davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1884-07-17

ANOTHER collision between France and
China seems inevitable, The Chinese do
not seem in the least disposed to comply
with the demands of France for heavy
indemnity in breaking the treaty re-
Gently made between the two countries,
The French on the other hand seem de-
termined to secure the indemnity to the
very last ceutime and unless it is paid by
Saturday the dogs of war will undoubt-
eddy be promptly turned loose on the bias
eyed children Of Confucius
, 1884-07-17

NR. BLAISE's magnetism seems to be
only measurably potent In Massachusetts,.
The Secretary of the Republican Site
Committee has just resigned because he
cannot eonscientiously support Mr.. Blaine,
and a Senator bearing one Of the most
honorel Bay State names publicly an
that he will support Mr.. Clevc-
land. To say the very least, Mr.. Blaine's
magnetism does not seem to be rampant
this season.
, 1884-07-17

The Ex-Candidale's Cry.
Put away the little boomlet,
I'll not need 1t any more
Tumble 1t into u tomblet.
While | hunt around for gore.
Woe TO them who threw me over.
After they had bled me dry
Oh, beware ! for I'm Il rover,
And there's blood within my eye.
-Nep York Journal
, 1884-07-17
Their RusIne.s Hour.


lChlcogo Herald.l
After enduring for years the visits of book
canyaSsers and the rest of the ofice-iufesting
tribe, a Glasgow firm tried what banter
would do, and issued q notice as follows:
-rhe hours OF attendance III this office are
To canvassers for church subscriptions, 10TH
2; book and insurance agents, . till ;; COM
mereial travellers, beggara and advertising
men, all dey. We attend to CUR own busi-
ness at night
, 1884-07-17

HENRY WARD BEEcHER thinks the
nomination Of Cleveland one of the best.
if not the very best, that could have been
mile. He prelicts ClevellnI's triumph
ant election.
, 1884-07-17
pom rED

Flower can use his bar'l 10 weep in
Chicago HsreM.
The white hats WI return crushed, but
carrying their own hr.&s.-Neto York
Joxra1L.
The Tammany men al wear white hats,
but they don't ~ wear Nbite noses--
Chicaso Timex
, 1884-07-17
VH89a
4 q
RANKIN, BRAYTON 4 CO..
For Copppr and Lead Ores.
GENERAL OFFICE AND WORKS,

San francisco. Cal
Branch Works. Chicago, Illinois.
The Pacific Water Jack ct Shelters embrace
many features that are entirely new aud OF
greaI practical utility, which are secured by
letters patent. No other furnaces can com
pare with these Tor durability, ana in capRc-
lily for continuous and uninterrupted work.
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
ofthem are now running on the Pacific coast
Obtained as regards continuous running,
economy OF full, grade aud quality OF bullion
produced. These Smelters are shipped In a
complete state, REBUILDING no brick or stone
work, thus saving great expense and loss OF
time in conjunction. Complete smelling
pants made to order, with all the improve
ments that eH perienoo has proves valuable
Ia This class OF machinery, Skilled ard eS-
pertenced xmelters f1rn shed when desired 10
examine m hes and tosuperiniendc construct
ing and running OF furnace. given
upou application. Send for circular.
ChIcsgo Office and Works. 40 N. Hinton ST.,
New York ONCE, IS Broad way.
Il. MURRAY, Manager.
, 1884-07-17
Cow the nnnd-cnr Got II. Name.

