davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08
The Captain.

l heard a droll story the other dav
about a company of little fellows who
were 1Ormed into club by their teacher.
She had planned great many delight
full things for the club to do. They
were to 60 on excursions, to play base
ball, to have regular military drills, and
| don know what else which boys take
pride and pleasure in.
But all the fine plans came to nothing.
Can you imagine why? When they met
to organize the club every boy wanted
to be Captain. Nobody would consent
to be in the ranks, and as all could not
command, the poor little teacher gave
up in despair. {
1t is very well to be the Captain,
boys, but Aunt Marjorie wants you to-
remember that before one can lead one
must always learn to obey orders. The
great armies which have conquered I'M
the battles of the world have had
splendid soldiers to command them, but
they have also had columns of splendid
men, who were glad to do just as they,
were told without the least delay, and
without any Sinking of duty.
A person who wishes to be Captain
must learn, in the first place, to control
himself. You know what the Bible,
says about this, do you not? "He that
is slow to anger is better than the,
mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit
than he that taketh city," " He that
hath no rule over his own spirit is like
city that is broken down and without
walls"
A Captain who flies into a rage or
gets into a fright whenever there are
difficulties in the way will never be able
to manage his forces. Control yourself,
and then you may hope to govern
others.
You see that though it is quite sim
pie, yet the Office of leader has its grave
cares. Before you can guide you must
know how to follow, and before you
rule others you must have yourself in
hand.
Then, too, you must learn great.
deal, and be quick to see what ought toI
be done and prompt in ordering it,
"King" means the man who lean" do.
thing, and when boy is Rex or King
on the playground, or at the picnic, or
in the school-room, you may make up
your mind that he is lad who can do,
some things better than his comrades,
and of whom the other boys are proud,
-Harper'S Young People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08

There are at this time (Which is the
busiest season of the Year, five thou
sand persons in New York seeking on,
| ployment as book-keepers, thoug6 the
/ average compensation for com,etens,
clerks does not exceed eighteen dollars
a week, and many clerks are glad to-
get ten or tweive-less than the WAGES
OF mechanics. The number of book
| keepers employed in the city of New
York is about twenty-three thousand.
All other light, sedentary, indoor oc-
equations are also over-suppled. Let
! an advertisement appear in morning
| paper for a clerk, a messenger, or
porter, and the applications will num-
Der from sixty to seven hundred, ac-
| cordlng to the apparent disturbances
OF the place. One reason why there is,
such an enormous competition for such
places is that so many boys are per-
| mitted to grow to maturity without
even beginning to learn business bv
which they can live. Another reason is
that so many young people do not learn
| TO take pains with their work
we advise our young readers to con-
slider well these words of man whose
business requires Il good, smart boy."
''lti is a hard matter" he says, ''to find
good boy. 1t is my experience that
out of fifty boys who will answer an ad-
yertlsement, not more than twenty will
be worth trying, and not more than five
out of the twenty will be worth keep
ing. In other words, it is ten to one
against every boy who applies We pay
five dollars week, and we have had
four different boys in the last five weeks
They are lazy, or they are careless, or,
they want to do something else, or their
parents say they are overworked, or
some other reason is assigned for the
boys leaving the place"
Moral: Do not join this shiftless, skill
less, unprincipled crowd. Learn a
trade of some sort, and learn also to-
work industriousfy and honestly. Seek
to find occupation in work that is want
ed, and then do your work with skill
and pains. A really 'tgood, smart boy"
or man, is always wanted" Drop
him down in the middle of China, or
the middle of London, and he will soon
find his chance Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08
A Kanaka Kills Shark in Hand-to.
Mouth Encounter.

