davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-04-24
The Work of Relief.

A Cincinnati dispatch says: The re-
lief committee appointed February last by
the chamber of commerce to receive and
distribute supplies for the people made
destitute by by the flood, are about to close
their labors. They have received $1s4, COO,
all of which has been distributed except
So, 600. This will be used to help the poor
to restore their dwellings. A large part Of
the money has been used outside of Gin
oippafi
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-04-24
Lynehed by Regulators.

Fifty masked men went to Jackson,
Breathitt county, KY, and took from the
Jail Henry Kilburne (white) and Ben Strong
(colored) and hung them. KilburDe was
charged with the murder of William Thorp
last January. Strong was suspected of be-
ing concerned in the same murder. A no.
tice was pinned on the victims stating that
all perpetrators of such crimes would re-
ceive a like punishment. Kilburne had
killed eight men,
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-04-24
FOREIGN.

Spanish journals which represent the
ministry, In comment respecting the resig
nation Of Gen. Adam Badeau, consul gen.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-04-24
MISSOURI RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.

The first blast made was by tin
trumpet. Giant powder is a later In
vention.
The best place to loaf is In a bakery.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-04-24

An uncomfortable railway-the fence
railway, with tar and feather accom-
paniment.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-04-24

The house went into committee of
the whole, Springer in the chair, on the
pension appropriation bill.
After an hour Of general debate the bill
was read by paragraphs for amendments.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-04-24


of which the town stands greatly in need.
The Seward County Coal and Mining
company have made arrangements to begin
operations on the lands leased by them at
once. They propose to 60 down at least
LOCO feet, II they do not find coal sooner,
and have contracted with r. Il. Copeland,
Of Denver, to do the work.
The telegraph operator named Church
who has held forth at Oreapolis for some
months past, has absconded for parts I'M
known, leaving several to mourn his unex-
pected departure.
The test of the city well at Lincoln
required to show 90 900 gallons per hour for
seyenty-two hours, or $1,000, 200 in all !;
4, 000, 600 gallons were pumped, and the test
showed fow of from Is, 900 to 80, 900 gall
Ions an hour. The water Is pure and clear,
and the council and citizens are tubilant.
Fourteen years has elapsed since the
first school was started in Sterling, and
during that time only one child of school
age has died-and that death was caused
by an accident. The Press thinks this Is
not a bad record for the town.
Pawnee county has no licensed saloon
within its borders, and the disposition is
that there shall be none in the future.
A paper is being circulated at Ster-
hing to form Joint stock company to pros
pect for coal; 81 200 Is the amount to be
raised, and the shares will be placed at
$40 each.
In the analysis of the stomach of
Mrs. Lee, recently poisoned at Crete, DR..
Clark, the chemist, came near being fatally
poisoned BY touching two drops to his
tongue of solution Of less than one-half Of
the stomach In four ounces OF chloroform,
indicating the presence OF lsTgs quantity
ef poison.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
Banking I'm the North west.

A private banker in q town in Wiscon-
sin received a call a few days ago from a
stranger, who deposited ten dollars, and
then turned around and asked the banker
to lend him fifty dollars.
ssWhy, SIR can't lend you any money"
replied the banker.
81 think you can. Please take time
for reflection"
II don't want to reflect upon the sub
ject, sirl"
ssWould a run on this bank damage you
ifty dollars worthan
ssThere will be no run here"
Suppose there Wasa"
ut Is too absurd to suppose. Good
day, sir"
The stranger walked outdoors and the
bank closed for the day He entered a
grocery and stated that he was a deposi-
tor, and asked if tae bank was sound He
entered, a dry goods store and inquired
il the hard times might not pinch the
bank. He entered 8 drug store and
offered his certificate of deposit for ten
dollars. He met a lawyer and inquired
if a receiver had been appointed to look
out for the interest of depositors. Next
morning he was at the door of the bank,
gesticulating ard lamenting, and behind
him were seventy-fve or eighty citizens.
Before noon the bank was cleaned out and
its doors closed, and an ex-priyate bank.
er was skipping out to avoid being
lvnched.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
Tired Birds.

