davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02
A Family of Fighters.


William W. Ker, the eminent Phila-
deiphia lawyer, was one of four broth
ers who volunteered together for SER
Vice in the war. ave were each of US
six feet tall" he says. 1.-The eldest
went into cavalry regiment, and in
one of the battles before Richmond had
his arm broken by a bullet. He stag
gered, supported by a friend, to the
rear, when a second shot pierced his
body, paraiyZing the entire right side
of it. At this time orders were issued
that the commissioned officers incapac-
itated for service should be retired.
Unwilling TO leave his regiment, he had
special traDpings made for his horse,
and, strapped to his saddle. afterward
did good service in the field, and was
with the army that hung on Lees rear
after his defeat at Gettysburg in 1863
The soldiers called him the paralyzed
captain, and he remained with his reg
iment in that condition until the close
of the war. He was then appointed to
n captaincy in the regular army, but l
met the messenger bringing his COM
mission with the words: My brother
has just died. Our youngest brother
who was only II years of age. was kill
ed in front of Richmond. His body
was never recovered. A friend of the
family who was in the fight with him,
said that ball struck him over the
heart, whereupon he flung up his hands
and fell over stone dead. This was the
last ever seen or heard of him. The
bodies of the dead were so diSfgured
by mud and slime that recognition was
impossible. My brother Richard re-
manned with me in the service until af-
| ter the surrender
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02
The Legend Of the Star Island.

During the troublesome times before
and subsequent to the revolution the
Isles of Shoals, off the coast of New
Hampshire, were the resort and hi.iing
places of the freebooters who haunted
the Northern coast, and these silent
rocks, if they could speak. would tell
many tale of bloody cruelty and
| gloomy wrong. The pirates used to
come here to divide and hide their booty,
and melt up the silverplate they cap
tured from the colonists along the
| coast.
For long time it was supposed that
bushels of doubloOns was buried in the
gaping crevices of the rocks. or the
little caves that have been eaten out of
the lodges by the restless tide; but the
place was thoroughly searched by sew
eral generations of fishermen, and
nothing more valuable than II rusty
cutlass or Il bursted blunderbuss was
ever found.
The grandames tell how Captain
Kydd came here often, ''as he sailed.
rs he sailed" and there are legends of
other pirates quite AS fierce and free as
he. The Star Island used to be haunt
ed by beautiful specler with long
white robes and golden tresses reach
ing to her heels, who used TO come out
of some undiscovered cavern at dawn,
and shading her eyes with Il hand that
was rs white and beautiful as lily S
bosom, gaze off upon the sea in hope
less expectancy of clipper that sailed
away and never came back again.
The story goes that Il bloody-hearted
old pirate being pursued by cruiser,
brought his beautiful mistress here and
left her while he went out to battle,
telling her that by dawn he would be
back again, but he came not, not even
till now. She died OF starvation, but
her faithful spirit still comes to the
summit of the island as the sun rises
each morning, TO meet the corsair who
never returned.
There are eight of the islands, the
smallest being as large, or rather as
small, as Il city building lot and the
largest containing only couple OF
hundred acres-nothing but bare. life.
less rocks, carved by the incessant
waves into strange grotesqueness, and
covered by no vegetation except low
clinging vines and the New England
blueberry. Four of tho islands are in
habited, the largest, the Appledore
bears a hotel and a few cottages. Stal
Island has another hotel and a small
settlement of fishermen; third has ;
few tishermen's huts, and the third ha:
bold, white lighthouse springing out
of its crests. They were discovered
by Captain John Smith, the friend o
Pocahontas. who in 1914 explored the
New England coast in an open boat
and spent some time here making re
pairs and resting.
On Star Island stands the only mon.
ument erected in America to Captain
John Smith. 1t is a rude affair-s
prismatic-shaped shaft of marble, upoI
a pedestal of sandstone, inscribed q
length with the record of his valorou
deeds. and some cyclOpedias say he i.
buried here. but that is q mistake. -
Cor. Chica1O IIlker- Ocedn.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02
The Gum Club.

