davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1883-11-24
MANNED.

ApcocS -OLvsrE.D.-I In wslla W.l.s, Nov.
q. Ry Rev. v. =. Ccbleikh, Mr. ": u.
Alcocs n Ms Il j Oimstead, both Of
WsiIs WsliA
, 1883-11-24
Father 4. c-,,ins wrIi

ny daughters say:
"H0w much better father IL siEce be uscd
Hoe Bi.sers
8He is getting vel after long suffering from
a aise.se declared ircuTable,"
"And We are 90 glad that he used your Bit
serLr-A LAZY cf Utica y. Y
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-12

! Your story is simply corroborated, you
see, by the few words exchanged.
II believe the Marquis de Ratti is the
accomplice, and no more Frenchman
than You are, exclaimed the Professor.
$50 do !; but how can we prove it?"
rejoined the Colonel.
you should have them arrested, y
urged the Professor.
What is the charge? Your advent
ures of the nightp The noble Marquis
is caught whispering with pretty girl?
No, no; gave back the diamonds to
Mr.. Delaunay- with suitable explana-
ton and he has carried them away in
money-belt. We alone know the
whole truth
And the larch-tree,n added the
Professor. ut was the noble larch-tree
that kept the secret, my friend. Well,
well, Ihope you are pleased with the fash
ionable element attracted to our Silver
Spring. Doubtless the Marquis de Rat
ii and the demure English maid Alice
belong TO one of those bands of English
thieves who are said to keep map OF
country-seats with reference to the
plate-chest, and are now trying their
fortune in America. How beautiful
they were-those -diamondsr'
The Marquis de Ratti departed by the
nine O'clock boat that same evening.
His foreign accent was never more APP
parent than when he he took leave OF
Silve- Spring. Hayper's Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-12
Discouraging Danish Barmaids.

The Danes are determined to put
down drinking, an exercise in which
they have in early times won some re-
nown. To drink like q Dane or a
Dutchman was at one time considered
a very meritorious act, and it is gener-
ally understood that drinking mead is
the chief pastime of the old Danes in
Valhalla. The notion that they drank
out of the skulls of their enemies, how
ever, is false one, founded on mis-
taken reading of the text from which it
is derived. The Danes of to-day are
disestablishing their public-houses, and
mo SLOWLY girl is to be allowed
to stand behind drinking-bar to fasci-
nate youths of the opposite SEX" 1t
will prove difficult in practice to deter
mine whether girl is or is not "show-
ily dressed" and doubtless many bar
maidens will appear even more fascinat-
ing to youths of the opposite sex when
dressed in a manner the reverse OF
SNOWY. Perhaps Danish Legislators
have been too hasty. The presence OF
women, If well conducted, at the bar
should rather refine and elevate the
tone of conversation. Probably many
youths of the opposite sex have nc
other opportunity of cultivating wom-
ems society in harmless way. It might
even be in the power of Danish lasses
TO raise the bar to the dignity of the
salon. But perhaps to consider thus
is to consider too curiously. London,
Daily Ne,US.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-12
A "Reminiscences Of Gov. Morgan.

A neighboring merchant made the re-
mark in my hearing, "We buy goods
and lose money. Morgan buys goods
and makes money" The meaning was
that Morgan generally struck the
market in the right way and at the right
time, while others so often made
blunders. Another old merchant ex-
claimed, Look at that Morgan that is
buying up everything. A little while
ago he came here green, and now he
can give his note for $50,0OO." The
only mistake in the remark was that
Morgan never was green. Politicians
made the same mistake. They sup
posed that man just indicted into
office would, for while at least, need
leading strings Morgan, however,
showed himself Immediately the master
OF the situation either in business or in
public life. He met every exigency
with surprising readiness. At one time,
for instance, he purchased an immense
quantity of tea at public auction SALE
and the auctioneers told him that the
amount was rather large for one mans
note. NIorgan's reply was: II will
give you your own paper instead of
mine" He went in Wall street and
bought a sufficient quantity of that
very firms paper to meet the bill, and
he never had to repeat the lesson.
NelC York lette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-12
Tree.PIanting i'm Kansas.