Many of our birds fly several thousand
miles every autumn, passing not only over
Florida, where they might find perpetual
summer, but over the Gulf and far beyond
Into the great summer land of the ANA
zon; after a short stay, returning again to
the north, some penetratingto the extreme
shores of the Actic seas. How the small
birds, fly so great distances is almost in
comprehensive, but / have seen many of
our small feathered friends ON the. little
Key of Tortugas, two hundred miles OF
more from Cape Florida, the jumping off
place of the United States. Great focks
of them would alight upon the walls of
the fort, especially during storms, evil
dently thoroughly tired; but the next day
they were up and away off over the great
stretch of the Gulf and the Caribbean Sea.
Numbers of the English birds and many
from Northern Europe make yearly yoy-
ages down into the African continent, and
careful observers state that they have seen
the great storks SO common in Germany,
moving along high in the air, bearing on
| their broad backs numbers of small birds
that had taken free passage or were, per-
haps, stealing a ride. In these wonderful
migrations many birds are blown out to
sea and lost, while others become SO
fatsgued and worn out that they will
alight upon boats. A New England fish
erman, who in the autumn follows his
calling fourteen or fifteen miles out from
shore, informed me hat nearly every day
he had four or five small birds as com
panions. They had wandered off from
shore, or were flying across the great bay
on the lower coast of Maine, and had
dropped down to rest. One day the
same fisherman fell asleep while holding
his line, and upon suddenly opening his
eyes there sat a little bird on his hand,
demurely cooking its head this way and
that, as If wondering whether he
was an old wreck or piece of drift-wood.
-& Nieb0Ins-
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
Our Rest Familras.

I have been troubled for over sir years with
a severe kidney complaint, also a weakness
of the urinary organs. with its attendant
troubles. My water needed constant atten-
tion, some days as many as twenty times,
with severe pains in the bladder, as well as
in the back and loins. At times I passed a
limited q1antityo of urine, highly colored with
unnatural heat and sediment; frequently
excavations would be very painful. ! con-
Guided that / must do something for it, fear-
ing that more serious trouble would follow.
IWent to the druggist and was recommended
to use Hunts Remedy, as it had been used
with wonderful success in several severe cases
of dropsy and kidney and bladder affections
here in Bangor. I concluded to try it, and
before I had used one bottle found it was
helping me beyond my expectations. My
water became more natural, less color and
sediment, the pains in back and that heavy
feeling gone. with a general toning up Of the
system; and / continued to use 1t until used
six bottles, and it has completely cured me.
Others of my family have used Hunts
Remedy with equally as good success. and
we do not hesitate to recommend it far and
near, believing 1t a duty as well as a pleasure
to recommend SO good a medicine as u
Remedy. You are at liberty 70 give my
testimony to the public. d. Z. HoDGDEN.
Ossington, Me-, May 10, 1883.
Iindo7sa The above statement.
a.. M. ROBINSON, JR.,
Apothecary, Bangor, Me.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
S.reaking a Mustang.

In an entertaining paper in the March
St. Nicholas entitled "Among the Mus
tangs," Noah Brooks gives the following
graphic account of the methods of cap
turing and breaking the wild horse of the
prairies: 'Riding at full speed, the Mex.
ican's career over the plains like wild
men, whirling their coiled ~lariats, or
lassos, over their heads as they fly. Their
horses are covered with foam, and often
bleeding from the cruel spur with which
they are urged on. The earth trembles
under the tramp of many hoofs beating
the solid ground, as pursuer and pursued
gallop madly far and wide. Suddenly
the lariat sing through the air, its moose
opens itself and drops yer the head OF a
terrified fugitive, the hunters steed in
stantly braces itself with its four feet and
drops on it's launches so as to make an
anchorage, as it were, for the caught mus
tang. And there is no escape now for the
captive.
1.-THE hunter next blinds his prize, takes
a turn of the lariat around its forelegs,
forces a heavy bit into its mouth, and at
once begins to break it to the saddle.
How do you suppose the poor mustang
feels when it finds itself saddled, bridled
and straddled by a tyrant man2 In vain
it Jumps ~stif-legged,' plunges and
kicks No animal in the world has so
many tricks and antics as a newly cap
tured wild horse; but man, its conqueror,
is equal to all of these. In a few hours,
the poor beast, So lately a free and care
less creature, a wild rover of the bound
less plains, is reduced to abject subjec.
ton. It's spirit is broken, and though ii
may still retain some of its native vicious
ness, it is the slave of its owner. Hence.
forth it neverforgets the lasso. It knows
and breads the sight of one; and if it es'
capes, there is very little difficulty il
catching it again. But its rider, too, mus
never forget that the hapless captive il
only half tanned. He must watch it mar
rowly; for often afterward, when he Least
suspects such insubmission, the steed hi
rides will try to throw him, and will
struggle under the saddle as if it wer'
but newly shared"
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
A True American.