Every soul on board crowded to the
side to witness the duel. 1t was bound
to be war to the death. One or both of
| the combatants must die. The brute
was what is known as a right shark,
and was about thirteen feet long. His
black and shining back, set with sharp
fins, made me shudder and grow death
ly sick.
Ubukia met the first rush of the mon
ster by darling aside and letting the
huge hulk go by him. He made a
lunge with his sword at the tail as it
whisked past, and thin line of blood
on the clear water told that his aim
had been good one. While the shark
was near he swan with half his BODY
out OF the water, taking good care that
his legs were never much below the
surface; but when Invent by he dropped
to the neck and looked up at us
with grin on his coffee-colored face.
"Me kill umr' he shouted.
The next rush was similar to the first,
but this time, when the white belly
showed itself, Ubukia was beside it.
We saw the point of his sword-blade
enter its right eye, and then the native
Owed, coming up thirty yards away.
| began to breathe easier now The
fellow carried himself in the water with
as much ease as the fish itself, and his
sword gave him an advantage, while
the sharks inability to use its laws
without turning over was another point
in his favor.
The fish seemed to be fairly mad
dnnnH hrr ha Loot i
see its dorsal fin ripping through the
water for a second, and then it went
down out of sight, leaving nothing but
the Kanaka visible on the wide stretch
of water. If the sight of the monster
was horrible, how much worse was its
disappearance. We did not know now
upon what side of the devoted swimmer
it would come up and we held our
breath, waiting as one waits when
diver has been under water for long
time and every minute seems an hour.
The grin had left the natives face
and he kept whirling about like a tee
to-tum, ready to meet the attack at any
point.
After the lapse of few minutes the
familiar fin came into sight again, and
Ubuk1a's body rested with his eyes on
the enemy. There was no rushing on
the sharks part now. It advanced
slowly, ready to swerve with the slight
est motion Of the native. 1t seemed de-
termined to approach him so slowly
that its momentum could not possibly
carry it past him. He waited until its
muzzle was not ten feet from him, and
then, assuming the aggressive, he
darted forward, buried his blade to the
hilt in its eye, and then swan leisurly
to the ship.
For ten minutes the water within a
radius of many yards was dashed into
white foam by the dying struggles of
the monster. At times he would throw
himself completely out of water, show
ing us the whole of his round, tapering
body and ugly mouth. Finally, how
ever, he rested belly upward without
motion, and Ubukia's face glistened
with pride.
"Good, ''said he, climbing into his
canoe; ..'me kill UNI. Cor. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08
For Young Readers.
YOUNG NEEDLESS.
Young Needless is a boy

Young Needless is a boy
Who lives in every town.
His name? Tis sometimes Jimmy Smith,
And sometimes Tommy Brown.
Young Needless goes to school
When he can find his hat.
Athome he loves to play at ball
When he can find his bat.
OF mittens, one is gone;
Of rubberS, two or more;
And on the very coolest day
He never shuts the door.
The hammers always lost:
The saw left on the ground;
And when he wants his button-hook
1t never can be found.
To buy piece of beef,
You send him to the shop;
He loses all the change he had,
And brings you mutton chop.
For all these careless things,
And more that could name,
Young Needless always feels quite sure
He never Is to blame.
His father would despair,
But that this thing is true:
That forty years or so ago,
He was Young Needless, too.
Mrs. Juliet II. Brand, in Chicago Adudnc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08
A Romantic Story Told by Louis
KOssuth.