From statistics ON file with the State
Board of Agriculture, Kansas, the fol-
lowing figures are obtained:
There has been planted, since the
first settlement in that State, 139, 995
acres of forest trees. Walnut, 9,512
acres; maple (mostly soft, 1885;
honey locust, 1,9l6; cottonwood, 47,-
1868; other varieties, 1869. Planted
AKA, or 1922 plants to the acre, the to-
tai is shown, 376,066, $50 trees, or 8xS,
6S2 to the acre, the total is 195, 1916, 500
trees. Average the totals and we have
231, 22l, TAO. Add for spontaneous
growth 115,6l0,S70 and the grand total
is 346, 1872, 610 trees. These estimates
for spontaneous growth in that State
range from 20 to so per cent. As a
rule trees planted were put out under
provisions of the National Timber
Culture act. OF course many thousands
of acres were planted by farmers who
have not timber claims.
The following actual measurement Of
tree growths, of known ages, are made,
showing circumference in inches, two
feet above ground:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-12
The Cow Tree.

Sir Joseph Hooker, of London, pub
fishes a description of a tree which as
been discovered, called the "cow tire e"
which gives milk when an incision is
made In the bark. Several of the trt es
have been brought to England, and they
are being watched with much curiosity.
Nothing could have been discovered
that would more effectnally fill the bill,
and fill the want long felt, than the COW
tree, and we shall herald its introduc-
tion into this country with great ioy.
The parties who are interested in the
propagation of the COW tree can send us
two or three by express. We do not
want full-slzed COW trees, but Just sap
lings, or calves. With few such trees
In the front yard, the citizens can make
up faces at the driver of the milk wagon.
and bid him defiance. Instead of going
forth IN the morning armed with a milk
ticket and q tin basin, man can take
his little Ratchet and pail and cut
hole IN the COW tree, sit down under its
outrageous shade and let nature take
Its course. The farmer will have no
more kicking cows to contend with.
but can let his COW tree milk itself.
while he sits down at the root of
his milk producer and smokes his
pipe or plays seven up with the hired
man. There will be no more hosting
there, no tail to switch in his face, and
no more will the COW tree get nervous
at having its bag agitated by the rough
hand of the farmer, and kick the milk.
pail over the fence, and kick the milk
stool through the granger. There will
be no more fodder to throw down. no
no more bran mashes to mix, and no
calves to wean, as it is probable the
COW tree will be farrow forever, and not
go believing around trying to hook the
butcher who tries to take its calf away.
The COW tree will take work off the
tired farmer, and he can go to town to
attend the lodge without hurrying up
the milking, as the girls can mind the
dairy. 1t will be mighty poor girl
that cannot milk COW tree. The i'm
proyements over the COW will be nu-
merous. BY building an ice house near
the COW tree one can have ice-cream,
and by the aid of a handy Jug milk
punch can be made to the Queens
taste. Instead of driving the cows up
from the pasture at night, and stopping
them, and sitting cramped up, milking
with one hand and fighting mosquitoes
with the other, the farmers daughter
can have double seat under the COW
tree, and take pail and lover and 90
out to milk, and, while the COW tree is
giving down its blessings, the young
people can put in the time sparkling.
Peck's Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-12

/ give no measurements as to height
of trees, as all this depends on the dis
lance apart they are planted. Isolated
they are low headed, close together
they run upward, as all weNknow.
The order of ultimate value, decidu-
Gus varieties, while there may be diff
ference of individual opinions, it is
safe to arrange: White, burr and chest
nut oaks, black and white walnut, white,
green and blue ash, black cherry, ca
talpa, black locust, honey locust, Ken
lucky coffee tree, elms, hickories,
larch, soft maple, blackberry, mulberry,
cottonwoods, willows and box elders.
For present or near value, cottonwoods
especially the yellow-are almost uni
versally conceded preferable.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-12
A Dog With the Arkansaw Aver.

A man who unlimited both of his
shoulders in shakin' with the ager, and
shook q jug of whisky out of tres
forty rods away, and during hard
shake it was not safe to pile wood
within half mile of his cabin, bought .
new hat of Ryan, the halter, and de-
voured ky-neen Just as he would corn
beef, until his hull system got so bitter
that dog who smelled of his leg did
not get the pueker out of his mouth for
ten days.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-12
A Spiritualistic Trick.