The newest wrinkle in the tea-table
circle is the institution known as the
gum social. Only the members of a
gum club in good standing are invited.
The gum is passed around in a porce-
lain bowl or 4 sweet grass basket in the
lump. Commercial gum is es-chewed.
1t must tie the native gum in natural
state. the visitors choose lump and
chew it. One young lady gave har-
rowing thrill of reality to the occasion
by saying:
Ladies'. if your gum chews hard. I
will cali John in and he will start a
chew for you.' John was her husband;
il is needless TO say, he was not called.
When the members have chewed their
social quid for an afternoon. they find
4 place for it previous to going home.
as no member ever takes her gum with
her. One selects the under side of tho
piano. another the corner of the book
ease. At Il Il recent social at the house
OF the president of the club one lady hid
hers on the buck of n statuette of Di-
ana. while another selected plaster
east of Napoleon in the island of St.
Helena. Convivial songs, such as.
20 gum, gum awayi Gum where my
love lies dreamingr and Gum, o gum
with mer' are Introduced with pleasing
effect. Spruce and tamarack gum are
the club brands. And here just word
10 the public. 1t has been errone-
ously stated that the club cannot chew
and talk too. There never was great
er error. The gum club is not a saliva
ton army or Il band of refOrmers. 1t
meets to exchange ideas and chews, and
if it choose to gossip it just does, and
what are you going to do about it?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02
Bismarck aud Humboldt.

'At the late kings evening parties l
w;lS The only victim when Humboldt
undertook To amuse the company after
his fashion. He used to read aloud,
often for hours at a stretch, from the
biography OF some great French scien-
tist or :i infect, in which no living
soul but himself took the least interest.
While reading he stood upright. and
held his book c.Ose 10 the lamp, lower
ing the volume from time TO time, in
order to make II learned comment upon
its contents. Nobody listened to him,
but he went on all the same. The
queen sewed away steadily at her EN-
brOidery, not hearing Il word of his
lecture. The king looked at pictures
-copper-plates and wOod-engravings
and made as much noise as he could
in turning over the leaves. The young
people on either side of the room and
i'll the background chatted away to one
another quiie unrestrainedly, giggling
and altogether rendering the reading
utterly inaudible. But it went on all
the same. necessarily, murmuringly,
like Il brook. Geriack sat upon his lit
tie round stool. over the edges OF which
his fat hung in flaps all around it. and
slept snoring with such vehcmence
that the king upon one occasion awuk-
ened him. saying: 'Gerlach, don't
snorer was HumboidLs only pa
tient listener. that is To say, / held my
tongue as il | were attending to his
lecture. and occupied myself with my
own private thoughts until the time
came tor cold cakes and white wine. "
- The EalhdttdH.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02
Three Times Loaded.

.'She amt what you call fancy
piece" said 81 Gaspe fisherman. hold
ING out an old flnt-!ock army rifle,
that had been reIuodeled and altered
to the requirements of the nineteenth
century. ''Sae amt putty, but lor!
haow she can kick. l yum for it she
kin aout kick and shoot anything of
her size around Gaspe. So, amt 1t,
Sol?" added the fisherman, referring
TO comrade, who walked with slew
TO the starboard as if he had been kick
ed by the self-same gun or had shifted
his ballast. She's u corker," respond
ed the latter individual. &" She KEN
near throwing me aout of plomb onct, "
he continued. ..Ye see4 broke my
gun one day and sent over to Captain
Jim's to borrer this. He sent it back
by my boy and forgot 10 say anythin'
abaout it's bein' loaded. So / filled
her up with powerful load and put
her in the boat But Jest before start
ell to go COW pOrpo.so shootin' NV old
woman got took with spell and l WAS
! Obliged 10 ride up to the town for the
| pill maker, so let one o my boys
| take tic boat. He loaded up the old
cannon. not KNOWN Ia filled her, and
was abauIt goin' when his marin got
better ana concluded 10 70, so | krm
! down and went myself.
We'll" continued the old man, rub
| bing his shouidef in recollection,
''wnen get aoutside sighted = big
cow and, siandin' up. let her have it.
| Wall. when picked myself mp | was
| sw immin' and the boat anannt ten foot
oil. The drat busted o.d run hrd ok
ed me clean overuuurI and how | got
back | can't tel go. linen found
my arm was out of ~ an | was That
mashed and black on That side y"'d
thought I'd been pounded. DID the
gun burstP Not much. When climbed
in thar she was lynn in the bottom.
smokin' like volcany; but three loads
or thirty reckon wouldn't disturb her
in ards"
"lts'curuS. put in the owner of the
relic. but ever since then she's hed
the darndest kick to her you ever see.
She's laid many man on his back,
and the curusIest part of it she never
kicks till you've fired and then she
lets ont. kinder takin' you uuawares
like. You trv her. if you want Ia.
The writer declined the protfared
courtesy. - GaSpe Cor. Philadelphia
Times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02
Story of n Rat and n Dove.