Chicago Herald Train TAX"
Our train stopped at a way station: by tho
sids OF the TRACK stood a hand-car, with toe
name The BIC" aintod on 1t. The section
boss and his men were tLere waiting for the
assenger TO get out of their way. "Huw
did you come TO name your car t afr wns
asked OF the boss, who pulled at his blacL
clay pipe and replied: "rnat was tue r,suI,
OF "a incident, your honor. Twas a good
many year ago, when l wns a green'uu on
tie section. Que even ng | was IN II hurry to
get from the 342I m.le-p, 81, where We had
worked that day, into town. Ne Sc. / had n
girrrl tbim days-tbe same whats now down
there in the cabln attind.n' To the kids 1t
happened the track Inspector was helpin' OF
ms align u LAD curve, az so whiu No.. y come
along ne $ glals her and g.ts abJard, il beiag
A-SHturday MI ht and hun anxious to gIt
home over SUNDAY, ye know.
An idea struck ms al VI a sudden, and so ]
said Get Uut the rope, byes, and hitch her on
behinL' The boys did 1t, too, AMI soon we
was wbizz .ng toward town. The 'taties
won't be cod this r.ght,' said one OF the byes.
gIeefully, That beH.s wUrkin' OF our pass
ago all 10 p.eees, SaiL another. AT DIST We
sujoysl it, Out party sOon we got 10 goin'
lester and faster, when it wu'ut SO funny.
The nRnIles of the machine went ~ an (
down like mai; We had " let 20 our hold,
al II Ous D. cO u sLTuSA v uau VI Us It uu
killed I'm dead We Lad to uang aLOut tue
edges uf the car, M it LooLin' up aud down
an jumpin' around like u IuOber ball
mad Just whippsd ons me knife 10 out tho
rope MIA. Win. b 100, . wonderful tning
took pl ,ce. TTat nan--car just raised her.
sell oR he rails an saiIel Fight Out LehInd
lie u dag. Up IN ths air IKE a streamer,
tia CO Ius II an inca from TO e. ack-an' as
the solemn ruth I'm tel in ye-we Il W along
like q birud. Toe handI 5 stopped work.n',
cause tue NLeels dI Nc SoIch nUtuin' Tut air.
an tie dagger Il Uein' braiued was over. We
MAS A-Iu.1l. a Lille a mnu Q thin. an Tor six
nnle We sal ed IA The air .Iks . ualIuon. When
500 Stacked Up we was 50 lucky a= to hey The
wuee.s u vur UaBd-car conis square doyl un
the las lnin | GU ths roie, y al, you kin
bet, - reach the end OF my nIAt AID z,t
journey IN TIE air. Tie !. how ny car Council
" 6S nam i -Th, B-r
Mr.. r. NJ. Drinkard, teller, Secon1
National Bank, Washington. D. c., suf.
fered with rheumatism in his right hand
and Shoulder BY a few applications OF
st. ia obs Oil. the wonderful ps.n,reliev.
er, be was entirely cured.
, 1884-07-17

A long felt want filled at last. 1t has a
neat and useful index. Get one. For
sale at Rhodes s. Troxell's.
, 1884-07-17

allow about wearing clothesl'
after they once master the proper way tn
put them on they enjoy wearing them 81
much that Tor ths tirst lew months they vii
Sc Z every opportunity To 90 to bed in them.
loots AMI all. Many a time Ihnvs l. ok-A O.
, 1884-07-17

The best dental work for the least
money DIR. Warner. dentist.
, 1884-07-17

Have just received at their musical EN-
porinm, 8l2 Ferpuson street, a complete
line of elegant pianos and organs, Martin
and Bruno guitars. and Dobson banios,
which they are selling at surprisingly low
figures and on very easy terms. Give
them a call soon and make n selection.
MRs. d. NJ. KING, Manager.
, 1884-07-17
The vIeEsbura National Cemetery.
LExchange.l

In tho national cemetry at VicsshurC.
Miss, where over 1900 graves are marked
unknown, Il marble shalt AZ. ueru cree to
mark the ; mere Gen. Gran, in his in.
tervi W With &c !. P,mb. ron I ..sLGsl a
uncoId tiouu. --.4rnd-r.
, 1884-07-17

Mnson's self sealing fruit jars and jelly
CUPS ut Craig. Davis K Co.'S.
, 1884-07-17
GIG NIiS
CtG b'S
CIGARS


We can't be undersold. 5000 cigars at
two for S ecnts, Rhodes & TroxelL
, 1884-07-17

The best smoking tobacco Is Little
.Jokerr
, 1884-07-17
Everybody Take Notice.

That the Che emit L an cfice has been
removed 10 Tie 70 m fo u cry occupied
by A. Po'a,t in the NJ onic Temple,
nearly ORC lite the old headquarters. Call
and see the new pace, W ere money IS
loaned on all kinds Of personal property.
, 1884-07-17

Legal blanks at the Leader Office.
, 1884-07-17

ladies fine shoes, nov stvlcs ard hes
qualities. can be found at jenkins & Ross.
, 1884-07-17

You can buy Hnviland's fine French
China in any quantities at Craig, Davis
4 Co.'S.
, 1884-07-17

The hest rool table in the Pioneer
saloon, Jake Fsselhnrn. proprieLor.
, 1884-07-17

Craig, Davis & Co. can show you d
large line of wall paper.
, 1884-07-17

The ladies' approve of your smoking
Little Joker"
, 1884-07-17

Engraving in all its branches is done at
ZEMNrR, JACKSON q BUTcHNER's.
, 1884-07-17