There is a spice of irony in this some
what extravaganza description Of o trait
truly American
ssWhy does that gentleman rise from
his seat so quieklyf"
because he gets out at the next sta
tion.~
ssBut we have not got near the station
yet" i.
81 beg your pardon. From an Ameri-
can point of view we are very near it. Il
is less than q mile away
ssSSee, he rushes wildly toward the door;
and now he is on the platform. hhe not
in danger2n
1.-THE only danger he breads is the dan.
ger Of losing one-quarter Of . second"
aAhl we are almost at the station now.
win he not wait till the car stops2"
mo, indeed; that would be a waste o
precious time
seThere he goes. Good heavens be
has fallenl The cars have run over him.
s.Yes; such things frequently happier
In America; but, you know, where ont
man Is killed half a dozen jump of sue
cessfully. The chances of death are onl.
one in six, or thereabout."
.eTahey have picked him up. His lip
move. He is speaking
eyes; he says, : die atrue american
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
a Famous I6aanist.

Cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti was
without doubt the greatest master of
languages who ever lived. He was
born in Bologna in the year 1774, and
his father, a carpenter, destined him
for the same calling. He worked at a
bench within hearing of the recita-
tions of some schoolboys in Greek and
Latin, and without knowing the Greek
alphabet, or even looking into a Greek
or Latin book. he picked up by ear q
considerable knowledge of both Ian
guages, thus discovering to himself
and Others his wonderful aptitude for
linguistic studies, and attracting the
notice Of a priest, who arranged for
his education. In college he master
ed Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish,
French. Swedish, German, Arabic and
Coptic. and at the age Of % was APP
pointed professor Of Arabic in the uni
yersity at Bologna.
During the Napoleonic wars he was
a constant visitor at the hospitals
whittier he went mainly for the pur-
pose Of learning the various languages
spoken By the prisoners there, among
whom lie found Russians, Bohemians,
Wallachs. Servians, Hungarians,
Croats and Poles, and from them he
learned to speak tinently all their Ian
guages.
Later in life he went to Rome. flrst
as this keeper OF the library Of the Vat
ican.and afterward as a cardinal. Here
he continued his linguistic studies,
mastering sanscrit, Persian, Georgian
Welsh, irish, Lappish. Armenian. CHI
nese. and i number DC other tongues,
and when ne died, in 1849, he could
speak correctly and auently n hun
dred and fourteen different languages
The most astonishing part OF the mat
Ter. however, was that he not only
smoke the languages correctly, Dus
knew perfectly their peculiar idioms'
and was even familiar with the Local
| diaiectic variations in each. Lord By.
ron. astonished at his perfect mastery
81 rood English. tested him with Eng
n, - Fr.,na Il Italian nrinsi
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
HE TINS Woman /.

heha ~, indeed, no brighter picture
y llAe 81 III imagination, than that Of q
HFz heroic. woman. battling With her
a7E.es, ne matter what they are. and
6eiAng onto the boundary ofthis exist
70 make the best Of her position
aaa her gifts. There IL, too, 4 vast
'at 81 undeveIopad resources IN
Her brightest side Is turned
e sanyhine, when perils and griefs
Ksnt her, and force her to trust
sIglax IA herself. Size Is strong ii her
Endurance, indeed. II one
s shs blessed traits that dignity and
5kla woman. and this she possesses
azainent degree. She MAJ, and
aoes, help the erring and SHINING
4ggl faEe, bnt ahe lives On 4 plane
thelp, superior To them d Al
Nnaers the life and character of q
sn pure and bright.
not material 10 what circle ct
za woman Walks. 1T Is al the
kha ~ shining light II All
Ass IA tlse home circles her virtues
most brilliantly, and there her
Fses ate most completely blessed,
a1ikts into 4 mission pg charity,
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
pappIng enc Question in Tyrol.