A very interesting exhibition of affin-
ity in animals usually antagonistic was
observed u few days ago by a Hartford
gentleman. He has large number of
doves, and when they feed the corn at
tracts the chickens. sparrOws. and even
rats. The birds do not seem to be in
the least frightened at the hungry TO
dents. although these are of unusual
size. No happier family exists outside
or inside of u menagcrie. But the '.hu-
manitarian aspect" of the strange as
sortment was shown at its height. The
gentleman observed one of the rats run
to the corn, feed heartily, and then go
to the carriage house a dozen or more
feet away. lie repeated the visit Il
numb of times. The observers curl
osity being aroused. he went 10 the ear
riage house and found one of the doves
"a sick one-eating corn there. The
object of the rats movements was
made plain-he had been carrying corn
TO the dove, unable to 90 10 the ground
itself
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02

eyes toward the general stair case;
coming down from the floor above was
the woman he was addressing.
Self-possessed and easily poised. she
came towards him with the old free
step and the old impenetrable chal-
lenge on her brow and iip-a little
warmer of tint. II little brighter of eye
than when they parted. 1t was only
when She had come very close to him
that he noticed the exceeding richness
of her attire. worn with the same care
leSsurss rs the old-time il innel.
She does not become tinr raiment!
his thought eXuiIcd. land vet she
would not seem eMdnlLicte i'll cloth of
gold"
She paused beside his chair and look
ed straight into his kindiing. deep blue
eyes with her own unwavering gaze.
ITO think | meet you heren he said;
Il was sending you Il letter To FL Par
aisu-seei Take tread it nowi ln-
coherent rs it is, it will speak rs my
| lips cannot"
''Iie put the paper into her reluctant
| hand.
Il had better not read il, | think, "
she said. gently; ''let Inc explain
| fest"
'R.ad" he said, almost tiercely. and
she slowly read down the page:
1T was a year sine Ii ii heard one word
of you. (he letter ran, With that abrup: b 4.
ginning Which signifies alb OluIr dtIS .lptIOn)
when Ledyard writing, meat 0ned casual
| iy that hen passing through FL Parai.O he
| had met YOU. The next day L started West
! again. L am her., hut l don't 90 flrthA'
until send in advance my explanaiion-nO
! an eXcuS.', mind-fOr what seemed a cruel
| and cOwartlly retreat when We par. ell Oui
yOnder-you remember the bleak and hope
less day. The fight | fOu hit that after
| noon has disabled me ever since, but it has
aEO strengthened me. Can You under,t d nc
! that? No; no woman can understand wna
! II meant to have you before my eyes, within
! reach of my arms, ami to leave YOU. L ha
| letter from her in my hand that day an,
burned it in Your aiar fire when | though
| to do you that Wrong. But the look on ynu
face drove back my words, thank God! an'
| can offer you now guilt eSS future, 10
| the woman who WAS my wife is dead. L All
| following this letter Tomorrow.
Faithfully, yours.
| EDwARD LAMB."
She had grown very pale. Sac look
ell up with Il gasp, one hand on he
heart. Before Mr.. Lamb could speak
could touch her, the grav-haired MAJ
he had been watching mad come to he
SIDE.
What is it Madelon?"
No voice OF youth ever held half tn
tenderness of that old mans tone.
She made brave attempt to smil
in reinsurance.
at was fOolsh-I am a little nerv
Gus to-day, perhaps-and-Mr. Lam
has given me in this letter bad news O
an old friend. will 90 away and res
II little from the shock. But first lc
me nIroduce-what. Mr.. Lamb?-hay
you already met-my husband?"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02
The Mexican Liar Scores One.

The following story comes from
Michoacan: An Indian went outside
the town OF Cherantzieurin, State of
Michoacan, to look for some fuel in the
mountain near BIZ. While cutting up
dry oak he felt bite on the calf of
his leg, given in the fraction of 4 Sec
ond. A moment later he felt coiling
around his body the terrible folds of y
boa-cOnstrictor. Instinctively he leaned
his head over toward the wounded leg,
and was almost fascinated by the glare
OF :wo bright basilisk eyes that
glcamr like fiery Goals in the head of
the serpent. QIicker than a flash the
In ian rlucked his head and caught the
neck Of the reptile in his teeth, cling
ing 10 it with the desperation of the dy-
ing. The huge serpent lashed its tail
and tried to twist his head To bury his
fangs in the Indian, but the latter
clUin@ on and began To chew away ut
/ the neck of the boa. which is the thin
nest and soitcst part of its anatomy.
After chewing for II long lime the In
dian succeeded in beheadinT his anlaT-
onist, the folds dropped of. and the
| Indiaff was frec.-ItO0 ReJ ab!ics, Ctty
! of M,ricO
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02
The SteD-IIa,ltier.