-onp. ~onp S""p
Positively the finest toilet soaps ever
brought to this city, at Rhodes & Trox-
ellis.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-21
Why He WASN'T THERE Now

Is, Why He WASN'T THERE Now
Kosciusko Murphy, who is
bookkceper in grocery house,
met friend who clerks in a cigar
store on Austin avenue, and asked
him for cigar.
Amt got any said his friend.
Amt got any?' said Kosciusko.
why, when / used to work in q
cigar store, | always had my pock-
cts stuffed with cigars
Yes; probably that's the reason
you amt in a cigar store now,' was
the crushing reply.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-21
."Don't you

A SLIM CHANCK.-''Don't you
believe that marriages are made in
Heaven, asked Mr.. Yeast of Miss
Prim the ether day.
II most certainly DO" replied
the lady Of uncertain age, bright
ening up at the very suggestion Of
a proposal, and throwing her head
on one side in her endeavor to look
coquettish?; ''but why do you ask
me?'' i",
'Well, l thought you did, was
the young mans satisfied reply.
"But why did you think I did?'
persisted the antiquated maiden,
almost swallowing her overskirt in
her attempts to appear captivating.
We'll, responded the heartless
young man, lighting a cigarette,
and getting at a respectable dis
tance from his antagonist: lit does
not look as though there was much
chance Of your being married be-
fore you reached there!
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-21

On The LooKoUT.-A young
man was standing on Chester street
smoking a cigarette and blowing
the smoke proudly from his nose
when gentleman stopped and said
to him:
will you be kind enough to ia
vor me with your name and adj
dress?'
And why should / give you my
name and address? You arc a
stranger to me- replied the young
man, lighting fresh cigarette.
You will please padon the re-
quest, continued the gentleman {;
but it is matter of business. I
have watched the expert manner in
which you handle cigarettes, and,
being an undertaken, / would sort
O like TO get on speaking terms
with your immediate family
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-21
The girls have already fol med

The girls have already formed
their plans for leap-year. To the
bashful lover they will say, DO you
like homemade bread?' 1.-The says,
Yes, the reply will be, well, /
can bake Then if he doesn't take
the hint they are to seize both his
hands, fall on their knees and put
the question direct.
Although women have the right
to propose in leap year, there is no
law that compels man to say yes.
This fact ought to encourage the
young men to stand firm.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-21

PROUD Or IT.-SOne of the rich
est men in Austin started in life in
a modest way, and are still plain.
unpretentious people, but their sons
put on n great deal of style. One
Of the latter, who was better post
ed about other peoples affairs than
about his own family's, remarked,
Sneeringly, to an acquaintance:
Your father was nothing but a
simple stone mason
Il know where you got that in
formaton,' quietly remarked the
other.
From whom did I get it,
From your father
How do you know tha,!'
Because your father used TO be
NY fathers hod carrier
With a small piece Of zinc and
bit Of silver (any silver coin will
do), the zinc placed on one side of
the afflicted gum and the silver on
the other, by bringing the edges
together, the small current OF cleo
tricity genera ed immediately and
painlessly stops the toothachc.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-21
A colored man took his b0y t.

"A colored man took his boy to
an editors office, in search of job
for him. The editor inquired,
what can your boy do?' well
boss, | don't spose he kin do any
mo- at fust, dan cdick yo' paper.
but artcr dat when he gifts mo-
sense he kin sweep dc flo an black
yO' boots
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-21
Furniture House,
EASLEY, S. c.
COME ONE, COME ALL

A ND furnish your Houses in elegant
"a style for the Summer with nice
Line Of Betstcads, Mattresses, Bu-
reaus, Tables, Stands, Chairs, Rockers,
&c i, Sc. nsA- a general assortment
of Landscape chrorlos in 22x30 incl,
frames, chord, &C.. all ready for hang
ing on the walls. Also, on hand, a line
OF cabinet, promenade, panel and card
size photograph frames. all in artistic
style. Always on hand a full line Of
UNDERWRITERS SUPPLIES.
Caskcts and cotfins, all sizes aud styles.
Burial Robes for each sex, all qualities
and prices. Ready at all hours to wait
upon customers. Coffins trimmed III
any style, and when so desired, will be
trimmed and shipped to any point ON
Railroad free Of extra charge.
Thanking you for past favors. ana
soliciting your further patronage, an
Respectfully yours.
A. M. RUNION.
feb S-Sm
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-21