The Vienna German ZeGtang has pub
lished letter from Kossuth, addressed
to DR.. Cotuos, about his brilliant de-
Tense of the Jews in the Tizla Eszlar
affair. After congratulating the advo-
cate, the old dictator related an Incl
dent that happened some thirty years
ago in the Neutr@r-C omitat.
San individual named Bardos Sau-
dos, who hated the Jews writes Kos
suth, chad become enamored of beau
tiful young Jewess called Julia Weiss
He desired to convert her and then take
her into his service.
''Julia Weiss repulsed the man and
would listen to nothing he said. Some
time later Julia Berecs. a young Chris
tian girl, one of Julia Weiss best
friends, disappeared. The Jewess was
inconsolable. Saudos had her brought
before him. and violently apostrophiz-
ing her, demanded to know the where
abouts of Julia Berecs.
elbow should l know?' replied the
Jewess.
"'Where have you taken her?'
"I?' said Julia, astonished.
"'Yes, you. And since you dare not
avow it, I'll tell you. Julia Berecs is
lying yonder by the stone bridge, dead
Twas you who struck her to death with
poniard"
go! She was my intimate friendp
"'Be silent. A Christian cannot be
friends with jew, and to follow the
closer the prescriptions of your Tai
mud you have washed your hands in the
blood of Christian, thinking thereby
to become still more beautiful
in vain the poor girl pleaded that
she knew nothing of the Talmud, or
scarcely how to read or write. She was
thrown into prison, passed before the
Assizes, and was condemned to death
BY reason of her youth her punishment
was committed to hard labor for life.
1.-TWO years had passed, and the poor
girl could not comprehend why she was
so tortured. One gay she was taken be-
fore the d%ycchics of the prison, who
received her with great kindness and
the startling intelligence that she was
to be Immediately set free. At the same
time she was presented with purse
of twenty-five ducats as a gift from the
Emperor.
CAT the prison gate Julia Weiss en-
braced her family, who were awaiting
her there. Twas then they told her
that three weeks previously her perse-
cutor, Bartos Saudos, had been found
dead and that in his pocket was dis
covered a written confession, in which
he acknowledged having killed Julia
Berecs and having falsely accused the
young Jewess. He proclaimed Julia
Weiss innocence, and begged her to
pray for him. He also left his fortune
in leyacy to her. Julia Weiss refused
that fortune.
"From the lips of the young girl her
SELF" continues Kossuth, 81 heard this
story"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08
Girl Life in India.

On the day of her marriage she is put
into palanquin, shut up tight and
carried to her husbands house. Hither-
TO she has been the spoiled pet of her
mother; now she is to be the little slave
of her mother-in-law, upon whom she
is to wait, whose commands she is to
implicitly obey, and who teaches her
what she is to do to please her husband
what dishes he likes best and how to
cook them. 1.-THE mother-in-law is kind,
she will letlhe girl 90 home occasion
ally TO visit her mother.
OF her husband she sees little or
nothing. She is of no more account to
him than q little cat or dog would be-
There is seldom or never any love be-
Eween them; and no matter how cruelty
-s1o may be treated, she can never
complain to her husband of anything
his mother may do, for he would never
take his wife's part Her husband sends
TO erdaily the portion of food that is
to be cooked for her, himself and the
children When it is prepared she
places it on one large brass platter, and
it is sent to her husbands room. He
eats what he wishes, and then the plat
ter is sent back, with what is left. for
her and her children. They sit together
on the ground and eat the remainder,
having neither knives, forks, nor
spoons. While she is young she is never
allowed to go anywhere.
The little girls are married as young
as three years of age; and should the
boy TO whom such a child is married die
the next day, she is called widow,
and is from henceforth doomed to per-
petual widowhood-she can never
marry again, As widow. she must
never wear any jewelry, never dress
her hair, never sleep on bed, nothing
but a piece of mating spread on the
hard brick floor, and sometimes, in
fact. not even that between her and the
cold bricks and, no matter how cold
the night might be, she must have no
other covering than the thin garment
she has worn in the day.
She must eat but one meal a day.
and that of the coarsest kind of food:
and once in two weeks she must fast
twenty-four hours. Then not a bit of
food nor a drop of water or medicine
must pass her lips, not even if she were
dying. She must never sit down nor
speak in the presence of her mother-in-
law. unless they command her to do so.
Her food must be cooked and eaten
apart from The other women's. She is
a disgraced, a degraded woman. She
may never even look on at any of the
marriage ceremonies or festivals. 1t
would be an evil omen for her to do so.
She may have been a high caste Brah-
mimic womanl but on her becoming a
widow. any, even the lowest servant,
may order her to do what they do not
like TO do. No woman in the house
must ever speak one word of love OF
pity TO her for il is supposed that, if a
woman shows the slightest commisera-
ition TO widow, she will Immediately
become one herself.
It's estimated that there are eighty
thousand widows in India under six
years Of age Commercial IraceIlers
Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08
Mathews the Elder and the Judge.