sparrow caught q big b ue-botte
Fly uron weeping willow
He buzz d; Phil held him by the throttle.
'-Ah, let me go, that's good fellow"
N o." said the murderer, mot at ALL
For ! am big and you are smali.
A sparrow-hawk pounced upon this sparrow,
Enjoying his rcpnst; like 1nu
He plunged his ta!Ons in his marrow.
'Ab, let me go! what have done?"
NO." said The sparrow-hawk, mot at all,
For am big and you are small"
An eagle spcd the sport, and. loi
Dropped in to have bit of dinner.
"Ah, please your majesty, let me go;
Have mercy on " retched sinner
No" said his Majesty, mot at all,
For am big and you are small.
While yet the king the bones was picking
An archer served him out his Cruel
An arrow in his vitnls sticking
Made hIm cXclaim, "Ah, dear, how cruelP
"TuSh," quolh the archer, mot Mt all,
For am big and you are small
w. ii. II.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02
The Scientific of Ii.

1t Is said that the hair and beard of
the Duke of Brunswick whitened in
twenty-four hours upon hearing that
his father had been mortally wounded
in the battle OF Auerstadt. Maria An
toineltp. the unfortunate Queen of
Louis XVI, found her hair suddenly
changed by her troubles, and a similar
change happened to Charles l., when
he attempted to escape from Carts
brooke Castle. Mr.. limbs. in his doc
tors and Patients" SAYS that chemists
have discovered that hair contains an
oil, mucous substance, iron, oxide of
manganese, phosphate and carbonate
of iron, flint and a large proportion of
sulphur. White hair contains also
phosphate of magnesia, and its oil is
nearly colOrless. When hair becomes
suddenly white from terror it is prob
ably owing to the sulphur absorbing
The oil. as in the operation of whiten-
ing wooden cloths"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02

Pot-fishing in some parts of Louisl-
ana is now carried on by means "f dv-
Mantle cartridges. The result OF an
explosion is TO destroy every fish, great
mr. small. within radius of thirty feet.
Often 100 pounds of hsh are kiiied ut a
.;nyie blast. No better way could be
.Ieyised Than this of eXtirninating the
Ien.zcns of the streams. 1t is ali even
more outrageous method of doing dam
,re than the salmon wheels on The
Co.umbia river, which scoop us every
Thing that come within reach OF their
bucketS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02

W. j. Florence. the actor, got n lit
tie fun out of the tnti-Jewish crusade
at n certain Eastern Summer hotel.
His jovial face has Irish lines in it. but
no lIneument that could be construed
as Jewish. He had read about the
situation, and il came into his mind as
he walked up to the registry. He
wrote in the book IS. lsaacs. New
York" The clerk looked at the sig
nature in sudden alarm, and then
gazed earnestly into the comedian 5
visage. is that your name, sir?" he
stammered. quite thrown off his usual
steady balance. dot ish my name,
yes" was the reply in excellent dialect.
"l-socks-Solomon I-socks." "Then
am sorry to say that we can't give you
a room" At this point the'by bystanders
laughed. and the actors joke was duly
noted for publication.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02

process has been discovered of uti-
rizinG the sta Ks and stems of the to-
bauco plant as u substitute Tor wood
pulp in the manufacture Of paper.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02

Spreads and shams are now out of
fashion. Round bolster and silk or
satin spreads of any favorite color have
taken their place,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02
G.. Fl. GRIFFIN,

DENTIST. Office over First National Bank
NJ Ofice hours from 8 q. M to p. m.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02

w. W. WHITE, M. D,
Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE. East end OF
PhsniE Block, up stairs. Ravenna. o. Resi-
denre nn Pratt Street. west side. nrst hohst
anuth of NJ ain TIA am
, 1884-05-03
Dream GuIch.