We will not dwell on that
point, said the lawyer when he sat
down on an upturned tack.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-06-11
How Bees Make a Queen.

st. Nicholas is one of our best pub.
lications for boys and girls. 1t brings
them much information in pleasant
guise, winning, as it were, the storing
of the mind with useful knowledge and
scientific facts. The June number is
especially good in this respect. One
common and curious fact, how bees
make a queen, is thus detailed:
Bees do not usually want more than
one queen. In fact they will not haye
more than one unless the swarm has
grown so large as to crowd the hive
and they are going to found colony,
or SWARM" as it is called; in which
case each family will need so veriegn
As soon as it is clear to the wiseacres
that it will be necessary to send off a
swarm, the bees 60 to work to make q
queen. A worker maggot, or if there
happens to be none in the hive, a
worker egg, is selected near the edge
of the comb. Two cells next door to
the one in which this maggot is are
cleared out, and the dividing walls are
cut down, SO that three ordinary cells
are turned into one. The food which
the worker worm has been feeding on
is removed, and the little creature is
supplied with new kind of food-a
royal jelly. Change of food, larger
room, and a different position-the
queens cell hung down instead oi
being Observation-Disclosures three changes
of treatment turn the bee that is devel.
oping from a worker into a queen.
She is different in her outer shape, diff.
ferent in almost all her organs, and
different in every single instinct
There is nothing else in all nature that
seems to me more wonderful than this
For fear that one queen may not
come out all right the provident little
creatures usually start two or three
cells at once. 1t is curious to watch
the first queen as she comes out. She
moves up and down the combs, look
ing for other queen cells, and if she
finds one, she falls upon it in the
greatest excitement and stings her
rival to death. Sometimes, by acci
dent, two new queens come out at the
same time; then it is wonderful to see
the bees. They clear space and
bring the two rival bees together, and
then stand back to watch the fight.
and It is royal fight indeed; fight
to the death, for they never give up
till one or the other is fatally stung.
The victor is then accepted as sover-
eign.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-06-11
An Ancient Camel Story.

Abou Ben Eli M'Gufin, being full
of years, died, leaving his three sons
his seventeen camels for the simple
reason that he could not take them
along with him. The will, duly at
tested, said the eldest was to have one
half, the second sor one-third and the
youngest one-ninth of the seventeen
camels The boys were little per-
picked at this as it seemed to involve
the cutting up of a camel, and camels
were worth So day on the Sahara
that season. But the boys, if not
frst-class mathematicians, had level
heads and did not go to law to prove
the old man insane, but went instead
to the good old Cadi Hassan O'Dono-
hue, who had taken a medal in mathe-
matics at Ann Arbor.
Boys" said the good Cadi re-
proachfully, you should not bother
me with these little matters. Ask me
a harder one"
But seeing they were troubled the
benevolent old man asked the hostler
to trot out his own dilapidated camel,
which had seen its best days travel
ing with Barnum as the Sacred Gnu
of Persia.
Placing the aged brute with the
seventeen camels the boys had brought
along, he said: There are eighteen
cames. / shall now give you half Of
eighteen which is nine How does
that strike you?"
at hits me where | live." said the
eldest, who was slangy, but wittall
pleased at getting half of eighteen
rather than half of seventeen.
'"The next boy shall have one-third
of eighteen which is six. Are you
there Moriarity?"
"You bet," said the boy.
"The next will have one-ninth Of
eighteen which is two," and SO the
third youngster collared two camels
Thus two and six and nine made sew.
enteen and still was the good Cadi's
aged animal left unscathed. The peo,
pie marveled, as the Cadi had given
each more than the will called for
which is rather unusual in courts o
law And they said one to another
"that's what it is to be good at fig
ureS -
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-06-11
IN The Pilot House.