Some time ago at a spiritualistic
seanee-the genuine articlea fiery
hand was seen overhead in the dark
ness, rushing from end to end of the
room with incredible swiftness, now
high, now low, and occasionally shifting
people on the cheek with the cold,
clamny contact of a corpse. In spite of
the mediums stringent injunctions that
no one should move, a gentleman
clutched the awful apparition as it
swept past him, and, regardless of pro-
testations and threats, refused to let it
go until the lights were turned up. The
messenger from the other world proved
to be nothing more supernatural than
dirty white kid glove, rubbed with
phosphorus and stuffed with wet tow
this, at the end of thin line, was sus-
pended from fishing-rod which could
be reduced telescopically to length
convenient for the pocket. Thus the
medium could cause all manner of APP
palling manifestations without rising
from his chair Chambers Journal.
The greatest talker in the Maine Leg
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-12
SH()R
LINE
CHICAGO,
MILWUAKEE
Axe SI.PAuL:

1t owns and operates over 1880 miles OF road in
Northern Illinois. Wisconsin. Minnesota, Iowa.
and Dakota; and as is main lines, branches and
connections reach all the great business centers
of the Northwest and Far West. it naturally
answers the description of Short Line, and Best
Route between
Chicago. milwaukee, La Crosse and
Winona.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Aberdeen and
Glendale.
Chicago. Milwaukee, Eau Claire and
saltwater.
Chiea 90, Milwaukee. Wausau and HIer-
riiI.
Chicago, milwaukee,, HEAVIER Dam and
Oshkosh.
Chicago. milwaukee,. WaukesI,a and
Chicago, milwaukee,, Madison and
Prairie du CHEN.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Owatonna and
FaribauIt.
Chicago, Beloit, JanesyiIic and Miner
al Point.
Chicago. EIgin, Rockford and Du-
buque.
Chicago, Clinton, Rock Island and &C.
dar Rapids.
Chicago, Council Bluffs and Omaha.
Chicago, Sioux city, sioux Falls and
Chicago, milwaukee,, Mitchell and
Chamberlain.
Rock Island, Dubuque, 81. Paul and
Davenport. Calmar. st. Paul and Min
neapOlis.
Pullman SfeeperS and the Finest Dining Cars in
the BOrid are run on the main lines of the CHI
Ch60, MILWAUKEE q ST. PAUL RAHWAY, and every
attention is paid TO passengers by courteous en-
ployes OF the Company.
s. S. MERRILL A. V. H. CARPENTER.
General Manager. Gen. Pass. and Tiki. Agt.
j. T. CLARK. GEO. H. HEAFFoRD,
General Supt. Asst Gen. Pass. Agt.
46V1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-12

The greatest talker in the Maine Leg
islature is Representative Gushee, Of
Knox county.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-12
Railroads.

-W~N@~@-N-O N~SN-N-O-O-O
The use of the term
Short Linen in con-
nection with the corpo-
rate name of a great
road, conveys an idea
of just what is required
by the travelling pub
liza Short Line, Quiek
Time and the Best of
accommodations-allo Of
ne greatest railway in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-12

ito
n
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-12

afternoon. lie was awakened by voices,
and peered through the shutters of his
window. A carriage waited to take
the Delaunay party to the steamboat
on the lake. Mr.. and Mrs. Delaunay
were already seated, while Alice. the
maid, had paused to reply to the head
waiter, after which she re-entered the
| hotel. At this moment Professor Hor-
tons door was opened, and the Colonel
entered with the bouncing swiftness of
movement peculiar to fat men in haste.
| II the conduct of the Professor had
| been extraordinary in the morning
when he had restored the Jewels, that
| of the Colonel was not less so in the
afternoon. He locked the door, made
a warning gesture to the Professor, and
stole on tiptoe to second door at the
extremity of the large room, where be
lay down on the floor, and applied eye
and ear to the crack Voices became
audible in the adjoining chamber.
Il was there at one O'Clock, ane
gave it you.' said woman.
"A lie! waited all night, and YOU
did not come, said man.
Il gave it to person under the tree
and he took it, gasped the woman.
''Fool Then the game is up. &c
yourself dismissed at Newport, and Gu
to New York. If | believed you wer'
tricky. my girl. it would be the wors'
for YOU
There was sound Of footsteps, al,
Immediately afterwaTd the Delauna,
carriage rolled away.
The Colonel rose to his feet, chuck
ling at the success of his strategem.
.'Set thief-ahem,-I mean a wo
man to catch woman. My wifi
thought of having the English mai,
sent back in search of a missing bag, il
order TO give her chance to commun
icate with her accomplish at the hotel
if she had one The bag was droppe'
t in the empty room next to you. for tn
purpose, and man joined her there
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-12
DISSOLUTION NOTICE