Tyrolean maidens are by old custom
sssred the necessity of giving tongueto
ssslr GAY" or NO." The first time a
ss1ng man pays a visit as an avowed
:6ltor he brings with him a bottle Of
wIne. of which he pours out a glass
nd offers it to the object Of his affec-
Hors. In any case she will not refuse
L mint hlank-that would be too Q
a insult; but should the wooer not be
agreeable to her, or his declaration
esu1a q little too prematurely, she de-
dines the proffered wine, pleading that
4 looks sour, or that wine disagrees
Vith her, or any other excuse that
fsmInine ingenuity may suggest. If
lie likes the lad, and is equal
d owning it. she empties the glass.
liking care not to spill any Of the wine,
ii / she does SO, or the glass or bottle
Il broken, it is an unhappy omen.
fhey have split the wine bet seen
shen, say the peasants, when the
marriage turns out badly.
A&E
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
Tg.e senate Doorkeepe,'a sns.H-Boa

TNe Senate DoOrkeepes.'a SaassH- B0ae.
Old Doorkeeper Bassett, of the
Senate, has a snuff box, says a Wash
ington letter. He has carried 1t for
more than forty years, and it IS
always full of the best imported smut
he can find, and a liberal supply it is.
Bassett never takes snuff, but in tbe
old days Clay, Cass, Webster and their
fellows carried their boxes as a matter
OF course. Bassett found that many Of
them liked to have some handy, and SO
he took to having some with him
aBassett's snuff" became famous. Sit
ting, as ne does, on the left hand OF the
Vice-President. every one in the gal
leries can see senators as they get up
to Bassett, while he takes out his box
without a word and they take . pinch.
But this habit is going out OF practice.
aCerro Gordo'' Williams, of Kentucky,
and General Malone are the only two
left OF Bassett's regular customers.
No.other doorkeeper viii keep up the
custom, and, with Bassett's decease,
the senatorial snuff box win disappear,
as did the common whisky bottle
which used to sit behind the Vice
Presidents chair 80 long as the Senate
occupied the chamber where the SD.
preme COURT meets.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10

A poultry farm of 5000 Plymouth
Rocks is owned and carried on by
A. c. Hawkins at Lancaster, Mass.
says the Boston CuztioatoT. He calcu-
lates to have about 5000 fowls every
fall, and carries over about $500 lay
ing hens through winter. His farm
contains twenty-five acres, and his
poultry buildings occupy an acre and
a half. They are situated on the
slope Of a hill and comprise six or sey-
en- sheds 200 feet in length. Each
shed is divided into apartments of
1920 feet, and about twenty-five hens
are kept in each division. A yard is
made in front of each apartment. so
that the members Of each are by
themselves.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
Fashion Notes,

SOU&ne
The eapote of medium size is the
bonnet of the near future.
Inc new satteens are like real satin
IN appearance, and remarkably beauti-
full in design.
Ostrich feathers will trim a great
many of the fashionable gre and
brown gowns this spring.
Broad striped materials worn under
tunics Of plain material are in high
fashion again this spring.
The latest novelty in shoes are
black patent leather, covered all over
with close-set rows of colored ribbon,
Red and blue together are fashion.
able in wool costumes, with the
lrightest color for the plated skirt,
while the two colors appear together
in the bodice and overskirt of the
redingote.
The Spanish lacedressesare supersed-
ed by Chantilly' just now. Many rich
black silks have lace fronts intermixed
with jet, and these are quite suitable
for worning wear, and with a low
bodice for evening.
Spring silks are made up in the old
style. with the basque and underskirt
of silk, which has figures on a ground
of checks and the draperies and
aounces of checked silk. The trim
ming is rather wide velvet ribbon.
The old-fashioned French waist is
in high favor with Partisan dress
makers. It is used especially for thin
materials. which are otherwise very
simply made. Ribbon braces are
sometimes worn with low waists, and
are tied at the belt in bows with long
ends.
In new fabrics, bonnet material,
and garniture, there exists a special
fancy for Indian effects. These de-
signs are no longer confined to the
rich and expensive brocades. silks, and
appliQues. but are seen in ordinary
passementeries. fringes, and woollen
goods.
The lew stocking-web jackets, or
Jerseys. prove a great boon to those
who, Notwithstanding all the aids
thereto, have not as yet mastered the
difficulties of dressmaking. They fit
the figure quite closely; some have
deep iacket basques, some are bordered
with feather trimming, some have
plastron w~aistcoasts and cuffs Of close
set rows Of gold braids; some are
trimmed with gold braid fastened on
one side, while others have a round
| cape attached.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10

or adog who goes there to seek for
game. will scarcely fail to be seized by
a crocodile, of whose presence he has
not the slightest suspicion. 1t often
happens that after having danced in
the moonlight the young natives of the
rivers bank will often plunge into the
water in order to refresh themselves,
when, being seized by an alligator, they
| perish.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
psssessea Of MANY Accomplishment.