s'Yes, sir; this kind of work obliges man to
keep sober as a Judge, OF all men in the
world, steamboat pilots and railroad engineers
should let liquor alone. For on their clear
ness Of sight and GOODNESS of head depends the
safety of life and property"
Keeping his haud on the wheel as he said
this, Mr.. A. Brockman, of No. 293 Silver street,
Chscago added: "Of course some of 'em drink,
but the sober ones have thu best positions and
the best pay. Yes the work and exposure
sometimes tells on US; but for my part find
PARKER's Tonic to be all the inyigorator
need I've got bottle aboard here now; never
90 on a trip without it. When / havn't any
appetite or am in any out sorts, 1t sets me up IN
no time. If drinking men would use the Tonic
it would help 'em to break off. (No, that isn't
a light house; it's star low down near the wa
ter.) As was saying, the bottle is new life
bottled up. You see that flag staff? Well, with
a bottle of Parker's Tonic in the locker i can
keep malaria as far from me as that, all the
time Ny wife has used it for three years for
summer complaints and collie, and as an invig-
GRANT, when she's tired out from oyerwork.
She says the tonic is a daisy. Goodbye! Don't
break your neck going below"
This preparation, which has been known as
PARKERs GINGER Tonic, will hereafter be ad :.
vertised and sold simply under the name OF
PARKERs Tonic, As unprlncipled dealers are
constantly deceving their customers by substl-
futing inferior articles under the name OF GIN
ger, and as ginger is really an unimportant in
gredient we drop the misleading word.
There is no change. however, i'll the preparation
ITSELF and all bottles remaining In the hands OF
dealers wrapped under the name OF ''Parkers
the facsimile signature OF HIsCoX Il Co. Is at the
bottom OF the outside wrapper
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-06-11
Farm Notes.

Some one recommends roasting
corn before feeding it to the hens, as
means of promoting egg-laying.
Colts should have a good sized
yard to exercise in, which ought to be
dry, so that they will not FIJI the hair
of the fetlock and pastern with mud,
which must be well cleaned if this oc-
cur.
The planting of the low lands
near the Garonne with forest trees is
estimated to have added 100000, 900
to the wealth of France, and tract of
country formerly unhealthy and nearly
barren has in thirty years become pop
ulOus, prosperous and active.
Early matured beef is becoming
more and more popular every year. So
says the National LiUe- Stock journal,
adding to it the prediction that "three
and four-year- cattle will seldom be
seen in the market ten years from now,
unless from the unfenced range"
The american CultiUator recon-
mends farmers to sow patch of par
snips that being one of the root crops for
feeding to milch cows, and one that
can be wintered in the field, and taken
out in the early spring when other
roots have been used up or have de-
Perforated from long keeping.
Analysis of the twigs of both heal
thy peach trees and those affected by
the disease commonly known as the
"yellows" shows decided lack of ash
ingredients in the diseased twigs, par
ticularly of potash and lime If this
be 30, the peach tree should be well
supplied with these fertilizers.
On the vexed question whether
large or small potatoes are best for
seed Maine correspondent of the Ne,o-
England Farmer says that while he
does not deny that good crops have
many times been raised from small
seed, his own experience shows that
the continued use of such seed will in
yariably result in utter failure.
Sheep droppings, compressed into
solid cakes about two inches thick, are
now prepared for florists use. 1t is
claimed that while it promotes growth
in a extraordinary degree, it will not
iDjure plants, even if used immoderate-
ly, and that the liquid does not form
crusts and shelter fol insects on the
surface of the pots. A bag of 100
pounds is So, and the same in powder
$3.50.
1t is said that half teaspoon
ful of common table salt dissolved in
little cold water and drank will instant
ly relieve heartburn or dyspepsia. If
taken every morning before breakfast,
INCREASING the quantity gradually to
teaspoonful of salt to a tunbler
of water, it will in few days cure an
ordinary case of dyspepsia, if at the
the same time due attention is paid to
the diet. This is certainly simple
remedy, and easily tried.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-06-11

"A poet sends contribution enti.
tied "Why do / Liver" This is easy
to answer 1t is because he sends bis
contributions to this Office instead OF
bringing them in person.
An Irishman put up the following
notice: "Whoever is caught trespassing
upon these grounds will be given forty
lashes on the bare back. Half the pen
atty will be paid to the informer"
When sowing small seed care
should be taken not to plant them too
deep. the smallest seeds need simply
to be covered, and the soil pressed
down on them to exclude the light.
New decorative wall papers simu.
late to perfection bronze, brass, old
and black silver, old gold and tinted
metals, while the designs for friezes,
dados and decorations are made up ol
q mixture, conventionalized and realis-
tic forms in high and low relief, in the
style of the best repousse and carved
work.
When Piute doctor loses three
successive cases, tho Indians kills him
and elect another medicine man in
his stead. This accounts for the fact
that all the Indian doctors have de.
serted their tribes and gone to doctor.
ing the white race. 1t doesn't make
any difference among civilized people
whether the doctor kills or cures.