The partnership BAXTER
dissolved H. Baxter
settle the business of said firm
We thank whom had
atns for for their and them
and friendship GEORGE HOWE
july =, 1888 Z. IL. BAXTER
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-03

a LONDON dispatch says, ii is
worthy OF note what humor pre-
vailed in nationalistic circles i'm
London Sunday night last, when
it became known that James Carey
had been shot. The item stating
that he had been killed was ten
dered to the news agency in Lon
don at midnight Sunday, but was
refused as no authority was given
for the statement. 1t has since
been ascertained that telegram
had been received at Paris, from
Brindisi, which was forwarded to
London Sunday night reading,
"James Carey has been shot; thank
God" As the steamer -Helr0se,
on which Carey was shot did not
reach Port Elizabeth until Mon
day, either this statement was
based on a mere surmise or the
statement which was openly made
in certain nationalistic circles to
the effect that it had been prear-
ranged to kill Carey on the last
Sunday in July was true.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-03
Declaration Of Intention.

The statement that responsible par
ties have offered TO build the Astoria
road for the land grant and present the
road after its completion - the COM
pany is received by persons represent
ing the party of the second part with
wild incredulity. The OrCgCEiGR is as
sured that the company would only
be too glad 10 accept an offer which
would imply gift Of three million dol
lars. At present an effort IS making
10 ascertain by actual survey whether,
in view OF the nature OF the country and
the probable amount Of traffic, which
the land grant throws in. il would be a
sound business enterprise 10 undertake
the construction of the road or not. If
that be decided in the affirmative, con-
struction will soon be undertaken. II
in the negative, the enterprise will be
given up and the land revert without
objection from the company 10 the pub
lie domain. Mr.. Willard says the COM
pany, il il does not decide % build the
road. will not attempt. as it does not
desire. 10 hold the land.-OregOnidn, 2.
The above, which is eviden tly
e.r cGthedra, is of value as being
the first authoritative announce
ment of what 'the party of the
second part" propose to do. 1t
goes further than Mr.. Wizards
statements to the members of the
Astoria chamber OF commerce.
In his interview with that BODY,
he disclaimed any personal desire
to hold on to the grant. In the
above the last sentence makes a
definite avowal, of the COM
panv's attitude. If Mr. Willard
says that, (and the source
entities the statement to credence, }
then he comedies all that THE
AsToRIAN ever claimed; our
shibboleth has ever been: build
the road or relinquish the grant.
As declaration of intention, the
last two sentences of the Oreg0a-
idn'S utterances are eminently
satisfactory.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-03

The verbiage of the first two
sentences is ambiguous. The
Oregonidn, without directly de-
nying "the statement that respon-
sible parties" etc, implies disbe-
lief in the statement. Does not
the Oregonion know that such an
offer was made? Let il be clear
ly understood that in any discus
sion of this matter reference is
made to that which transpired
over eight months ago. As for
"wild incredulity," the quaintness
of the phrase is its only claim to
notice.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-03
4 Novel Plan.

ONE of the planks in the Penn
sylvania Republican platform calls
for distribution Of all surplus
revenue among the several states.
Barker, of Philadelphia, its author,
thinks that the condition of the
finances Of the government, result
ing from the existing system Of
taxation, combined with the i'm
possibility of paying off the
larger portion of the national debt
before 1891, has made the distri-
button of the surplus in some
form a necessity. He estimates
that by the year 1891, when the
next bonds become payable,
the surplus in the National
Treasury will amount to about
SS00,000,000, of which but $780,
2S6,950 can be used for canceling
bonds, the remaining bonds run
ming to 1907. As under the
present condition the surplus in
the treasury will doubtless contin-
ue to increase. He thinks that it IS
imperative that some measures be-
adopted for its distribution, in or
der to prevent the disorganization
of the business of the country that
would follow the locking up of so
much capital. 1t will not do to cut
off the revenue, he says, because
we will need it after 1891 for the
payment of the balance of the
debt. In order to prevent a
larger accumulation than is neccs-
sary, any one of four things may,
in his opinion, be done: First,
spend the money in jobbery, which
every man with a scheme to
plunder the treasury would advo-
cate, but which the people would
condemn; second, reduce the tariff,
which, he declares, would be
practical free-trade, for if the
duties are to be lowered at all,
they must be lowered to free
trade level, as otherwise the enor-
nous increase in importations
that is sure to take place would
defeat the object of the reduction
by keeping the revenues above
present necessities. Mr.. Barker
is prOtcctionist, and, of course,
objects to this plan; third, to re-
peal the remaining internal reve-
nue. taxes; fourth, to distribute the
surplus among the states, upon
the basis of their population. He
favors the last plan, and he Gavors
it SO strongly that he hopes it will,
in connection with the tariff be
the leading Republican issue in
the presidential campaign of 1884.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-03

