant
I've had my share of it," "GoOd heav
ems = Why did you do it 7" 'Oh, | dom
know. The notion came into my heaG
and | obeyed the impulse" "An'
where have you been all this time 2
"Right here in the ward, under you
nose. You never suspected me, though
| saw you often enough" ''And hav'
you not repented of the stepG" ere
pented 81 and the word thrilled in tn
captains ear like the wall of a los
soul. "Repented Oh, God, yes Blu
it was too late" ats never too late.
"Yes it is. But it's not too late to die.
And before the captain could preven
she had drawn a small pistol and sho
herself The poor creature lived tw
, days, and when she died 1T was in tn
arms of her father. The mother ha
died few years before of grief. Thes
. are all true stories, and show how niue
/ stranger real life is than fiction.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-12-29
why Mrs. Langtry is Beautiful.

SarOny's portraits of Mrs. Langtry
do not do her Justice. The charm of
this lady is i'll her graceful turns of the
head and her movements, added to her
exquisite complexion. Why is it that
she is unique The true answer seems
to be that given by her few evenings
ago, when she said: 81 was the only
sister of six big brothers, and would
you believe it, | shared all of their out
door sports" She recently said in re-
spect to the criticism of her feet as be-
ing larger than the American type of
pedal beauty, that she had walked
more miles over Jersey mOors and
lanes than gentlemen of America had
walked yards, and that she had accord
ingly the feet and health to prove it..
She often expresses her love for out
door life, and if she stays here next
summer she will show some of the dill
ettante yachtsmen of the New York
yacht club that she can sail il yacht
like an expert. GLOW do you suppose
she kept her complexion ?" said "A wo-
man to lady friend behind her fan at
IA reception few evenings ago. Mrs.
Langtry was just then giving the an
swer by telling how nearly all of her
life was in the open air when she lived
i'll Jersey.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-12-29

A STORY FOR ALL WHO PRETEND TO
WRITE FOR THE PRESS.

Who is the Man who is Looking so
hard at the Piece of Paper? He is an
Intelligent CompOsitor. Why does he
Hold the Paper So close to his Eyes ?
Because the Correspondent that wrote
it makes Hen tracks. What is he say
mgP He is saying, 81 can't make out
this stuff" And who is the Other Man
going to the Case? That is the FL
rious Foreman. What does he Want
He is going to Help the Intelligent
CompOsitor decipher the Hen tracks.
Do you Think he Can do it ? | don't
know he can do most Anything, but
| Guess that will he Too Much for him.
Now | see an Other Man Coming.
What is he going to do? That is the
Precise Proof Reader He is going to
Cast his eagle Eye over the Hen
Tracks to See where they Lead to. Do
you think He can Find out? No, not
without ii Guide or Calcium Light.
Now, here comes Another man-who is
the Man? That is the Able Editor.
Where did he come From From his
Den. Now all the Men are close to-
gether--see their Heads most touch
and they are Looking every One of
them at the Piece of Paper. What do
they do That torG Because they Are
Concentrating their Giant Intellects
upon the piece of Paper to see What
the hen Track Correspondent means
by his HIieroglyphcs. Have they
found out No they are stumped.
Now they are going Away from the
Case. Yes. And one of the Men has
chucked the piece of Paper into the
Stove. Why does he do That Be
cause he can't read the hen-Tracks.
Who is the Small Boy that has Il Grin
on his Face, and his Hat turned up i'll
'FRONT.' ? He is the Office Boy. What is
!. the Able Editor Saying to him He is
/ telling him to 90 after the Long Range
shot Gun. What forq Because the
Able Editor wants to go hunting after
the hen Track Correspondent. viii
he hurt him Yes, he will if he
Catches him. DO you think the Cor
respondent ought to he Killed ? Ger
tainly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-12-29
Poisoned by "a Needle.

Mrs. William label, of Butler town
ship, Iowa, Sept. /, pricked the middle
finger of her left hand with IA needle
she was using-pricked it at the side of
the nail, and so slightly that not drop
of blood appeared. She paid no atten-
ton to it at first-it did not trouble her
enough a moment after to require at
tention but in the course of AN hour
the end of her finger commenced to
ache, and she remarked to her daugh
ter that she never kiew so slight "a
hurt to cause such pain as that before.
This pain became almost unbearable
the next day--and the usual household
remedies for such hurts or swellings
were applied in vain. The finger com
menced swelling until it became almost
as large as her wrist, and the swelling
made its way along her hand. Her
physician advised her removal to the
city, where she could be under the at
tentiOn of physicians constantly, and
on Friday, the 8th inst, she was
brought to town. And here one of the
best known German physicians took
charge of the case-gave it his unre-
mitting attention. The finger was
lanced three times, and large quanti-
ty of pus flowed from it. Three days
since the evidence of blood poisoning
appeared-gangrene had set in. Hel
sufferings have been intense. On
Wednesday Mrs. label went into q
semi-comatOse cOnditiOn-and Thurs
day her children were sent for. A tel
egram went to one stating his mOthe
could not live three hours, and deatl
soon ensued.-I Davenport Democrat.