Dream gulch is still the centre of
attraction, the subject of universal
comment. A Nugget reporter visit
ed the mine last Saturday, remained
during an entire day and night,
watched the clean hp Sunday morn
ing, and saw the gold cleaned and
weighed. The waiter has been very
low during the past week, and there
was hardly halfa sluice head. A lit
tie strip of bedrock about eight feet
square was stripped, but most Of the
work was ground-sluicing prepara-
tory to putting in the hydraulic.
The last cleanup although very
large, is no fair test Of the richness
Of the diggings. Only three men
were steadily employed in shoveling
into the sluices at night, and during
the daytime only five could work at
shoveling and ground sluicing. The
lack Of water WAS n serious draw
back, and the fact that the bedrock
was not cleaned when the ground
sluicing was done, makes the figures
Of the cleanup smaller than they
would be otherwise. I've aggregate
amount + gold taken from this
claim cannot fail to be O' interest to
the public. The work done last fall and
during the winter and spring prior
to April 10th, yielded SIOO worth Of
dust. This amount was obtained
while prospecting the claim, and IN
cludes the S97 nugget found by Sam
uel Il. Laird. Bedrock was struck
April 10th, as reported in the Nugget.
The total yield Of the claim is as fol-
InNpa
, 1884-05-03
TIVOII Garden.

Messrs. Adams & McClennan, the
new prOprietors Of the Spokane
Brewery, have made extensive
changes and improvements in that
beverage factory. A large two
story frame has been constructed
with a commodiOus stone cellar in
which the beer is run off, casked and
stored. In the rear of the brewery
an enclosure is covered with q can
vas roof andSthe place named the
TivOlL Garden. Stands are fitted up
around the sides, a good dance floor
built with walks around the same.
It Is intended for a quiet resort and
the prOprietors propose that II shall
remain such as they will insist upon
order and good behavior. During
the summer the retreat, situated as
1t is near the falls, will become quite
a poPulaJ trysting place.
, 1884-05-03

range of mountains prior to the year
eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,
kill any variety Of quail shall be
guilty of misdemeanOr
SEC. 8. Every person who shall,
within the Territory of Washington,
at any time after the passage OF this
act, destroy or remove from the nest
of a mallard duck, widgeOn, wood
duck, teal, butter ball, spoon-bill,
gray, black, sprigtail or canvas duck,
prairie chicken or sage hen, grouse,
pheasant, quail, partridge or other
wild fowl any egg or eggs, or will
fully destroy the nest of any such
fowls or birds, shall be guilty Of a
misdemeanOr.
SEC. l.. Every person who 81 all,
within the Territory Of Washington,
have any male deer or buck, or any
female deer or doe, or spotted fawn,
elk, moose, or mountain sheep, swan,
mallard duck, wood duck, widgeon,
teal, butter, ball, spOOnbill, gray,
black, sprigtail or canvas back duck,
prairie chicken, or sage hen, grouse,
pheasant, quail, bob white or part
ridge, mountain or brook trout, at
any time when it is unlawful to take
or kill the same as provided in this
act, shall be guilty Of a misdemean-
or, and proof Of possession Of any Of
the aforesaid animals, fowls, birds or
fish, at time when it is unlawful to
take or kill the same in the county
where the same is found shall be
prima facie evidence in any prose-
CutiOn for a violation of any prOvis-
Of 1nf at h.N
persons in whose possession the same
is found, taken, Killed or destroyed
the same in the county wherein the
same is found, during the period
when it was unlawful to take, kill or
destroy the same.
SEC. IL. Every person who shall,
within the Territory Of Washington,
take, kill, shoot ut, MAIN or destroy
any mallard duck, wood duck. widg-
con, teal, butter ball, spoonbill, gray,
black, sprigtail or canvas back duck,
at any time between the hours of S
p. M, and 5 Il. M, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanOr.
SEC. II. Every person who shall
use any sink box on any lake or
river, or other waters in Washington
Territory, for the purpose Of shoot
ing ducks or geese or other water
fowl thcrcfrOm, or who shall use any
batteries or swivel or pivot gun on
boats, canvas, RATS or other device
at any time for the purpose Of killing
any water fowl within the limits Of
Washington Territory, shall be
guilty of Il misdemeanOr.
SEC. l3. Every person convicted
Of the violation Of any Of the prOvis-
ions Of this act shall be punished by
fine of not less than ten dollars and
not more than three hundred dollars,
or Imprisonment in the county iuil
of the county where the Offense was
committed, for not less than five
days nor more than three months,
or both such imprisonment and fine.
One-half of all money collected for
fines for violation of the provisions
of this act shall be paid to infOrmers,
and One-half to the prosecuting at
torncy in the district in which the
| case is prosecuted.
SEC. II. All acts and parts of acts
in conflict herewith are hereby re-
pealed.
Approved November 81, 1888.