Mathews the elder, being in Shrews-
bury one asSiZe time, turned into court
for an hours amusement. He had not
been there many minutes when an ush-
er put a note in his hand running:
Judge Park hopes that Mr.. Mathews
Will come and sit by him." Threading
his way through the crowd, the gratiiied
comedian mounted the Judgment seat
and humhy yet proudly took the place
awarded him. The Judge shook him
cordially by the hand, put the trial on
before him and packet of sandwiches
at his elbow, and made him altogether
comfortable. Two or three years after
ward Mathews was staying with his
friend Rolls, and over the wine and
walnuts the latter asked the actor if he
had met Justice Park somewhere, a
question setting Mathews in such
praise of the Judge that Rolls could not
keep from laughing, and so raising suS-
piclon. Ibid he say anything abous
meP queried Mathews. "Well," was
the reply, "he was here not long ago
and said to me: Il think, Rolls, you are
friend of Mathews, the actor, who
has such dreadful propensity for TAX
ing people off Imagine my consterna'
ton at Shrewsbury two years ago ON
seeing him directly in front of NE, eVl-
IDENTIFY studying me with the intention
of showing me up. What do you thinR
| did? | sent courteous message, 70
him and invited him to come and sit by
me; and so, 1 trust, propjtiated hIm
that he will have too much good feeling
ever to introduce me into his gallery Oh
legal portraits. '"-AU The Year Reu'a'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08
The Argentine Confederation.

The Argentine Confederation is com
posed of a group of fourteen states and
provinces and four territories, whose
population, according to the census of
1869, ana estimated areas, are as fol-
lows
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08
Why They Arc Moi Mnntoa

BOYS who expect soon to begin TO
work for living may profitable con-
S 81, some lacts recently reported by
W Sn employment agent in the city of New
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08

This shows total population in 1869
of 1,S59,685. The present population
is believed to be over 100000 By
the treaty of 1881, between the Argen.
tine Confederation and Chill, the latter
comedies to the former all the territory
east of che crest of the eastern ridge of
the Andes, including small part of
Terra del Fuego, and the greater part
of Patagonia. The form of government
is republican. The Presidents elected
for six years by an Electoral College,
composed of'183 representatives chosen
10y the several States The National
Congress is composed of a Senate of
twenty-eight members, two from each
State or province, and house of fifty
members, apportioned according to
population. There are five ministers,
viz, The Minister of Foreign Affairs,
the Interior, Finance, War and Educa-
ton. Each of The provinces has Gov
ernor and Legislature elected bya popu-
Tar vote. A large part of this vast
country consists of rich, alluvial plains,
called pampas, similar to the prairies
of this county, with soil four or five
feet thick, formed for the most part,
like our prairie soil by the decay of
luxurious vegetation. Immense herds
of cattle and sheep are raised on these
grand prairies, furnishing the principal
exports. hides, tallow, wool and canned
,meat5. In 1881 the horned cattle were
estimated at 100000 head. and the
sheep at 100,000,000. The exports of
the country amounted to $50, 497. 423,
and the imports to S54,029,545. Most
of this trade is between Buenos Avres-
the capital, having a population of
about 100000, and European, chiefly
English, ports. Twelve lines of steam
1ers run to Europe. making the trip in
an average period of twenty mine days.
TheTevenue for 1881 was $24, 349, $50,
derived almost wholly from import and
export dues. The expenditures amount
ed to $26, 747, 480, and the National debt
has grown to S107, 6S1, 500, oonsidera-
lble part of which is represented by
recent public improvements: railways,
bridges, roads, etc. There are now
about 1000 miles of railway and 10000
miles of telegraph in the country. The
laws recognize no difference between
natives and foreigners, and of late for
eign immigration, mostly from Spain
and Italy, has been flowing in at
steadily increasing rate, amounting
now to about $4,000 per annum.
BTOotlyn Eagle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08

Denver, Col, contains more Chinese
women than any otler American city
outside of California. They appear on
the street clad in wide, loose trousers,
gaylv bedecked in goudy colors, and
always carrying an immense red or
silk handkerchief in one hand and a
parasol in the other CRic0qo Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08

Oscar Wilde remarked of Henry
lrving's legs that one was a "synS,s
phony and the other beautiful poem.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08

Miss Emily Faithful goes to Colors-
do for the purpose of observing the con-
ditions Of life with a view to the emil
grafton of English women, A society
formed by the Princess Louise * IN
terested in the scheme. Detroit Posi-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08
About People Who Use Tobacco.