Fessessed of Many Accomplishments.
According to the Moslem creed the
leasOa why every Mohammedan lady
considers it her duty to wear earrings
attributed to the following curious
legend: Sarah, tradition tells us, was
Q JEALOUS Of the preference shown by
4hsaflam for Hagar that she took a
solemn VOW that she would give herself
u rest until she had mutilated the fair
lace 0f her hated rival and bondmaid.
Abraham, who had knowledge of his
Nlles intention, did his utmost to
paeify his embittersd spouse. but long
b vain. At length, however, she re-
AnEed and decided to forego her plan of
raRange. But how was she to fulfill
he terms Of the VOW she had entered
lAko2 After mature reflection she saw
aaE way out Of the difficulty. Instead
VI alsfigilring the Lovely features of her
epndlnaid, she contented herself with
bring D hole Ia each Of the rosy lobes
6 hsr ears. The legend does not in
1ogIa us whether Abraham afterward
W u incumbent upon him to miti
zale 1he smart DC these little wounds
D the GRIT Of d COS " pair Of ear
fags, or whether Hagar procured the
Nznketssfor herself. The fact remains,
AaveseF, that the Turkish women, all
Rz Nlon wear earrings from their
asFeEkli year, derive The use Of these
aWsls from HagaF, who ~ held IN ven
NaElon as the mother Of Ishnaa, the
founder Of their race.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
-DEPARTMENT.
xIniuc,ry wedding Days.

Prospective brides may be interested
& EARN that there are thirty-two days
i the year ON which 1t is unlucky to
sarry, according to the authority of a
-,uascript dated in the fifteenth CEN
III. These days are Jan. 1, 2, 4. 5, z,
Il is: Feb. 6, z, 10; March /, 6. 8 ;
laril S, IL; May 5, 6. z; June z, Is ;
Islr 1. 10; Aug. Is, 10; Sept. 6, z; Oct.
i: Nov. Is, 16, and Dec. is, Is, II.
r~eassouently January is the worst
roath and October the best month in
IS rear for marriages.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
"a US MATTERS.

The Medical Record estimates that
among 1000 doctors the annual death
rate ranges between fifteen and twen-
ty-fve. making a yearly loss of 1900
physicians out of our 10000. But the
supply is such as to remove all cause
Of apprehension, for the number of
medical graduates in 1928 was 1879,
more than double the estimated num-
Der Of deaths.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
HOW TO be IIandsome.

INTEREST place you must be healthy,
% that the skin is enabled to act freely.
It's thousands of air-holes must not be
plugged up. Eat regularly and SIM
pIy. The stomach can no more work
i'll the time, night and day, than a
horse: it must have regular work and
regular rest. Good teeth are essential
10 goodlooks. Brush them with a soft
brush, especially at night. Go to bed
II might with the teeth clean. Look
FaIl TO the ventilation of your rooms.
Re d can have a clear skin who
beaIhes bad air. But more. than all
d order to look well, wake up the mind
ana soul. When the mind is awake,
Ehe dull, sleepy look passes away from
BE eyes. Keep thinking pleasant, no
Ne thoughts, and read, not trashy
novels. but books having something
gooa In them. Talk with people who
klpW something. Hear lectures and
lalrn By them. This is one good of
earring preaching. A man who thinks
aad works, shows the result. IF we
sz1en and heed and understand, the
md and soul + walked up. II the
piritual nature is aroused, 50 much
lhe better. We have cen a plain face
rally glorified with the love of God
snd Of man, which shone through it.
md, lastly, do all the good that you
pc. Let US begin to grow llandsomel
Woman at Work.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
Phoenix Pectoral cures cold and cough. 25c.
Piles, riIess Piles.

Sure cure for Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Piles. One box has cured worst cases of 20
years standing. No one need suffer five
minutes after using Williams Pile
Imminent. It absorbs tumors, allays
itching, acts as poultice, gives instant relief.
parts. Mailed for 81. Frazier Med. Co.,
GIavelaud a.,
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10

a young lady entered q music store,
and tripping up to the handsome clerk,
perSly asEed:-tHave you Happy
DreansT She was nonplussed when he
replied, No ma'am; I am pestered with
mosquitoes
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10

Very startling + some Of the mix
lures Of colors in the spring costumes;
for instance, d dress and redingote Of
ruby Indian cashmere with gloves,
feathers uponthe cap bonnet, and nun
decoration, all Of the brightest orange