a NAPLES dispatch reports that
the burial of the victims OF the
earthquake continues. Two hun
dred and eighty bodies were
buried at Cassamicciola, 90 at
Lucco, and % at Forio. The
latest estimates place the number
of deaths at between 400 and 500.
AS it would be impossible to re-
cover and bury all the bodies,
the general ministry of public
works has ordered that in view OF
the horrible exhalations from the
decomposing remains, uncovered
corpses be left where they lie and
liquid lime be poured over them.
The ruins made by the earthquake
at Casamicciola will thus be con-
verted into one vast cemetery.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-03
Az editorial in the August Ce.

AN editorial in the August Cen
tury aptly says: "If you want a
thing done, do it YOURSELF Musty
and stale seems that ancient phil
osophy. The cornerstone of mod
ern civilization is a maxim that
exactly reverses the ancient
apothegm, 'If you want a thing
done, get somebody else to do 1T
This is the law of the large sys-
TEN OF industry, the foundation of
all the great fortunes. The power
of commanding the services of
Others, of laying tribute on the
farms and factories, the brain and
the sinew of your neighbors, was
never more coveted and never
more effectually employed than at
this day"
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-03

THE deepest sea sounding ever
made was in the Pacific ocean in
1874, near the entrance to Beh-
rings sea. The depth was 4,655
fathoms, and the cast was made
from the United States ship
Tusc0rOra. The shallowest water
in the middle of the Atlantic, 73l
fathoms, shows the existence of
submarine mountains 1886 feet
high.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-03

THERE has been 1900 miles Of
track laid this year up TO June
3Oth, and the Raiiaoay Age says
the cost has been on an average,
with equipments, $4,000 per
mile, or s62, 100000. Allowing
five employees to each mile OF
road, they are furnishing steady
occupation for $4,000 more men,
and they have done far more than
figures can indicate in developing
and enriching the country. With
few exceptions these roads have
been built to supply local de-
mands.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-03
THE want of sufficient sawmilI

The want of sufficient sawmiii
capacity at Astoria occasions a Sc
rious expense in rebuilding the
o. r. & n. Co.'s docks here. The
logs are first taken from near Oak
Point to Portland, 80 miles. Af-
ter being manufactured there the
lumber is brought back. to Asto-
ria, ITO miles. The extra expense
Of taking the material this nearly
two hundred miles is estimated at
three dollars per thousand feet.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-03

MATTHEW ARNOLD is coming to
this country next October. Mat
is a guileless Englishman who ac-
cepted as a fact the assertion of an
American humorist that not one
person in a hundred thousand ia
the United States changed his
shirt oftener than once a week,
and adopted it as the text of a
grave essay in a London maga-
zine.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-03

SKAGIT loggers have concluded
to disregard the log-scaling law, a
conclusion which the mill men
have likewise come TO. IL the
law is so unsatisfactory to both
loggers and men, the only ones
really concerned, says the Post
AateIigemcer, it should be re-
peaIed. the only result Of its con-
tinuance being perhaps to make
trouble, cause delays, and give
fees to unnecessary officials.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-03

II is said at the treasury de-
partment that the reduction of the
public debt for July will be un-
usually small, if there be any. An
estimate cannot be given.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-03

THE action. of the British house
of commons on the Suez canal
question gives satisfaction to the
French and is considered a
guarantee of peace.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-03

SWEDEN celebrated this month
the four hundredth anniversary of
the first establishment OF a print
ing press In that country.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-03

TmE Mexican duty un salmon is
five dollars per case. The Mexi-
cans evidently believe in protec-
ton.