A tobacconist furnishes the following
as the result of observation of his Gus
toners: An even-tempered, quiet man
never goes to an extreme in choosing a
tobacco; nervous man wants some
thing strong and furious; mild man
something that smokes and nothing
more. There is a great deal in the way
men handle their cigars. If man
smokes his cigar only enough to keep
it lighted, and relishes taking it from
between his lips to cast a curl of blue
smoke into the air, set him down as
easy-going. He has keen perceptions
and delicate sensibilities. He will not
create trouble, but is apt to see it out
when it is once begun. Beware of the
man who never releases the cigar from
the grip of his teeth, and is Indifferent
whether it burns OF dies. He is
cool, calculating, and exacting.
He is seldom energetic physical
ly, but lives easily off of those who per-
form the labor. A man who smokes a
bit, rests bit, and fumbles the CIGAR
more or less is apt to be easily affected
by circumstances. If the cigar goes
out frequently the man has whole
souled disposition, is q devil-may-care
sort of fellow, with a lively brain and a
glib tongue, and generally fine fund
of anecdotes. To hold half the cioar
in the mouth and smoke indifferently IS
lazy mans habit. They are generally
OF little force, and their characters are
not of the highest strata. A nervous
man, or one under exciting influences.
fumbles his cigar great deal. He is q
kind OF popinjay among men. Holding
the cigar constantly between the teeth
chewing it occasionally, and not caring
whether or not it has been lighted at
all, are characteristics of men with the
tenacity of bulldogs. They never forget
anything, and never release a hold
The fop stands his cigar on end, and an
inexperienced smoker either points #
straight ahead or almost at right angles
with his course.-PdU Mali GGzefte -
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08

Some girls can't catch on to the
fashionable walk. Why, girls, that's
easily done, when you know how. Just
walk along slow and lazy like; give a
little shove to the right and left at each
step; act as if you had no elasticity in
your step, as if each foot were held
back by stiff mud, and the wind was
kind OF blowing you back at each step,
and you have got it.-Neacport Jo,,rasal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08

After having played bar or two
OF "Midsummmer Nights Dream at
a concert in Memphis recently. Herr
Sternberg suddenly ceased, looked nm
at the gallery, then made a little bow
TO the audience, and declared that he
could not play while peanuts were be-
ing cracked and that the gentlemen SO
engaged must cease or he must ask IN
be excused. There was a dead silence
and Mr.. Sternberg resumed. AS the
appeal reporter critically remarks
the peanut has no soul for music
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08

Waiter twenty-five years of exile at
Siberia the Russian writer, Tchernis-
chefski, has been allowed to return to
his home to husband out life's taper in
It's close" The poor man is now sixty
yearf of age. but it is hardly necessary
to say that his long years of exile have
made him look more like a centenarian
than anything else. He is hardly able
to walk and scarcely weighs hundred
pounds. Tchernischefskf was exiled
during the riots of 1862.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-08

"A curious story comes from Brent
ford, England. "A servant of DR.. Terry
was sent out to carry q message. She
was short-sighted, and failing to return
it was feared she had fallen into the
canal. 1t was dragged, but without
success. Several days later an old
barge woman suggested that a loaf of
bread, in which some quicksilver had
been placed, should be foated on the
water. This was done and the loaf
became stationary at a certain point.
The dragging was resumed at this point
and the body found. The superstition
IS said to be centuries old, but no one
had seen it tried there for many a year.